My eye is still sharp!

[lilithsindra]

"Ok, so how do we get in?" Arina asked as she made her way silently next to Lilith, her crutch-staff not making any sound thanks to the charm Eoloran imbued into it. The druidess could now move relatively swiftly compared to her situation, but it was at best equivalent to a faster walking speed. "You said the ritual was at the lover levels. I was there only once, when the Lady created my glass eye, but I don't know the way since I was blind at the time... and you were here for longer."

Lilith sat in the gazebo on the Manor grounds, looking towards the main house. “I think, all we need to do is wait. Can’t you feel it? It is like this place has been eagerly waiting for us to return.”

She looked up at Arina, standing still, next to her, staring at the house, “and that Love is what scares the life out of me. The Lady would oft go on about how much magic and power had been laid upon the Manor, it’s grounds, and the Ghosts that reside within. I always presumed though, that it was her thoughts that guided it,” she paused and shook her head, eye closed in thought, “but now, I feel as if it has taken on a new level of thought.”Opening her eye, she stared at the house, and the solitary dark figure that had stepped from the doors and made it’s dark way towards them, hands held at his sides, palms out. Lilith knew better than to trust that Theros wasn’t armed, just because she couldn’t see his sword.

“I don’t know if the House will let us go…”

[asharina]

“The only thing I feel is making my skin crawl. I always thought the Manor was a bit creepy, but never to this extent before.” The druidess huffed, eye narrowed as Lilith described what she thought. “If the place is truly as sentinent as you say, then better be quick about this. I have no wish to be trapped in there with those ghosts... at least this time I am prepared for them too.” Arina smiled savagely, this was something she held back, an ace up her sleeve should things go so far.

“Theros... never liked him much.” The kaldorei hobbled forward to shield Lilith before stopping, balancing only on her good leg, she took up a combat pose in case the bastard tried to attack. “Hmph, all those extra effort Granfather made me do to fight one-legged may very well work out here.” The druid twisted once on the staff-crutch, but apparently nothing happened.

“There is no way in fel we will let it decide for us.” Ash’Arina hissed, raising her ‘weapon’ higher as Theros almost reached her striking distance. “One more step and you will regret it, got it?!” She growled, the symbols carved into the crutch-staff vibrating slightly. “Now, out with it, what do you and the rest want from us?!”

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[asharina]

What drew you to my OC? Arina had this unwritten sensuality to her, with a hidden strength and loyalty that Lilith could just feel. From the minor interactions we had, it blossomed. I can't picture Lilith without Arina by her side. ( @lilithsindra )

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[lilithsindra]

"Can you help strap this on, my love? Once this is on, I'm ready to take on the manor." Arina asked, holding a piece of leg armor, its surface resembling bark, but it was far more resilient. It was the covering she and Eoloran came up with to give some extra protection for her damaged left ankle. When in place properly, only the druid's bare toes would be still visible from the front.

Lilith knelt down and pulled the small footstool to rest between her knees. Then gently took Arina’s ankle, resting it atop the stool. She couldn’t help but rub her thumbs up from the heel to Arina’s toes with a smile.

She took the piece of armor, inspected it. making sure she knew how it fit together before slipping it into place. As she got it settled, she couldn’t help but lightly tickle the bottom of Arina’s foot, just along the arch, just using the tips of her fingers since her nails were cut down short out of habit.

“Some of the swelling has gone down since you were fitted for this,” she noted, then unbuckled the armor and rose, padding over to her supply box. “I don’t need it damaging your ankle because it is too loose.

After a moment, she settled back down, some dressing linen laid in layers at the curve of Arina’s ankle filled the gap nicely, and she was able to snug it down properly.

“There, that should do it,” she said through a smile before kissing Arina’s bare toes teasingly.

( @asharina )

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Arina smiled at the gentleness Lilith handled the damaged limb. Luckily, touching it lightly didn’t send a bolt of pain through her body anymore, which was a clear improvement, however small it seemed. Only moving it did, but the armor piece was molded in such a way to keep her foot in a fixed position so that was minimzed too.

“Hey! That tickles!” The druidess laughed, weakly wiggling her toes. “Well, what can I say? Grandp had it ordered not long after the surgery was done. He knows me well enough to understand I won’t sit still for long… Though I wish the manor wouldn’t be the location of its debut. That, and that I could finally put some weight on it.” Ash’Arina huffed, the foot and ankle was still not ready for her to put any pressure on it. She was warned by the healers that this would be the case, the leg needed to heal naturally without the aid of healing magic and all, meaning it would take at least 2 months before she could start to relearn walking.

“Thank you.” Arina adjusted the thigh-high, fully closed boot on her good leg becore buckling on a similar piece of armor as shinguard over it.

“It’s your turn, Lilith. Let me see that new armor.” The druidess teased, pushing herself standing and used her staff to hobble closer to Lilithsindra’s equipment. “I’m glad grandfather managed to get it done in time… I won’t let another Darkshore happen.” The last line was little more than a whisper, but still loud enough for a worgen’s ears to pick up.

@lilithsindra

Lilith watched her lover’s eye as she stood, turning, and letting the straps of her slip fall from her shoulders. The long silk gown fell down her body, pooling at her feet before she stepped out of it and made her way nude to where her own clothing waited. First to go on was the long hosiery, then a pantilette, her long leg leather shorts, which stopped just above her knees. Then she stepped into her thigh length boots, before stepping up onto the stool that would make it easier for Arina to work the laces, both up the back of her calf, and then above the back of her knee.

Once Arina was settled, and she could feel the laces being worked, she slipped on the binder that would keep her large breasts contained, usually she left that to a corset, but, this Armour was designed around a vest. Over the binder, she pulled on a leather shirt, patterned after one of Arina’s button up shirts, the long tails of which hung down to the tops of her boots. Then she slipped on the vest. The dragonhide with hidden dragon scale fit snug. She glanced down and smiled at Arina as the druidess’ hands began working the laces going up the back of her thighs.

“Not as many laces as the last set of armor” she smirked, “But your Grandfather saw fit to add dragonscale where it was needed.”

She glanced at the dressing mirror next to the rack her cloths had been on, even without the corset, the dark grey, almost black leather fit her form snugly. Now all she needed was to array her revolvers and knives…

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( @asharina )

Arina worked slowly but steadily on all the clasps and laces on Lilith’s boots, though it seemed the footwear consisted of little else if she wanted to be honest. “Good thing, that. I’m going to make sure every single lace is secure, and with too many I’d never finish. How did you strap on all that yourself before?” The drudiess asked in a teasing tone.

“I can’t help but wonder where grandfather got all that dragonhdie and dragonscale. I know he has quite a lot of materials piled up over ten thousand years, but even with a peak craftsman’s skills, making it this potent and beautiful would be almost impossible if the materials were too old.” She pondered, pushing herself to her good leg and hopping around Lilithsindra to inspect the look the complete set granted her. “I assume he must have traded it with the Kirin Tor for something.”

“Good thing he could also find someone to repair my own armor, it was quite worn out after the events at the Manor and Darkshore... and now back to the manor.” Ash’Arina added, posing next to her lover as they looked into the huge mirror.

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[lilithsindra]

"Can you help strap this on, my love? Once this is on, I'm ready to take on the manor." Arina asked, holding a piece of leg armor, its surface resembling bark, but it was far more resilient. It was the covering she and Eoloran came up with to give some extra protection for her damaged left ankle. When in place properly, only the druid's bare toes would be still visible from the front.

Lilith knelt down and pulled the small footstool to rest between her knees. Then gently took Arina’s ankle, resting it atop the stool. She couldn’t help but rub her thumbs up from the heel to Arina’s toes with a smile.

She took the piece of armor, inspected it. making sure she knew how it fit together before slipping it into place. As she got it settled, she couldn’t help but lightly tickle the bottom of Arina’s foot, just along the arch, just using the tips of her fingers since her nails were cut down short out of habit.

“Some of the swelling has gone down since you were fitted for this,” she noted, then unbuckled the armor and rose, padding over to her supply box. “I don’t need it damaging your ankle because it is too loose.

After a moment, she settled back down, some dressing linen laid in layers at the curve of Arina’s ankle filled the gap nicely, and she was able to snug it down properly.

“There, that should do it,” she said through a smile before kissing Arina’s bare toes teasingly.

( @asharina )

[asharina]

Arina smiled at the gentleness lilith handled the damaged limb. Luckily, touching it lightly didn’t send a bolt of pain through her body anymore, which was a clear improvement, however small it seemed. Only moving it did, but the armor piece was molded in such a way to keep her foot in a fixed position so that was minimzed too.

“Hey! That tickles!” The druidess laughed, weakly wiggling her toes. “Well, what can I say? Grandp had it ordered not long after the surgery was done. He knows me well enough to understand I won’t sit still for long... Though I wish the manor wouldn’t be the location of its debut. That, and that I could finally put some weight on it.” Ash’Arina huffed, the foot and ankle was still not ready for her to put any pressure on it. She was warned by the healers that this would be the case, the leg needed to heal naturally without the aid of healing magic and all, meaning it would take at least 2 months before she could start to relearn walking.

“Thank you.” Arina adjusted the thigh-high, fully closed boot on her good leg becore buckling on a similar piece of armor as shinguard over it.

“It’s your turn, Lilith. Let me see that new armor.” The druidess teased, pushing herself standing and used her staff to hobble closer to Lilithsindra’s equipment. “I’m glad grandfather managed to get it done in time... I won’t let another Darkshore happen.” The last line was little more than a whisper, but still loud enough for a worgen’s ears to pick up.

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[lilithsindra]

"How are you?" Arina asked her love with concern when Lilith woke up after the surgery to remove her festering right eye. "Everything will be alright." She leaned in for a kiss.

Lilith stirred, she wasn’t really awake, or at least she wasn’t entirely certain if she was awake. The Dreamless Sleep potion they had given her had left her very groggy. Her remaining eye blinked open at the feel of Arina’s lips on hers. It took a moment for her eye to focus and her mind to clear the fog. She hadn’t been dreaming Arina’s voice after all. She couldn’t help but smile into the kiss, returning it warmly. Part of her began to panic, as the reality settled in. They had fought so hard, been so diligent in the care of her eye…

And then the dream came back to her in bits and pieces. A coven of shades, components laid out neatly. She could see the pattern clearly, knew instinctively what was placed at each intersecting line. She even understood the meaning of the chanting, though spoken in a language she had heard, but never learned.

She tried to sit up, but Arina just leaned harder on her to keep her down.

The Manor…

“Arina, we need to go to the Manor, the one in Duskwood, the Catacombs underneath…” she said, her hand reaching to the patch covering the now empty socket…

“I don’t think the Forsaken Assassin is why I lost my eye…”

No, she was certain now, the dream had come as they gave her the potion…though, in truth, she figured it wasn’t a dream at all, but a calling…

( @asharina )

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Lilith smiled at her lover, then struggled to sit up a bit. With Arina sitting on the edge of the bed, Lilith began to sketch what she had seen in the Vision. The way the lines were marked, what items were placed at which point. She was making notes in the margin when one of the Healers came in to check on her.

“Well, Miss, if you are feeling up to drawing and sitting up, then I see no reason for us to keep you any longer. I am sure the two of you can get you dressed, I will be back in a few minutes with some things for you to sign.” She left with a smile and a mumbled thing that might have sounded like “Worgens” under her breath.

( @asharina )

The druid watched with both fascination and horror as Lilith kept adding detail to the sketches, it looked as vivid as if she was there, which should have been impossible. “I admit I can’t make heads or tails out of the ritual circle, magic was never my speciality… But since we are going to my grandfather for the portal anyway, might as well ask him if he can recognise it or any of those symbols.”

Arina watched as the healer left, a frown at the last muttering. “What’s her problem with worgens?” She muttered to herself before turnign to her fiancée. “She’s right in one thing though, getting you dressed should be fun, eh?” With a teasing smirk, she helped Lilithsindra to the edge of the bed next to her.

“Let’s see if you have the strength to stand. Here, use my crutches. Don’t give me that look, you could feel dizzy and I don’t want you top fall and I don’t think I can catch you in time with just one leg.”

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Lilith smirked at Arina’s query regarding Worgen, “We don’t make good patients, we are either very temperamental and aggressive, or we heal much quicker than we should. She was probably expecting me to be pining away in severe pain, yet now that the eye is gone and the infection with it, it just itches really badly as it heals over.” She struggled to not reach up and scratch at the bandage.

Lilith rolled her eyes, with a smile as she stood, using Arina’s crutches for support. It took a moment for Arina to realize that Lilith’s feet were not touching the floor, as she balanced there, crutches tucked under her arm, innocent angelic look on her face, until a giggle escaped, and she let herself down to keep from worrying her love more. The loose clothing made getting dressed quick and easy, the soft shoes slipped on, though it was easier for Arina to sit on the bed, while Lilith put each foot in her lap.

“Bath…I smell of astringent, it is all in my hair and it is burning my nose…” Lilith added to their conversation regarding Arina’s Grandfather and the drawing. “Bath first, then your Grandfather, then Stormwind…and food somewhere in between, I am going to be starving over the next couple of days, I can tell.” Lilith walked on Arina’s bad side, letting the Druidess use her as a snuggled close crutch. A familiar way of walking for the two of them, that allowed Lilith to tuck herself close to the Night Elf she was to Wed, a soft contented sigh slipping from her as they made their way along.

( @asharina )

“Now that you mention it... that one time you had that bad cold back in the Manor, you just couldn’t stay still and just rest.” Arina teased, and as if reading her lover’s thoughts, added “No scratching the bandage.” She leaned in and kissed the gauze covering Lilith’s sewn shut eyesocket, leaving a clear lipstick mark over it. “Hope that helps.”

“Come on now. It’s really the last thing we need is you also breaking your ankle, ...even if that would make us a perfect match.” The druidess huffed, exasperated at Lilith’s little stunt wih the crutches, though the last comment was in a joking tone.

“I’ll help with washing your hair, you shouldn’t get the gauze wet.” Ash’Arina smiled, tucking both crutches under one arm as she leaned on to Lilith. “And don’t worry about the food, I’ll make a feast and rations we can take with us, enough to keep you from starving... unless of course you meant a different kind of starvation, heh.” She teased her fiancée, kissing her cheek.

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[lilithsindra]

"How are you?" Arina asked her love with concern when Lilith woke up after the surgery to remove her festering right eye. "Everything will be alright." She leaned in for a kiss.

Lilith stirred, she wasn’t really awake, or at least she wasn’t entirely certain if she was awake. The Dreamless Sleep potion they had given her had left her very groggy. Her remaining eye blinked open at the feel of Arina’s lips on hers. It took a moment for her eye to focus and her mind to clear the fog. She hadn’t been dreaming Arina’s voice after all. She couldn’t help but smile into the kiss, returning it warmly. Part of her began to panic, as the reality settled in. They had fought so hard, been so diligent in the care of her eye…

And then the dream came back to her in bits and pieces. A coven of shades, components laid out neatly. She could see the pattern clearly, knew instinctively what was placed at each intersecting line. She even understood the meaning of the chanting, though spoken in a language she had heard, but never learned.

She tried to sit up, but Arina just leaned harder on her to keep her down.

The Manor…

“Arina, we need to go to the Manor, the one in Duskwood, the Catacombs underneath…” she said, her hand reaching to the patch covering the now empty socket…

“I don’t think the Forsaken Assassin is why I lost my eye…”

No, she was certain now, the dream had come as they gave her the potion…though, in truth, she figured it wasn’t a dream at all, but a calling…

( @asharina )

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Lilithsindra shook her head slowly, “They never asked me to get anything, I think they had been taking items as they could…” she whispered. “I never thought about the Ghosts cleaning up messes and such, but now…”

A shiver ran through her, she bit at her lip, “Stormwind, I think Stormwind would be best.” Her wide eye began to drift closed, “I am so tired now, but when I wake up, can you have a quill and paper ready? I want to draw what I remember…” She leaned up on an elbow, her other hand outstretched to Arina, “sit with me until I fall asleep?” she asked shyly.

( @asharina )

“So when that ghost took away my bandages after the Lady changed them…” Arina muttered, halfway between exaperation and anger. “To think in the end I actually got used to that apparation… They were playing a long game then.”

“Of course, I will get them by the time you wake.” Arina smiled, her grin only widening when Lilith asked to stay with her longer. “Sure thing, love.” She hopped and sat next to Lilith on her bed, holding her hand firmly. “I can even sing a lullaby if you’d like.” She kissed her again.

It took a while, but once Lilithsindra was in deep sleep, Ash’Arina got up and hopped out of the room. “Alright, time to pay the price, I just hope those fools won’t ‘torture’ my ankle too much.” She mumbled, finding the healers she made the deal with so she could stay the night.

When Lilith woke up, Arina was already in a chair beside her, a fresh cast on the druid’s leg; ink, quill and parchment ready on the cupboard. “Morning, sleeping beauty.”

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Lilith smiled at her lover, then struggled to sit up a bit. With Arina sitting on the edge of the bed, Lilith began to sketch what she had seen in the Vision. The way the lines were marked, what items were placed at which point. She was making notes in the margin when one of the Healers came in to check on her.

“Well, Miss, if you are feeling up to drawing and sitting up, then I see no reason for us to keep you any longer. I am sure the two of you can get you dressed, I will be back in a few minutes with some things for you to sign.” She left with a smile and a mumbled thing that might have sounded like “Worgens” under her breath.

( @asharina )

The druid watched with both fascination and horror as Lilith kept adding detail to the sketches, it looked as vivid as if she was there, which should have been impossible. “I admit I can’t make heads or tails out of the ritual circle, magic was never my speciality... But since we are going to my grandfather for the portal anyway, might as well ask him if he can recognise it or any of those symbols.”

Arina watched as the healer left, a frown at the last muttering. “What’s her problem with worgens?” She muttered to herself before turnign to her fiancée. “She’s right in one thing though, getting you dressed should be fun, eh?” With a teasing smirk, she helped Lilithsindra to the edge of the bed next to her.

“Let’s see if you have the strength to stand. Here, use my crutches. Don’t give me that look, you could feel dizzy and I don’t want you top fall and I don’t think I can catch you in time with just one leg.”

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[lilithsindra]

"How are you?" Arina asked her love with concern when Lilith woke up after the surgery to remove her festering right eye. "Everything will be alright." She leaned in for a kiss.

Lilith stirred, she wasn’t really awake, or at least she wasn’t entirely certain if she was awake. The Dreamless Sleep potion they had given her had left her very groggy. Her remaining eye blinked open at the feel of Arina’s lips on hers. It took a moment for her eye to focus and her mind to clear the fog. She hadn’t been dreaming Arina’s voice after all. She couldn’t help but smile into the kiss, returning it warmly. Part of her began to panic, as the reality settled in. They had fought so hard, been so diligent in the care of her eye…

And then the dream came back to her in bits and pieces. A coven of shades, components laid out neatly. She could see the pattern clearly, knew instinctively what was placed at each intersecting line. She even understood the meaning of the chanting, though spoken in a language she had heard, but never learned.

She tried to sit up, but Arina just leaned harder on her to keep her down.

The Manor…

“Arina, we need to go to the Manor, the one in Duskwood, the Catacombs underneath…” she said, her hand reaching to the patch covering the now empty socket…

“I don’t think the Forsaken Assassin is why I lost my eye…”

No, she was certain now, the dream had come as they gave her the potion…though, in truth, she figured it wasn’t a dream at all, but a calling…

( @asharina )

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“The Ghosts?!” Arina exclaimed in shock, actually if not for her casted ankle, she’d likely have jumped up from her seat. “When did they ask you to get that thing? Was it before I arrived at the Manor or after?”

“What the, why would they need your hair or my anklewraps? What sort of ritual were they planning? Since you said it in the past tense, I assume there is nothing we can do to stop it… but maybe we can find a way to counter it?” Arina knew the words she spoke were false hope, there was no way for Lilith to ever regain her original eye.

“Alright… The healers won’t allow you to leave for tonight, but I’m staying too - the excuse was they’d have a look at the healing progress of my ankle, not that it will actually help me put any weight on it sooner anyway- and tomorrow once you are cleared, I will ask my grandfather if he could arrange a portal for us nearby the manor, or to Stormwind at worst case.”

“And don’t worry, you’re just as beautiful now as before, if not more. This ‘beauty mark’ just shows how strong you are, and you will be always beautiful in my eye. And… now the two of us officially have a pair of working eyes together.” She smiled at the last line, a small pun to lighten the mood.

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Lilithsindra shook her head slowly, “They never asked me to get anything, I think they had been taking items as they could…” she whispered. “I never thought about the Ghosts cleaning up messes and such, but now…”

A shiver ran through her, she bit at her lip, “Stormwind, I think Stormwind would be best.” Her wide eye began to drift closed, “I am so tired now, but when I wake up, can you have a quill and paper ready? I want to draw what I remember…” She leaned up on an elbow, her other hand outstretched to Arina, “sit with me until I fall asleep?” she asked shyly.

( @asharina )

“So when that ghost took away my bandages after the Lady changed them...” Arina muttered, halfway between exaperation and anger. “To think in the end I actually got used to that apparation... They were playing a long game then.”

“Of course, I will get them by the time you wake.” Arina smiled, her grin only widening when Lilith asked to stay with her longer. “Sure thing, love.” She hopped and sat next to Lilith on her bed, holding her hand firmly. “I can even sing a lullaby if you’d like.” She kissed her again.

It took a while, but once Lilithsindra was in deep sleep, Ash’Arina got up and hopped out of the room. “Alright, time to pay the price, I just hope those fools won’t ‘torture’ my ankle too much.” She mumbled, finding the healers she made the deal with so she could stay the night.

When Lilith woke up, Arina was already in a chair beside her, a fresh cast on the druid’s leg; ink, quill and parchment ready on the cupboard. “Morning, sleeping beauty.”

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[lilithsindra]

"How are you?" Arina asked her love with concern when Lilith woke up after the surgery to remove her festering right eye. "Everything will be alright." She leaned in for a kiss.

Lilith stirred, she wasn’t really awake, or at least she wasn’t entirely certain if she was awake. The Dreamless Sleep potion they had given her had left her very groggy. Her remaining eye blinked open at the feel of Arina’s lips on hers. It took a moment for her eye to focus and her mind to clear the fog. She hadn’t been dreaming Arina’s voice after all. She couldn’t help but smile into the kiss, returning it warmly. Part of her began to panic, as the reality settled in. They had fought so hard, been so diligent in the care of her eye…

And then the dream came back to her in bits and pieces. A coven of shades, components laid out neatly. She could see the pattern clearly, knew instinctively what was placed at each intersecting line. She even understood the meaning of the chanting, though spoken in a language she had heard, but never learned.

She tried to sit up, but Arina just leaned harder on her to keep her down.

The Manor…

“Arina, we need to go to the Manor, the one in Duskwood, the Catacombs underneath…” she said, her hand reaching to the patch covering the now empty socket…

“I don’t think the Forsaken Assassin is why I lost my eye…”

No, she was certain now, the dream had come as they gave her the potion…though, in truth, she figured it wasn’t a dream at all, but a calling…

( @asharina )

[asharina]

“You shouldn’t get up yet.” Arina held her down, caressing Lilith’s cheek and showed a sad smile when Lilith touched the medical patch. “The healers decided to apply multiple layers of gauze under the medical patch, to help with the pain once the painkillers wear off. But don’t worry, you won’t have to come back to have it changed regularly. I asked and they taught me the process.”

At first she thought her lover just had a nightmare, but the gleam in Lilith’s one remaining eye told her otherwise.

“Alright, alright… Take a deep breath and tell me the details.” The druidess kissed the worgen again. “We will plan properly, I won’t allow rushness in your condition.” That, and with Arina’s own ankle still in a cast was also a factor to consider.

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Lilith let out a breath she hadn’t known she was holding.

“It started just after they gave me the Dreamless sleep potion, while the doctor was getting ready to work. As I drifted off, it was like I began to see through another’s eyes. Like a dream, or at least, that is what I thought. Slowly, I could make out the summoning room under the Manor.” She looked deeper into Arina’s eyes, “were we located the book the Ghosts had directed me to find.” It was coming back to her more vividly, she was beginning to see even more clearly as she spoke to Arina.

“The Ghosts of the Manor were laying out multiple circles within a much larger circle. Every where a circle crossed another circle, at each juncture of a line, they placed a component. Some were hard to make out, little piles of something, but others were easy. One of your ankle wraps, some of the ribbons with kinks like they had come from one of my corsets, bloody bandages, either yours or mine. They even had some of my hair when it was dyed red.” She wasn’t sure how that had come about, but she wasn’t of a magical mind, so she wasn’t sure.

“In the center, though, a pair of eyes. One was the pestle from my mortar, taken from my apothecary cabinet. They had painted an eye, to look like mine, complete with the blackened veins. The other was one of the temporary ones you had been fitted with until The Lady could have your magical one crafted.” her voice was soft as she said the last.

“I don’t understand why though, we have to go ask the Manor why they did a ritual…” she couldn’t describe to Arina the moment the doctor removed her eye, the pestle had shattered, and in it’s place was the black fluid filled ruin of her eye…

And then, the chanting had changed, taking on a new pitch, and life of it’s own…

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[asharina]

“The Ghosts?!” Arina exclaimed in shock, actually if not for her casted ankle, she’d likely have jumped up from her seat. “When did they ask you to get that thing? Was it before I arrived at the Manor or after?”

“What the, why would they need your hair or my anklewraps? What sort of ritual were they planning? Since you said it in the past tense, I assume there is nothing we can do to stop it... but maybe we can find a way to counter it?” Arina knew the words she spoke were false hope, there was no way for Lilith to ever regain her original eye.

“Alright... The healers won’t allow you to leave for tonight, but I’m staying too - the excuse was they’d have a look at the healing progress of my ankle, not that it will actually help me put any weight on it sooner anyway- and tomorrow once you are cleared, I will ask my grandfather if he could arrange a portal for us nearby the manor, or to Stormwind at worst case.”

“And don’t worry, you’re just as beautiful now as before, if not more. This ‘beauty mark’ just shows how strong you are, and you will be always beautiful in my eye. And... now the two of us officially have a pair of working eyes together.” She smiled at the last line, a small pun to lighten the mood.

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"How are you?" Arina asked her love with concern when Lilith woke up after the surgery to remove her festering right eye. "Everything will be alright." She leaned in for a kiss.

Lilith stirred, she wasn’t really awake, or at least she wasn’t entirely certain if she was awake. The Dreamless Sleep potion they had given her had left her very groggy. Her remaining eye blinked open at the feel of Arina’s lips on hers. It took a moment for her eye to focus and her mind to clear the fog. She hadn’t been dreaming Arina’s voice after all. She couldn’t help but smile into the kiss, returning it warmly. Part of her began to panic, as the reality settled in. They had fought so hard, been so diligent in the care of her eye…

And then the dream came back to her in bits and pieces. A coven of shades, components laid out neatly. She could see the pattern clearly, knew instinctively what was placed at each intersecting line. She even understood the meaning of the chanting, though spoken in a language she had heard, but never learned.

She tried to sit up, but Arina just leaned harder on her to keep her down.

The Manor…

“Arina, we need to go to the Manor, the one in Duskwood, the Catacombs underneath…” she said, her hand reaching to the patch covering the now empty socket…

“I don’t think the Forsaken Assassin is why I lost my eye…”

No, she was certain now, the dream had come as they gave her the potion…though, in truth, she figured it wasn’t a dream at all, but a calling…

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"You shouldn't get up yet." Arina held her down, caressing Lilith's cheek and showed a sad smile when Lilith touched the medical patch. "The healers decided to apply multiple layers of gauze under the medical patch, to help with the pain once the painkillers wear off. But don't worry, you won't have to come back to have it changed regularly. I asked and they taught me the process."

At first she thought her lover just had a nightmare, but the gleam in Lilith's one remaining eye told her otherwise.

"Alright, alright... Take a deep breath and tell me the details." The druidess kissed the worgen again. "We will plan properly, I won't allow rushness in your condition." That, and with Arina's own ankle still in a cast was also a factor to consider.

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Lilith opened her other eye and looked at Arina, her pupil was huge and had that tremoring edge that Arina knew meant Lilith was trying very hard not to go worgen on the situation. Slowly, she nodded, pulling her hand away from the patch, looking at the deep red blood on her fingertips, and noticing tendrils of black curling and floating in the liquid. She held still as she waited for her fiance to take away the blood soaked cloth, and tell her what she saw.

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“It will be alright, love.” Arina whispered, her hand on Lilith’s shoulder to calm her down enough not to turn into worgen, in truth she was just as worried. The moment Lilith removed the patch, the druidess gasped in shock: the bloodytears aside, the sclera of her fiancée was red as if she was rubbing it too hrd constantly, but the truly worrying part was that her iris and pupil couldn’t be differentiated at all, just one large, largen than average, messy white-gray spot.

“Lilith, you need to stay calm… but we must go and show your eye to a healer.” Ash’Arina replied, squeezing her lover’s hand firmly before she quickly described what she saw. “Just let me grab my crutches and we can go right now. I will leave a note to Eoloran.”

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Lilith nodded, then impulsively, grabbed Arina by the back of the neck, and pulled her into a frantic kiss, before pulling back and whispering, “No matter what, I love you…”

While Arina got her crutches, Lilith took a moment to rinse her face, trying to keep the tears at bay, she had wanted both eyes at least clear for the wedding, but now…

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Arina was reluctant to pull away after the kiss, but the sooner Lilith’s eye was checked out the better. “I love you too, and everythign will be fine.” She whispered back and hopped away.

It only took a few seconds before Lilith could hear the clicking sound from the next room that the crutches made when they touched the ground, soon enough Arina was next to her fiencée again. “The note is ready too. Let’s go.” She gently tied a piece of cloth over Lilithsindra’s bad eye, in case they eyepatch was part of the reason, however unlikely that chance.

The druidess hurried as much as she could, but it still took over ten minutes before the pair reached the healing center and Arina was breathing hard, it was as tiring as if she ran all the way here. “Excuse me, which emergency room is free? my fiancée’s eye must be checkked, there’s something wrong.” She asked one of the staff whiel indicating the already bloody cloth covering the worgen’s bad eye.

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Lilith opened her other eye and looked at Arina, her pupil was huge and had that tremoring edge that Arina knew meant Lilith was trying very hard not to go worgen on the situation. Slowly, she nodded, pulling her hand away from the patch, looking at the deep red blood on her fingertips, and noticing tendrils of black curling and floating in the liquid. She held still as she waited for her fiance to take away the blood soaked cloth, and tell her what she saw.

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“It will be alright, love.” Arina whispered, her hand on Lilith’s shoulder to calm her down enough not to turn into worgen, in truth she was just as worried. The moment Lilith removed the patch, the druidess gasped in shock: the bloodytears aside, the sclera of her fiancée was red as if she was rubbing it too hrd constantly, but the truly worrying part was that her iris and pupil couldn’t be differentiated at all, just one large, largen than average, messy white-gray spot.

“Lilith, you need to stay calm... but we must go and show your eye to a healer.” Ash’Arina replied, squeezing her lover’s hand firmly before she quickly described what she saw. “Just let me grab my crutches and we can go right now. I will leave a note to Eoloran.”

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"Lilith, what's wrong?" Arina asked worriedly as she hopped next to her lover who was holding a hand over her eyepatch. "Are you alright?"

Lilith blinked away the blood tears that were starting to seep out from under the eye patch. She of course, couldn’t see them, but she could feel as they rolled in various trails down her cheek. They smelled foul to her Worgen sense. She wasn’t sure what was causing it this time, the infection had subsided weeks ago.

“I…I don’t know, can you get a basin of water?” she asked with a shaken voice.

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“That’s not natural...” Arina frowned as she noticed the bloody tears. With a not, she hopped at her fastest to get that basin of water to Lilith. Thanks to her practice, she barely spilled any of its content when she returned.

“Here, my love.” Putting the basin next to Lilith on the bed, she sat on the other side. “Do you mind if I remove the eyepatch to have a better look at it?” The druidess knew the injury was still a sore spot to the worgen despite her strong front about it.

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