Danse · Macabre;

NO!

...H...He... My Prince... He's gone. His portrait is in the Hall of the Missing. I was afraid to check. My heart raced because I suspected it since its beginning. Our happiness couldn't last a month. Kaoru's, too. Kaoru's gone and so is Mytho. Hurts. It hurts. It hurts so much! I don't longer know how to hope. What is left when your happily ever after has been rewind time and time again?

Why does this City love to play with my feelings? I...wish to tear its heart but has none! I wish to take what is rightfully mine. I wish to be alone. Don't come near me! My hands... They can't stop shaking... My body is shivering. I- I don't know what I will do.

( Private. Cursed. )

...I am sorry.

How disgraceful for any princess to behave in such weak manner again. As always this nuisance is a-a little painful in the aftermath. Prince...

Where is Mytho?

((OOC: Krähe icons because I'm lazy to switch now >>; )).

All those tears wasted. Hmpf.

Would you someone explain me what is this supposed to be? Taking advantage of my Prince's absence and my pain to invade my home speaks of cowardice! What's mine is mine and I'll protect it!

So listen to the beat of black wings.

Yes, I am feeling much better. Thank you all for the concern. I can pull myself together just fine without anyone meddling. But to know someone cares...

Private // Hard to Hack;

It was easier when no one cared about me. Those days, I had no one to worry about but my Prince and my love was absolute. Only the Prince could love me... Ahiru was there too. He came here, stayed with me, forsaking his kingdom and his call. Willingly or not, I'm sure he stayed because, as terrible this place could be, people see me as Rue and not as... as...

Doubtless the ones of his kingdom would ever regard me and love me by myself. But his place is there with them. It's so selfish... I know we will be reunited together but why do I desire him to come back to the City again? This isn't his kingdom and I know how impotent he felt when he couldn't protect everyone here. That his strength alone wasn't enough.

It is because now I have a family and friends... and the seed of doubts are planted in my heart. This is why I turned them all away, because I felt I was betraying my pain of losing the Prince by accepting their comfort. While he must be so alone... without anyone he can turn to.

This is another test, isn't it? A trial to see if I can sacrifice my heart and life for the Prince? No, I don't... I want to sacrifice my happiness for Mytho now. It didn't matter to me he wasn't as grand here as he was in my world, just to love him was enough.

I should seek a way to return. To that world where he's standing by himself. That is my choice. It hurts but I can't look back and not because he chose me as his Princess, but because I chose to be Rue for him. Right in this very moment, I love Mytho above everyone else, even myself.

((OOC: Rue's introspective time nao. She's releasing a few ravens, not many because her emotional state is not stable to feel confident over her control. Oh, this entry isn't cursed because again, she's not going to use dark powers until she feels less borderline)).

N-No. He can't be here. He can't.

AREN'T YOU HAPPY TO SEE ME, KRAEHE?

Hmpf! After the ending of the story, you dare to ask that? And I'm Rue! My name is Rue. Why would I be happy to see you? Monster! Don't come near me again.

I'M YOUR FATHER, KRAEHE. I BAPTIZED YOU AND RAISED YOU. YOUR PROGENITORS COULD HAVE BEEN HUMANS BUT YOU ARE NO LONGER BLOOD OF THEIR BLOOD. YOU FEEL IT NOW, DON'T YOU? IS IT BURNING IN YOUR VEINS, STINGING YOUR HEART?

Stay back! Y-You aren't my father! I can control the blood. I can live with this all my life.

WHY DO YOU REJECT ME? DON'T YOU LOVE ME, DAUGHTER? AREN'T YOU GOING TO REACH FOR ME? I CARRY YOUR SINS, CHILD. YOUR SINS YOU HAVE TO ANSWER. INCLUDING MY MURDER. I WHO LOVED YOU BEFORE MY NEMESIS, PRINCE SIEGFRIED, WOULD EVER CONSIDER YOU OVER TUTU. DOES HE LOVE YOU BECAUSE OF HIS OWN WILL OR BECAUSE HIS HEART WAS TAINTED BY OUR DARKNESS? I KNOW WHAT DOUBTS PLAGUE YOU IN YOUR WEAKEST, QUIETEST MOMENTS AND THE TEMPTATION OF GIVING IN FULLY TO THE NATURE I GRANTED YOU.

Lies! Every word you say is a lie!

He loves me! Mytho loves me, liar! You will not twist my heart. I have a real relative, my Prince and my friends. I don't have to... bear this. Leave me be immediately! You haunted me long enough while you lived... You won't continue to torment me after you were destroyed!

HUSH, CHILD. HARK. LISTEN TO WHAT I WILL SAY.

((OOC: Those who can see the ghosts. There's a motherfucking, giant raven of darkness ghost hovering the Opera House and Rue's on the rooftop. He's hard to miss)).