Annabeth Stagitta- [i]Lamia Scale[/i]

In a burst of power blackened by the devil himself at the hands of another Guild's mage, it was finished. The fallen form of Yunin lay in tatters on the ground, mere shreds of blackness fading into smoke on the ground. And yet, his pride still showed through, proclaiming his superiority over their magic even as he faded away. Anna exhaled through her nostrils in disgust toward the fell being, even as a piece of him- a large eyeball surrounded by blackness- rolled toward her. 

[color=f7941d][b]"Make what excuses you will. The day is ours nonetheless."[/b][/color]

And with that, her foot came crashing down upon the eye to crush it into the ground. Grinding her heel into it as she turned about, she turned about and moved quickly to the side of the still unconscious Jeanne. Though a mage who seemed to specialize in healing and defensive arts was seeing to her, the force of her own magic still threatened to devour her, even after the foe was defeated. It was a fearful facet of her magic of choice, and one Annabeth knew all too well. 

[color=f7941d][b]"Stand back, if you please. Her condition is a delicate one."[/b][/color]

Reaching a hand to the avenger's neck, Anna's fingers fiddled with the silver chain hung about it until she pulled out from under the girl's armor a single, silver locket. A locket that, despite the presence of neither lock nor key, refused to open no matter how Jeanne tried to coax it. Annabeth smiled at it, her face touched by a bit of melancholic nostalgia, before she took it in her hands, closed her eyes, took a breath... and started to sing.

[i][color=f7941d][b]"You are my sunshine, my only sunshine...
You make me happy when skies are grey..."[/b][/color][/i]

As she sung, a rhythmic clicking began to softly, almost imperceptibly join her voice in the same tune. With a little straining, the source of the clicking was easily decipherable- it was coming from the locket.

[i][color=f7941d][b]"You'll never know, dear, how much I love you...
"Please don't take my sunshine away..."[/b][/color][/i]

[i]CLICK[/i]

As the locket gently opened, a soft light began to spill from its interior, bathing Annabeth in its glow. At the same time, the burns Jeanne had suffered slowly began to recede, as if the power driving them was being coaxed away from her. Once the burns were gone, the light began to spread outward from the locket- but was stopped as Annabeth held her hand over it. With what looked like a reproachful glare, she forced the light to recede once again, back into the locket. As it did so, slowly, she started to sing again.

[i][color=f7941d][b]"The other night dear, as I lay sleeping,
I dreamed I held you in my arms...
When I awoke, dear, I was mistaken,
So I hung my head, and I cried."[/b][/color][/i]

As she finished the song, the light faded back into the pendant entirely, the locks clicked back into place, and she returned the chain to underneath Jeanne's armor. As the swordswoman began to stir, as if waking from a long sleep, Anna quietly and quickly turned toward the surrounding mages and, with a sharp look to her eyes, gave them each a warning.

[b][color=f7941d]"Not a word of this, any of you. [i]To anybody.[/i] Especially not Jeanne. Is that clear?"[/color][/b]

By then, Jeanne had begun to wake, and Anna found her attention pulled to her once again...