[ if she's being looked for, it does take a little while to find hulkenberg. or if you're just wandering around, wanting to investigate, maybe you just come across her. she's actually seated at a back exhibit of the museum. her halberd is across her lap, but she's not really doing much with it at the moment except... holding it. her knuckles are white, jaw tight, back straight and rigid, shoulders squared.
there's a tattoo, glowing down her spine, that just reads being there and still failing again.
she glances up when she realises that someone has joined her, but only gives roxana a small nod before looking forward again with a deep, steadying breath. ]
... nothing when we awoke in the simulation room, save for something shutting down. Nothing here. 'Tis no surprise, but regardless...
[ roxana comes to sit next to her. her eyes do not linger long on either the tattoo or the halberd, but they are both noted. so are the knuckles and the posture. ]
You still can't help but hope sometimes, to be able to do more.
[ a small huff. not a laugh, but her exhale abrupt. ]
'Tis infuriating, truthfully. Much of these games seem to be about waiting on tetherhook, until the orchestrators deign to drop them down, sending us off to solve the very thing they orchestrated in the first place.
Rats in a maze, and all that. [ tests, entertainment, evidence to something that the rats don't comprehend or appreciate. ] We already knew how little they cared for their participants. At least, I hope no one had any illusions about them, before now.
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there's a tattoo, glowing down her spine, that just reads being there and still failing again.
she glances up when she realises that someone has joined her, but only gives roxana a small nod before looking forward again with a deep, steadying breath. ]
... nothing when we awoke in the simulation room, save for something shutting down. Nothing here. 'Tis no surprise, but regardless...
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You still can't help but hope sometimes, to be able to do more.
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'Tis infuriating, truthfully. Much of these games seem to be about waiting on tetherhook, until the orchestrators deign to drop them down, sending us off to solve the very thing they orchestrated in the first place.
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[ since they're the ones who have to go through it. ]
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[ because why ]