Sharp and Fragile

Chapter 1: Ishi

Ishi woke up from the ground, shaking her head and grumbling.
"Gh... God damn it."

The blue-ish grey figure stood up from the rags and pieces of meat she slept on, as they stumbled out of her room. The house they all resided in was made out of stone, full of roaches and insects dotted in every corner, the home was clearly uncleaned, but it was enough to live in well. She saw her mother in the kitchen, a large threatening grey figure, with cold dead red eyes. She sat down while eating onto some rotten chicken, with a intense look faced towards Ishi.

"What is it now, mom?" - Ishi asked with a tired voice.
"Oh, nothing, just do your average routine, train with your brothers, and go outside and hunt for us." - The red-eyed figure glared towards her child, growling slightly but still maintaining a monotone voice.

Ishi stared at her, questioning: "Didn't I hunt enough yesterday?"

The mother laughed, grinning while looking at her daughter: "Oh, that was just MY food, Ishi."

She quietly nodded, mumbling silently, as she walked out of the stone house, before her mother screamed:
"OH! AND BRING SOME EXTRA FOOD! WE'LL BE BRINGING GUESTS OVER!" - They screamed, grinning.

Ishi speed-walked away, pushing the door closed on the way out.

She wandered around on the red grass, as she looked around on the stone huts their civilization has adopted to live in, before seeing her brothers in the local play center.

"OI! GIMME THE DOLL BACK, SANBAN!" - She screeched, bashing her fist onto Sebun's face.
"IT'S MINEEEE-" - Sebun clawed her face, biting onto her palm.
The two had a fight, as Jerald watched in the background.

Ishi looked at the fight, and just screamed.
"QUIT IT OR ELSE I'M GOING TO BREAK YOUR TEETH!" they said, their gaze flickering between the two children and the rocks nearby.

"Now, Mother told me to train you three, so that you don't die in the woods like the current WIMPS you are." - Ishi pointed at the three children (including jerald.)

"So today, you'll be hunting with me, since I already hunted yesterday." - Ishi walked around like a army's general. Sebun raised their hand, and spoke quietly:
"But, didn't mom say it was your tur-" Ishi walked over, with a kind face, before punching Sebun in the chest.
"GHH-" Sebun coughed some blood, as they fell down. Sanban stared at this, terrified. (so did jerald.)

Ishi now pointed at the childen, before exclamating: "MOTHER ALWAYS PICKS ME FOR JUST A SIMPLE REASON: YOU'RE ALL WEAK! PATHETIC! SO TODAY'S THE DAY WHERE YOU'LL GROW SOME BONES, AND HUNT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN YOUR PATHETIC LITTLE LIFES!"

Ishi stomped, as she faced the forest of dead trees. "Now, follow me, punks."
The brothers walked into the dead flora, as Ishi looked head-on with no fear.
Sanban and Sebun were both terrified, staring at the decomposing corpses of lost mobians and animals. (jerald just walked along) Ishi now grabbed a nearby red-tinted rabbit by it's ear, as it squeaked loudly.

"Now, I'll damage it enough so that you three can kill it for yourselves." Ishi stared down at the children, as they ripped out the rabbit's leg as it squealed in pain as it's leg was ripped off, as Ishi dropped it onto the ground.

The children now stared at the bleeding rabbit on the floor for a few moments, before suddenly fighting for it, biting the rabbit and each other.

Ishi glared at this, somewhat proud, but she walked away during the fight, leaving the kids to fight among each other. The children could get home by themselves.

While she went back, she took out some nearby animals and corpses, and carried them back home.

They walked back home, before seeing a unknown grey child, clawing at the walls while Mother stared at it in disapproval and somewhat disgust...

"This... Child irritates me." The Mother spoke, while they glared at the child, with pure disgust.

"Is... This the guest?" Ishi stared, confused as why there was a child in their house.

"... Yes, Roku, that's what I called it." She turned towards Ishi, talking with a disappointed tone.

"... But it's just a child-" Ishi spoke with a somewhat concerned tone, before being interrupted.

"A failure of one. It is devoid of future."

"Look, from the size of it, it was just born-" Ishi spoke-

"It's claws are damaged, it's clearly mutated, and he barely eats the rats I gave him."

"L-Look, give the kid a few years, and I promise they'll be good as the other ones-"

"... If they'll fail, I'll kill it."

"A... Alright." Ishi dropped the food down on the floor, as they walked over to their room.
But before they walked inside, they just... Looked back and stared at her brother.

"... Poor thing." Ishi mumbled.

Roku looked up, and just stared back.

She walked inside of the room, and slowly fell asleep, thinking about what was going to happen to the damn kid.