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TAKSHAKA

[ You find yourself in a section of the maze walled off by hedges sporting glowing purple flowers. Several tree stumps with rich velvet cushions on them surround a much larger stump, upon which lie a number of cards... ]

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[Raven chooses Strength.]

[ As soon as you lift the card, it feels as if a pair of leashes has slipped from your hand. What leashes? You weren't holding any leashes. Except suddenly it seems like you were, and now you've lost control of the wild beasts they were attached to. And just what are those beasts doing now that they have free rein? Why, they're wildly savaging your companions here in this game, of course. Blood and gore flies everywhere, and the air is filled with sounds of clawing and gnawing--and perhaps some shrieks of pain as well. At least, that's what you can't help but feel, even if none of this is real. ]

E-Everyone?!

[WHIPS AROUND TO STARE AT TAKSHAKA DX]

... What are you looking at?

[looks so so so so so so pale, like she's seconds away from being sick—and her hand is twitching towards the card]

[AREN'T YOU ALWAYS PALE THOUGH

though as soon as she sees Raven's hand twitching, she's going to basically tackle her and pull her hand with the card up away from her other arm.]

Don't! What's going on?!

W-What—?

[TACKLED, and she hits the ground hard! She looks wildly around, barely seeming to focus on Nightingale.]

I'm not going to let go until you start speaking to me. What is the card doing to you?

You're dying!

[AND RAVEN IS STRUGGLING TO GET UP nope nope]

We're not dying!

We're perfectly fine, but we might start dying if you mess up that card!

[I AM LIKE 99% SURE GOBLETS IN THE PLACE OF KIDNEYS SHOULD BE FATAL, WHITE MAGIC CLASS NEVER COVERED THIS]

[YES YOU ARE D888 thrashing, trying desperately to get up]

[ WHY THIS kneeling next to her and trying to touch her face. ]

Raven, we're safe, I promise we're safe!

[her fingers might get a little damp; tears are dripping down her cheeks by this point.]

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[what]

Raven...?

[oh gods oh gods oh gods oh gods oh gods aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhh]

Wren—!

[man have you ever had somebody cry your name like you're dying right in front of them]

Raven—!? What's wrong!?

Don't—!

[and then Nightingale tackled her to the floor]

[well at least she's sitting on you]

What's going on!?

You're dying, y-you're—please stop—!

I'm not dying! I'm completely fine, Raven!

[ t-trying to take Raven's hand. ]

Raven?

[it's like she's barely even feeling it]

[. . . except then she twitches hard, trying to reach for the card]

[ she doesn't understand what's going on and it's concerning, but... from the look on Raven's face, whatever it is, is horrible. if she wants to tear up the card, she can't stop her, can she? ]

What do you see? What's wrong?

[WELL]

[she's getting tackled to the ground and is yelling something about everybody dying]

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