[color=f7941d][u][h3]Danica Ruzicka[/h3][/u][/color]

A pair of deer bounded through the snowy forest, seeking to flee a predator the likes they'd never encountered. It had been upon them ever since it had found them returning to their den, and had chased them all throughout the night. It bounded behind them, never too far but never too close, claws like knives reflecting the moonlight as it tore through the trees. One of the deer collapsed, unable to run any longer. Its fate was predictable, the predator pouncing atop it and dismembering it quite messily. It howled in a mighty rage, tearing off the fallen creature's head and hefting it in one claw as it stood upright, a sick parody of man. 

The other deer had kept running, until the sight of a disembodied head sailing into the snow in front of it spooked it, causing it to trip and stumble. The last thing it felt were the dagger claws sinking into its skull, and the last thing it saw was the beast towering over it. 

[color=f7941d][i]Meat.[/i][/color]

The feeling of claws tearing into warm flesh, steam rising in the winter night air.

[color=f7941d][i]Blood.[/i][/color]

The taste of still warm-blood oozing over the tongue, the scent of it as it rolled down the chin.

[color=f7941d][i]Bone.[/i][/color]

The sound of bones cracking between razor teeth, robbed of their marrow. 

As it tired, it looked down, shaking, and regarded its soft, feminine hands, stained with blood. A lock of silver hair fell before her face as she looked over the carcass, shaking as she pulled her mask over her mouth. The woman sighed as she rose, her gloves were gone so she had to hide her now quite bare forearms within her cloak for warmth. [color=f7941d][b]"A-again..."[/b][/color] She muttered quietly as she looked to the stars, slowly walking away and leaving the carcasses to the scavengers. These... blackouts were happening more frequently. Initially, she'd been skeptical of learning to control her magics, but it was only a matter of time before it wasn't just two random animal corpses she was standing over when she woke. 

It was to that end that she'd begun her journey to the Twilight college. Initially, she'd dismissed the notion. They willingly cavorted with demons, they were heretics at the absolute best... but, she was getting desperate, and the teachings of the Lady of Sunlight decreed it a grave sin to disrespect the rules of another household... While it only provided metaphorical warmth, she muttered verse to herself as she walked... With where she was, it was a long way to go. 

That all was a week ago, in the present day Danica stumbled forth, robe pulled tightly around herself as she struggled to maintain consciousness. That deer had been the last thing she'd eaten, and she had barely slept. It was a wonder the cold hadn't finished her off. Still, as she reached the limits of her own power she collapsed before the main gate of the college, not even ten paces from her goal. Of course, it was far enough away from the gathering near the carriage that they may not notice immediately, unless one was particularly sharp-eyed.