05-27-2015, 08:21 PM
Mami's vision returned to her as she opened her eyes slowly. It was a groggy awakening she had, with her upper eyelids feeling heavy beyond belief. What in the world had just happened? Glowing beam-swords... A man with flesh like rubber... And--
A wordless yelp of pain escaped Mami's lips. Her chest felt as if she had just been punched halfway across the world, and her head hurt so badly that she could barely keep a coherent thought. Pain lingered and changed in intensity, which she chalked up to possible brain damage. Brain damage. That word echoed in her abused mind. At least she hadn't been burned, she thought, but this was still really painful in its own unique way. Fighting against people was hard... Especially when you were fighting with a poorly-made, gimmicky western utensil.
Painfully Mami struggled into a standing position - She was just outside of a group of trees, and behind her was a large field... The field with the hills that had kept her so safe. So much as looking at the forest brought her thoughts of warped and peculiarly unstable pain, and so she began her trek as far from the forest as she could possibly get. She tried to focus on a point in the distance she could travel to - A mountain, off in the distance, seemed like a nice spot. But then there were two mountains, drifting off in opposite directions... And they were transparent. "Weird," Mami muttered before falling forward. She swallowed hard as she rose to her feet again. "Owwwww," she complained and put her left hand to the back of her head...
And as she returned it to her side, she saw her hand was coloured crimson. Mami looked away quickly, feeling sick from seeing her own blood, but changing her orientation so quickly didn't help that either. She stumbled to the ground again with a painful thud.
She had barely been in the Abyss for six hours, and she already felt like she was going to die. Of course, she wasn't quite yet, but she may as well have been. Mami doubted she would be able to defend herself in her current condition, especially without even the pathetic excuse of a "weapon" she had earlier. She was defenseless on an island of people who, quite bluntly, seemed to have better fortune than her. At that she sighed and let her eyes fall shut for a few moments. Her ribs ached and broken pieces of bone in her chest felt like they would tear her torso open from time to time, as the pain remained unstable, but she pulled the strength together to start trudging.
Moving so far had meant nothing but pain, from the only time she had done it... But it would be more painful to stay where those others had been not long ago, those others who were much better equipped than she, who would likely wind up pulverizing her if she stuck around. Mami kept walking, though her vision came and went as it pleased, leaving her simply to hope she was heading the right way. She rarely if ever let herself turn - Luckily she kept her balance and most of her sense of maintaining orientation, so traveling wasn't as difficult as it would be to someone who, say, had lost a limb. That didn't make it any less worrying, though - From time to time, starting a few minutes after she had begun walking, a high-pitched whistling noise would go off in her ears. If anything was a sign that she needed to stop soon, this was. She had veered off-course by a bit, but she hoped that she could get some rest...
Suddenly everything seemed to click as she tuned into the world around her again. She was in some kind of a forest with yellowy-beige dirt, similar to the one she had been in previously but different somehow. There was water that extended out seemingly infinitely off to one side of her. The trees were crooked, the bark was lighter than the trees she had seen earlier and the leaves curved down. Paaaaa-hb tree... Was that what they were called? Mami didn't care. She slumped down with her back against the tree, flaring in pain as she slid down until the ground reached her thighs and her legs stretched out parallel to the island. Mami yawned and let herself relax a little, which was somewhat easy thanks to her somewhat crippled senses, drifting in and out of sleep for indefinite periods of time.
An unfamiliar voice echoed in her ears. People had already died, so she supposed she was more fortunate. "Bulbock," she muttered in her sleep. "Lubbock," she corrected herself before going back into heavy sleep. Maybe rest would do her head some good.
A wordless yelp of pain escaped Mami's lips. Her chest felt as if she had just been punched halfway across the world, and her head hurt so badly that she could barely keep a coherent thought. Pain lingered and changed in intensity, which she chalked up to possible brain damage. Brain damage. That word echoed in her abused mind. At least she hadn't been burned, she thought, but this was still really painful in its own unique way. Fighting against people was hard... Especially when you were fighting with a poorly-made, gimmicky western utensil.
Painfully Mami struggled into a standing position - She was just outside of a group of trees, and behind her was a large field... The field with the hills that had kept her so safe. So much as looking at the forest brought her thoughts of warped and peculiarly unstable pain, and so she began her trek as far from the forest as she could possibly get. She tried to focus on a point in the distance she could travel to - A mountain, off in the distance, seemed like a nice spot. But then there were two mountains, drifting off in opposite directions... And they were transparent. "Weird," Mami muttered before falling forward. She swallowed hard as she rose to her feet again. "Owwwww," she complained and put her left hand to the back of her head...
And as she returned it to her side, she saw her hand was coloured crimson. Mami looked away quickly, feeling sick from seeing her own blood, but changing her orientation so quickly didn't help that either. She stumbled to the ground again with a painful thud.
She had barely been in the Abyss for six hours, and she already felt like she was going to die. Of course, she wasn't quite yet, but she may as well have been. Mami doubted she would be able to defend herself in her current condition, especially without even the pathetic excuse of a "weapon" she had earlier. She was defenseless on an island of people who, quite bluntly, seemed to have better fortune than her. At that she sighed and let her eyes fall shut for a few moments. Her ribs ached and broken pieces of bone in her chest felt like they would tear her torso open from time to time, as the pain remained unstable, but she pulled the strength together to start trudging.
Moving so far had meant nothing but pain, from the only time she had done it... But it would be more painful to stay where those others had been not long ago, those others who were much better equipped than she, who would likely wind up pulverizing her if she stuck around. Mami kept walking, though her vision came and went as it pleased, leaving her simply to hope she was heading the right way. She rarely if ever let herself turn - Luckily she kept her balance and most of her sense of maintaining orientation, so traveling wasn't as difficult as it would be to someone who, say, had lost a limb. That didn't make it any less worrying, though - From time to time, starting a few minutes after she had begun walking, a high-pitched whistling noise would go off in her ears. If anything was a sign that she needed to stop soon, this was. She had veered off-course by a bit, but she hoped that she could get some rest...
Suddenly everything seemed to click as she tuned into the world around her again. She was in some kind of a forest with yellowy-beige dirt, similar to the one she had been in previously but different somehow. There was water that extended out seemingly infinitely off to one side of her. The trees were crooked, the bark was lighter than the trees she had seen earlier and the leaves curved down. Paaaaa-hb tree... Was that what they were called? Mami didn't care. She slumped down with her back against the tree, flaring in pain as she slid down until the ground reached her thighs and her legs stretched out parallel to the island. Mami yawned and let herself relax a little, which was somewhat easy thanks to her somewhat crippled senses, drifting in and out of sleep for indefinite periods of time.
An unfamiliar voice echoed in her ears. People had already died, so she supposed she was more fortunate. "Bulbock," she muttered in her sleep. "Lubbock," she corrected herself before going back into heavy sleep. Maybe rest would do her head some good.
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