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[oldoldghost.livejournal.com]

[Brigitta appears on the plane, curled into a tight ball and shaking... She's near hysterical, tears have started down her cheeks and she keeps letting out odd coughing noises... Brigitta has not been having a good day] Oh please, oh please... Get me out.

[She shakes for a few more minutes and then seems to notice the plane, raising her head and blinking before falling over onto her side and letting out a cry of relief] It worked! Oh, thank heavens... It worked!

[Aaand she bursts into a fresh round of tears, these ones more relieved and extremely happy as she eventually elapses onto her back] Oh, air.

[Sits up again, her tears starting to slow gods, I really hate caves.

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[shinypaws.livejournal.com]

Brigitta!

[oldoldghost.livejournal.com]

[Faint smile] Hello.

[remare.livejournal.com]

{D:!}

Ah, Miss, are you alright? I mean, obviously you're not really, but...uhm...what happened?

[oldoldghost.livejournal.com]

[Sigh] ...I'm fine.

It was... [Shudder] Nothing.

[remare.livejournal.com]

...It certainly doesn't seem like "nothing".

[oldoldghost.livejournal.com]

[Staring firmly at her hands] ...The building collapsed.

[shinypaws.livejournal.com]

[Trots closer to her, tentatively.] What in the world happened? Are you alright?

[oldoldghost.livejournal.com]

I'm fine... A building collapsed, that's all, nothing to worry about.

[shinypaws.livejournal.com]

Oh dear...I am glad that you are uninjured, at least.

[oldoldghost.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's something... I have to go back.

[shinypaws.livejournal.com]

Go back? Are you sure it is wise, to go back right away?

[oldoldghost.livejournal.com]

...I can't go back right away, but I have to go back eventually [Hugs herself eyes on the floor]

[shinypaws.livejournal.com]

Take your time. Do not go back until you are ready.

[miseardae.livejournal.com]

[he rushes to her, concern etched deep into his figures as he kneels at her side] What happened?

[oldoldghost.livejournal.com]

If I am ready.

[oldoldghost.livejournal.com]

[Hugging herself] They... They collapsed the building I was staying in, I wasn't injured but it was dark and cramped [Shudder]

[shinypaws.livejournal.com]

[She smiles gently.] One can only run from one's fears for so long.

[miseardae.livejournal.com]

[a dark, deep scowl that he banishes a moment later; slowly, he reaches out to her]

[oldoldghost.livejournal.com]

[Tight smile] They're pretty big fears.

[oldoldghost.livejournal.com]

[She still shaking but doesn't yank away, instead leaning closer to him]

[shinypaws.livejournal.com]

I understand. [She pauses.] I would be happy to try and help you overcome it, if you so desire.

[oldoldghost.livejournal.com]

...I don't know if I can though.

[shinypaws.livejournal.com]

There is very little in this world that cannot be overcome.

[oldoldghost.livejournal.com]

[She sniffs softly, staring at her hands] ...I spent many years trapped, all alone in the dark.

[shinypaws.livejournal.com]

Ah...I see.

[oldoldghost.livejournal.com]

With no company for most of it.

[shinypaws.livejournal.com]

That is terrible. How in the world did you escape?

[oldoldghost.livejournal.com]

I don't know, they had been digging and... There was this surge of magic, I don't know how to describe it.

[shinypaws.livejournal.com]

But you got out--that is what is important. And certainly, you can get out again.

[oldoldghost.livejournal.com]

I suppose so, it's only a building this time...

[shinypaws.livejournal.com]

Is there anything I can do?

[oldoldghost.livejournal.com]

Such as?

[shinypaws.livejournal.com]

Hm, well provide a light, perhaps. Or even food or water.

[oldoldghost.livejournal.com]

...You can do that?

[shinypaws.livejournal.com]

I could, yes! I am a sun goddess, after all.

[oldoldghost.livejournal.com]

[Faint smile] But would it last back in my world?

[shinypaws.livejournal.com]

The food and water, certainly, and the light would last a little while. And you could always come back here at certain times, until you are freed.

[oldoldghost.livejournal.com]

[Smile] I don't think it will be that long, but a light will definitely make me feel better.

[shinypaws.livejournal.com]

Ah, then wait just a moment.

[She disappears and comes back with a torch, the kind that burn for a few hours. She draws a figure eight over the top, igniting it, and offers the non-burning end to Brigitta.]

[oldoldghost.livejournal.com]

[Brigitta is beaming as she takes the torch] Oh... That's brilliant.

[shinypaws.livejournal.com]

Ah, it is nothing. When it goes out, simply return and I will fetch you a new one.