[Hopefully the deer-in-the-headlights expression on Rhodonite's face captures her inner terror well enough. Sure, she can handle it, but her mind is building her up to an impossible standard. The cheering from her fellow Dreamers is helping somewhat - she's not completely frozen, and her mind's still whirring - but this is still rough on her. But... she also can't run away. Ai-Doll is trusting her. The others trust Ai-Doll and so are trusting her by extension. Running would mean they'd all just...
Rhodonite trembles for a moment, pulse pounding in her ears, as she shakes her head violently. She won't let them disappear. She'll protect them, however she can. If she has to throw herself in front of a Torment, that's what she'll do. And if she can remove the problem before it's a threat, well... that'll work best.]
R-right. Right...!
[She's still visibly shaken, and Lisa is going to regret this Dream when she wakes, never mind that she needs to thank Hanako and Decadence (or their civilian selves) for their support later. But the fire is back in her eyes, smoldering yet not extinguished, and the sand in her bass shifts and glimmers as she adjusts her grip, before slipping the strap off her shoulder and swinging the body out with a flourish, taking a Torment apparently by surprise and blasting it aside. These things are going to pay for making her look so unreliable in front of Ai-Doll and the others...!]
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Rhodonite trembles for a moment, pulse pounding in her ears, as she shakes her head violently. She won't let them disappear. She'll protect them, however she can. If she has to throw herself in front of a Torment, that's what she'll do. And if she can remove the problem before it's a threat, well... that'll work best.]
R-right. Right...!
[She's still visibly shaken, and Lisa is going to regret this Dream when she wakes, never mind that she needs to thank Hanako and Decadence (or their civilian selves) for their support later. But the fire is back in her eyes, smoldering yet not extinguished, and the sand in her bass shifts and glimmers as she adjusts her grip, before slipping the strap off her shoulder and swinging the body out with a flourish, taking a Torment apparently by surprise and blasting it aside. These things are going to pay for making her look so unreliable in front of Ai-Doll and the others...!]