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Time: After LuLu's transformation, night
Where:An alley
Who: LuLu and Xiu
What: How easy is it to get ink stains out?

LuLu had nearly floated past him. The glint of his hair is what caught her attention. It was briefly illuminated by the dim glow the streetlights lining the alley provided. The frei's blackened irises locked on her elder. She recognized him instantly. His gleaming tresses floated behind him like a silver cape. Donning pristine white from head to ribbon, Sir Xiu appeared as valiant and noble as ever. And why shouldn't he? Xiu was supposed to be her knight, always and forever. No, that was not true. Sir Xiu was meant to be LuLu's knight in shining armor. As a shadow floating behind Xiu, she was no longer the princess that he had sworn to protect.

Nonetheless, LuLu could not help but question the extent of his promise to look out for her wellbeing. After all, LuLu's so called defender had allowed her to become the very definition of the word monster. That thought alone made the frei's blood boil. Well, if she still had blood. The only thing coursing through the rabbit's veins was the same thick, black fluid that coated her body: ink. The frei clenched and un-clenched her hands as she continued to float after the sigel. Her voice was a rumbling purr at first, "Sir Xiiiiiuuuu."

LuLu picked up her pace. Her voice grew louder as she called to her fair champion, "SIR XiiiiuuuuUUUU."

She raised a hand above her head. It was poised at him in the form of sharp talons, "SIR XIUUUUUUAAAAARGH!!!!" Her tone completely cracked as it became a flat out roar.

It was a monster.

LuLu lunged at Xiu. Once they connected, she made quick work of shoving him against one of the alley's walls. She felt him bounce off and for good measure she slammed him against the dirty bricks once more. They surface was grimy and filthy, but it was nothing compared to the ink oozing off of the frei. Sticky and gummy to the point of nearly gluing them together. The gunk gushed over Xiu and his neatly pressed robes. Instantly, they became a dingy black wherever she touched. Her glassy eyes honed in on Xiu. However, they looked like two shiny marbles and gleamed with a soulless quality to them.

She chuckled softly to herself. Her voice fluctuated between its normal tone and a guttural rumble, "Where have you been Sir Xiu? I have missed playing with you." Her mouth split into a broad grin. Though her usual pristine smile had been tinted a muddled grey. She left trails of ink as her palms traced along his body. Her hands slid across the breadth of Xiu's shoulders and over the contours of his thin neck. Her fingers tightened just slightly around the arteries running lengthwise up either side. She could almost feel his windpipe. The ink on LuLu's forearms swirled and heaved violently as though egging her on. A few tendrils even slid down her wrists and coiled around the junction of where her hands met Xiu's throat. However, nothing clamped down just yet. She wanted a response.

The pink box practically exploded its contents over LuLu's head. Frosting rained down from above as confections splattered every which way. The frei cocked her head to the side, though it was not just from the whiplash. She was genuinely stunned at Xiu's chosen counterattack. Unfortunately, she was not kept at bay long due to the fact creampuffs were notorious for their inability to gain much momentum while being used to assault someone. The carrot cake was a bit denser but still far too crumbly to bludgeon a person with.

LuLu hissed between her blackened teeth. Her fingertips clenched around Xiu's throat and their points dimpled his skin painfully. The cream leftover from Xiu's attack soon blended into the ink coating her body until it was completely consumed by the sentient fluid. Though resourceful, there was no trace of his failure besides the ruined pastries beneath them. She had not liked this response at all! "You were not there to protect me Sir Xiu. Now you want to hurt me?!" Anger was noticeable in her voice.

LuLu could already see an ashy grey to Xiu already pallid tone. Air was becoming scarce. If she just tightened her grip a bit more then....

Then what?

The rabbit blinked back the thought. That was something she would worry about after the fact. The ink monster seemed dead set on finishing her Knight off until her glassy eyes shifted their gaze downward. They came across the ruined pastries caked on the cement. There was something familiar within that mishmash of colors and confections.

The frei nostrils flared slightly as she picked an unmistakable scent. Yes, there was no hiding it. Xiu had been carrying carrot cake. Though driven by instinct and anger, the more conscientious side of Lu sparked to life as though drawn out by her favorite dessert. Old memories were also awakened in that moment. They were pleasant and that was a feeling LuLu had nearly forgotten in the past few months while she had been dealing with her torturous "disease". After so much pain, joy seemed almost foreign. However, that did not change the fact that Xiu had looked out for her from the first day they had met. He had been nothing but kind to her and....

If she continued this Xiu might die. Even as a monster, LuLu was unsure if she could handle that weight upon her shoulders. Her fingers became loosely threaded together as she eased her hold on the sigel's windpipe. Suddenly, she felt something other than viscous ink pumping through her system. The familiar warmth of blood cycled through her chest.

She cringed as Xiu snatched for her wrists. Her eyes snapped back up to him. They held a tinge of amethyst in their depths; though, that most likely went unnoticed. She had no time to consider what the sigel was doing because in a matter of seconds the blood that had returned to her veins was knotting and clotting in the most excruciating ways imaginable. She screamed at the top of her lungs as she fell away from her Knight.

If that wasn't enough, a strike from his wings also sent her reeling back into the wall on the other side of the alley. Her back made contact with a harsh crunch. She slid against the surface and fell into a dirty divot in the ground which had probably collected a good deal of rain and sewage. The ink she was excreting was becoming a watered down mess once it touched the puddle. The monster groaned pitifully, Xiu had managed a successful attack. Yet, she was already trying to recollect herself. The comforting feeling she had unearthed was fading quickly along with her returned rationality. Already her blood was once again ink and would not be able to be manipulated by Xiu. Soon enough, her change back would be complete. She would be the same beast that had first attached Sir Xiu. LuLu could not let herself hurt him again.

LuLu flared her wings when she rose from the ground. She bared her teeth at the sigel as a threat if he dared to come near her. "Do not follow me!" She gave her wings a powerful flap sending ink splattering. She took off down the alley and turned back once she was nearly gone. "I will kill you if you do!"