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Fortunately and unfortunately, Yuki's attention had snapped back to Jason the moment that the Great Knight was shouting his name. There was no change in the obsidian gleam in his eyes, other than the fact that they widened and the white knight bristled at the realization that this new person was coming at him at a rush. Everything in Yuki's tranced mind screamed for him to run. Run before it was too late. Run before he was caught.

His knuckles were white for how tightly he was gripping the tonfa, but his feet were firmly planted on the stone as if frozen.

The knight was actually an easy target in that moment, eyes locked on Jason - even if he did not see Jason as he was - his muscles tense and ready to send him into flight if he could only will his body past fear and force it to obey his desire to flee.

Suddenly, his vision - whatever it had been - blacked out in a brilliant shock of pain that overtook the base of his skull and sent him pitching forward. He didn't even glimpse the world around him shifting back to the dark halls of the castle, mentally did not process the in between where his mind had just been to the swift pull back to the current here and now. He blacked out from the impact, but only for seconds.

When Riley caught him, he was screaming, anguished and raw in his throat. Even that only lasted moments, before cutting off into ragged, deep pulls for breath. Darius went forgotten, hitting the floor as Yuki clutched his head. But he wasn't doing it solely from pain, he was curling in on himself and trying to protect himself from blows.

Yuki's HP: 36

(No push lol ah well time for Camilla to be clumsy! XD)

Camilla is in a AU Trance!

The scream and the violent reaction the boy had to coming out of whatever it was he was under echoed in Camilla's head too! Guilt began to well up as she saw how desperately he clung to the woman and curled up on himself fearing she'd strike him again... "I-It's alright... I won't hit you again..." her voice was soft and sounded slightly shaken... While a frown rested firmly on her face... The inclusion of the word love from the woman soon had Camilla feeling even more guilty... H-had she failed at doing the right thing...? She may have hurt him... but she hadn't killed him! ...Somehow despite that fact she found herself feeling pretty rotten... Mercifully the understanding look from the woman put her mind at slight ease...

The look the nod as blessed as they were to receive they did little to ease the guilt she now felt... All this time she had avoided attacking other knights because she found it unhelpful and unknightly... but... Now she breaks that unspoken vow only to have it backfire in her face... There were no thank yous no pride... Just a pained knight wailing in fear being held by someone dear... It... Made Camilla feel like she was intruding... Like she was seeing a special moment she wasn't supposed to be privy to... And so... With that she decides to back up and turn around ready to go to the throne room with the other knights... Or she would have if a piece of unfortunately ill placed rubble hadn't caught her foot!

"Hu- Eep!" She squeaks as she finds herself falling backwards! Flailing slightly the situation was made worse when she stepped right on her feathered cape! Now wrapped up in her own garb she stumbles back one step, two steps, three, then thud! Her back lands squarely against something flat and smooth! "Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! Eep-! Ah!" Her back arches instantly as if in pain while her surprised cries choke in her throat! Her body goes rigid moments later as if she'd been frozen solid! "A-Ah..." Is finally choked out in a gasp! The thing her back had landed against was not the wall but a large black crystal! Within seconds no moments! She could feel it! Darkness evil and strong began pouring into her at a rate she couldn't even fathom! She was helpless to stop it helpless to move! It all happened so quick! Finally after what felt like a eternity her mind and heart would be yanked else where while her body would be left with a deadly purpose...

"A-Ah... Ah..." The sound was soft and almost like something being released... Slowly her stiffened frame would loosen causing her to slump forwards... Her weight was primarily on the crystal as her head and arms go limp... For a long moment she'd just stand there unmoving with her face in shadow... Until finally! She would move with a jerk! Her head would snap up to look at the other knights before the rest of her would follow!

Straightening up she'd push off the Crystal she'd fallen on before taking her usual battle pose... A act of muscle memory and nothing more... For ger mind and heart were gone in that moment... Lost in the depths of darkerness! Her body a mere hallow puppet being pulled by strings unseen... Her eyes would become the final proof of this! Normally soft shadow black eyes had turned black as coal and sharp as a knife while the whites of her eyes became a obsidian black!

It had seemed like hours since they had gotten into the castle (it probably wasn't) and not much seemed to be happening in the halls that they had been standing in. Milo absently watched as a few of the other knights struggled and fought one another, his brow raised in question yet he didn't close the distance between any of the other parties to find out the trouble. He was going to stay close to Noemi. Or perhaps he would drag the smaller blue knight to question the others. That did seem to be another option really. Fighting among the ranks didn't seem to be what they needed at the moment, and if he knew what was transpiring in the throne room that thought would have gone up tenfold.

Instead, he watched, guarded with his hands firmly on his weapon if needed before his eyes flicked to the crystals themselves. Curious thing it was, how it had spread itself upon the walls like a weed or evil-like fern. With one glance to Noemi, in a small way stating his intention, he moved closer to the blackness to get a closer look. But perhaps a little too close, his fingers brushed against the smooth surface. He saw the monsters.. and then something else.

Camilla us in a AU Trance!

Soon Camilla's normal pose would drop into a sloppy advance! Slowly with a expression cold and vicious she would approach the pare with blades poised to strike! Mercifully a shout from her side would catch her attention! Her head would snap towards the voice of the Red haired boy before the rest of her would turn to face him! Her eyes held no recognition and remained sharp almost cuttingly so as she glares at him! Unfortunately for the boy his shouts had done nothing but directed her attention to him! Slowly she'd take the battle pose as a matter of habit before suddenly lunging!

Her strike fortunately was rather pathetic as she wildly swings her sharpened Bokken at him! Unfortunately it had been turned Ha(Blade) side down...

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What if... You took a slightly different path? And what if Morgana's mark had a deeper effect?

It was these questions that played out in her mind and heart... Instead of pledging Gold Camilla would pledge Red... Her loyality would belong to Morgan in more ways then she'd ever thought possible... She followed her choosen knight into battle during the siege! Helped move the mirror to the gate! And defended Morgan against Percival and Gawain! Was horrified to see Morgan fall and even more horrified to see Morgan was Morgana! Their enemy! But it was too late! She had served the Sidhe Queen too faithfully and now the Queen wished to ensure that loyalty! A butterfly mark as harmless as it would seem held great malice that would rip Camilla from her freedom! A 'gift' Morgana called it... But what it really was was a forced contract of servitude!

At first Camilla refused to summon the Sidhe companion but as times got tougher she finally gave in... And that was her biggest mistake! Madness Vengeance Madness slowly began to claw it's way into her mind and heart! Never had she sought vengeance or desired it... No... Still she did not... However... She found herself craving baseless vengeance on any who looked at her wrong... Slowly her sainity slipped further and further with only one ground keeping her sain... Shayne... He was there for her... Kept her grounded... Kept her sain... But soon that would all end in the Corridor of Knowledge... A yelp, a sicking crack, and a thud were all she remembered of that moment... Shayne lie dead on the ground before her... A Grail crazed Knight had attacked him! No! Had attacked her! But he took the blow! And now he was dead! She'd wail in sorrow... Cling to his corpse... And then she'd crack!

Shadows would pour from the butterfly marking until she was completely consumed by them! They would twist and distort until her shape was not that of a human but of a huge bipedal monsterous Dormouse! Her eyes would turn a wicked red while her two front teeth would be pointed into fangs! With claws like daggers and a tail strong like a arm she would advance on the murderous knight intent on getting vengeance! However! It wasn't her own! No... Shayne was just a knights corpse to her now just another dead pest! Her memories what ones she had were gone! In her mind and heart only vengeances and the words of her Lady Morgana lie! Her thirst for vengeance was not her own but Morgana's! She was to be her instrument of revenge and she would do it gladly! No knight in that Corridor was safe and she was ready to pounce when a call from Morgana prompted her to halt... Called away Camilla would leave the knights intact for her lady's word bore more weight then her baseless vengeance... But she would have her time she just had to wait...

And soon her wait would end! Knights blessed would return ready to take back the castle! But Camilla was waiting... she was ready! Called away had she been to defend Morgana's new seat of power! And now as three petty Knights stand before her she would rip into them with cruel delight! Or well attempt too!

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Reality and the world Camilla's heart and mine lay trapped in would over lap at this point! As Camilla would strike in real life so too would her Sidhe self in the Alternate Reality! Which only added more weight and purpose to her mindless swings!

Camilla is in a AU Trance!

Pain! It would rip through her arm as a arrow would deeply graze her on it's way by! Her Main Gauche would be dropped in surprise but it didn't matter! Quickly she would draw her Rapier and lunge at Shayne! Pain was pushed away as she began slashing wildly at him!

In the reality in which she was trapped in Camilla would roar with fury as a pathetic little knight would shoot her in the shoulder with a arrow! Quickly she would rip the offending piece of wood and metal out before lunging at her antagonizer! Pain meant nothing to her as a grin of wicked delight would spread over her face while razor sharp claws rip into the flesh of the faceless knight! They mean nothing to her! Were nothing to her! Voiceless, faceless, pests which needed to be eliminated! Mere annoyances with which she could use to sate her endless hunger for vengeance!

Camilla is in a AU Trance!

She had hit him but just barely! which was no surprise considering how wildly she swung her blades... There was no grace no dancing just wild unpredictable flailing! Unfortunately her reflexes were still sharp and as the red haired boy would run up the wall and shout something she'd be hot on his heals! Until the point when he'd flip over her head! It was a bold move a brave one! A almost foolish one as a Crystal rested mere inches from where he landed but it was effective!

Before she could even react a deep sharp piercing pain rips through her back! "A-ach!" She gasps in a a mixture of surprise and pain as the arrow wedges itself firmly in her mid back! Fortunately like always the fabric of her Tabard and Undershirt weren't fully pierced but a good portion of the tip did get through and that tip is what wedged itself deeply into her flesh dragging the cloth of her garb in the wound with it!

The pain was searing as she stumbles forwards from the force but it wasn't enough to stop her! Her posture slumped as one more good hit would free her but she wasn't done yet! They pain was pushed away as she began one last flailing attempt to hit him! Unfortunately this only agitated the arrow in her back further causing it to bore deeper and deeper!

Trance wise she was winning! Her fangs wick and sharp pierced the pathetic knight's armor while ger dagger like claws rent into their skin! It was a bloody fight! A glorious fight! The foolish little cretins would try to reason with her try to pull her back to sainty but she was too far gone! Their words fell on deaf ears and her only thoughts were on the delightful feel of claws on skin! She was powerful! She was vicious! She was one of Morgana's best pets! Best Minions! She would enact Morgana's vengeance! She would do her lady proud by ridding her castle of these vile vermin! She would make them fear rodents make them respect the noble Dormouse! She woul-

Swish!

The sound of blade on shadowy flesh was audible! So caught up in her evil prideful musings had Camilla gotten that her focus had wained! And a Great Sword struck while her guard was down! A agonized screech very rodent in nature ripped from her throat as pain engolfed her! The blade had dragged it's way from her right shoulder all the way to her left hip leaving a angry shadowy gash in it's wake! Quickly she would collapse to all fours in disbelief! S-she couldn't be on the virge of fading! Couldn't have failed Morgana like this! No! She wouldn't give up! She'd take them with her! Suddenly she would screech with a feral madness wide eyed and crazed before lunging at the knights to deal one final blow!

Camilla is in a AU Trance!

Camilla cuts into his shabby armor with her blades but does minimal damage! His words continue to mean nothing to her as he yells while getting distance! She was so close to being free! Just one more shot and-! He missed! Somehow someway because of his shout her natural instincts came into play and she dodges the arrow just in time! This is with a arrow still in her back mind you! One that was constantly reminding her it was there!

Her breathing was becoming heavier ragid almost! She was losing a good blood because of the arrow still in her back... And the pain was becoming dizzying! Still she wouldn't quit! Couldn't quit! strings unseen still tugged at her mindless body urging her to attack despite the pain! And she would do so without mercy to Shayne or herself! Lunging forwards she would slice upwards before stabbing at him with her Rapier! At least one shot was guaranteed to miss and they were pretty sloppy

Trance wise she getting the upper hand again! Her ferocious maddened attacks had taken the knights completely by surprise! Their attempt to end her would be met with wild resistance that would not only stand up to them but deal more damage to boot!

Camilla is free of the AU Trance!

Camilla was close... Close to freedom! Even Buyou Rouzu could sense this as it seemed to thrum under her hand desperately calling out to her! Unfortunate the darkness was not yet willing to release her from it's cold grip and the Bokken's call would go unheeded as she would get close to Shayne and do some fair damage! Unfortunately because of this one miss aimed arrow would go sailing over her head! Luckily for Shayne however the pain had made Camilla's focus very flighty and she follows the rogue arrow with her eyes giving him time for distance! In fact it gave him time to fire too!

As her back turned to Shayne pain would suddenly rip through her left shoulder! "Aargh!" She cries out as the arrow soundly pierces her skin and imbeds itself into her flesh! That was it! The pain was too much! The strings which puppeted her in a sense audibly snap! Cut by the pain which burned through her!

Trance wise she was getting cocky again feeling she was unstoppable! That she was the best! That she wa-

Shunk!

She hadn't even heard the whistle of the arrow before it pierced her clean through her middle! She coughs once... twice... then stumbles... Wispy bits of shadow would begin to radiate off her as the shadows begin to melt away... She had failed... She had let Morgana down... She had...

Once more real life and trance would over lap as Camilla would in both realities fall forwards to land with a sound thud! In trance the shadows would continue to fade as sainity what little was left in her would begin to return until at long last she would be freed from their grasps... Her body was mangled and her heart/mind shattered... But... She was free... And as her eyes would slowly close she would soon find peace... Real life wise she would mirror the motion of her Trance self as her eyes would slowly close only unconsciousness would take her rather then death...

For more then a few moments she laid there quiet and still as her bodily consciousness reconnected with her mental and emotional consciousness...