She's seen that look before, on someone else's face.
Lapis snatches her hand away, yanking back. Nearly she tumbles over another stack of books, but even as she scrabbles to avoid that, she hits the edge of another table, sending papers flying in all directions as she lands with abrupt punctuation on her bottom.
Even then she's determined to move -- or perhaps, at this point, that's just blind instinct, knowing what kind of fate this woman can impart. On hands and knees she scrambles, limbs twisting in a mad flurry to try to pull back under control, trying to get away.
CLANG!
A force hits one of the walls with the strength of a battering ram, ringing through the small space. Another strike follows it, with enough force for a bubbled dent.
The walls are metal; the water will never get to her. But she can't help but try, the impacts resounding like a dull bell.
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Lapis snatches her hand away, yanking back. Nearly she tumbles over another stack of books, but even as she scrabbles to avoid that, she hits the edge of another table, sending papers flying in all directions as she lands with abrupt punctuation on her bottom.
Even then she's determined to move -- or perhaps, at this point, that's just blind instinct, knowing what kind of fate this woman can impart. On hands and knees she scrambles, limbs twisting in a mad flurry to try to pull back under control, trying to get away.
CLANG!
A force hits one of the walls with the strength of a battering ram, ringing through the small space. Another strike follows it, with enough force for a bubbled dent.
The walls are metal; the water will never get to her. But she can't help but try, the impacts resounding like a dull bell.