[center][img]https://i.imgur.com/tBvuRMj.png[/img][/center][center][h1][color=#f7022a]Lancer of Red[/color][/h1][/center]
[color=#f7022a][i]“I see…”[/i][/color]

She saw the moon shining down on a red gazebo, half-shrouded in mist. A flock of winged hounds flew overhead, barking in terror as a cat leapt from a nearby tree and snagged one in its jaws. In the distance loomed a tower made of bones, rising up out of a bottomless black abyss, where twin pairs of glowing eyes stared out from the shadows like tigers waiting in the night.

[color=#f7022a][i]“…I see nothing that would threaten us at present, Master.”[/i][/color]

Lancer opened her eyes, watching the oracle bone crack and crumble between her fingers. The spirits were lively tonight, excited into a frenzy by the coming conflict. A good omen, she thought. They would have their blood soon, and plenty of it.

With a smile, she leaned back against the roof of the Red faction’s manor, savoring the feeling of cold raindrops shattering against her skin. It was pleasant, being alive again. Even if it wasn’t quite the same ‘her’ as it had been before. Perhaps she was nothing more than an echo, but even this echo had a purpose of her own: enemies to slaughter, allies to lead, a Master to whom she could devote herself. 

[color=#f7022a][i]”You may tell the Master of Archer this: there is a strange presence waiting in the open gardens not far from here.”[/i][/color] That boy had seemed so weak at first, but she’d taken a liking to him since her summoning. Letting him be the one to convey her prophecies would elevate his status among the Masters of their faction, perhaps even raise him up as a leader. [color=#f7022a][i]”And be wary of the mine up in the mountains, where a tall tower rises from the earth. The night there is stained with Black.”[/i][/color]

A part of her itched to go there and seek out the darkness herself, but she calmed her mind, easing the tension slowly out of her muscles. There would be plenty of opportunities for her to fight in this war regardless, and she was curious what her Master would do with the knowledge she’d given him.