Catechism of Konigsdottir: Chapter the Second: When it Rains....

[nijineko]

There is darkness... 




                ...not the cold emptiness...




                                      ...but rather a comforting companion...




                                                              ...much like the voice of a friend in the dark.

There is a sensation of objects moving around you. This sense resolves into a distinct awareness of pane-shaped moments floating and drifting about, mostly in a generally downward direction. This in turn evolves into a sense that the moments are yours, actual memories of your life, and you are suspended among them. The movement becomes more pronounced and you realize that the moments are not moving... you are. There is an upward surge, and the darkness flares and fades to light.

Your eyes open with an abrupt click. There is a vague humming sound in your ear which warbles in pitch and then fades to the background of your awareness. Vision is unfocused, and you can feel your eyes attempt to focus independent of each other. After a brief discomfort, focus returns, and with it, vision. Everything seems loud, impossibly so, but this too swiftly fades. There is a rustling sound, and it feels as if a blanket were pulled off of you, taking some warmth with it. The chill on the skin exposed by your clothing heralds the return of your awareness of touch. You seem to be laying on a bed, or at least the wooden area where a mattress or bed might be placed in a ship. Despite the hard wood underneath, it seem surprisingly comfortable to you.

After a bit, you recognize the room you are in as the room you had been speaking with the circle of crew before, and where you had been just before... whatever it was that happened. The memory seems to be there, but at a remove, with a vague fuzzy feel to it, just out of your mental grasp; much like the feel of a word upon the tip of a tongue which is yet to be recalled. Shaking it off momentarily, you feel more mobile and are able to sit up. The room seems more bare than you recall it previously being. Then you note that the decorations and other personal effects that were present in the background are no longer there.

The nook where you are sitting is currently in shadow from the light entering through the slats at the back of the room. The gentle rocking and wind-boat sounds reveal that you are still at sea. You appear to be alone.

[Midnight]

Rilde attempts to calm her mind and prays briefly to Kord, then takes stock again. When you say "personal effects", what do you mean? Specifically, what equipment does she have left? And does this seem to be the same room she was in before?

After taking stock, she calls out. "Ran-po? San-ji?"

[nijineko]

{{{Personal effects mean the various small decorations and other items which were in the room on the previous occasions you have seen or visited it, not your equipment. You have whatever you had with you when you were escorted to the wall panels, though your clothing seems to have been changed at some point during your unconsciousness. You are now wearing an outfit closely modeled upon the garments worn by the rest of the crew, though longer and somewhat more feminine in cut and style. This consists of loose trouser-like pants cinched at waist and ankles, a form fitting and supportive shirt of some sheer but opaque material, over which is a thicker dress-like top which is snug on the torso but flares into a knee-length skirt. You can tell that you are wearing some kind of briefs. The undertop is sleeveless and slightly scoop necked revealing your collar bones, while the overtop has more of an angle cut collar and has short sleeves halfway down your upper arms. The outfit is all in creamy wood tones; darker on top, lighter underneath. There is also a sash wrapped tightly around your waist with trailing ends touching your knees in a vivid multi-colored green. This is the same room you were in prior to your saving throws.}}}

There is silence in response to your request. You are alone. After a few moments you hear a clattering and there is a light tap at the door. You hear a muffled, "You summoned us, Lady?"