Episode 8: Broken

**Broken** is the eighth episode of the Fox Scars Series. It premiered on September, 7th 2020, and was written and directed by The StormingDragon.

## Plot

We are shown RainDrop/Blood's story and all that she has been through since the moment her tribe was massacred, up until two weeks later, where she faces Nokue.

## Synopsis

Two weeks prior, we see the aftermath of the massacre of the entire Omni Tribe, as dead kits, todds, and vixens lie everywhere. RainDrop is carried by a Skulk, when her father AshKill appears, demanding he gives her to him. He states that she's his daughter and that it was his plan. RainDrop is confused as AshKill moves her in front of a pack of Skulks, that are looking up. Suddenly, blood sprays on RainDrop, and she too looks up, seeing a red-eyed red fox covered in scars, DarkSoul, killing the Omni-Tribe Chief ClawTails. DarkSoul says he's disappointed, but 'they did take an oath to not kill', when he sees RainDrop, asking AshKill where the rest of them are. When AshKill states that her litter mates were still born, DarkSoul gets angry, his red eye becomes brighter as AshKill cries in pain, with the other Skulks shaking in fear. DarkSoul then proceeds to kill AshKill without laying a paw on him, due to his strange power. DarkSoul says her name his horrible and changes it to 'RainBlood'. RainDrop says she won't join his tribe, but DarkSoul assures her she will obey him. RainDrop is thrown into a small cave, which is blocked by a rock preventing her from escaping. Meanwhile, RipFur questions his father about his plans of waiting to take over the Firefly Tribe, but DarkSoul orders him to do what he says and not question him. They bring RainDrop out and when she still refuses to join their tribe, DarkSoul gets angry and tells his son to give her another three days without food or water. RipFur states that she will starve, but DarkSoul raises his voice, sounding like a monster, and RipFur begrudgingly listens to him. RainDrop catches insects in her cave when RipFur bring her again to DarkSoul. DarkSoul asks her again but she coldly refuses him, and he orders a Skulk to attack RainDrop. At nighttime, RainDrop treats her wound, when someone calls out to her. A young kit named LazyTear brings her some blueberries and a shell full of water. She tells RainDrop that everyone here isn't really bad like DarkSoul is. The next day, RainDrop is hurt again by a Skulk in another failed attempt by DarkSoul to get her to join. That night, LazyTear and her talk again, but this time about their tribes' traditions and customs. RainDrop tells LazyTear that her multiple tails give her powers like super strength. RainDrop is told that DarkSoul has a power with which he can kill foxes without touching them, possibly because he is possessed by the Fox Demon, the embodiment of death and evil. The next morning, RainDrop is badly hurt by a Skulk when she snaps at the Skulk, using her super-strength to tear a piece of fur and flesh from his side. At night, RipFur catches his father staring the sky, with DarkSoul stating that RainDrop will not break. He tells RipFur that she's too valuable to kill, he then sees LazyTear walking by herself from the cave. DarkSoul smiles, getting an idea. In the morning, RainDrop is brought in front of the entire tribe as DarkSoul addresses all the Skulks. He calls out LazyTear and tells RainDrop that her and LazyTear will fight to the death. LazyTear attacks RainDrop, and RainDrop says they can just leave, but LazyTear says she can't and chases after RainDrop, with RipFur looking away from the fight. The two fight as RainBlood begs her to stop and LazyTear demanding she fights back. Facing DarkSoul, RainDrop says that the only fox she will ever kill is him, when she suddenly turns around as a fox screams in pain. Opening her eyes, RainDrop sees that she used her super-strength, and sliced open LazyTear's body, RainDrop cries, saying she didn't mean to do that. We then see several moments prior wherein DarkSoul confronts LazyTear about her visits with RainDrop. He tells her that he wants her to kill RainDrop, and that if she doesn't, he'll kill her family. LazyTear, scared and manipulated, says that she'll do it, but asks DarkSoul about what will happen if she loses. DarkSoul says that her family will live, but only if one of them dies. Back in the present, RainDrop continues to cry, apologizing, with LazyTear saying that she's glad that RainDrop is the one who gets to live. In her dying breath, she asks RainDrop to take care of her sister as the life fades from her eyes and body. LazyTear dies as RainDrop mourns her friend, when her tails begin to disappear, leaving only one left. RipFur asks his father what's happening, and DarkSoul tells him that her guidance spirits have formed, meaning that she's broken.
Weeks later, we see current-day RainDrop, as Nokue is in shock at seeing her again. Before she can speak, she runs away as AdalWolf comes shouting for Nokue. He asks Nokue if he is okay, with Nokue lost in thought. AdalWolf asks him if he remembered something. Nokue thinks for a moment and says that it was nothing, and that he doesn't remember anything at all. The two of them then start to head back to the Firefly Tribe as RainDrop watches them leave, looking broken and unfazed after discovering that her thought-to-be-dead kithood friend is alive.

## Deaths

* ClawTails
* AshKill
* LazyTear

## Trivia

* First Appearance of DarkSoul
* First Appearance of RipFur
* First and last appearance of ClawTails
* First and last appearance of AshKill
* First and last appearance of LazyTear
* First Appearance of SorrowHeart (No Lines)
* First Appearance of HalfPhantom (No Lines)
* After eight episodes it is finally revealed by RainDrop that the ghosts that both her and Nokue have seen in the series are actually fox spirits. However, it is unknown why some are red or white, or why they are watching the kits.
* It is also revealed that each extra tail an Omni-fox has gives them a special ability that common foxes do not have, like super-strength, speed, agility, and seeing fox-spirits.
* In this episode DarkSoul calls upon GlidingKill as **DarkFire**, this was likely a mistake.

## Cast

* AdalWolf: Jared Raman

* Nokue: Fox Girl LPS

* DarkSoul: Secret Seeker

* RipFur: Heinzpup

* LazyTear: SorrowfulSaturn

* RainDrop/Blood: The StormingDragon