There was no question in her mind as to where she was; home laying on the bottom of a gondola with white paint chips peeling off the wooden trim. Above, sugar spun white clouds stretching for miles like a victory flag being waved, moving just slightly with the gentle wind.
Almost as if she were in some sort of a trance, one hand lifted from her side and reached up to trace her fingers along the skyward path. Her arm felt weightless, as if she was no longer bound in place by heavy shackles or obligations; if anything she felt free.
Free…? Am I….? Fearing the final word she lowered her arm and pressed her palm against her side. Nothing. No shooting pain, no ache, nothing… To be completely honest she couldn’t even feel the fabric of her uniform beneath her fingertips.
Swallowing thickly the growing lump in her throat Acrucis placed both hands on the edge of the boat and carefully sat up thinking that perhaps the lack of sensation was lingering adrenaline but such was not the case.
All around her, as far as the eye could see, was crystal blue water, smooth like a solid piece of glass save for the ripples that rolled outward from the gondola as a response to her movement. Out on the far horizon, in the direction the reflective sun pointed, lay Valenna; the capital of Acrucis with it’s grand infirmaries tucked beside the towering mountain.
“No” She breathed upon a exhale though there was no one near to hear.
A soft whimpering sound of denial, of disbelieve, however transcended this impending nightmare as the disheveled Senshi of Prayer shook her head ever so slightly where she lay in the dimly lit room.
Chibigingi
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