LU 31 - Chizzy 1

After meeting at Spawn, Sytamni, Mira and Chizzy decided to hit up the coffee shop to grab a drink for Mira before they went to the cave. There, they met up with Nekane who decided to come with them. At the cave, William was angry at Chizzy for leaving him alone for so long. But his anger only grew when he saw the Enderian standing there. Getting flashbacks of when he was attacked by an enderman underground, he immediately attempted to attack poor Mira. However, he couldn't do much damage with his fists. Chizzy wanted him to speak to them, so he could be convinced to get up to the surface to find a cure for his illness. However, he believed the surface was dangerous and full of "freaks" who would lie to them to earn their trust. Mira and Nekane being two of them. After a while of interrogating them, he was able to calm down. However, he was especially wary of Mira, as they kept warning him about his use of foul language. He kept threatening them with violence if they didn't stop speaking. Then, another voice was heard. Sytamni had accidentally made too much noise while hiding in the grass. William quickly grabbed a broom and started looking for the "little shitling". He'd grown to be very prejudiced to Silverfolk, as some Silverfolk had a hand in burning his village down ages ago. He called them "bugs". He continued to look for him around the cave, all the while Nekane laughed at the pathetic man, Mira's anger kept building, and Chizzy begged him to stop. Eventually, he found the young Silverfolk, and scolded him for being a coward. That's not how he'd raised him.

After denying being ill further, he went back inside to get rest, and told Chizzy and her new friends to get lost, as Chizzy had "betrayed him". As the argument grew, Chizzy argued with him that her father would've never acted like this, and that William was a terrible father figure. William simply chuckled. He stated that her father also disliked Silverfolk, and that they were both quite the same. Chizzy wanted to find her father and mother some day, and she'd prove to him that they were infinitely better parents than him. However, William told her that they were dead. They'd died ages ago. He was her only kin, thus it was why he'd looked after her all these years. He was lying, surely? She'd leave William for good, and find them. She stormed off, and went to go hide in a tree.

Mira entered the house. They'd had enough of William's ramblings and his rude behaviour. "You don't care about her. If you did, you would've never said those things. You'd be concerned about her safety." However, he did indeed care about her safety. He'd show them. He grabbed the knife from the cabinet, and started to approach the Enderian. "I'll protect her from you. Fucking freak." "I would never hurt her. She's my friend." But, William collapsed without making it two steps from the bed. After everyone had left, Chizzy entered the house again to say her last goodbye to William. However, there was no response.

"William?" She slowly approached the bedroom, and climbed the ladder. All that was there was a statue made of rotten moss, laying on the floor with a horrified expression on its face. It brandished a knife. It was William- what was left of him, anyway.

"William? This isn't funny."

"Wake up, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to say those things."

"Please.."

"...Did Mira do this..?"