Orb: 6RD

[demonsintheoven]

[[For those who may remember the state Snow was in last time she popped up, you may be pleased to note that the vacant look in her eyes is gone.

Replaced by one of panic this time.]]

It's gone... the bracelet that made it all go away, it's gone....

Dark Chyld, I--

[[She stops, eyes widening]]

It's coming.... I can--

No!

[[She covers her face with her hands, shoulders hunching in]] I don't want to see again, I don't want--

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[thoreal]

What is wrong, my lady? Are you under attack?

[demonsintheoven]

Not me. Not me not me not me... [[She seemed to get stuck on the word, covering her face with her hands]]

It's coming.. coming here... tearing the world under its feet... red feet... red red red...

[thoreal]

[Well, this seems bad.] Where are you? I will come to you.

[demonsintheoven]

I don't know... it's all undone...

[thoreal]

[The Orb goes with him as he begins to move, but he's at a loss: he holds it close to his eyes, trying to discern if he can recognize anything in the image of her.]

Something there is harming you? [He doesn't understaaaaand.]

[demonsintheoven]

[[Thankfully she's not far from the castle, as it can be seen in the background. Looks like she was in some bit of green in the inner city.]]

No... no, the harm isn't here... it is but it isn't and I can see it again, I don't want to see it...

[thoreal]

A prophecy? You are an oracle? [He's leaving the castle now, and he tries to orient himself in the right direction, unhitching Mjolnir from his belt.]

[demonsintheoven]

[[a tired, bitter laugh]] Nothing I see makes sense...

[thoreal]

[Well, in about two seconds, you're gonna see a guy fly, Snow. He works out the trajectory, gives Mjolnir a good whirl, and--

--a few minutes later, he's coming down to earth a few yards away.]

[demonsintheoven]

[[She watches, utterly unfazed as he lands.

She's sitting on the grass, rubbing her wrist as if searching for something that's not there any more and has been at it enough that the skin is starting to turn red under her attentions.]]

The bolt that fell... [[her voice shakes a little]]

[thoreal]

Was me, yes. [He flashes her a smile, but mostly, he's looking around, trying to ascertain if there really is a threat here.]

[demonsintheoven]

[There is utterly no sign of one. It's about a pastoral as a scene in the capital can get. ]]

[[She stares at him a moment, rubbing at her wrist in distress]] There's too much around you... ice and bridges...

[thoreal]

[He turns back at that, tensing.] You are a seer, then.

[demonsintheoven]

Without the bracelet... [[there's an utter miserable expression on her face, her entire body slumping.]]

[thoreal]

[He goes to her, now, crouching beside her.] What is it, my lady?

[demonsintheoven]

It blinded me to everything... it was so nice... [[sighs in miserable lament]] Now my head isn't my head any more.... everyone's in it...

[thoreal]

It's missing? [He frowns -- wasn't Loki also missing an artifact? Are the two linked?] Stolen?

[demonsintheoven]

[[she nods, the action slow and tired]] It vanished.... as if undone like all the rest....

[thoreal]

The rest of what?

[demonsintheoven]

Everything... it's all falling apart...

[thoreal]

Stay with me, my lady. [His voice is gentle, but perhaps still firm.] What else has vanished?

[demonsintheoven]

[[she shakes her head, seeming increasingly lost]] I don't know... so much is already gone... it can't reach any more, it's all gone...

[brosif]

Snow?

Calm down, and tell me what has happened.

[demonsintheoven]

It's gone... it's gone and I can see again and I can't make it stop...

[brosif]

See what? Were you not a seer, before? You spoke of attacks here long before they happened.

[demonsintheoven]

The bracelet stopped it... but it's gone... it's gone now and it's all back in my head....

[brosif]

[So that version of Snow that she knew was the reasonable one? Stars.

Sif keeps that thought to herself, however. When she speaks, it is in a tone that is concerned, but not coddling.]

Then we will have to find you a new bracelet. Where did you obtain the first one?

[demonsintheoven]

[[Even blind, Snow's mind has been burned out.]]

There was a man... small and wizened cursed to walk and walk...

[brosif]

I do not know this man. When did you last see him?

[demonsintheoven]

Before I went blind...

[[so helpful]]

[brosif]

[So very much. She takes a breath, truly trying for patience. It is not something she possesses in great reserve.]

So not of this kingdom?

[demonsintheoven]

[[shakes her head]] It never went away back there... only here.

[brosif]

I see.

[She absolutely does not.]

Perhaps we had best take you to see a wizard, Lady.

[demonsintheoven]

I don't need a heart...

[brosif]

No, you don't.

But what do you need?

[demonsintheoven]

My head to be only my own...

[brosif]

Then let us seek help for that. Are there any mages here that you trust? Any healers?

[demonsintheoven]

I don't know...

[brosif]

Then I shall take you to one.

[Her thoughts go to Loki, first, but his magic is dwarfed here. The most powerful is, by all accounts, a child. She bristles inwardly at the thought.]

Where are you, now?

[demonsintheoven]

Outside...

[[Despite this being utterly unhelpful, she touches the orb, making it slowly spin around to show the castle behind her. it looks like she's in one of the greens just to the side of the main path into the building.]]

[brosif]

[Snow's words, as usual, give away nothing. But the location is familiar enough and Sif sets off towards the green. When she finds the woman, Sif puts her first to her chest in greeting.]

Lady Snow.

[demonsintheoven]

[[Snow looks up, eyes focusing first on Sif, then at something past her.]]

You'll see what's coming soon... won't you...?

[brosif]

[She has no gift for this -- if Snow means to talk of an upcoming battle, there are plenty enough of those in the future of the warrior maiden.]

I could not say. Will you come with me to the mage-boy?

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[demonsintheoven]

[[There's a long pause]]

... not now. You need to be you now. Until the red is gone...