<div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/e/e3/Eternal.jpg)</div><br/>As the group kept on working on getting their equipment and such, Rapture took to flying near the ceiling, adjusting to the cramped quarters as best she could.  If she switched from left to right, she’d have enough room to dodge the occasional attack in flight even if she didn’t have full range of free movement.<br/><br/>“What’s everyone’s combat prowess?” she called down to the others, suddenly far more dedicated to leading than even a minute before.  She never commanded, but listened, trying to figure out to what task everyone would be best suited.  “Let’s get the front-liners up close, the ranged fighters in the middle, and if you can’t fight at all, stay in the back and we’ll protect you.  If you can’t fight at all, let us know what you can do, whether healing, transmitting their Essence to others, whatever you can do.”<br/><br/>She looked to the group with determination.  “Many of us have been told how useless we were throughout our lives.  I have enough experience to know that anyone who has an ability can aid in the cause by making use of it.  Don’t be afraid to speak up; we’re going to need all the help we can get in changing Creation back to the way it should be.”<br/><br/>Then, as she talked, one image caught her eyes of a sarcophagus of another winged being.  It didn’t have a great deal in the form of actual artifacts when she opened it up, but Rapture was able to procure for herself and put on an exceptional reinforced breastplate made out of chiaroscuran glass.  She didn’t have much practice in putting on such armor, but it’d been made to avoid a pair of wings just fine, and she was able to figure it out.  Later, such things would become second nature.