i was the only one who saw it happen. i saw it happen every time.
by unknown catalyst, these students would suddenly have some unknown magic cast on them by their own sceptre or other personal items of choice. they would be lifted helplessly in the air or driven to the ground, a look of fear or confusion on their faces, and a bright sigil, unique to each one, would slowly be drawn in the air in front of them. and then they would disappear, turning into light,.. and fly into me and be absorbed, and that was the end of them.
and they kept vanishing, and nobody knew why, including me. this hadn't happened before, and i wasn't doing anything new.
dream 🌀 pt.5 Afficher plus
and the eighth time... it was intentional. in an impulsive moment i thought that if i was going to be stuck absorbing everyone then i might as well absorb someone who i liked: a girl who i was fond of (a bipedal rhino, at a party). while we were shielded from view, i picked up and prodded her with her own sceptre. the spell activated and performed its work faster than before, but not so fast i couldn't see her face. her expression wasn't of fear or of confusion but of *anger*, and anger directed at *me*.