No light in the distance

[gilttrip]

[It's a tiny mistake that costs her everything. After her father's features had been transformed in the most horrible way possible, it had been a mad rush to flee from the crazy triangle and his friends. At first, Pacifica had thought they would make it, even if she and her mother had been slowed down by dragging her father's stumbling form between them. Then, they'd gotten separated by the crowd of townsfolk trying to escape, Pacifica torn away despite her grip on her parents. By the time she'd fought her way back out, her parents were nowhere in sight. Instead, she'd been greeted with a madness bubble heading straight for her.

She doesn't remember anything after that, Pacifica realizes, as she sits up with a groan. Her head aches--actually, scratch that, her everything aches--and she's coming to the unpleasant conclusion that she has no idea where she is. The trees around her are eerily silent where she expects to hear screams from terrified townsfolk, and there is dirt where there should be asphalt. How did she get from the middle of the street to...well, this?]

Hello...? [Pacifica calls out tentatively as she shakily gets to her feet.] Is anybody there?