[The mindless flesh-seeking undead will be stopped by a cross-shaped sword as if it's just ran into an invisible wall, crackling slightly with bolts of white energy. It might even have to reel back from the shock, for despite it not looking like much, the sudden barrier that's been placed has been imbued with a holy Sacrament.
Standing on top of a lamppost and looking down with emotionless blue eyes, three more of these swords appear with a silver glimmer in Ciel's right hand. ...Small reliefs, though her demeanor doesn't hint that in the least: she got there in time, and that's all that matters.
Ah, she ran into Aurica late, some time after the younger girl has already spoken to the Space Marine. He headed out first before her, but she possessed the advantage of higher grounds to facilitate search. Garviel's stature especially was easy to spot, but knowing how quickly this can end the moment he's engaged, she had to be even faster in order to stop a messy decapitation.
Really, this shouldn't matter. One zombie isn't any different from the next, no matter what sort of person they used to be as a conscious individual. They have to be destroyed to stop this from spreading. Garviel's likely to splatter the corpse all over, but that's still an efficient method to destroy it, and once that's accomplished, there wasn't any need to look more into it.
Yet still, there's something that can be said about every life, even when its value has been reduced to nigh nothing in a place where the concept of mortality itself has been taken away. At Aurica's request for a proper sendoff, she could effectively achieve this through performing a Purification Rite, and while it would disintegrate the entire body to ash... It nevertheless remains a means to cleanse the body and soul, of a being that has already been warped whole beyond recognition.
While the zombie recovers, she'll cast her glance down at Garviel. It's quiet and non-confrontational: if he has any questions/objections as to why she's suddenly here, he can voice them and she'll answer accordingly in turn.]
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Standing on top of a lamppost and looking down with emotionless blue eyes, three more of these swords appear with a silver glimmer in Ciel's right hand. ...Small reliefs, though her demeanor doesn't hint that in the least: she got there in time, and that's all that matters.
Ah, she ran into Aurica late, some time after the younger girl has already spoken to the Space Marine. He headed out first before her, but she possessed the advantage of higher grounds to facilitate search. Garviel's stature especially was easy to spot, but knowing how quickly this can end the moment he's engaged, she had to be even faster in order to stop a messy decapitation.
Really, this shouldn't matter. One zombie isn't any different from the next, no matter what sort of person they used to be as a conscious individual. They have to be destroyed to stop this from spreading. Garviel's likely to splatter the corpse all over, but that's still an efficient method to destroy it, and once that's accomplished, there wasn't any need to look more into it.
Yet still, there's something that can be said about every life, even when its value has been reduced to nigh nothing in a place where the concept of mortality itself has been taken away. At Aurica's request for a proper sendoff, she could effectively achieve this through performing a Purification Rite, and while it would disintegrate the entire body to ash... It nevertheless remains a means to cleanse the body and soul, of a being that has already been warped whole beyond recognition.
While the zombie recovers, she'll cast her glance down at Garviel. It's quiet and non-confrontational: if he has any questions/objections as to why she's suddenly here, he can voice them and she'll answer accordingly in turn.]