Diamonds and Pearls

[Carrion Queen]

((Yoshimi Yahagi continued from Really Wish She Could Come Home ))

The teenage girl drove the car around a wide circle, looking for what looked like a road that went to the school, which started from the residential district.

She then lit lengths of rope and threw them into the open canisters of gasoline in the back.

The heat began to burn and prick at her neck.

Yoshimi put the truck into neutral and then thumped a brick onto the gas pedal.

Everything was done with a zen sense of calm.

It was OK now.

Yoshimi tied one hand the wheel and threw the car into drive.

Soon, the collar would beep, which proceeds explosion.

Soon, everything would be engulfed in flames.

If she hit her intended target or instead just made a big mess, she'd never know as she aimed for the school building in the distance.

It's possible that soon she would die from blood loss, just as the flames started to burn hair, melt her skin, char her viscera.

Everything was calm.

And soon, she would never have to worry ever again.

YOSHIMI YAHAGI: DECEASED