Chromatober 2024

Day 21: Puppet master

I'm late again.... I'm sowyyyyy-

Uhh... Void go brr- Shadow is a puppet now

TW: disassociation? Pain
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The strings gently tugged at my limbs, guiding my sword.

Guiding me to the death of countless others.

I tried to look at the strings tied around my arms, but strings forced my head forward.

His voice hissed in my head, "Don't try to understand. You are just my puppet to control. Now, head towards the village..."

As my body started infecting the village, my thoughts drifted. 

What is the point of killing? Don't we want to make them all join us in peace? 

My puppet of a body halted as it finished what the puppet-master wanted.

What exactly is peace? Sabre thinks it means no fighting, but he saw that the Darkness wasn't peace... Void doesn't want peace, does he?

I walked into the forest, the strings limp for once.

Can... I even do anything to stop him? It doesn't matter anyway... right?

I needed to talk to Sabre. I didn't understand any of these emotions.

I looked at one of the strings as I sat down, examining it.

What if I...

I held the Shadow Sword to the shimmering black line.

Pain lanced through my arm as it broke.