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Shrike's Heart (#1)
The woman before you is beautiful—fair of features, with lovely golden skin and luxurious long black hair, petite. You have the immediate and distinct impression that she's just let go of your hand, and she steps back, and smiles.
It's not quite a happy smile.
"I'm sorry," she says. "There's just nothing I can do, as things are. But the way is there; it just needs to be lit."
You open your mouth—maybe to say something, or to express confusion—but you have to cough, and taste something metallic, spattering black blood onto the ground in front of you. Then you realize—blood seeps from opening wounds in your arms, your chest, your stomach, your face. It rims your eyes and trails from your nose and you feel like you're dissolving—
—and you fall through the ground like it's the surface of a lake, and go down, down, down.
> Wake Up
It's not quite a happy smile.
"I'm sorry," she says. "There's just nothing I can do, as things are. But the way is there; it just needs to be lit."
You open your mouth—maybe to say something, or to express confusion—but you have to cough, and taste something metallic, spattering black blood onto the ground in front of you. Then you realize—blood seeps from opening wounds in your arms, your chest, your stomach, your face. It rims your eyes and trails from your nose and you feel like you're dissolving—
—and you fall through the ground like it's the surface of a lake, and go down, down, down.
> Wake Up
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Are you a survivor from the battle?
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You—please, whoever you are, have mercy... my brother...
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[ Shows his hands spread and empty. ]
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Can you... at least, if he can live...
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I will find help for you both. Is there anyone nearby who would be willing to offer shelter?
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[ he jerks his head toward the plume of smoke. ]
Nowhere to go.
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[ he coughs again; a thin trickle of blood runs out the side of his mouth. ]
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[ He kneels, and offers his arms, palms held face-up so he can cradle the boy's body if the man will be parted from him ]
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It's. It's not going great. The wheezing's worse. ]
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Calm yourself. My current companion said he will take care of you. You may not make it all the way, but I would rather we try than leave you here in the muck.
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flailing with a spear for like half a second before she realizes who it is ]
Oh! It's Shishiou's friend!
[ and also uh. some dying people. THIS SURE IS BECOMING A VERY VIVID NIGHTMARE.... ]
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Do you know any first aid?
[ BECAUSE HE SURE AS HELL DOESN'T ]
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.... First, we need to get some leaves....
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[ LOOK, HE DOESN'T KNOW FIRST AID, SEEMS REASONABLE. ]
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RIGHT!
[ SHE'S GOT THIS!!!
she's going to go deeper into the reeds to find some leaves. and probably mud. and also reeds. and come back with them. as promised. ]
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What step would you say comes next?
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We pack it all on!
[ MAKES......... UHH..... idk. there was a logic somewhere, I think. ]
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