Board Thread:Roleplay/@comment-28920015-20171209230459/@comment-26892768-20171211193013

Sari does notice the bat, but isn't fast enough to stop it. For now, however, she focuses on the civilians, charging at Overkill while Emily stabilizes the building.

And in the grasp of the bird, Matrisse's consciousness comes back together at last.

"Agh...is this what a headache feels like to mortals? It's annoying." Matrisse's voice isn't really a voice at all - just something that echoes in the mind - or whatever equivalent one has to it - of anyone nearby. It's a rigid, firm, unyielding voice, as if one is staring down a very pissed Mother Nature.

And then Matrisse realizes that she is high up in the air and being carried away by a robotic bird to an unknown location.

Oh fuck no.

"RETURN ME TO MY FORMER POSITION THIS INSTANT!" Almost immediately, Matrisse's power flares as she reaches into the bird's mind. See, the nice thing about order is that it doesn't really care if you're willing to obey it. All that matters is that you do, or else face the consequences for not doing so.

This naturally represents itself in massive pain in the bird's head, as if it's being held in an ever-tightening vice-grip. Matrisse's words start to pound themselves into the bird's brain - a very clear order.