Day One: Morning

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The sound of rain pelting the ground resonated from all directions. It was a far away sound, but as with the beating of her heart, it all came crashing in at once. The downpour was shockingly unrelenting, and she was left soaking to the bone. Her eyelids fluttered briefly, before squeezing shut as pain throbbed to her very being. A headache like none other gripped within her cranium, and she lay for an extended moment. Even though the rain beat down upon her battered body, she could not move out of pain and confusion.

?Where am I??? her words were washed away within the rain and wind. Not that there was anyone around to hear them. She found enough strength to sit up within her muddy puddle, and with one shaking hand she felt her aching head. Her face contorted as gingerly she felt her wound. Skill fragments and hair were felt beneath her fingertips, but also she could not ignore the circuitry that lay beneath. Her injury was apparent, and not bleeding, but she did not know the worst of it. She had forgotten everything, even who she was.

The shock of her waking in some strange situation soon washed away with the rain, too. The girl rushed to the shelter of some ruined structure, although it gave very little protection. She huddled against the cold stone wall and pulled off her pack. Soggy bread lay within, and she poked it reluctantly. She looked at the other items within, and fiddled with one in particular, before putting it away. One hand wiped along her nose, sniffling coldly before hugging herself. She wasn?t sure what to do, or where to go. Without even knowing herself, she felt utterly lost.

Although the comfort of a small shelter was nice, she knew she could not sit idly forever. Something had happened here, wherever she was. She gripped her head then, feeling the pain rip through her in a wave. She gasped, and it subsided. The fact that her head was filled with circuits and the like meant that she was not human, and that gave her something to go on. Many questions ran through her head, but she knew she had to leave this place, if the person who did this to her was still around. She took off into the rain, and out of freight she watched over her shoulder at every moment. There was something going on here, and she wouldn?t let them get her?she was different, that was for sure.