Words seem to echo as Penny finds herself standing in a small, dark room. A single window off to the side offering light from the moon, painting soft rays on the walls that themselves look like they've been painted on. From where Penny was standing, unable to move, it seemed to stretch out into a vast expanse of dark land, with ground made of pebbles.
"-Both of us sin bound. But in the end, only you were forgiven." A voice states, from the center of the room. A girl is there. Or, was she always there. Her voice is cold, speaking with a barely restrained disdain.
"Everyone leaves me eventually. When Kuu took her Day of Flight, part of me was jealous of her. And I hate myself for it."
"That's not true!" Penny cries in a voice that isn't her own. "You came looking for me when I fell into the well, you took care of me! Whenever I was in pain, you were there!"
"That's right!" To Rakka's side, she finds another girl standing there, the same one. She snaps at Penny. "And why'd I do it? I was looking for my salvation!"
Another copy of the girl pops up on the other side of Penny, and another. They seem to appear from her blind spot, sometimes peaking in unison, sometimes not. It soon becomes overwhelming. "I can only forget about my sin when I'm being useful to someone! ...But you were never useful at all, were you? You were useless!"
Tears well in Penny's eyes and she frantically shakes her head. "Stop it! Stop it!"
"Rakka..." The first girl finally speaks again, looking at her, utterly coldly. "For what I needed, you could've been anybody. And you couldn't even do that right."
All the other girls converge on Penny at once, hands roughly grabbing clothes, skin, anything they can get their hands on. Fabric tears, nails dig in and scratch skin. It hurts but she can't call out.
"And now you're just a nuisance. I don't need you anymore, so just get out."
The copies lift Penny over their heads, a door opens behind her...
"Get out!"
And she's tossed out into a cold void of darkness. The last thing Penny will see before she wakes up is the door slamming shut.
Dream; October 21st
Words seem to echo as Penny finds herself standing in a small, dark room. A single window off to the side offering light from the moon, painting soft rays on the walls that themselves look like they've been painted on. From where Penny was standing, unable to move, it seemed to stretch out into a vast expanse of dark land, with ground made of pebbles.
"-Both of us sin bound. But in the end, only you were forgiven." A voice states, from the center of the room. A girl is there. Or, was she always there. Her voice is cold, speaking with a barely restrained disdain.
"Everyone leaves me eventually. When Kuu took her Day of Flight, part of me was jealous of her. And I hate myself for it."
"That's not true!" Penny cries in a voice that isn't her own. "You came looking for me when I fell into the well, you took care of me! Whenever I was in pain, you were there!"
"That's right!" To Rakka's side, she finds another girl standing there, the same one. She snaps at Penny. "And why'd I do it? I was looking for my salvation!"
Another copy of the girl pops up on the other side of Penny, and another. They seem to appear from her blind spot, sometimes peaking in unison, sometimes not. It soon becomes overwhelming. "I can only forget about my sin when I'm being useful to someone! ...But you were never useful at all, were you? You were useless!"
Tears well in Penny's eyes and she frantically shakes her head. "Stop it! Stop it!"
"Rakka..." The first girl finally speaks again, looking at her, utterly coldly. "For what I needed, you could've been anybody. And you couldn't even do that right."
All the other girls converge on Penny at once, hands roughly grabbing clothes, skin, anything they can get their hands on. Fabric tears, nails dig in and scratch skin. It hurts but she can't call out.
"And now you're just a nuisance. I don't need you anymore, so just get out."
The copies lift Penny over their heads, a door opens behind her...
"Get out!"
And she's tossed out into a cold void of darkness. The last thing Penny will see before she wakes up is the door slamming shut.