[Alice's hand instantly drifts up to where the pommel of her shortsword always sat, nicely within range of her right hand and everything. When she yet again hits nothing but open air she sighs out at herself once more.]
That was my first thought, yes. The civilians here speak of them as something to fear after all. Intrusion on their safety is not something to be tolerated if it can be helped.
[She's a soldier in charge of a war relief unit after all. If anyone ought to be qualified to see to the aid of a place like this it's her. She's jumped head first into far stupider situations with monsters of a far more human variety after all.
Then here she is, rudderless.]
Unfortunately I'm too used to having the ability to deal with such situations.
[I.E. why'd she get pulled here without her sword? She certainly didn't expect her Mahne to be here, not after the beating it took before she ended up here but even her shortsword? C'mon.]
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That was my first thought, yes. The civilians here speak of them as something to fear after all. Intrusion on their safety is not something to be tolerated if it can be helped.
[She's a soldier in charge of a war relief unit after all. If anyone ought to be qualified to see to the aid of a place like this it's her. She's jumped head first into far stupider situations with monsters of a far more human variety after all.
Then here she is, rudderless.]
Unfortunately I'm too used to having the ability to deal with such situations.
[I.E. why'd she get pulled here without her sword? She certainly didn't expect her Mahne to be here, not after the beating it took before she ended up here but even her shortsword? C'mon.]