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 Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2013 1:34 pm
THE MCHALEN FAMILY Michael McHalen - Father to Three
Blake Warren - Muggle, Father to One
Maggie McHalen - Mother to One
Grace Mchalen - Ravenclaw Second Year
Verily McHalen - Unsorted First
Elliryanna McHalen - Unsorted First ||| Pureblood Family ||| Live in Chipping Clodbury ||| Four People |||   Elli looked up at the sky as she walked. It had been a nice day when they had left, but now there were clouds everywhere. She frowned and glanced at her sister when Verily poked her. "What?" She asked. Ver said nothing though, just pointed up the road. Elli turned to look up at there house and raised an eyebrow. Smoke was coming out of a window on the lower floor. She immediately knew something was wrong. If her family had accidentally started a fire while they were gone, they would have just put it out with magic. She started to run towards the house, worry consuming her. Verily followed quickly behind. They raced past their father and Darius and up the front steps of the manor. Once inside, they could tell exactly where the smoke was coming from. Ver ran past Elli. Verily entered the living room and screamed, backing away and falling to her knees. In front of her was the charred body of what she could only guess was her uncle, still smoking. The curtains, paintings and floor were still burning. On the couch, her aunt sat, staring glassy eyed at the fire pit. Blood seeped from her chest and mouth There was blood on the ground and the coffee table was shattered. All the pieces of glass covered in blood. A trail of blood led from the couch to the fire pit where another pool of blood was. Tears streamed down Ver's face. Elli raced after her sister, when she heard the scream. The murder scene flashed before her eyes and fell down next to her sister, wrapping her arms around her and burying her face in her shoulder. Sobs racked her body, her arms tight around her twin. She didn't understand how this could have happened. She couldn't breathe, couldn't think, couldn't see. She just couldn't. Michael saw his daughters race past him and looked up at the house. He wasn't as quick to move. Above the house in the clouds was a shape. A snake with the sword for a tongue. The mark of murder. He ran after his daughters, worried that the murderers might still be in there. When he entered the living room, his cold black eyes froze at the scene. His beloved sister... was dead. He shouted loudly, in anger. He saw Blake too, dead and charred. He pointed his wand at the flames and water shot out of it, putting them out. Kneeling down beside his daughters he looked at them, his eyes showing all the pain they and he felt. He reached to wrap his arms around them and lift them up. Suddenly a thought hit him. He stood up quickly and looked around the room counting. He was right only two bodies. Where was his niece? He looked at the scene, trying to imagine what had happened, but he couldn't. His sister, his baby sister was dead. He hadn't been there to save her, to protect her. He had always been there. He had stopped his parents from kicking her out. He had saved her from his fathers punches and slaps. He had protected her from Ver and Elli's grandfather when he came after her. Yet now... now she was dead. Gone forever. His sister. He fell to his knees next to her body and laid his head on her lap, tears finally falling from his eyes. Somebody needs to contact the aurors... He thought silently. Ver hugged her sister back, resting her chin on the top of her sister's head. Tears fell down her face in fast streams. Her aunt, her uncle. Both dead. She glanced around the room and blinked away her tears.... "Gracie!" She shouted, suddenly standing up, pulling her sister with her. She let go of her sister, who immediately crumpled back to ground, sobbing. Ver looked around the room, but there was no sign of Gracie. Suddenly it hit her. The blood. There was a trail from the smashed coffee table to the fire pit. "Gracie escaped...." She whispered quietly. She kneeled down infront of her sister and pulled her back to her feet. "Gracie escaped Elli. We didn't lose them all." Tears still fell down her face but slower now. Ver pointed at the blood trail. "Ver do you see all that blood? Even if she escaped from this house she's dying or dead already, and we have no way of telling where she went." Elli whispered, leaning on her sister for support, her legs shaking and her body still hicupping with silent sobs. "We have to have hope Elli. Gracie wouldn't just go somewhere random. She'd go somewhere she thought she could get help. She's alive... She has to be..." A sob hit Ver as she spoke, staring at the dead bodies and bloody, charred room. Elli held her sister close. "We have to contact the aurors...." Ver whispered. She wasn't even sure how to go about doing that though. She had never thought she would need too.   OOC: ....
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Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2013 3:13 pm
 Darius Silver
ᗡɐɹıns Sılʌǝɹ❖Second Year❖Slytherin❖Beater❖Half-Blood❖ ₯arius saw the girls running and to the manor he could tell something was very wrong. He looked up to the sky a snake with a sword for a tongue. What did that mean, if Shaw was here he'd most likely be the one to ask but for now he decided not to worry about it. He heard the scream of Verily and ran to her “VER!” He called as he crashed in wand out. He saw her and Elliryanna looking at the bodies of two people. He didn't know who they where but the bodies greatly disturbed the youth his body began to shake and it took all his will power to try and move closer. “Ver....Elli” He stopped when he noticed he stepped in something red and sticky, blood. Darius could not understand why but he had to get out of the he could not breath. He tried to call for help but the words would not come out panicked he turned and tried to run but he slipped on the blood it covered him he crawled up and ran outside. He lost his lunch once he took a step out his lungs hurting from lack of air and he started to black out.
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Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2013 3:41 pm
THE MCHALEN FAMILY Michael McHalen - Father to Three
Blake Warren - Muggle, Father to One
Maggie McHalen - Mother to One
Grace Mchalen - Ravenclaw Third Year
Verily McHalen - Ravenclaw Second Year
Elliryanna McHalen - Gryffindor Second year ||| Pureblood Family ||| Live in Chipping Clodbury ||| Four People ||| Verily couldn't look at the dead anymore. She backed away, rising to her feet as she did. She had been kneeling in blood and her lower legs were covered in it. Her hands and feet too. She looked at Elli and saw her sister had blood in her hair and on her face and back from where Ver had hugged her. Ver knew she probably looked the same. She had vaguely heard Darius within her break down and she walked away from the room. She couldn't look at her family anymore... broken and dead as they were. She saw a faint bloody foot prints leading away from the living room and followed them back out to the porch to see Darius lying there, half unconscious. She sat down on the step next to him and shook him gently. She wans't sure how she hadn't blacked out yet. She just wasn't feeling anything. The tears were gone. The hurt was gone. She didn't feel anything. "Darius." She whispered gently, pulling him up to sit up next to her. Elli watched her sister leave and stared blankly at the room. She moved slowly towards her father. She kneeled down beside him. "Dad...." She whispered. "You have to get up now..." Tears still trickled down her face as she hugged her father gently. Michael rose slowly from his sister's legs and pulled his daughter up with him. "Gracie..." He whispered. Elli shrugged and leaned against her father. "We need to contact the aurors or something Dad. We need to report the murder... hopefully find Grace..." A renewed set of sobs took over, and she couldn't speak anymore. Michael nodded slowly and held his daughter close. He whistled quietly and a snowy owl flew from a room in the upper levels to him. A new wave of tears rolled slowly down his face as he looked upon the white bird. The owl belonged to Maggie. He stroked the owls wing gently. "What will you do now?" He asked the bird quietly. The bird whistled sadly and flew to his owner, nuzzling the dead woman gently. Michale turned away and grabbed a piece of parchment and a quill. He wrote out a letter quickly, tears falling on the paper, and bloody finger prints upon it where he held it. "Come here Feather." He whispered. The snowy owl looked up at him and fluttered over, leaving his owner for the last time. He took his letter and flew out the still open window from when Blake had opened it that morning. Michael turned away from the room, wrapping his arm around Elli again, he walked out to the porch where Verily and Darius sat together. The two sat down next to them. Tears still falling from their eyes. Ver sat quietly, not greeting them, just staring out at the yard with cold grey eyes, and one arm still half way holding Darius up. OOC: ....
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Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2013 4:11 pm
Darius Silver
ᗡɐɹıns Sılʌǝɹ❖Second Year❖Slytherin❖Beater❖Half-Blood❖₯arius was trapped in a cage or a cell. There was a woman dead on the floor barely a foot from him. He did not know why but he was crying for her and was scared. He wanted her to wake up and comfort him. Then he saw a dark monster of a shape move closer... Darius thrashed “STAY AWAY!” He called opening his eyes sweat beading his forehead panicked. His eyes burning with tears. He looked around wildly he reached for his wand that was not there. After a bit he noticed that he was not in the cell there was no dead body. He was outside the McHalen's manor. He relaxed a bit but did not try to get up from where he was. What was that vision about. He then noticed that he was being held up. Looking to see Ver and he calmed down more.
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Essy ze Ninja Vice Captain
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Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2013 4:34 pm
Please remember, this isn't how I hoped it would beBut I had to protect you from me That's why I slipped out the back before you knew I was there William Dante Nott the Second Head Hit Wizard of Ministry of Magic
Order of Merlin, First Class
Duke of Wales 
”McHalens!” His voice burst through as a thundering crack like the split of a lightning storm collided down upon the earth as a noble wizard clad in simple black robes with the crest of HW stitched upon the breast pocket. His usually jovial, fatherly smile was replaced with a grim and solemn firm line on his lips as he surveyed the scene. Ash and smoke dissipated into the winds, so much of the bottom floor of what used to have been the living room was half smothered in soot and char and burnt. The family was huddled together in their grief, tears streaming down faces of strangled pain and agony and confusion.
All he could think about was the children—had they seen it? No, Merlin, no. But he could see it in their eyes and his heart dropped. No child should ever have to witness this, whatever this was. He had still yet to go inside the house and see for himself what had happened. ”Are you and the children all right?” Once he was assured, he continued. ”Don’t move, stay here, I’ll need to survey the area, before I can close off the vicinity.”
Wand in hand, he eyed each of them in silence before he stepped into the house, casting a detection spell—no one, except those already accounted for—he continued on, wand raised as he took in the damage of the bodies, their locations. Conjuring a camera, he began to take photographs of the area, searching for clues, following the trail to the fire place and taking careful note of the bloody prints left upon the photographs that scarcely survived the fire. Once he was sure he had had all he needed, he returned outside to the family and kneeled down beside them. ”I know this is… going to be very rough, Mister McHalen, but may I speak to you for several moments in private?”
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Located: McHalen Manor with the McHalens
Status: Apprehensive
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Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2013 4:52 pm
THE MCHALEN FAMILY Michael McHalen - Father to Three
Blake Warren - Muggle, Father to One
Maggie McHalen - Mother to One
Grace Mchalen - Ravenclaw Third Year
Verily McHalen - Ravenclaw Second Year
Elliryanna McHalen - Gryffindor Second year ||| Pureblood Family ||| Live in Chipping Clodbury ||| Four People ||| Ver jumped when Darius suddenly started thrashing. She grabbed him by the shoulders, trying to calm him down. When he stopped thrashing she just wrapped her arms around him gently. She didn't know what he was thinking or remember, but whatever it was, wasn't good. And someone here had to be strong. It wasn't going to be Elli and she didn't think her father could be either right now. It had come down to her like it always did. She stroked Darius' hair trying to comfort him. "It's alright." She whispered. "Nothing can hurt you here." She rested her chin on his head looking out over her front yard quietly, forcing herself not to feel, because it was the only way to keep herself together. She didn't move when she heard a crack and a voice calling to them. She knew whoever it was would want to speak with her father, not her, and her sister and Darius needed her now. Michael nodded his head solemnly when the man asked if they were alright. "We're not hurt." He said. All right was a different story, but they weren't injured. When the hit wizard returned from his survey, Michael stood up and nodded when he asked for a word in private. Michael walked away from his front porch with the man. "What do you need to know?" He asked quietly. He glanced back at his daughters, one sobbing and the other... looked as though she felt nothing. He grimaced. He didn't want them to end up like Michelle. He turned back to the hit wizard and waited for the questions. Elli all but screamed when the man suddenly appeared. She buried her face in her hands, as the man went into the house. She knew what he would see. She couldn't stand it. She closed her eyes and could only see the look on her aunt's face and the charred corpse of her uncle. She missed her cousin. She never thought she would say that about Gracie, but she did. She missed her so much. She just wanted her to be alright and she didn't see how that could be possible. She sobbed quietly, not looking up even when the man returned and spoke to her father. She couldn't look at him or any of them. She couldn't do anything. OOC: ....
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Essy ze Ninja Vice Captain
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Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2013 5:08 pm
Please remember, this isn't how I hoped it would beBut I had to protect you from me That's why I slipped out the back before you knew I was there William Dante Nott the Second Head Hit Wizard of Ministry of Magic
Order of Merlin, First Class
Duke of Wales
”Mister McHalen, I need to you to tell me, to the last detail all that you can remember at this moment; and it’s okay, if you need time, you can always come to my office if you feel you need to spend some time with your family. But, if you can, tell me everything, even how many people were home when the incident occurred? Where were you beforehand and who all that would have known that you and the girls were leaving. And, do you know if there might be any possible suspects as to who would do something like this to your family?” He couldn’t bear to tell the man that he suspected the murdered might have been someone close to them, or at least, someone that knew them.
“On that note, is there anywhere you and the children can stay? Somewhere safe for a few nights while investigations are being conducted here?”
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Located: McHalen Manor with Michael
Status: Apprehensive
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Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2013 5:27 pm
MICHAEL MCHALEN
|||Three Daughters|||Pureblood|||Unemployed||| Michael listened as the man asked his questions. When he offered for them to talk later if need be Michael glanced back at his daughters and shook his head. He wouldn't be able to do it later. "Everything that happened..." He trailed off. "My daughters and I left for the day with Darius, who has been staying at our house this summer. It was unplanned, no one would have known we were going to be gone.... The only people home were Maggie, Blake, and... and Gracie." He whispered, almost choking up, but regaining composure just before he really broke down. His poor niece... where was she.
"The only person I can think of that would hold any kind of grudge against my family would be Shaw Sandford Ross." He growled. "My daughters, went to bring Darius here a few weeks ago, against Shaw's will. He tried to harm them, but they got away. I'm sure he was rather angry about that...." Michael shrugged. "I'm not much help. I'm sorry. We were out at Diagon, doing some shopping and came home.... came home to this..."
He wrung his hands together in anger and pain. When asked if they had anywhere else to stay, Michael's mind went blank. The only place he could think of was where Michelle lived now. "We might have a place to live..." He said quietly. He wasn't so sure Vincent would want them there, or Michelle for that matter."Do you have any idea where my niece is and if she is alright?"
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Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2013 5:35 pm
Darius Silver
ᗡɐɹıns Sılʌǝɹ❖Second Year❖Slytherin❖Beater❖Half-Blood❖₯arius didn't fight the strokeing of Ver in fact he embraced it. He could not remember the last time someone held him like she did. But he could let it last Ver seemed to be holding her own a bit too well was it for him and her sister. He straightened up. He had to be stronger. He looked at Ver “Thank you but I'm alright now. You should look after Elli she'll need you more then me.” He moved his head over to the new man and the McHalen girl's father he drew his eyes away listening with out trying to make it seem like he was. Maybe he could catch a clue to who did it. Part of him wanted to kill the person who did this.
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Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2013 5:50 pm
Please remember, this isn't how I hoped it would beBut I had to protect you from me That's why I slipped out the back before you knew I was there William Dante Nott the Second Head Hit Wizard of Ministry of Magic
Order of Merlin, First Class
Duke of Wales
”Hmm,” he mumbled quietly under his breath, absorbing every piece of the puzzle as he struggled to try and morph them together to create a picture, any kind of picture—something. He chewed his tongue, debating all that he’d said before he placed a strong, reassuring hand on Michael’s shoulder. ”Thank you, you’ve done an excellent job, and, I promise, I’ll try to find Gracie. There were traces of an escape, fresh floo powder in the hearth, she could be anywhere, but what matters is that they don’t have her. I’ll do everything in my power to alert the media of her disappearance, chances are, someone’s seen her, and, has hopefully brought her to St. Mungos. I’ll have an officer sent to investigate with the healers and see what they’ll know. I promise, we’ll find her, but right now…. These children don’t need to be here, anywhere but here, will be better. There are several inns you can check into, the Hogs Head, the Leaky, and, if you’d like, you’re very welcome to stay in my home until you can get into contact with family to make better arrangements. These children have been through enough as it is…. “ Releasing his genuine hold on Michaels shoulder, William withdrew his wand. ”For now, I need to continue this investigation to get as much as I ca-“ And then he froze.
There, in the sky. His heart dropped, his breaths ceased, his lungs suffocated. The mark. The serpent with a sword for tongue…. How could he have missed it? It’s been so long, years almost, since he’d last seen this sign. The threat of a new Dark Lord was rising, slowly, ever so slowly, and he felt ice struck his bones and chills spiral down his back as a cold sweat beaded on his forehead.
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Located: McHalen Manor with Michael
Status: Apprehensive
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Essy ze Ninja Vice Captain
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Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2013 6:53 pm
THE MCHALEN FAMILY Michael McHalen - Father to Three
Blake Warren - Muggle, Father to One
Maggie McHalen - Mother to One
Grace Mchalen - Ravenclaw Third Year
Verily McHalen - Ravenclaw Second Year
Elliryanna McHalen - Gryffindor Second year ||| Pureblood Family ||| Live in Chipping Clodbury ||| Four People ||| Michael nodded as the other man spoke. An inn was a much better idea than what he had mind. He was to frazzled to have thought of it before and was glad the other man had suggested it. What he suggested next astounded Michael. He was offering his own home up for them. He was genuinely surprised by the offer. "I wouldn't want to impose." He said quietly. He was right though, his daughters and Darius had been through a lot. Suddenly the man froze and looked up at the sky. Michael turned around and stared at the mark in the sky. He had all but forgotten about it after seeing his sister dead. He stared at the sky. He knew it was a mark of murder. He wasn't stupid. He had heard the rumors, but why would they target his house, his family? Ver looked at her sister and sighed. She couldn't stand to watch her twin like that. She pulled Elli closer to her quietly and jumped when her sister practically fell over, burying her face in Ver's lap. Ver ran her fingers through her hair quietly, trying to calm her down just as she had done for Darius. She looked over at Darius, chewing on her lip. She wanted to sob just like her sister. She wanted to scream and shout and hurt something. She wanted to fly away. She swallowed hard and kept her composure. Elli cried quietly into her sister's lap. She didn't know what do she didn't know how to even function at the moment, let along be there for her sister. She loved Ver to death and back but she had never been the strong one. She was put in Gryffindor, but she wasn't strong. Her sister was her rock, without her she wouldn't survive. She struggled with herself quietly and finally sat up to look at her sister and Darius. "I love you Ver." She whispered quietly, then stood up. "I need... I need to be alone..." She turned and moved to sit down away from the other two students, resting her chin on her knees quietly. She couldn't make herself a burden for her sister, not right now. Ver looked at her sister and nodded quietly. She watched her walk away and then pulled her knees to her chin, still resisting the urge to cry. "Darius..." She whispered. "What do I do now? How...." She didn't even know how to phrase what she was thinking. She turned to him and rested her head on his shoulder, sadness emanated from her, but she did not cry. She wouldn't cry. OOC: ....
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Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2013 7:10 pm
Darius Silver
ᗡɐɹıns Sılʌǝɹ❖Second Year❖Slytherin❖Beater❖Half-Blood❖₯arius didn't quite know what to do or say he found himself wrapping his arm around her and stroking her like she did him. “Its alright I won't let anything happen to you or Elli.” He wanted to make them feel better but was not sure how other then the words he said to them.
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Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2013 7:26 pm
Sweet dreams are made of these
Who am I to disagree?
Travel the world and the seven seas
Everybody's looking for something VERILY DAWN MCHALEN |||Ravenclaw Beater|||Pureblood|||Second Year||| Ver leaned against him, not saying anything for awhile. She was worried about her cousin and upset about her aunt and uncle and worried about her sister's well being, and frankly she was worried about her own well being. She couldn't feel even now when she didn't have to be strong for anyone. She buried her face in his shoulder and whispered, "Why would somebody do this us?"
OOC:... Love interest: Some of them want to use you
Some of them want to get used by you
Some of them want to abuse you
Some of them want to be abused
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Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2013 8:08 pm
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Ａｒｔｈｕｒ Ｒａｄｃｌｉｆｆｅ
┗━━━━━━━━━━━━┛☆═━┈━┈━┈━┈━═☆Ｈｅａｄ Ａｕｒｏｒ Ｍｉｎｉｓｔｒｙ Ｏｆ ＭａｇｉｃＯｒｄｅｒ Ｏｆ Ｍｅｒｌｉｎˌ Ｔｈｉｒｄ Ｃｌａｓｓ☆═━┈━┈━┈━┈━═☆Despite it all, I do this job for my children Tamara and William ☯There was a pop of an apparition, and Arthur Radcliffe, the Head Auror appeared. He brought with him, via side-along apparition, Caitlin Engels and none other than Gracie McHalen. "Ah, William, I have found the missing McHalen. She needs rest, however," Arthur said and approached the grieving family. ☯▂▃▅{Out Of Character}▅▃▂
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Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2013 8:29 pm
THE MCHALEN FAMILY Michael McHalen - Father to Three
Blake Warren - Muggle, Father to One
Maggie McHalen - Mother to One
Grace Mchalen - Ravenclaw Third Year
Verily McHalen - Ravenclaw Second Year
Elliryanna McHalen - Gryffindor Second year ||| Pureblood Family ||| Live in Chipping Clodbury ||| Four People ||| When they popped into existance once again, Gracie stumbled forward and almost fell. Before she hit the ground, Arthur grabbed underneathe her good arm. Gracie's back was still wrenched slightly and she muffled a scream in her good arm. She refused to move, just letting herself dangle uselessly against the head auror. She felt sick to her stomach and dizzy . Maybe this is me about to die again. She thought to herself rather hopefully. She couldn't make herself look up at the house that now held her parents dead bodies. She wouldn't let herself think about it... remember it. She moaned quietly and thought about lifting herself up to her feet but figured against it. There was no point. There was no point to anything anymore. There was no point to standing or crying or moving. There was no point to living. She continued to let all her weight rest on Arthur. Michael spun around at the popping noise and watched in shock as his niece almost fell to the ground screaming. She had wounds on her arm and back that had only just been healed. By the muffled noises she made, they still hurt quite a bit too. He watched in shock, not able to will himself to move. At least she is alive... was all he could keep repeating to himself. Ver looked up in shock as Gracie suddenly appeared with Cait and another man. She almost fell to the floor immediately and all Ver could do was stare at her in utter shock and happiness. Somehow her cousin had survive. She was alright... or at least alive. Elli screamed when she saw Grace and ran to her side. "Gracie!" She whispered over and over again, sobs beginning anew. She dropped to her knees, unable to carry her own weight along with all the grief inside of her young body. OOC: ....
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