((Sorry for the delay! Here it is:))

When Vanessa awoke, she noticed a few strange things. The first was that she was not in her own bed. The second was that her back was soaking wet. The third was that, when she opened her eyes, she discovered she was outside. But the most unsettling observation was that she did not remember falling asleep.

Frantically, she got to her feet and surveyed the area. The ground was sodden, causing her to suspect she was in some sort of swamp or marshland. Behind her was a river with a quick current, and there were dozens of birds that, although they were quite a distance away from her, gave her a strange feeling she was surrounded. Even ignoring that, there was still something... off about them. She hadn't a single iota of a clue in regards to her location until a completely unexpected, young voice frightened her and almost caused her to lose her balance.

There was something very unsettling about the girl's enthusiasm. Yet, Vanessa was relieved to hear that she wasn't alone in this foreign land, but that was until she heard the reason there were others.

"Ah, hell," she muttered to herself while lifting her hands to the collar. It was metal and doughnut-shaped rather than thin like a ring around her neck, and it was warm from her body heat. She groped at it for a clasp or anything that would at least reveal how whoever captured her managed to put it on, but she found nothing of the sort. The necklace she was previously wearing was gone, most likely to make room for the collar.

While listening intently to the almost jarring, childish voice, she looked down at her flip-flops that were completely submerged in water. Across the river, the ominous birds were advancing very gradually towards something... or someone, zombie-like and in unison. However, the wide ring of birds around Vanessa remained unmoved and distracted.

When the recording mentioned something about a tarot card, Vanessa reached into her pocket to retrieve it. Vanessa's dress didn't originally have pockets, though...

She disregarded it and examined the card. It had a seemingly abstract picture on it. She couldn't make sense of any of it. She couldn't make sense of anything.

When there was silence again, Vanessa decided to explore the area in search of anyone else. She was acutely aware it was dangerous to search for people that were very likely to be hunting her down, but she needed to find out why she was here.