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<div style="text-align: center">|| LOCATION ||<br/>
Darke Manor - Idris' Old Quarters<br/>
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The world was Elements, Supers, Zodiacs, and Villains and Auriella was simply a human living among them. One moment, the wall to Idris' room had been present. Photos of Idris, Vincent, and Auriella lined the walls, though a bit crooked from Veronica's earlier abuse of the area. Strings of lights here and there lit the room, hung during Idris' more creative time of her childhood. Yet in an instant, Auriella's eyes lifted to see the wall quite literally disintegrate into nothing. A scoff moved past Auriella's lips, the look on her face saying that she was impressed, but soon enough the smell of smoke and fire became stronger until it was too much to ignore. Veronica herself seemed to jump into action, calculating their best way out. Unfortunately, that meant Auriella would have to jump.<br/>
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Veronica's mention of Vincent training her to kill Idris had Auriella pausing however, searching Veronica's face. The girl seemed bothered that she had to say such things aloud and that was enough for the older woman to know that Veronica was not too far gone to save from herself and Vincent's influence. She cared for Auriella and in a way, she cared for Idris. Auriella would have given anything to have known about Veronica, to show her just how absolute and powerful of an ally Idris was when she was on your side. The woman was a force of nature, a force not to be trifled with, just like Veronica herself. Two sides of the same coin, just a coin that had been held in Vincent's hands instead of her own. Though when Veronica isnisted that she'd jump, that she'd protect Auriella as fire came scorching into the room, only to be sent back to it's caster, Auriella nodded her head quickly, moving the hand that had been holding Veronica's to rest gently on her shoulder.<br/>
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"I believe you. And I trust you." Auriella said firmly, her eyes staring right into Veronica's to make sure she saw the weight of her words. And then with that, Auriella moved to the edge of the building, where a wall should have been and where the toes of her shoes hung slightly over open ground two stories down. She may not have been a magically or scientifically advanced human, but when she got to Vincent and confronted him about everything he'd done, she was going to give him hell. With that, Auriella took one last look back at Veronica as Fire Elements began to invade the hallway, three of them raising their hands to attack in tandem as fire danced along their fingers, ready to heed the call of their casters. Knowing that they were running out of time, Auriella turned back to the landscape below... And she jumped.<br/>
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Auriella's feet hit the ground and forced a soft "huff" from her, but at the last moment she tucked in on herself and rolled to a stop on her toes, a hand on the ground to stabilize her from falling forward to the dirt. Pain flared from her shins to her knees, but she ignored it as she came to a stand, brushing herself off to look back upwards at where she had come from. A sense of urgency washed through her, to know that Veronica was safe and the Fire Elements had not harmed her. She could hear the Fire Elements within, shouting commands at one another not to kill the woman, but to take her in alive. A soft smirk lit her lips. Veronica would never allow herself to be captured, of that Auriella was certain. So strong, just like her Idris. Just like Auriella herself.</span><br/>
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