XVIII. SO BE IT

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     a rather puffed stomach male strode to a shuddering elder and settled a ruby apple on top of his head. the male sported a long, creepy grin that chilled the preteen girl's bones to her grave. the shaky old man was bounded on a tree, stiff rope tightly wrapped on the bark. it scratched on his poor back.

       [your name] held a bow, which was already occupied by an arrow that was stretched in a long length. there was a lump of anxiety throbbing on her throat, and it would've been an adam's apple if it weren't for her strong and nervous swallow. she disliked the thought of letting go of the garter & making the dart shoot freely and miss the coral-colored fruit. but her rising hope and confidence told her otherwise.

      this was only one shot and a mistake could change it all. nonetheless, this was another trial she must endure. adrenaline stimulated inside her and encouraged her to let go of the string. her breathing gradually slowed steadily as well as the heart that used to race tremendously. but now, it was calm.

        she let go.

           the arrow shot forward and landed..—

       she screamed.

       ❝ he was the apple of my eye! ❞ the plump man jeered, placing his rough palms on his wide hips, ❝ do it again, git! ❞ he dragged another victim and discarded the rope to tie the person.

     the old man collapsed on the ground, his right eye bleeding of the piercing point from the arrow.

the apple of my eye

the apple of my eye

the apple of my eye

         THE APPLE OF MY EYE

   THE APPLE OF MY EYE

T̸̨̪̯͇̦̻̘̹̯͇̭̻̞̮͖̼̹̄̀̈̄̓̈̉̾̌̓̈̑̇̂̒̌̚͝͝H̴̨̧̭͉̬̱̺̰̥̜̹͖̝͚̳̹̎͂̽̏̐̒͘̕E̸͇͇̘͇̭͕̙͈̠͈̔̚ ̸̞̫̖̀̓̄̑̄̇̀́̊̏̈́̔͘Ă̷̧̧̮̫͓͑̅̎̍̌̽̀̾̾͛͆̉͘̕͠Ṗ̶̧̧̛̯̟͓̫̗̯̣̭̣̦͐́̓̀͑̐̐̆͝P̵̥̺̖͎̳̯̳̗̻̲̬̘͕̜̲͋͑͐͊̅͋͑̌̓͑͊͛͘ͅL̵̛̠͈̻̪̻̅̓̾̈̅̂̑̏̂̑̍̒͛̕͘͜͠͝͠ͅẸ̸̢̧̛̻͕̞̝̩̟͈̲̱̤̰̪̤̘̆̐̒͗̈͂̕͜ ̵̨͈̳͇͚̲͉͎͔̻̰͔̀̉̅͆̂̐̍̀̈́͆̎̕̕͝͠ͅỞ̸̹̪̖͙̰̦̹͓̲̼͉̭̳̙̣̞̈̾̀̈́̇̾́͂͆̍̉̉͑̓͐̕F̴̨̠̤̺̗͇̙͙̤̲͖̖̼͖̾͑͊̈́͜͝ ̶̧̛̰̭̪̩͔̟͈̞̹͎͓̎͗̀̽̌̔̇͌͋͛̓̉̀̃͜M̷͚͔̬̙͚̤̦̞̯̳̦̳̫̰̬̱͍̳̱̅̒̌̔͆͛̓̓́̃̅̕͘͝͠Y̶̻̎̌̈̈́͌̈̐̌̚ͅ ̸̧̦͈̗̬̠̩̠̩͍̼̫̄̀̆̀͆̓͋̉̉̋̀̊̿̃̔̔͛̏͠Ę̸͕̼̖͖̻͎̩̣͈̦͌̿̌̌̕͜Y̷̧̨͇͚͕̲͈͙͍͓̘̦̦̤̜̺̠̹̺̆͛͐̑̓̈́̐̐̑̀̏̆̀̈́̈́͘͘͝͠Ę̵̧̝̠̹̿̈́̊̌͊̋̑͐̍͘̕͝͝ͅ!̸̧͎̻͎̻͓̤̖̫̗̳̤͊̿̂̃̆̊ͅ

❝ flower of this purple dye, hit with cupid's archery, sink in an apple of his eye, ❞ a person who performed a charcter, named oberon, placed a purple hydrangea juice on another actor's eyes, ❝ when his love he doth espy, let her shine as gloriously as the venus of the sky. when thou wakestp, if she be by. beg of her for remedy. ❞

        there was another actor entering the stage in a mythical strange costume, ❝ captain of our fairy band, helena is here at hand. and the youth, mistook by me, pleading for a lover's fee. shall we their fond pageant see? lord, what fools these mortals be! ❞ 'puck' declared in a slightly disgusted tone.

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