In which Ionea fails to make a good impression

[has_a_cult]

[Action: Ionea is standing in the clearing she woke up in, having put back on her old clothes and pointing her rifle wildly into the bushes and yelling.]

Is this someone's idea of a joke? Talking cats?Whatever your intentions, "Queen of Hearts", you'll find me no easy prey. I have a gun, and I'm in a bad enough mood that I don't think I'd hesitate

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[hotshot_momma]

[And Anna is nearby, also with a pistol at her side - and some fish and fowl in the other hand.]

Huh, welcome to the Gardens. See you're still in your newbie shift.

While it's entirely possible the cats were chosen to fuck with us, I doubt it. More likely they were chosen to keep with the kids faerie tale shtick of the Queen.

[has_a_cult]

I suppose I've been trapped in worse places.

[hotshot_momma]

No one should have experience with this sort of thing - my sympathies.

Do you know where you are, what the situation is?

[has_a_cult]

Vaguely.

[hotshot_momma]

So about as well as any of us.

My name is Anna Lin, a soldier from back home for a volunteer militia. I've been trying to explore, set up some defenses against the nastier things here. If it's any consolation, so has the Queen, but she's not all there. I think she means well, which is cold comfort.

[has_a_cult]

So you've met the Queen?

[hotshot_momma]

Not exactly. The Vine is a communications device, allowing you to transmit writing, voice or images. She has contacted us on it before.

[has_a_cult]

I was wondering what "make use of the vine" meant.