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In the blackness, visions. Silhouettes of those she recognized, faces turned away so she couldn’t see. Little but faint outlines in the dark. Voices drifted forth from the void. Voices she knew, vague and muffled, speaking words she couldn’t hear. Rin opened her mouth, desperate to speak, to call out and to be acknowledged, yet no words came. Cheery conversation, laughter, cut easily through the fog clouding her mind. Yet even still, she couldn’t understand.
A word, resolution, flowed from behind, followed by more laughter. A party, a bombardment of noise from the figures surrounding her on all sides. All turned away, yet all conferencing amongst themselves. Isolation. Even in the center, no one noticed her. Even as she desperately tried to speak, to cry out, to reach for them, anything. No acknowledgment. No sound. No movement.
A cold grip clasped her hand suddenly. Smooth like metal, and yet not. Rin’s mind jumped, even if her body couldn’t, as one of the silhouettes was just... There. Doremy? Recognition flashed in her eyes. Even if she could still only barely make out the outline, that hat was unmistakable. Still, no face. Was... Was this a prophetic dream? For a brief second, hope stirred in the Kirin’s heart. And then.
Something sharp pierced her hand, in all directions. Her eyes snapped open, a squeal flying through her lips, red-hot pain coursing through her arm. She lashed out instinctively, throwing her free hand across her body.
CLANG
Rin’s fist made contact, and immediately a whole new pain flared up. She scarcely noticed the cold bite letting up, nor the robotic yelp, as her eyes clenched shut. “Okay!” She cried out, voice echoing over the lonely landscape. She rolled over onto her side, body curling up as the Kirin nursed both of her hands. “Okay!” She shouted again, rolling from her side to her front, knees on the ground beneath her, forehead resting on the grass. “First a loss, then a nightmare, now this!?” She lamented, yelling indignantly into the uncaring earth. Her eyes opened, focusing right on the familiar ground beneath, the shock of it all wearing off somewhat quickly.
Flesh mended, bruises faded, and pain slowly ebbed away. The faux nurse shifted, lifting her body up, still sitting on her knees. Her eyes widened. From the familiar earth rose unfamiliar ruins. Strange buildings, constructs of stone rather than wood, towered around her. Half destroyed as though they used to be much larger. Through the wreckage, massive vines and towering trees twisted, grown into the foundation itself, and holding what remained in place.
“Oh...” Her voice, soft, fell over no ears. “Did I miss the apocalypse?” And then her tone was much the same as always, echoing into the empty city. Well, that was just fine. She was used to it anyway.
Rin planted her hands, no longer injured, onto the grassy ground. Her mind all clear once again, she pushed herself up, finding her feet. She dropped her eyes, scanning around, hoping to at least find her erhu. But first, a gleam caught her glance, and her gaze flicked over, settling on an animal-like shape lying on the ground. Like a fox. Except metal. And bigger. The Kirin’s first thought wasn’t ‘what is that’ or anything. Rather.
“Oh jeez I’m sorry!” Her heart skipped a beat, and she reached out an arm. “Oh no!” Her mind raced, and she whipped around. “Oh no I didn’t mean it!” She scrambled for her erhu, finding it nestled in the grass just feet away. “I got this I got this just please stay alive!”
A word, resolution, flowed from behind, followed by more laughter. A party, a bombardment of noise from the figures surrounding her on all sides. All turned away, yet all conferencing amongst themselves. Isolation. Even in the center, no one noticed her. Even as she desperately tried to speak, to cry out, to reach for them, anything. No acknowledgment. No sound. No movement.
A cold grip clasped her hand suddenly. Smooth like metal, and yet not. Rin’s mind jumped, even if her body couldn’t, as one of the silhouettes was just... There. Doremy? Recognition flashed in her eyes. Even if she could still only barely make out the outline, that hat was unmistakable. Still, no face. Was... Was this a prophetic dream? For a brief second, hope stirred in the Kirin’s heart. And then.
Something sharp pierced her hand, in all directions. Her eyes snapped open, a squeal flying through her lips, red-hot pain coursing through her arm. She lashed out instinctively, throwing her free hand across her body.
CLANG
Rin’s fist made contact, and immediately a whole new pain flared up. She scarcely noticed the cold bite letting up, nor the robotic yelp, as her eyes clenched shut. “Okay!” She cried out, voice echoing over the lonely landscape. She rolled over onto her side, body curling up as the Kirin nursed both of her hands. “Okay!” She shouted again, rolling from her side to her front, knees on the ground beneath her, forehead resting on the grass. “First a loss, then a nightmare, now this!?” She lamented, yelling indignantly into the uncaring earth. Her eyes opened, focusing right on the familiar ground beneath, the shock of it all wearing off somewhat quickly.
Flesh mended, bruises faded, and pain slowly ebbed away. The faux nurse shifted, lifting her body up, still sitting on her knees. Her eyes widened. From the familiar earth rose unfamiliar ruins. Strange buildings, constructs of stone rather than wood, towered around her. Half destroyed as though they used to be much larger. Through the wreckage, massive vines and towering trees twisted, grown into the foundation itself, and holding what remained in place.
“Oh...” Her voice, soft, fell over no ears. “Did I miss the apocalypse?” And then her tone was much the same as always, echoing into the empty city. Well, that was just fine. She was used to it anyway.
Rin planted her hands, no longer injured, onto the grassy ground. Her mind all clear once again, she pushed herself up, finding her feet. She dropped her eyes, scanning around, hoping to at least find her erhu. But first, a gleam caught her glance, and her gaze flicked over, settling on an animal-like shape lying on the ground. Like a fox. Except metal. And bigger. The Kirin’s first thought wasn’t ‘what is that’ or anything. Rather.
“Oh jeez I’m sorry!” Her heart skipped a beat, and she reached out an arm. “Oh no!” Her mind raced, and she whipped around. “Oh no I didn’t mean it!” She scrambled for her erhu, finding it nestled in the grass just feet away. “I got this I got this just please stay alive!”