[centre][h2]Morgana Faith[/h2][/centre]

There wasn’t much that Morgana could do to contribute to the current situation. Combat was not her forte after all; oh, she could likely cast all of the spells that one would typically need for combat, even the most mediocre of hedge witches could sling a fireball after all, but doing so quickly, efficiently and accurately in the middle of a fight was not something she had ever been trained for or ever considered learning. Nor could she really do much to support Madeleine as she fought; healing was beyond her and while she could certainly craft a defence against practically anything this compound held, her own personal wards would protect her against anything that wasn’t [i]truly[/i] dangerous after all, such a thing was neither fast nor reactive. It took both time and information, neither of which was given to her ahead of time.

She couldn’t even hide herself as Madeleine requested. There wasn’t much reason to make yourself invisible while you were working in the lab, unless you were trying to dodge a very determined auditor who wanted to ask about your excessive budgetary spending last term, and as such she didn’t have the current preparations to do so.

Something she might need to amend for the future.

So, her contribution here could only be provided both before and after the current conflict. Before by providing expertise and council, as she already had, and after by dissecting whatever was left on the compound when Madeleine and the defenders were done with it. Between those two points, all she could do was keep herself out of the way, peeking out from behind a tree just long enough to see what was going on before ducking away.

Madeleine was struck by a curse, but was protected by her own shield even as she eliminated the caster almost immediately. More curses followed, to similar ineffectiveness. Even operating by herself the demon seemed to have no issues handling the situation, seemingly unbothered even as more and more curses were thrown her way. She even had time to comment on how the use of curses was proof of her families involvement, with as much concern as if she was commenting on a bad spot of weather.

[color=c4df9b]“Possible, but unlikely. Witches hardly have the monopoly on curses; they exist in almost every culture to some extent, and these aren’t distinctive enough to derive an origin. Like I said, witches curses are often [i]reactive[/i], not actively cast, and the meanest ones will rip right through that shield of yours if you aren’t careful. Remember my warnings.”[/color]

[@Kumbaris]