Ongoing Story/"......Sister....?"
From Create Your Own Story
Chapter 38: ....Plot. That's about it.
"Lunis...." Carol gasps, not believing her eyes. You can't either, but more because you never expected that this sadistic, hateful sorcerer could be the man who selflessly sacrificed himself to save Alma and Carol's lives.
Alma's lower lip trembles as she becomes her normal self once again. "...Uncle Lunis?" she whispers, adding further confirmation to your growing shock...and your confusion. You look across at Elena, who is similarly taken aback. By this time, Luhrash....or Lunis, rather, has created clothes for Carol, an elegant dress fit for a noblewoman. The two are talking.
"What are you doing here, Carol?"
"I should ask you the same thing. What happened, Lunis?"
Lunis took a deep breath, then started his story. "When I cast the spell, they took me and....and beheaded me." Carol stifles a gasp, and Lunis holds a hand up to silence her. "Yes, I died. Thanks to ignorant people who couldn't understand Alma...who never realized that she was HARMLESS! That she was so bright and full of joy....I'll never forgive them! NEVER!.....I woke up outside Tanisor, though I don't know how I got there. There was this symbol on my hand." He holds up his palm, where there was a stylized tree with a series of polygons circumscribing it.
Alma gasps. "I....there's a strange sense about that symbol...."
"That's right, Alma. I also felt a burning in my veins, a voice crying for blood. I did some research, and it seems this symbol is the mark of a revenant, a human soul returned for revenge against wrongdoers. I knew what I had to do, then-"
"Wait!" you interject, staring him down. "Why attack Duke Korol, then? He wasn't a bad ruler before...a womanizer, but not a bad ruler. What's he got to do with revenge on your wrongdoers?"
He matches you glare for glare, then speaks, an angry look in his eye. "That Duke....kind, sure, but only to humans. He's never made it known to the public, but I've been all through the castle. Did you ever notice the stench of minotaur and beast blood in the torture chambers? Korol purged this place, without mercy. So now I'm giving him a taste of his own medicine."
"No matter what he did, he's still my father!" Elena cries out.
"A FOUL SHELL OF A MAN WITH NO RESPECT FOR ANYONE WHO DOESN'T LOOK LIKE HIM!" Lunis snarls, his fury cowing Elena to silence.
"Uncle Lunis....so angry..." Alma whispers, hugging herself.
"I have a right to be, Alma...I'm doing this for your sake...for the sake of recompense-"
"WHAT KIND OF TALK IS THAT?!" Alma shrieks, her face full of horror. "Why are you using me as a reason for this? Did you think it would make me happy? Did you think I'd LIKE hearing the screams of the dying? You're just like them....if that's how you think now, I can't call you my uncle any more!"
You stare at Lunis tensely. He fell silent after the outburst, his face unreadable. When he finally speaks, he says...
