It's been well over 800 years since the last time Sloth could remember ever being properly imprisoned. He'd be impressed if it wasn't so disoriented and furious
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He whirls to face her, a snarl still on his face. This is pure, unadulterated, undiluted rage and hatred. Sloth immediately advances on the faerie, arms outstretched as though to grab her and wring her neck. But drawing any closer to her is the same as trying to get near to the lattice; she's always just three steps in front of him even though she never moves.
"You! You! You did this to me! Keep me in a cage for the next hundred years? Isn't that what you said? You little witch. I never thought you'd do it! And getting your little Neopet stooges to do it for you. And to think I assumed you'd never learn anything treacherous from me.
"So is that what I have to look forward to? A century of this?" He waves around him, still glaring at her, churning the purple, twinkling smoke that's clinging around him. "Is this supposed to teach me a lesson? Am I supposed to come out of this a better person? Am I supposed to come out broken? YOU CAN'T KEEP ME IN HERE!"
"I think you'll find that I can," she answers sadly. What's so truly frustrating to her, as well as to him, is that he cannot get any closer to her in this state. All he has to do is calm down, and he'll be able to approach her. But she has a feeling that he won't calm down any time soon.
"I never wanted this to happen, Frank. I still don't. But I had no choice. It was either this, or your death. Fyora told me, the day after she restored you to your adult self, that if you ever truly became a threat again..."
"You're a liar. You're a liar. Fyora and I have an agreement." He's sputtering now, both out of anger and confusion at such a statement. "...But then again, this is her way, isn't it? Just like she did to the Darkest Faerie. Oh yes, another enchanted token around her neck that turned her to stone, and then dropped into the ocean and Maraqua built on top of her."
Sloth's pacing now, desperate for something to burn his anger. "So what'll it be? I'll stay in here for as long as you can hold me, and just eject this token into space? Or perhaps the Darkest Faerie only got the courtesy of being imprisoned by this magic since she is one of your sisters. Since death is so much worse than being kept against one's will in a void for the rest of eternity."
He wishes so badly he could be punching something right now. The walls or the Space Faerie would suffice. "If you don't kill me, I'm going to get out. Simple as that. You can't keep me here forever."
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"You! You! You did this to me! Keep me in a cage for the next hundred years? Isn't that what you said? You little witch. I never thought you'd do it! And getting your little Neopet stooges to do it for you. And to think I assumed you'd never learn anything treacherous from me.
"So is that what I have to look forward to? A century of this?" He waves around him, still glaring at her, churning the purple, twinkling smoke that's clinging around him. "Is this supposed to teach me a lesson? Am I supposed to come out of this a better person? Am I supposed to come out broken? YOU CAN'T KEEP ME IN HERE!"
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"I never wanted this to happen, Frank. I still don't. But I had no choice. It was either this, or your death. Fyora told me, the day after she restored you to your adult self, that if you ever truly became a threat again..."
She trails off, and hangs her head.
"I won't kill you, Frank. I refuse to do that."
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Sloth's pacing now, desperate for something to burn his anger. "So what'll it be? I'll stay in here for as long as you can hold me, and just eject this token into space? Or perhaps the Darkest Faerie only got the courtesy of being imprisoned by this magic since she is one of your sisters. Since death is so much worse than being kept against one's will in a void for the rest of eternity."
He wishes so badly he could be punching something right now. The walls or the Space Faerie would suffice. "If you don't kill me, I'm going to get out. Simple as that. You can't keep me here forever."
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