Posted by Gamemaster Mr Centauri (Gamemaster) in Main-Sim: The Deep Forest

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She couldn’t sleep. Her head hurt so bad. It had been like that since the other morning at school. It was awful. Her telepathy had exploded into life all at once. It was so much, and it hurt. Everything was so chaotic. Her parents were silently discussing what to do for her, but not talking to her. They had just suggested sleep. She had snuck out in the dark, after the thunderstorm. She hoped the cool night air would soothe everything that hurt. She wandered toward the tree line that marked where her parents property met the Aveli’s. Was this how Adaril felt all those years ago? Had he been hurting this much? No wonder he told her he didn’t feel up to playing. She didn’t feel like doing anything either.

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The lighting flash revealed a woman standing by the tree, her hair seemed to be moving, like serpents or tenticals. He gold skin glistened and aparkeld in the light as if her body was covered in sparkle dust. “Child, do not be alarmed, come closer” the voice was melodic as if she had sung the words. Peace and calm washed over her the pain completly washing away. She was tall over six feet and her , hair, seemed to move with a mind of their own. They all lit with a soft blue light when she spoke.

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12 year old Ilena stared at her in fascination at the alien. She’d never seen anyone like her. No. No this isn’t my memory, not really. I have to remember. “You came to me before,” Ilena finally said, pulling the image of a woman with long hair, not…snakes?, but she looked the same otherwise. “You need help.”

Lt. Rox, Chief Medical Officer

She took a knee, she was very calm and felt different than before. “Try to focus, keep the memory, he thinks your playing with an imaginary friend to dull the pain caused by your gifts comming to maturaty. ” she looked at her, the lighting flashing again.” It was not me that called you, but i’m comming just hold on” and then she was gone.

Pain washed through her like a thousand cuts from razorblades. Her body felt like it was on fire, She was back infront of the beast its vines now glowing hot with bright green light. “WHAT WAS THAT” it said.. “TELLL ME” she could feel the vines squeeszing down hard it would kill her if she did not think of something to say.

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She couldn’t answer with the vines wrapped around her mouth. She had her telepathy though. Ilena wasn’t as strong as Adaril as far as her telepathy went, but she wasn’t weak either. And desperation and the survival instinct were great power batteries. It was me, she sneered. You wanted me to fight back. Ilena’s empathy was always stronger, it’s what made her a great doctor. Focusing all her pain and fear and struggle into a lance of reflective empathy, she aimed it right for her assailant’s mind.

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She felt it the creature weeken , it shuttered the vines , thier grip starting to lossen, as she could feel her self fading though the old on her neck and face was not out of control as the creature tried to recover itself they squeezed tighter trying not to lose it’s pray.

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Pain hurt it. Ilena focused on the pain she’d felt as she lay dying in the caves, then on the medical ship, the months of treatments and rehabilitation. The flares, the fear, the never ending struggle. She focused on the intense hunger as they all starved in the caves, the thirst that was never quenched, the loneliness that ripped them all apart as their people were killed by the thousands every day. She focused all of that into the reflection that she shoved targeted at the creature. She could feel herself dying. She even added that fear, but she would take it with her if she died.

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