[color=OrangeRed][h3]Angela Degrasse[/h3][/color]

[color=OrangeRed]”Ink it is then darling”[/color] Angela replied/conceded effortlessly when her formal address was rejected with faux politeness. Then she rested her chin on her fist and leaned in just a little as the man explained his power with great detail, complete with a visual demonstration. 

[color=OrangeRed]”That is indeed quite the unorthodox ability,”[/color] she commented once he had completed his [color=OrangeRed]”and your thoroughness in explaining is very much appreciated. I think you and I might work very well together, even if I can't support you in a conventional manner. Plus I can get you a little chili and thyme to spice up your diet if you let me get the final blows”[/color] she joked with a pun. 

The last member of their group was even more curt than Rika, and not out of awkwardness either. That said, the whole ‘dont use spells on me’ part was still informative, though Angela did have to ask [color=OrangeRed]”How bad is blessing you exactly? Asking so I know whether healing you when you're in trouble is a justifiable inconvenience or a death sentence. I will, of course, leave you to your own devices otherwise if that is what you wish”[/color] as much as that complicated things for her. 

Hit Ink with attacks, don't hit the nameless girl with support abilities. A lot of extra things to keep track of. At least Rika was’t going to be a problem in that regard, she incorrectly assessed.

Still, after the skill-set rundown it seemed that no-one else had much to add tactically, so it would be down to her to draw the beast’s attention, or so  it seemed, while Rika casually spoke of bringing it down herself. She raised an eyebrow at that, but decided she’d simply let actions speak louder than words when it came time to do the deed.

Either way, the city's hero and their self appointed leader had decided it was time to go, so off they went, walking in an awkward silence that lasted all of the length of the corridor before Rika decided to strike up a conversation with Angela, something that she was more than happy to engage in to pass the time, and get to know the rising star a little better.

[color=OrangeRed]”Naturally. I can never pass up a dinner party, especially one with such prestigious hosts. How about yourself? I happen to host my own little sojourns from time to time if those are your thing?”[/color] she asked calculatingly conversationally at first, but as they made their way towards the farm the pair slipped into casual air filling about this and that. The shared words made Rika introducing the group as her friends to the guards a touch less presumptive/disingenuous for Angela at least, but only a touch.

She followed the excited woman up the hill with effortless grace despite wearing high heels in a field and joined her at the top as the artificial sun was forcibly set and the ‘stargazing’ began. The lady declined to sit on the grass like some of the others, as that would involve getting her dress dirty, and instead stood tall a little ways apart (so as not to loom over anyone) as she listened to the others speak of wishes. 

She was… fairly certain that Rika had just been speaking about [i]a[/i] wish (though one that was certainly telling about her ambition, and added credence to certain rumors Angel had heard about her) where as Ink took the opportunity to launch right into talking about his [i]wish[/i]. Which was, frankly, a rather surprisingly intimate thing to share, or would have been if he hadn’t had most of the juicy stuff left out. Still, she noted it all to memory nonetheless and then spoke her own piece.

[color=OrangeRed]”To retake part of humanity's birthright would be a fine thing indeed”[/color] she said, agreeing to the desire to live beyond the dome before adding [color=OrangeRed]”To play a part in its our reascension is all I could ever wish for”[/color] 

The truth, in a humbled form.

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Once things went silent Ink decided to ask her to do her thing to get the beast’s attention, a plan which had one minor flaw.

[color=OrangeRed]”I said I’d draw it in, not find it for you, so be a dear and keep those eyes peeled Ink”[/color] Angela replied, not taking her gaze of the darkened false sky, her tone faintly mocking rather than harshly admonishing as it could have been [color=OrangeRed]”or have you been just admiring the stars this whole time, hmmm?”[/color]

There was a moment of silence before she had a thought changed her tune

[color=OrangeRed]”That said, I may have something that can help that part too. If we get a touch creative with one of my spells,”[/color] she said, before strolling up to the top of the hill and taking her place at its summit.

[color=OrangeRed]”The lights are dimmed, the stage is set, so now only one thing remains. Sinclair, if you could be a dear,  turn on the spotlights so I can start the show?”[/color] she asked her Jinn, causing a magic circle to rapidly draw itself around her feet, and then flash to life and cause a bright beam of light to appear, illuminating her atop the hill.

Then another, and another and another, spiraling around and lighting up the lady like an actress on stage.

[color=OrangeRed]”Now, while I do so love being the center of attention, may I kindly ask you all to cast your eyes back to the skies?”[/color] she said down to the other three, who’s attention she had no doubt captured, while pointing up in the direction of the beams shining down on her. While one end as they spun around acting as spotlights that illuminating her as intended the beams also continued up and up and up, eventually striking the ceiling of the cavern where they roamed too and fro, acting as improvised searchlights.

[color=OrangeRed]”Come out, come out wherever you are, dragon prince! Aren't your kind supposed to be fond of kidnapping princesses and fair maidens?”[/color] she called out to the skies as she sought out the monster with her inverted limelights, the beams projecting her taunts to the heavens. She was, of course, neither princess (sadly) nor maiden, but she could play the part for the sake of the drama of it all [color=OrangeRed]”Well I am right here, helpless and alllll alone, so why don’t come and get me? I assure you, I taste far better than the mere bovine you’ve been feasting on so far! But come quick, come quick, before they turn the lights back on! Surely you can snatch me up in the blink of an eye, hidden by the black of night? Or are you scared of a frail damsel like myself, hmmm?”[/color]