[ Her eye flicked to Gray, to the sight of that odd weapon -- where had it come from? -- but there's little time to worry about that at the moment. Not with the sound of struggle, and --
Her feet are quick, her right hand tensed with a weaving she'd created, ready to launch if there was trouble, though there was nothing to indicate that the magic she'd put together lurked, or was prepped. Instead, she rounded the corner, only to find --
Blood. Blood seeping from a woman's chest. There's a hole where her heart should be, and Akua's fingers lift to touch where her shard is kept -- clutched around it almost -- for the woman, no, she's still a girl here -- has madness in her golden eyes, and her scarlet dress is covered in blood, her hands trying to clutch at it -- and stared right back at Akua, with fury in her face. Her lips peeled back, her eyes wide and scared, and Akua...
Akua could only swallow, her feet stopped on the pavement. She does not dare move forward. No, this was not --
How? Her mind helpfully asked, but her lips trembled, because this had been, what Akua Sahelian could only call her most triumphant, and the most devastating day in her life. ]
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Her feet are quick, her right hand tensed with a weaving she'd created, ready to launch if there was trouble, though there was nothing to indicate that the magic she'd put together lurked, or was prepped. Instead, she rounded the corner, only to find --
Blood. Blood seeping from a woman's chest. There's a hole where her heart should be, and Akua's fingers lift to touch where her shard is kept -- clutched around it almost -- for the woman, no, she's still a girl here -- has madness in her golden eyes, and her scarlet dress is covered in blood, her hands trying to clutch at it -- and stared right back at Akua, with fury in her face. Her lips peeled back, her eyes wide and scared, and Akua...
Akua could only swallow, her feet stopped on the pavement. She does not dare move forward. No, this was not --
How? Her mind helpfully asked, but her lips trembled, because this had been, what Akua Sahelian could only call her most triumphant, and the most devastating day in her life. ]