Everything was gone.
"Well, that's it." The figure glanced at the lifeless body of a Hunter candidate, one that had been struggling vainly to reach the last first aid kit in their Squad Tent. Irony. They simply gave the figure a kick, watching the body crumple over and then dissolve into a heap dust and clay. No blood, no flesh, no bones, just raw materials, as if they had been a statue in the first place.
They rolled their eyes. "Doctor H, that sadistic b*****d. 'Oooh lets make them bleed it would be fun! Oooh I wonder if puppets can feel pain! Yeah pain in my-'" They paused. "Oh hello, what's this?"
A single pendant glistened next to the table. Perhaps it had fallen off the squad 'body', it was hard to tell. They grabbed it. "Well you know what they say, reuse, reduce, recycle."
Scooping up the pendant with the edge of their scythe, the pulled out the cell phone in the other, waiting patiently for a few seconds before receiving the voice on the other end. "Yeah, we're done here. Everyone is 'asleep' now, I'll go check back on the sleep chamber to receive those who woke up." They hung up shortly after that, humming abstractly to themselves as they walked.
It was going to be the start of a great new semester.
