09-08-2020, 01:05 PM
[shadow=black,left]THE QUIET ONE[/shadow]
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Quiet didn't know the conventional rules of competitions. All her life, she'd kept her eyes on the next mark, the next victim whose head was demanded by their Queen. When she hunted, there were no rules, no limitations—whatever she needed to do, she was allowed to, so long as the result was favorable. Cheating was a nonexistent concept. The end would always justify the means.
It's why, when Quiet was drawn to the competition, she looked confused at the complex set-up. There were many ways to traverse the bell-laden course, none of which would actually be allowed in the spirit of competition, but growing up the way she did, it never dawned on her that she had to enter the course. Why would she? Teleporting would be so much easier.
And so she did just that. One moment, Quiet stood on the starting line of the course; the next, she disappeared in a flurry of ash and smoke, only to re-appear less than a heartbeat later at the end of it, having rung no bell. It was too easy, suspiciously so, and the maned wolf turned back to Gael with a questioning, almost innocent look on her face, as if to say, "Is this really how this game is played?"
[table][tr][td]It's why, when Quiet was drawn to the competition, she looked confused at the complex set-up. There were many ways to traverse the bell-laden course, none of which would actually be allowed in the spirit of competition, but growing up the way she did, it never dawned on her that she had to enter the course. Why would she? Teleporting would be so much easier.
And so she did just that. One moment, Quiet stood on the starting line of the course; the next, she disappeared in a flurry of ash and smoke, only to re-appear less than a heartbeat later at the end of it, having rung no bell. It was too easy, suspiciously so, and the maned wolf turned back to Gael with a questioning, almost innocent look on her face, as if to say, "Is this really how this game is played?"
5 YEARS
[/td][td]PITTIAN
[/td][td]THE PITT
[/td][td]SHE/HER
[/td][td]© AUDACITY
[/td][/tr][/table] A SWEET SHOT OF KEROSENE: