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Elysian Dreams
Freya’s eyes flickered open in the darkness as she let out a soft groan. As her mind spun back into consciousness, she realized that she was laying down awkwardly, and inside a small compartment of some sort.
The air seemed thick and dry and somewhat dusty, though what concerned her most was that something extremely heavy seemed to press down on her. She tried to move her arms and legs, but found that they were pinned down by whatever was on top of her.
She poured the energies of Ascendant Form through her body, then pushed aside the large slab of granite stone that was on top of her. The slab hit the stone floor with a KRAK, and broke into large chunks all around the floor.
Those pieces settled themselves around the broken and cracked ground even as Freya pushed herself out of the small crater she
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