[b]Cynthia[/b]

While Aiden and Sable kept the demon busy, Cynthia dashed in a circle around them, stopping at evenly spaced areas to draw runes. At the second place, she had put a rock on top of her work, and now she was just finishing the fourth. She stood up quickly and shouted at her partners.

"Aiden, Sable, I'm ready! Get out of there and help me, Sable, put fire on the rune to my right, Aiden, ice on the one to my left! Hurry, we don't have much time!"

She hoped Aiden wasn't too far gone to understand, and closed her eyes for a second as she reached up to the side of her face. [i]I wish Aria was still here, but this will have to do.[/i] She thought to herself as she grabbed one of the feathers still adorning her face and plucked it. It wasn't a pleasant experience, but it was better than being eaten by a demon.