Signum Malum

[Mami Tomoe]

Sorry I took a while to respond. Busy, busy, busy Mami...

So Hyphen was staying behind. Siej was occupied otherwise, it seemed. And... Someone else had appeared. She glanced over her shoulder to see precisely who it was that had appeared... But it was no one she knew. They seemed to be putting away their weapons, so it seemed no hostility was growing between them, at least nothing she needed to handle. Knowing she would be on her own was a little relaxing - However, she would need to watch her own back, as usual, since she wouldn't have someone else to do that job. It was nice to have someone that could watch your back, yes, but it wasn't nice to worry about someone else's fate under your own watch... Even though it was the kind of thing Mami did every day. Rather, had done.

As she grew further from the group, she broke into a light jog.

Things wouldn't be the same again, would they? Not unless she found a way out of this place. And the opening she had seen in the direction she was heading seemed to be a fitting lead. She didn't know exactly where it would go... But she was confident it would help her. If it wouldn't, and there were people in the area... Well, that just wouldn't make sense. Why leave something hazardous open for the public? Mami shrugged internally. Being left to her own thoughts was almost painful. While it helped her focus, not having anyone to talk to... It was hard to have someone sneak up on her when everything was white.

It gave her time to think about what had happened, at least. It's not your time yet. The sadness, what felt almost like bitter resentment in her mother's tone, filled Mami's ears. She shut her eyes tight, as if she could block the memory away if she didn't think about it... But that would likely stay with her forever.

...But maybe it would have helped to stay back with the others, rather than run ahead in the direction she originally thought was good to head in. Was traveling blindly really the best way to do things? No, not by any means. But it was better than attaching herself to a group she might not see live for very long. Though there were things that had been said, as she had slipped out of earshot, that she didn't understand. She promised herself that she would figure things out later, somehow... But not now. Going back would just slow her down. Besides, she had survived for more than a year hunting Witches - What could stop her from surviving a little longer?

From the looks of things, the walk to the opening she could see would take a while... But she was already pretty far along on her way. Maybe it would take another hour and a half of walking, if she slowed down her pace.

I don't think getting out of here will be as easy as just walking out of the opening up ahead... There's going to be a lot more of a journey ahead of me. I'm sure of it.