They spoke about it months and months ago, and Elizabeth had brushed it off, then-- you're not ready yet and we'll talk about it when you learn the basics. She'd watched Nina accept the verdict but felt her frustration at not being ready yet.
Elizabeth would tell her not to feel that frustrated-- after all, she's being given time she never got to learn these things. But that's petty, and pettiness has no place in what they're trying to do here.
But half the stress in this situation comes from the surprise of it. So yesterday evening, when dusk was falling, a car came up behind Nina Sergeevna Krilova and took her away.
It was dark for hours, a hood over her head and her hands bound behind her. The car isn't gentle on the corners and so she bumps into the vehicle every time they make a turn (it smells old, well-used, vaguely like take-out, and it leans a little to the left on long stretches of road). After that the darkness persisted, and she was walked somewhere and left alone, in a corner, tied to a chair.
There is the sound of a leaky faucet, the drips echoing in the room. There's a heat source far enough away that Nina can't quite benefit from, and there are no footsteps.
Let me know if this is alright /o\
They spoke about it months and months ago, and Elizabeth had brushed it off, then-- you're not ready yet and we'll talk about it when you learn the basics. She'd watched Nina accept the verdict but felt her frustration at not being ready yet.
Elizabeth would tell her not to feel that frustrated-- after all, she's being given time she never got to learn these things. But that's petty, and pettiness has no place in what they're trying to do here.
But half the stress in this situation comes from the surprise of it. So yesterday evening, when dusk was falling, a car came up behind Nina Sergeevna Krilova and took her away.
It was dark for hours, a hood over her head and her hands bound behind her. The car isn't gentle on the corners and so she bumps into the vehicle every time they make a turn (it smells old, well-used, vaguely like take-out, and it leans a little to the left on long stretches of road). After that the darkness persisted, and she was walked somewhere and left alone, in a corner, tied to a chair.
There is the sound of a leaky faucet, the drips echoing in the room. There's a heat source far enough away that Nina can't quite benefit from, and there are no footsteps.