“Xylar, vrusin serigh jryan. Kytian lanrys crystim, shxtrig.” she hissed under her breath, curled into as tight of a ball as she could get herself into. She was surrounded by various minions of the Hive, all seemingly worried about the state their handler was in. To them, her ramblings were nonsense, but she was begging to anything she could for a hidden pain to go away.
One Thrall tried to nuzzle her, but she quickly turned and punched it in as hard as she physically could, which brought a screech from both of them. She could feel the same thing it did; she had started to feel exactly what every being of the Hive did. Wizards, knights, Acolytes, Thrall… She could feel the intense pain of Cursed Thrall radiating through her every moment of every day. She managed to keep herself quiet, but she couldn’t take it for much longer.
Every time one of her ‘children’ was shot, hit, blown to pieces, any time one of them died, she felt the agonizing burning sensation of their bodies disintegrating. Everything they felt, she felt twice as bad.
And, as soon as the Baroness made the mistake of letting her defenses down, as soon as she felt like everyone was safe, she felt the explosions of a chain reaction of Cursed Thrall coursing through her body, and she screamed. She screamed so loudly, so violently that even the Wizards flinched at the sound.
It took all of her remaining strength to push herself to her feet, though she could barely walk. She relied heavily on a nearby Knight to move, though she just had it lead her wherever it wanted to take her. Eventually, she heard voices, one crimson eye opening to look at the source… and it wasn’t a friendly one.
“……..I won’t fight you.” she muttered, voice cracking several times. Taking in a deep breath, she whined “Tell me what you want… just….. do not harm any more of my children…”