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(District 19)
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Knowing what's coming isn't the same as experiencing it. Not even for one of Odin's chosen.

Still, Sieglinde braced herself. The signpost's tip planted hard in the ground for support as she stared down the apparition for the last few moments before impact, matching intensity with intensity. In such close quarters its screams were agony. Like hot knives driven through her ears, piercing deep into her brain. It wasn't [i]the[/i] most painful thing she had ever experienced, but it was probably vying for a spot in the top few percentiles. There was little that could be done to rationalize a pain with no evident source but grin and bear it. That haze of pain seemed to last a lifetime in a matter of seconds, the only solace the knowledge that in a few moments it would end. But the animal brain is a potent thing even for someone disciplined, so she was thankful when images appeared through the haze. Brief flashes, more impressions than memories, but she focused on them to distract herself from the discomfort. Clues to the thing's origin, perhaps, something that she might be able to see with her Eye when she was done. 

And then it was done. The creature dispersed upon contact with her body, fading away as though it had never existed.

While Ryu-kun gathered his wits again she brushed aside the small trickle of red from her nose with her sleeve, one eye wide and unfocused the other blank and staring. Her shallow breathing slowed again as the delivery boy piped up, no longer needing to lean on the post for fear of losing her balance. 

[color=5048cd]"Think that's it? Knowing our luck, knowing this town... It'll hit us again later, won't it?"[/color]

Sigi laughed, glancing between the sign in her hand and Ryuji and flashing him a smile that managed to be both radiant and sheepish at once. Oh, boy, did she have some explaining to do. She simply nodded.

[color=darkgoldenrod]"It might. But I have a feeling that it won't. I don't think it was the threat, I think it was a..."[/color] She searched for the word a moment and waved her hand to illustrate, corralling the thoughts that still raced. [color=darkgoldenrod]"A symptom.  But that's a problem for later. I need my glasses, please, and I hope to gods that you managed to hang on to the pizza. I'm starving."[/color]