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“Wakey wakey my sweet little corpse…” A soft but rather unnerving female voice cooed. The next thing Kalma heard and felt was searing pain as if someone was killing her all over again, dragging her out of the warm and peaceful place. The white fox screamed and shot up into a sitting position, eyes wide.

A black rabbit grinned and let Kalma scream and panic. She sat back and folded her arms, laughing. “Let it all out, coming back to life after being dead two days tends to hurt.” She said.

“Wh-what?!” was all the white fox was able to say before she collapsed forward on her hands and vomited, shaking.

The rabbit smirked and pulled Kalma away from the mess and rested her against the wall. She touched Kalma’s lips. “You will listen and not speak until I’ve said all I need to say. My name is Chase…I’m a…keeper of souls, if you will. Normally I love watching mortals die in horrible fashions….however what’s been done is gonna get ugly fast and tip the balance of power.” Chase poked Kalma in the chest. “Your lover’s gone rogue after seeing you and your daughter mangled. I-“

Before Chase could finish, Kalma’s eyes narrowed and shoved her out of the way, searching frantically for Fala’s body as the memories of who had killed her and her daughter flooded back. Chase sighed. “Your daughter’s body is gone, her soul with me.” She snapped her fingers, releasing Kalma’s voice and revealing a tiny orb in her hand.

Kalma’s ears flattened, tears welling. “You revived me….bring her back too…” She said softly.

Chase grinned. “I will…if you do as I say. Now listen carefully.”

OOooOOoo

“So….if I do this task…you’ll restore Fala to me?” Kalma asked, taking in everything Chase had told her. It still felt overwhelming but at least the shock of coming back to life was wearing off.

Chase nodded, forming a silver cage around Fala’s soul, and attaching a chain necklace to it. “Your soul will be protected completely while you follow my task…in other words…” she twirled the caged soul in her fingers. “…you can’t die. However your body still isn’t invincible. Taking damage will still hurt like all hell. You’ll have to take care of yourself.”

“But why me?” Kalma asked, shaking her head in confusion.

“Because you have the greatest drive to get the job done.” Chase shrugged, tossing the necklace to Kalma. “Hold onto her soul…remember, once you do this, you can have your happy little family back.” She grinned.

Kalma tenderly held Fala’s soul and put it around her neck. “What’s the catch?”

“Catch?” Chase blinked, tilting her head and looking up. “Ahhhh yes the catch. Protecting your soul so you can’t die has its fallbacks. Aside from being able to take physical damage, each time you should die but don’t corrupts your soul little by little.” She yawned in boredom and conjured a mirror, showing Kalma her eyes to be tinted with yellow. “Each time you’re supposed to die, your eyes will turn more and more yellow….once your eyes are fully yellow, you’re half corrupted.”

“And after that?” Kalma asked, studying her reflection.

“It’s harder to fully restore you when your eyes are all yellow….after that I’d say you have two more lethal hits before full corruption…Then…” Chase trailed off slowly.

“Then…?” Her voice tinted in worry, she was getting tired of Chase trailing off like that.

“Then you become something much worse. You’ll lose Fala’s soul, fail your mission and be forced out of your body. Your soul will become a monster, trapped in this world forever.”

“…….So….Act like I really can die…or else I lose everything….” She mused slightly.

Chase nodded. “That’s about it.” Slowly Chase stood up and chuckled. “I should get out of here now, don’t fail me, Kalma.” With that, the black rabbit disappeared with a final thought running through her mind. ‘Your move Hasanik…your move.’

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Hasanik (c)

Kalma, Fala, Chase (c) Aurea Faix

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“Wakey wakey my sweet little corpse…” A soft but rather unnerving female voice cooed. The next thing Kalma heard and felt was searing pain as if someone was killing her all over again, dragging her out of the warm and peaceful place. The white fox screamed and shot up into a sitting position, eyes wide.

A black rabbit grinned and let Kalma scream and panic. She sat back and folded her arms, laughing. “Let it all out, coming back to life after being dead two days tends to hurt.” She said.

“Wh-what?!” was all the white fox was able to say before she collapsed forward on her hands and vomited, shaking.

The rabbit smirked and pulled Kalma away from the mess and rested her against the wall. She touched Kalma’s lips. “You will listen and not speak until I’ve said all I need to say. My name is Chase…I’m a…keeper of souls, if you will. Normally I love watching mortals die in horrible fashions….however what’s been done is gonna get ugly fast and tip the balance of power.” Chase poked Kalma in the chest. “Your lover’s gone rogue after seeing you and your daughter mangled. I-“

Before Chase could finish, Kalma’s eyes narrowed and shoved her out of the way, searching frantically for Fala’s body as the memories of who had killed her and her daughter flooded back. Chase sighed. “Your daughter’s body is gone, her soul with me.” She snapped her fingers, releasing Kalma’s voice and revealing a tiny orb in her hand.

Kalma’s ears flattened, tears welling. “You revived me….bring her back too…” She said softly.

Chase grinned. “I will…if you do as I say. Now listen carefully.”

OOooOOoo

“So….if I do this task…you’ll restore Fala to me?” Kalma asked, taking in everything Chase had told her. It still felt overwhelming but at least the shock of coming back to life was wearing off.

Chase nodded, forming a silver cage around Fala’s soul, and attaching a chain necklace to it. “Your soul will be protected completely while you follow my task…in other words…” she twirled the caged soul in her fingers. “…you can’t die. However your body still isn’t invincible. Taking damage will still hurt like all hell. You’ll have to take care of yourself.”

“But why me?” Kalma asked, shaking her head in confusion.

“Because you have the greatest drive to get the job done.” Chase shrugged, tossing the necklace to Kalma. “Hold onto her soul…remember, once you do this, you can have your happy little family back.” She grinned.

Kalma tenderly held Fala’s soul and put it around her neck. “What’s the catch?”

“Catch?” Chase blinked, tilting her head and looking up. “Ahhhh yes the catch. Protecting your soul so you can’t die has its fallbacks. Aside from being able to take physical damage, each time you should die but don’t corrupts your soul little by little.” She yawned in boredom and conjured a mirror, showing Kalma her eyes to be tinted with yellow. “Each time you’re supposed to die, your eyes will turn more and more yellow….once your eyes are fully yellow, you’re half corrupted.”

“And after that?” Kalma asked, studying her reflection.

“It’s harder to fully restore you when your eyes are all yellow….after that I’d say you have two more lethal hits before full corruption…Then…” Chase trailed off slowly.

“Then…?” Her voice tinted in worry, she was getting tired of Chase trailing off like that.

“Then you become something much worse. You’ll lose Fala’s soul, fail your mission and be forced out of your body. Your soul will become a monster, trapped in this world forever.”

“…….So….Act like I really can die…or else I lose everything….” She mused slightly.

Chase nodded. “That’s about it.” Slowly Chase stood up and chuckled. “I should get out of here now, don’t fail me, Kalma.” With that, the black rabbit disappeared with a final thought running through her mind. ‘Your move Hasanik…your move.’

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Hasanik (c)

Kalma, Fala, Chase (c) Aurea Faix