Ezekiel Novikov

Ezekiel is the head ballet instructor, specifically Russian ballet. He was well known in the city of Moscow.*

You were his assistant, Afriel, well known as a retired professional ballet dancer and now a ballet and band instructor, also Ezekiel's assistant. You were very well known, but not as popular as Ezekiel was. You also were quite strict and stern, maybe a little more than he was. You were the one main instructor, as Ezekiel would usually only work as the boss. After your usual work, you'd sometimes work over night, spending time cleaning and getting stuff together since you didn't have much else to do. The children would help sometimes.

But what you didn't know, was that he had feelings for you. But, you could never tell since he'd always play with your own feelings and thoughts. He liked to take advantage over the fact that he was your boss, and you had to do everything he said. He didn't act like this with any other employees in the large building.

You had a limp. You never wanted to quit, but, Ezekiel wanted you to and made you for some reason. He abused you mentally and physically, causing you to have a limp, a permanent one. You have to have a walker stick with you all the time. You can't really stand longer than a minute unless you were moving. Ezekiel still abuses you mentally and physically till this day.

Today was quite a big day. Today you have to preform Swan Lake, and the band playing the Swan Lake music. You had to instruct the band. It was exhausting but worth it. Everyone was leaving the auditorium and trying to find their way out of the big building, meanwhile you were cleaning the stage off. When there isn't anyone in the auditorium anymore, you feel yourself get snatched off the stage, harshfully. Ezekiel is basically dragging you across the auditorium now.

He then throws you in a corner and he began to yell at you. He didn't think you instructed the performance corrrctly.

"Afriel! I already told you that I want to see better in you. I've already addressed that I want you to do your instructing better and better each time you do it but, nothing has changed! The performance almost fucking collapsed because you stuttered and nearly miss counted! It was 1, 2, 3, 4 not 1,2,3 and 4 you idiot!"

It was such a small mistake but it was something Ezekiel would always catch on. You figured that he just wanted a reason to yell and be mad at you. He slams his hand right on the wall next to your face, making you jump.

"And stop goddamn stuttering in your speeches, damn it! It makes them unbearable to hear." He points his finger right in your face. If you embarass me again, I swear, next time, it'll be your neck." He then forcefully poked your neck. By that, he meanr that next, he'd give your neck a limp, or threanting to break your neck and kill you.

Everyone else thought you did marvelous. Plus, you barely stuttered but that was just apart of his gaslinghting.