They realize - Outsders SMP - Reunion Arc - Completed

~9~ The Trial of Owen Keldor (mini chapter compilation)

No A/n this time, the last one was more than enough for two chapters!
/lh
(OK I lied) this is gonna be a really long chapter, so brace yourself. And by long I mean LONG.

This is all of the mini-chapters that were published so far put into one giant chapter, with a few other *super* mini-chapters that never made it to be published because they were far too short.

And if this needed to be longer: I forgot to publish it on Friday due to an MRI so sorry about that lol

Date written: August 29, 23

Date published: idek, sometime mid November? -Oct 3 me being too lazy to do the math

October 21; but it was supposed to be the 20th lol

TW: Swearing, knives, gore, blood, suicidal thoughts, gaslighting, minor mania, depictions of panic attacks.

Word count: 3,726
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"What am I doing?

Why am I hurting them?

Apo's alive!

Why am I scared of hi-"

"You are not scared of that scum. He is a demon. Demons burned down your village. You've already failed to kill one of them, You better not fail again."

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Owen woke up in a cold sweat. He felt like he had been kicked across the battlefield inch my inch, and gotten stabbed a few times as well. Everything hurt, especially his shoulder and eye.

But at the same time he'd felt a strong sense of accomplishment.

Despite his disadvantages, (the wound to an eye and the fact that Krow was an unknown type of demon) he'd managed to disarm it and kill it.

Although a looming sense of dread was weighing on his chest, he knew he could take pride in this.

He had won one battle at least.

He decided to go find Magic and let her know the meeting was taking place today.

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Owen found Magic a little ways away from her house and called out to her.

"Magic! Good to see you! Remember a few days ago I told you I wanted to call for a meeting? I think it shoul-" Owen started. But the minute magic saw him she ran over.

"Owen! Oh my God, are you okay? I swear your eye wasn't that bad before... it was still intact, right?" She said, concern edging her voice.

"I'm fine Magic. Please, can you tell Graecie to call a meeting? Besides me, she's the only leader we have left. If that still means anything. I'll go get Beks, Spidey, and Acho and Kyle. You guys deal with everyone else. "

I don't want to deal with the traitors. Or the demon scum.

"Sure Owen," she responded, already walking away. "But you still haven't told me why you need to gather everyone, or how it relates to your... physical state."

Owen could hear the worry in her voice. For a split second, he considered telling her his lie, but he immediately squashed the thought. He couldn't risk an inconsistency.