Haley
Haley wanted to chase after Lana, but Arturia clearly needed more immediate attention. The girl was clearly going into shock and Haley needed to stop it. She couldn't do anything to help ease the pain directly, but perhaps Arturia's nerves were too distorted for her to focus. Haley shut her eyes and concentrated, imagining that she was back in the library. When she opened her eyes, the world around her had matched to her imagination. Artuia's blood has disappeared and was now a mess of books. Nothing was solid, however it might just be enough to calm Arturia down before she realized it was fake.
"Hey, Arturia, are you okay?" Haley asked calmly, "You really should get off the floor. Here, I'll help you pick those up."
She knelt down, feeling the odd squishing sensation of warm blood rubbing against her legs. She mimed picking up books, the illusion following her motions and raising the fake books in her hands. She felt more blood coat her fingers, some crawling up under her fingernails, but she kept at it. She needed to get Arturia back.
Riley - Different hallway
It didn't take long for Lana to catch up to Riley. She found the girl standing in the middle of a hallway, talking to a redhead with a ponytail and a strange outfit. It may have taken a moment to register, but she realized that this was Nayru. She was able to overhear some of their discussion.
"...erstand that you don't like my methods," Said Riley, "but it is necessary that Arturia experience this adversity."
"But surely there was a better way of going about it than stabbing her in the gut." Natalie responded, "What if she succumbs to the pain? Her powers can heal her body, not her mind."
"She won't."
"This still feels wrong. I'm not entirely convinced you didn't just do it because you enjoy watching others suffer."
"Haley is completely committed to Kallisto, so we have to ruin Arturia's trust in the goddesses before Haley can bring her over to their side. And I'm not like your sister, my desire is not for their suffering, but to end my own."
"I know, I know. I saw what Kalli will do if we don't stop her. But I've never been much of an 'ends justify the means' type of person. Both of my lives have always lived in the present, trying to find the best course of action to achieve 'now.'"
"Very well, I'll keep that in mind for the future. And may I suggest that the proper course of action 'now' is for you to duck?"
Natalie didn't question, she simply did as Haley suggested, and Lana quickly saw why as a large book suddenly came spinning at her over Natalie's head. It caught her off guard and struck her square between the eyes, knocking her unconscious.
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When she awoke, Lana was in a bedroom. Not one of the standard four person dorms, but a small room with only a single bed--to which she was strapped with a pair of leather belts. The room had no windows, nor had the tenant spared money on a clock, so she had no idea how much time had passed
"Well now, look who's awake." Came the seductive voice of the Eye of Hope from beside her.
Riley was now back to her normal t-shirt and miniskirt, her eyes no longer the starry blackness of her transformed self. In a way, this normality could be said to make her even more frightening.
"You'll have to forgive me for the welt on your head, but I needed to incapacitate you before you made Haley and Arturia or worse, Kallisto, aware of my plans." she said, "If it helps any, I promise not to kill you. Although I may have to torture you a teeny bit. No telling Nayru though, it'll be our secret~"
Riley giggled and gave Lana a cheerful wink. Whoever would have thought that relief for her pain would fall right into her lap? It was simply too good to be true, and would be too good to be true if Natalie found out.