[ the returned knock and voice gets another sigh out of her. of course, not because someone has actually been instead this damned thing for however many hours but because they are alive. ciri had taken on many contracts that had ended in tragedy and with monsters already lurking about, she had imagined much worse.
either way, now wasn't the time to stand around and think of how things could be worse.
she reaches down, drawing her dagger and working it under the lid of the coffin. ]
Watch yourself!
[ it's her only warning before pushing it in more, enough to give her some leverage to pry it upwards. just enough to get her fingers under and getting something of a grip. it's a tough process but she finally pulls the lid up, ripping it away from the coffin and moving it aside.
there's no monster in the coffin. not one she can tell by first glance but she doubts this is any sort of higher vampire but the rules of new worlds did not always follow her own. yet, she offers a hand a lopsided grin on her dirt smudged face. ]
Let's get you out of this literal hole in the ground, shall we?
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either way, now wasn't the time to stand around and think of how things could be worse.
she reaches down, drawing her dagger and working it under the lid of the coffin. ]
Watch yourself!
[ it's her only warning before pushing it in more, enough to give her some leverage to pry it upwards. just enough to get her fingers under and getting something of a grip. it's a tough process but she finally pulls the lid up, ripping it away from the coffin and moving it aside.
there's no monster in the coffin. not one she can tell by first glance but she doubts this is any sort of higher vampire but the rules of new worlds did not always follow her own. yet, she offers a hand a lopsided grin on her dirt smudged face. ]
Let's get you out of this literal hole in the ground, shall we?