.01 : [Accidental Voice + Action] : searching. . .

[archive_sky]

[Through the crow's eye, the back of a naked teenage girl can be seen - the girl is kneeling. A particularly perceptive person might pick up on the view of the village's edge over her nude shoulder, the angle suggesting that she is kneeling along the treeline to the north.]

My name is Ark. I mean you no harm. Where am I?

[...there's a several second

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[songofthedeep]

All right, Ark?

You couldn't hurt us if you tried.

You're in Sheol.

[He's making fun of her]

[archive_sky]

[The view in the crow's eye goes wonky as she grabs it by the neck - without turning - and gradually brings it around to her face. The crow of course protests this with an angry 'kyawk!' and the thrashing of wings.]

...where are you? [her voice is curious; she's speaking English now, same as the voice she heard, right down to a delicate echo of the accent.]

[songofthedeep]

The lake. South of your position about half a k.

[archive_sky]

Your voice is coming from this bird.

[unseeing_sight]

[In German]

Y-you speak German? I thought nobody here spoke German!

Ah...are you new here? Um, I'd like to help you if I can?

[archive_sky]

[Also in German]

Really? What language do most people here speak?

I appreciate your helpfulness.

[unseeing_sight]

[Still German]

I'm not sure, actually...I just understand people although I'm sure they're not talking German...

[smiles]

Um, have you been told where you are?

[archive_sky]

I have been told by a man named Cerceus that this place is named 'Sheol', after a hebrew form of hell - although it's better translated as a kind of purgatory.

I have also been told that the residents of this place believe themselves to be dead. Do you believe that you are dead?