<div style="text-align: center;">As soon as the gods began to fade from her vision Anna took off in a run as she began her journey towards the west.  Her feet, well trained by her missions on Mars, naturally carried her at a brisk pace.  Soon the a river appeared, she first noticed it in the south but she soon noticed that it twisted northward and she was brought to a stop as she took a moment to collect herself and figure out her next course of action.  By now, in her mind, a minute had already gone by and no Railgun had magically appeared in her hands.<br/><br/>“<span style="font-style: italic">Is this a <span style="font-weight: bold">game </span>within a game?</span>”  She spoke softly.<br/><br/>“T<span style="font-style: italic">ell me <span style="font-weight: bold">thirty seconds</span> and I get my gun and lie to me?”</span>  She asked as she spread her arms out wide.  <br/><br/>“<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="font-style: italic">Well?</span></span>”  She asked as her eyes turned towards the skies above.<br/><br/>In an instant her arms buckled under the sudden appearance of weight, and she grunted as she kept herself from falling over forward as she adjusted to the familiar weight added to her arms.  Her eyes slowly moved downwards and a small grin appeared over her face as the familiar sight of her weapon came into view.<br/><br/>“<span style="font-style: italic">Dramatic pause?</span>”  She asked as her eyes looked back to the skies above.  Whatever the case was for her weapon not appearing sooner, she soon laid it to rest.  Her right hand's thumb flipped a switch on the side of the grip, causing a bright light to emit down the spine of the weapon soon followed by a nearly silent, yet equally audible, hum that helped signal the weapons readiness.  She quickly raised her left hand up, as her right hand strained holding the bulky weapon by itself, and grabbed her goggles and quickly pulled it back down over her eyes.  The all too familiar HUD soon came into view, but the amount of data she was seeing was nothing in comparison to the sheer volume of data she would normally get.  No  map in the upper right corner letting her know the area, nor was there any indication of her tracker that would give her an indication of potential hostiles in the nearby area.  Those were just two of many things missing, many things she would soon learn to survive without.<br/><br/>But as she began to get comfortable with her weapon, something felt off in the nearby area.  She quickly turned around towards the way she had come, half expecting to catch a glimpse of that witch from earlier, yet she saw nothing.  Anna quickly raised her Railgun up as she slowly began moving.<br/><br/>“<span style="font-style: italic">Whomever is out there, <span style="font-weight: bold">show yourself</span>!</span>”  She demanded.</div>