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Short Prompt #941

CW: murder mention.

The human sighed, collapsing onto their bed as the moon slowly rose over the horizon. They silently watched the sky change colors through their window before finally closing their eyes.

They lay on their back, resting their hands on their stomach, and ignored how the mattress dipped next to them. Sharp claws gently traced their cheek before the monster spoke.

"Can I kill them yet?"

Sick, Delirious Hero

“Lemme go!” Hero slurred, “your restraints can’t hold me forever!”

Villain pinched the bridge of their nose. The “restraints” Hero was referring to were a couple of soft, plush blankets tucked tightly around their shivering body. Hero was currently laying in Villain’s bed, and they were as sick as a dog. Villain put a hand to Hero’s forehead. Still feverish. That might explain the delirium.

“Hero, I haven’t captured you,” Villain said, “you’re at my base because you’re sick and no one was taking care of you, remember?”

“Lies!” Hero yelled hoarsely, “I’ll have you behind bars when I get out of this!”

“I’m sure you will,” Villain sighed, “but until then, how about you take some medicine for me, yeah?”

Villain sat Hero up against the pillows and poured some medicine onto a spoon.

“Open up,” Villain said.

“I’m not going to let you poison me!” Hero said weakly, “I- mmph!”

Villain shoved the spoon into Hero’s mouth.

“Good, now swallow,” Villain said.

“Mm-mm!” Hero shook their head vigorously.

“Hero, if you don’t swallow the medicine, I’ll… I’ll kidnap someone for ransom!”

Hero’s eyes widened. After a couple of seconds, they swallowed the medicine.

“Your poison tastes terrible,” Hero said.

“Medicine, Hero,” Villain corrected, “I need that fever of yours to break, now try to get some sleep.”

Villain laid Hero back down in the bed. Hero’s eyes remained stubbornly open.

“Hero.”

Hero glared up at Villain. Villain struggled to stay calm. How long was this delirium going to last? Villain absent-mindedly ran a hand through Hero’s hair while they tried to think. Was drugging them an option? Villain could always crush up some sleeping pills and slip them in some tea, but then again, it was a fight just to get Hero to take their medicine. Maybe a round of hypnosis? No, that probably wouldn’t work either.

“Hhng,” Hero whined.

Startled, Villain looked down at Hero.

“What’s wrong?”

“Don’ wanna sleep,” Hero yawned, “you can’t… make me.”

Something glinted in Villain’s eyes as realization hit them. They continued to card their hand through Hero’s hair, their touch feather-light.

“S-stop it,” Hero said, their voice barely audible and their eyes blinking heavily.

“Oh, I don’t think I will,” Villain whispered, “you need to sleep. I wonder what would happen if I just…”

Villain started to lightly massage Hero’s scalp, giving them gentle scratches all the way to the nape of their neck. Hero fought to keep their eyes open, but they shortly fluttered closed. Hero’s breathing became deep and even; they were fast asleep. Villain smiled. They leaned down and kissed Hero’s forehead lightly, careful not to wake them. They petted Hero’s hair for a few more minutes until they quietly got up and left the room. Hopefully, Hero would be more lucid when they woke up.

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As much as I agree I also live for for the theories. The main one I could think of is what if the robots were made almost as a replacement to life. The books say that the robots aren't effected by the shadows. Maybe like how Silas made his robots to help with his house work and to help continue his work and knowledge even after death.

What if the main reason we see more robots is because they were originally made to help the living but after the shadows starting to take over, maybe people started to make more robots with more knowledge to hopefully carry of life if it were to come to an end because of the shadows. Almost like a fail safe. The robots could store knowledge and that way if the shadows didn't take over the knowledge could still be safe from the stones and Ikol.

Then maybe the robots could build cities safe from the shadows and any danger and they could use their knowledge to bring life back up.

But hey, that's just a theory an Amulet theory :D

(also just an FYI sorry for hijacking all your posts, I just love them and the rewrite and there is just not many other Amulet posts)

As someone who lives robots and actually really like the robot characters Kazu designed for amulet ... there's not really a reason for them to exist in the world of Amulet before the story took a turn to Sci Fi, as much as I love Cosley and Phil ultimately they don't really add anything to the story