Taking What's Mine, Forever
Burning Heart
In a shed in the forests of Iansburg, Windervancea
Estelle lies on the floor of the shed, bloody and panting.
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Ah...she still wouldn't open up, miss.
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We've beat her to the core, and she's still mum.
Diarah
Ugh... you're obstinate as ever, aren't you?
Diarah
Come now, you won't tell your sister anything? We had the same mother, so we have the same right to know...
Diarah puts her foot on Estelle's arm, her heel digging in her skin.
Diarah
I'll ask you one last time, sweetly...
Diarah
...where is that heirloom? Where did our mother hide it? Tell me.
Estelle
I'm never telling you...
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M-madam, the Sire is calling...
Diarah
Ugh, that old geezer...! Fine, I'll finish this quick.
Diarah
I was hoping I could get something out of you before you died, but you're pretty useless.
Estelle
You...get something...?
Estelle
You've already...taken everything...
Estelle
My hotel... my friend...my love...!
Diarah
I didn't take it away, it was never yours to begin with!
Diarah pours oil round her sister's broken body, and lights a match.
Diarah
You always said that my hatred is just my burning with jealousy, huh?
Diarah
So? Who's burning now?
Diarah
I'm sorry, sister...but I am afraid you were destined for your doom, ahaha.
Diarah
Oh dear, sure, but it looks like you'll be getting there first. Haha!
She flicks the matchstick on the oil and leaves.
The door closes on fire everywhere. Estelle stares at the ring of flames round her in a death-like daze.
Estelle
(I'm dying now...? How did it all come to this?)
Estelle
(No... everyone whom I loved and trusted...they all turned their back on me...)
Estelle
(It's so...unfair...)
She flopped to the ground, letting her body burn. But her heart burned more, with want of vengeance even as she took her last breath.
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Do you truly want justice?
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Do you truly want to reclaim your belongings?
Estelle
Yes...I want justice...
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Go back, back to the beginning, and reclaim it.
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Will you be able to change your fate?
Estelle
...yes, yes I will...
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Until the clock strikes twelve, then.
A bright light shone, and everything faded.
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The fire...it's gone...?
She woke to some blurred sound. The best and pain was gone.
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Estelle, oh no, you're really not okay...
Estelle sat up immediately, breathing heavily, shocked. She looked around.
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Estelle! Do calm down! What are you looking for?
Finally her eyes landed on a mirror, and she gasped.
Estelle
(This is...me when I was 17?!)
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