Innavedr

by Imploding Colon

Queen and Country

In a slow exhale, he gazed at the table full of sharp instruments, until the spark had finally died from his eyes. His horn glowed, showing a beam of pale blue light across the tiny, cramped room. He picked up a scalpel from the nearest tray, the only blade that wasn't stained, and his voice reverberated in a lukewarm tone across the rusted domain.

"We are done," he said. "I have all we need to know. I shall..." He lingered slightly, his mouth hanging open as a pained expression flashed through him, then cleared like a winter's cloud. Finally, he finished with, "I shall end it for you now."

A sputtering voice murmured hoarsely from behind. "Beloved..."

He swiveled around, his hooves dragging through a crimson puddle as he gazed upon her.

She laid on a rusted table beneath a single bulb of cold mana-light. The only part of her still sealed had a coat as smooth as golden silk. When she looked at him, the tears outran the blood.

"Just pr-promise me... that wh-when this is over..." She choked and hissed, "You w-won't do to her what you've done to me."

Comments

[Novus Ordo Seclorum]

"Her"? Shell had another?

Ooooooooooh....

[Pilate]

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I can also not help but notice her coat color.

[Novus Ordo Seclorum]

2256724 Color? All I can find is a description of her coat's texture.

The only part of her still sealed had a coat as smooth as golden silk.

[ThatPoemGuy]

Is that... Belle?
Please, let it not be her.

This is Australia...

[Ace of Kings]

Flashbacks of shell's Beloved

[zaponator]

"No, Belle... I am your father!"

[Tetrominon]

what
WHAT

[Pilate]

2256743
No, it's Shell's beloved; it's a dream.

2256844
Perhaps, perhaps.

[Personifire]

Jesus. If I saw that, I'd have nightmares, even if it wasn't my mate-for-life bleeding to death.

[Future Regret]

So confused by this chapter...

[dragonridergoku]

2256844 Thought the same thing

[Radiant Silver]

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I am getting the same feeling....

[Danger Beans]

Beans is back.

[AppleTank]

Questions, questions everywhere.

[dashie76]

IIIIIt's Dashie's evaluation time!

So we have a flashback to Shell's interrogation and killing of his own beloved. But that last line confuses me...who is "her?" Rainbow Dash? Ledomare herself, judging from the title? Belle? We can't know for sure just yet. For that matter, why did Imploding include this chapter? It seems kind of unrelated. These are my thoughts so far.

-MASH

[Aurum]

That was strangely ominous. Is that Shell's beloved?

[MellowMabari]

Ah, poop. For a second there I thought it was Belle, but then I realized it was Shell's beloved. That's cold, even for stupid Shell. And "her?"

2256844

Ooh! That would be a shocking reveal. Only one way to find out - onward!

[Honeytiger]

dafuq.... dafuq did Honeytiger just read...

[Nevlamas]

It is Shell's beloved for a certainty, she said so herself. But she knew Belle? Is she even referring to Belle? And in the end, would it even matter? Shell seems to give the same amount of fucks about sacred oaths and promises that Jaime Lannister would...

[Super Trampoline]

Shell, why are you so evil and hollow?

[whizzball1]

Shell's beloved...
Wait.
What?
Shell what?
Oh, no.
Shell bloody killed his own beloved.
Go die in a fire.

-Spirit

[JustAnotherTimeLord]

Hmm... interesting.

[rainbowrengar]

Alright check me out.

This chapter,

Is about shells beloved.

It's a flash back

BOOM420HOLLAHOLLAGETDOLLA

[Regidar]

Fuck, if Shell is going to end up being Belle's father, that will be the lest anticipated twist since the end of s1 for Dexter.

[**Beert]

I can't help, but feel like Belle is gonna end up being Shells daughter.

[Tim the Planes-pony]

Shell is a monster, news at 11

[Hazard]

Flashbacks into the memories of a monster...

[CrystalWaters]

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I... hadn't even considered that possibility...
Shell...
Belle...

[arancaytar]

Is... is this Belle?

No. No, it's in italics, so it's a flashback.

But "Beloved"... oh god, this is Shell's love.

Who has the same coat color as Belle.

[Vupsi]

Belle: "You killed my father!"
Shell: "No. I am your father."
Belle: "No. no! That's not true.. That's impossible!"

[FOXTrot2]

She laid on a rusted table beneath a single bulb of cold mana-light. The only part of her still sealed had a coat as smooth as golden silk. When she looked at him, the tears outran the blood.

Duuuuuuude, that's Misus Belle! Belle's mom!
Man, Shell just dropped a helluva lot further on my dick list.

Right above Steelhooves so and Lighthooves from FoE.

[Dashie04]

I don’t understand this, some comments here seem to point at Belle’s mom as the culprit, and I’m inclined to agree.

I do think that the torturer is indeed Shell, however.

[MetalTao]

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Steelhooves?? Really? He is a great guy man no way

[Chaotic crowness]

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I think he means steelrain

[SnowOriole]

The implications of this.