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Suddenly, a series of blue lights began to materialize one at a time. At first these lights proved difficult for Etsu to identify, but after some time they slowly began to take shape, all the while drawing ever so closer to her.

[color=ec008c]"Are these... butterflies?"[/color] Etsu wondered, extending her hand out of curiosity. She wanted to ascertain that what she was seeing was real, but she could easily cause any of these delicate beauties to disperse on contact; this was on the back of her mind as well.

A voice was then heard in the background.

[right][i]The scent of fresh soil.
The sound of joyful laughter.
The embrace of a mother.[/i][/right]

[color=ec008c][i]'Soil... Laughter... Mother?'[/i][/color] repeating the last words of those three lines in her head, Etsu paused in thought, before reaching an epiphany, [color=ec008c][i]'Wait. Is this the Greek goddess of...? An actual [/i]goddess[i] is trying to reach out to me?!'[/i][/color]

...

Sure enough, reality kicked back in for Etsu. She regained vision of that hideous monster before her, and she immediately recollected the appendage wrapped tightly around her neck. She brought her hands up to her eye level, only for the damage to her fingernails to remind her that she already [i]tried[/i] to claw her way out... as well as how fruitless that turn out to be. There was only one thing she could do.

[color=ec008c]'Here goes...'[/color] Etsu inhaled deeply, trying accumulate as much air as she could into her lungs; she [i]had[/i] to maximize her chances of the voice being able to hear her given the circumstances of her throat being constricted, even if that meant yelling at the top of her lungs, [color=ec008c]"DEMEEEETEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!"[/color]