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The pain now flowing through Riuto’s body was like a crackling whip. The Empire had tricked him. Then again, they’d tricked him before, but not like this. They’d never caused him to kill anyone close to him. Never caused him to kill his wife...or children...or parents.... 2
He stood up and glanced at his sword. It was now stained with the blood of his entire family, and he would not change that until he’d gotten his revenge. He wanted to clean it, to rid his eyes of that horrible sight, but he knew this could not be done. The Code prevented him doing it until vengeance was realized, and no matter how he felt about the Empire, the Code was to be followed at all times. 3
He sheathed his sword and his arm fell to his side. Blood poured down from the arteries near his shoulder and onto the permafrost ground below, melting the snow beneath it and forming a puddle of red, half-frozen water. He looked around and took in the scene before him. Huts, homes, burned to the ground, fiery demise met by ice-cold acceptance and death with wide-open arms. The irony of it was shut off from his mind, though he could feel it pound on the steel doors. The drumming of horse hooves behind him brought his attention to reality, however, and he turned around to face this new disturbance. 4
“What is it you’ve done here, Riuto?” 5
“Only what the Empire asked; to destroy the village without mercy.” 6
“There is no record of the Empire commanding you to do this. You are in violation of the Standards of Decency Code, and will be arrested and tried for your crimes. Come with us now.” 7
Riuto could only stare at the man in confusion. No record? The Empire had ordered him to do it! What was happening? Had they forgotten to take note of it? Did they fail to notify this fool? 8
Had they tricked him again? 9
Anger now flooded his pained being and he drew his sword despite the ebbing strength of his arm. No, he would not be taken by this man. He would fight and get justice for it. 10
The horseman had his back turned, looking over the damage, no doubt laughing to himself over it all. Riuto didn’t care for this, however, and charged the man, and quickly disposed of him after impaling him with his sword. He grabbed the man and threw him off, then dragged him over to a hut and tossed him inside so his corpse could burn in Eternity in shame. Still enraged, he slaughtered the horse and did the same. A Condemnation; that’s what he’d been handed. A Condemnation. He would get his revenge. 11
He started down the mountain, and soon put everything behind him in specialized graves in his mind. He created guards to block those doors at all costs, and instructed them to never let him through. 12
He never looked back as he walked to the capital city to finish what the Empire had started.13
Author notes
I'm sure any of you who have read my story, "The Condemnation," can put two and two together to figure out what this is. Once again, this story, along with "/~ERROR.exe," is to meet the requirements of this contest.
What did you think? Please comment!
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Sure ya can; I don't think I've seen you do it yet, but I'm sure you could
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wifey?
i think that scared all your potential wifeys away.
but it's a good trait, to assume other masks. yum.
except i can't do it exceptionally well.
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Nah, no wifey over here; I think I'd go nuts just from having one. I figure I can worry about that whenever I'm lucky enough to get a girlfriend, which, with my luck, will never happen anyway lol.
But anyways, yeah, I like trying to get inside the heads of others, though usually they're just people I happened to think up when I started writing a story like this. -
you like to get into different kind of people's heads to write your stories, because I AM ASSUMING you're not someone who would kill his wife (do you have one?
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it makes sense!!!! it DOES!!!! -
Wha...?
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you like to hug other people's psyche....it's weird.
but understandable.
still not you.
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Thanks.
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I like this too It fits perfectly with the other half still needs revision though, but still not bad.
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Thanks; this is simply the prequel to "The Condemnation."
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3 thumbs up
Although there was not a lot of detail to this, it was really good. I think I'll take a look at "The Condemnation" soon. -
Thank you.
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I love how that is set out. This is good writing that could possibly do with a tad more description as its a little bald in parts. But the overall effect is really good and a pleasure to read. Had me looking for the next line- good story telling
David
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