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The rays themselves seemed to absorb into the Infernal's frame, though he quickly parried the oncoming strike to his side, his free hand rising away from him as a wall of flamelike shadows erupted in many places throughout the room, obscuring visibility and hampering mobility significantly without reprimand.

The walls died immediately, and just as quickly as the strike had been let free the room came into the same dull gray view, with another black open way at the far end. On the other side of it a dull explosion could be heard, followed immediately by a brief, high snickering.

The room had already been lit, as though the occupant had already been slain. Still standing at the center of the open space stood a single figure, smirking as she saw Isobelle's entry. Her eyes betrayed her own amusement, though her smile showed only her intense thought.
"My my. You move quickly, challenger. I'd thought maybe I wouldn't get to see the one alleged to take on the greatest entity in all existence but I see I was mistaken, at least by this marginal flaw." She gave a slight bow, "Tell me, what is your name? Or would you prefer to be 'challenger' until this is all said and done?"

"Oh, I already know the name of several of my killers. Believe me, I would rather indulge an opponent for a time before seeing it all happen again. To hold power over death - to which my own is rightly included - is not something I would expect too many to appreciate."
The girl stepped back a step and laughed as she looked back to the portal behind her.
"Besides, I did just make your life that much easier in taking asunder another in your way. Perhaps you'll indulge me then? I'd hate to die bored."

The figure laughed, coming to a crouch with a leg in front of her, propped back onto her arms.
"Kineness? No, I never quite entertained the thought of killing him until now. I figured if I was going to face nonexistence when he was right in front of me - and he's rather of a sap... I might as well enjoy the time I have before it happens. Besides, I make it a point to see things on as interesting a note as I can. Being killed by some random assailant isn't nearly so exciting as knowing who the hell perpetrated your demise. That said I suppose I should introduce myself, shouldn't I?" She chuckled bemusedly, "Seria Keridas, Hellspawn and... at one point leader of Despair. That's about when I died, but that's another story in and of itself."

"A limited egotropic projection bound to the living with few changes, nothing more," Seria explained, "just the same as yourself. In all honesty your living being is lying unconscious at the gate you came through when you entered here. Quite frankly you don't exist at this very moment."
She snickered, eying the dull gray surroundings with little interest.
"Did you seriously think a place as boring as this could truly exist? No detail, bound together only by the magic it was created by with the sole purpose of slowing one particularly fated individual down?"

"In theory, but you place the odds of an absolute impossibility as though it were a likelihood, Isobelliana."
Seria laughed, rising to her feet and trailing an arm out to her side, a pinkish energy following her fingertips.
"Now, are you so eager to step forward and put another death under your belt? For one who asked me of my own supposed 'kindness of the heart' are you so ready to face your own words?"