Lyra's eyes widened in shock as the boy she had been talking to suddenly flew into a cold rage, throwing a deadly orb to one end of the table and thereby smashing it into pieces. Fortunately, there were a lot of people around - Lyra's Insanity had far more energy available to it than usual. Within seconds, she had formed a translucent purple barrier around herself - and not a moment to soon. The boy's second attack quickly followed the first, and though it did not harm Lyra directly, it did shatter her chair and send her skidding across the floor, arms wrapped around herself defensively.

Once the world had stopped spinning, Lyra pushed herself upward and gasped in dismay. Her teapot.. it laid on the floor in pieces. How dare he? She'd been using that for so long... she had even in her earlier memories... and, now, it was gone, lying fragmented in a dark puddle. "S-stop!" she screamed, though she knew her pleas were useless. The energy surrounding her brightened. If he wanted to die, then [i]fine[/i]!

Yet, before Lyra could even get to her feet, she found a dagger pointed at her chest. It was far, far too close... her Insanity would probably protect her enough to shield her from actually being stabbed, but the impact would still be really painful. And, more to the point, she couldn't deal with all of the onlookers at once... it was so easy to forget that not only she was special, that the others could defend themselves, too...

She allowed her Sorrow to fade, biting her lip as she realized the sign of surrender was proof that she had indeed been the source of the disturbance. "Don't," she said weakly, glancing up at the girl who was threatening her as she tried to push herself backward. Nearby, anoyher boy had grown horns, like a [i]demon[/i]. This wasn't fair! "I had to defend myself, he attacked me...!" Why did they all blame [i]her[/i] for this? She had been the victim here! Tears formed at the corners of her eyes; never before had she felt so helpless. Her Insanity remained at her disposal, but it wouldn't for long, not without Sorrow to support it. But... were they gonna kill her, even if she didn't fight back? She was way too young to die!!