[color=8882be]Minako almost doesn't notice Riley wrapping himself around her shoulders until he speaks to her, as she's too distracted with the wave of pain pulsing through her body. She nods slowly at the cat's words.
"No...she's not...I can...feel...it..." Minako rasps out, continuing to drag the glowing figure away from the gravitational pull towards Yorugiro's glowing red center. Through sheer willpower, Minako manages to walk all he way out of the monster again, standing about 1 foot from out on the outside while tendrils of darkness still grasp at her. The white figure, still swathed in black near the bottom of her lovely white gown, slowly lets go of Minako's hand, and falls to her knees outside of the monster, finally free.
Yorugiro lets out a huge howl of pain, and his whole body ripples with the echo as Minako is sucked back into the dark of the beast.
Both her and Makoto are sucked more forcefully into the glowing red center of the shadowy monster. The pain intensifies, and it appears that both people are gaining strange glowing symbols on different parts of their bodies, like a mystical tattoo of some sort. Minako's appears just below her neck, and glows a bright magenta color...[/color]
[color=0072bc]Myriatte notices Lilly on the ground, hearing the hiss from the cat, though Lucas seems not to notice. Myriatte only gives the cat a quick glance, and says nothing aloud.
'So...the cat here is either anti-social...or it can already tell. Either way, is it of much importance? No...only if she gets in my way. I prefer human sacrifices, but I could extend my reach to animals as well, should it become necessary...' Myriatte thinks to herself before turning her attention fully onto Lucas's words. She keeps up her act with a modest girl's blush. "Oh, why, thank you. I also go by just Myria. It's whatever you prefer. It's good to hear that there are more living people here besides me now! Oh, but...where are they? Don't tell me they're stuck down there in the basement with Yorugiro...!" She fakes a gasp of horror, as well as a fearful, concerned look. Her true thoughts, however, speak to her in her mind, 'Hmm, if they [i]are[/i] down there with Yorugiro, then I hope at least some of them survive. This boy here in front of me...he might make a good sacrifice, true. Not sure if he has what it takes to be a tadpole. I want to see my other options first before I make any such move...'[/color]