video; ~5 pm

[momchester]

[Mary looks... well, alive, which is a bonus, but also frazzled and exhausted, with pale skin, dark circles under her eyes, lips chapped, hair falling out of her ponytail.

But more than that, she looks haunted.]

I'm back. I'm alive. [Her lips press together in a thin line. She bows her head and talks to her knees.] No thanks to those monsters.

I don't know if anyone else made it out... there were no- [sniffing hard to avoid tearing up.] -shelters. Nothing Darkness proofed. [Head still bowed tightly.] I don't know if any of those people I fought with made it out alive, but if they didn't, I'm going to tell you all right now.

[She finally looks up, eyes welling now with tears she refuses to cry.]

They hunted us. They bound us, put collars on us, they put us in cages. They chased us and hunted us down like we were fucking dogs and we couldn't-

[she claps a hand over her mouth, breathing hard to rein in her emotions. When she opens her eyes again, there's something chilling and deadened in her eyes.]

When I died at home- the first time, before I came here... it was a demon. A demon pinned me to the ceiling and burned me alive in my baby's nursery, and I didn't feel as violated as I did those two days. In that cage. [She shakes her head intently, looking away.] Those monsters kidnapped children. They wanted to see every one of us die like dumb fucking animals.

I wonder what would happen if I prayed for them. [There's a weird look in her eyes. Something you wouldn't leave your children alone with.] It's the Christian thing to do.

Would I get their souls into Heaven, or their heads on a plate?

[With a last ugly look at the NV, she turns the public feed off.]

[Private to Jinx]

I found a plus one.

[Private to the angels]

Did you hear my prayer? [The one she whispered as she lay dying.] Please, tell me none of you- tell me you didn't go there. Please.

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[bloodthirsts]

[Now Nill's reluctance to tell her makes sense and there's that twist inside, that anger that two of her friends and so many others were subjected to that!

It's just like back in Neo Genesis when...]

Who did this to you?

[momchester]

Some asshole named Spencer.

[bloodthirsts]

[Seras' eyes glow for a moment, fire embers and two sides of her are duking it out internally.

The side of law which says to bring up charges and arrest this bastard and the beast that simply wants to go tear him apart.]

He won't get away with it.

[momchester]

I know. I'm going to the police as soon as I can.

[bloodthirsts]

[Damn, she has to respond to that.]

I'm an officer, miss. If you'd like me to help.

[momchester]

...Really? Would you?

[Damn, she didn't mean that to sound as lost-little-girl.]

I'm not used to actually working with authorities.

[bloodthirsts]

Of course, I'm glad to be able to help.

I'll meet you and take your statement and we'll get a report filed to get charges under way,

[momchester]

Okay. I can try to get ahold of the others, too.

[bloodthirsts]

That'd help, the more witnesses we have the better.

[momchester]

I'll do my best. The whole city needs to hear about this.

[bloodthirsts]

Great. When you're ready come by the station in sector four and I'll take the report and all your stements.

/threadjacks

[vw_coyote]

I'd like to press unlawful imprisonment, kidnapping, gross bodily harm and attempted murder charges.

[She thinks for a moment.]

And anything else I can get away with.

[bloodthirsts]

[Seras smirks for a moment, you're talking her language]

Of course, miss. I'll look what else we can bend for the situation.

[vw_coyote]

Assault, I'm sure. Assault with intent, probably.

And, I can identify more than one of them.

[By nose, but, she can say she saw them. It won't be a lie.]

[bloodthirsts]

You can? That's brilliant. With so many witnesses we'll definately get grounds for an investigation.

[vw_coyote]

I can. I also know several of them took injuries.

[One bitch had a slice to the face.]