Author's note: this is from Magda's point of view
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I woke up at the sound of drums. There was some random murmur and as my head cleared up, the sounds became clearer.
"Ayayayaya!"
Someone screamed and my eyes snapped open.
I found myself in a pastel-orange room and the bright light was coming in through open arched windows.
The noise was coming from outside.
"You are awake!", an African woman approached me, and I focused on her full lips that smiled at me. "I am Akanke, the main wife."
I blinked while taking in my surroundings. I was on some bed that had colorful bedsheets. Red and green and yellow… and the only thing more colorful was the dress I was wearing.
It was a strapless dress that went flat over my chest and hugged my body down to half of my thighs. It was red and blue and green with golden threads throughout, and I never saw anything more hideous in my life.
