💀 : 𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗳𝗮𝗹𝗼 .ᐟ ✦ ʰᵒʳʳᵒʳ ᵃᶠ

ㅡ 𝗩. 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗼𝗿 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻

"Maybe just cover her eyes the entire time, huh?" Atlas rolled his eyes as Junmin once again fussed about having Seulbi see the gory sight and having to try his best to distract her. "Or maybe she just has to grow up." Ryker gave a cold glance at the younger girl as she continued to draw on the boy's clothes. Haru gave him a light slap on the back for his comment, he sighed and shook his head, "She's what? 18? She's acting like a baby.". "That's why she got admitted. You're both being insensitive, you know that? She's just a kid. Take it easy, both of you" Siren argued and sighed for the nth time.

"Why? It's true. She has to suck it up. How do you think she'll even survive? Acting like a baby is not going to save her ass in this situation." Ryker stood up and crossed his arms despite Haru tugging on his sleeve. Junmin covered the younger's ears, still asleep, as the two men's heated argument continued. Maze, not knowing what to do, just stepped back and stood next to Joyeon who glared at him in return, moving away far from him. Maze held on to a 'What did I do?' expression as he saw the girl move away from him. "Stop looking at me." She spoke with a cold detachment, her eyes shifting away from the boy as she silently observed the scene unfolding before her

"Maybe you shouldn't judge her because the only thing you know about her is her name. Beyond that? You know nothing. Correct? She's still growing, you know?" Siren raised his brow, copying the other's stance, crossing his arms as well. "You call an 18-year-old acting like a 10-year-old 'still growing'? Bullshit. She can't keep living in a fantasy world. Real life doesn't work that way." Ryker rolled his eyes in exasperation, shaking his head slowly as if trying to make sense of the incomprehensible girl who slept by the doorway with Junmin, who was glaring at him. 

"This is why I hate men." Joyeon sighed, Siren agreed "I guess I'm with you on that". The younger girl looked at him up and down with a judging stare, she scoffed and retorted "You can't talk, you're of the same species". "Hey. I'm trying to agree with you here. Don't be a damn brat. You sound desperate for attention." He snapped, looking away from her, leaving the young girl stunned but smirked in victory nonetheless.

After the small fiasco, the group went out of the cell individually, making the eldest (Siren) go first. The hallways stretched into what seemed like an infinite walk as most of them slowly grew tired. Seulbi slept her way through the walk as Junmin had her on a piggyback, Joyeon was... quiet to say the least. Ryker and Haru both were holding hands, much to the other's dismay, Ryker was trying his best to comfort Haru after what she had just seen previously.

A while after, they finally found another door, one without handle and seemed almost worn out. Without hesitation and the thought of possibly escaping, Atlas immediately kicked the door down with what they could only describe as something similar to a puppet... 'she's a great marionette...' was what was carved on the skin of the woman standing on strings in front of them.

( short chapter ! )