ENTER FROM SANCTUM SANCTORUM
Alcina returned to her own realm in a flash of creamy white light. Her arms were folded in a bit of a hug, and her eyes were closed. She stayed that way for a good couple of minutes.
She didn't want to come back here...mainly because of what she knew she'd left here. Her son's decapitated head lying on the floor before her throne. It was hinted that the rest of him was scattered throughout her home. The 'surprises' could be something worse entirely too of course.
She didn't want to be here. She didn't want to...find anything else. She wasn't even sure how she was going to gather Mugin together when the time came. He wouldn't decay. Not in her realm. Nothing aged or withered in her realm.
Still...she couldn't bring herself to...
Drawing a very long, trembling sigh, she opened her eyes and turned to walk down her ivory hall way. She waked straight on, keeping her eyes on the destination ahead of her. As she passed through the hallway, she came to an open balcony that hovered over a rather beautiful array of plant life. All growing and thriving brilliantly. All very, very rare and exotic plants. The planets the plants once grew on were no longer existent. It was her way of trying to preserve the planet just a bit. There were treasures and once common items throughout her house that had the same situation. X destroyed everything...she tried to save what she could.
She supposed....if she couldn't bring herself to 'clean up'....she could go to another realm she had created for a while. She had at least two other realms where she had saved what she could. Perhaps she could get Exo to...clean for her.
Reaching the balcony, she simply continued to walk. A staircase of floating violet stones led her from the balcony down towards the center of the garden. From there, she walked through her array of flowering plants and trees, until she reached a small...almost Hellenistic style building that sat by itself in the garden.
She hesitated once she reached the entrance, and let out another shaky sigh. She couldn't sense any...surprises within the small room. But that didn't mean she wouldn't find
something. Once she gathered herself together, she marched inside.
The room was bare, save for a small stone table in the center of the room. On top of it, was a small black and gold box.
Alcina walked up to it, her rings, bracelets, and all other jewelry floating off of her by itself. She stood in front of the box and opened it. It was empty inside, and the bottom of the box was missing. Nothing more than a square of vast, black space. Her jewelry floated into the box and disappeared.
Then she hesitated.
Carefully, she checked to make sure she had all of her jewelry off and inside the box. It was. Except for the two gold jeweled crowns she wore in her hair. Any hint of emotion swept away from her face as she placed a delicate hand on one of them. These...didn't really need to go into the box. They weren't considered jewelry as much as they were...wedding bands. Humans wore their symbols of unity on their fingers. For her race, something as important as unity needed to be noticeable. Something everyone would immediately see. They usually wore their symbols on their heads.
...These...these weren't the most expensive or flashy pieces her race usually wore. But...the jewels in it...Xiao knew they were her favorite. He made sure that they were made just for her.
.....had she know how things really were....she would have just let Deadpool keep the one he had.
Shaking her head rather hard, she left them be and turned her attention back to the box. She'd find a place for her crowns later. She had no need to wear them any longer. Might as well change her clothes then too. She didn't need anything that was so revealing anymore either.
She stared at the box a moment, trying to decide exactly how to go about this. If she tried to look here...then she'd be on her own. If she took it back with her to the Sanctum, she'd have help should something....occur.
The image of Strange flashed in her mind for a brief moment, and she shivered. She wasn't ready for something like that. Not right now. She wasn't even sure she'd be ready if she DID have her full powers.
That settled it then. She was taking it back to the sanctum and locating Deadpool there.
Placing both hands on the box, she closed it and went to pick it up.
It didn't move.
Blinking, she pulled at it again. Nothing.
Oh....right....it was spelled to this one spot. She didn't....she didn't have the magic to be able to move it right now.
So...did she just wait and move it back to the Sanctum when she had enough of her powers back? No...no, she couldn't do that. That would take too long, and she didn't want anything to happen to Strange. Or any of the others.
Hesitating once more, she opened the box again. Her eyes radiated a bright gold light for a moment, and a small array of relics appeared within the room. She closed her eyes and the objects floated to specific areas of the room and became enveloped in a bright violet light. These should help protect her in case something does happen.
Taking another shaky sigh, she opened her eyes and placed her hands over the open box.
"One piece of my collection is missing." she said quietly, seemingly to the box.
"Show me where I've lost it, so that I might retrieve it." 
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