[Loslote]

“Is a maid’s life thus as fleeting as a Hunter’s life?” Shasta moaned.

“Yes, dear,” Sally said. “Yes it is.”

“Hey, you’re dead,” Shasta said.

“Oh, I hadn’t noticed,” Sally said.

“You hadn’t noticed?” Legate asked, confused.

“Kill Legate,” Shasta ordered. “He interrupted our moment.”

“You already had a moment,” Legate said. “In the morning narration. You are so Night-killed…”

“Um,” Nog said, “I vote we kill Legate anyway.”

Legate facepalmed.

Shall we throw him off the cliff?” Elfie offered.

“No, that’s getting old,” Boro said. “Let’s throw him up the cliff!”

“How would that kill him?” Pitchie asked.

“Good point.”

“We could throw him horizontally, along the cliff,” Zil said.

“How do you throw someone horizontally?” Kit asked.

“That doesn’t even make sense,” Wilwa said.

“Diagonally?” Izzy offered. “No, that doesn’t make sense either.”

“What if we kill him without using the cliff or throwing him off anything?” Pitche said. The others considered this briefly.

“Nah,” Nog said. “I like the cliff.”

“So toss him off it?” Zil said.

“Yes,” Shasta said.

“I didn’t know you were paying attention,” Izzy said.

“I wasn’t,” Shasta said. “I was just agreeing with my beloved Sally that the time has come for me to die.”

“Parting is such sweet sorrow…” the wind said in a voice remarkably like Sally’s.

“That’s because it is my voice,” the wind said. “I’m dead, remember?”

Wait, you can read what I narrate? narrated Lottie.

“Just get on with the narration,” Legate ordered.

“My dear, Sally, we’re already parted,” Shasta told the wind. “My death will reunite us.”

“Oh, good. Well hurry up and die then.”

“Okay,” Shasta said, and jumped off the cliff. The villagers quickly pushed Legate after him. As Legate fell, his last words faded away:

“Aphids R Awxome!!”

~~~

Dead:
Lottie (Moddess of DOOM)
Hakon (co-mod)
Lommy (Ladybug Seer!wolf)
Nerwen (Hunter)
Sally (Lover)
Morsul (Ordo)
Shasta (Lover)
Legate (Aphidian Ranger!wolf)

Living:
Kit
Pitchie
Zil
Wilwa
Boro
Nog
Elfie
Izzy