I'm not sure yet. [ She mutters, an aside: ] This place could do with a timer.

[ She's not sure how long they have left. ]

I imagine Rusalye to look a bit more... helpless and menacing than what I remember feeling in my dream. There was no sense of threat.

[ The water cuts out. ]

Blast. [ Nina bends and quickly captures some of the water left on the ground to rub out the lather at the ends of her hair. Standing, she reaches for one of the damp towels and wraps it around herself. Even with the towel thus secured, the lilac mark on her chest is still clearly visible. ]