[DROP] No time like the present

a s h e Ashe listened to the creature, watched it turn its attention the woman in Ronin’s grasp, she listened to it speak, to it’s question. Would she jump off a bridge because some creepy thing in a cloak holding a box told her it was okay? Ashe listened to the various answers, to everyone speak. Her mother’s was expected, most were expected. Ronin himself was in a foul mood now it seemed, but - shit. Was that Archebold? Yes, it most definitely was. The assassin pursed her lips and and glanced away. Of course he was in this new world. She let out a long breath through her nose, reminded herself that this really was a new world, and she wasn’t going to cower before anyone. She refocused on those speaking and then.. Kalt mentioned he wouldn’t because of his daughter, and she quickly snapped her eyes away from him, throat constricting. Not right now. She wasn’t thinking about that right - She saw him. Watched him link arms with.. Who was that? Better this way. Better, better, better, she told herself, breaking the crushing silence in her head as her breath suddenly became hard to catch. She snapped her eyes back towards the figure. Watched it move closer to the crowd. Again. Her eyes narrowed and her attention latched onto the robed thing (and that box) as it thinned even further, still holding that box as others gave their answers. That was enough of hanging back, then. Ashe hopped down nimbly from her perch, refusing to look at anyone as she weaved through the crowd. She was soon standing at the front, and.. It was Vervain she stood herself shoulder to shoulder with, Remi on her other side. The figure was suddenly a whole lot taller when looking closer, and she raised her chin in spite of herself. She didn’t look at her mother, or Remi, or her father. She glanced at the black box. At the bridge and mist swirling beyond, and she inhaled deeply. Did she trust this strange being, its word that she would be just fine, and rewarded? Did she honestly think she could throw herself over the side of this ominous bridge on the word of a strange entity and survive? No, she absolutely didn’t. ”Yes,” Ashe said, voice hollow and neutral. ”I would jump.”