[ Erina knows it's over the minute Penny's hand snaps to her collar. No – if she's telling the truth, she's known it since the moment she saw her eyes flash red in the corridor. For all she pretends, for all she showboats, for all she covers it up with sharp words and sharper attitude – Erina's a soft hearted idiot. Even with her life on the line, she can't hurt Penny.
Despite it all, she meets those searing red eyes without flinching. And she realizes – oh, right. She's not looking at Penny, huh? Whatever's in there, she might as well be eye to eye with the sick fuck that put them in here. ]
They're gonna hunt you down like a fucking dog. [ She talks past Penny, all the way down the connection to whoever's got her like a puppet on a string, whoever's really holding the pipe aloft and in the last few seconds she has, Erina smiles. ] I can't wait.
cw: phas paying for his deeds and words
Despite it all, she meets those searing red eyes without flinching. And she realizes – oh, right. She's not looking at Penny, huh? Whatever's in there, she might as well be eye to eye with the sick fuck that put them in here. ]
They're gonna hunt you down like a fucking dog. [ She talks past Penny, all the way down the connection to whoever's got her like a puppet on a string, whoever's really holding the pipe aloft and in the last few seconds she has, Erina smiles. ] I can't wait.
[ And then the pipe comes down.
It only takes one blow for her to go limp.
Erina Estival is dead. ]