Forbidden Voracity ☯ Dark 10
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[ Place: Cabin’s living room ]
Kino: Tch...
Stay back, Yuuri.
Yuuri: ...!
Kino: What do you think you’re doing!?
—The crow flies across the room; in an empty space, it drops a paper bag and it shifts back into… Scarlett—
Scarlett: Ugh, so dizzy——
Yuuri: !
Scarlett-san…
Kino: You...!
—Kino rushes in her direction—
Scarlett: Ah!?
Wait, Kino, no–!
—Kino grabs her by the shoulders and shakes her furiously—
Kino: Where were you!? Who gave you permission to run away!?
Scarlett: Ahhh! Stop, I’m dizzy already!!!
Kino: What were you thinking!? I won’t let you betray us!
Did you talk to them again!? What did you say? What did you do!?
Scarlett: …!?!? C-calm down!
I didn’t run away! And I’m back, am I not?
I only needed some air…!
Kino: ……huh?
—Kino steps back; Scarlett stumbles before holding onto the armchair—
Scarlett: Ah… my head…
Kino: Air?
This stinky air? Really?
Scarlett: Air, as in space, Kino.
From you, specifically.
Kino: … that’s all…?
Scarlett: For now it is.
Kino: … ... sigh.
… I’m safe.
Scarlett: From what?
Kino: Eh!?
I wasn’t talking to you.
Scarlett: You’re not safe.
Kino: Hah!?
Scarlett: You’re not safe. You won’t get rid of me that easily.
I made a promise to those people! But I can’t do much if you anger me to the point of wanting to hurt you instead of helping you.
…I had to leave to keep us both safe, if you think about it.
I would have probably died after slapping your face.
Or kicking you a few times.
…or killing you in your sleep.
Kino: … … What––
Scarlett: We don’t want that, do we?
Besides, I was hungry.
Kino: …is that so…?
… h… ha, well, you cleaned your mouth this time, great job.
Scarlett: … ha, ha.
No.
I won’t repeat that if you’re talking to me the way you did again.
Or scold me at all!
I could do nothing but stare at you like a helpless puppy!
Because you were right!
And it was infuriating!
Yuuri: !
Scarlett: ...but I figured I couldn’t hurt you without being hurt back tenfold, so I left.
Kino: … a… alright then.
...hah. Good to know that you’re aware of what I can do.
Scarlett: I’ve learned the hard way.
So, instead of snapping back, I got something better!
—Scarlett looks around the room—
Scarlett: Where is…? Ah!
—Scarlett picks up the paper bag from the floor—
Scarlett: I hope they are still good—
Kino: … What…? Food?
Scarlett: Here…!
Ah–!
It’s getting moldy already…!
Noooo…!
—She runs to the sink—
Kino: Oi…!
Yuuri: … fruit?
Scarlett: A knife, a knife…
—Cutlery rattle—
Scarlett: Here!
Kino: !
Yuuri: !
—Scarlett takes her gloves off and cuts the moldy parts off the fruit under the running water—
Kino: … … did she lose her mind?
Yuuri: …Scarlett-san, what are you doing?
Scarlett: I am saving this peach! It’s working!
You see, I went to the Demon World.
The marketplace area, specifically, they have all kinds of food and other things.
I’d go there occasionally to buy run errands for Rhiannon-sama, so I remember it... For the most part.
Some merchants even remembered me, ha... They would give me things for free knowing that they were for her.
Sigh. They don’t seem to know about the news yet. There is no way I could inform them either.
Yuuri: ... is it needed?
Scarlett: Well, her mansion was on fire when I left. It probably burned down to the ashes.
I don’t think anyone survived, aside from me.
Kino: Hmpf. Isn’t that great?
No Vampire enslaving you, no witnesses, no past...
Scarlett: ... It’s a little more complicated than that.
Being the one survivor after a Vampire’s death leaves someone like me in a suspicious position, don’t you think?
Kino: ... hm.
I think I get it. In that case—...
Scarlett: —Ah! My peach is lost... I couldn’t save it after all.
Haa... I believe it makes sense it won’t last here.
Kino: ...food lacks for a reason. Especially if it comes from anywhere outside these lands.
Anything living rots fast.
Scarlett: I should have expected as much.
Kino: You know what else doesn’t last in this place? Water.
Clean water won’t come from the sink endlessly, idiot.
—Kino walks up to the sink and stops the water—
Scarlett: … … Ah…
That... also makes sense.
My mistake. This is different from the rest of the Demon World.
Oh, by the way!
I have something for you and Yuuri, as well!
—Scarlett dries her hands on her skirt and searches inside the bag again—
Yuuri: … …me?
Kino: Pass.
Scarlett: You don’t know what it is yet!
Kino: I won’t eat anything you give me! Nor will Yuuri.
Scarlett: No…? What a shame.
Fine, I can eat them myself. I like sweets.
Kino: … wait.
Is that…?
—Scarlett shakes a tiny plastic bag—
Scarlett: Fufu~ I saw them by chance.
Well, I could never ignore those colorful and very tiny sweets!
Konpeito, was it?
I could only bring a few though.
Kino: … you got… konpeito for me?
Why?
Scarlett: Originally, I did. I thought of them as some kind of truce.
“If you can’t beat them, join them”, as they say.
Ideally, you would at least listen to me in exchange for these sweets, and I would, maybe, be less reluctant to your outrageous ideas.
...but it’s just candy after all. Fortunately, sugar can’t rot as fast as a fruit, I believe…?
I’m still curious about how they—
Kino: ——Hand them over.
Scarlett: Eh!? You said you didn’t—?
Kino: I want them now!
Gimme!
Scarlett: Wha–?
Is that how you ask for things!?
Kino: Don’t start!
They are mine, give them to me!
Scarlett: But!
Kino: Scarlett!
Scarlett: Ahhh!
—Scarlett runs away—
Kino: ——!?
Come back here!!
—Kino chases her—
Scarlett: W-wait a minute!
Noooo!
Yuuri: … …
—Furniture falling; glass crashing; wings flapping and a crow’s squawk can be heard from the next room—
Caw!
Kino: Ah-ha! Now they are mine.
Caw! Caw!
Kino: No! Get away!!
Caw!
Kino: Sto—! Ah!?
Let go!!!
Yuuri: … …
… …pff.
—The ruckus continues and Yuuri picks up the bag; something is still inside—
Yuuri: … …?
… …
Kino: Heh. There we go.
Stop struggling or you’ll break your wings.
I’m not in the mood for more bothersome stuff from you, got it?
I got the candy, now you have to obey me, so stay still.
——Stay still I said!
—Crunch crunch; Muffled caws—
Yuuri: … …
—Yuuri peeks inside; there is a bunch of marshmallows—
Yuuri: ... …?
—He picks one—
Yuuri: … soft.
Is this… edible?
—Yuuri smells it before giving it a taste—
Yuuri: …nn!
Too… too sweet…
… ah. Fufu.
Thank you, Scarlett-san.
Caw—!
Scarlett: My hair—!
Kino: Hahahaha~
Yuuri: ... ha...
( The calm after the storm... )
( Or is this the calm before...? )
—Dark 10 END—
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