Flashbang's Fourth Diary Entry ContinuedEverything was ready. It didn't take long to gather the necessary supplies from the clinic, and by the time the madpony awoke he was already bound, gagged, and strapped to a table. I haven't had a proper murder since those idiots "freed" me from my true home among the Diomedians, and I was really looking forward to it. I had brought a variety of sharp objects to play with and had even found the bonesaw I had seen Solstice threatening Mobius with earlier. As Aunty Deathinspired used to say, 'The only good murder is a very, very bloody and painfully drawn out one'.
As I advanced upon my bound victim I couldn't help but grin as he struggled helplessly. I started with his cutie mark, some sort of wierd ribbony thing that wrapped in on itself, scratching it with a scalpel. At this point he started crying, not that anyone could hear him with all the socks I'd gagged him with. I pulled out the bonesaw, its blade already crimson from an encounter with a rabid badger on the way back from the clinic. How did a badger even get in here? Anyway, at this point he closed his eyes, seemingly resigned to his fate. Now this wouldn't do at all.
"Any last words?" I said, pulling his eyelids open to see a piece of paper I held. After examining the tattered journals he kept in his saddlebags I had found he was apparantly good at writing with his own blood, so I slit one of his hooves and let him write his pathetic pleas for mercy. Not that I would answer them, but it would be fun to watch as his hopes for survival were trampled underhoof. After some time he finished scrabbling at the paper and gave it to me, his eyes brimming with the last vestiges of hope. It was hard to make out, pools of blood blotting out many of the words, but from what I could see it was mostly pathetic begging. I was about to toss it aside and start with his hooves when I made out a word. Solstice.
I desperately searched over the paper again, trying to find some kind of context, but the dripping blood had made it completely incomprehensible. As much as I hated it, I only had one option left. I had to let Mobius go. Maybe not permanantly of course, but at least long enough to find out what he knew. And so, reluctantly, I put away the bonesaw and dropped the paper.
"Listen idiot," I said, slowly advancing on my captive, "what I'm about to say is about the only chance you have of getting out of this alive. One, I'm going to take your gag out. If you try to scream or yell for help, I will not hesitate to silence you. Two, you are going to tell me everything you know about Solstice. Maybe, if what you tell me is worth anything, I might just let you leave with all your limbs intact. Three, if I do let you go, you are to tell nopony about this. Believe me, you will regret it. Nod if you understand."
He barely had time to move his head before everything exploded. My door was blasted off its hinges and dust flew everywhere. Through the dust I could see the glow of magic, and when it cleared I could see dozens of scalpels pointed at both me and Mobius. And there, framed by the doorway and surrounded by a golden glow, was Solstice.
"Now,vaht is happening here?"
For a moment I was completely stunned, but when I realized what was happening I almost facehoofed. Mobius was obviously a target of Solstice, judging by the bonesaw incident earlier, and here I was stealing his kill. I had broken the most basic rule of murder etiquette. Aunty would be displeased. Nevertheless, I could still salvage this fiasco. Kicking the bonesaw across the floor to Solstice, I screwed up my courage and spoke.
"I'm sorry Solstice, this is all a terrible misunderstanding. I should have just talked to you about this, but instead I've gone and made a foal of myself. So now I'll ask what I should have asked you a long time ago. Will you share this murder with me?"
End Diary
That took a while to write. I was halfway through it when Dalex posted, so i had to revise the end quite a bit. Anyway, this definitely seems to be going well.
Edit: Changed the last bit. Felt it needed a bit more dialogue to it.