I'm excited! >:)
Anyway, the appointment wasn't that terrible. I didn't have an urge to die after leaving that place. (woohoo!)
I had this title stuck in my head ever since I went to school.
My last day of coming to school a few hours later is tomorrow (edit: I mean Wednesday). Then it's back to always waking up very early. Oh darn.
Without further ado, here's another skit! :)
Edit: Warning for body horror. And angst. I was typing this for 4 hours. This skit is a rollercoaster of emotions, and I feel empty after writing it all. What the hell kind of skit is this? How dare you do such a thing, Cutepups?
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[Date: April 24th. Time: 4:00 pm. Location: Somewhere in the house; go imagine a room yourself for a change.]
Ryen: *talking to Fierdan* You sure did sleep a lot. You surprise me.
Fierdan: I didn't intend on sleeping for that long. *moves a hair away from covering one of his eyes* You know I would never sleep from 8 at night to 10 the next morning. I don't sleep that long.
Ryen: Well, do you at least feel well-rested? *smiles hopefully at Fierdan*
Fierdan: *looks at the floor, sighs, looks up at Ryen again* No, not really.
Ryen: Hmm. I doubt only sleeping for one night was going to get rid of your exhaustion.
Fierdan: Sleep is more unhelpful than helpful for me, Ryen. *looks past Ryen to see Twinkle in the distance walking toward them with her phone out in front of her* But I have this gut feeling that something's off. Something wrong is happening here. *raises head some more*
Ryen: Huh? What's wrong?
[Twinkle has come up to them. Her phone is in her right hand, and the screen is covered in "Uri" and nothing else.]
Twinkle: Hey, you! *points at Fierdan with her left hand* Do you know anything about this? *points to her phone* It's been like this ever since last night, and I can only access these three messages when I unlock my phone. *unlocks her phone and the messages pop up* But they don't come from a listed number. It won't let me reply to them.
Message 1: I would like us to meet one on one. I can give you anything you want for your birthday as long as you tell me how Uri--
Message 2: PS: I know where Black Raven is.
Message 3: Let me help you, mi estrella de fuego frio. Uri--
Fierdan: *looks confused but looks down at Twinkle's phone* Uri? (pronounced like the "ur" in "urn" + "ee")
Twinkle: Uh, Duke told me that it's the beginning of one of his names. Do you know what he meant by that?
Fierdan: *nods slowly* Yes. Duke is correct. U, R, I are the first three letters of his second name.
Twinkle: Second name?
Fierdan: Didn't Duke ever tell you his name is an acronym? The "U" follows with an "R", then an "I", etc.
Twinkle: *starting to look panicked* Huh?!
Fierdan: Duke is far easier to pronounce. None of the letters stand for a word commonly used in everyday English.
Twinkle: So.. so what does each letter stand for? In Duke, I mean.
Fierdan: Cutepups forbids us from revealing the entire words. We're not allowed to disclose them with anyone.
Twinkle: Oh.. umm.. okay then. *doesn't understand anything Fierdan just said*
Ryen: *also looks down at Twinkle's phone* Besides you and Duke, who else knows Duke's full name? Don't only the creators of the DUKE know what each letter stands for?
Fierdan: *speaking to Twinkle, grabs her phone* You should take a few steps away from me.
Twinkle: But what about my phone?
Fierdan: It's to keep you safe! *pushes her to be about a foot (12 inches) away from him and Ryen*
Ryen: You could've let Twinkle walk away herself.
Fierdan: I don't have time for that. *looks at the phone screen and has a haunted look in his eyes when he looks back at Ryen* That would leave Soulless.
Twinkle: Soulless?
Ryen: Do us a favor and go to another room, Twinkle.
Twinkle: No, I'm staying! What are you two gonna do with my phone?
Fierdan: *ignores Twinkle, reads the third message out loud* It's in Spanish. "mi estrella de fuego frío" (pronounced like "me" + "eh-stray-uh" + "d-eh" + "foo-ayy-go" + "free-oh"). *translates (btw I first wrote it in Spanish before translating to English lol)* "my star of cold fire".. Whoever sent these knows and wants something from Twinkle. If it is Soulless.. *has a look of fear in his eyes for a brief moment before saying* then they know Twinkle is Stella. In Latin, "stella" means "star". I know Soulless and I both know some Latin and Spanish because those were the two languages we primarily used as inspiration to come up with each letter of DUKE. Twinkle's Elemental Power is cold fire. "fuego frío" is a little easier to say than "hielo fuego" ("ice fire"). So...
Ryen: That means Soulless isn't as dead as we thought.
Twinkle: *exclaims* I thought you killed Soulless for good!
Ryen: Duke.. he's made up of a part of Fierdan and a part of Soulless. If Duke is still.. himself, then a part of Soulless still exists. And that Soulless part in Duke might not be paralyzed and powerless anymore.
Fierdan: ... Soulless is back. They're aware of what we're doing; they can contact Twinkle through her phone. Any contact with Soulless is very.. *pauses to think of what to say, can only think of obscenities, shakes his head, just says* .. dangerous.
Twinkle: So what are we gonna do?
Fierdan: I'm gonna obliterate the messages Soulless sent you.
Ryen: It won't let you delete them.
Fierdan: *has a wicked look in his bright brown eyes* There doesn't have to be a delete button for these messages to leave. I know a more effective way to get rid of them.
Twinkle: What are you planning, Fierdan?
Fierdan: *smiles at Twinkle* I'm going to make the messages explode like fireworks.
Twinkle: What does that mean?!
Ryen: Don't do this, Fierdan.
Fierdan: It's the only thing that'll work. Let's just hope it won't destroy the rest of her phone.
Twinkle: Don't you dare make my phone explode!
Fierdan: And let's just hope black fire will be as effective as white fire.
Twinkle: Black fire?! You're about to use freaking black fire on my phone?!
Ryen: It is a more powerful fire than orange or even blue fire, after all.
Twinkle: He's gonna kill my phone! *tries to run to Fierdan, but Ryen holds her back*
Ryen: If you go up to him, you could accidentally touch a black flame. You're not immune to the effects of black fire, you know that.
Twinkle: But.. but what about white fire? What's that?
Fierdan: White fire is the opposite of black fire. A person like me could never produce that colored flame. It is a fire equally, if not stronger, than black fire. But unlike black, white isn't the fire of death.
Twinkle: So you're substituting the fire of life with the fire of death? And you think it's all gonna turn out okay?!
Fierdan: *takes a final glance over at Twinkle before staring down at her phone screen and the three messages*
Ryen: *holds Twinkle back from running right up to Fierdan*
Fierdan: *quickly mutters a lot of words that Twinkle doesn't understand because they're not in English ... the only English word he does say is "pyrokinesis"*
Twinkle: *asking Ryen* What is he saying?
Fierdan: *holds Twinkle's phone in his right hand, which has black fire starting to show and fall down the sides and back of his hand like black water*
Twinkle: Why...
Fierdan: *stares intently at the phone, his right hand is covered in black fire that looks strangely very much like black water, the phone is covered in black fire, says one or two non-English words, and most of the fire vanishes*
Twinkle: What's happening?
[Suddenly, the only traces of black fire ever being present are now inside the screen. Three small black flames cover each of the text message bubbles.]
Fierdan: Three.. two.. one!
[And just like that, the black flames turn into black fireworks. Like an activated bomb, the black firework shaped flames cause each message to explode and turn into a bunch of black and gray pixels before completely disappearing. When the last firework goes off and the third message explodes, Fierdan stares at the phone in disbelief.]
Ryen: It worked!
Fierdan: *looks even more terrified* Why...
Twinkle: *stomach drops because Fierdan genuinely sounds scared*
Fierdan: *shouts* Why?!
Ryen: Did it not work?
Fierdan: No. It worked perfectly fine. *shows Ryen and Twinkle the phone screen*
[The phone screen is a plain white screen. But as if someone is currently typing a document, a sentence appears in big, black letters. It types out, "It's time to talk, Fierdan."]
Fierdan: *whispers* Why...
[The top and bottom of the phone screen turn a shade of gray. The amount of gray grows except for in the center of the screen. Then the small white area left blinks strangely just like an eye. When the "eye" blinks open, the sentence is replaced with another one. It now types out, "Give me back my Uri--" but before any other letters are typed, Fierdan drops the phone. The screen hits the floor. Fierdan looks at his now empty and trembling right hand.]
Twinkle: *finally looks more concerned about Fierdan than her phone* Fier--
Fierdan: *collapses to his knees, has tears forming in his eyes, has both hands trembling* No, no, no. This can't be happening. Soulless can't be back. They can't. *hides his face in his hands* Why?!
[Duke enters the room. He looks sick.]
Duke: I.. I don't feel that good.
Twinkle: Duke! *runs over to him*
Duke: Why are you so worried about me? That's not like you, Twinkle.
Ryen: *looks from Fierdan to Duke, and even he looks terrified*
Fierdan: *slowly stands up, wipes his tears away with the back of his left hand, has a hostile look in his eyes as he looks at Duke standing next to Twinkle* You! *walks right up to Duke* You were right, Duke. I should have killed you! *breathes heavily*
Duke: It.. it hurts! *screeches* Make it stop! Please, make it stop!
Fierdan: *screaming at Duke* I should've known better! You've been a house for Soulless all this time! You're the only part of Soulless that still lives! *laughs cruelly* You're protecting Soulless! No, you are Soulless!
Ryen: Duke isn't Soulless.
Fierdan: He is! Duke is Soulless under a human cover-up. He's no human; he's the demonic bastard himself!
Twinkle: Guys, please calm down.
Duke: Calm down?! It f*cking hurts everywhere!
Fierdan: *raises his hand to Duke's eye level, makes a fist, black flames immediately cover his hand, then the same happens with his other hand* I'll take you out of your pain and misery, Duke.
Duke: *stares at Fierdan's fists that are right in front of his eyes* What are you doing?!
Fierdan: It's time for you to die once and for all. *with his black flame covered fists, he digs (?) them deep into Duke's eyes which get covered in the black fire*
Twinkle:What did you do?! Oh god, Duke!
Fierdan: *pulls his hands out of Duke's eyes, black fire looking very much like black water drips down his hands, breathes heavily*
Duke: *just standing there, screaming in agony as the black fire acting like water drips out of his eyes and rushes down the sides of his face*
Fierdan: I'm not stabbing all the way through your heart again.
Ryen: What are you doing, Fierdan?! You know the only way Duke can die is if you do that. He won't die any other way!
Fierdan: *breathes heavily* Who says I'm ever gonna kill him? Duke is mine, not Soulless's, not yours, not anybody's. He is my creation, and he only belongs to me.
Twinkle: *is petrified but says* Eyes.. why the eyes? After all Duke told us about what Taurel did to his. After all Duke told us of Taurel's "eye examinations" and how they destroyed Duke's eyes--
Fierdan: Taurel was just revealing Duke's true eyes.
Twinkle: Taurel left Duke blind out of his right eye, and he caused Duke's left to turn completely black. He blinded Duke!
Fierdan: And Duke is blind. He's oblivious to everything.
Duke: *chokes, probably on his own salivia, he's in so much pain he can barely breathe properly*
Twinkle: Oh god, oh god. Duke! Duke!
Fierdan: Unlike Soulless, I have some mercy and empathy. He'll live.
[A few minutes later.]
Duke: *turns his head, breathes heavily* You're weak, Fierdan. You need me again. *the last of the black fire that looks like black water leaves his eyes, his eyes turn white*
Ryen: White eyes?
Duke: *laughs* You made a fatal mistake by letting Duke live. You're making it that much easier for me to destroy you.
Twinkle: Soulless?
Duke: *faces Twinkle with his white eyes* Ah yes. Hello, mi Stella. Mi estrella de fuego frío.
Ryen: *is angry with Fierdan* What did you do to Duke? Answer me, Fierdan!
Fierdan: I didn't mean to...
Ryen: To what? To punch both of Duke's eyes out, or to say that it's all Duke's fault that Soulless is back?
Fierdan: *starting to panic* I.. I didn't know. I swear!
Duke: *grins* Isn't this just what you wanted, Fierdan? You wanted him dead, you didn't want to stab through his heart again, but he's dead now. Isn't that all what the two of you wanted? To die?
Twinkle: Duke's.. gone?
Duke: Duke está muerto. Duke est mortuus. Duke is dead. He is no more.
Ryen: No, no. He can't be dead.
Duke: Duke es mort. Duke è morto. *stops repeating, "Duke is dead," in other languages (in order: Spanish, Latin, French, Italian)* Soulless lives on.
[Time: 5:45 pm. Dawn and Finny go downstairs after finishing their homework like the good kids that they are. They then walk in on the cursed room of the day.]
Dawn: Finny and I were just wondering if-- *suddenly stops talking and gasps*
Finny: *looks at each of their faces* What is going on here?
Dawn: Fierdan?!
Fierdan: *eyes widen as he notices that there is some blood covering his hands*
Finny: Why.. why is there blood on his hands?
Dawn: *looks at Duke again* Oh, my, god. Duke? Duke?!
Fierdan: *stares down at his hands that are covered in Duke's blood from his eyes, cries silently*
[Sparkle and Brock also go downstairs and enter the cursed room of the day.]
Sparkle: What's all the commotion? I have to study! *sees everyone else's faces* Wait.. what's going on?
Twinkle: *says very quietly* Duke is dead.
Sparkle: He's what? Dead?
Fierdan: *is barely audible when he says* I killed him.
Brock: Wait, hold up. I keep on hearing that Duke is dead, but like, he's standing right there. What do you mean he's dead?
Fierdan: Look at his eyes.
Brock: *notices how Duke's eyes are completely white* Oh.. that's not normal.
Fierdan: *speaks louder* That.. person isn't Duke. It's Soulless.
Brock: Soulless?
Fierdan: *nods* Yes. They want their revenge.
Ryen: Maybe I can do some--
Duke: Oh, Aryen! You can't do a thing!
Ryen: I.. I created you! How do you know my birth name? I never put that into the coding.
Duke: I'm more powerful than you could ever imagine. I'm your god now.
Twinkle: Is this all because of those text messages? Because I wanted to know who or what "Uri" is? *gulps*
Finny: What text messages?
Sparkle: Uri?
Brock: Wait, your real name is Aryen?
Duke: *snaps his fingers* Enough with your stupid questions. *gives Fierdan a look that would give anyone watching shivers* I have the urge to rip out your throat with my teeth. Your crying is pitiful, and I don't want to hear it again when I have to start punishing you.
Brock: What the f*ck is going on?
Fierdan: Oh please. I would love to see you try.
Dawn: Will you boys please stop being so reckless?
Duke: *runs right up to Fierdan before anyone can stop him, presses his fingers on Fierdan's throat* Thanks for your consent. *makes a sharp motion with his fingers on Fierdan's throat*
[Ardere and Fauna also come to the cursed room of the day because why not.]
Fauna: Hey, what's going on?
Ardere: Duke? What are you doing to Fierdan?
[Duke lowers his hand. Faint scratch marks cover the front of Fierdan's neck. They both breathe heavily (which they've done a lot this skit, huh).]
Duke: *sounds completely different, the white eyes disappear and turn back to his regular eye color* Ardere?
Ardere: *stutters* Y-Yeah?
Duke: *looks around and notices everyone looking at him full of fear* Why are you all--
Fierdan: Duke! *hugs Duke tightly and doesn't let go for a whole two minutes without saying any other word*
Duke: This is weird, but okay.
Fierdan: *speaks into one of Duke's shoulders* Please don't ever die. Whatever you do- live.
Duke: Oh.. oh okay.
Brock: Wow, he doesn't remember anything that happened.
Ryen: That wasn't Duke. That was Soulless.
Brock: *is confused (because of course he is)* Oh.
Twinkle: *shrugs* Why the f*ck not. I've been here the entire time this sh*tstorm went down. *gives Duke a hug*
Duke: You too?
Twinkle: You've been with me for so long now. I can't just sit idly by as you leave all of us behind. We're friends, remember?
Duke: Friends? Yeah.
Sparkle: Of course you're friends! Don't question it.
Duke: I'm not. That's just the nicest thing Twinkle told me in a while.
Sparkle: Well, we all thought you died. So, you know...
Duke: But I'm not dead.
[Actually, screw it. Everyone gives Duke a hug. Why? Because I love him. That's why.]
Fierdan: Soulless thrived on my fears, so being shown love and signs that we all care about you should weaken whatever power they have throughout your body.
Duke: What power? Soulless is powerless.
Fierdan: Oh.. yeah. *sighs tiredly*
Duke: I killed Soulless after they killed me. Okay?
Fierdan: Oh, so that's what happened?
Duke: Yeah, if that's what you want to believe.
Fierdan: *looks suspiciously at Duke, gives him another hug (like bro..)*
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wait wtf
it's midnight
omg
ily bye thx 4 reading
<3 <3 <3
All the hugs Duke just got have added years my life, cleared my skin and fed and watered my chickens for an entire week!
ReplyDelete*Gather round y'all, we're gonna HUG THE DUKE TILL WE CAN'T HUG NO MORE*
*gasp* This comment right here is so pure and blessed. Thank you so much. This made my day.
Delete(Duke hugs- something I find funny yet necessary.)