Caana, East Hole
@Days@Estylwen@Sporkobug
Annalise smiled with relief with tears watering up in her hazel eyes. She felt Nova's chilly touch on her face, which was welcome over not having Nova alive at all.
"I'm okay, you were out cold in the water. I think the portal dropped you into a deeper length. You must have swallowed some water upon impact," Anna concluded as she followed Nova's gaze to the environment she ported them to. The sand was interesting, something that only dark matter could form in...situations. Such knowledge made Anna tilt her head as she scooped up sand and let it funnel out the bottom of her fist.
Annalise was brought back to focus when Nova asked her question. She blushed softly and smiled sheepishly.
"Thanks, Nova, but I was only doing what you would do," she admitted as she had sworn to herself long ago that she would never leave anyone behind again after escaping the Hivemind Facility.
The young lady stood up with her guardian, secretly afraid that said guardian might be a bit dizzy from the episode in the water. That was when Anna really began to look at things. Suddenly, the water turned dark crimson as drums were beaten loudly. Her gaze locked with Nova's as dread filled her being while a platform rose. She nodded in agreement with Nova's warning of caution while she took her own axe in her hands.
Seeing the man on the slab, Annalise winced as flashbacks flickered through her mind. Instead of stone, she saw metal. Instead of a dagger, she saw a scalpel. Anna tightened her grip on her axe as her gaze glanced at the man's appearance. He seemed to be in pain, disheveled, and coughing up...Anna lowered her axe to her side upon seeing the familiar color of fluids.
After Nova warned her again and quickly took the dagger, Anna used her free hand to touch Nova's hip.
"Nova, I-I think I know what is happening to him," she confessed as she did another look around and gave her a worried expression.
"I also don't think this is real real, ya know? It-it's like we're in a twisted VR game. Why would the water suddenly change? Why would the drum, which there is no one around, suddenly play?" Annalise suggested as she bit her bottom lip softly.
"It's like the situation experiments that I was forced to be in before I escaped," Anna explained as she flicked her worried gaze at her guardian and then the man. She set down her bag and pulled out a water and protein bar. Annalise unwrapped the bar and cracked open the water. She smiled softly at the young man while she handed the bar's wrapper and lid to Nova.
"This might be awkward to eat, but I think you need it. You need energy to heal and...and you won't be able to get out of here with us if you're weak and dehydrated. Please, don't bite me," Anna explained as she sighed softly and showed the young man her sparkling hands.
"I think I'm kinda like you," she added while she lowered the protein bar to the young man's mouth. If he ate the bar, she then poured some water carefully into his mouth upon him opening his jaw.
If Nova looked at the ingredients of the protein bar she would see that it was made with dehydrated meat, basically a jerky bar with bovine muscle meat, organ meat, and...blood. Anna unknowingly gave a 'blood' sacrifice.
Member
deegee,
Snowdrops,
Estylwen,
Silly,
Silent Showers,
Vapor,
Lucian,
rabidbacon,
ShiningAsh,
tobiax