[Rei's been out and about for days now, rushing to and fro trying to find people and get them to safety. It's an occupational requirement when you're as close to the spirit world as she is. And she hasn't had time to check up on Athena, quite honestly, certain that Ryuko or Ai or someone would be looking out for her. She's got no idea what's happened, of course, but what she does know is that she's found her friend.
And there's something really, really fucking wrong. A need to defend, a need to protect and comfort, all of that comes second nature to anyone who wears her mantle...but there's something else that hits Rei in that moment. Stark, naked, anger. The transformation is brief, it lasts only a moment, and in that instant every single television and viewing surface just winks out as a latticework of flaming wards appears on each screen and binds the spirits within. Glass cracks, plastic melts, and then it's over and Rei's back, stepping next to Athena.]
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And there's something really, really fucking wrong. A need to defend, a need to protect and comfort, all of that comes second nature to anyone who wears her mantle...but there's something else that hits Rei in that moment. Stark, naked, anger. The transformation is brief, it lasts only a moment, and in that instant every single television and viewing surface just winks out as a latticework of flaming wards appears on each screen and binds the spirits within. Glass cracks, plastic melts, and then it's over and Rei's back, stepping next to Athena.]
Widget, stop talking. Now.