"Ruby, we'll find them."
"That's not what I'm worried about, Kain. What worries me is 'how'?"
"Like, how does the dog know?"
"I was thinking a little more…..... controversial."
"Ruby, would you define that.....….as controversial?
"Wooooooo!!!!!!!"
"What happened here?
"Guess you were right about Tai, all along.
Looks like your parents were finally caught.
And all because they risked their safety in order to give you that."
"Don't say that. The carriage is tipped over.
Maybe they got out somewhere.
Keep searching for tracks."
"Ruby, all I see is drag marks."
"If they were dragged to their trial, they didn't go down without a fight. Here's blood."
"Yeah, but it's splattered, unlike a pattern."
"Someone else was here?"
"And not the guards. They're piled over here."
"Then who? My parents were amazing, but not I'm gonna battle Tai's men to rescue you amazing."
"Maybe they were, Ruby. Maybe they were.
Look over here."
"A piece of a signet emblem? But it's not like any royal signet I've ever seen."
"Maybe you owe Morando more than you know."
"What if Chopped had a King?"
"This isn't no Chopped.
What aren't you telling me, dad?"
"What was that, Kain?"
"Nothing.
I said Chopped never had a king, so what if all this is is just your signet, and your parents were fighting over it?"
"My parents would have told me if it was."
"Would they?"
"Darius, what are you saying?"
"Well, you said they never told you you were royalty.
Maybe your dad had it in his pocket and was going to drop the note, and the ring off, so that you could decide who you wanted to be?
Then, Tai, found the ring; and your father struggled to get it back."
"But my father is not dead. No. He can't be.
I can't be the reason for it."
"Then who died here, cause there's a lot of blood?"
"Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a pail of water....."
"Ruby, over here. The trail just continues."
"Jack fell down, and broke his crown."
"How can there be so much blood?"
"And Jill came tumbling after."
"Stop it!!!!! Both of you.
This cannot be where it ends."
"You really think your parents were able to fight their way past all of Tai's men, without help....and still escape?"
"They had to have. Right, Darius?"
"Uhhhh….."
"You two? Please don't fail me."
"Ummmmm....Kain does provide a lot of insight."
"Then where are the bodies? All I see are Skeletons with swords, and armor.
No...*Uuuuggggh*...remains."
"Ruby, we should continue on."
"Why? Why should we?"
"The dog is beckoning us."
"So?"
"You want answers, and we have questions."
"And the dog is the only way to show them?"
"He showed us this far."