Though Carly has moved no closer since the room shook, the Ringmaster is near enough that her lunge threatens to bowl her over. With a single motion, Carly seems to vanish at the swipe- a scattering of pixels and feathers all that appears to remain.
But the actions of others have created a window. Lambert, Yuuya, Steven- and still the rest who act in that moment. As a tiny hummingbird the size of a mere pigeon hovers above where the Ringmaster lashed forward, she looks to the great red eyes- to the decayed state of the Ringmaster's body.
Energy stings through her eyes, shining dots of light through the fog. And with Steven's words, the bird begins to slowly move toward the Ringmaster as well- eyes focused as she speaks with a strength that far defies how she physically and even mentally feels.
"It's like Aslla Piscu, isn't it..? ...You warned me about him so much- the thing that first used words to make me hate the ones who loved me...and when that failed, took hold instead...If you listen to anything, Ringmaster, I beg of you to listen to your heart!" she shouts passionately. "...I broke through Aslla Piscu- I broke through the Void that did the same thing...AND YOU ARE SO MUCH STRONGER THAN I," she cries. "SO LISTEN TO WHAT YOUR HEART WANTS MOST...Because I believe...no, I KNOW!" Carly insists fiercely, coating herself with her fragile 'healing' flame and moving to try and make contact.
"YOU'RE THE BRIGHTEST OF US ALL- AND YOU CAN BREAK THROUGH THIS!"
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But the actions of others have created a window. Lambert, Yuuya, Steven- and still the rest who act in that moment. As a tiny hummingbird the size of a mere pigeon hovers above where the Ringmaster lashed forward, she looks to the great red eyes- to the decayed state of the Ringmaster's body.
Energy stings through her eyes, shining dots of light through the fog. And with Steven's words, the bird begins to slowly move toward the Ringmaster as well- eyes focused as she speaks with a strength that far defies how she physically and even mentally feels.
"It's like Aslla Piscu, isn't it..? ...You warned me about him so much- the thing that first used words to make me hate the ones who loved me...and when that failed, took hold instead...If you listen to anything, Ringmaster, I beg of you to listen to your heart!" she shouts passionately. "...I broke through Aslla Piscu- I broke through the Void that did the same thing...AND YOU ARE SO MUCH STRONGER THAN I," she cries. "SO LISTEN TO WHAT YOUR HEART WANTS MOST...Because I believe...no, I KNOW!" Carly insists fiercely, coating herself with her fragile 'healing' flame and moving to try and make contact.
"YOU'RE THE BRIGHTEST OF US ALL- AND YOU CAN BREAK THROUGH THIS!"