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The crystals shot up and the hunchback staggered, giving a muffled howl as Amrita tried to pull the shards from his flesh. He toppled over, gently laying her on the ground as they crept up his legs.

His hands were still free, rising up to weakly sign, "Will-bring-you-home. Will-save-you. Promised."

There was terror in his mismatched eyes.

She was quick to get back to her feet when he finally put her down, staring wide-eyed at his signing gestures. The crystals were creeping up on her limbs, making her already sluggish gestures even slower...but that didn't matter to her. With the perserverence of an Undead she plowed through them, forcing herself to move and her muscles to obey.

"No, no~" Amrita whimpered, glancing around at those who had already crystalized before turning to look back at him. He had more crystals than she did...she was losing him. No, please no, she couldn't---

"You did, you did save me!" She insisted, her fingers curling into the fabric of his sleeves. It was clear how scared he was; and she was the same. It was amazing how her tune had changed; she had been so set on being the one dying, on being the one to stay back for fear of hurting her friends. But now, facing this; all she wanted was to go home. She wanted free of this place, no matter the consequences...she would still be tagged, she could still be a weapon for the Hunters, but at least she'd be home with friends who loved her. With Christof.

"I-I'm not going--" She paused, trying to steady her trembling voice. She couldn't leave now. She wanted to stay where Christof was; she couldn't go home without him. Without any of her friends. "--anywhere w-without you. S-so don't...don't think about---" She cut herself off with a startled scream as a crystal came crashing down at her side, just barely slicing through her arm.

In the end, it was at least not a painful way to die.

The thrumming pain of the leg wound was about it, the crystals itself only brought a numbness to the equation. Still though she struggled. The woman pulled herself up from the ground, shattering crystal that had tried to claim her form as well. She would not give up this easily, no. She jsut could not give in to death as easily as some of the others around her had.

Her body was heavy, even heavier because that one leg still had the 'infection'. A disease that spread faster and faster. For a brief moment she even dared have the idea of cutting off the leg, but that notion was quickly silenced by an outcry from Takeru. He at least had a good point, the blood would become crystalized again and spread through her body that way. This way she kept her leg.

She could feel the insides of ehr leg growing stiffer, more sluggish. The crystal must be using her blood stream as a pathway to spread through her body like it was some blood-born illness. Still though she fought, she frustratedly punched at one of the crystals, dragging her now dead leg behind her like some igor. Why did it have to be like this? Why? They were doing so well. They had the shield up, things were starting to turn the tables, and then THIS happened. Tears streamed down her face as she punched one last crystal, her knuckles bloody and now crystalizing too.

She became sluggish, finding it hard to move. Her one leg was gone already, and even within her body she could feel the crystals forming. It was going to eat her from the inside out, these things. Only her reply was answered as suddenly, and rapidly, her other leg was also consumed. She was standing under a tree this time, she could feel crystals forming at her back as the tree perished as well. Where the crystals touched they flowered with a speed unimaginable. Soon she could not even move her hands, arms...nothing.

The Quilin rumbled, filled with sorrow and a anger of being powerless. I am sorry, only friend.

As she took her final breath the sword vanished, presumingly back to its unsummoned form, but Ceres found herself not caring.

She was not able to protect anyone.

OOC

Ceres IS NOT IN PVP!
Points remaining: 58/ 30
Total HP remaining: Dead
Total HP of ZONE remaining: --
Number of shards/ bandages used: 0/3
Status of character: Trainee Moon Hunter- Medium Height (for a human, 5'7") Female hunter with Raven Black Hair, Seafoam Green eyes, A red Scarf, and a long curved blade.

The ground trembled beneath Taima's feet as she made her way back to the portal. She paused, wondering if this was some new trick of the Hunters' to keep them at bay, and then the earth shook in earnest. She stumbled back, flailing to keep her feet beneath her. Instinct took over as her wings spread, prepared to lift her out of this sudden danger, to take to the air, to safety. She heard the screams of people around her and spared a second to turn her head and watch someone get consumed by sheets of crystal that were coming out of the ground, as beautiful as they were dangerous.

That second cost her. She felt one wing dip as if weighed down by something. She flapped it once, hoping to dislodge whatever it was, then turned to see what was wrong. Her stomach dropped as she found crystals growing up her primaries. They were spreading even as she watched, and she quickly pulled them off, wincing as a few feathers came with them. This was bad--she had to get airborne, had to get away! She tried to jump into the air but found, to her horror, that the crystals had encased her foot and were quickly growing up her leg. Her efforts to pull them off, to pull away, only caused her pain. They hurt worse than dissipation; it felt like the crystals were trying to pull her Fear out of her from every point of contact, and her struggles diminished as she was briefly overwhelmed by it.

But then the hunchback's face vanished behind a mask of crystal, creeping down Amrita's hand to join it there, frozen in time.

Saya was already losing her hold on Prompto, her eyes on other hunters and students who were already falling to the effects from the crystal. For a brief moment, she thought if she could get out of range--- But, it grew endlessly everywhere, as far as Saya could see. Her eyes traveled frantically across the scene .. and then a sound caught her attention, acutely, from upwards. She couldn't deflect anything from on top, that was really out of Saya's reflex league, no matter what way you looked at it.

The cracking was faster than Saya thought, she might be able to jump to the side-- no, it was already falling. Tumbling, Saya realized that wouldnt be in time either.

Rin was giving in to it. No one was left to save her, no one was left to save, there was no reason anymore.

This was why as she looked up at the crackling sound and saw crystals incoming. She stayed put. She didn't even try to escape them. A quicker less frightening death than what was presently happening for certain.

Much to her dismay however; they didn't end her. Crystals burst further and with the last bit of mobility to her body she moved to hug Sasha, face turned to gaze at hers.