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The job of a hero is simple.
Protect those who do good and punish those who do harm.
So then why, why did I save someone like her?
Within the main room of a dimly lit apartment, stood a girl that went by the name Celine.
Celine was no ordinary girl. Rather, she was what the nation of Crestbloom considered a hero. Someone who would protect the nation from those who tried to do it harm. It was a title Celine cared deeply about, as being a hero and protecting others had always been her dream.
But now, for the first time since dawning this title as hero, Celine felt very conflicted. “Is this… really the right thing to do?” Celine thought to herself, as she glanced over at a large pink crib within her apartment.
This crib wasn’t meant for her, and neither were the many other babyish items that were scattered all around her apartment. No, none of these were for her, but rather for one specific girl.
A girl that Celine would soon be in charge of punishing.
“Maybe I should have just stayed quiet… and let everything happen normally." Celine thought to herself, as she knelt down and picked up a thick white diaper that had fallen on the ground. Then as she squished the white padding in her hands and heard it crinkle, Celine thought about this diaper's size. It wasn’t a diaper sized for a baby, but rather one large enough for an adult to use.
“That girl’s a demon after all, she didn’t deserve mercy.” Celine thought to herself, as she stared down at the babyish diaper in her hands. “But I couldn’t just do nothing, she was begging for help. Isn’t it my job as a hero to help those who ask for it?”
For the longest time Celine saw being a hero as pretty simple. There were good people who she would help and bad people who she would bring to justice. But now, she had found herself wanting to save a girl who had done so much harm to everything around her.
“I… I just don’t know.” Celine thought to herself with a sigh, as she walked over to a cabinet next to the crib. Then as she opened this cabinet up, it revealed many babyish clothes, pacifiers, and diapers all stored inside of it. None of these items had been used yet, but they would be very soon, as tomorrow this punishment would begin.
Celine then placed the diaper that had fallen on the ground back in the cabinet, before closing it shut. “How did I even get myself into this?" Celine thought to herself, as she peered back over at the large pink crib. And as she did so, she started to remember what had led her to this babyish situation.
Three days prior:
Within a large courtroom sat hundreds of people, as they had all gathered to see the fate of one specific girl. But none of these people considered her just a regular girl. Rather, they all considered her a demon.
“We gather here today to finally decide the fate of the one who has done so much harm to our great nation.” A judge loudly proclaimed, as everyone in the courtroom intently listened to their words.
And standing only a few feet away from the judge, with her hands bound in handcuffs and multiple royal guards surrounding her, making sure she had no chance of escaping, was the girl who stood trial.
This girl wore an orange prison uniform along with a black collar around her neck, which seemed to suit her long black messy hair. She stood at a short 4 foot 6 inches tall with bright green eyes, as she stared back at the judge with an emotionless expression across her face.
“This girl, the one we know as “The Walking Arsenal", has done immense damage to everything in Crestbloom. And now, it’s time for her to pay for her crimes.” The judge spoke in a harsh tone. As this was stated, many people watching the trial began to clap and cheer in response.
A reaction like this was not normal in a courtroom, but that was because this was not a normal trial, and this was not a normal girl being tried. It wasn’t a matter of if she was guilty or not, as everyone in that courtroom, the judge included, had long since decided she was. Instead, it was a matter of what sentence this girl would be given.
“Finally… it all ends today.” A girl watching the trial said with a relieved smile across her face.
“After today, everything can go back to normal. It’s been so… so long.” Another girl said with a soft smile.
“I hope so, but do you think we're ever going to get back to normal? So much has happened since then, Celine.” The girl asked seriously.
“I… I know, but at least with her gone, the nation will become more peaceful. We may be “heroes” now, but that doesn’t mean we can’t live our normal lives, Raine.” Celine said softly in response.
“After everything we’ve been through, I guess that’s all we can hope for.” Raine responded with a sigh.
Currently watching the trial were two important people, two girls who had directly contributed to the trial that was now taking place. This was because these girls were two of the brave heroes who had helped capture the demon known as “The Walking Arsenal.”
One of these girls went by the name Celine. Celine stood at a modest 5 foot 4 inches tall, with green eyes and short blond hair that had some light green ribbons tied within it. She currently wore a white blouse with a black vest over top of it. And this vest was only completed by her similarly colored black skirt.
While Celine was her real name, many also knew her by another title, “The Healer.”
Sitting next to Celine was a close friend of hers that went by the name Raine. Raine stood at a slightly taller 5 foot 7 inches, with brown eyes and long black hair that was partially covered by a simple black baseball hat. Along with this hat, she currently wore a black colored sweatshirt and a black skirt with a red trim around its edges.
While Raine was her real name, she also went by another title, “The Rogue.”
“It’s really a shame the other two couldn’t make it, this moment is what we’ve all worked so hard for.” Celine said with a disappointed expression across her face.
“Eh, you know how it is with those two, they’re always busy with something. Lets just focus on the trial, because I can’t wait to see The Arsenal get what she finally deserves." Raine said with a smirk.
“Yeah, this is a long… long time coming for her.” Celine said in agreement. Both girls had been through quite a lot due to “The Walking Arsenal”, but finally today this chapter of their lives would come to a close.
As the trial went on and both the defendants and prosecutors talked to the judge, The Arsenal just stood there completely silent, as she didn’t say a single word. She showed very little emotion, as she continued to stare at the judge with a blank expression across her face.
Celine took notice of this, as she looked down at the girl from her seat in the courtroom. She wondered just what The Arsenal was feeling, as The Arsenal quietly waited for her sentence to be given.
Was it regret? Sadness? Anger? Maybe disgust? Or even fear? Celine didn’t know.
Despite all of Celine's interactions in the past with The Arsenal, she didn’t understand the girl. The Arsenal's thoughts, twisted ideologies, and even emotions were always a complete mystery to her. She could never tell what The Arsenal was feeling, and even now it was no different.
“You know… in a way it’s funny. From back here, The Arsenal looks so… small.” Celine stated, as she continued to stare down at The Arsenal.
“Heh, good. After everything she’s done to us, she deserves to be at our mercy for a change.” Raine said with a smirk.
“She… she certainly does.” Celine said with a sigh, as she thought back to the many things that The Arsenal had done to her. And right as she did so, her body instinctively shivered in fear. Even if Celine still had questions about The Arsenal, she was in no way sympathetic towards her, not after everything she had put her through.
The trial then continued on for a while, as many different lawyers talked and debated. But after enough time had passed, it seemed that the judge was ready to give his sentence.
The courtroom then got eerily quiet, as the judge started to speak once again. “For the crimes done to this nation, its citizens, and everything in this world. I sentence “The Walking Arsenal” to death.” The judge declared in a serious tone.
And right as the judge said this, their words were once again met with a loud applause. It seemed that everyone in the courtroom had agreed with the judge's decision and believed that The Arsenal should face death.
Everyone, except one special girl.
“D-Death?” Celine mumbled in surprise, as she heard the judge's sentence.
“Just what she deserves.” Raine said with a happy smirk across her face.
“B-But… death? Isn’t that… a little too much?” Celine asked in a concerned voice, as while she wanted The Arsenal to face punishment for her crimes, she wasn’t expecting such a harsh sentence.
“What? Are you kidding? After everything that girl has done to us? Celine, if it wasn’t for you and your healing, we would both be long dead by now! We would have died at her hand! She would have bleed us out!” Raine said angrily, as she had no issues with the sentence.
“I… I know… but…” Celine mumbled in the same concerned voice. She knew that Raine was right, The Arsenal had done such horrible things to not just both of them, but also the whole nation. So it only made sense that she would be given an equally horrible sentence. But even with that clearly known, something about this just felt wrong to Celine.
As everyone in the courtroom continued to clap, Celine then focused her sights back onto The Arsenal. Right as her sentence had been given, The Arsenal's neutral expression vanished, as it was replaced with a different one. This time it was an expression that Celine understood, an expression that told her exactly what The Arsenal was feeling.
She was scared.
“D-Death?” The Arsenal asked in a frantic mumble, as she finally opened her mouth and bared her abnormally spikey teeth.
“Yes, you will be executed for your crimes.” The judge responded bluntly, as they felt no remorse towards the sentence they had given.
“E-Executed? I… I… I don’t want to… d-die.” The Arsenal muttered in an uncharacteristically scared and weak voice, as she turned to the crowd of people sitting all around her in the courtroom. But as she did so, she wasn’t met with the glances of people who felt sympathetic for her, but rather the glances of people that saw her as a demon getting what she deserved.
As The Arsenal realized this, she started to breathe faster, as she spoke up again. “I… p-please… I… really… r-really don’t… want to die.” The Arsenal frantically begged, as she turned her attention back to the judge, hoping for some kind of mercy. But the judge had an unsympathetic expression across their face, as The Arsenal’s pleas fell on deaf ears.
“A-Are… they really… going to kill her?” Celine asked in a concerned voice, as she turned toward Raine.
“Of course they are! Do you really think she deserves anything less?” Raine asked angrily, as it seemed that Celine's sympathy was starting to get on her nerves.
“N-No… but this… this just seems so wrong.” Celine quietly muttered.
The Arsenal had done countless crimes and had hurt countless people, so Celine knew she deserved death. But even if logic told her The Arsenal deserved it, that didn’t mean she actually wanted The Arsenal to be killed.
And along with everything else, there was also one other reason why Celine didn’t think The Arsenal should be executed. While The Arsenal had done no shortage of awful things, she had never taken another’s life. It seemed to be an odd rule of hers, that she would not kill another person, despite everything else she was seemingly okay with doing.
“B-But Raine, l-look at her! She’s begging for her life! And… and she hasn’t killed anyone! Do we really have the right to kill her, when she hasn’t killed any of us?” Celine asked in an emotional voice.
“It doesn’t matter if she hasn’t killed anyone. After everything she’s done, death is the only appropriate sentence.” Raine responded sternly.
While Celine knew that once again Raine was correct, she still couldn’t agree with this sentence. A girl was out there scared and begging for her life. Even if this girl was “The Walking Arsenal”, wasn’t it her job as a hero to save those who want to be saved?
“P-Please… I… r-really don't want to die. A-Anything… but that.” The Arsenal muttered one more time, as she again looked out into the crowd of people around her, hoping for any kind of sympathy. And as The Arsenal's eyes met with Celine’s for just a second, another wave of memories suddenly came back to her, as her body shook in fear again.
The Arsenal had done such awful things to Celine, that just looking into her eyes made her shake. But even with these awful memories, and even with the knowledge that The Arsenal deserved death, Celine couldn’t let this happen.
She couldn’t let her die.
So then with a deep breath, Celine suddenly stood up from her seat and loudly spoke to the courtroom. “I… I disagree with this sentence.” she loudly said. And as Celine did so, she was quickly met with many gasps and angry expressions from others within the courtroom.
“W-What… what are you doing?” Raine asked in a frantic whisper, as she saw Celine stand up and speak to everyone around them.
“Oh? You are… The Healer? Do you have a problem with her sentence?” The judge asked in a surprised tone, as they recognized one of the nation's heroes, one of the girls who had helped capture The Arsenal, now standing up in front of them.
“I… I don’t think this is the correct sentence.” Celine loudly stated. Once again as she spoke, she was met with many angry responses from the crowd, as they had all agreed with the judge’s sentence.
Now realizing that everyone else in the courtroom seemed to disagree with her, Celine understood that she had to be very careful with her words. “I… I mean… isn’t this too light of a sentence?” Celine asked, as she changed her tone. This time as she talked, the crowd seemed to get quiet, as they were all curious about what Celine meant.
“Too… light you say?” The judge asked curiously, as they wondered what Celine meant by that.
“I think that… just death, would be too light of a punishment given everything “The Walking Arsenal” has done.” Celine said in a serious tone. This statement from her was partially true. Even if she believed death was too harsh of a punishment, she still very much believed that some harsh punishment was necessary.
Celine wanted The Arsenal to pay for all of her crimes, but she wanted it done in a way that didn’t involve The Arsenal dying.
“Do you have… a different punishment in mind?” The judge asked in response.
“Yes… yes I do. And… I… I’m ready to carry it out.” Celine said sternly, as she not only stated that she had a punishment in mind, but also that she would make it happen.
This statement was a complete lie. Celine believed that The Arsenal should definitely be punished, but she didn’t have any exact punishment in mind.
“You’re… ready to carry it out? So, you wish to be responsible for punishing The Arsenal?” The judge asked in a curious tone, as they clearly weren’t expecting this.
When this question was asked, Celine suddenly froze up. Saying that she was willing to carry out some punishment was a spur of the moment idea, as she was just thinking of anything she could say to convince the judge.
But now as she realized this was her chance to change The Arsenal’s sentence, she wondered about what to do. “Should I… really agree to this?” Celine nervously thought to herself.
It wasn’t that Celine saw The Arsenal any differently than everyone else in the courtroom did. She saw The Arsenal as a monster, a demon. Celine hated her, and even looking at the girl brought back memories that she wished she could forget. If anything, Celine probably hated the girl more than anyone else in the courtroom.
The only difference between how Celine felt about The Arsenal and how all of them did, is that she wanted her to live.
So then after Celine had finally made up her mind, she spoke up again. “I… I do. I wish to punish her. And I’m willing to do it all by myself!” she strongly declared. This time her statement wasn’t a lie. While Celine had no specific punishment in mind, if agreeing to punish The Arsenal meant that she would live, then that’s what she was going to do.
As Celine declared this, the room got quiet, as everyone waited for the judge's response to Celine's statement. “I… I am not one to often go back on my decisions. But since you are one of the heroes that helped stop The Arsenal’s path of terror, I suppose it would only be fair that you get to decide her fate.” The judge said seriously.
“T-Thank you.” Celine said in a relieved voice, as the judge had agreed to let her deal with punishing The Arsenal.
While this entire conversation played out, The Arsenal stood there silently, as stared back at Celine with the same scared expression across her face. It seemed that at least for today, she had been spared, but as she heard about this punishment, her fears did not go away.
“Then, with her new sentence finalized, this trial has come to a close.” The judge declared. And with that, the royal guards swiftly took The Arsenal away, as people started to leave the courtroom and the trial had finally concluded.
A little bit later once the courtroom started to empty, Raine finally spoke up again. “What the fuck?” Raine immediately said, as she had purposely stayed quiet while Celine was talking to the judge.
“I… I know I just…” Celine mumbled in response.
“Why? Why the hell did you save her? What were you even talking about?” Raine asked angrily.
“I just c-couldn’t… I couldn’t let her die.” Celine whimpered.
“Do you actually have some plan? Or some… punishment?” Raine asked seriously.
“N-No… but I couldn’t just say nothing! The judge wouldn’t have agreed with me if I didn’t say I had a punishment in mind.” Celine said in response.
“Ugh… nothing? Why… why couldn’t you just let her die? You know she deserves it!” Raine asked angrily.
“I just… I just can’t! It’s not right! Heroes shouldn’t be getting people killed!” Celine declared.
“Well… then what now? You said you were going to punish her, so what are you going to do to her? You’re not the type to torture someone.” Raine asked.
“Of course I’m not! I… don’t know… but I’ll think of something, okay?” Celine mumbled.
“You better not go easy on her! Not after everything she’s done. You know she needs to pay for her crimes!” Raine stated in the same angry tone as before.
“I know… I know. It’s not like I’ve forgotten everything she's done to use.” Celine mumbled in a serious voice of her own.
“I really hope you haven’t.” Raine responded with a sigh.
After the trial had concluded, Celine went back to her apartment and Raine came home with her. “Huh… what have I gotten myself into?” Celine mumbled out loud to herself, as she laid down on her couch and thought about what she had agreed to.
“I could really ask you the same damn thing!” Raine said angrily.
“I know… just… come on Raine.” Celine said in a sad voice.
“Ugh, fine…” Raine said with a sigh, as she paced around the room while Celine laid down.
“I just… I don’t want anyone to die.” Celine muttered in an emotional tone.
“That’s… that’s so like you.” Raine said in a defeated voice, as her angry tone seemed to fade away.
“Is it?” Celine responded in surprise.
“Maybe I should have seen this coming… you would want to save anyone… even if the person you're saving is a damn demon.” Raine said as she crossed her arms.
“I… I guess I would.” Celine mumbled in response.
“You were always The Healer for a reason… because you’re way too nice.” Raine stated, as she pointed back at Celine.
“R-Really?” Celine responded awkwardly, as Raine seemed to be complimenting her, but Raine’s harsh tone said otherwise.
“Please… somehow you’re nice enough to take mercy on the girl who has literally cut us to shreds, multiple times over!” Raine said harshly.
“I… I… uh…” Celine mumbled, as she had no response to give.
“You’ve been like this ever since we became heroes. No… actually, way before that, you were like this back at the academy too.” Raine said with a sigh, as she continued to pace around the room.
“W-Well… I don’t know. I just do what feels right to me.” Celine responded honestly.
“Yeah sure… but yo-…” Raine said in response, as she suddenly cut herself off. “Ah!” Raine then yelped, as she tripped over a box on the ground, knocking it over as she fell face first onto the ground, right in front of Celine.
“Uh… you alright Raine?” Celine asked in a sympathetic tone, as she saw Raine fall in front of her.
“I’m… just f-fine…” Raine muttered, as she slowly got back up to her feet.
“You sure?” Celine asked in a concerned voice, as she could tell Raine wasn’t uninjured.
“Y-Yeah… I’m just… a-ah… fine.” Raine groaned, as clearly started to limp on one of her legs.
“Raine… come on, I’ll heal you.” Celine offered with a smile.
In response Raine sighed, as she then limped over to the couch, before sitting down beside Celine, and propping up one of her legs so Celine could see it. As Raine did so, Celine wasted little time, as she inspected her leg and quickly noticed a large bruise right where she had fallen.
“This definitely doesn’t look fine.” Celine said with a pout, as Raine had clearly been underplaying her injury.
“Well… I’ve been through much worse.” Raine said in a defensive tone.
“Maybe you have… but you should still look after yourself.” Celine said with a concerned sigh.
Celine then reached over toward Raine’s bruised leg with both of her hands, as she hovered them just a few inches from her leg. Then Raine became very quiet, as Celine seemed to start deeply concentrating. And then suddenly, there was a faint light green flash, as an odd green energy seemed to form around Celine’s hands.
Once this green energy had formed, Celine held her hands even closer to Raine’s leg and suddenly this odd energy seemed to flow from her hands directly into the bruised leg. Then after just a few seconds of this odd energy entering Raine’s leg, the bruise seemed to fade away, as her leg had fully healed.
“There, all better.” Celine said with a soft smile, as she pulled back her hands and the green energy dissipated.
This wasn’t a party trick or some optical illusion. No, Celine had just healed Raine’s leg with what some would consider magic.
“Heh, that was faster than normal. You still keeping up with your training?” Raine happily asked, as her leg now felt a lot better.
“I need to be… especially if I‘m going to keep up with you and everyone else. Even with The Arsenal dealt with… who knows when else we’ll be needed.” Celine explained seriously.
“Yep, our job as heroes isn’t going to be over that easily. So I haven’t stopped training either.” Raine responded with a smirk.
As Raine said this, she suddenly clenched one of her hands into a fist, as she held her arm up in the air. And then a second later, when she opened her palm, suddenly the sky around her filled with little red embers of fire. These embers were rather tiny, and they faded away quickly, as they left Celine's apartment unharmed.
“I guess The Rogue hasn’t been taking it easy either.” Celine said with a slight smirk.
“Nope, neither The Rogue… nor The Healer can afford to.” Raine said in agreement.
Just like Celine, Raine also had powers that some would consider magic. This was because both Celine and Raine were special.
They were both what the nation of Crestbloom called mages.
While extremely rare, all across the world there were people with unexplainable powers. Powers that let them do things that science simply could not explain. And with no explanation, most of these powers were simply considered magic.
But in most parts of the world, these powers were so rare that many people considered them to be just a myth, something that wasn’t actually real.
However, the nation of Crestbloom was different in this way.
For some unexplainable reason, people with these unique powers were born in Crestbloom much more often than in any other nation. These people were still not common, as the chance of someone in Crestbloom having these powers was one in a few thousand, but these odds were much greater than in other nations.
And with so many people in Crestbloom having these powers, society naturally adapted to them, as these special people were given the title of mage. And two of these people, two of these very special mages, were Celine and Raine.
“Anyway… thanks for patching me up.” Raine said with a soft smile, as she pulled her pant leg back down over her now healed leg.
“Of course, what else is a healer for?” Celine responded with a smile of her own.
“Heh, you know… whenever you heal me, it brings me back to the day these powers awoke in us.” Raine said softly.
“That day? It’s been a pretty long time since then.” Celine responded.
“Yeah, but can you blame me? One second I’m having a nice walk in the forest… and the next everything around me is on fire.” Celine said seriously.
“Well… the fire got put out… eventually.” Celine said with a nervous smile.
“Only after most of the forest was burnt to the ground.” Raine responded with an annoyed expression.
“U-Uhh…” Celine mumbled awkwardly with a smile.
“And after… you know, my entire body caught fire? And I was about to burn to death? Remember that part?” Raine asked with the same annoyed expression.
“But… but I healed you.” Celine responded bluntly.
“Y-Yeah… yeah you did.” Raine responded, as her angry expression faded into a smile once again. “I was really lucky that your powers awoke at the same time as mine. Because if yours didn’t awaken then… and your powers didn’t have the life element… I would have died that day.” Raine said seriously.
“It’s… weird looking back on it. But hey, everything worked out.” Celine said happily, as all of that was long in the past now.
“It did…” Raine said softly, as she agreed with Celine.
Both Celine and Raine were mages, but that didn’t mean their powers were the same.
Raine’s powers took the form of burning hot fire that she could create at will. While in contrast, Celine’s powers took the form of a much more peaceful green energy that had life and healing properties to it.
With one of their powers so focused on healing and the other so focused on attack, it was no wonder they were given the title of healer and rogue respectively.
“Anyway… enough sappy reminiscing, how are we doing to do this?” Raine suddenly asked, as she changed topics.
“Hm?” Celine responded in a confused tone.
“You know… how are we going to punish The Arsenal?” Raine asked seriously.
“W-We?” Celine responded in surprise.
“Yeah? Come on, do you really think I’m going to let you do this all by yourself?” Raine responded, as she crossed her arms again.
“R-Really? Raine… thank you.” Celine responded with a smile.
“Whatever… don’t think I’ve forgiven you for wanting to have mercy on that demon! I just want to make sure she gets what she deserves.” Raine declared.
“That’s… that’s good with me.” Celine said with the same smile.
Celine and Raine were two very different girls. They had different personalities, different beliefs, and different powers. But despite all of that, they were close friends and they always had each other's backs.
“So, any ideas of what to do with her? Because I have a few.” Raine said with an evil smile.
“Huh? Raine! We can’t torture her!” Celine said in a concerned voice, as she knew Raine had some rather brutal ideas in mind.
“But you know she deserves it! If you don’t want her dead then she’ll just have to pay for her crimes in another way!” Raine declared.
“I… I know. But we just can’t! We’re heroes, should heroes really be torturing someone? If anything that makes us more like demons.” Celine protested.
“Then… do you have something in mind? Because I’m not going to let her off easy.” Raine said angrily.
“I’ll think of something…” Celine said with a sigh, as she stood up from her couch. “I don’t want to go easy on her either… but there has to be a more… humane way to do this.” Celine said seriously.
“Maybe…” Raine groaned, as she had her doubts about that.
Then as both girls thought about how to approach this odd situation, Celine knelt down and started to pick up the items that had spilled out of the box Raine had tripped over. “Oh, sorry I’ll help.” Raine said, as she also knelt down and started to pick up the items.
“It’s fine, I probably should have stored this stuff away by now.” Celine said, as she put some of the items back into the box.
“What even is all of this stuff?” Raine asked, as she looked at the many different items scattered across the ground. These items included note books, pencils, and also some odd looking toys.
“Oh, just some stuff I took back from the academy. With everything that happened after we left, I never actually sorted through it.” Celine explained.
“Huh… this stuff came from the academy? I mean that explains the notebooks… but then what about these weird… toys?” Raine said in a confused tone, as she picked up what looked like a small pink rattle.
“Huh? Is that… a baby rattle?” Celine asked in a similarly confused tone, as she took the rattle out of Raine’s hands.
“Looks like it… but I’m not sure where at the academy you would even find this… baby stuff?” Raine asked in a confused voice.
“I guess… I might have taken someone else's box by mistake?” Celine said, as she thought of any reason why this baby stuff would be in here. “But it’s still a little odd that someone would have this stuff.” Celine continued, as she reached down and picked up what looked like a white baby diaper that had also fallen out of the box.
“Even diapers? Heh… I wonder who’s stuff you took.” Raine said with a laugh.
But Celine didn’t respond to Raine, as she seemed oddly focused on the diaper that she was now holding. As Celine looked at this diaper and the other babyish items across the ground, she realized they were rather large, much larger than items used for an actual baby. It was almost like these items were meant for adults.
“This couldn’t work… could it?” Celine thought to herself, as she continued to look at the diaper.
“Uh Celine?” Raine asked, as she saw Celine deep in thought.
“It might… it… it just might.” Celine continued to think to herself.
“You okay?” Raine asked, as she walked closer to her.
“I… I think I know what to do.” Celine suddenly said, as she looked over at Raine.
“Huh? What are you talking about?” Raine asked in a confused tone.
“About… how to punish The Arsenal.” Celine said seriously.
“You do? Really?” Raine asked in surprise, as it seemed like Celine had no clue what she was going to do to The Arsenal just a few minutes ago.
“Yeah… something… harsh. But, just harsh enough.” Celine said seriously.
“Well, as long as it’s harsh enough on The Arsenal, I won’t complain.” Raine said with a smirk.
“But I… might need a little help making this… specific… punishment work.” Celine said in the same serious tone.
“Heh, that’s fine. Just tell me what you want to do first.” Raine said, as she was more than willing to help out.
“Okay… then let’s start.” Celine declared.
And with that, the two girls started to prepare their punishment for “The Walking Arsenal.”
Present day:
As Celine finished thinking about how she had gotten herself in such an odd situation, she continued to stare at the large pink crib now within her apartment.
For the past three days, Raine and her had prepared everything they needed for a rather babyish punishment. It took some work, but they found everything they needed, right in The Arsenal's size.
This odd punishment was certainly not what Celine had in mind when she first told the judge that she wanted to punish The Arsenal, but at the same time, Celine found this punishment to be oddly fitting. It was a way for her to not directly hurt The Arsenal, but instead bring her down quite a few levels.
Celine of course didn’t want to harm The Arsenal, but she had no problems with humiliating her. In fact, she was almost looking forward to it. The Arsenal had to pay for her crimes in some way and Celine had her own unique method of making that happen.
But despite all of Celine's preparation, she still had many doubts. “I wonder… if I really made the right choice.” Celine thought to herself, as she walked out of the main room of her apartment and into her bedroom.
Tomorrow was the day this punishment would start, but Celine still didn’t know how to feel about it. She didn’t know if saving The Arsenal from death really was a good decision or not. Celine didn’t want anyone to die, but she also couldn’t deny just how much harm The Arsenal had done.
So as these doubts filled Celine’s mind, she decided to lay down on her bed and close her eyes. While she still didn’t know if she made the right decision, she at least knew she should get a good night of sleep before the punishment began.
And then as Celine drifted asleep, she could only hope that tomorrow would go smoothly.
She didn’t know it yet, but this punishment of hers would end up changing her life in a way she had never expected.