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Before Martini could open her mouth to answer, the two of them snapped their attention to a booming voice hollering not too far from the protective dome.

[b]”ENOUGH ALREADY! ENOUGH OF THIS! STOP IT! YOU'RE BEING CONFUSING! Stop throwing at me things that are incomprehensible…ach...if you’re noT GOING TO COME OUT HERE AND EXPLAIN IT PROPERLY! This may be Nowhere, this may be your world, BUT THIS IS MYBRAIN, AND I HAVE NOT GIVEN YOU PERMISSION TO MESS WITH IT!"[/b]

It was Leila, a girl she'd never once spoken to before. The funny thing was, she was one of three that had been there since the very beginning. Harper, Leila, and herself. They were together since day one, but she never realized how detached she was to this soft spoken girl, who for the first time, was now screaming her lungs out at the witch. 

Martini and Jasper met gazes again in slight panic until the ground, on which she sat, began to vibrate and rattle; its crusted surface cracking into zig-zags that would connect with other zig-zags. The trees had been brought out of slumber and were now assisting the evil hag. Hand-like roots sprouted from the breakage in the soil and curled around each person's feet, securing them in place. Though she couldn't hear what the witch was saying, she did shift a little as she felt the urge to grab Leila, who was sinking further into the ground.

[b]"That witch. Bear, I'm not just going to sit here."[/b]

And with that, the ice mage sprinted out of the shelter and towards Leila who had fallen over and was continually being swallowed by the earth. But the man was stopped dead in his tracks by the same root-fingers that were holding down everyone else. 

Songbird was groaning a bit louder now, most likely because he too could still hear what was going on outside, plus his shoulder was probably throbbing with pain. With the time she had to sit there after tending to them, she was able to replenish a little more essence and she used it to bring Songbird a bit of comfort as she cast a spell of peace over him along with Avian.

Screams of anguish tore her eyes from her patients and the scene she came to watch was of Leon being skewered at all sides by branches as sharp as swords. Mouth fell agape and her breath caught midway. Then he was eaten up, just like that, Leon- the fancy, feather earringed, suit loving boy- was gone. Dead... forever. Jasper coughed and she forced air in and out of her lungs as she hastily moved Songbird to lean against a nearby rock. [i]'I can't just sit here and do nothing while they're dying out there.'[/i] Her vision was blurring from even more tears welling up. How many times had she cried that same night. Too much to count. And though she was getting extremely dehydrated, the couldn't stop herself from crying. 

"Martini, take care of th-" A chill waved down her spine and she stared at Avian with wide eyes, her healers amulet had given her the ability to hear another beings heart beat since day one, but she could clearly make out Avian's heart thumping slower. She had done all she could to the best of her capability, but she knew this was it. Falling to her knees, she looked into Martini's eyes and with a mere croak she said, "He's dying..." At least he was going to have a tranquil death by virtue of the calming wisps she'd blanketed him with earlier. [hider=She started to hum him a lullaby.][youtube]ZuP02g80x2o[/youtube][/hider]
Wiping her tears dry as she watched Martini weep quietly, Avian's fainting heartbeat was thudding slowly in her ears, decreasing in speed while she continued to hum.

Placing a soft hand on the mermaid's shoulder, she signaled the female guide that she had to go and join the others. Wrapping her lanky arms around Martini, the two of them fell into a sorrowful embrace. As they hugged, Jasper was glad that Martini was facing the opposite way because what played before her was yet another melancholy display. Hakuren was turning into stone right in front of her and just before the virus was able to consume him whole, Jasper clenched her eyes as tight as she could, squeezing out any water that may have been there. It was better that the memory of her own kind dying in front of her was paused abruptly and not complete. Seeing Leon was enough, she just wanted all this to stop.

The caress lasted for what felt like a very long time, but she was hoping that she could just stay like that forever. Releasing her grasp, she nodded at Martini before- getting up, crossing the green barrier of the dome, and walking out onto the battle field.