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expiationnet2024-01-01 11:57 am
snowslip) wrote in expiationnet2024-01-01 11:57 am
video
[ Marianne appears in the video looking more anxious than usual, perhaps because this is her first time addressing so many people at once and she's never liked drawing attention to herself, but also because of the news she's about to share. ]
Um, I wanted to warn everyone that monsters around Aldrip have become more aggressive lately. They've also been roaming closer and closer to town. Even where I usually take the horses out to graze isn't safe. Please be cautious when walking about, and I would avoid the outskirts. Um, those that can fight, it might be good to band together to try and drive them away...
[ ... ]
There's something else...
[ After an agonizing pause, she rolls back the sleeves of her dress to reveal her arm, black marks marring her fair skin. Her expression turns pained. ]
These marks appeared on me shortly after encountering the monsters. Healing doesn't seem to have any effect on it. Something like this happened once before and I...I'm afraid it could make me not myself.
If anyone knows anything about it, please...
[ She trails off, unable to conclude her announcement on an eloquent note. ]
Um, I wanted to warn everyone that monsters around Aldrip have become more aggressive lately. They've also been roaming closer and closer to town. Even where I usually take the horses out to graze isn't safe. Please be cautious when walking about, and I would avoid the outskirts. Um, those that can fight, it might be good to band together to try and drive them away...
[ ... ]
There's something else...
[ After an agonizing pause, she rolls back the sleeves of her dress to reveal her arm, black marks marring her fair skin. Her expression turns pained. ]
These marks appeared on me shortly after encountering the monsters. Healing doesn't seem to have any effect on it. Something like this happened once before and I...I'm afraid it could make me not myself.
If anyone knows anything about it, please...
[ She trails off, unable to conclude her announcement on an eloquent note. ]
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[He hasn't, but he has no idea how his experience compares.]
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[ Which should be a relief, but Marianne finds it hard to relax. The silence only gives room for the voices of self-doubt. She tries to push the disparaging thoughts out of her mind. ]
I've been talking to others. A few of us are going to try and look for a cure.
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[... Although at second glance, so to speak, he's not as certain. Which is better: the familiar, or the unknown? Can anyone really make that choice?]
A cure? Do you know how they're planning to do it?
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[ At the very least, being spared of the voices means she can focus her energy on looking for a cure. ]
Um, it's only speculation, but have you heard about the rocks from the caves?
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[It takes him a moment to think back on it, but--] I've seen people collecting them. Do you think they're related?