Board Thread:Role Plays/@comment-25924729-20151107020221/@comment-13593058-20160416035858

With an awesome boom the doors of the elevator shaft gave way to the sheer force of Cyzarine's explosives. Twisted fiery metal rained down on what was left of the 5th floor and funnlled itself into the elevator shaft as a great fireball. Alice witnessed this as she tumbled towards the ground, wind rushing past her coat tails and flapping them audibly.

She had to think fast, or accept her fate as ash. Taking a deep breath she withdrew her blade from its bindings.

 "Stupid kids." Alice grunted again under her breath before slashing loose a barrage of streamlined and calculated strikes. Each stroke decimated the shaft, but most importantly detached the cables keeping the elevator cart. She managed to grab onto one of the cables attached to the box as it fell and closed her eyes as it pulled her to oblivion.

 "Alice, sweetie! You're going to be late!" A woman scolded from elsewhere.

 "I'll be right out, Mum!" Alice rebutted while tying her hair into its tail. She then procured two hair clips, cyan in colour and displaced her bangs so that she could see better. A quick slap of the cheeks and she was ready to make her way downstairs. "Mum!" Alice shouted as she entered a white faced kitchen.

A voluptuous woman stood by the counter preparing an impressive slab of lamb; in her hand a sleek knife, clearly handmade evident by the several dents of the fuller and customized handle. Upon hearing Alice's call, she turned around to address her, "How's my little baby doing?" she hummed pleasantly.

The woman's voice was clean, soothing, and full of love. Her distinctly towering height was not disempowering but rather protective in atmosphere which was offset by her distinctly bleached hair similar to Alice's. Her face was smooth, unnaturally clean, and glowed faintly with moonlight. A real sight to behold; save for the eyes, which were the only ugly portion of this woman's face. Empty eyes, eyes that once functioned but no more.

"It's your sister's first real task today!" Selena chirped, eager to begin her day.

"Mum..."

"Rayne already left, you better catch up to her-"

"Mum!"

"Ah! Sorry, I'm getting too excited."

"Mum... should I really be the handler for Rayne's initiation? Wouldn't you be the more appropriate choice?"

"... no. No of course not. She is afterall, your sister first... my daughter second. She would feel better and perform to her truest potential with you by her side rather than I."

"But-"

"Why did you think the Elders entrusted you as her teacher?"

<p style="font-weight:normal;">"..." she fiddled with her ponytail, stroking it meditatively as she thought about her mother's words.

<p style="font-weight:normal;">"Are you worried about what you will see?"

<p style="font-weight:normal;">"No! Rayne is a quick learner, I've only had to show her most things once or twice before she got them. The rest was just practise... which we did every morning with you, mum."

<p style="font-weight:normal;">"Then what is there to worry about?"

The elevator crashed with an explosive sound and a great thump that could be felt in the whole building, though, the explosion on the fifth floor was aready enough to attract attention. Out of the dust and debris of the shaft, Alice merged, unscathed and blade drawn once more. She was now in a long corridor covered with a crimson carpet.

At a distance, faint crying could be heard.

"... no..." she hissed. Her fists tightened at the thought of it all. Behind her, the elevator rang again.