"Whew! What a fight, huh?"

There was no possible way Melody was involved in that fight at all. The fact alone that she casually sauntered up after Thalion dealt the killing blow to the Doomguard was more than enough to suggest that she actually sat back and watched instead of getting involved, but that did not explain why she was enveloped in viscera. Deep greenish stains littered her Chi-ji uniform and there were pieces of demon stuck in crevices, tangled in her hair, clinging to those sharpened teeth that were settled into an ecstatic shit-eating grin. She held the self-confidence of someone who had done something during the battle that greatly ameliorated her own situation, and the smugness of someone who wasn't going to tell - even if her life depended on it. She walked with a slow, contented gait and peered across the bloodied and wounded squadron, tapping her chin thoughtfully. Her gaze slipped up to the temple of Elune with the same thoughtfulness before she rather jovially shrugged her shoulders. "Well, I have my orders now...I guess it's time to get to work."

Melody's arrival on the battlefield (or perhaps her decision to make her presence known, given she had clearly fought some demons recently) did not stop the greatly lessened flow of demons out of the portal. For the first time, the Wardens and their mercenaries were able to see what it was that made such an impish and intolerable forsaken actually useful for the team. As her black leathery tongue ran down the length of her felblood-soaked claws, Melody's eyes widened as her coy grin turned into a wide and excited smile. She wheeled around and dashed eagerly into the fray, giggling as she went. Those with a magical inclination would be able to feel the sudden swell of energy, the purity of Chi building to a very dangerous level within the forsaken - to the point where wisps of jade smoke were hissing through her exposed joints and the holes scattered around her face. The first demon she came into contact with received a shoulder tackle that shouldn't have thrown it back as far as it did, considering Melody's size. Her momentum was lessened upon impact and she used this to suddenly change direction and launch herself onto the succubus adjacent to her, teeth sinking in and ripping out her throat in a glut of green blood whilst her talons eagerly dug into the succubus' exposed midriff and disembowelled her. Fists still embedded in the corpse of her first kill, Melody suddenly pulled the body close to her and used it as a meat-shield to stop the blade of the felguard which followed.

She said something to her new foe that couldn't be heard over the battle as she shook the pieces of meat off her arms. The Felguard was quick to try and cleave Melody in twain, but Melody was quicker; she hopped backwards and then sprinted up the edge of the weapon, slicing her own feet to jump-kick the Felguard in the jaw. Her feet were glowing with the same unearthly power that she was oozing from her body, and the observant may note how those deep gashes in her soles were already healing as the foot collided with the Felguard's jaw and sent his head to the side with such vicious force that the neck snapped. Melody cheered with childish joy as she balanced perfectly on the falling body, immediately jumping onto a hungry Felhound which sought to ambush her during the descent. Instead of killing this one though, she grabbed the mana-siphoning suckers and pulled sharply. The beast reared up in pain and was driven into a frenzy as Melody ripped the appendages clean off, clinging onto its horns for dear life as it snapped and ripped into a small pack of imps unfortunate enough to be in the way.

This explained why Melody arrived covered in gore, and her cheery demeanour - the girl was completely bonkers. At least the demons were purely focused on killing the others; Melody was torturing this Felhound, sadistically using it to get rid of other demons. Judging by the peal of elated laughter that could be heard over the roars of the beast, the depraved monk actually revelled in the carnage. Coupled with the augmented strength and speed granted to her by the overpowering aura of Chi energy, it became apparent why Khadgar decided to send Melody into the battle instead of a calmer, saner monk; Melody fought like a demon.