[ she doesn't hear them, too far down the path to hear anything past the wild laughter of children. they ring in her ears, almost to a maddening level, and it is fortunate she had had her gunblade out, for no more than two seconds after the wichts have closed in on them, separating their party, she realizes she has made a grave mistake. ]
Nobu—
[ she barely gets the chance to finish calling out for the member of their party closest to her before a wooden child is suddenly in her personal space, laughing cheerily with a box held out in its hands. she jerks back out of response, flinging her armed hand up to knock the box away.
where she had been concerned for real children a second ago, she knows now that she has been duped, and her shame fuels the anger within her. ]
Get away!
[ she aims a bullet right between the wicht's eyes, but though it knocks the wooden puppet back a few paces, it does not stop it from continuing to pursue her. the sound of her gun going off rings through the halls, garnering the attention of even more of them. ]
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Nobu—
[ she barely gets the chance to finish calling out for the member of their party closest to her before a wooden child is suddenly in her personal space, laughing cheerily with a box held out in its hands. she jerks back out of response, flinging her armed hand up to knock the box away.
where she had been concerned for real children a second ago, she knows now that she has been duped, and her shame fuels the anger within her. ]
Get away!
[ she aims a bullet right between the wicht's eyes, but though it knocks the wooden puppet back a few paces, it does not stop it from continuing to pursue her. the sound of her gun going off rings through the halls, garnering the attention of even more of them. ]