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[Breathing-- a sudden gasp of air as if waking from a nightmare.
The sound must have auto-triggered the Forge. It's rapid at first, and the room's too dark to see what's going on... but then the hiss and burn of a lamp being lit, and a pale hand pulls into the frame. It's dark in blotches, a deep purplish color.
As the light rises, Asellus sits up, dark sheets pulled around her.
It's really strange, since those were white when she went to bed.
For a moment, she's perfectly still as she looks down at her arms.
And then, all the color drains from her face and she... remains perfectly still, before wrapping one hand around a still-bleeding arm and scrambling for the Forge itself. She's only half-concerned when she realizes it's on. Her mind is elsewhere.
Like on the relatively deep cuts spanning up and down her forearms, and her bloodsoaked bed and nightgown.
When she looks into the Forge, there's a smear of purple across her nose and a bit of wildness in her eyes. She's trying to keep it together, though.]
I--
What--
I need... [A deep breath.] Help, please. I don't know what--
[And the stunned shock takes over.] What... on earth...?
The sound must have auto-triggered the Forge. It's rapid at first, and the room's too dark to see what's going on... but then the hiss and burn of a lamp being lit, and a pale hand pulls into the frame. It's dark in blotches, a deep purplish color.
As the light rises, Asellus sits up, dark sheets pulled around her.
It's really strange, since those were white when she went to bed.
For a moment, she's perfectly still as she looks down at her arms.
And then, all the color drains from her face and she... remains perfectly still, before wrapping one hand around a still-bleeding arm and scrambling for the Forge itself. She's only half-concerned when she realizes it's on. Her mind is elsewhere.
Like on the relatively deep cuts spanning up and down her forearms, and her bloodsoaked bed and nightgown.
When she looks into the Forge, there's a smear of purple across her nose and a bit of wildness in her eyes. She's trying to keep it together, though.]
I--
What--
I need... [A deep breath.] Help, please. I don't know what--
[And the stunned shock takes over.] What... on earth...?