Kinsha's eyes slowly open. Her eyes dry as light reflects off their surface. Her hair was long and unkempt. She wore government prisoners' clothes as she lay there and looked at the ceiling.
"Yuma…" She exhales as the door slowly creaks open.
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Kinsha walks slowly, disoriented from being take from her cell. The hallway was triple the height of anything Kinsha had ever seen. Dark quartz pillars, arches of dark oak, and a large reflective floor. At the end of the hallway was a massive door with a massive "I" marked in the center.
The door opens and Kinsha is thrown in. the room stretched high into the sky with hundreds of hanging lights and dark chandeliers, the room surrounded by the same dark quartz pillars and dark oak arches. Kinsha inhales, looking up to the shadow of a giant man sitting on a large throne, Kinsha's hands still in cuffs.
"W-What's going on, Sir Ikati? Why'd you want me back?" There was silence as Kinsha slightly shouted.
"I thought you let me go!" Demon Lord Ikati's expression turns cold. His long blue hair drooped over his muscular shoulders. His eyes pierced through Kinsha's fragile mental state.
"Silence… Kinsha… You'll address me with the respect I command… You're a slave and you'll do as I say… Your little escape attempt was…" Demon Lord Ikati paused for a moment.
"Amusing… but ultimately futile… Your friends… Alien King: Yuma and the other's…" Kinsha's eyes widen. Her ears and tail drop.
"They're dead… you're alone now and you'll do as I say" Kinsha's head drops, tears forming.
"Y-Yuma's… dead?" Kinsha glares at Ikati.
"But, you said if I cooperated you'd let me leave!" Suddenly the whole building shakes.
"SILENCE!" Ikati growls.
"You're a tool, a means to an end. And you'll be used as I see fit. Your insolence will not be tolerated. Take her back to her cell. We'll accelerate the plan. She's more useful to me than being broken and obedient." Kinsha tightly closes her eyes. 'Come on! Sir Yuma taught you how to defend yourself!' The Guards grab Kinsha's arms. 'Move my body! Move…!' The officers drag her from the room as she glares at Ikati. 'Why can't I… do anything?'
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Cani looks up at the sky, still dotted in bandages. Her blonde hair combed back into a small ponytail behind her head.
"It's getting late… better get back soon, but a few more stores won't hurt" The ground of the town was made of stone. The roadside buildings supported off the ground with arches of stone. Yellow lanterns calmly light up the underside of the arches where most markets were kept under a roof instead of taking up space on the street.
"I do admit though, this place is beautiful" the sun sets at the end of the street as the candlelight calmly lights up the street.
"Up next… Fresh fruit" Cani turns to see the farmer's market. Walking up to a small stall, the lady smiled.
"How may I help you, miss?" Cani looks at the options. Apples, oranges, bananas, kayak fruit.
"What's that one?" Cani points to a weird rainbow fruit. The lady picks it up.
"It's a fruit harvested in Loje island, known for it's extremely sour initial taste and then extremely sweet aftertaste" Cani marks and nods.
"Never heard of it before… Can I have 2 barrels of everything?" The lady's eyes widened.
"W-wha- you don't wanna buy from the big companies?" Cani smiles.
"I don't mind the price if I'm able to help out a small business" The lady smiles brightly.
"T-Thank you! We'll have it ready for ya by tomorrow!" Cani smiles.
"No problem! See ya then!" Cani turns around.
"Better get home" Cani walks away while waving to the lady.
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There was silence. An echo of words unspoken. The room had a simple toffee wall color. The beds were mattresses and made of straw. The room was lit with a single candle lamp. Boobox sat in the small wooden chair at the desk. Looking at the floor. His short, white, curly hair covers his eyes. His wings hidden behind his back.
Yuma sits there calmly. His Pink hair is put in a bun behind his head. 'Take your time, Iteyi' Boombox sighs.
"I just can't believe she's really gone" Boombox whispers under his breath before he continues.
"She was always there… even when I pushed her away… she even came to help me after I was captured in the Inviting gardens" Yuma exhales.
"Yeah… we're all still trying to process her death… but it was inevitable" Boombox lifts his head. Death glaring yuma, his eyes filled with anger, rage, and sadness.
"It's not just that… it's the guilt, Yuma! I feel Guilty for not being able to save her!!... If only i'd been fast! If only I'd been stronger… If only-" Yuma grabs Boombox's shirt.
"If only what? Instead of dying to wish you'd been faster then, grow to that 'What If' Now, so that it doesn't happen again!" Boombox's eyes widen. There was a silence as the hotel room door opened, Cani walked into the room.
"I got apples, carrots, bananas and a new weird fruit-" she looks at Yuma who has Boombox lifted in the air by his shirt. Yuma slowly puts Boombox down.