[DROP] No time like the present

a s h e That voice slithered along her skin, twisted and dark and somehow bringing her back to a far more brutal time in her life. She tilted her head just slightly, peering closely.. And it rose, standing impossibly tall with its robes moving around it as though it were a phantom. Ashe had lurched forward from her hiding place upon the crumbling wall, just barely out of the shadows at its movement. Her first instinct was to rush forward and stand between her family and that thing.. But Devrum took charge, shielding Remi and her mother. She blinked, and quickly averted her gaze. Not needed. Better this way. She wasn’t sure her father would ever speak to her again. She listened to each word spoke, perhaps only half paying attention as she refocused on that figure. And that box. Something uneasy stirred in her as it stepped forward, towards them, and her foot slide forward against the stone almost on instinct. She took a slow breath and watched that face she couldn’t see, that alone enough to set her on edge, and then she looked down to that box so black it swallowed the light. She quirked her mouth to the side in thought.. And she finally made herself known to anyone that might be listening. While she didn’t exactly want to be noticed (Fuck you, Kalt), she needed to know more, and attacking the figure on the bridge for information seemed like a stupid idea. So… cooperation Fucker. ”Safe,” Ashe spoke, only just loud enough to carry forward. It was the first word she plucked from the top of her head, but she nearly cringed at it. Still, she kept her gaze steady on them, not allowing herself to check and see if anyone even cared to look her way.