First Engraving of the Soul [ Voice + Video]

[waywardvalkyrie]

[The screen blips on to a pair of boots.  The image shakes for a few moments, and in the background, some muttering can be heard]

How does one... by the Lord Odin... Lezard if you...

[The screen finally stops moving as it centers on a very surprised and confused Lenneth].

Oh!... It would appear that was all it needed...

[she stares at the screen,

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[witchoftheweek]

[ This appears]

[waywardvalkyrie]

[The screen blips on. Lenneth is breathing heavily, slightly spattered with blood and mud.]
... So I am to be some sort of experiment?! Some guinea pig? You put your very souls in jeopardy trying to play the Gods…

[she pauses, concentrating]

… NO! It cannot be! Am I truly… powerless here?

[she immediately begins looking over her body as if she could find the chip. Eventually giving up in frustration, she glares at the screen.]

I WILL find this chip, and when I do, you WILL be judged for your crimes.

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[witchoftheweek]

...not me. trapped too.

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[waywardvalkyrie]

I see...
Thank you for the information. I will remember this favor.

[playwitchu]

Do you need help, miss?

[waywardvalkyrie]

I will be fine. [Lenneth cleans off her sword and sheaths it. She goes to take a step and falters, falling to one knee.]

What... what is the meaning of this?!

[she looks down at her bloodied leg where the wolf was able to get a bite in.]

Am I not even able to heal my wounds?! ... this is a cursed land indeed. [To herself] The Lord Odin must have locked it away long ago to ensure its wickedness would never spread to Midgar... [to the other person] What manner of being are you? ... and what is your name?

[playwitchu]

Ah! You are hurt!

*No duh, Sai.*

Where are you? I can take you to someplace where you will be safe.

*She blinks and tilts her head.*

I do not know that and some people call me Sai while Papa and others call me Xi.

[waywardvalkyrie]

[Looks around trying to gather her surroundings as she puts her back against a ruined wall]

It all looks so... forsaken. I... I am in an ally... [pauses] I think I can hear waves of some sort, but it's very faint. Wait! There's a signpost nearby... *she slowly shuffles herself closer to the main road] ... Gohl Avenue...

[dontcallmegol]

Your communicator here keeps you connected to the rest of us. The people stolen, just like you, from their homes and surviving in a dead city.

You'll want to get somewhere safe. Supplies are low too, sorry to say.

Do you need assistance?

[waywardvalkyrie]

I am... alright. The concern with the supplies, however... this is troubling.

Ace? Bitter? Noooo.

[dontcallmegol]

Mn, the scientists usually keep us stocked. But for one reason or another it's trickled to almost nothing.

Might have something to do with the snow, who knows. They like to ... experiment.

Re: Ace? Bitter? Noooo.

[waywardvalkyrie]

The way you say that is... disconcerting.

And is there nothing we can do at this point? Has there been no guard focused on eliminating these monsters and procuring supplies?