o111; video/transcription | facing the facts

[roseblooms]

[ The video feed is shaky at first, blocked by something, and there's the sound of talking-- whispers that the device doesn't catch, but is ready to transcribe. A few moments later, the sound of footsteps retreating, and then the obstruction over the feed is removed

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[roseblooms]

[ Even if we resist, it'll mean nothing... they're going to do something terrible and we'll have to suffer for it. Just like every other time. She thinks to herself, and at a particularly difficult snap of bone against bone, she jolts in place, biting down on her lower lip to keep from screaming.

Cain had managed to at the very least get her into a condition to move, but he was in no state to be exerting himself either. The bruising under her skin and the internal bleeding has been stopped and restrained thanks to him and that worked enough to make her stop focusing on the pain, and focus on getting some fixing one, but the signs of her abuse showed in the appearance of her clothing, which was now no longer the light colour it had been, but splashed with dark red. Slowly fading but still obvious with the burns and tears-- by the time Shinji would see her, she'd be in a state to move at least.

And perhaps she was lucky that no impurities made their way out into the open while her magic remained active even if she looked like a fashion horror show.

It's dark, but her eyes have adjusted enough so that when the door is opened, she's alert. She is most likely visible with the faint glow around her, and almost in a conditioned response she backs up against the wall when she hears someone enter-- though the light footsteps and the signature make her calm a bit when she looks up and sees who it is once they're close enough.

Her breath catches as her ribs finally snap into place, and a few lines of sweat run down her hairline to her face as she turns to give Shinji a weak smile. ]

Just about.

[ Her voice is shaky, as the pain settles and she releases a breath of relief, trembling from the effort. ]

A lady has to have a chance to... be fashionably late, right...?

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[reversetheremix]

[ That gets a crooked grin out of him. Her condition seems a little better than it was over the network but there's still blood all over the floor, never mind her dress. ]

If we're gonna make a bangin' exit, sure.

[ He's also pretty pathetic in terms of healing techniques and the lot, especially considering most the damage seems internal at this point. He figures she'll ask if there's anything he can do to be of help. In the meanwhile, he's going to pretend he's being useful. By sitting there and watching her. Like this. ]

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[roseblooms]

[ It's useful enough, she decides, when she needs to reach out and grab a hold of something and the nearest thing is either the wall or his hand. She knows if she misses, he'll grab her instead-- and that's hardly going to be a problem, especially when she's not going to be getting blood all over him now that it's 'burning' off her. She does struggle a bit as she moves her hand behind her, but at his comment, she tosses him a small smile. ]

I think I'm good enough to move. There's a lot of water in the air around us--

[ Inhaling sharply as she tries to push herself to her feet, she glances toward the interior of the cell. She's looking better by the minute, probably because of the water that she's mentioned, but she knows he'll be able to tell that her powers are at a very raw and fluctuating stage at this moment. ]

There are four other inmates on this level, and on the level below this. It'll be hard for them to escape without help.

[ And that part is kind of obvious. ]

...I want to get them out.