strings.

part 3: father, it hurts

'please come back'

'i wanna see my siblings'

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cw: slight gore descriptions, neglect, manipulation, repeated words, possession

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she lays, rotting in her room. she hasn't been able to get up from the floor in quite a while. her little brother still brought her food, but it's not like she had the energy to move anyway, so there really wasn't any point in doing so. 

her thoughts weren't hers, were they?

at least, she doesn't think she'd have thoughts of murdering her family in cold blood, righttt? i mean, maybe her father, but not her siblings she loved so dearly.

who's thoughts are they, if not her own?

...

anyway.

her face is sore. she's tried, days on end, to get that stupid triangle off. she can't though. no matter how hard she tries it just hurts so much. 

she thinks back to the day it happened, her eyeball falling on the floor and her body being stained with her own damn blood. not much has changed. she's still stained, so is the room. father hasn't let her go out to clean herself, she doesn't have a washroom in her bedroom, so she's kind of hopeless.

even if she wasn't covered in blood, she was hopeless.

she was aware she was slowly losing herself. losing herself to thoughts she could only assume to be her own, though she was never violent like that. maybe it's a puberty thing? or maybe that dumb parasitic triangle's got something to do with it. either way, she reaches one conclusion: she is destined to be the person she's becoming permanently. 

".. father, please.." she begs with her last bit of energy. she didn't know if her father was there or not, she wouldn't be surprised if he wasn't there for her. "father, it hurts.. please.. i want to see my little brother.. my siblings." she pleads. 

"is that god forsaken triangle off your face?" she hears her father reply. "father.. i can't, you know this. i told you.. i can't get it off. it's stuck.." she mutters out.

"then stay in there until it's off. we are fine without you." he says sternly, before walking off.

... we are fine without you.

really??

that kind of hurt. no, actually, that definitely hurt. to think that her family is fine without her. was she really so unimportant to them?

you are.

.. what?

did she just... speak to herself?

no, not your normal kind of internal talking to self. that wasn't her. she didn't think of saying that. that wasn't her, but it was her internal voice.

you're nothing to them.

this isn't true! .. right? it isn't true. her family loves her. mist wouldn't constantly bring her food if he wasn't concerned about her well-being, right? it doesn't matter that it was only mist that checked up on her. sometimes father, to be a jerk, but. someone did! this big house with so many people, yet only one person checks up on her.

... maybe the voice is right.

maybe she is nothing to them.

that's right, you're nothing to them.

she doesn't want to believe it, so covers her ears. she tries to block out the voice. but it doesn't really matter, does it? the voice is internal, blocking her ears would do nothing. it's pointless.

you're nothing.

it's not true! she's something. she's a friend, she's family, she's a sist-

you're nothing.

shut up..

you're nothing.

please. shut up.

you're nothing.

please stop, i won't budge.

you're nothing without me.

... what??? woah, hold on what? without who? who are you??

i'm you, of course.

what? i'm me, you're not me!

i'm you, but better. you but with far greater power than your weak self has right now.

i'm not weak-!!

you are.

shut up, you don't even know me!

i know you so well. we're best friends, even.

we're.. friends?

yeah! friends! are you not friends with yourself?

i mean.. i guess.

exactly. i'm your best friend, haze. so.. listen closely.

.. okay

i am you, your best friend. with my help you can achieve something so great you won't have to be stuck in this stupid room anymore. you won't have to live in fear anymore. because i am stronger, i am greater than any force you've met. 

you are?

yes. would you like to know my name?

.. you're me, so your name is haze, right?

well.. yes. but to make it less confusing, call me fracto.

okay, fracto.

now, what i want you to do is i want you to trust me. i am part of you. that triangle on your head, that is how you're able to communicate with me. that triangle is the reason you will be so much stronger than any other being in the kingdom. doesn't that sound appealing?

.. sort of.

your father would finally say he's proud of you. that's appealing, isn't it?

.. yeah..?

then trust me, let me in.

... okay, fracto.

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hello! i've been dead for a while, but no worries! i will update this from time to time!! my friend actually motivated me to write a whole new chapter, said friend also owns fracto <3 i hope you enjoy this chapter, see you in like half a year lmfao </3

my motivation is often at an all time low, so i'm sorry for not being able to update quicker! i hope to improve that this summer vacation!