Sariel
Vatican City
12/22/2026
Evening, Thunder Storm
---Panic.
While you do your best not to show it, a mere glance at this person is enough to send all kinds of warning signs flaring across the surface of your mind; she's clearly struggling with herself to keep something contained, and the way she speaks and is moving about...
It's clear that whatever it is, it isn't a good thing, yes...
It's natural to panic a bit, to stutter, but...
You still do your best, and in response to that...
Originally Posted by
Sariel
"Could you tell me more on what's happening to you? Your reiki seems to be leaking out, so perhaps you need help to contain it?" Sariel asked, careful not to touch the apparent goddess. "If you can't hold it in, or we can't help to contain it, then rather than evacuating an entire city perhaps I could move you to somewhere more isolated?"
"Some sort of clown... Called itself an Alcheringa... Did something to me..."
...The woman struggles to respond to your questions, the clear self-war continuing, a sound like desperation becoming more and more apparent in her voice as she tries to talk faster, probably for the sake of getting you to leave faster:
"This body is... Programmable... Gave me an order to... I can't stop myself...!"
...Of course, her body spasming out again, those words aren't as helpful as you might like, but...
As your mind whirls with this new bit of information, and as you start to wonder why all of the other angels haven't caught sight of this particular incident yet (although their tendency to shoot first and ask questions later made getting their help somewhat risky), you do eventually hear the sound of one moving quickly through the air, a blonde angel with black wings, one that was obviously above the rank and file nature of the others, yes...
It's a familiar angel...
One the Rose Cross Tamers often refer to with a half-joking groan as "Mom," and more seriously as "Night," it was...
Lailah.
The Angel "Closest to Human Hearts," one who kept up a cold face initially, seeming like the usual hardass angel, but who would also come flying up behind Tamers as they left the city, demanding they put on sweaters and the like...
A real fussy mother hen type towards humans, even if she tried not to show it...
She's flying above, looking around at the city with a certain sense of urgency that is not normal for her, and...