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[right][sub][b][color=D8BFD8]Location: [/color][/b]Elysium Island[/sub]
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[color=gray]Liz blew her sigh of relief out through her nose the moment that the group’s amplifier spoke up. Her faux confidence had already started to crumble under the other woman’s narrowed gaze. As the dreaded woman began walking her way, she felt her shoulders straighten with a newfound determination. She nodded as her eyes locked with the amplifier.

[color=D8BFD8]“I’ll take care of it.”[/color] She had to, or they really were all going to be cooked.

She hadn’t expected the dreaded woman to embrace her. Her expression went from determined to downright awkward for just a moment as she allowed herself to be engulfed in a stranger’s arms. Her body only relaxed the moment she figured that the woman needed total contact to use her abstraction. She took a breath, sent a prayer to the Hound that she would succeed, and braced for the power boost.

The power flowed endlessly and lit up every nerve in Liz’s body in a dull flame. She gasped softly as her entire being filled with raw, magical energy. It was strangely addictive, in a way that Liz knew would overwhelm her quickly if she didn’t dispose of it before it consumed her. She watched in awe as their skeletons glowed within them like an x-ray image, her eyes widening just so.

For a moment, she wondered what the hell she’d gotten herself into. Would she be able to handle the power? Would her few lessons in sealing apparitions be enough to prove herself to this coven?

She thought of the times that Lyss showed her the spells she’d learned from their grandmother. How Lyss had explained them to her, and even gave her a few lessons of her own. Lyss had believed in her, and that’s all that mattered now.

Her confidence skyrocketed just as she felt the energy in her body reach a heightened state. As the woman pulled back from her, Liz lifted her arms in front of her as if she could see the magic running through her veins.

It was power she’d never felt before. A power that could easily burn her as much as it could make her into the woman she was working towards being. She wondered if Lyss had ever felt power like this before.

Her head lifted to look the dreaded woman in the eyes, then she looked at the woman who had scrutinized her.

[color=D8BFD8]“Leave it to me.”[/color] She began before turning to face the apparition. Her steps began to carry her towards it, each movement teetering between control and chaos with the energy flowing within her. She reached a good point in front of the apparition and aimed her palms towards it. The energy within her began to transfer to her channeler, flowing rapidly, nearly at a dangerous rate.

[color=D8BFD8]“I’m Liz Burns, by the way.”[/color] She tossed over her shoulder.

Her icy blue eyes bore into the apparition with an intensity they’d never displayed before. A translucent veil of black energy began to emanate from her, spreading out, around, and above the titanic apparition until it was completely surrounded. She held her breath as she focused on her spell, held onto the feeling that Lyss had guided her towards many years ago, and felt her muscles tense as she held onto the control that was keeping the energy within her from burning her out.

She expelled that energy, encasing the magma monster in a trap that it couldn’t escape from, and focused the raw magic on keeping it there as one hand lowered to reach into her pocket and pull out a large hairpin that ended in a black rose from within it. She held it out in her palm facing the sky, and transferred most of the flow of magic into that hand. Her free hand shook slightly with the power granted to her as it threatened to overwhelm her, but she gained control by curling it into a fist and dragging it towards the hairpin in her palm.

As her fist moved, the veil around the apparition began to shrink around it and drag it towards her. It forced the apparition to shrink, its lava and rock exterior crunching and sloshing within it as it fought against her spell. Her amplified state was no match for it, and it lost the battle as it was sucked into the hairpin within a second’s time. The hairpin trembled as Liz squeezed it between her hands, finalizing her sealing spell, putting every ounce of the raw energy into it to ensure that it was successful. The hairpin glowed with a black aura within her hand before returning to its original state.

The hand that held the hairpin trembled as the adrenaline finally hit her. She ran her other hand through her hair, and pulled it forwards as she inspected the new streak of white that hadn’t been there before. This one was thicker than the rest, and she figured it was thanks to the power boost that more of her black strands had lost their color.

[color=D8BFD8]“Well, that was intense.”[/color] She breathed, honestly just thankful that she hadn’t lost control, and tapped her cheek just to make sure it had been real before turning back to the group behind her. Her gaze found the dreaded woman. A brief smile crossed her pale features as she gestured towards her with the pin in hand. [color=D8BFD8]“Thanks for the boost. Really came in handy.”[/color]

[color=D8BFD8][i]Not sure how I handled it, but thank the Hound I did.[/i][/color]
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