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There was a burst of sparkling blue as Crystal's transformed state reverted to her natural one and Hiems seemed to melt away. Her right arm hurt a little, but it was practically nothing. Much more concerning was that she apparently had a predisposition towards letting herself hurt her limbs in such a way. Still, she could move it just fine and without much pain, so she was sure it would heal just fine. 

[color=7e5e7f]"Chie, are you bleeding badly? And how are you feeling, Crystal?"[/color]

Crystal gave a thumbs up in response with one hand while the other dug into her pocket for a piece of raspberry gum. There was something about raspberry's flavor that lent itself well to post-workout, or post-battle in this case. With the password accepted, she felt the stress of combat melt away just as her Gladius had and turned to observe the new girls. First was 'Noel Nilsson,' the girl who had [i]punched[/i] the Void, hard enough to send it flying a few feet, for that matter. Electric Elementum, from what she saw, which (fittingly enough) sparked a mild interest in the girl. But more than that was the other Ars Magi, this 'Aoife Sturmgaard.' Her name, her Elementum of water, her apparent proclivity towards a long-lasting candy, even her mannerisms and speech patterns... There was something that made it so that Crystal couldn't look away from the girl, observing her with a cold calmness to see what she did next. 

That is, until the spell was broken and she processed what Rivka had said. [i][color=00aeef]Too slow? She was falling. And does that mean...[/color][/i] Then, as if she was thinking backwards, other comments filtered into her mind. [i][color=00aeef]'Drop in?'[/color][/i] Crystal's eyelids half closed in what could best be described as a lack of being impressed by the pun. Again working backwards, she glanced at Chie. [i][color=00aeef]Theoretically the smaller ones we fought could have been a larger one instead. Perhaps it's best I don't mention that.[/color][/i] she thought to herself. And finally...

[color=00aeef]"Sorry."[/color] She said quietly, almost too quiet to hear, to no-one in particular.