All It Takes Is One Bad Day

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Kabocha's eyes fluttered open as she laid against the hard cold wood of the log she'd apparently slept against. The sky was grey with clouds of varying greys forming above her like an encroaching storm. She stared at this sky as her head felt fuzzy. Where was she? What was she doing? She had no clue... Looking about the scene, she could identify that she was in a clearing. Lush with greenery, but with some added details that told a story she was unable to put together immediately. A book laying by some bushes, a small kitten laying in wait in the bushes- seemingly worried. There was also an interesting detail that the foliage around had streaks of burnt greenery that seemed to scorch out in a narrowing spread, fatter in the middle of the burn, then tapering off at the end. There was also chunks ripped from the nearby trees and ground. 

  Kabocha waited to hear the voices in her head debate herself to figure out what was going on, but she was concerned to find that no such discussion was taking place. She slowly tightened her focus as there was a soft ringing in her ears. [Why... can't I hear myself think? I mean- other parts of my brain...? What was I doing till now?] She rolled onto her side only to regret it as she felt a searing bubbling pain near the back of her spine. She whimpered as she recoiled onto her knees. Looking down she could see pinking flesh nearby her belly button. on contact, it felt hot- and sensitive. Like she'd been boiled from the inside. She struggled to her feet and groaned with effort as beads of sweat ran down her forehead. "H-... Hello?" She looks around, rather confused. "... Garruk? ... Dion? ... Aurora?" She called out. She put one foot in front of the other, her weight lopsided as she limped to a nearby tree, trying not to set off that burning sensation near the middle of her gut. Leaning against the tree some memories started to surface. Kabocha had gone to her parents... with Garruk. They had... told her... She paused as she recognized what the pain in her gut was. The parasite inside of her... She gritted her teeth, trying to ignore that for the moment. The second question she had for herself was where the armor she had made with Garruk's help had gone? That- and why her clothes had tears in them. Mainly near the back and the back of her arms. ... Well, at least she had the pendant gift from her sister. Potana... Her heart ached for her older sister, a feeling of wanting to go back to a simpler time radiated through her body- Though she couldn't ignore the reality of what her father and mother had done to her.

  Was anyone nearby??? Kabocha called out once more "Hello?!?" putting effort into it that caused the burn in her gut to flare up and for her to buckle to her knees. (PL Increase +15)

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