Linamina
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Joan's awakening was particularly slow, beginning with a faint wooshing noise that seemed to come from all around her. It wasn't until she sat up that she realized it was her head with the worst throbbing headache she could imagine.
She didn't need to think hard to realize something was wrong. Never before had she awoken on a hard, cold floor. No...something sinister was at work. Joan managed to stand all the way up, her headache keeping her from screaming altogether.
She went to the door and pulled the handle to realize it was locked. She patted it soundly with her palm, not in the best of conditions to knock. "Hello!? Anyone!?" She jiggled the door handle a little more, hoping it would give her an exit and that someone would hear it but to no avail.
She turned and leaned against the door, almost shaking as quite tears spilled from her eyes. Joan knew to keep her cool but this was the first time she was really not in control of the situation; the first time she was truely vulnerable. She almost felt like a helpless child that just got captured by heavily armed slavers, which she may as well be for all she knew. It was then she took the time to notice the keys and the stone, going to them and picking up both. She looked at the stone carefully, not noticing anything precious about it but she was smart enough to know it wasn't coincidence that it was left here, so she tucked it in her dress top and went to the door with the keys.
Her shaking hands tried to agree with her to try each key and hope one would open it...
She didn't need to think hard to realize something was wrong. Never before had she awoken on a hard, cold floor. No...something sinister was at work. Joan managed to stand all the way up, her headache keeping her from screaming altogether.
She went to the door and pulled the handle to realize it was locked. She patted it soundly with her palm, not in the best of conditions to knock. "Hello!? Anyone!?" She jiggled the door handle a little more, hoping it would give her an exit and that someone would hear it but to no avail.
She turned and leaned against the door, almost shaking as quite tears spilled from her eyes. Joan knew to keep her cool but this was the first time she was really not in control of the situation; the first time she was truely vulnerable. She almost felt like a helpless child that just got captured by heavily armed slavers, which she may as well be for all she knew. It was then she took the time to notice the keys and the stone, going to them and picking up both. She looked at the stone carefully, not noticing anything precious about it but she was smart enough to know it wasn't coincidence that it was left here, so she tucked it in her dress top and went to the door with the keys.
Her shaking hands tried to agree with her to try each key and hope one would open it...