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- | The covenant receives word that their supplies of writing materials have been delayed, partially due to Voluntas covenant buying up a lot of the supplies, and partially because | + | The magi decide to hunt down the giant bird that has been seen in the area. It is not hard to locate, following |
- | Alicia ex Criamon | + | Using a live sheep as bait, as well as an illusion of a really large sheep, they set a trap with themselves |
- | Calling the rest of the magi for backup, they track the beast down to its lair in the marshes. Alicia undergoes twilight whilst trying | + | Vladimir ex Tytalus surprises everyone by teleporting on top of the bird, and trying |
- | The beast is discovered to have been injured, | + | Surprised, |
- | The magi seek out the the two in the nearby woods, and when they come across them they are being beset by demons. A huge demon, with fiery skin and huge wings manifests out of the earth, and slays the woman. Columbanus' | ||
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- | The girl runs for her mother, and a bright light forms around the two of them, blasting out and destroying the smaller demons as it touches them. Where the light touches the magi, all their magic - including their Parma Magica - fails. At this point Zephon the raven mutters "Oh fuck, he's a girl", and takes on the form of a giant angelic raven, his tatty black feathers replaced by glowing silvery feathers of beauty. He and the demon scream at each other in an unknown tongue, until the demon gives up his physical form and is driven off. | ||
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- | Zephon reverts to his normal form, and falls over. | ||
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- | The mother is alive, with no sign of her injury other than for torn bloody clothes. She is Lifa, and her daughter is Eira. Lifa says that she was taken in by the nuns at Nun Appleton soon after she was born. In 1216, during the Long Day, she was attacked and raped by some angelic being. The nuns did not believe her stories though, and after she became pregnant she was banished from the convent. | ||
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- | The two are taken back to the covenant for their safety. A brief initial conversation with Jeremiah confirms that he seemed to be expecting this, if not actively seeking out the girl due to a prophecy. However, he seems concerned that she is actually a girl and mentions that there might be theological ramifications because of this. | ||
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