[center][h2] Jude Sucal [/h2][/center]

"No no no!" I pull the lightsaber off my belt, but don't activate it. Instead, Iwan and I try to push past the guardians blocking our path. "Stop! Koraline, what are you doing!?"

[center][h2] Millu'ci'vanda [/h2][/center]

Despite the excitement of the hive, we are still confused and taken aback. How can that be? If the hive is happy, we should be happy. We are all of one mind, and adding a joiner is good, so this is a time of celebration. The Song of Joining rings in our ears, but we do not dance the Dance. "Wait wha... This is...." From below, the little Killik drone carries the bowl of White Membrosia up the mouth and offers it up to Koraline. We did not summon it.

[center][h2] Koraline Okarr [/h2][/center]

"Thanks!" I pluck the orb from the bowl and hold it up. I look into Luci's dead eyes. "Together forever, baby!" I lift the orb of membrosia to my lips... and a blue hand seizes my wrist. 

[center][h2] Millu'ci'vanda [/h2][/center]

"Stop, Koraline." I say. My face is twitching more than ever, and I am shaking like a leaf. The Killiks have stopped dancing. They are now staring up at the mound, confused that the mind of the Night Herald is not fully there anymore.

[center][h2] Koraline Okarr [/h2][/center]

I smirk. "Luci?"

[center][h2] Millu'ci'vanda [/h2][/center]

"Not...for...long." Convulses a little as Oroboro tries to force it's way back into my mind. "Are you...?"

[center][h2] Koraline Okarr [/h2][/center]

I shake my head. "Olfactory dampeners. Can't smell a thing."

[center][h2] Millu'ci'vanda [/h2][/center]

Smiles, despite the great pain I'm in. "You...sneaky...bitch." I can hear the Killiks buzzing with anger, and hear the Song of the Night Herald in my brain. That did it. They are about to attack. "R.... run...."