♛accidential video;

[meritocracy]

[the feed blurs in, shaky and uncertain. there's grass, sky, and there's blood. there's golden curls and a familiar brown headband and there's blood.

the video screen is smeared with red fingerprints and there is suddenly white skin, spasming fingers reaching for the screen but there is not a single word. not a single sound.

it moves, slowly, the fingers twitching as if in agony before it moves to a face, blood smeared at the top of the chin, dirt speckled across the cheeks and eyes barely open. for a minute there's the flash of a horrible red, gaping wound beneath the chin but then it's back to a pale face, lips parting but no sigh coming out. then the video spirals upwards, once, twice, red fingerprints and all.

and the fallen woman hasn't uttered a single word. ]

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[seleniahymn]

Nephry? [Of course, she wouldn't sit back and stand to do nothing in these situations either. Rather reluctantly she looks away from the journal, but in nearly the same instant her gaze half-returns to it.]

I'll need the area cleared, our bedroom will be preferable but the couch will also work if it is needed. Clean sheets and towels as well, and some fresh water in order to clean the wound. Any bandages you can find. [For all they knew, it could be more than her throat injured.]

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[silversnowfall]

I think she'll be better off sleeping in a bed. Especially with someone there with her, just in case. [This is all of the smile Nephry can manage. It isn't much of one.]

I'll go get those things together, then. We have everything.

[One too many of them has come home injured. They really do have everything; Nephry goes inside again to gather it all up.]

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[seleniahymn]

Thank you, I'm glad we do. [It was true that there have been too many of them coming back injured, and though there was a sad sense of irony to it it was better to be prepared for it. However long it takes her to gather the supplies, Tear will still be keeping her watch at the door and awaiting her return.]

... Why do they do this to some of us?

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[silversnowfall]

I wish I knew. [They've done it to Nephry, and to Tear, and now Natalia...likely all of the others, too.] More than that, I wish they would stop.

Do you know how close they are?

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[seleniahymn]

I haven't been able to ask yet. [Which was likely a foolish thing to overlook, if they were too far out from the house there was no telling how much worse her condition could get. Just like all the other times she had been forced to, she would have to trust in Asch's abilities to deliver Natalia to them.]

The fortunate thing is that we were all able to catch notice right away. Who knows what could have happened if we had not.