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Level 6: 00/60
Location: The Maw: The Depths
Word Count: 442
Points Gained: 1
New EXP Balance--- Level 6 : 01/60 [/center]

	Sakura had coughed a few times over the railing, a few tears dripping into the pitch black water below. She wiped her mouth with the back of her hand and wrapped her fingers around her wrist. Her subconscious expected the comfort of her fighting glove to be there, and it wasn't. Someone was stabbing the inside of her stomach with a hot knife. Someone else was taking a jackhammer to her skull and her heart was drowning in an itchy abyss. What would her family think of her? Or Ryu? Could she ever get over this? She felt terrible about this whole thing.

	Sakura was in for an awakening as a familiar voice shook her out of her thoughts. When Nadia span her around Sakura's eyes were wide, her mouth a small, surprised circle. No interruptions from the girl with the flower in her hair, that's for sure. When it was all over Sakura certainly seemed to be more present. Her gaze was fixed on Nadia, expression more cogent. The discordant actions earlier a result of her trying to hide her grief- to be tough, and to act like nothing was wrong. 

	[color=f49ac2]"I...I'm sorry."[/color] Sakura said, voice broken. [color=f49ac2]"I'm [i]not[/i] tough. Not like you guys are."[/color] She bowed her head, eyes closing. [color=f49ac2] "I just killed someone, Nadia. And now we're [i]using[/i] him. There's no other way out but... I just- I just need a minute. I wanted to help, but I'm just making things worse and being a burden. Sorry."[/color] Sakura concluded, miserable. 

	[color=f49ac2]"Since everyone can't fit in the sub, it makes sense that I'm one of the people that stay behind. Be careful."[/color] One hand clutching her arm, the other over her even more pained stomach, Sakura pulled away from Nadia's grasp. Head low, she found a corner to sit in. Once again she drew her knees against her and clutched them to her chest. Now she groaned slightly, tensing as a horrible pang of hunger ripped it's way through her insides. 

	Between the hunger, the manslaughter, her powerlessness, a removal of her identity, and the disturbing imagery of seeing "Carl" moving again, Sakura's mental health was drained. The Maw had defeated her, a casualty of stress. 

	Nadia was right in that it was only going to get worse. Sakura watched in horror as Bella was given a fright by a diving suit that just came to life. It sounded exactly like Mirage. And it acted like, him, too. Almost as if there were two Mirages in the room.

	[color=f49ac2]"Oh, no!"[/color] Sakura cried out, hiding her face and shrinking. [color=f49ac2]"He's another ghost!"[/color]