There was nothing left, even this mighty beast form felt like a flat engine. Barely able to stand with every muscle trembling in an overworked state. Yet the inside was filled with a strange warmth that devoured all other emotions. The warmth of chaos.
Not much to do other than accept and embrace it, soaking her mind and soul in it. If a comparison had to be made it felt like she was drowning.
"More..... Come.....Hurry...."
She managed to utter these words in between drawing deep life giving breaths, but there was no more enemies approaching so the beast form began retreating back into Ric's body.
There was nothing within reach to attack so she turned towards Meri with a crazed expression of hunger in the middle of regaining a human face. With drool and spit foaming from the mouth like a rabid dog she fell trembling on her knees as if praying.
Underneath the vanishing black fur, clothes began to form. A black silk tunic filled with white stripes, Matching gloves with one small focus crystal at the knuckle and sturdy boots.
Then her world began rapidly shrinking.
<Here have a child's body. A reward for your childish behavior. I think six years of age should do nicely.> it was a woman's voice inside her head. The dark passenger was male. It could not be him, who was it then? A woman's laughter followed.
Confused she looked around only to see that the intruders had begun advancing into the room. rotting corpses and leftovers from the battle slowly dragging themselves towards the altar at a snail's pace. "Meri, you will take responsibility for this right?" Ric now had large yellow puppy eyes reflecting childish worry in her voice, the tail was gone and the room felt so big but she could see Jonny perfectly. Made her wonder just what was going on. She would have to ask Meri later.
