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Post by Malefica on Mar 15, 2008 9:10:13 GMT -5
*Malefica stumbled from the kitchen and into the bedroom. The pain in her chest was unbearable. She loved her husband and child, and tried to give them all her love. But no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't bring Icarus to love her back. The tears were trickling down her cheeks as she sat down by the table and wrote him a letter.*
My beloved husband,
Forgive me for saying goodbye this way, but I didn't have any choice. The goddess part of me needs to be loved to be able to love back, and we both know that our marriage haven't been successful. I tried to do my best to be a good wife for you, but I have failed. You didn't seem very happy with me, and I have no right to bind you to me against your will.
Please take care of our daughter Eden for me. One day she will turn into a beautiful woman. Make sure she gets The Golden Wand of Heaven when she is old enough to use it. I regret that I can't be there to see her grow up, but the pain in my heart is stronger than I can bear.
I hope you both one day will find a place in your heart to forgive me. I love you both.
Your loving, but problematic wife, Malefica
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Post by Malefica on Mar 15, 2008 9:17:49 GMT -5
*Malefica dried her tears and placed the letter on the middle of the table, with a red rose attached to it, hoping that Icarus would find it. She took off the black ring he had given to her and placed it on the letter, together with the rose. What use did she have for immortality, when she had to be unloved?
She wiped away another tear and walked over to her bed. She found a small, black bottle in her skirt pocket. It had been there for a while. Since the problems with Icarus had started. She put on her best dress, and made herself as beautiful as possible before she emptied the bottle. She wanted to look good when she died.
Malefica laid down on the bed and closed her eyes. The poison worked immediately, and she drifted off into a deep sleep. The darkness surrounded her....*
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Post by Der Tod on Mar 15, 2008 9:32:39 GMT -5
((This is after he gets back home from Hungary))
*Another suicide. Of all souls he had to come for, those were the ones he didn't like bearing away. Not only because of the usually sad circumstances around them, but because of an all-too personal experience in that regard.
He was surprised at who it was. Though they'd never actually met, he had heard of her before, as people of such power never went unnoticed by the Powers That Be. Her soul, the perfect mirror image of her body, lay quietly on the bed*
"Malefica?"
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Post by Malefica on Mar 15, 2008 9:36:17 GMT -5
*Malefica, or her soul, opened her eyes. She went out of her earthly body and looked down at it for a moment. This felt strange. She looked up at the man that had just entered the bedroom.*
"Who are you? And how do you know my name?"
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Post by Der Tod on Mar 15, 2008 9:47:17 GMT -5
"Der Tod...Death. And, I know everyone's name."
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Post by Malefica on Mar 15, 2008 9:48:43 GMT -5
*Malefica smiled and offered her tiny hand in a greeting, well-mannered as she was.*
"Of course, I should have known that. Forgive me. It is nice to finally meet you.*
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Post by Der Tod on Mar 15, 2008 10:33:47 GMT -5
*Rather than shaking hands, he merely held hers in his own for a moment, as though comforting. She didn't look upset, but he knew from past dealings that you couldn't take that at face value*
"It is all right...though, I should ask, if you are sure about this."
*He nodded in the direction of her body*
"It is not too late to take it back."
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Post by Malefica on Mar 15, 2008 10:38:53 GMT -5
*Malefica looked at him, calmly. She still remembered how much pain she had endured since she first met Icarus. How much she had loved him, and how hopeless it had been, since he couldn't love her back. She felt bad about leaving Eden, but she had no doubt that Icarus could take good care of her. And hopefully Eden would one day become the new Guardian of the Holy Grail.*
"I am sure." *She replied and met his stare.* "There is nothing left for me here. I have fulfilled my duties."
*Her voice was just as hurt as her soul.*
A life without love is a life not worth living....
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Post by Der Tod on Mar 15, 2008 13:52:19 GMT -5
*He sighed. They never took it back. He ought to stop offering that, but whenever he ran across another one he could never stop himself from asking them the question.*
"All right," he said quietly. "It is simple...only a kiss, and then, you will go to your rest."
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Post by Malefica on Mar 15, 2008 13:59:11 GMT -5
*Malefica nodded. She had heard about the Kiss of Death, in the worlds she had been roaming.*
"I am ready." *She replied calmly.* "You have no idea how tired I am."
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Post by Der Tod on Mar 15, 2008 14:17:57 GMT -5
"I hope you find the rest you are looking for, Malefica."
*With those words, he placed a gentle kiss on her lips. Immediately, he could already sense her starting to fade*
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Post by Malefica on Mar 15, 2008 14:23:08 GMT -5
*Malefica closed her eyes and responded to the kiss. She had been longing to die for a long time, and now, when it finally happened.... she felt an enormous peace sinking in over her. All that had been painful in her life, all her sadness, disappeared. She felt free.... and happy. With a smile on her lips she sank back in his arms and started to fade away.*
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Post by Der Tod on Mar 15, 2008 14:35:17 GMT -5
*Perhaps, though, this one would actually find what she was looking for. It was not long before she was entirely gone, away to wherever it was that one like her went to. 'Job' done, he left *
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Post by Eden on Mar 15, 2008 14:39:21 GMT -5
((*blinks* WTF, mate?))
*Eden came bounding in, an endless source of energy. She frowned to see her mother on the bed. Jumping up next to her, she tugged roughly at her dress.*
"Wake up, Mother. This is no time to be sleeping. Daddy promised to help me make puppets. You have to wake up and come see."
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Post by Malefica on Mar 15, 2008 14:43:37 GMT -5
*Malefica's spirit was drawn back to the earth. She had waited just a little too long with walking into the light. It was her love for Eden that held her back. Malefica entered the bedroom. She was still visible, but you could see right through her. She looked at Eden, lovingly, trying to reach out her hand to caress the blond hair, but her hand went right through her.*
"I am here, Eden." *She mildly replied.*
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