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As tempers rose at the table, so did Alja. She surged to her feet, eyebrows already drawing together above her head. Her mouth opened to spark out another snap like she'd done at Rael.

And then she...

and then...


and then


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The snow had turned to rain. Pouring rain that beat down upon her. She cried out, holding her arms above her head ion a futile effort to shelter herself against the onslaught. The drops of rain hit her like hammerblows, and it was all she could do not cry.

Then she heard a voice somewhere, calling out her name. So faint through the pounding rains, but there nonetheless. 
[sub]"[color=00ff00]Kelly![/color]"[/sub]
[sub]"[color=00ff00]Kelly! Where are you?[/color]"[/sub]

Kelly's heart swelled, and through the bloody-red (bloody?) downpour, a smile came to her face, small though it was. "[color=dc918e]Is that you, ███████? I'm over here! Hurry! I can't see![/color]"

[sub]"[color=00ff00]Kelly! [i]KELLY![/i][/color]"[/sub]

The smile left her face. Something felt suddenly...wrong. Her next shout was filled with an urgency that hadn't been in the first. "[color=dc918e]Hello? ███████! Can't you hear me? I said I'm over here![/color]"

[sub]"[color=00ff00]Kelly![/color]"[/sub]
[sub][sub]"[color=00ff00]Kelly![/color]"[/sub][/sub]
[sub][sub][sub]"[color=00ff00]Kelly![/color]"[/sub][/sub][/sub]
[sub][sub][sub][sub]"[color=00ff00]Kelly![/color]"[/sub][/sub][/sub][/sub]

Then the noise of the rain overtook the voice. Kelly was alone again.

This time, she let herself cry.
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"[color=d1fffc]AH![/color]"

Alja jolted awake. She gripped the side of her face, groaning. [color=d1fffc][i]What...ugh. What just happened...?[/i][/color]

Then her eyes shot wide, and she looked around. The table. Where was everyone? Where had Benkei gone? Where were Graves and Kazuki? There was a fight brewing, and then...

She threw an urgent glance to the side, her head pounding. She'd bitten her tongue, and her mouth tasted like blood. "[color=d1fffc]Alex! What...what happened? Where did they go?[/color]"