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Meruin gasped as her whole body shook with the mere shock of being alive again. This was her . . . what, tenth or eleventh time experiencing this? In any case, she'd gotten quite used to dying, a habit she ought to grow out soon. She wouldn't always have Rollanda's assistance in life after all.

The small mage righted herself, recalling the events that led to her suicide.

So, it appears that her soul was now in possession of the Phoenix, which by all rights meant her life was now in her hands.

Meruin shrugged. Not too bad then. At least she hadn't promised control over her actions. Now [i]that[/i] would have been troublesome.

So how to best make use of this opportunity? Meruin was going over that thought the entire time while in the infirmary, not really paying attention much to the other injuries garnered by the Magus Games - a loud and chaotic event that frankly didn't interest her at all, asides from the potential data she could gather.

She supposed that if Iravis wanted to win, Meruin was obliged to assist her, but right now, she didn't think the firebird was worth the trouble. It would probably be best to tell her plainly that she didn't consider her a very worthy master as of the moment, but she'd do that later. Right now, she had a guest.

[color=a187be]"Oh. Hello . . . Shino?"[/color] A stab in the dark. Meruin vaguely recalled the neko's name from that one time they met, and she didn't even [i]remember[/i] talking to her.

[color=a187be]"I was here to get myself resurrected after killing myself,"[/color] she stated plainly, [color=a187be]"though I suppose the answer to your question is that I am currently recovering from being dead."[/color]

She tilted her head back and closed her eyes in thought.

[color=a187be]"As to what I need . . . you don't happen to have a vial of blood from either a phoenix, a dragon, a high level demon or oni, or a unicorn, or perhaps an angel?"[/color]

Really, any single one of those was the last piece she needed to begin her experiment. Now that she thought about it, perhaps she was a little to excited when she discovered Iravis true identity as a phoenix. She had gotten careless and had forgotten how underhanded most mythological beings were, and consequently forgot to factor exactly how Iravis would play their deal.

Sighing again, Meruin supposed that it was just another lesson to learn, among all the others she was studying.