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"Alright," Reddoons smiled, his eyes on Luigi, "Pick a color."
Luigi hesitated, staring down at the roulette wheel as Reddoons creeped closer to him
"Pick one."
Luigi stumbled over his words, looking up at Reddoons "I... choose black."
Reddoons chuckled, "Nah, pick again."
Parrot looked at Luigi, then Reddoons. Was it rigged..?
"He said he chose black."
Luigi stared at the roulette, confused. "Er- red?"
Reddoons leaned against the roulette table, "That's 0 to 2 now, Luigi," Reddoons' eyes lit up, "You're chosing green."
Several voices rose up defy the previously said statement, all with a sense of nervousness clinging to their speech.
Reddoons ignored the protests and spun the roulette wheel, watching it whirl around with bright flashing lights.
It landed on red.
Even though Luigi would've been wrong if Reddoons didn't change his answer, it made a statement.
The house always wins, no matter what. There was no chance, only control.
Reddoons urged Coin to kill Luigi, he lost after all, and his job was to obey.
Parrotx2 shoved them both back, sprinting over to Luigi and standing in front of him as a shield while Reddoons talked confidently to Coin.
"Do it, Coin. Swing your little axe"
Coin's grip tightened on his axe, looking over to Reddoons then Parrot. A small bead of sweat dripping down from his face.
Coins tail stiffened, his hand at the base of the axe climbed higher up the axe to scratch at his wrist, he slowly lifted the axe up into the air, slicing down at Luigi's shoulder as Parrot tried pushing Coin away,
"Ah, there he goes. Go on, Coin. One more swing" Reddoons assured Coin, the mans expression was clouded as he slowly backed away, numerous protests of the miners reached his ears but only one stuck out, praise from Reddoons. His boss.
Coin angled the axe, it shined with enchantment, it's edges were sharp.
Coin didn't think of the red BLOOD that will stain his executioners axe the moment he'd swing it, he was only thinking of the RED blood. Reddoons approval. Reddoons.
Red.
He swung the axe, letting Luigi's head fall off the neck from where he cut. The body hit the ground with a soft thump.
The RED blood poured out.
It stained the dome's floor.
"Wow, you actually did your job for once!" REDDOONS praised, a grin on his face as he lazily strolled out.
Coin looked at the body, his grip on the axe loosening as he let it fall out his hands.
He saw Parrot look at him, disappointment, grief, anger, it all flashed across his face.
He stumbled backwards as Parrot swung his axe into his shoulder, his armor chipping slightly at the force.
Coin backed away before running back to his house.
-.-
Coin stared at his hands, at the blood that was still there even if he washed it off. There was RED, RED everywhere. It poured out of every crack and crevice, it painted his walls and floors, the pots and flowers.
RED was all he knew.
Parrot wouldn't understand.
Dean wouldn't understand.
Wifies wouldn't understand.
This was apart of his job, with REDDOONS there to watch.
His job was to obey, to follow commands, to do a good job at it.
No matter if RED hit him, yelled at him. He would follow his command.
His job was more than just being warden.