Giving Up {100 Theme Challenge}

Seraphine’s concerned gaze flew over to that of the troll girl who was still curled up on the ground, having stayed in that numb position for several weeks. Just feeling the never-ending depression that rolled off of Aminah made her want to whisk the girl away and fix it all. Of course, seeing the death of one as close as that troll boy had been must have shaken her up pretty bad.

Seraphine was sure that when she had managed to tear Aminah away from the body and bring the two back to the quarters of which everyone was staying, Rip’s comment made everything that much worse. Made Aminah stop eating completely and just lie on the floor silently suffering and never bothering to get help. Not even Sarah, Joesup, or Liathe could get through the depressed girl as she lie there helplessly, her once bright eyes dull and full of pain.

Of course Rip was back to normal now. With a simple pentacle necklace with Amethyst set in the middle and a quiet shooshpapping issued by Sarah, the shapeshifter had snapped out of her murderous fit and couldn’t remember a thing of what had happened. She had no recollection of the cruel comment she told Aminah nor of the murders she had caused.

Seraphine had told Sarah silently that it was entirely possible that Rip had been controlled into doing those kinds of cruel things but, alas, the demon didn’t know. Snapping out of her thoughts, she examined Aminah even more. She couldn’t tell how malnourished the girl was due to her baggy clothing and how she had hidden her face in her hair completely but, judging how she hadn’t eaten in weeks, she was probably just barely able to survive.

“Aminah…” Seraphine whispered softly, going to the girl and crouching down as she gently shook Aminah who made a barely audible noise in response. “Please eat something, dear. This is very unhealthy…”

“You know what it’s like…” Aminah said, her voice still barely heard by the demon. There was no stutter and her voice was hoarse, having not been used in a while. “What it’s like to lose someone in a gruesome way.”

Seraphine paused, her heart wrenching at the mere thought. Her eyes began to get watery and she gripped onto her shirt tightly. “Now. I didn’t exactly starve myself over my dear Miharu’s suicide. I grieved but I did eat when I had to. You need to do the same, you can’t die on us,” she started, stopping immediately as she looked away. She didn’t know why she felt compelled to help Aminah out. Probably because of the fact they both had lost someone incredibly close to them.

“I don’t really care at this point… I’m just not hungry…” Aminah’s voice trailed and her breathing slowed. “Too late anyways… I know you can sense this… Seraphine…”

“Of course I can but I’m not going to let it happen!” Seraphine protested, grabbing onto Aminah’s shoulder and shaking her even more. “Wake up, Aminah! We’re getting you food and we’re getting you fixed up, got that!?”

“No thank you… I’m… perfectly happy going to the dream bubbles…” Aminah started, a fond smile crossing onto her face. “Besides… I’ve already… got where Upulst and I will meet up again… figured out…” She didn’t flinch when Seraphine brushed her ebony hair out of her face, allowing the demon to get a good look of how sunken in her cheeks had become and how you could see the bones beneath her gray skin.

“Look-“ Seraphine started, only to be cut off by Aminah.

“You’re a demon… right? Can’t you… Remove my spirit from my body or… something? This is… taking too long…” Aminah’s breaths became even slower and her eyelids drooped.

“…I can and…” Seraphine paused, looking at Aminah. “…I’ll help your spirit out. It’s having difficulty getting out, I know. I’ll go with you to ensure you get to your destination on time.” In a blink of an eye, her vision changed from seeing only the vessels and not the spirits to seeing both the vessels and the spirits. She took note of the distressed spirit before her, attempting to break free of its vessel and smiled softly, extending her hands to Aminah.

Aminah blinked, looking at Seraphine before smiling full force and gripping onto the demons hands. “Now… Let go. Let go of the depression, the grief, pain, everything that’s negative,” she instructed, feeling the heaviness that was once on Aminah suddenly become lifted and left in the room about them. With a simple tug, the spirit detached from the vessel and floated there, looking down.

“E-Everyone will be upset but… I-It was worth it,” Aminah said softly, her voice gaining volume as she became more determined about her decision. She looked up to Seraphine and grinned, watching as the demon faltered before grinning back.

“Come on. Let’s go get you to your lover,” Seraphine chirped, not even concerned by the fact the room they were in slowly dissipated into blackness with bubbles depicting different dreams of different people about them. Still gripping onto each others hands, the two started about hopping through the different dream bubbles, both in search of Upulst.

If you miss him so much, why don’t you just kill yourself to be with him?