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Character Name: Monaka Lise Edwards
Character Series: Ardent Sin (Original)
Tamer Class: Soul
Post Type: Log
Player Name: JeniOctavia

She didn't want to cry. Monako was afraid, and hurt, but she was trying to be brave. Brave like her uncles, like her father and mother. They never showed their fear, even when they were in trouble, and she was trying so hard to be like them.

But she couldn't keep the tear from rolling down her face as she stumbled along the dark streets of the unfamiliar city, holding her burned arm to her chest and dressed in a torn night gown. She sobbed as she stumbled again, her bare feet catching painfully on the uneven sidewalk.

She stopped to lean against a wall, closing her eyes tightly against the tears.

"Alec... kaa-san..." she sobbed with a hiccup, finally sliding to her knees. She just wanted to go home...

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Mona jumped at the sound of a voice above her, looking up at the man fearfully. Her eyes were wide, face wet with tears, hands shaking even as she pressed herself up against the wall harder. He didn't look like any of the men that had gotten in to their home, but that didn't mean he wasn't dangerous.

"I-I-I don't know..." she managed to fumble through a weak answer.

He took a couple more steps towards her, while Machalcon scrambled to his side. The pirate captain took note of the burns, his even gaze wavering in a bit of frustration.

"Just what did that to you?" he asked, bluntly.

"Ah- what Marvelous means," Machalcon said, his beak poking through two of the grocery bags, "is... well, are you all right?"

Marvelous gave the Falcomon a quick glance, but he didn't argue with the statement.

Mona shook her head slowly, trying to move her hand only to be met with pain when she flexed her fingers. She winced, curling her legs up where she sat only to reveal just how torn up her bare feet were. At least he didn't seem dangerous, if not a little rougher than what she was used to.

"Bad men attacked my family..." she admitted, "One of them had fire magic... he hurt me. A-and... I don't know where my family is now..."

Marvelous pursed his lips as he mulled over what she said.

"That's terrible!" Machalcon exclaimed, nearly dropping the groceries. "Was it nearby?! We should-"

Marvelous crossed his arms over his chest, glancing down at the girl. "No. It wasn't."

Though she could just be dazed from pain or the experience, she didn't really... seem like she knew where she was, from what Marvelous could observe.

Mona tensed a bit, realizing that the man was catching on fairly quickly to her predicament.

"... where am I? This isn't London."

"What's London?" both Marvelous and Machalcon said in unison, and then looked at one another.

Shaking his head, Marvelous took another step towards you. "Sounds like an Earth place," he said, and then shook his head. "This isn't Earth."

"This isn't--... uwehh?! Wh-what?! How can this not be Earth?! How-- owwww..."

In her shock and surprise, Mona had tried to get up to her feet again, only to fall back over when they wouldn't hold her weight due to how raw and torn up they were.

"There's a lot of places that aren't Earth."

His brow furrowed, and he shot out one hand to catch her on the girl's uninjured side.

"You need medical attention. Now."

"I--..."

She wanted to protest. To find her parents first. To find Alec first and make sure that the gunshot she'd seen go off hadn't actually hit him. But injured, she wouldn't be able to do anything.

She wobbled a bit more before leaning against the man's outstretched arm, nodding weakly.

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