❛ ── 𝓡𝐚𝐲. ೄ

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[❛ ── 𝓡𝐚𝐲. ೄ @ebonydeceiver]

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𒍦 ❛ 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝗲𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 *𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒔𝒕 . . ˊˎ-

ᅠ

˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳ an indie portrayal of
ray from the
promised neverland. ➴҉

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-ˏˋ . . 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲! ❜ 𒍧
⠀

[❛ ── 𝓡𝐚𝐲. ೄ @ebonydeceiver]

@FieryPromises ⠀
── then what?❞

[Ray asked, only taking one glance over his shoulder as he ran along the top of the wall.]

[❛ ── 𝓡𝐚𝐲. ೄ @ebonydeceiver]

⠀
[It took quite some time for the observant child to spot that wild field of orange that belonged on @FieryPromises’s head, a closed novel in hand as he approached.]

❝Yo. I didn’t see you running down the hallway like a five-year-old this morning. Something wrong?❞

[❛ ── 𝓡𝐚𝐲. ೄ @ebonydeceiver]

@FieryPromises ⠀
[They knew there was no going back once that fire began to spread. The little ones would grow confused and demand for answers from their Mama ─ if she wasn’t vile enough to leave them stranded just for the sake of chasing after the escapees.]

❝Once we’re out, ──

[❛ ── 𝓡𝐚𝐲. ೄ @ebonydeceiver]

@FieryPromises ⠀
── the warm substance in question: *𝖇𝖑𝖔𝖔𝖉. How it looked horrific pouring down the side of her face like that, even through the bandage.]

❝Don’t let yourself lose any more blood, alright? I need you 𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙚 and to 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙮 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙢𝙚 here, got it?❞

[❛ ── 𝓡𝐚𝐲. ೄ @ebonydeceiver]

@FieryPromises ⠀
[As the rest of the children were making beelines along the top of the wall, Ray stayed behind, ensuring Emma’s safety as he 𝙧𝙚𝙛𝙪𝙨𝙚𝙙 to continue this operation without her. Firelight from afar illuminated the worried expression on his face, orbs catching glimpse of ──

[❛ ── 𝓡𝐚𝐲. ೄ @ebonydeceiver]

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⠀ ⠀⠀✎ ⨾ ─ you’re good! feel better soon. ❤️

also, the “he won’t leave her alone.” OUUUUCH.

[❛ ── 𝓡𝐚𝐲. ೄ @ebonydeceiver]

@FieryPromises ⠀
──

❝Okay, but we still have one problem.❞

[An index finger tapped at the back of his left ear, pointing out the trackers implanted on each and every orphan.]

[❛ ── 𝓡𝐚𝐲. ೄ @ebonydeceiver]

@FieryPromises ⠀
❝So . . a decoy of me, using common meats and a sample of hair that isn’t even the right color.❞

[He reflected on the plan, tone highly skeptical as he didn’t even try to conceal his sarcasm. Arms folded across his chest, he took a moment to think.]

──

[❛ ── 𝓡𝐚𝐲. ೄ @ebonydeceiver]

@FieryPromises ⠀
── didn’t care enough to learn the names of; he was shocked, but too mentally drained to show it on his countenance. So, these were the kids who have his life in their hands, huh? . . Ray chose to do this for 𝙀𝙢𝙢𝙖, and Emma alone.]

❝. . . Alright. What now?❞

[❛ ── 𝓡𝐚𝐲. ೄ @ebonydeceiver]

@FieryPromises ⠀
[The mild assault and battery caused a slight grunt to leave Ray’s system, though he couldn’t stop that low laughter from escaping as well. Dark orbs glanced up to take a look at who was involved in their plan. Don . . Gilda . . Anna . . Thoma . . Lannion . . others he ──

[❛ ── 𝓡𝐚𝐲. ೄ @ebonydeceiver]

@FieryPromises ⠀
── the tip of the match, flesh suffocating the flame into an instant death.]

❝That last part is no secret, by the way. I always knew you were fond of me, though I can’t understand why.❞

[❛ ── 𝓡𝐚𝐲. ೄ @ebonydeceiver]

@FieryPromises ⠀
── finally came to your senses. I was starting to think you gave up hope like I did. *𝙏𝙘𝙝.❞

[Seemingly defeated, the fact that Emma was willing to tweak 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 plan to make fit was enough for him to abandon his *𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧 𝐁. His thumb and index digit gripped on ──

[❛ ── 𝓡𝐚𝐲. ೄ @ebonydeceiver]

@FieryPromises ⠀
── decide for myself if it’s worth sacrificing my glorious masterpiece of a death.❞

[❛ ── 𝓡𝐚𝐲. ೄ @ebonydeceiver]

@FieryPromises ⠀
── did not care for the other children like Emma did; there was only two people in the world he gave a damn about; one was dead and the other was begging him not to become dead himself. Uniting in the afterlife did not seem so bad ─ at least, to Ray.]

❝I’ll ──