Aviana's heart pounded heavy in her chest as she closed the distance with the beholder. The image of what it had done to Miku, the poor catgirl's falling tears filling her mind as she violently lashes out at the one who'd caused her kitty such pain. Despite Miku's protests for her not to go, Aviana knew she had to, had to strike hard, to strike fast, before this creature could cause her kitty anymore harm!<br/><br/>Slashing into the bulbous body again and again, Aviana's strikes tear into the beholder, sending a spray of juices across her body with every devastating swing of her sword. Adrenaline rushing through her veins, Aviana was prepared for the worst, was ready for the counter attack that was sure to come her way....and yet it never came. As the electricity of her final attack crackles throughout the beings body, the beholder literally bursts, drenching her in a deluge of sweet sticky fluid.... At first Aviana can hardly believe it, she knew it'd been a long shot taking the risk, attacking the beholder head on...but she'd actually succeeded! She'd slain the beholder, stopped it's barrage of searing rays...and most of all she'd 'protected kitty'! She hears Miku's voice call out from across the fiery lake.<br/><br/>Aviana doesn't even stop to wipe away the gunk she'd so recently been coated in. She had magic for cleaning after all so could freshen up later, so excited to address her kitty was she that the half dragon immediately spins on the spot to hold her blade aloft in triumph. "I did Miku i did! I protected my kitty!" She cries out happily. Her heart souring at the happy tones in the catgirl's voice, a stark contrast to the pained sniffles she'd been producing mere moments ago. Though the distance between them was too far to tell, Aviana wagered the tears had dried up from her eyes as well. This alone was worth the risk she happily thinks to herself, seeing Miku happy once more. This fact would be made all the more clear, as Aviana watches from afar, Miku proceeding to devour the fire girl of which she'd so recently doused with water. "Hee and yay for you Miku! Eating up one of those fire ladies!" The dragon girl calls back excitedly, cheering Miku on.<br/><br/>With the beholder dealt with things seemed much safer than they had mere moments ago. No longer was Aviana afraid of her allies suddenly being roasted to a crisp. Even the fire girls had all but been dealt with. The last one remaining having backed herself into a corner and was spouting off threats of scorching anyone who dared approach her. Though Aviana could not quite see what had happened on the other side of the crack, nor was she aware of the slime girl just yet, she knew well enough that to continue fighting was a battle the fire girl could not win alone. So long as she remained where she was, and didn't make any sudden moves towards the rest of her group, Aviana was content in simply letting her be. As after all they where merely passing through the area, not on a mission to wipe out the area's inhabitants.<br/><br/>Carefully making her way back towards the others, Aviana hops from metal stepping stone to metal stepping stone. Drawing further from the beholder's island with every step. The heat of the lake was immense, and as close as she was, she couldn't help but feel as if she where in an enormous oven! Of course the mouth watering delicious smells that seemed to arise all around her only added to this idea. Aviana finding herself licking her lips at the tantalizing aroma the heat seemed to create, yet while moving she couldn't quite put a finger on it's source. Not until she reaches the other side and goes to wipe off some of the beholder from her body would she realize that the sticky liquid had all but been baked onto and possibly even into her skin from the trek across the magma. Bronzing her supple flesh ever so slightly, drawing out the flavors of her body, while creating a crispy caramelized coating, not unlike the patches of scales which she'd already possessed. "Eck...the beholder covered me in sticky." she complains while rubbing at some of the caramel. Only when she was away from the magma would she realize the delicious smell was coming from her, a smell that set even her own tummy to rumbling, a smell that was simply to die for.