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𝐼 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢, Elizabeth Midford.
You are not just my sword, but my light; The very essence of life. For you to die … My world would darken. I’m afraid I couldn’t carry on knowing that I failed you.
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𖬺. downward she goes. knees meet earth … stone … floor. she scarcely knows which. ) what—- wh… ( eyes flutter; open. close. open again. 𖬺. so she is made to behold such a scene. ) what 𝒉appened.ᐣ
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⠀⠀⠀⠀ ( within a blink, some 𝘪mperceptible 𝘧ulcrum has shifted. vertigo arrives immediate as the breath is driven from lungs ‘fore comprehension may follow. )
she jolts— focus taken away from her for little more than a few seconds, few seconds are enough for her to jam her pin into a button she hadn’t meant to try out just yet.
The change isn’t obvious
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⠀⠀⠀⠀ 𝒸iel.ᐣ ( his words settle poorly within chest. a leaden thing. a charnel thing. slowly does she withdraw, denying herself those childish inclinations that would otherwise entice her so. )
… I’m here. ( It’s gentle, tender. Holding himself together for her sake, but it’s a knife in his heart to hold her, to feel her body quiver with tears. ) My hands are stained, too.
distant cursing — frustrated grunts & the clink of metal against metal. Axis is too busy fidgeting with a small machine to notice @longinglaces’ pretty pink bonnet sneaking up behind her .. !
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⠀⠀⠀⠀ ( a slight cant of gilded crown; gaze cast left, right, then left once more ‘fore a little lady absconds down corridor. 𝓖relle has been beheld countless times before; in all manner of theatrical excess. )
@longinglaces
“Ppssttt…Miss Lizzie…?”
Grell peeked her head out from around the corner of the hallway - her long, deep red locks not at all helping her blend in against the dreary background of the estate.
“Could I bother you for some quick assistance? Don’t let +
@DRIPCRIMS0N ( yet curtsy’s attempt draws forth a giggle, difficult to suppress. ) ah—- but 𝙩𝙝at simply will not do.ᐟ mister sebastian is dreadfully exacting where manners are concerned, you know.〜 [ + ]