Child of fortune, child of sunshine [introduction]

[flowersofspring]

She heard the shot from a distance off, after she had run away. It shattered the still air with a bang!, and to Ilse, it felt that the universe itself had been shaken. She shuddered, but kept running

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[kamloops_rose]

Here's someone who committed suicide, heh, just for good measure. Delilah is walking fretfully in the leaves, looking at the woods, pausing, going again, before she pauses by the mansion steps and sits on the step next to the girl in silence. She's far enough not to be crowding.

[flowersofspring]

Ilse looks over at the unknown woman, curiously, examining her, almost--but not too intrusively.

After a while, she waves a little hello. "H'lo. Can you tell me where I am?"

[kamloops_rose]

Delilah's just a little older - twenty-one, to be more precise. She smiles, just a touch. "Hello." A headtilt, and she says, understandingly, "You just got here, didn't you?"

[flowersofspring]

She nods, a small smile on her face. "Yes. But where is here?"