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Oscar:  Miasma seeped in from everywhere through the gaps in Aurelia’s barrier. It melted through his clothes and burned his skin when it touched his arms and chest. But Oscar didn’t falter once. He held the baby to his chest and glanced down at the infant’s back. When he undid the buttons on the child’s clothing, it revealed a black mark right in the center of his spine. "Be a good boy now… Bear with it for a little." Oscar whispered. With a little sigh, he dragged Akashia’s blade gingerly along the forbidden curse sigil. The mark’s outline shifted. Oscar heard a loud ringing in his ears, and the baby’s eyes flew open. The change was instantaneous and dramatic. The cloud of black mist burst open from the center outward.
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Aurelia:  Aurelia let out a cry of wonder.
human
Oscar:  In the midst of it all, Oscar looked back at Aurelia and smiled with the baby, which had started crying, in his arms. "Looks like we did it."
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Aurelia:  Aurelia bowed her head, utterly astonished. "That was incredible! Let me see your injuries."
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Oscar:  "Heal him first." Oscar replied, hurrying over with the baby, whose back was bleeding a little.
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Aurelia:  Aurelia quickly took the infant into her arms and intoned a healing spell.
human
Oscar:  Oscar breathed a sigh of relief as he watched. "There, that’s sorted now… but we’re not done yet." While Oscar had gotten tangled up in a creepy forbidden curse, he still needed to find Tinasha. Oscar glanced toward the distant fortress. The magistrates were probably worried, so it was best that he return to them first. Fortunately, the baby looked to be all right. Just as he was going to tell Aurelia his plan, he sensed someone new appear behind him.
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Tinasha:  "Oscar!" Tinasha shouted a familiar voice frantically.
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Oscar:  The word filled the king of Farsas with profound relief. He’d only just thought to search for Tinasha, and now here she was. He turned around, prepared to give her an earful of some kind, but froze when he saw the state she was in. "What… what the hell happened to you?!"
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Tinasha:  "Oh, I’ll be fine." Tinasha said, flapping a hand dismissively.
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Oscar:  No matter how you looked at it, she was a mess. Her dress was ripped to shreds in places and practically dyed red with blood. There was some sort of inexplicable sigil emblazoned on her chest. What concerned Oscar the most, however, was that the long hair he was so fond of had been hacked into a bob. He stared at the choppy, uneven ends. "What happened?"
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Tinasha:  "Oh, uh, nothing? Anyway, what went on here?" she asked.
human
Oscar:  "Do you really think that will work?" he responded dryly, walking up to Tinasha and pinching her cheek.
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Tinasha:  "Aaahh, that hurts!" she squealed, even as she reached out to heal the burns on his skin.
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Aurelia:  Aurelia watched the pair of them, wholly slack-jawed.