[center][color=f49ac2][h3]Liliana[/h3][/color][/center] [hr][@Breakthrough Crew!] Liliana's plan to thin the outermost Varjans had gone awry when a javelin slammed into the wall, the fairy's trajectory making it impossible to dodge the obstacle in time as she plummeted to the ground, dazed and confused. Liliana's confusion proved an opening as the javelin wielder grabbed her, hard enough to make the little fairy lose concentration on her spell. A yelp of pain escaped her as her wings were crumpled, her meager size making her strength nothing in comparison to the enraged warrior before her. Wincing with one eye open, she would smirk, knowing she'd really pushed this man's buttons. [color=f49ac2][b]"Strictly speaking? Nope. Every little bad thing that happens to people like you, you bring it on yourselves!"[/b][/color] the fairy said defiantly, before letting out a pained gasp as his grip tightened. [color=f49ac2][i]"Can't...get big...crushing...me..."[/i][/color] the fairy thought, looking up at the ceiling, vision growing bleary. Was she going to die? ...Unlikely, at least right away. The Varjans had ways of getting information out of people, and...well, a tiny body is a lot easier to torture. And once they learned she could regenerate somewhat... [color=f49ac2][i]"...I...I don't..."[/i][/color] It would be the same pain the Shizuyamans endured. The same pain Fathers, Mothers, and Children were forced to accept. A smaller body to the pile. [color=f49ac2][i]"I c-can't..."[/i][/color] What was the fairy queen thinking, sending only her sixth best to a foreign nation when all were present? Was this a test? Was Liliana hated? Tears welled in the fairy's eyes as hope started to look farther and farther away, too in pain to even call out to her temporary ally, the summoned minotaur as he raged throughout the barracks. Liliana was alone, and had chosen this route of her own volition. Her blade, while obliged to help her, helped her on command. It couldn't cast without her permission, and all the air was being squeezed out of the fairy's lungs. Was this...what it was like to have your life flash before your eyes? Liliana was remembering things that made it hard to get up, even as it hurt to breath... [color=f49ac2][b]"Rose...bud..."[/b][/color] Liliana squeaked out, tears welling in her eyes as she remembered that there were many, many strong people in her life. And the strongest ones she'd ever met, [url=https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1182971632294313994/1182971669153861632/82UNQ3x.png?ex=6586a338&is=65742e38&hm=2ed83ba92ea61d13134a7855387bd9636bc924acf8b6f9da2c29904f167fd655&=&format=webp&quality=lossless&width=721&height=519]her strongest sister[/url], [url=https://i.imgur.com/0kESrAq.png]her best friend[/url], [url=https://imgur.com/gJ7E94d]her (sorta) mentor[/url], [url=https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1182971632294313994/1182971646269734922/yomJIeG.png?ex=6586a333&is=65742e33&hm=0568b5a16473542a7c49f559e7154e3ad1657eee7ba762cbcfbc80eabfd38dee&]and her queen[/url], all of them believed in her. Rosebud would welcome Liliana home with congratulations alongside the Queen. Alice would return the task force, and keep being her weird, quirky, queenly, crazy self. Shizuka would be confused as always by Liliana's antics, but at the end of the day, surviving and winning was all that mattered. Surviving and winning was all that mattered. [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEkppaI3LFM]Survive and win[/url]. Liliana would muster up her strength and slam her face down against the lightly armored hand of the brigand and sinking her teeth in, causing enough pain for a momentary distraction that loosened his grip. A single cry of: [color=f49ac2][b]"Whimsy!"[/b][/color] would cast the spell roulette, a ball of darkness shooting from Whimsy and "entering" the brigands' body, immediately removing his ability to see as Liliana fell free of his hand, already growing larger so she could fight back. Her ribs were aching like crazy, but they'd heal. With renewed vigor, Liliana would fight on the ground while her wings slowly mended themselves. [color=f49ac2][b]"Don't go thinking the minotaur's the only one that'll kick your butt!"[/b][/color] she cried, already swinging at her previous captor. [hr] [center][color=C48BD3][h3]Eula[/h3][/color][/center] [hr][@Enkryption] (ALI) It would seem some level of hostility existed now between Sorae and Alice, though, given that they were monsters, Eula had a feeling she already knew what it was about. Still, it wasn't her business to pry into. Answering Sorae promptly, she would say: [color=C48BD3][b]"I am almost back to full capacity. I will have trouble fighting humans, but I can at least investigate into the matter you brought up."[/b][/color] Eula wasn't sure how well she'd fare alone, but could at least guarantee that she could come back in one piece. Thus far, the thing to damage her the most in her time at Shizuyama was that strange glass sword that had nearly taken her arm off. Reassuring herself, she would pat the patched up arm, running a finger along the length of the patchwork metal that had been integrated to fix up the armor plating. Slightly heavier than before, but it was still serviceably fast and wouldn't weigh her down too much. [color=C48BD3][b]"I am ready."[/b][/color]