still rather delirious. Her
eyes seemed not to have taken notice of the woman sitting over her,
and that lack of awareness worried Scarlett. There was still a long
way yet to go before Ruby recovered. Opening the princess’ mouth,
the demon slid the fang gently inside and let her finger off the
tip, so the snake’s venom could pour out. The toxin mixed in with
Ruby’s own, but it looked like the substance was going down as it
needed to. Scarlett patiently waited until all of the venom had
seeped out of the bottom of the fang.
When it was empty, the demon stood up,
staring down over Ruby’s body. She looked no different. Her
condition hadn’t improved, but Scarlett knew they were now on the
right track. Brushing Sniggle to the side, she picked up the snake
and walked some distance away. She set the serpent down on a soft
patch of earth, and raising and slamming down the fang, skewered it
to the ground, causing an angry hiss to come from the snake. They
would need its venom again, and she couldn’t let it slip away.
Returning to Ruby, Scarlett laid down next to
her. She slid her head through her princess’ shackled arms,
wrapping them around her, rested her head on her princess’
shoulder, and wrapped her own arms and one leg over her body as
well, getting the poison all over herself. The horned demon would
make certain that Ruby recovered, and she would be there every step
of the way.
Chapter 11. Wake in Filth
Ruby awoke in a haze. She couldn’t remember much at that moment.
Looking down at herself, she was completely naked except for the
poison she exuded from her mouth that now covered nearly all of her
skin, forming its own kind of clothing. Her wrists were sealed
inside manacles that were chained into a rocky wall. Beneath her
was the once yellow dress that she recalled having worn sometime
prior. Also laying on the dress was a little purple blob that she
knew called itself Sniggle. Beside the dress, several feet away,
was a pile of dead and discarded snakes next to a giant fang. Of
everything she saw, that made the least sense.
A barrage of dissenting memories filled her
head, each in conflict with another. She felt as though she had
lived two lives, and had to choose which one to continue with. For
whatever reason, Ruby had picked this one, where she was covered in
poison and filth, alone and trapped in the depths of a dark cavern.
As the moments passed, she came to realize everything that had
happened to her. She remembered eating the toxic blissroot, and it
leading to the false dream world that she had just woken up from.
Those memories began to fade, and the princess struggled to recall
how she had escaped from that place.
She was too tired to think about it anymore
though. Whatever else had happened since she ate the fruit, she was
chained to a wall. That meant that someone else was there, even
though she had no memory of such a person joining her. She couldn’t
even imagine how anyone else had gotten down into the depths with
her. The princess had seen no way out in all her time searching
other than the collapsed tunnel leading up to the Abyss.
Whoever it was, she felt she needed to get
free before they came back. Gripping the chain leading into the
wall with both hands and propping her bare feet against the rocks,
Ruby pulled back with all her might. No good. The metal was wedged
into the rocks too well. She fell back with an exhausted sigh,
still weak after waking from her slumber. The princess looked over
to the sleeping imp, and she wondered if it might be able to help
set her free.
Nudging at the little blob, she whispered,
“Sniggle.”
The purple imp rolled over out of her reach
and continued sleeping.
“Useless,” she remarked to herself.
She looked down to the manacles where she had
been inadvertently dribbling her poison. Perhaps, she thought, she
could use it as lubrication and squeeze her hands out. Spitting out
more of the ooze, she let it get in between the flesh on her
eyes seemed not to have taken notice of the woman sitting over her,
and that lack of awareness worried Scarlett. There was still a long
way yet to go before Ruby recovered. Opening the princess’ mouth,
the demon slid the fang gently inside and let her finger off the
tip, so the snake’s venom could pour out. The toxin mixed in with
Ruby’s own, but it looked like the substance was going down as it
needed to. Scarlett patiently waited until all of the venom had
seeped out of the bottom of the fang.
When it was empty, the demon stood up,
staring down over Ruby’s body. She looked no different. Her
condition hadn’t improved, but Scarlett knew they were now on the
right track. Brushing Sniggle to the side, she picked up the snake
and walked some distance away. She set the serpent down on a soft
patch of earth, and raising and slamming down the fang, skewered it
to the ground, causing an angry hiss to come from the snake. They
would need its venom again, and she couldn’t let it slip away.
Returning to Ruby, Scarlett laid down next to
her. She slid her head through her princess’ shackled arms,
wrapping them around her, rested her head on her princess’
shoulder, and wrapped her own arms and one leg over her body as
well, getting the poison all over herself. The horned demon would
make certain that Ruby recovered, and she would be there every step
of the way.
Chapter 11. Wake in Filth
Ruby awoke in a haze. She couldn’t remember much at that moment.
Looking down at herself, she was completely naked except for the
poison she exuded from her mouth that now covered nearly all of her
skin, forming its own kind of clothing. Her wrists were sealed
inside manacles that were chained into a rocky wall. Beneath her
was the once yellow dress that she recalled having worn sometime
prior. Also laying on the dress was a little purple blob that she
knew called itself Sniggle. Beside the dress, several feet away,
was a pile of dead and discarded snakes next to a giant fang. Of
everything she saw, that made the least sense.
A barrage of dissenting memories filled her
head, each in conflict with another. She felt as though she had
lived two lives, and had to choose which one to continue with. For
whatever reason, Ruby had picked this one, where she was covered in
poison and filth, alone and trapped in the depths of a dark cavern.
As the moments passed, she came to realize everything that had
happened to her. She remembered eating the toxic blissroot, and it
leading to the false dream world that she had just woken up from.
Those memories began to fade, and the princess struggled to recall
how she had escaped from that place.
She was too tired to think about it anymore
though. Whatever else had happened since she ate the fruit, she was
chained to a wall. That meant that someone else was there, even
though she had no memory of such a person joining her. She couldn’t
even imagine how anyone else had gotten down into the depths with
her. The princess had seen no way out in all her time searching
other than the collapsed tunnel leading up to the Abyss.
Whoever it was, she felt she needed to get
free before they came back. Gripping the chain leading into the
wall with both hands and propping her bare feet against the rocks,
Ruby pulled back with all her might. No good. The metal was wedged
into the rocks too well. She fell back with an exhausted sigh,
still weak after waking from her slumber. The princess looked over
to the sleeping imp, and she wondered if it might be able to help
set her free.
Nudging at the little blob, she whispered,
“Sniggle.”
The purple imp rolled over out of her reach
and continued sleeping.
“Useless,” she remarked to herself.
She looked down to the manacles where she had
been inadvertently dribbling her poison. Perhaps, she thought, she
could use it as lubrication and squeeze her hands out. Spitting out
more of the ooze, she let it get in between the flesh on her
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