[012]: video

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[Yes, folks. For once, your resident Laughing Beauty is using video. She figured she had hidden herself from the network long enough, and to be quite honest, she missed talking to you all. When the video feed starts, Sarina is sitting at her vanity, with her elbow propped up on the surface. She smiles as she props her chin in her palm, curling her

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audio/private, moderately hackable

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[O NO CONCERNED]

You okay?

audio/private, moderately hackable

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[To anyone else, she'd say that she was fine. But...she didn't like lying to Alex.]

I -- eheheh -- I don't know...

[She really wanted to voice her concern to someone, but at the same time, this was going into some seriously dark shit. And Sarina didn't want to burden him with her story if he didn't want to hear it.]

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... ?

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Ahaha...those robed people, they remind me of something.

Something bad.

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Such as?

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[Sarina goes into a long pause, before deciding to continue with her story.]

You...remember when I told you about Devil's Village? Hahaha -- the town I originally came from?

[Another pause, before:] I never told you why I left.

[Normally, she would blab out an entire story, without pause. However, this was her DEEP, DARK SECRET. Even she needed time to pace herself for it.]

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Yeah?

[Alex is fine with waiting. God knows he'd done it to other people when sharing his life story.]

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[She sighs, continuing.] Well, in spite of the name -- haha -- the town was known for octopus. We ate it customarily, over there.

[Sarina falls into another pause, before going on with her story.]

Even when those lunatics invaded the village, trying to dissuade us from eating it any longer. Hahaha -- they had the weird robes and everything too. Nothing they said made any goddamned sense. I mean, if they didn't like us eating octopus, they could just go to another town, right?

[siiiigh.] None of us stopped our eating habits, though. Octopus was our favorite cuisine. Was.

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[This story is... strange, but he's just silent, letting her continue.]

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[Since he hadn't said anything yet, she assumed it was okay to continue, although this was where it started getting disturbing.]

No one ever thought that they'd be a threat. They were crazy, you know? Heehee?

[Sarina gave a long breath through her nose, trying to keep herself calm.]

Until they somehow got their hands on some weapons. Ahahahaha -- I don't know how the fuck they did it, but they had the town in shambles overnight.

[She then goes into a long pause. When she speaks again, it's in a quieter tone. She was obviously growing more upset.]

They started rounding everyone up, killing them...executing them.

But not me...eeheeheeheehee. No, they spared me. And that's where things get even worse.

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...

They killed everyone, except you?

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Yeah.

[She pauses.] Well-- no. Ahahaha...not quite.

[Distressed, Sarina sighs again.] They found my hiding spot, grabbed me by the hair. It was long then.

Eeheeheehee -- they said I was the "Devil's Child" -- told me that I could live. But...but...I had to help them. Hahaha -- help them torture my family and friends. And then kill them afterward.

[A longer pause, before she adds:] And I had to act like I was enjoying it too. Had to laugh the whole time, eheheh...

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...

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What was I supposed to do...everyone would have died either way.

I didn't have my powers, back then. Didn't know how to use weapons, eeheeheeheee. Didn't have a way to defend myself.

[pause.] I haven't been able to stop laughing, since then.

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[Alex is silent for awhile. He feels for her.]

Shit.

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[She goes into a long pause of her own, before speaking again.]

Sorry. Hahaha -- I didn't want to burden you with the story, but...you deserve to know.