As Katia landed next to the giant blob of shadow, she looked up at him, her eyes gleaming with intensity. [color=ed1c24]”Come on, big guy,”[/color] she muttered just as a blast of energy crashed down on Thea with more power than she had seen from it yet. Thankfully, she knew her aasimar friend should have no real issues absorbing such a hit, but the blow looked like it would have turned her into shadowy mist had she been its target instead. However, this was the opportunity she had been waiting for. Harnessing some of the necrotic energy from the blast, she cupped her hands and redirected it back towards the shadow, the darkness being transformed into radiance as it left her hands. [color=ed1c24]”Take this!”[/color] she yelled, wincing from the pain caused by the blast.

Then everything went white. Then black. Then bright blue. It took Katia a moment to realize what had happened, and what was happening as they fell. She instinctively rotated her body in the air, attempting to land feet first into whatever ground she would crash into, but her plummet was stopped by a cacophony of leaves. She lay there for a moment, breathing heavily from exertion as the jays exploded around her, a wide-eyed ecstatic smile on her face. [color=ed1c24]”That... was... AWESOME!”[/color] she shouted into the sky. [color=ed1c24]”Guys, did you see that?! It was like [i]-WHAM-[/i]! And then [i]-FwooooooSHAAAA-[/i]!”[/color] She mimicked the reflexive motion again, this time focusing her ki into her palms instead of gathering outside energy, and shot a blast of radiance into the air. [color=ed1c24]”Aww yeah! We killed the bad guys!”[/color] 

Her jubilation continued thus for a little while as she slowly began to climb her way down from the tree. In reality, she knew just how close they were to being little more than a few specks of dust after that fight, and it was little less than a miracle that they were able to fight it off. The massive destruction that shadow could wield, the spinning black orb of death, and the fact that they appeared to be on a completely new world if she had any guess; all of these would normally give one pause. But Katia knew her place in this group. It was one of the few places she felt like she truly belonged, and despite how most of them would react with their super-serious faces, Katia's role was one of levity and enjoying the moment. 

As Katia reached the base of the tree, she kicked off its trunk for the last few feet before rushing over to her allies at full speed. After their encounter with the shadows, this place felt like a paradise, and there was little that felt better than the wind flowing through her fur as she let out a little pent-up energy. Or course, her friends were too close to really go all out, but she arrived in a flash, panting slightly, and one question on her tongue. [color=ed1c24]”So uh... anyone know where we are?”[/color] 

[hider=Mechanics]
Not sure if needed out of combat, but used Radiant Sun Bolt to shoot some blasts into the air, testing out her new abilities. She then climbed down from the tree using her natural 20 ft climb speed, and used Feline Agility to blast towards the others.[/hider]