August-September 2024 Test Drive Meme

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August-September 2024 TDM

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🦊 New Star Children meet the Fox still in their worlds, and she brings them into the new realm of Folkmore. As you follow her, your body begins to change and new characteristics emerge. These may stay for a while, or perhaps they will hide away after. And during all of this, the Fox explains to you where you will be going: to Folkmore.

and then... you fall like a shooting star, falling to the land in a burst of starlight.


🦊 Experienced Star Children are already familiar with this time of the month. There are shooting stars all across the sky, and some fall to the land, which means the Fox has brought new arrivals. These newly arrived Star Children will face some tests, but Thirteen wants the more seasoned residents to participate as well.

Perhaps you follow the falling stars on your own, or perhaps the Fox simply teleports you there, but it appears you too will be part of this.

[ Prompt One ★ Prompt Two]

Scavengers Survive . ★

Content Warnings: Potential Wilderness Survival, Potential Death

New Star Children arrive in Amrita Academy, the largest school in Folkmore. They might arrive in the medical wing, or they could arrive in areas of the school that don't look like a school at all: forests with animals to hunt or gather, including for their medicinal properties; rocky crags with climbing routes; fields full of growing grains; meadows with sheep covered in soft wool; lakes and rivers with unusual denizens. It's like a miniature of Folkmore all in one school.

A fox with a clipped ear and a few scars greets each Star Child upon arrival. She explains that while things can be summoned with Lore, the best survivors learn to scavenge and to find what they need. New Star Children haven't earned much Lore yet, so that surely applies to them double. In fact, as befits a survival school, there are items that will help Star Children survive hidden all around and immediately outside the school. Star Children are directed to make a list on their Relic of everything they think they need to survive. Once made, the list cannot be changed. They will be more likely to find those items than others (though it will not be impossible).

Race, jog, or stroll around the expansive school in search of these items: clothes, bags, first aid kits, tents, survival supplies, etc. They might be harder to find than expected as they will be miniature and in little cubes aka survival squares (a misnomer). These cubes may be tucked away above, below, beside, or inside something. They also may float against a rock face or in the air among tree branches. The most likely locations are those densest in Lore. The longer Star Children explore, the more they will realize that these cubes are best and most easily obtained by working together. In fact, they will try to dodge and avoid the grip of a Star Child more than ten feet away from any other Star Child. Perhaps that's because two Star Children interacting are creating Lore and a Lore dense location? Once two Star Children touch the cube at the same time, the cube will disappear, and the item inside will grow to full size. Congratulations on being one step closer to survival. Remember to share.

Come mid-September, few cubes will remain inside the school. Star Children will have to check the perimeter of the school to find more survival squares. That task grows exponentially harder as the cubes are in the molasses-thick moat of concentrated Lore surrounding the school. Should anyone dip their spoon in the moat, in the Lorasses if you will, they will find that it tastes sweet, a rich spicy sweetness. Amazing! Less amazing? It is impossible to get past the moat of Lorasses. No matter how strong a swimmer or oarsman, it is impossible to make headway through or atop the Lorasses. Anyone attempting to fly across the moat will find themselves slapped by a giant sticky slappy hand rising like a goliath from the depths with perfect aim. Star Children can find themselves slapped anywhere from the shore to the center of the school. Star Children are free to get creative with ways to dig the survival squares out of the Lorasses, but beware! They'll have difficulty freeing themselves on their own from the sticky substance, should they fall in.

Since Star Children are likely to find themselves in sticky situations quite literally, they may be pleased to know that Amrita Academy has showers available for use. Unfortunately, due to one student's experiment, the shampoo is all made of beer. That's right, beer. It's good for one's hair! Or so the study should demonstrate. Be sure to fill out a feedback card outside the locker rooms.

• All new Star Children arrive in Amrita Academy.
• Star Children are greeted by a fox who prompts them to write a list of what they need to survive. These lists cannot be changed once made.
• Star Children search for tiny cubes with survival supplies, especially ones on their lists.
• Star Children must work together to catch & open the cubes.
• Come mid-September, Amrita Academy is surrounded by a Lore-rich molasses moat—Lorasses. Thou shalt not pass.
• Once the moat arrives, most cubes are in the moat. Shower to get clean afterward with beer for shampoo.

This is Our Get Along Shirt . ★

Content Warnings: Forced Close Contact, Coerced Behavior

It can be stressful to arrive in a new place among strangers and strange things. It can be even more stressful, sometimes, to be among people one knows. The fact remains that in Folkmore, no one is an island. The Shattered Spoon Shrine is a testament to that. Interact or perish. Those interactions usually don't even have to be positive. An emotionally charged argument generates Lore same as a touching reunion. However, Amrita's iteration has taken charge of Folkmore this month. She values cooperation and connection.

What does this mean for Star Children? It's time to get along.

When Star Children fight—physically, vocally, emotionally—they get stuck together in a magical t-shirt. This plain white t-shirt has 'This is our get along shirt' written on it on both sides, one in each Star Child's handwriting. (If a Star Child does not have handwriting, Thirteen will invent a handwriting she feels best represents them). The shirt works exactly as written on the tin. Until the two Star Children can get along, they will be stuck together in the shirt. Getting along can look a few different ways. It could be working through the reason they were fighting. It could be cooperating to accomplish something else. It could be helping someone else together. It could be large or small. Somehow, Star Children will have to get along to accomplish something.

The shirt will disappear, leaving them standing next to each other, only to reappear duplicated in each of their hands, perfectly sized to fit each individual. Should they so choose, either can be used for a repeat performance, with both of them trapped inside again. While the same condition will apply—they must get along to get out of the shirt—the shirt will now make it easier for them to work it out. Note: only the two people who originally wore the shirt can put it back on. No one else can wear these shirts.

One time only, a Star Child's cooperative escape will have an additional prize: their souvenir t-shirt will be wrapped around an item from either their home universe or their partner's. That's right, getting along can get a Star Child something from another universe.

• When Star Children get in a fight of any kind, not just physical, they get stuck together in a magical t-shirt.
• The shirt says “This is our get along shirt” front and back in characters’ own handwriting (or imagined handwriting).
• As written on the tin, Star Children are stuck until they figure out how to get along
• When they separate, both partners will get a copy of the t-shirt that fits them. They can choose to get back into said t-shirt together to figure out how to get along easier in the future.
• One time only, Star Children receive an item from their home universe or their partner’s.

Comments

Rose Da Silva | Silent Hill (deercountry crau) | Legend

[rosae]

ARRIVAL

( The last thing Rose remembers is the smell of the ocean, and a deep, pressing ache in her chest. She was returning home to her most precious person, and yet — leaving another version of that most precious person behind as she started to step back into the waves. It was her time to go, but her heart couldn't feel at true peace, split in two.

When she wakes this time, it's with the soft, fluttering knowledge that she has returned to her daughter back home — Sharon, nine years old, smiling bright and white (maybe a little too sharp, a little too strange, something had changed about her, but Rose didn't care, she had her back). Even if neither of them could ever truly be home again, even if that perpetual white haze hung around them. She had all she needed. She was happy.

Rose slowly sits up from a hospital bed, thinking for a moment that she'd seen the soft glow of feathery white over her shoulder. The wings have vanished for now, but she knows something's changed, yet again, in her. Folkmore, the word whispers in her mind.

She knows this self is without her daughter once more, an understanding that stabs her through the chest. Rose gives a soft exhale as she looks around the room, and alarm quickly joins her sorrow, not quite replacing it, but demanding her immediate attention. She's clearly in some sort of medical facility, and memories of the horrors of Brookhaven Hospital flash in her mind. Could she be.. back there? Back in Silent Hill? That doesn't match what the Fox told her, and somewhere deep down Rose knows it isn't right, but she can't help hanging onto the notion as she slips from the bed, keeping her footsteps light.

If you happen to also be in the medical wing, she'll quickly become alerted to the presence of another person and immediately freeze, wide-eyed as she tenses back — but she seems more resolved than truly afraid, and her voice doesn't tremble when she speaks, eyes hard and locked on to her new companion. She won't trust anyone until she knows she can. )

Who are you?

( Later, after Rose leaves the area, it becomes apparent that it's not an entire hospital. It's something else — some kind of school? University? It's huge, and she's having a hard time navigating her way. This time, there are no children's drawings to guide her, no flash against the peripheral of her vision of a little girl darting away for her to follow. This is surreal, but she's certainly no stranger to surreal things by now, and though she's wary of any stranger, she will begin to approach others in the school. )

Excuse me. What can you tell me about this place...?

SURVIVAL

( Once instructions are given to her regarding the little scavenger hunt, Rose sets out to track down the items she'd listed on her Relic, but she hadn't spent much time considering them, typing them in quickly. Food, water, a blanket. First aid. Her coat. A weapon. She's really only concerned with finding one thing. She knows another version of her daughter exists out there in the universe, and though maybe there's a slim chance that she would end up with her again, Rose will never give up looking for her. Never. She'll search this entire place to make sure, however long it takes.

But even she can't keep going without some of those aforementioned items on her list. Soon enough, she's feeling the pang of hunger, the unpleasant dryness at the back of her throat, yearning for something to drink. As she searches for her daughter, she's simultaneously searching for these things that were alluded to, and makes her way into the forest area of the strange school. She steps carefully, knee-high boots light against the forest floor, placing her hand against tree trunks as she pushes her way through.

When she eventually comes across one of those miniature cubes, she halts, tilting her head up as she stares at the thing, hovering between two tree branches. It's high enough that she has to stand on tiptoes to grasp for the item, but as soon as her fingertips come close.... it evades her as though it has a mind of its own, darting away to rest on another branch. Rose startles, brows raised — and tries again, only for the incident to repeat. Frustrated, she gives a huff and takes a step back, then crouches to the ground to scoop up a few small loose stones. Maybe she has to hit the thing....? Feeling ridiculous, like she's playing some carnival game, she starts tossing them at the cube — but nothing happens, only the soft thuds of stones bouncing off and hitting the ground. )

Come on....!

( Even Silent Hill, a hellscape full of twisted puzzles, lacked anything like this..... )

NETWORK

( The device is... strange, but Rose figures out how to work it soon enough, thanks to the tutorial that pops up when she turns the thing on. )

un: RDS —
Is anyone here familiar with a place called Silent Hill?

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— ETC.

feel free to wildcard exploring / survival shenanigans, as rose will be all over the place. will match format!

survival { And sweetest - in the Gale - is heard -

[matermali]

[ Vanessa has never found any need to spend time at this particular school, despite its placement in Willow, but it's only too easy to spot the falling stars which land in that direction. Given how close she already is, she sees no harm in wandering near—a small part of her will usually wonder if someone she already knows may appear. Something to dread as much as hope for.

Her steps are silent, with bare feet somehow avoiding the disturbance of any loose twigs or flora in the woods, but the train of her dress may brush across any fallen leaves in her path as she follows her senses to the nearest Star Child. One isn't far. She can smell them before she hears the huffs of frustration.

From the shade of one of the larger trees, pale blue eyes watch with a gentle glow, observing what appears at first glance to be something of a lost cause.

Whatever the woman is attempting to knock down—a cube?—is doing well to elude her. It must be important. There's always a quest, or a test, or some way that the Fox insists on wasting energy.

More than willing to ease the stark transitions for any new arrivals as best she can, Vanessa lifts a pale hand to rest against the tree trunk, then reaches for the nearest branch as though preparing to climb. Her nearing presence, however, seems enough to cause the cube in question to fall from the branch and dart in the other direction. It's enough to bewilder her back into stillness, as though she had just frightened a bird she was hoping to pet. ]

[rosae]

( By the time she notices that she has company, the other woman is close, enough to startle Rose when she moves, something at once so pale and so dark.

'Oh', Rose breathes, hand stopping where it was aimed to throw another stone at the cube (a task she surely should have given up on by now, but the border between resilience and frustration is a thin one, and some part of her just needs to unleash some of her upset. She's somewhere new and impossible, again, and Sharon isn't beside her, and she wonders if she is damned to lose her daughter again and again. She could scream, but it will do no good. So— chucking rocks it is.)

Until a pair of pale blue eyes is peering at her, and the woman's white arm is moving up, and Rose slowly lowers the stone to her side, then lets it drop to the ground below, watching. Immediately, the cube does the same thing as it had to her — whisked away like some invisible hand's pulled it back. She can see that it's startled the other woman as much as it had startled herself when it'd happened, and so she manages a soft, humourless echo of a laugh. )

At least it isn't just me that it doesn't like.

( Speaking about the thing like it's some nervous animal. But it's difficult to focus on her troubles with this ridiculous scavenger's hunt in the face of the mysterious new stranger — from the way she's dressed to those eyes, she's almost inhumanly beautiful, something that could only be described as ethereal. It's striking, to suddenly be in the company of such a person, and Rose can't help staring. The question she asks next may seem foolish, but she's still grappling with all of this, and with the kinds of people who call this place home. )

Do you... You live here?

Arrival

[subject_013]

[Perhaps she reaches a T-shaped intersection just in time to spy a long shadow angling across the floor. Then a pair of personages turns the corner, one a hare the size of a human adult toward the taller end of short, clad in a tan lab coat with gold spectacles perched on its twitchy nose. The other is a tall, robust male human-looking personage clad in black, his handsome face impassive as he listens to the other rabbiting away, dark glasses hiding his eyes.]

[That's when he spies Rose, it would appear; he pauses mid-stride, his weight off his back foot. He'll draw himself up taller, gazing at her almost as if for the first time. So much time has passed for him that it feels like a first impression.]

Rose?

[A throaty, cultured baritone with a hint of a Transatlantic accent; perhaps she has some recollection of it and the strange, quietly menacing man attached to it.]

[Memories flood through Wesker's mind like the tides of the Pthumerian Sea: meeting in the Tower's domain, when she found him buried in a pile of body bags, their encounters and conversations, his connection with Sharon, training the girl to defend herself, and most painfully, if someone like him can still experience the pain of the heart, discovering Rose had returned to the sea.]

I could say something clever about that being the question so many of us ask, but somehow I doubt that's what you had in mind.

[rosae]

( The first thing she notices is the hare — naturally — and she's startling enough that she takes an odd step back. That's... something one doesn't see every day, and for all the horrors of Silent Hill and the subsequent horrors to follow in Trench, a human-sized rabbit is an entirely new startle.

Then someone says her name.

'Rose?'

She turns her head to face the man, mouth open in a shock that only grows when she takes him in. Even with those sunglasses on his face he's immediately recognisable, and something up under her sternum hitches. )

Dr. Wesker?

( Oh yes, she remembers him, and the sight of someone familiar has her taking a step forward to counter the one she'd taken backwards. She does cast a quick, uncertain glance to his strange companion, but it's Wesker that she needs to focus on, so she does. )

You're here. Are you.... all right?

( She could mean a thousand things with that, means it any way he can take it. )

Network; text, un: cloud s.

[moseyin]

[Oh, shit. Oh shit. Hoping and praying Sharon hasn't seen this yet, but if worse comes to worst and this turns out to be one of those people who like, apparently burned her to death, Cloud'll gear up and head to her place. Please at least don't be one of the kids.]

Who's asking

[rosae]

( The response immediately has her heart skipping a couple of beats and then pounding. Because it's telling, that answer. It's definitely not a 'no'. )

Someone who was trapped there, once. Maybe it's happening again.

ii.

[dohaeris]

[sansa is excited to catch the familiar scent of a sleeper, and more excited when she sees who it is. she wears her black leather vest over a simple knee length charcoal vest with her chatelaine clipped to a loop on the side; lady pads beside her in a matching leather vest.

next to her a very large and full bag of cubes floats along courtesy of the unseen servant spell she's recently mastered.]

Rose? It's Sansa. I'm Sharon's friend.

[but her memories of rose are mixed up with sharon's memories from the book, and the future vision they had from bausphomette. she doesn't remember when rose went back to the sea, if it was before or after her big announcement. she pauses.]

I hope I've told you that I'm Sansa, and not Alayne.

[rosae]

( Rose immediately recognises the well-spoken young woman. Her memories are fresh — she'd chatted with her on the Omni device. They'd spoken of keeping busy, and useful skills, and she'd learned that the girl made clothing. She knows little else of her but that, but what truly matters is that she's familiar.

The woman turns to her, dropping the small handful of little stones from her palm, eyes wide and brows lifted and something relieved, stunned, and desperate all at once upon her face. When the girl says her daughter's name, her heart jolts. )

Hi, ( she all but breathes, voice soft and a little dazed. )

I don't think you did. Is Alayne... another name of yours? ( It sounds too distinct to be a nickname. )

network | un: incendiary

[fogsong]

[ Silent Hill. Sharon's mouth goes dry, her breath catching in her throat. Her heart stutters. The Relic trembles in her hands. With a sharp, almost frantic motion, she snaps it shut, the tiny strawberry charms dangling from it clinking together. Disbelief and doubt gnaws at her, and she quickly flips it open again, her eyes darting over the screen, desperate, as if somehow reopening it might change the words.

RDS. Silent Hill. Rose, Rose, Rose. No one else would think to use those initials. Not Vincent's bitch of a mother. Not her aunt. Not Dahlia. ]

Are those your initials? RDS? [ Sharon's not sure which feels most foolish: the hope or the fear. ]

[rosae]

( The reply makes her heart freeze for an odd moment. It's not a 'yes' or a 'no', but a question asked in return.

What does that mean?

Does it matter? She'll answer honestly, no matter if it may be somewhat foolish to out herself in this place of so many unknowns. She could be putting herself in danger. She doesn't care. )

Yes. My name is Rose Da Silva.

I was trapped in that place. I'm not sure if I might be again.

( She'd thought the same, when she washed up on the shores of Trench. This doesn't feel anything like that, but... the thought persists. )

network | un: K

[obeir]

I wouldn't say familiar. But I'd heard about it in the previous world I was in. Trench.

[ K figures it can't hurt to offer the name of 'his' place in turn, on the off chance the newcomer might know of it — there's been more Deerington and Trench survivors showing up lately. He was the first the Fox brought here, years ago now, and he thinks it might be nice to touch base with more of the others... ]

[rosae]

( The response instantly steals her breath, and Rose is grasping the odd device tightly in both hands as she stares down at it, eyes wide as she rereads the message again and again with something stunned and desperate in equal measures. )

Trench. I was there, too. After Silent Hill, I was brought there.

( She doesn't recognise the username, but she feels closer to this person than she could possibly convey. )

You saw all of this, too? Felt it? The fox, the.. light?

Survival

[velocityraptor]

[ Trying to get a cube that's escaping upward is probably challenging for someone who's standing on the ground. Hawks, however, is not.

He swoops in, gliding as he grasps the escaping cube, then lands in front of her, offering a smile. ]

Trying to get this? [ He holds it out to the stranger with a charming smile. ]

[rosae]

( The sight of a man with wings probably shouldn't be too strange, at this point, considering Rose has seen a great number of strange things in a varietypack of strange worlds — and has some faint awareness that she has wings too, somehow, a fact she hasn't addressed again after waking up in this place and setting off. (They seemed to have vanished anyway, though she can feel something prickling in her spirit.)

....But all that said, the sight still has her mouth opening as she watches him swoop down, eyes widening in surprise. When she's offered the cube, she reaches slowly for it — and thinks she sees it quivering, like it might try to leap away again, but as soon as she places her hand upon the thing while his is also on it, it finally stays still. Only to abruptly vanish, and in its place is a generous water canteen. Rose gasps, taking the thing into both hands, baffled and appreciative all at once. )

Thank you. ( Despite her surprise, she sounds genuinely grateful, the waves of her frustration halted by one problem being fixed so suddenly. )

I was beginning to think I was going to run out of stones to throw.

survival

[aquilasshadow]

[Altair hadn't been to Amrita Academy yet. He already knew how to survive on his own but he was drawn to the school by the shooting stars, and the new arrivals they represented. This little survival game wasn't bad but it was annoying how the cubes were twice as hard to catch on your own than with a partner. Not that he was surprised. Thirteen loved to force everyone to work together. Still he was stubborn and he decided to play the game a bit differently. He laid in wait in a carefully chosen tree where there was a lot of foot traffic. He used his shadow magic to make the natural shadows he hid inside darker.

Sure enough his trap worked and he silently watched as Rose chased the cube into his tree. Just a little closer. He watched in amusement when she switched to tossing stones at the cube instead. It reminded him of when Sharon tried to get him down from the windmill. He decided to take mercy on her and he announced his presence with a quiet chuckle.]

You're going to be here all night at that rate.

[rosae]

( Immediately, the woman startles, head whipping to the sound of a chuckle, so subtle that it's almost hard to make out — but then the voice comes.

Rose drops most of the stones from her palm, but keeps hold of one. It's instinct more than a conscious decision, but her fingers tighten on the thing. It's all she has. No weapons, no means to defend herself. )

Who's there?

( She squints in the direction that voice had come from, all dark shadows. She's not fearless, her voice trembles just slightly at the edges, but she's determined, jaw set, eyes hard. She's not someone who will go down without a fight. ...And she's more than a little paranoid at this point, thinking any voice from the shadows could be a threat. )

arrival

[reloves]

[ Minako hadn't been able to really greet new people for a while, with how wild the previous months had been for all sorts of reasons. But maybe she figures that picking a routine back up might help her feel a little bit better - so the moment she notices those signs of new arrivals, she starts to move in the direction of where it looks like they're landing.

It seems that she's gotten to the right place, because that question makes it very clear that the other is new. The hint of confusion and wariness in Rose's expression only make it more obvious. ]

.. a lot. [ Is her initial answer.

Minako looks every single inch a teenager - a peppy one, even, with her bright long hair and her cute, fashionable way of dressing - but the answer sounds surprisingly serious. ]

Though I'm not sure where to start. Maybe you should sit down, actually.

[rosae]

( Rose can't help an odd pang as she takes in the girl — young and sweet-faced and possibly around the same age as Sharon was in Trench. Seconds after, there's a sense of alarm to see a young person in this place; is the girl safe? She seems to know about this world, though, judging by her answer. Could she be a native to it? Or possibly... brought here, the same as Rose was?

In any case, she's giving her utmost focus to the girl, nodding purposefully. )

I could probably use it. Sitting down, I mean.

( She breathes out a soft sound that's not quite a laugh, still feeling rattled and a bit dizzied by all of this. There's a nearby little seating area, and the woman moves to claim one of the armchairs, placing one hand to her forehead for a moment as she tries to gather herself. )

Is it normal for people to wake up on hospital beds, here?

Survival

[survivalthroughhate]

[It was Rose's presence in the Force that tipped Maul off that someone he knew had arrived again. There was something that lingered in the signatures of those who had come from Trench, some quality he couldn't quite explain, but which was very real to his senses. He always seemed to be able to track down someone when they came from either Trench or his own galaxy, the Dark Side pushing him towards where they were at.

As he came through the trees, he spotted a familiar face, and his eyes lit up in happiness. No longer were they the Sith yellow they had always been. Now, his eyes were grey, the color they had once been in his childhood and had returned to once he'd began to let go of some of his eternal anger.

Still, he had to make sure that this was truly the same Rose he'd encountered in Trench rather than a double, as had so often happened here. He moved forward, slowly, so that she wouldn't get startled if she wasn't used to his appearance.]

Do you know who I am?

[rosae]

( As soon as she sees him, she gasps — though not from a place of fear. There was a time she was intimidated by this man's appearance, and by some of the things he spoke of, but... it fizzled away so quickly once she got to know more of him, encountering him as a child version of himself and reminding her so much of Alessa. It was such an easy process to become attached to Maul; perhaps her heart has always had a weakness for beings of Darkness with so much more to them than meets the eye.

She's surprised, but then immediately relieved, and she starts moving closer to him. )

Yes— ( Rose gasps softly. He's a little different — the eyes aren't that startling golden she'd known so well, but she's staring at him with pure recognition. )

Maul. You're here.

arrival

[magike]

( the school was a new place to rowena, who'd been within this realm for just over a month, trying to learn what she could about it, to find her bearings. to investigate. so when they're brought she does that, information, items, anything that might be useful.

and apparently people, given the woman that finds her as she's looking through a shelf at some of the books there, not looking at her as she answers as if the books hold far more interest to her )

About the school or the realm we're in?

[rosae]

( Rose considers that for a moment. A contrast to the other woman's demeanor, the blonde is staring at her intently, purposeful. Desperate. )

All of it, anything you can tell me.

But maybe the realm, first. This isn't my first time being brought to some other world, but this one seems... very different from where I was before. Those places were like nightmares.

Network

[unphase]

Entirely.
I've heard a great deal from someone I consider a sister.
To say that none of what I've heard is pleasant is an understatement.

[rosae]

( Not only has this person heard of Silent Hill, but... from someone they consider close enough to be a sister.

Rose's heart freezes in her chest. She can hardly breathe, fingers numb as she types a response. Hope is all she has to cling onto, and she's clinging hard. )

It's horrible. A nightmare.
My daughter was trapped there, once. I'm looking for her now. To make sure she isn't trapped again.

The person you're talking about... is her name Sharon?