flightworks | karaniji (kinome) 14

You can read chapter 14 here on the MAGKAN official website!

As we are still at the Karako's Terrible Horrible No Good Very Bad Backstory station, content warnings for this chapter include Characters Coping With Trauma Badly (emotional manipulation/codependency), child abuse aftermath, depiction of panic attacks/flashbacks, strangulation, bullying, violence, and child grooming.

Eba: Your Majesty! Over here!
Rainbow King: She's still breathing...
Eba: She's... she's a human.

THE EMPTY-HEARTED GIRL AND THE RAINBOW FRAGMENTS

Eba: The human I found... was a girl named Karako.
Eba: Karako never said a word. She was gloomy as a ghost.
Crowd: It's a human! First time I've seen one! She's really there!

Karako: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Karako: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Rainbow King: It's okay! Karako, calm down!
Karako: UAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Rainbow King: Eba! Get something warm to drink!
Eba: Uh... okay.
Neighbor: What, again? She's so noisy she even woke me up.
Eba: Sorry.
Eba: Karako was unfriendly... her voice sounded horrible... sometimes she would start screaming like a crazy person... she was really creepy.

Eba: It would've been easier just to ditch her, but the King took her in because they were nice.
Eba: But y'know, that's...
Eba: That's what I loved about them.

Neighbor: I'M GETTING SICK OF YOUR NONSENSE! GO AWAY!!
Eba: What's up?
Neighbor: FRICKIN SOLICITORS!! This weirdo dumped some creepy medicine on me saying to use it on the sick kid!
Neighbor: I TOLD 'em we have the flowers from the lake so we don't need anything else!
Eba: Huh...

Kids: Oh!
Kids: You're Karako, right? Wanna play ball with us? Oh! Tell us about your...
[sfx: SLAP]
Kids: world...
Kids: MOMMYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

Kids' Mom: Oh gosh! What's wrong? Don't cry like this in public.
Karako: HMPH
Neighbors: That kid's always getting mad! She's the worst! I hate her! She's selfish!!
Neighbors: She's always glaring!
Neighbors: She keeps hitting people!
Neighbors: Her voice is weird and scary! So is everything she says!!
Karako: You piss me off. Die.

Neighbors: Do something about her, Your Majesty!
Karako: Hey, you! You have superpowers, right?
Eba: (Where's her respect?!)
Karako: Izzit true you can grant any wish?
Karako: Then flatten this whole place! I wanna see!

Karako: I want everything to disappear!
Karako: That house... those people... and me too!
Eba: ...
Rainbow King: It's true that I have special powers... but I don't use them.
Rainbow King: I used to live up in the heavens, far away... but I was always bored there.
Sun King: Wahahaha!

Rainbow King: I wanted to be friends with everyone.
Rainbow King: That's why I came down here.
Rainbow King: My power is unnatural to this world, so I don't use it.
Rainbow King: I want to be equals with my friends, not better than them.
Karako: That's heavy! I wasn't asking and I don't care!
Eba: WHY YOU!!!
Rainbow King: Karako.

Rainbow King: I want to be friends with you, too.
Eba: Your Majesty...
Karako: ...Okay.
Rainbow King: Thank you, Karako!
Karako: But...

Karako: You have to stay with me forever.
Karako: Don't ever leave me. Not for a minute.
Eba: WH?!?!
Karako: Be there when I eat dinner, and when I go to bed, and when I wake up, and when I take a bath...
Eba: HEY!!! THAT'S ENOUGH!!! YOU CAN'T JUST--
Rainbow King: Okay.
Eba: YOUR MAJESTY!?!?!?!
Rainbow King: ...Sorry, Eba.

Rainbow King: I want to help her.
Rainbow King: Karako!
Rainbow King: This is a present for you.
Rainbow King: I put a spell on it so it will protect you.

Rainbow King: I'll always be with you.
Rainbow King: So... be nice to everyone else, too!

Eba: I really do love that the Rainbow King is so nice, but...
Eba: I love them, but...
[sfx: CLING]
[sfx: GLOOM]

Neighbors: SHE'S NO FAIR! I wanna talk to the King too! The King belongs to EVERYBODY!
Eba: (And hey, I was there first!!! How dare she steal my special spot!!!)
Neighbors: WE CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE! Let's teach her a lesson!
Neighbors: YEAH!!!
Mushka: But the King is always right there with her, you know?
Yahed: EBA! PRY THE KING OFF HER!!!
Eba: Huh?! Why do I gotta do it?!
Yahed: You're pissed 'cos she's keeping the King all to herself too, right?!
[sfx: bulls-eye]
Eba: ......Well...
Eba: I can get the King's attention, but like... don't go overboard.
Yahed: We won't!

Eba: Your Majesty!
Rainbow King: What is it, Eba?
Eba: Uhhh... well... Mushka's throwing a tantrum... we don't know what to do!
Rainbow King: Mushka?!
Eba: They keep insisting they wanna see you... Can you come for just a sec?

Rainbow King: But I...
Eba: Just a second! Just one!
Yahed: Ron! You wait over there! Don't wake her up no matter what!
Karako: It hurts... it hurts... Stop it, Ma...

[sfx: KOFF KOFF KOFF KOFF]
[sfx: GASP GASP PANT PANT]
Rainbow King: You're okay. Breathe slow, now.
[sfx: huff... huff... huff...]

Karako: Your Majeesty...
Karako: ...Your Majesty? Where are you? Why's it all dark?
Yahed: Oh, she woke up.
Karako: Hey...! Where am I?! Where's the King?!

Karako: Don't leave me! Your Majesty!
Yahed: I knew the time out room'd work!
[note: Can't be opened from the inside.]
Karako: Your Majesty! Don't abandon me don't abandon me don't abandon me...
Ron: You and me always used to cry when we got put in there... uh?
Karako: DON'T ABANDON ME DON'T ABANDON ME DON'T ABANDON ME DON'T ABANDON ME DON'T ABANDON ME DON'T ABANDON ME
[sfx: shiver]
Ron: Hey, Yahed... this seems kinda bad...
Yahed: Y... yeah... This... this is enough...
Yahed: Hey! Are you over yourself yet?! We only did this 'cos you're hogging the King to yourself! So stop being selfish!

[sfx: BAM]

Rainbow King: Mushka, remember how big you are. You mustn't flail around like that!
Mushka: I'm sowwy! (It's been so long! I'm so happy!!!)
Rainbow King: We have to get back before Karako wakes up...
[sfx: heave-ho! (they're slow)]
Eba: (Sorry...)

Rainbow King: Yahed! Ron!
Rainbow King: You're bleeding...! Oh, no! I'll give you first aid...
[sfx: CLUNK]
Karako: Where... did you go?
Karako: You said you'd always... be with me...

Eba: ...Karako, don't tell me...
Karako: Your Majesty... you promised...
Rainbow King: Karako...
Rainbow King: Why did you do this?! I told you, you have to be nice to everyone!
[sfx: SHOVE]

Karako: You broke your promise first!
Eba: Y-Your Majesty! Are you okay?!
Rainbow King: Eba, what do I do...? I... I think I really hurt her...

Rainbow King: That's... that's the one thing... I had to avoid at all costs...
Eba: Your Majesty...
Karako: If only I'd never been born... I'm sure everybody would be smiling and happy right now. I messed it all up. This is all my fault...

Karako's Father: Karako doesn't belong here! We never had a daughter!
Karako: Pa was right. There's nowhere I belong.
Returntovoid: Pain! Abandonment! Betrayal! Despair! I can feel it! I can feel it all from you!
Returntovoid: It's an honor to meet you, Savior! I am Returntovoid!

Returntovoid: I have a task I would like to ask of you! It's something only you can do...

Eba: Your Majesty... If you just talked it out, I think she'd get it...
[note: Turned into a snake from the shock]
Neighbors: We want to say sorry too. We shouldn't have done this.
Rainbow King: Okay... let's all apologize.
Eba: Wait right there! I'll go find Karako!

Eba: She just might wanna apologize, too!

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