Board Thread:Roleplay/@comment-27661770-20180106033320/@comment-26892768-20180106225549

And then, just like that, the floodgates break open.

It takes Valeena a moment to realize that something just happened. For a short time, all is still.

Then the tidal wave of emotions hit.

Anger.

Pain.

Despair.

Worthlessness.

All this and more hit her brain at once; after three years of being bottled up, her true feelings over her revelation of her past and her treatment by the Enchantress make themselves known.

Valeena falls on her knees, arms limp and eyes wide as tears roll down her cheeks.

Elsewhere, the Enchantress flinches as something resonates in her head.

Then she realizes exactly what this means. Her control over Valeena has been broken, and she needs to reapply it fast.

She teleports away...

...and reappears directly in the training room.

The Enchantress takes a moment to process what the fuck is going on - her apprentice and servant having an emotional breakdown, with some hideous thing besides her - and then she gets pissed. "Who DARES-"

The Enchantress barely has time to notice that Valeena's amulet is aimed towards her until she gets blasted by a pink, purple, and green energy blast bigger than her entire body, said blast sending her through several walls until she hits the last one and leaves a crater in it.

' "Never... AGAIN!" ' Valeena screeches, her voice filled equally with burning rage and overflowing sorrow.

Without so much as a word to the Lich, Valeena teleports in a flash of purple light.

Meanwhile, the Enchantress falls to the ground, slumped over. Normally, she barely even has to think about maintaining her form - she'd gotten the hang of being made of pure magic instead of possessing a physical body over time.

Now, however, it's taking nearly all her concentration just to stay together.

The Fifth rushes over. "Are you alright!?"

The Enchantress looks over at the Fifth, barely managing to stand up. "Hold me..."

Then she falls forward, the Fifth quickly catching her. And for once, the Fifth does not make any suggestive commentary on this.

"...Someone...someone help her, please..." The Fifth mutters as she holds the Enchantress tight.

Valeena reappears on a planet of ice. Lifeless, far away from anyone...it's perfect.

She walks for a bit before resting against an iceberg. She looks at her reflection. At her greenish-gray skin, at the purple stripes running through her hair...at her metal neck and her purple eyes.

Failure. Waste of space. All she had ever accomplished was for nothing. And she had to wear it like a medal of honor.

Valeena pounds her fist into the iceberg, breaking her reflection as she bursts into tears.