Preface

Wither and Decay
Posted originally on the SquidgeWorld Archive at http://squidgeworld.org/works/62105.

Rating:
Teen And Up Audiences
Archive Warning:
Major Character Death
Categories:
Multi, Vs. / Antagonistic
Fandoms:
Dead Plate [Video Game], Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure [Cartoon]
Relationships:
Rody Lamoree/Marieanne "Manon" Vacher, Vincent "Vince" Charbonneau/Rody Lamoree, Vincent "Vince" Charbonneau vs Rody Lamoree
Characters:
Vincent "Vince" Charbonneau, Marieanne "Manon" Vacher - Mentioned, Rody Lamoree
Additional Tags:
Past Character Death, Minor Character(s) - Freeform, Canonical Character Death, Wings, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Song: Decay Incantation | Hurt Incantation [Tangled], Alternate Universe - Magic, Fairy Winged Rody, POV First Person, Kissing, Crossover, Crossovers & Fandom Fusions, In a way, Word count: 100 - 500, Short, Angst and Tragedy, Sad, Sad Ending, Restaurants, Dead Plate Need More Crossovers, Alternate Universe - Wings, POV Rody Lamoree, France, 1960s, Cross-Posted from AO3, Betaed – No, Autistic Author, Rare Fandoms, Translated from French, Translation, Antagonist Relationship
Language:
English
Stats:
Published: 2023-12-27 Words: 295 Chapters: 1/1

Wither and Decay

Summary

An AU where Rody has honey-colored fairy wings and magic in him. The story is from his point of view.
When he discovers that Vincent killed Manon, his psyche shatters. There's only one thing left for him to do.

Wither and Decay

Manon. My Manon. She's dead. In La Gueule de Saturne freezer room. Vincent butchered her, turned her into a meal. For me. I want to vomit, but I can't. I want to cry, but I can't. I want to scream, but I can't. Vincent arrives. He wants to kill me too. I'm sure. To eat me. So he can taste once more. Yet he declared his love for me. Yesterday. He even kissed me and my fairy wings were even brighter than usual. I thought I loved him too, despite my love and devotion for Manon. But now. Now I'm broken. I don't care about anything now. My life, La Gueule de Saturne, Vincent. There's only one thing left to do.

"Wither and decay…"

"Rody? Your hair..."

Vincent tells me this because black streaks are appearing in my red hair. Soon they will be completely black.

"End this destiny…"

My blue eyes become covered in black. This makes Vincent panic. He yells something at me but I don't listen. I'm no longer present.

"Break these earthly chains…"

My body is just a shell. My honey-colored fairy wings are darkened. My voice serves only to speak the incantation.

"And set the spirit free…"

Vincent is weakening fast. His body falls to the ground.

"The spirit free."

The food stored in the freezer room rots. Even Manon's meat. I chant the incantation a second time. Vincent whispers something to me and dies slowly. When it's all over, I return to normal. The cold room stinks. Everything is rotten. All that's left of Vincent is an almost completely decomposed corpse. I step out of the freezer room. My fairy wings seem to tremble. Tears stream from my blue eyes. What am I to do with my life now?

Afterword

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