[hr][hr][h1][b][i][center][color=pink]Cuyler Eysteinsson[/color][/center][/i][/b][/h1]
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[hr][center][color=pink]Location:[/color] Wizard’s Tower -- 20th Floor[/center][hr]

He was busy looking at Ayra, waiting for her to confirm his suspicions that she was not doing well, when a knock came. Cuyler shifted his position, sitting a little taller when a girl, another apprentice Cuyler guessed, came to invite Atkin to leave with them. A little confused when he complies and leaves, Cuyler looks at Ayra to question it when she kisses him. He relaxes in his seat, the question leaving his mind while he indulged in the kiss with her. Too soon she pulls away, leaving Cuyler to lean in a bit, looking for more but she started to talk and he flushs a bit. 
[color=pink]”Without Atkin? I thought going into the Forest was to be his lesson. What lesson do we have to learn?”[/color] Cuyler asked. 
He relaxed further, completely focused on Ayra now. His fingers reached out and brushed lightly along the high point in her cheek, her hair slipping across his fingers as he did so. 
[color=pink]”We could always stay here...now that we are alone,”[/color] Cuyler suggested. 
It wasn’t that Cuyler didn’t want to go to Forest, he just had a strong dislike for it. It was enclosed, it was dark and you couldn’t see what lay around the next bend. It wasn’t like the ocean he had fallen in love with. With its wide open skies, sea life just under the waves and being able to see your next destination clearly for miles. There was the added desire of course, to remain in the Tower, to take advantage of this rare time alone but he would still go into the Forest if that is what she wanted. He would follow her anywhere. 

[hr][hr][h1][b][i][center][color=#006400]Amarantha[/color][/center][/i][/b][/h1]
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[hr][center][color=#006400]Location:[/color] Outside the Infirmary[/center][hr]

Amarantha hunched over, barely holding herself up as she started to expel the poison from her body. She didn’t have time to feel relief though for her heart gave a weird lurch before it started to speed up. She shut her eyes for a brief moment, focusing on her breathing so as not to agitate her heart any further. Amarantha would be damned if she let such a little thing kill her. Thankfully though, she saw Becky racing over and gave herself that little moment of relief, of hope. She had much left to do and even though she trusted her second to lead the army in the right direction, she didn’t want to give up her power quite yet. The young woman still had her friend to think about as well. Speaking of Luna, was Amarantha’s hearing starting to play tricks on her as well? It seemed Luna’s tone of voice had changed to something dangerous and reckless. Amarantha however, didn’t quite hear everything she spoke and why would she? She was a bit preoccupied. 
Amarantha reached out, groping for Becky to help her onto the stretcher. Who was going to get the young commander into the infirmary? One woman couldn’t exactly do it alone and with [b]Magyk[/b] being infected by the [b]Sickenesse[/b], she would need help. 
[color=#006400]”Send someone for Titan,”[/color] she breathed, hoping someone was listening. Amarantha would be indisposed for some time, even when she made it out of this hell. The lack of [b]Magyk[/b] truly was a problem now. She would have to make sure Luna was looked after in this time and as her second, Titan would be the only one to do so and have control over the army. Amarantha let her eyes shut, hoping to conserve what little energy she had to push this blasted poison out of her body.