[center][h1][color=#3068FF][b]Evelyn Chambers – [i]Tulpa[/i][/b][/color][/h1][/center][hr]She'd hoped for more, but expected less, so Elliot's response was...acceptable. Ambiguous, but she supposed that he could hardly know how difficult it was for her to admit she was wrong about something. They didn't know eachother, so it made sense. What surprised her though, was the others coming out and what ensued when they did.

She had wanted some time to talk things out with Elliot, but this...this was something else entirely. At first she had to suppress a frown, a feeling rising from deeper within that was the niggling parasite of anger, an emotion already roused trying to take control. It was like they hadn't trusted her to handle things. However, it never got the foothold it needed, for Tiger Lily's words doused it and cut away at the negativity. The tightness in her chest loosened and she found a tear in her eye, a small smile crossing her lips.

The girl really was brave, she had to give it to her. Still.... She swallowed hard and wiped away the tear, her smile receding slightly. Before anyone might really notice, their attention on Elliot, it became more guarded. Still, she took a step towards Elliot and Tiger Lily, trying to meet his eyes, even as he struggled to escape.

Before she knew what she was saying, her mouth had moved, [color=#3068FF][b]"It's not whether you fail or not that's important, it's if you get back up and keep trying or lay down and let it rule you."[/b][/color] That said, she heard Messiah and Mastar out, visibly flinching slightly as the former of the two mentioned not lashing out at people, specifically at Tiger Lily.

[i]'Nasty memories. Terrible failures, but we're all still here...I've still got a chance....'[/i]

The light of her projection flickered out of the ground and wall near them for a moment, before her awareness of it had it snap back out of sight.

[color=#3068FF][b]"I think that's a good idea, Mesia—Alessa,"[/b][/color] she said, cutting off the alias partway through. She kept forgetting to use their real names outloud.... [color=#3068FF][b]"That aside though, we have a mission to take care of. I'd like to...revisit this, but I don't think these problems will solve themselves all at once."[/b][/color] That said, she stopped herself from taking charge and glanced to Alessa, delegating [i]leadership[/i] to their team leader.

[i]'Ugh,'[/i] she thought, displaying none of the emotion on her face or in her body language. Guarded, but relaxed. She took a few quiet, deep breaths, focusing herself. Embracing the calm...and the cold. Focus and control. They were more important now than ever before and she meant to keep them in mind through it all.