Waiting for a Reply
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Emily fell. All that was left of her was a scream, the name of the man who promised to always protect her, whipped away by the gales. She fell. And Corvo followed.
He closed his eyes, and opened them to see Daud’s blade sheathed in Jessamine’s body, a whisper on her lips, the name of the man who promised to protect her and her child.
A promise he would honor to his last breath.
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- Part 1 of Waiting for a Reply
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“Time and time again, faced with the ones who conspired to destroy me, you chose mercy over vengeance. You chose mercy, but was it just, or was it vindictive? My dear, Lord Protector: disgraced, dishonored, and a failure. You would be better suited as an assassin if not for the fact that you are blind to the blood staining your hands.”
Jessamine leaned down, the shadows looming behind her and dancing like firelight, and placed a delicate hand on Corvo’s cheek, wiping a tear that escaped down the side of his face with a sharp-nailed finger. She whispered, like all those moments stolen between duty and rest, secreted away between one breath and the next, a perverted parody of a tender moment between lovers.
“It was not mercy that stayed your blade, Corvo. Do not use me as an excuse for your choices any longer.”
Corvo didn't dare look away.
...Response to an old kmeme:
Samuel is not an alchemist and a half-vial is still enough for a prolonged, painful death without treatment. When Corvo begins to deteriorate while detained by the Whalers, Daud is faced with a difficult choice: does his desire for penance over the Empress' murder extend to saving the life of her Lord Protector?Series
- Part 2 of Waiting for a Reply
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"No!" Seeing the door slide close, Emily lunged forward, scrambling toward the only exit. She was halted with tight hand on her tense shoulder, stopping her dead in her tracks as she reached toward the door.
"No! Let me go!" She shouted and to her surprise, the man did.
Emily wrenched herself away from him, her breath coming fast, tears still streaming down her cheeks. "Why… why are you doing this? How could you do—" Her words broke with a sob as she fell to her knees and tried rub away the tears.
The two took up guard on either side of the door, posture straight and stiff, and said nothing. Emily continued to cry herself into exhaustion, still not understanding the ramifications of the horrific tragedy she had witnessed.
She wanted her Mommy. She wanted Corvo. But she was alone and her tears refused to stop.
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Completed stories/scenes interconnected with my Singing in the Void story.
1) After her mother is killed, Emily is kept in the den of her Mother's assassins and meets the people behind the blood stained masks.
2) The Whalers, Thomas, and Daud all feel the heavy weight of blame for what they've done to Dunwall, if only Daud understood that.
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- Part 3 of Waiting for a Reply