08-24-2016, 06:32 PM
I gave her a look of puzzlement, or at least I thought I did. She only gave me a neutral one in response.
“I don’t know, that’s a pretty big commitment.” I responded, which was the only excuse I could think of at the time.
After all that I have seen that day, I definitely didn’t want to join these people. I had to wonder why this Princess even thought I’d want to be a part of this.
“It’s not much of a commitment at all!” She said, her smile returning. The shift in emotion was jarring to say the least. “You don’t have to take orders from us, you don’t have to do anything but swear that you only use magic to combat evil.”
“I’m a pacifist, I don’t combat anything.” I reasoned.
“Well, either you’re going to fight evil, or we may just have to put a damper on your use of magic.”
The guards walked in, guiding a small orc child by the shoulders. She looked to be 8 or 9, wore a dirty dress that barely reached her calves. She was visibly shaking. Her eyes were darting between me and the Princess.
“Tell you what, I’ll let you keep your powers, if you kill that disgusting orc over there. I’ll know I can trust you with your magic after that.”
She said, the orc child began to sob uncontrollably. Tears wet the ground as she starts twitching harder than she had before, anguished moans between her sobs rang in my ears. “Yeah yeah, no one is believing your sympathy act you little brat.”
I was devastated, I couldn’t believe what this woman was asking of me.
“Why are you asking me to kill her? She’s only a child!”
“She’s an orc, all orcs are born evil.”
“But, she hasn’t even done anything!”
“Doesn’t matter, it’s what she will do one day that concerns me.”
“You don’t know that!”
“Yes I do! I’ve fought many orcs in my world, we’ve studied them, we’ve dissected them, evil is part of their DNA. Even if they pretend to be part of us they can’t control who they are.” She said, her face had twisted into a scowl, her stern eyes piercing into me. Her intensity pressed against my skin, to the put that I felt like I was being pushed against my seat.
A few agonizing seconds of her gaze and she finally relented, looking disappointed more than anything.
“It’s too bad, you would have been great. What a pity.”
She started to casually walk towards the child. I started to get a sinking feeling in my gut.
“Wait! Please don’t kill-”
In one quick sweep of the leg and her foot hit hard against the back of the orc child’s neck. A loud audible crack echoed through the room as the child fell to the ground, lifeless. Her eyes still bearing the pained look from her final moments.
That face still haunts me to this day.
“I don’t know, that’s a pretty big commitment.” I responded, which was the only excuse I could think of at the time.
After all that I have seen that day, I definitely didn’t want to join these people. I had to wonder why this Princess even thought I’d want to be a part of this.
“It’s not much of a commitment at all!” She said, her smile returning. The shift in emotion was jarring to say the least. “You don’t have to take orders from us, you don’t have to do anything but swear that you only use magic to combat evil.”
“I’m a pacifist, I don’t combat anything.” I reasoned.
“Well, either you’re going to fight evil, or we may just have to put a damper on your use of magic.”
The guards walked in, guiding a small orc child by the shoulders. She looked to be 8 or 9, wore a dirty dress that barely reached her calves. She was visibly shaking. Her eyes were darting between me and the Princess.
“Tell you what, I’ll let you keep your powers, if you kill that disgusting orc over there. I’ll know I can trust you with your magic after that.”
She said, the orc child began to sob uncontrollably. Tears wet the ground as she starts twitching harder than she had before, anguished moans between her sobs rang in my ears. “Yeah yeah, no one is believing your sympathy act you little brat.”
I was devastated, I couldn’t believe what this woman was asking of me.
“Why are you asking me to kill her? She’s only a child!”
“She’s an orc, all orcs are born evil.”
“But, she hasn’t even done anything!”
“Doesn’t matter, it’s what she will do one day that concerns me.”
“You don’t know that!”
“Yes I do! I’ve fought many orcs in my world, we’ve studied them, we’ve dissected them, evil is part of their DNA. Even if they pretend to be part of us they can’t control who they are.” She said, her face had twisted into a scowl, her stern eyes piercing into me. Her intensity pressed against my skin, to the put that I felt like I was being pushed against my seat.
A few agonizing seconds of her gaze and she finally relented, looking disappointed more than anything.
“It’s too bad, you would have been great. What a pity.”
She started to casually walk towards the child. I started to get a sinking feeling in my gut.
“Wait! Please don’t kill-”
In one quick sweep of the leg and her foot hit hard against the back of the orc child’s neck. A loud audible crack echoed through the room as the child fell to the ground, lifeless. Her eyes still bearing the pained look from her final moments.
That face still haunts me to this day.
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