“Doesn’t matter. Hurt Lena, you die. Not that Lena can’t defend
herself, watch!” Without prior warning, the doll Lena leapt into
the air, becoming bigger and bigger until she was the same size as
Lean/Iteral. ”Lena will protect me! She’s the best sister
ever!” Lilith claps her hands excitedly, giggling.
Lean flies closer and holds up both hands, flying a little wobbly
now. She was nowhere near the broom artist that the other Iteral
was. "Heheh, it is a fun power but how about we relax... inhale and
exhale, there is no need for getting worked up." She even pulls out
a piece of candy for Lilith and another for Lena, unsure if she
even ate things.
You know the first rule in combat?
shoot them before they shoot you.
She smiled faintly, but scowled as she turned to look at Legion.
"Fine. But he stays with me." He smiled coyly, darkly, even.
"I'll accommodate my schedule to the addition of a new experiment,
then. For now, leave. I trust you can get to your room until I find
a real bodyguard." Aret glared at him for a moment, then turned
around and began to walk away, holding Kendo's hand.
𓍊𓋼𓍊𓆑 𓇗𓋼 **•̩̩͙✩•̩̩͙*˚ You are the light
I've been searching for forever ˚*•̩̩͙✩•̩̩͙*˚* ⋆┈┈。゚❀ུ۪ ❁ུ۪ ❃ུ۪ ❀ུ۪ ゚。┈┈⋆
Kendo let himself be dragged along. He laughed softly.
"If I had a nickel for every time I got caught in an undercover
mission for a cult-ish group trying to take over the world, I'd
have 2 nickels. It's not much, but it certainly is strange it
happened twice, no?"
Lilith continues looking upset, and as a result, Lena grew larger,
hovering defensively near Lilith and acting of its own accord.
“Hmph” Seeing Lilith look at the candy, Lena goes over to take the
candy from Iteral, making a “give me” motion. “Lena likes candy.
She does eat food.”
"Well, so does young King Caspian over here. That's why I tend to
always carry some around." Lean smiles and looks into her bag, then
back at Lilith. "I know you are more of a doll person but... what
do you think of her?" She pulls out a bunny plush from her bag,
white with blue highlights, only one button eye remaining and
looking worse for wear.
You know the first rule in combat?
shoot them before they shoot you.
“Ooh. Pretty doll! Does it house a soul too? Can I hold it?” Lilith
asks, flying close to Iteral as her dress turned back to white, as
well as her wings. Lilith is smiling now, so Lena shrinks back to
normal size and sits on Lilith’s lap.
"Oh, no, no, this... eh, this is my comfort bunny from back in
ninetee-" She stops mid-sentence, realizing that time works
differently here. "... from when I was a kid. It has no soul but my
mother stitched it up. Ever since... I left... I kept it around.
Though I'm nowhere near the seamstress they were."
You know the first rule in combat?
shoot them before they shoot you.
Aret stayed quiet, looking down as she walked. She felt incredibly
guilty, thinking she was the reason he was caught in the first
place. "I'm sorry..."
𓍊𓋼𓍊𓆑 𓇗𓋼 **•̩̩͙✩•̩̩͙*˚ You are the light
I've been searching for forever ˚*•̩̩͙✩•̩̩͙*˚* ⋆┈┈。゚❀ུ۪ ❁ུ۪ ❃ུ۪ ❀ུ۪ ゚。┈┈⋆
Ghost looks over to Hornet and pulls out their nail motioning for a
challenge.
Hornet
Hornet sees this and accepts the challenge, a bit later Ghost
fumbles one of their attacks and gets hit by Hornet causing them to
be stabbed. Hornet stares at the cracked mask as it hits the ground
all the while the rest of their body disappears.
Lilith’s eyes brighten in understanding, and she makes crabby
hands. “May I hold the doll? It’s such a darling! I can help you
fix it, if you want. My dolls are all handcrafted, from their
little porcelain hands to their beautiful locks. Their hair is my
hair when I cut it!”
Lean nods and, although a little reluctantly, hands the doll over.
"Please be careful... it survived a lot with me." The bunny itself
even had a hole inside it's stomach, revealing an intact bullet
almost the width of itself. "It saved my life."
----
Chiara looks outside her tent and stares at Hornet and Ghost, as
one of them disappeared. At first, she wanted to intervene but...
she gave it a rational thought. A sister who cares about her
brother and comes from Hollownest would not kill them. Maybe they
play? She thought, then retreating into her tent.
You know the first rule in combat?
shoot them before they shoot you.
Hornet looks at Ghosts shade and says, "Stop being dramatic and
beat this thing already!" Just like that Ghost jumps over from
behind the tent and fights their shade
Ghost
After taking it down Ghost bows to Hornet because she had won and
continued to chase bugs with their nail.
Lilith coos, happily taking the doll, resting it on Lena’s lap.
“See Lena? This is a bunny! Like you, she’s a protector! You two
can play together, but be gentle okay? She’s very fragile and
precious to Miss Iteral!” Lilith lets the two “play”, and shuts her
eyes, humming. A wisp of magic flows out, and shapes itself into a
bunny. As time passes, the bunny gets more and more detailed,
before she had created a copy exactly like Iteral’s. “Look!
Friend!” Lilith exclaims, hugging the bunny, petting its ears.
Lean gave Lilith a little smile, it was nice to see someone so
innocent. With powers like that and just plalying with dolls, it
was fun. Though now she had second thoughts about letting her
join... did she really want to take a child to fight a war? Corrupt
her maybe... it was a conundrum for her. "... I never gave her a
name, by the way. Do you want to have the honor?"
You know the first rule in combat?
shoot them before they shoot you.
Lilith thought about it, wrinkling her nose and mumbling “no” from
time to time. “A…..Something that starts with A is good. How about
Alessia? Since she’s saved your life, I think Alessia would be a
nice name for her.” Lilith stares at the actual bunny and the
replicate she created, seemingly rethinking her choice. “Maybe not
Alessia…Alexis? No. Alessia is good. Do you like it?” Lilith asks,
slightly afraid that Iteral wouldn’t like it.
"No, it wouldn't... I should've never let you keep seeing me like
this- now you're going to be hurt because of me." A crack of
thunder broke her from her thoughts for a mere moment. "I love
you... I don't want you to be hurt-"
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"We're almost at the peninsula. Is everyone ready?" Selaphiel
looked back. "Why is that thing still following us? Throw it
overboard." She glared at Lilith.
𓍊𓋼𓍊𓆑 𓇗𓋼 **•̩̩͙✩•̩̩͙*˚ You are the light
I've been searching for forever ˚*•̩̩͙✩•̩̩͙*˚* ⋆┈┈。゚❀ུ۪ ❁ུ۪ ❃ུ۪ ❀ུ۪ ゚。┈┈⋆