video - un: starkov / dated 11/12

[sankta]

( the video opens on Alina looking winded. the focus is on her face, sweat trickling down her brow, strands of hair plastered to her cheeks. she's looking past the camera at something else. behind her is a dimly lit hallway, only the wall and light on the wall barely peeking out past her face. )

Be careful if you're invited to any parties these days. ( her eyes flick to the camera, then she lowers the camera to reveal her upper chest. just below her throat, across her collar bone, is a deep, angry slash that still drips past the neckline of her dress.

she raises the camera to her face again, her eyes darting around herself rather than watching the screen. ) That was meant to be my throat. Others weren't so lucky.

The Brotherhood left a message after the slaughter for the families seeking alliance with Macaluso and Taravast. ( her eyes flick back to the camera. ) Basically, don't do it; this is the only warning. ( she searches her memories a bit for the wording- ) "Never seek alliances that could imperil the Brotherhood's interests again."

( she sighs, closes her eyes and shakes her head before reaching up to wipe the strands of hair from her brow. ) I could use some help. I caught one. ( she flips the camera around to show the hallway behind her lined with the carnage of four undead envoys in pieces on the floor. ) But I still need help to clean up.

Comments

un: stormborn

[thebrideoffire]

It's good you're alive. Were there others with you as well? How many injured or dead?

Tell me where you are and I'll help burn the bodies.

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[sankta]

there were maybe a dozen of us at the dinner? half of us were attacked, injured. i don't know if the others survived. Diego stayed behind to watch them, so he'd know better.

we're in the palace of the doxe. i'm north of the banquet hall in a corridor. hard to miss.

[thebrideoffire]

Has someone looked at your injuries to keep them from being infected?

I can at least help you with the man you captured. Should I meet you?

[sankta]

i had someone help with the initial bleeding, and someone else coming to heal me.

if you want to help watch the man with me, you're welcome to. but i have a friend coming to help me interrogate. ( the implication is not in a friendly way... )

[thebrideoffire]

It seems you have things in hand then.

[sankta]

one of the good things about here. we're all in this together.