Part 5 - Red

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The ravens demand blood

And Dream wants to burn down L'manburg

Or, whatever is left of it

L'manburg and it's dwindling infrastructure, from buildings still torn and broken, to the prime path of blank old oak

They want to knock over towers, they want to crush the path to splinters and they want the crater to burn with it all

Whatever flora clings to the land will perish and scream out in pain for the world to save it and Dream wants to stand in the middle of it all, laughing

They wanted everyone around them dead

Did they think they were sly?

Did they think them a fool?

The loud child- oh how nice it would be for them to stay as silent as now- seemed to understand

They were not whoever they mistook them for

They were not whatever was in a prison

They can see the structure looming over head, the horizon line showed it off well in it's dark glory

And Dream can smell the blood that leaks from it

They can practically see it

The drenched pathway that marked it's entrance

And it sickened them

They had appeared somewhere near a castle as they remember, they had not dared to ask questions yet, but when they passed by, they saw a figure somewhere amongst it, high up

That castle would be lovely if it wasn't so....bright and discolored

The path had carried them through a public house, down past a church and even something similar to a compound, further along the land was vines and roots and disease they could only imagine was of the gods

There was a stage, a shopping center, whatever that was, Dream guessed something similar to a market stall path, and then they arrived past the crater, having slipped away to see it closer than further

"Was this important once?" Dream had asked, and Tommy only asked them to follow further away

Dream didn't get an answer

Such pitiful creatures

And to think they had netherite

They all smelled different, but together it was foul and bloody

Finally Dream could tell the difference between the small group, as all the scent was not overpowered by that of gunpowder and hatred

But they still had hints of deadmen in their graves

How the ravens called to them

Kill them

Make them scream

Hurt them as they did us

They have him, your bond

They took ours

Make them pay

Dream groaned, rubbing at the side of their face, rubbing the sides of their head and mussing their hair with a heavy sigh

Stupid birds

They took him away

"Be quiet" Dream spat, turning to face the flock behind them that clambered on ledges and trees, alongs the fences and buildings

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