And on my word you'll give up your whole life for me
and you'll be reborn, bigger and stronger
And less alive
-
Sapphire
R&C
(This is un-event related, I might do today's event tomorrow though. Must read previous stories to get this one)
[RP]
"Did you do it?" the officer demanded, not questioned. The room was dark, only lit by a mere candle and the moon. I could barely etch out his face in that darkness.
"No sir," I replied in the same blank tone as always. It was a pure and utter lie, I knew. I killed damn man, whose name I had recently learned. Owen. This lie was just a lifesaver. Just. If I had told the actual and complete truth, I would be dead by now. The truth doesn't get you anywhere, I would know. It only brings you down, like a hideous spell working against you.
The thing was, I didn't regret a moment of the fatal act.I knew he wanted me to tell the tale to him as I did with all of you, but I couldn't. I couldn't be hanged for this. I had so much more mad planning to do, so much more life, stretched infinitely out in front of me, to live. What I would do with that life-I didn't know.
"Where were you the night of Owen Luxe's death?" he once again questioned.
"In the corridors," I replied. Then my mind clicked with realization. It had been lying in front of me the whole time-my thoughts just had dragged my mind from reality, so it couldn't see the evident truth.
"Luxe?" I gasped.
"Yes, he /was/ 5th in line to inherit the Luxe estate. You were second."
I cringed at the though-cringed! No! No! No! This can't be it.
"Is-is he re-la-ated to me?" I whispered softly.
"Yes, 2nd cousin, as a matter of fact. Why, I'd think you would know your own family better. Maybe that's why you killed him."
"I didn't fucking kill him," I insisted. More thoughts intwined in my head, everything suddenly made sense.
Fuck.
My faint memory of the night of the ball flashed back into my mind. It was all clear now. Everything. I saw the ball like a play-Sapphire, the protagonist, the victim! But I am never a victim. I am a fighter. Owen, the antagonist. Owen the fucker who likes to fuck his own family members.
My cousin. No. The wheel of lies began to spew from my mouth on from that moment
"Actually mister, I have a snippet of information that you might find helpful," I said cunningly.
"And what would that be, miss? You better be honest with me."
"Oh of COURSE, I'd be honest with you. How could this face lie?" I smiled.
The face-my face, wasn't exactly graced with the look of innocence. Officer just looked skeptical.
"The night they found Owen dead, he-"
"He what?"
"Oh my," I started to fake sob, "Oh my, it was dreadful. He drugged me after dinner, kissed me insanely, and did things that his parents surely wouldn't approve of. Surely! This man was my cousin, my cousin! If you want to hear the full story, every detail, I can surely weave it for you, and-"
"Tell me away miss," he smiled back.
"Oh, it was dreadful," I cried, "I didn't know he would do such. I didn't even know he was related to me, but he surely must have known. I heard he just knows things, mystically. Anyways, after I drank my dinner wine, I felt quite light. Dreamy, like I could do nothing and everything. It's sort of hard to be explained, being drugged, the exact feeling, but I'll continue on, though my memory of the tale isn't the best. I'll tell you what I remember. It was dark, awfully dark. I saw nymphs and fairies, they smiled at me, lovely smiles. They told me to go on with this mysterious man, that it would make me infinitely happy and forever lovely. Owen-that's his name, isn't it? he kept holding my hand like a spell. His sweaty fingers intwined with my nimble ones, and soon enough we arrived to the forest. He started to kiss me madly-like it was a cure for his previous sins. And t-then," I falsely sobbed. Actual tears spilled onto my dress.
Damn I'm good.
"I know what comes next," the officer replied solemnly.
"Thank you officer for not making me retell that part, it's most dreadful. I kept whispering 'no' softly into his ear, but he didn't hear it. Officer, please! I didn't kill the man, after he had got what he wanted he left and I never saw him again."
"I believe you."
"And so you should."
-Sapphire
[Meh-y story, unplanned plot twist. Type 'LIE' if you read all.]
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