Well, that was indeed a bad idea; the ice was WAY too hard, and strong as she was her fingers weren't exactly built for ripping things apart OR breaking through hard, solidified substances. Worst part of course was when the light of her crystal VANISHED, and thing shifted that she could see the series of pillars all throughout...<br/><br/>"Oh you've GOT to be kidding me..." she grumbled, before biting the inside of her cheek, which turned to be a bad idea s the temp plummeted, and made her shiver-saw into it, tasting her own blood. "Shit!"<br/><br/>This was stupid; it was a crystal, a crystal! Why couldn't she just buy one from the open market, or work on manufacturing her own, or finding some alternative crystal prism? But Nooo, she had to be dragged out to the middle of fuck-my-ass nowhere with the freezing cold, following some mumbo-jumbo test... of what? Test of what? What the hell was being tested besides her patience? Her ability to tolerate the cold and live in total darkness while she froze to death?!<br/><br/>She wasn't terribly fond of being upset at this sort of thing, but Lass had an idea of how to handle it better: closing her eyes, with hand pressed to cold pillar, she took that frustration she was feeling and just... pushed it outwards, out into the world, listening, searching, feeling...<br/><br/>Wasn't QUITE what her master had taught her to do to search with senses not her own, but...<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Mechanical Fuckery</div><div class="spoiler_body">So, through a series of fuckery:<br/><br/>Fear Check: 1 sux and 1 despair net, DDS flipped to inflict 3 conflict<br/><br/>Then, (Force) Perception check, netting 1 Failure, 1 LP/2DP, with the LDS flipped for a net of 1 sux.<br/><br/>Also 1/12 Strain, 0/18 HP, and 4 Conflict at this time.</div></div>