Viss had gone to bed in a much better mood than she had expected. A short interview of her neighbor at the dinner table and an equally short trip to the manor's kitchen had left her with a freshly refilled bag of licorice root that would get her over the next weeks. With everything that had happened that day she was too tired to waste any thoughts on her quarters. She just fell on the too soft bed and almost passed out.
When she woke up Viss was determined that this new day was going to be better than the last. Yes, she was in a very much unfamiliar place with an even more unfamiliar society, she didn't like the situation, true, but she had to admit that there wasn't much she could do to change that. Her only option was to adapt and make the best of it. Most of it she needed to be a more helpful member of their team. She couldn't just tag along, sulking in the background any longer. She would start by thanking Alderbaran for his hospitality.
Viss openes her eyes and whatever goodwil she might have harbored seconds ago vanishes immediately. A short scan of her surroundings reveals that a thank you is the last thing their host has deserved.
The first thing she discovers is that Alderbaran must still be oblivious to the extent of their abilities for she quickly realizes that if push comes to shove that cell wouldn't be able to hold her.
"Mistress..."
Viss' attention turns to the voice and she spots Pilari and Shirox covering at the foot of the bed.
Before she can open her mouth Shirox starts talking in a high-pitched and obviously shaken voice. "We are so sorry. We didn't see orvhear anything. We should have kept better watch, but neither of us woke up when they took us."
Viss steps over to the bed and gently pats the lemur on the head. "Don't worry. It's not your fault. I didn't wake up either. Whatever they did, they tricked all of us. But we have gotten out of worse situation, we'll get out of this one, too."
To her surprise her comforting words show little effect on her two animal friends. Pilari especially looks almost sick, her feathers in disarray and her little black eyes widened.
"Mistress...," the little canary chirps again. "Lady Sybil, she... The machine man, he..." The rest of her words got lost in a rush of disharmonious shrieking.
Viss frowns and for the first time she turns around to inspect the area outside her cell.
The first thing she spots is Sybils body in the table. She quickly averts her eyes but still the image of the desecrated Valkyrie is forever burned into her mind.
Viss fights down bile and raging hot anger as she forces herself to check the rest of the surroundings, making sure not to linger over the place where the machines hadn't stopped mutilating what was left of Sybil.
She spots the rest of the prisoners that are being held in cells similar to her's. Menek, Ciel and the new guy were nowhere to be seen and she hopes that this meant they were still somewhere free and hopefully trying to free them. Then again maybe it was better to act under the assumption that they had already suffered the same fate as Sybil?
Finally Viss turns to their captor who had been talking to the bound Fleshbane. Finding out what had happened to the other members was probably the smartest thing to do at the moment... She would have chuckled at this thought if the situation hadn't been so dire. She, opting for the smart thing to do. That was a first. Curai would be so proud when she told him that.
She fixes her eyes on Alderbaran and says, "So, for someone who calls himself a scientist you just made a very stupid thing, you know that, right?"
Her voice shook more than she would have liked but under the circumstances she was happy that she had found enough restraint to not have immediately attacked the guy.
((Edit: I know we are not in battle but would it be possible to start casting buffs now, so they are ready should the action start?))
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