Chapter 3: Dead Flora.

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As Roku weeped in the long dead grass, soon, for the first time in eons, flowers begin to bloom.
Plenty of thorns and leaves, soon started to surround the poor kid.

As the plants grew for the first time in years, it quickly began to develop their thorns as it then began to pierce onto his body, as he screamed.

"OW- FRICK-" They quickly jumped up, and bashed some thorns that were stuck onto it's leg with the bag of pebbles, but all it did was push it in deeper.

"WHY AM I STUCK IN HERE?! ISHI, WHY DID YOU LEAVE?!" Roku screamed at the cold dead sky, seemingly begging for her to come back.

"I'LL DIE HERE, I DID NOTHING ON MY STUPID LIFE EXCEPT BE A DISAPPOINTMENT!" They digged their nails onto the thorn's roots, and clawed it out.

Roku quickly jumped above the pile of thorns and leaves above the puddle of tears they made.
They soon began running, screaming.

"HELP! SOMEONE, HELP!" They just ran forward, tripping on a dead tree's root, slingshotting him headfirst into the ground.

"Ugh... My head..." They held onto their head, as they stood up, pulling  their leg out of the dead tree's root.

"... Running will just waste my energy, I better go slow and get some food if I can... I don't want to rely on eating rocks."

Roku walked around the blood red grass, as multiple dead trees and animal carcasses surrounded him.
While walking, they just looked onto the empty black sky. They just pondered why were they so weak, but decided to continue walking.

There is no point on not doing anything. Just keep walking.

"... Hunger." Roku looked at a nearby animal carcass, and placed it it the bag of rocks.
"I'll... Eat it when I really need it." Roku sighed, as they weakly continued wandering around.

As they wandered more, they fell down due to fatigue, and reached into the bag of rocks.
They stared at the dead eyes of animal carcass, and just felt fear.

"No... I'll probably die eating that." Roku pulled out one of the rocks, and bit into them hesitantly.

"..." They swallowed the chunks of broken bits of rocks, and soon stood up.

"I should continue." They kept walking towards the same direction, tired.

They soon heard talking, and quickly ran over to whatever was the source.

"." Suddenly, there was a lost blue mobian cat, with explorer gear and a few weapons.

Roku hid behind a tree, and peeked towards the cat.

"God... Damn it. These woods are seemingly infinite. Where is the exit?" The large cat looked around, before spotting footsteps.

"WHO'S THERE?!" The cat pulled out a harpoon gun, and pointed it towards the tree nearby the footsteps.

Roku ran away, panicking.
"FRICK! THAT THING WAS PLANNING TO KILL ME!" The cat ran towards Roku.

Roku melted into a puddle, and hid inbetween the red grass.
"I'm safe..." Roku thought, before the grass slowly began to absorb him.

"AHH! IT BURNS!" Roku quickly reformed, screaming in pain, missing a few parts of their ears and arm.

The cat heard the screams, and immediatly faced them, aiming the harpoon gun towards the noise.

"ISHI! MOM! HELP!-" Roku ran quickly, before the harpoon was shot towards Roku's head.
Suddenly, a diving kick towards the harpoon was thrown, reflecting it towards the ground.

"HUH-" The cat said, as Roku stared at awe...

"ISHI! YOU CAME BACK!" Roku ran over to Ishi, hugging her leg.

Ishi looked down onto Roku, but didn't bother to talk to him, and just slowly approached the cat.

"STAY BACK! STAY BACK!" The mobian quickly tried loading the harpoon gun again, but was interrupted due to being grabbed by the neck.

"Ishi, what ya doin-" Roku asked, before Ishi calmly crushed the man's windpipe, and dropped him on the ground.

"wha-" Roku stared at this, terrified.

"... Roku, let's go home." Ishi turned, and glared to him. Disappointed in his weakness.

"... Are- Are you mad?" Roku stuttered, looking up to her, shaking in fear.

"No. I'm not." She looked down to him, and walked away, now not immediately abandoning the kid.

The two walked back home, Roku was still feeling bad from all that happened in the dead woods.

"Ishi... Is mom mad at me?" Roku looked up, sweating.

"... Yes. She is." Ishi continued walking forward, as Roku just started to grow fearful of what was going to happen.


After a few hours of walking, Roku began slowly falling asleep.
"Oi, Roku. Ya can't go asleep yet. We're just a few steps away from home." Ishi nudged Roku.
"But... I'm- I'm tired." Roku struggled to keep their eyes open.

"... Look, I'll carry you, but the moment we get home, you'll be full of energy, alright?" Ishi began lifting Roku up, as he slowly nodded, and fell asleep.

She walked across this cold night, looking at their village at a distance.

"... I'll go somewhere else, I don't think Mother's mood is going to be good today."
She went inside of a resting place, and placed some pieces of rotten meat on the counter.

"Ah, Ishi, running away from home again?" The innkeeper grinned, as they took the pieces of meat and ate them.

"Yeah... I'll be paying you extra, got this kid to protect." Ishi pointed at Roku, who was being carried in their shoulder.

"Alright, sleep well." They opened the door, as they led them to a small room, a bit cleaner than their house, with some pieces of rag and meat so that a person could sleep in.

"Good night, Roku." She placed him down onto the singular "bed", as she slept in the cold corner.


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