@newringmistress@humansasha last small satisfaction to themself, that nobody else will know. No use waiting until the inferno melts it completely.]
[It shudders, stills, and finally stops pretending to be alive.]
@newringmistress@humansasha like that, not this noise. It warbles, warps, staticky as it always is when it breaks, and then it’s gone.]
[Their limbs next. They’re restrained, but the plastic is half-melted, and they watch their arms simply… fall away as they move them.]
[Enough of this, it figures. One
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@newringmistress@humansasha [Nikola speaks. Their voice is, for once, flat. It says only one word, staring— as much as it can without eyes, without a face— directly at Natalia.]
Con sig li ere .
[That’s all they have to say.]
@newringmistress@humansasha fuse about to blow.]
na Ta li a , Dear ~
Care to ex Plain ~ ? Sides , and Loy al ty , and All That —
what , ex Act ly , do You Think you’re Do ing ?
@newringmistress@humansasha Real ly , now ~ ? you’ve got No Sense of Show man ship ~ !
[It almost laughs. But it sees the Not-Them, the thing calling itself Natalia, and.]
. . . Hm ? Hm .
[Their levity drops, their body language now cold and hard. Her anger is clear— it isn’t loud, but it’s tense, like a
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@newringmistress I mean , Last time , there were Spot lights , there was Mu sic , and , Yes , Fi re ~
all i see This time is the Fi re , Ring mis tress ~ . got a ny thing New ~ ? o Ri gi nal ~ ?
[Its tone is light, despite their situation.]
come On , Show me what you’ve Got ~
@newringmistress [Much like the first time they died, they are surrounded by fire.]
[She has a feeling that, this time, it’ll stick. It’s not afraid, no, but perhaps disappointed.]
“ One Last Show “ , hm ~ ?
[It shakes its head, and if it could smile, it would be.]
a Bit Un in Spi red , no ~ ?
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[The Ringmistress stands over her prisoner, and smiles with a little bit of sick delight.]
A quiet death wouldn’t be becoming of you, no. It has to be a setpiece. That would only be fair, wouldn’t it? One last show.
@showmannequin