The sound of rattling metal grinding together entered the ears of a little girl sitting in the darkness. She weaved up and down making her way forward tears running down her face as two arrows had pieced her body. One in her left thigh making it hard to walk and the other in her shoulder. The pain was excruciating but still she tod on never breathing a word of sorrow nor her loss. A giant varst maze of tunnels stretched before her and in total darkness she made her way forward only her right hand on wall next to her to guide her. She made the decision that insecure of getting lost it might be better if she only walked in one direction so that she would remember where she has been.

Before she found an empty metal box that she believed held the food she requires to survive here and occasionally she would go quite as feet would run or walk past her. She would lightly scoff at those who run then ask if she too should be running later. It was dark and empty and most of all… she felt alone.

She also knew that she probably won’t be eating again. And that she will never be remembered at all. She distracted herself by focusing on the sound of the rattling metal that danced around her. Sometimes in front and sometimes behind and often asked what it was but dared not run ahead to look incase it was just another horrible contraption like the arrows that pierced her.

She walk in silent judgement of the stupidity of everyone and everything. Why must I… why does anyone… why can it… it is stupid… why is it stupid and like this her thoughts would drift in circles as they were like her trapped in the situation before her.

Their a thud as her hand collides into another wall before me. Her fingers are cold and still slightly sting and she makes her way around to find out that she only hit another dead end.

She says no words as yet more tears fall from her eyes before he begins to slowly trood back.

But someone else is their waiting for her.

“ Girl can you hear me?”

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I am lock. A simple killer the of courts they called me. Well they never connected the dots to me but yeah I am a murdering bastard and I love it. Hahahahaha hahahahaha

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Well all joking aside I was place before a fake court that pretend to have a trial around a crime they pretended that I committed. The hole peace love and government control of wealth is a good idea until its put in practice then it all falls apart for one reason. The competent rebel while the greedy rule their thones of jack shit. Still I can truly feel the good intentions in all this almost all laws are based around the little guy.

Problem was I wasn’t the little guy. No I was a good worker and former soldier but got to come home to a mechanic job due to a fire spear that ran me through the leg. Funny thing is they said it could never be fixed but look at it now.

I kick the corpse before me. I been running up and down looking after that kid… hmmm she quite the wonder he he he he well it's not like she's my type but due to various things I can tell which children will sell better than the others. She triggered four of the traps we were warned about and I have trigger one that means their five traps that can’t kill me anymore. From what I saw they were few with actually combat experience at the start. But their was that one guy… he looked young too.

Then there was our friendly host. Ever single fibre in my body was screaming at me. At one point out eyes meet and I froze… I felt as if I was before an unscalable mountain that steached off for infinity. It was the first time I have ever felt like that before.

I bend down and hug myself as I feel a sharp brease consume me and… HA HA Hhah ahahahhahahahahahahahahahshaha What A FUCKING MONSTER! To think people like him existed oh god I wanna KILL! I WANNA KILL!

I look down the path the child took. I could tell it was a dead end because of the rather foul smell and that rattling sends shivers down my spine. Huh I guess I have time to kill he guy I passed just before. Hahahhahaha yes lets go me!

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I am a monk of Tempest Morailest a lowly servant to our great red Queen. I heard a rumour that a prophecy was foretold that the serpent would make and appearance here. Long has my church sought that creatures destruction for he blinds our great lady from even her own magnificents.

I know not why our glorious Red Queen allows this heretical worship of the snake to continue but it must be purged. I worry not the out come of this competition there is one who can see my worth and another who hides in the shadows. A child and a criminal are all that sand in my way before my knife my plunge into the heart of that creation call grey. I can’t help but sneer at the mere mention of his name. It is unwarranted to even speak it much less honner it has the fools here do.

I turn to see seven corpses. 25 ha! Their will be one by the end of the day. And that one will be me

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Lock looked at the corpse by his feet.

I am being lead? Remarkable boy! That child is a freak! Hahahahahhahaha im sorry for underestimating y- SHIT I left the fucking girl alone to chase someone that the fucking old man killed hahahahahahahahahahssh! Well shit so that child was leading people to me and people to the old man to draw the two of us together is it. Well this will be fun. That old man moved with the grace of the temple fighters that they have in the red temples so I doubt he is a great magician as it would be too difficult to train both and I doubt he would be here as a slave, then he must a pure fighter because of how secretive the red temples are of there magic but he might now a spell, since he can’t have a weapon but he had already done so much adds to my fighter theory as hand to hand combat is the red temples speciality and if he's not then its still my win and if he is then its a fun fight.