<i><span style="color: green">The day will come that you wished to be our goddess, that day will be dread upon your wis'. You will need the power of thousand and the will of the great, to beat the true enemy that no longer lingers and wait. And do not believe for a single passage of time, that our words be lies, the words of mine. The day will come upon you soon, that you had wished to leave your immortality before the next moon. This be not a warning for only your two ears oh ashen one, it be for here in this forest, for everyone.</span></i><br/><br/>A familiar sensation wrapped around the warped elf's heart. That grim awareness that remembrance had a price, paid only in blood. But, the realization, or perhaps recalling of that fact didn't move her, like the words of the pixies last night had also failed. Death, blood, it was part of her, of her being. Seeing the yahnus crawl over the wood, orchestrating a slaughter before Lilith's eyes, Lilith couldn't help but feel a form of kinship with the three-eyed creatures as they cut their way through the Aviari village. Like her, they were beasts that were masters at slaughter. For a brief moment, Lilith enjoyed the fleeting idea that the blood spilled was worship performed in her name. Fleeting, because she knew this host were nothing but tools. Weapons. Good weapons. But they were wielded by someone, and she was not that someone. Perhaps she could be? Now that was an enticing thought.<br/><br/>Thoughts however, were becoming harder and harder for Lilith to form. The markings on her skin burned reason away, in their glow and pain a dark beast was dragged out of the shadows to replace Lilith. But the markings could only release it from it's cage, they couldn't snap the whip and point the beast where to go. Bloodlust overtaking her, Lilith was vaguely aware of Dal'tek flying own to engage the invaders. Insolent whelp, if she had had wings herself she'd have torn him from the sky for abandoning her with nothing to kill. While Kali started to rallying the fleeing Aviari, and Dawn engaged the attackers with magic from a distance, Lilith could do nothing but wait. She wanted to run off, cleave her claws through soft flesh and feathers alike. Killing indiscriminately, with no regard for who was friend and who was foe. But something held her back. Something held a leash, a restraint wrapped around her mind.<br/><br/><br/><br/><b>"Help me..."</b>Lilith's inner struggle with her own bloodlust has distracted her, but Verita's voice brought her back to reality. Seeing the woman trapped, while the others on the platform held off Yahnus, the restraint was suddenly gone. In a blur, the Yahnus tying Verita up had vanished. Instead replace with a streak of blood splashed across Verita's face and the wood of the tree behind her. Laugher boiled in Lilith's throat as she held up the twitching form of the Yahnus up in the air, her claws lodged deep in it's chest while the blood seeped richly down her arms. She was unleashed at last!<br/><br/>Seeing their defensive line broken, the Yahnus turned to face Lilith and deal with the ashen elf who had moved faster than they could react. Lilith welcomed them with a spray of blood and gore as she freed her claws from the carcass of their squadmate. Their blades were quick, and they had no fear of the foe in front of them. Lilith however, was quicker, but not quick enough to escape harm completely. The warped elf ducked below the horizontal thrust of the female creature's blade, but the second adjusted his aim and steel carved a red line through the glowing markings on Lilith's back.<br/><br/>Not wasting a single motion, Lilith pushed herself forward from the ducked low position, her left claw left a bloody mark that nearly disemboweled the female Yahnus, and would've torn the creature apart if it hadn't dodged towards the left. But Lilith wasn't the only one not wasting time or movements. Trained to perfection, the Yahnus worked perfectly with one another. Where one dodged, the other struck and a roar escaped Lilith's lips as cold steel slid cleanly through her flesh. Letting the female drop the ground, Lilith twisted around to face the Yahnus that had thrust his blade through lilith's back. A small, thinking part of Lilith was confused. Why strike at her waist, when he could've scored a lethal through the heart. The beast wearing Lilith's skin didn't waste time with thoughts however, and grabbed the Yahnus's swordarm. It's two normal eyes went wide as she tightened her grip, but the creature didn't even have the dignity to scream for her as Lilith's grip crushed bone.<br/><br/>Growling, Lilith's other claw went for the Yahnus's face. Batting away it's other arm away easily while ignoring his kicks. Grabbing hold of it's skull, she brutally slammed the back of it's head into the tree until the three-eyed creature went limp. Letting go of the body, Lilith took a deep breath. Pulling the blade out of her gut, she tossed it over the edge of the platform. Blood flew heavily from the wound between her fingers as she tried to press the injury shut. Adrenaline robbed her from the sense of pain, but she was dimly aware that while not immediately lethal, she still should get it looked at soon before bloodloss got to her. Catching her breath, Lilith felt more tired than she should be. Had she really boosted her strength and speed that high? There had been more of the attackers, but apparently the others were dealing with them.<br/><br/><br/><br/>Her ear twitched, and only Lilith's acute reactions and senses saved her from the blow that came below. Deflecting the blade with the scaled back of her claws, she looked at her aggressor. Rather than going into shock at her grievious injury like a normal person would have, the Yahnus Lilith had nearly disemboweled had managed to grab her blade again and strike at the ashen elf. Lilith grin broadened at the Yahnus. The female creature didn't even have time to scream as Lilith  leapt onto her like a tiger would pounce it's prey. Lilith gave her plenty of time to scream after that however. Her claws tore away armor and her teeth dug into flesh. Giving in to her hunger and bloodlust, Lilith tore away huge chunks of flesh of the struggling Yahnus below her. Agonizingly slowly the struggles ceased, and only the sickening noise of teeth tearing into meat remained as the warped elf feasted on her prey. Her spaded tail swayed playfully behind her as she indulged in the taste of raw, bleeding meat.<br/><br/>And all this had occurred in front of the trapped Verita, for whom the fight couldn't have been much more than a quick blur that barely lasted more than a minute. The ashen elf seemed to have completely forgotten about the girl her actions had first saved. But considering the nature of the elf's current actions, and state of mind, perhaps being forgotten or ignored was best for Verita.<div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>