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[i][color=gold]"Time's running out."[/color][/i]
[color=darkgray]- Eliza[/color][/center][hider=Eliza's Stats][center][table][h2][color=gold]Elizabeth DeWynter[/color][/h2]
[b]Age: 25/16 | Gender: Female/Female | Light, Darkness, Time | Elaborate
Metal gaultlets, 2-handed sword | Scrying | Crimson Cradle/Lesser Force
Gifted, Mystic Artifact, Fated, Familiar, Snapshots, Dual Weapon, Soul Jar
Cradle Supply, Connected, Unitary State, Hidden Death, Subtle, Mental Link, Transportation, Gifted Item | Exposed, Pennance, Communism, Rival Force, Limited, Alien Mind[/b]

STR: 03 | AGI: 05 |  VIT: 04 | MAG: 03 | LCK: 04

STR: 12 | AGI: 10 |  VIT: 15 | MAG: 17 | LCK: 11
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 Between keeping everyone updated on what has and will happen, and providing support for the Artillery Line, Eliza was starting to feel overwhelmed. Their efforts to keep Justine's side of the fight away was starting to feel in vain, but the witch shook off the feeling. Using her time magic to enhance her reaction time, she used Feilian's interference to snipe anyone trapped within the tornado.

 Then the front door was destroyed.

 [color=gold]"[b]Damnit!![/b] Everyone, we've been breached! And the second beacon team's making their way to the foyer!!"[/color] Eliza quickly informed her side of the fight. Looking back to the window, her eyes widened when Justine and Sonia appeared right in front of them. But even without her scrying power, she knew what was going to happen next.

 [color=gold][b]"Move, MOVE!!"[/b][/color] the witch backed away from the sphere projectile fired at the Artillery Line, combining both light and time magic into a shield to deflect any beams the crystal fired at her. At this point, Eliza was starting to get angry again, but she couldn't let it get the best of her like before. She couldn't waste any time on her meditation stone either, so what was she supposed to do?

 Once she saw the greater gorelions that were summoned, the witch's eye twiched. Once. Twice. Eliza quietly walked up behind one of the creatutes, charging her gautlets with dark magic in the intent to bash it's skull open once it turned around.

Eliza managed to refract one of the deadly red beams with a time-accelerated shield of light, just in time for Alex to step forth and defend her from the followup beams. Eliza then used the moment of distraction to her advantage to sneak behind the monster for a flanking attack, ending up between two of the bulky monsters. Her punch caused the monster to release a magical girl it has caught with a howl of pain as it was struck right in the noggin. However, she realized too late that she had made a mistake; the Greater Gorelion behind her also turned, and slammed into her, causing her great bodily damage and knocked right into the first monster's gaping maw. She managed to avoid being completely sucked in, but her arm ended up caught in the monster's abyss-like mouth; she could feel how the monster was rapidly draining blood from it.

Eliza struggled against the monster on a fight or flight instinct, blood starting to seep through her mouth after being slammed into by the other Gorelion. [color=gold]"GET OFF!"[/color] she kept punching the Gorelion latched onto her with her free hand, while charging up a blast of light magic with whatever strength she had left in her other hand.

The Gorelion behind Eliza slammed against her again, causing her to flinch, but she possessed enough fortitude to stay on her feet and blast the monster pinning her with an explosive spell of radiant energy, resulting in the monster to let go of her arm. However, she realized her arm was now drained of most of it's blood, and she could barely lift it up for how weakened it was. At that moment, she could feel her destiny pull her towards Alex; at his side, she had a chance to survive this deadly trial.

She tried lifting her arm. Nothing. She tried balling her hand into a fist, lightly shaking her arm. Nothing. Eliza cursed under her breath. She couldn't fight with one arm, could she? The witch spat out the blood in her mouth, and looked around for the only healer that was with them. She didn't know why, but she felt like sticking by him would prove useful. So as Alex was cleaving away at the other Gorelion, Eliza went behind to blast it with another light beam, paying mind to avoid hitting him in the progress.

"[color=aba000]Woah![/color]" Alexander was caught of guard by the sudden beam of light. It hadn't [i]actually[/i] come close enough to almost hit him, but the surprise of it made it feel like it did. Crossing his weapons in front of him to block the a charging bite from the beast, he took a quick look around for the source of that attack, and soon noticed a blonde haired girl. "[color=aba000]Hey uh...this[/color]" He paused as the beast let off it's attack to try and tackle him. A quick sidestep got him out of the way, and he began putting on the pressure "[color=aba000]I realize this is going to sound kind of weird but; have we met before? You look...[i]kind of[/i] familiar.[/color]"

[color=gold]"Had a feeling some of you wouldn't recognize me. Doesn't the hat ring a bell, Alex??"[/color] Eliza huffed, putting the two Gorelions in a temporary stasis, then rapid-firing both light and dark daggers at the monsters. [Color=gold]"It's me! Scout!!"[/color]

"[color=aba000]...Scout...[/color]" He repeated, trying the name out on his tongue. A few seconds later, it hit him "[color=aba000]Oh wait, I think I remember; The assault on the mansion! You were there for the fight with the crazy doll girl that helped kidnap Lily. And then came along on the rescue mission.[/color]" He snorted in amusment "[color=aba000]Man, that feels so long ago. And yet-[/color]" He turned to the Gorelion and raised his voice a little "[color=aba000]-It seems like some things never fucking change[/color]" He huffed "[color=aba000]But seriously, it's nice to see a familier fa-er...person, in all of this madness.[/color]"

 [color=gold]"Tell me about it! And I ditched the nickname a long time ago, just call me Eliza!"[/color] The witch dropped the beasts as soon as she felt they were stabbed enough. [color=gold]"From the bigwig patrons striking gold on this goddamn war, to finding out Visceral never changed, Cindy dying, and me trying to cling onto my sanity for dear life?? Nothing makes sense anymore!! I'm glad to see you guys are still alive though, but you and me gotta stick together!"[/color] Eliza then turned her attention to her handicapped arm, furrowing her brows. [color=gold]"Got enough energy to fix [b]this[/b] up? Those things drain blood quick."[/color]
 
 Eliza charged her Time magic and succeeded to stop the Gorelions for long enough for her to stab them with elemental blades before they broke free, though it came at a noticeable cost in her mana. While the dark daggers didn't seem to do much, the light daggers staggered the beasts, buying her a brief respite from the onslaught.

"[color=aba000]Yeah, sure.[/color]" Alexander walked over to Eliza and took a closer look at her arm "[color=aba000]Geez, that thing got fucked up.[/color]" He then started pouring healing magic into it, and the arm fixed itself in a matter of seconds "[color=aba000]There, that should do[/color]" He nodded "[color=aba000]I'm not sure if you already had any plans, but I'm going to go find Lily. I [i]really[/i] don't like the idea of her all alone out here[/color]"

 [color=gold]"Thanks, Lily and Hilaria are probably holding out on the other side of the crystals. Here."[/color] With both her hands working, Eliza took off her hat and pulled out a bubble of time magic. Suspended inside it was her magic camera and thornwitch blade. She grabbed the camera from the bubble, and took a quick picture of the Gorelions for some more information on them.
 
 The moment the shutter snapped, capturing the Gorelions in a magical picture, runes appeared on it, forming into English letters. The picture explained that the Gorelions are vampiric beasts of the night that prey on blood and flesh with an eternal hunger for magical beings. Despite their lack of sensory organs, they can magically sense prey in a vast area, and possess tongues capable of shooting out of the creatures' magically darkened maws and impaling prey from a distance. This particular variant has been enchanted with obsidian armor capable of absorbing much damage. However, they still retain a weakness to light magic.
 
  [color=gold]"Everyone on the artillery line, the Gorelions are weak against light magic!!"[/color] Eliza informed the group, placing her camera back into her hat, and giving the photo to Alex before he left. [color=gold]"Hope you find this useful."[/color]

Alexander took the photo, shrugged, and then waved Eliza goodbye. '[color=aba000][i]Alright, time to put that new magic GPS to use.[/i][/color]' Calling upon the mental compass within him, he directed it find Lily, and within seconds it came back with a result '[color=aba000][i]Man this is so useful[/i][/color]' With a smug grin, he ran off in the direction of Lily.