catharsis [anise-- day 1.5]

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catharsis [anise-- day 1.5] Feb 21, 2017 17:24:56 GMT -5

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Post by shrimp on Feb 21, 2017 17:24:56 GMT -5

anise himura

The ground caves beneath her and she falls, hands scrambling for the ledge but missing, plummeting down into what seems to be a windstorm, dragged this way and that in a room that gives her a headache. Stairs spiral from every direction and she's thrown in every direction as orbs far too bright spiral across her vision. She lands with a thud on the ground to find an all-out war surrounding her. Muttations whose exterior depict a battle just like theirs, only the faces are different - must be different, because for the faintest of seconds she glimpses blonde hair and a victor's daughter falling before she realizes that this is no place for a girl with four crayons to be.

So she runs - allowing gravity to take her where it needs her; left and right, she's slowly able to figure a way towards the exits. The sound dissipates as she sprints, the blood still dripping down her nose. She thinks that at one point she's seen the girl from 4, but realizes that it's just a muttation.

Finally she stumbles into a clearing that's not marble nor staircase, but all organic. Vines coat every wall and the bird-feet holding the house together. A garden of monsters stands before her, surrounded by roses splattered with bloody coats of paint. Farther ahead, Anise thinks she spies someone grabbing hoops from a game of croquet, but the figure's gone before she can get a good glimpse.

Breathe in, breathe out. She collects her thoughts as she walks through the maze, eyes darting this way and that as she spies some plants that will help her on this journey. She sighs as she distributes some of the juices on her cuts and scrapes, winces and grunts as she snaps her nose back into place.

For a moment, she has a chance to just be. And so she does.

[collects 1 bundle of edible plants]
[collects 2 bundles of medicinal plants]
[uses 1 bundle of medicinal plants for -2]

Last Edit: Feb 10, 2020 18:48:14 GMT -5 by shrimp

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catharsis [anise-- day 1.5] Feb 21, 2017 18:01:33 GMT -5

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Post by shrimp on Feb 21, 2017 18:01:33 GMT -5

anise himura

Breathe in, breathe out. She feels the air rush through her bloodstream, her diaphragm rising. Her heartbeat slows to a gentle beat, slightly faster than normal. Her nose still throbs. But her mind tells her that she can't be a sitting duck, so she walks - regardless of the fact that her outfit is so neon that anyone could notice a pink tuxedo and a neon orange hat, regardless of her black velvet coat.

She wonders how the girl from 4 is - that's the last person she's talked to after all. In the mansion Anise thinks she almost had a glimpse of her, but it was gone in the blink of an eye. A part of her thinks it shouldn't matter; feelings here are useless, everyone will be dead sooner or later. There's no use caring about others, and it's not like she ever has; there's a reason no one talks to her, and it's not like it ever bothered her before.

Feet take her to the edges of the garden, where she spies the broken windows, burst with vines and overgrown malice. The walls stretch for what seems like miles, and she doesn't think there's a way out unless she climbs. The vines might not be strong enough for that though, and she doesn't feel like falling to her death an hour into the Hunger Games. She's here for one reason only, and that's not it.

There's a clearing in the center of the garden, surrounded by a sea of monsters; Anise can see scattered roots and knows that this spells danger; she moves away.

What does she have to fight?
Nothing, it seems like.
What does she need to survive?
Water.
An ally (to her chagrin).
A weapon.

One of those must be easy enough to acquire. She turns, and sprints off.

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and then she falls.

[anise exits the rose garden]

Last Edit: Feb 10, 2020 18:48:24 GMT -5 by shrimp