Shrike's Heart (#4)

[idolpro]

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

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Re: THE BATTLEFIELD

[wonderlandgirl]

[She stands in silence for a moment. She's not sure if the thing she's saying in her head is good enough to be a real prayer, but... well, it's better than nothing at all.

[Bring them peace.

[She opens her eyes, raises her head; she watches, for a moment, the smoke and the flames of the pyre. She reaches for Cobalt's - no, for Shen's hand.]

... why are we here?

Re: THE BATTLEFIELD

[we_meet_again]

I think maybe this is something from Shrike's memory. The guy I talked to seemed kinda like a ghost.

Apparently the army's already taken the area, except for one last house that's currently being attacked.

[He takes her hand and gives it a little squeeze]

He said it should be safe for us, but I'm here, just in case.

Re: THE BATTLEFIELD

[handpuppets]

[ You both pay your respects; +2 willpower each. ]

Re: THE BATTLEFIELD

[wonderlandgirl]

Thank you, Shen-san...

[It does make her feel better.]

What do you think we should do now? That man said we should go to the town, didn't he? Maybe... whatever we're meant to find is there.

Re: THE BATTLEFIELD

[we_meet_again]

Looks like all the others have moved that way already, too.

Let's head out.

[THEY'RE HEADING OUT]