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[author-of-worlds]

Tia short, Tia short! With executioners?

Tia never liked being left alone for too long. Between running and hiding with her new guardian, being alone was dangerous for the young girl. But Sarah always said she had to leave, always to scout ahead, to check on things and make sure they're safe.

'I won't be long,' she'd always say. And then she'd hand her a math puzzle sheet to keep her occupied until she returned.

But the puzzle sheet was done, and Sarah still wasn't back. That left her mind to wander, and that... for some reason, nowadays, that never lead to anything good.

As Tia sat in the corner of the room, she started counting down the minutes on the clock, steadily waiting for what she assumed was the setting sun outside the blinds. The shadows grew, and the closet- Wait. The closet wasn't open before... and something...

Someone was in the room.

The feeling hit her almost immediately, causing Tia to scramble to her feet, and not too soon as tendrils of ink-black hair suddenly protruded from the inside. A white, smiling theater mask showed itself as the woman emerged, dishing out one order for the child. "Don't be difficult."

She was going to be difficult. Not even hesitating, Tia opened up the nearest window and jumped outside, the setting sun seeming to freeze as another being shot out at the speed of light. The first woman's inverse, the holder of the frowning mask had arrived, only this one had summoned her spear, and she was going in for the kill. "We've got you now!"

Tia, however, didn't have any plans on getting caught. The ground, which had been so far away before, suddenly grew up around her, forming walls to a well that she proceeded to fall down while the Executioner hit its side. Wider the well walls grew until Tia was falling into a pit, a pit that, to her shock, the other Executioner had jumped down. Ah, right. Shadowy places. That was the other's domain, and now she just had to see if she could lose her too.

Gracefully, this other Executioner straightened herself out quickly, summoning her large saber as her eyes locked onto Tia. She didn't say anything though as she dove downward, aiming to slash the kid as her blade extended. But Tia's mind worked quickly as the girl let out a startled scream, rope wrapping around the woman's leg and jolting her back and preventing her from further falling. The well bucket and rope, which... had they been there before? No, they hadn't, had they? Probably not. The world always seemed to change on a whim these days. It was... puzzling to say the least.

As the Executioner got wrapped up in the ropes from the well, Tia continued to stare up at her as she fell further and further away. That one would be preoccupied for now, but the light one was still active... She'd have to stay out of the light then. No more light, and no more... ah. She was still falling. Shoot.

Tia's descent into the bottomless pit seemed to stop the second she realized the danger she was in, the girl letting out a startled yelp as she landed on something soft and bounced upward for a brief moment. Was this... a trampoline? Ah! She'd always loved trampolines! A great way to end yet another day of running for her life.

As she settled on the trampoline for a moment, the kid took a moment to lead, only to then shriek when the shadowy Executioner's saber sliced through the material nearby. Oh. Oh dear... Perhaps she should get moving.

With one final glare sent upwards, Tia got to her feet and made her way to a cave, a tube slide waiting to take her to... who knows where honestly. She could never tell with this world. It was often a lot of bad, but right now it seemed to be a lot of good. So she took the slide, aiming to head away from the duo. And perhaps she would find Sarah along the way.