The Equilateral

The Bygones: Aste Branch 6 & The Maiden of Snow (ver.0.01.0)

???: You... YOU! BACK OFF!

????????: ...

???: Stay the hell away from me!

A pitiful man, who once donned a sophisticated suit attire, now cowers, tattered and torn. His face was completely bruised up, removing any defining feature that he used to have. His left leg was limp and both his arms were snapped loose. He desperately tries to crawl away from the hunched figure just a few steps away from him. Alas, the poor guy had backed himself onto a wall, nowhere left to escape from his fate. His pursuer, was fully clothed, covering every part of his skin, except for his eyes, removed his scarf and beanie. His face was revealed from the seeping moonlight that had managed to creep down into the sewers that the two men had found themselves in. The pitiful one could not help but laugh at his circumstance and revelation.

???: Hah... hahahahaahahahah... it really was you all along old-timer. Should have seen this coming.

???: Especially after Tonkor was killed... I should have known you were going after us you fucking rat.

????????: You are the final one. After I'm done, she would finally be avenged.

The old man gritted his teeth as his words came out of his mouth. He brandished his shank as he inched ever closer to his prey. The prey laughed even harder.

???: You fucking idiot... do you think desecrating ALL of us would bring your little pipsqueak back to you?

????????: Do you think throwing a perfectly innocent girl into a pack of wereblades to save your sorry ass does not bring about consequences?

???: She was a useless bitch, she was nothing like you.

????????: Which deems her as a sacrifice? Scum like you don't even deserve to die here, it's too good for you.

???: Says you old fossil, you're the one who sent her to us anyways when she clearly wasn't meant to be a Height. She made Lows look like Fives, shitface!

Enraged, the old man lifted his prey up, and shanked into his gut, before moving his shank across his stomach, showering the ground with his blood and digestive fluid.

???: HRRRRRRAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGG... YOU... AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!

????????: The Equilateral must have been high to allow you to be a Branch Major. Rot here as you slowly have your entrails eaten by the rats.

???: Hrk... you... can r...ot in shit... too— MARCELLO!

The man perished following his cries as his intestines spilt out of his body as he slumped onto the ground.

Marcello: It's over now, dear Mariella. May you rest easy knowing they suffered a fate worse than yours...

Marcello utters to himself as he retreats into the darkness of the sewers, leaving the corpse to the subtle sound of water drops and a pack of rats closing in on their next meal.

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