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Oh, sheesh ...

[chie sounds less panicky this time, more tired. she has a feeling she already knows the answer to this question.]

Has anyone heard from Chane? She didn't show up for our Watch shift, and I can't get ahold of her.

Oh, sheesh -

[chie's a little breathless from running, obvious from the way her heavy breaths cut into her words.]

Look - sorry if this wakes anyone up, but it's kind of an emergency. Has anyone seen Rock? I can't find him.

[there's a certain somberness to chie's tone when she speaks - a quietness she's not usually known for:]

I never noticed it before - ha, well, I guess I haven't really been out here a whole lot - but there's a headstone with Adachi's name on it.

[chie takes a long breath and quietly sighs.]

I wonder if that means he's really not coming back?

Sheesh ... I let my guard down.

[and BOY does chie ever feel embarrassed about it.]

Sorry, everyone.

[The sounds of screaming and commotion in the forest are loud enough to send Chie racing to the site to investigate. Once there, in full view of the unfolding carnage, she grabs her communicator from her pocket and sends an emergency transmission to alert the village:]A-attention, everyone! There is something attacking the forest, west of the ( Read more... )

OOC NOTES: TRIGGER WARNINGS; PLEASE BE ADVISED - GORE, CANNIBALISM, OTHERWISE DISTURBING IMAGERY BENEATH THE CUT. MORE GORE AND VIOLENCE LIKELY IN THE COMMENTS (will be updated as needed). Dream is written prose-style but action tags are more than welcome. This dream is OPEN to all, so please feel free to encounter Chie. n__n

( show me what you're afraid of )

Anyone up for training? I can't take all this sitting around anymore.

[brief sounds of fumbling, as if the communicator's been turned on in a hurry, then an upbeat (albeit nervous) teen girl's voice:]

Oh, sheesh, I almost forgot - with everything that's been going on, I didn't introduce myself yet! Well, except for at the Watch meeting ...

[she lightly clears her throat.]Um, h-hi, Demeleier! I'm Chie Satonaka ( Read more... )

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