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"Shit," Penny hisses, any sense of propriety going out the window when the monsters attacked. Half of her is of a mind to run and grab the gun, but she realizes she'd have little skill actually using it; she might even be more of a danger to everyone present than the Void. She also realizes she can't stand there, gawping. The other half is terrified; she's read horrors stories about Void, but never actually seen one up close - now she's practically within reach of a living nightmare creature. It's almost all she can do to keep calm.

It takes her a moment before she realizes she's running right at the Void.

"Hey asshole!" she cries out to the Void, hand clenched tightly into a fist as she fills it as best as she can with with a surge of electrical elementum. "HEADS UP!"

Performing a running jump, she gives a war cry as she slams her fist into the Void as hard as she can, amplifying its power with lightning.

'Welp, it was nice while it lasted,' she thinks. 'Doubt it'll do more than piss it off, but worth a shot...'

Sarah


Sarah was still sobbing softly when Steven came up to help her. Initially, she's still upset, unresponsive, but the offer to take a bath and something to eat was greatly appreciated, given she was tired, exhausted, and stressed out. As she follows him limping into town, she notices the villagers bringing out their dead from under the rubble. She shivers, feeling sorrow and helplessness at helping them get free from the spiderlings only to die by crushing under heavy rocks.

"Some Oracle I turned out to be," she mutters sadly. "I couldn't protect them - or Master Thunderfist. I'm... I'm sorry about your friends."

When in Kensu's house, she looks around, her curiosity helping her come out of her sadness and shock. It's an interesting place, with some rather odd knick-knacks here and there, making her wonder what kind of man he was, and wished she had known him longer. However, all she could do now is try and honor his death and move on, try to understand her destiny.

Steven draws her attention to something small and boxy, a strange thing he's seen Kensu use before but it left Steven utterly mystified. Sarah barely takes a glance at it before she somehow realizes it's a computer, a data processing machine from ancient times.

It still feels strange when she recognizes something she just saw.

Nonetheless, she begins to get to work on it. She's barely aware of herself typing away, it just comes to her naturally. And in the computer's storage, she finds Master Thunderfist's files. About the Ancients, the tale of Harbinger, and how and why the Oracles were created. The power of biogenic energy, the basis of the Oracle Project, and the use of genetic engineering to create Oracles from scratch because regular humans were inefficient in processing the awesome power of biogenic energy. There are some missing spots, of course; the thousands of years and the intervening calamity meant a lot of information was lost. There is a mention of a Julie Anderson, whose teachings formed the basis of current lore about the Ancients.

However, it still incites a certain amount of sorrow in her. Such a mighty civilization, one brought low and to a ruinous end. So much wasted, such loss of life. What she's certain of, however, is that there are signs that Harbinger is starting up again. And this time, the people are much less prepared to face the coming apocalypse.

The picture Master Thunderfist's files and records drew were incomplete, but a general picture emerged nonetheless. As Oracle, her duty is to find the Swords and their matching artefacts, and find a way to stop Harbinger once and for all. She could get a boat to the mainland; plenty of those in what is essentially a fishing village. The real question, of course, is where should she start? What should she look for?

She decides to dig deeper into Kensu's files, petting Pip with one hand when he manages to get up onto the table, tail wagging.

Then she finds a message... from a Dr. Logan? She opens it, curiosity overtaking her.


The mention of her name jolts her. Was this her, or was it another Oracle by the name of Sarah? Could there be more out there? Dr. Logan seemed to have been the mastermind of the biogenic energy research, but a lot of the files and references were missing - either corrupted or lost.

She absently strokes Pip's head as she thinks this over - until her rumbling stomach makes her realize she's overdue for a bath and a meal. She ate some food earlier, but she used up so much energy she's basically running on empty. Maybe some more reading after she's properly freshened up.

Srah


As the energy disspiated, Sarah stood there, breathing hard, barely able to stand up. She feels tired, exhausted, but waits to see if the attack got through. All she sees is a dark shadow dissipating.

Did... did she get him? She's afraid to hope, and struggles to hold up her sword. However, it's clear the stranger had disappeared, though he left no corpse. It's... eerie.

For now though, she can finally rest. It had been a long, exhausting, and stressful day, capped with the tragedy of Master Thunderfist's death. She staggers over to his body, and then drops the sword as she collapses to her knees, her body wracked with sobs as tears flowed from her eyes. Pip whimpers as he tries to comfort her.

"I'm s-sorry, M-Master Thunderfist," she sobs. "I c-couldn't help you... I'm sorry..."

Kensu was the first person she'd met when she came out of the capsule, the first person to break the solitude of her existence. He had the keys to finding out who she was and why she was here. And now he's dead, and she feels lost again.

Sarah


Sarah cries out in pain as she gets blasted back, crumpling to the ground. She breathes hard with the effort, feeling tears well in her eyes at the sheer frustration of being unable to hit this bastard. The way he attacked the villagers, how he killed Master Thunderfist, and how he almost effortlessly blocks her attacks, it fills her heart with rage and sorrow.

Pip snarls in fury. The Evil Man attacked the villagers, hurt New Master, and killed Old Master. He didn't care about the cost, he charges forwards to take a bite out of the man's ankle.

"PIP, STAY BACK!" Sarah calls out hoarsely to Pip, who whines in surprise. "S-stay back. I can handle this, Pip..."

Pip, uncertain, nonetheless obeys, whimpering uncertainly as he does.

Slowly, Sarah gets back up, using her sword to prop her up. When she gets to her feet, she tiredly gets into a combat stance, and even though there's dirt and blood on her face and tears of anguish in her eyes, she stares defiantly at Jabberwocky. Once again, she shifts her feet, moving into an offensive stance. Her steps are slow and faltering at first, but then she picks up speed, running as fast as she can at Jabberwocky, charging her sword with the power of lightning itself.

At first, it seems as though she's trying for another attempt to find a weakness in his defense, to try and duke it out in melee. But then, she stops running, lets the momentum drive her forwards as she slides on the soles of her boots, and swings her sword. As she moves to strike, she pours every last bit of energy inside her, every last scrap of biogenic energy she has, into the sword, charging the power of lightning within and amplifying it with the battery in the pommel. When she has the sword pointed at Jabberwocky, she gives one loud cry of defiance as she unleashes all the stored energy in the sword, firing it in a blast of elemental lightning so strong it shines even in the bright light of day. She fires the full force of the attack at Jabberwocky, the arc so powerful it causes the earth around it to crack and shudder.
Sarah utters a cry that is sharply cut off when Jabberwocky kicks her in the ribs, sending her flying. She tumbles a bit, but eventually rolls back onto her feet, slightly dirty and bruised by the experience - though the throbbing bruise in her ribs feels the wallop Jabberwocky delivers. She gets back in a combat stance, breathing hard as she tries to gather strength. However, his defense is pretty tough; she was unable to land a blow on him despite going all out. Wiping sweat mixed with grime and a bit of blood off her forehead, she continues glaring at him for a bit. She then shifts her stance, gripping the sword's hilt with both hands, before running forwards to engage again.

This time, however, she tries to probe his defenses, going for flanking swings and trying to find weak points in his stance, shifting her own stance and striking with the lightning enhancement when she feels she can press an advantage. Any time he tries to counter with his scythe, she parries back, using the smaller sword and her own lighter form to get some edge in mobility over him.

"Why?!" she calls out, "why did you kill Master Thunderfist?! What did he ever do to you? You attacked the villagers first!"

Sarah


"NO!" Sarah screams as Jabber kills Kensu before her eyes. She sinks to her knees in shock as she watches Kensu's body hit the floor lifelessly. Pip whimpers and lays down, ears drooping, whining mournfully.

Sarah's gaze turns to something Kensu threw her way; a small bulblike object. Through her tears, she notices that there's a strange slot at the hilt of her sword, just matching the bulb. Practically instinctively, she snaps the bulb into the socket, and slowly rises up to her feet. The sword starts crackling in her hand.

"Y-you... monster," she hisses in anger, feeling a burning hatred in her heart for the first time. She then raises the sword and charges him, profile low, muscles tense. This time, she swings with full lethal intent, a red-hot flare of hate rising up through her against the man who murdered Master Thunderfist.

The sword hums with menacing power, strong arcs of lightning sparking from the blade, giving the air a distinct, ionized smell. She moves swiftly, the sword practically leaving afterimages as it swings through the air directly at the stranger.

Once the first blow is blocked, however, she doesn't relent. If anything, she attacks even more furiously. The sword glows even in the bright light of day, moving so fast in the girl's hands it almost appears to be flashes of lightning on a clear day. Rapid slashes and strikes rain down on the stranger, hammering away at his defenses, trying to break through his guard. With every stroke, the sword hisses with barely contained power, sparks bursting into being and crackling menacingly where the blades meet, sound even above the clanging and screeching sounds of metal striking metal.

Sarah is barely aware of how she's doing this, just striking out with pure instinct and some half-remembered ability, all driven with a relentless fury against this man who came to this island with nothing but ruin and death in his wake.

Sarah


"Master Kensu!" Sarah cries out as she sees the old wizard crumple to the ground. She rushes forwards to save Kensu, giving a loud cry as she swings her sword. However, she gets caught off-guard by the man throwing a yelping Pip at her, knocking her onto her ass. She grunts in surprise, but she quickly gets up, putting Pip aside.

"Stay here!" she orders the dog. She charges her sword with lightning and fires it at the stranger once she has a clear shot. Once she has his attention again, she resumes taking a fighting stance.

"Leave Master Thunderfist alone," Sarah demands. "Who are you, and what do you want? And why did that monster attack the villagers?! They've done nothing!"

Sarah


To her surprise, Master Thunderfist appears and used a hammer to create a bolt of lightning, attacking the stranger. The stranger's response was no less startling; he lifts a small tree and tries to crush Thunderfist under it.

Pip needs no invitation, and is already charging the stranger, shooting a bolt of lightning at him. Finding no other option, Sarah raises her sword and moves in to join the fray. She tries to cover Pip so he doesn't get crushed under the stranger's attacks.

Sarah


Sarah manages to run into the village, and stops to take a breather. At her heels, Pip barks at her in encouragement, then turns around, growling at... something. Sarah braces herself, wondering if the dragon had flown away; she can't hear its wings, and something that big would make a lot of noise stomping around, right?

To her surprise, she sees a man in a hooded cloak, carrying an oversize scythe that was almost rippling with dark energies. A chill shoots up her spine, though she doesn't understand why. Besides her, Pip seems to have gotten even more agitated, actively snarling at the man. Sparks were forming around the electric dog, as though he's charging up for an attack.

"Uh, s-sir?" she says cautiously. "I don't know how to put this, but... there's a flying monster around here somewhere. You might want to take cover someplace before it comes back..."

Sarah


Sarah is glad the villagers are all alright, and helps them leave the cave as quickly and orderly as possible, reassuring them along the way. She wants nothing more than a bath and a rest, but she's certain these people have had a worse day, being kidnapped by monsters and webbed up, exposed to nightmare-inducing miasma and almost made monster food.

"Special?" she says softly to herself, as though trying to get a feel of the word. "I don't even know who I really am."

When she gets out into the sunlight, she stops. It feels like years since she's been out in the sun; the dank, dark caves full of foul mist almost made her forget how the sun feels so nice and warm. She's just glad to be outside.

That's when she sees something in the sky, descending towards them. At first she thinks it's a bird... but then realizes it's far too big and moving far too fast to be a bird. In fact, she realizes it's some sort of monster, heading straight for them.

At first she feels a burst of panic and anxiety; she's barely recovered from the fight with the spiderlings, and she's still a bit shaky from the effects of the miasma. Then she realizes to her horror that the villagers are still in danger. It's the thought of the poor people escaping one threat only to face an even monstrous one galvanizes her into action.

"Run!" she calls out to the village folk. "Run! Head for the forest! Take cover! Hurry! Please!"

The ensuing panic feels like it's going to break her heart, what with the villagers running amok and pushing and hurting each other in their blind terror. However, the torrent of rocks rolling down from above where the monster struck the mountain drives her to try and get them away from danger, trying to help people who fell or got knocked over in the commotion. She tries to make sure everyone gets to cover as quickly as possible, all the while trying to shield the people from the falling rocks.

The villagers were still streaming out of the cave. Right now, Sarah is trying to figure whether the beast is going to keep attacking them, or if it was just passing by. Either way, she can't ignore it; if it comes around for another pass...

She grabs one of the more lucid villagers.

"Please, listen to me, we don't have much time," she implores him. "Tell everyone to stay hidden in the forest and nearby caves. Please stay hidden until Master Thunderfist finds you and tells you it's safe to come out. Tell Master Thunderfist... tell him it was an honor to meet him, and I had to distract the monster before it hurt or killed anyone.

"Tell him I'll be back, I promise..."


The villager nods, and starts helping by herding his fellows to safety. Part of her wonders if she'll ever fulfill that promise.

She prepares herself, and pulls out the sword. Taking measure, she then aims the sword and focuses her energy through it. A bolt of lightning fires from the tip, flying through the air, passing right in front of the flying beast to get its attention.

"Hey!" she calls out to the beast, running south towards the beach. "Over here! This way!"

She prepares to fire more bolts from the sword if the beast ignores her, trying to force it to follow her and away from the poor townsfolk. Once it follows her, she runs. She runs as fast as she can, wind rushing in her face, feeling her heart pound away in her chest.

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