Swingout



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    “Years ago,” Qifrey says suddenly, “And you won’t remember this, you made me make you a promise. And I’ve kept it, until now.” As he talks, Qifrey fidgets with his hat. He turns it around and around in his hands, then unhooks the ribbon from the point.

    “Hey—”

    Olruggio steps forward as if to stop him, but it’s done. Qifrey twists the ribbon in his hand, crumpling it.

    “That’s—”

    “Your ribbon. And my promise. I’ve worn them both for years. For you. And for myself. But Olly—I asked you here because I can’t do it anymore.”

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    Once, Utowin thought he could be the kind of person who could comfort Olruggio. But he had never been half the witch that Olruggio was; he couldn't hope to ease his burdens. Still, throughout their years in the Great Hall, Utowin keeps an eye on Olruggio. Maybe, if they're lucky, they'll both find the people that can comfort them.

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    They were in the garden when it happened.

    Coco rounds a corner, breathing hard— she doesn't have much time, those brimmed hats will be back any moment, and she has to check these rooms while Agott distracts them, and she can't leave her on her own that long, they all have to get out alive, and—

    A single blue eye stares at her, startled. Coco almost trips— she catches herself on the wall just in time, feeling as if her heart has stopped.

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    He swears he can smell burning trees, burning flesh, stark against the crisp cold of fresh snow. He can hear the howl of beasts, noise that always seems to echo through his dormitory even after he wakes from a nightmare. Olruggio knows it's not the same, knows the harbor is miles and years from Noz. And yet. And yet.

    The specifics are lost to him–which twists and turns brought him here, how far away he’s run from the harbor, what finally buckled his knees and brought him down to meet the cool stone of a narrow alley.

    In Noz, he’d sought higher ground.

    or: Olruggio's past catches up to him, but Qifrey isn't far behind.

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    Beldaruit had expected to see behind the hand was the wound oozing blood and puss, but what pushing aside the sweaty, blood stained hair stuck to his forehead revealed instead was silver: a shocking radiance that cut through the dull monsoon air, through the perpetual miasma that spread across the land, a vibrantly budding sapling amongst the blackened silverwoods of Thristas, peeking out through the gaping wound of his stolen eye.

    Or, Olruggio is not the first pointed hat witch to draw Qifrey a warming spell, or to witness his transformation, though Qifrey himself might not remember it. In the Forest of Despair, sins are witnessed and choices are made, choices that will one day shake their society to its core one day.

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