stackhoused
Super-Earth
- Joined
- Feb 19, 2009
Shilo stepped out into the cold night air, feeling it lick at her face as she took a breath. Her father, the one person she thought she could count on, was dead. Not only was he dead, but he had bold-face lied to her. She felt her stomach churn at the thought as she ducked into the opera house's alleyway, hand pressing against her stomach. She doubled over for a moment, just in case, but nothing came. She blinked back tears as she stood straight again, lifting her hand to run her fingers over her wig.
All you have to do is pull the trigger. Her hands shook with the memory of the cold gun in her hand, watching her father struggle for composure in his chair. Rotti's angry face, so many new facts being thrown at her. Sinking down against the wall, she tried to keep her dying father's face from her mind, tried to forget that he had admitted to poisoning and imprisoning her. Her eyes snapped open at the sound of audience members leaving the theater, their shocked voices filling the air; it was enough to clear her head, to make her run.
She was half-way home before she realized she couldn't go back there. Memories of his voice echoing back at her from the walls, empty frames where her mother's holographic used to be; it was all too much to bear. Breathing a little heavier than normal (she wasn't exactly used to running, especially without her mask), she paused mid-step and looked around her. It was dark and she could hear the announcements being made everywhere around her, inviting people to sign up for their next operation and the robotic voice announcing graverobbers will be killed on sight. She wrapped her arms around herself as she turned slowly, unsure which way would be best to go; it's not like she had anywhere other than her home to run to.
All you have to do is pull the trigger. Her hands shook with the memory of the cold gun in her hand, watching her father struggle for composure in his chair. Rotti's angry face, so many new facts being thrown at her. Sinking down against the wall, she tried to keep her dying father's face from her mind, tried to forget that he had admitted to poisoning and imprisoning her. Her eyes snapped open at the sound of audience members leaving the theater, their shocked voices filling the air; it was enough to clear her head, to make her run.
She was half-way home before she realized she couldn't go back there. Memories of his voice echoing back at her from the walls, empty frames where her mother's holographic used to be; it was all too much to bear. Breathing a little heavier than normal (she wasn't exactly used to running, especially without her mask), she paused mid-step and looked around her. It was dark and she could hear the announcements being made everywhere around her, inviting people to sign up for their next operation and the robotic voice announcing graverobbers will be killed on sight. She wrapped her arms around herself as she turned slowly, unsure which way would be best to go; it's not like she had anywhere other than her home to run to.