[quote][color=6ecff6]"When this journey is over, I would like to invite you to our main temple. It will be a rather long journey, but I am confident that with enough preparation and research about said curse, it can most definitely be purified."[/color] Miwa said, gently approaching Jazdia and speaking in a lower and softer tone, reminding her that despite her looks and personality, she was still a proper Miko of a temple and knew how to help and soothe as much as she knew how to defend and attack.[/quote]


[color=ec008c]"Can most definitely be purified? That's a lot of confidence..."[/color] the elf chuckled, and the moment Miwa approached her, she did not react much to let the young sojourner feel a glimpse of power that had been shackling her. It was almost like a curse had the mind of its own, and could immediately sense someone who could detect it. It sent off an invisible searing heat that hurt one's psyche, like a lash to the brain that engraved a clear warning: [i]This one is mine, back off![/i]. 

At that moment, the curse revealed its true form. An ethereal aura engulfed Jazdia like a pale flame, binding her wrists with ethereal thorny vines that seemed to descend from the sky above. A broken halo hovered above her head, while shards of light floated behind her like shattered wings. Those who were initiated could see that these forms slowly sapped her strength, channeling it away to an unknown destination.

The elf looked at Miwa as if the pain she experienced and her expression upon the revelation were already well calculated and expected. Not out of malice, or amusement, but rather an acceptance borne from an expectation that was already hopelessly low. 

[color=ec008c]"I'd like to visit your temple... someday. But my time is running low, and this is my last shot."[/color] Pausing, her voice lowered and slowed. [color=ec008c]"If I can't get rid of this...  this time... I don't know what will become of me."[/color]

It took less than a moment for her expression to shift to something more optimistic, however fake it might be.  

[color=ec008c]"But hey, we did solid research, and The Library should have the answer."  [/color]