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Julia slowly approached, remaining deeply fascinated. Even in a situation like this, she couldn't help, but have some sense of admiration for the creations not just being brought to life by holograms, but into actual existence. Though from the way things we're progressing, it didn't look all too good. She stepped forward to halfway by the arena, arms crossed to observe, deliberately clicking her heels against the ground hard to signal her presence as she look at the cultist.
"I got tired of waiting for the show to begin, so I thought I'd bring it to you." Julia spoke with a certain smugness. Partly because she wanted to throw off the nun's confidence in her control, but also partly just because it was the truth. She could see Adam struggling which wasn't good. This was out of his element for many reasons...but also he seemed to be making some surprisingly careless mistakes. Nothing that told her it was reason to panic yet, but enough that made it clear as strong as his potential was, he still had a long way to go.
Julia debated simply walking over and stabbing the needle in the nun's neck...but....that probably wasn't the best solution yet. She'd keep it in mind, but there was no way to be sure what the rules for a shadow game were or what happens if you try to directly interfere with one. Still....
Nothing stopped her from just throwing his opponent off mentally a bit. A sadistic cult like this likely wouldn't care about each other that much, but....
"So, you're at least somewhat curious what happened to her, aren't you? You all seem a lot more invested in science than my normal students. So I, I got a question for you...." She settled into that mischievous smile.
"Do you know the freezing point for the human body?" As she made her bluff, she aimed to give a more graphic description to let the thought remain in the nun's head.
"First, comes the cold prick along with the numbing of the skin. Mild. Survivable. But then the chill starts to settle in. The body starts to discolor as the skin starts to peel and blister, but you're body doesn't even know it's in pain as you lose pieces of yourself, bit by bit. Then it gets worse. Muscles no longer work properly. Permanent nerve damage. Even if you survive, you'll never be the same again. Can't even get your body to move as you know you're dying, but you're brain still mostly actively as all the physical systems in your body start to shut down. You still won't even die for hours now, while your wishing that your death would just happen already as the last of your nerves in the brain starts to shut off, one by one."
Julia let her smile linger.
"Or you can just surrender, and that way you can avoid learning the answer."
74+10-20(Rebel)=64 success





