Chapter 19: Twists, Problems and Doubts
Forest Doe had gone to investigate a scream she had heard, leaving Chat Noir and Louve Grise to go after Queen Bee, who decided to announce herself to Hawk Moth, who was inside city hall. Hanging from the building's ledge, she looked for a way in, and she found one. An open window granted her access, and once inside, she began to look for the person who had screamed.
"Where could it have come from? I don't see anyone in this apartment." -Forest Doe thought to herself, as she walked through the various rooms. –"Should I call the person out? Or should I keep quiet, in case those creatures are around? What to do? What to do?" -she wondered.
It was a difficult choice. On one hand, if she called the person out, it would be easier for her to know where to do. But on the other, if there were Jackal-like creatures in that floor, yelling a single syllable would put a target on her back. So, the deer heroine decided to keep silent, as she continued to check the apartment. Not having found anyone, she decided to check the other apartments. Opening the front door, she had her heart practically jump out of her mouth, with what she saw. In front of her were the petrified bodies of three people, two adults and a child, who had been victims of one of Ammit's Jackal-like creatures. No doubt, they were the family that lived there, and were caught by the creatures, before opening the door.
"This is awful… and scary too." -Forest Doe thought, as she passed around them. –"I hope mom and dad are okay." -she thought, hoping both her parents had been able to avoid the awful fate of that family.
Already in the hallway, she heard another scream, and it was coming from one of the apartments her. Not knowing from which apartment the scream had come from, she wasted no time, and fired flaming arrows at the doors to blast them open, hoping that it would reveal which she had to enter. The arrows hit the doors, blasting them open, and just as expected, from one of them a Jackal-like creature showed up, as another scream was heard. This time it was clear it was a woman's cry for help, which meant there was more than one of those creatures.
"Come on, dog breath! Move that Egyptian butt of yours and come get me!" -Forest Doe taunted the creature.
Hearing her say that, the Jackal-like creature growled, before charging against Doe, who fired several arrows at it, only for these go through it. Using her bow as a bat, she struck it in the head, making the creature roar, as it tried to grab her. Determined to get help the woman who continued to cry for help inside the apartment, Doe taunted the creature into attacking her again, only to use her invisibility to disappear, confusing it. Taking advantage of it, she quickly passed by it, and made her way to the apartment's door.
"Catch you later." -Forest Doe thought, as she entered the apartment.
Still invisible, Doe quickly looked for the woman, who was in the apartment's living room. Just like the rest of the apartment, this one was in shambles. Furniture had been destroyed, along with pretty much everything that was either on the walls, or on the floor. On top of it, there was one petrified person on the floor, a man. The poor woman looked like she had finished running a marathon. No doubt trying to get away from the Jackal-like creature, who had grabbed her, and was about to suck out her heart and turn her into stone. Seeing this, Forest Doe did not hesitate.
"Get away from her, ugly!" -Forest Doe yelled, as she fired an arrow at the Jackal-like creature, hitting it on the left eye.
When the arrow pierced the creature's eye, this one roared in pain, letting go its victim, who was quickly grabbed by Forest Doe, who had switched off her invisibility. With the woman in her arms, she decided the best thing to do was to get out of that apartment, through one of the windows. They were on the last floor, but she had jumped from higher buildings before.
"Hang on tight. We're getting out of here." -Forest Doe told the woman, as this one placed her arms around her.
As the Jackal-like creature continued to roar in agony, Forest Doe broke the window and jumped outside with the woman, who yelled out in panic, as they went down. Landing on the ground, the deer heroine saw herself surrounded by two things. More petrified people, and even more Jackal-like creatures, who looked at her and the woman she had just saved like they were a plate of French fries.
"Okay… this might not have been my best idea ever." -Forest Doe realized. –"But don't worry, I won't let them hurt you." -she said, trying to reassure the poor woman, whose eyes were telling her she was terrified.
Turning invisible, she hoped to give those creatures the slip, just like she did with the other two before. But just as she was about to do it, one of them charged against her, forcing her to act fast. Escaping its claws, she thought it was quite the coincidence the creature charged in her direction. But the following moment, another creature charged against her, and nearly grabbed her. Luckily, she was fast on her feet, and dodged it.
"No way! I'm invisible! They can't see me!" -Forest Doe thought to herself. –"Or can they?"
In her mind, that question was echoing all over the place, and making her wonder what the answer truly was. Until then, whenever she used her invisibility, nobody could see her. Nobody; not even her companions. But now, those creatures were showing signs that they were able to see her, when invisible. She did not know what to think, when not one, but three creatures charged against her, ready to shred her and the woman she had saved into pieces.
"They can see me! Oh crap! Suddenly I'm feeling like I'm in a Predator movie." -Forest Doe thought to herself. –"I've got to get this woman to safety, and then find a way for these things to chase me away from her." -she thought.
Ditching her invisibility, two things happened. The first was that the woman in her arms screamed at her, asking why she did that. And the second was that by not using that power, she was saving her strength for whatever happened next. With the woman screaming into her ears, she tried to ignore her, while trying to figure the safest and fastest way out of that mess. But before she could, a figure passed in front of their eyes, striking each of the creatures, making them roar. When it finally stopped, they both saw that it was a woman in teal, wearing a teal mask around her eyes, along with n knight's armour and twin cutlasses.
"Alright, you… whatever you are… why don't you pick on someone your own size?"
Upon hearing her voice, Doe immediately recognized it. It was the voice of her teacher. She knew she and the old master had been training, and that they both had an artefact that allowed them to turn their clothes into battle armour. But this was the first time that she was seeing her wearing it. And she was surprised by just how different, yet similar she looked.
"Miss Bustier?" -Forest Doe thought, as she looked at her teacher, who was now standing between her and the Jackal-like creatures.
Gripping the handles of her cutlasses, miss Bustier waited for the creatures to attack her, so she could strike back. Pointing her cutlasses at their heads, she struck them in the eyes, blinding them. They roared, furious and tried to blindly attack her, hoping to get her with their sharp claws. But she easily dodged them. Signaling Doe to get some distance, she then attacked the creatures, running around them, describing a perfect circle.
"Okay… remember what the master taught you. Use your surroundings to your advantage." -Miss Bustier thought to herself, as her eyes scoured her surroundings.
She knew she had very little time. As soon as those creatures got their eyesight back, they would attack her. And then, she saw her ticket out of that mess. After seeing there was no one near that could end up injured, she used her cutlasses, and punctured the tanks of two nearby cars. Gasoline quickly gushed from the tanks, as if it these were fountains. It only took a few seconds until the ground around the creatures was permeated with the flammable liquid. And before they could react, she used her cutlasses again, scraping their tips against the asphalt, and creating a spark, which immediately ignited the gasoline.
When the explosion went out, the cars exploded, activating the alarms of the nearest cars, as well as shattering the windows of the nearest buildings. But more important than that, the Jackal-like creatures were obliterated, and reduced to sand, which scattered to the wind. Seeing this, the teacher turned fighter felt exhilarated. Not only did she saved the lives of one of her students and another woman, but she had also stopped those infernal creatures from hurting anyone else.
"Note to self, next time don't get too close to an explosion, or you might end up with your eyebrows burned." -Miss Bustier thought to herself, as she saw Forest Doe approaching her. –"Is everything alright?"
"Uh, yes… thank you for the assist, huh…" -Forest Doe said, without knowing what to call her teacher.
"Call me, Blanchelame, Forest Doe." -Miss Bustier told her. She had come up with the name, while making her way towards the Hotel de Ville.
"Alright, then. Thank you for the assist, Blanchelame." -Forest Doe thanked her, when she noticed someone jumping from one building to another, above her. It was Chat Noir. –"Uh, if it's not much to ask, would you mind taking this lady somewhere she'll be safe? I need to catch up to Chat Noir." -she explained.
"I would be glad to take her off your hands, so you could go do some more superhero work." -Blanchelame suggested. –"Go do some more superhero work? Really? Come on, Caline, you need to work on your speeches and approach, when in the battlefield." -she thought to herself.
"Thank you." -Forest Doe said, as allowed the woman to get down. –"You can trust her. Blanchelame is on our side." -she assured the woman.
"Yes, you can." -Blanchelame said, as she grabbed the woman. –"Just hang on, miss. I'll have you somewhere safe, in no time."
With that, Blanchelame proceeded to carry the woman out of there, to safety, while at the same time, Forest Doe quickly found its way back to the rooftops of Paris, chasing Chat Noir, wondering what he was doing there, and more importantly, why he was alone.
"Hey, Chat! Wait for me!" -Forest Doe called out the feline hero.
"Ah, welcome back." -Chat Noir said, as he slowed down, to allow his friend to catch up to him.
"I thought you and Louve had gone after Bee." -Forest Doe said.
"And we went. But we then got out of city hall to get her dad, the prime-minister and another guy, who Hawk Moth had as hostages, out of there, to safety." -Chat Noir explained. –"I left the mayor on top of one of Notre-Dame's belltowers, and Louve took the other two somewhere else."
"And what about…" -Forest Doe asked.
"She went up against Hawk Moth, to give us the time to get out of there with the hostages." –Chat Noir answered. –"And quite honestly, I hope she got out of there, just like we had agreed earlier." -he said. –"But knowing her…"
"Knowing her, you think she decided to fight that psycho all by herself?" -Forest Doe said.
"Like all of us, she's got many qualities, and many flaws. And one of those flaws is that she can be as stubborn as a mule, even if that kills her." -Chat Noir admitted, as he hoped that he was wrong about Queen Bee right then. –"And yeah, I hope that she got out of there, a little after Louve and I did." -he said.
It was obvious to Doe that Chat was worried about Queen Bee's safety. So, to keep his mind out of it, she decided to tell him what had happened to her. She told him about the woman she had saved, and of how the Jackal-like creatures could seemingly see her when she was using her invisibility. But most importantly, she told him about miss Bustier, and how she had come to her rescue.
"I'm telling you. She was incredible. You'd need to be there to have seen it with your own eyes." -Forest Doe declared. –"Plus, the name she chose for herself… She's already the best teacher in the world. But now… now she's also the most badass teacher in the world." -she added.
"I believe you." -Chat Noir said, smiling.
They were approaching the Hotel de Ville, and there was no sign of either Louve Grise or Queen Bee, which made Chat fear that something had happened to them. Doe did not say a thing, but she too wondered why there was no trace of those two. Wondering if Bee was still inside the building fighting Hawk Moth, Chat signalled Doe to follow him. He intended to see if the bee heroine was still there, and if so, to help her out, so they could all put some good distance from Hawk Moth.
But as they reached the rooftop of the building they had been before entering city hall, something happened that caught them off guard. An explosion of sorts was heard from inside city hall, which shattered all the building windows, followed by an eerie golden glow. All the Jackal-like creatures that were on the square turned to sand and scattered in the wind.
"What was that?!" -Forest Doe asked, as she tried to understand what that explosion and the yellow glow had been.
"I don't know. But mark my words. It has Hawk Moth written all over the place." -Chat Noir answered.
"Do you think she was still inside?" -Forest Doe asked, referring to Queen Bee.
"I don't know… maybe." –Chat Noir said. –"Though, I hope you weren't inside, Chloe." -he thought to himself.
Before he could muster another thought, both heroes heard a noise behind them. Thinking it was another of those Jackal-like creatures, or the Akuma that had created them, they both turned around, weapons in hand, ready to face them. But to their surprise, it was neither of them. Instead, it was an old man in samurai armour, with a mask over his eyes. The armour was terracotta coloured, with red and gold embossing. The mask around his eyes was of the same colour. His weapons were two swords, whose blades were so sharp that they could cut steel as if it were butter. Still, even, with all that armour and the mask, the two heroes recognized the old man.
"Nice outfit, master." -Chat Noir commented, on the old master's battle outfit.
"Thank you." -Master Fu smiled at him.
"So, what do we call you?" -Forest Doe asked him, which –"Oh, miss Bustier has decided to take a codename too. Hers is Blanchelame." -she told Chat.
"You may call me, Song Dao."
"Okay. If that is what you want us to call you, I'm game." -Chat Noir declared. –"Did you see the explosion and that eery glow?" -he asked the old master.
"I did, as I was arriving." -Song Dao answered him. –"And I did not like it." -he declared.
"Neither did we." -Forest Doe said. –"We think Queen Bee was still inside, fighting Hawk Moth, when that happened." -she said.
"Then, I suggest we go inside and find out for ourselves, if she's still inside, or not." -Chat Noir suggested to them, with a worried voice.
Heading east, Panda Roux had moved a little away from Rena Rouge, Antelope and Ladybug, who were with him, so he could help a group of people who had been trapped inside the bus, when it was attacked by one of the awful Jackal-like creatures, crashing into a traffic light. Using his spear, he quickly opened the doors for the people inside to get out.
"Head to the Akuma shelter. It's that way!" -Panda exclaimed, as the people exited the bus.
With one eye on the bus passengers, and another on a small group of Jackal-like creatures that were coming in their direction, Panda quickly used his powers to draw something that came to his mind; fireworks cannons. As always, his imagination allowed him to come up with unusual ideas, which produced great results. Once those cannons began to fire, they not only targeted those Jackal-like creatures, but also served as a distraction for any others that were nearby.
"Let's see you idiots trying to get these people now." -Panda Roux said, as he jumped into action, and attacking the creatures, as these continued to be hit by the fireworks.
Taking them on, Panda turned them all into sand, only for them to recreate themselves. Still, that did not take away his sense of accomplishment. Creatures that were turned to sand, did not attack innocents while they were busy rebuilding themselves. It was then that he saw someone he knew, on the other side of the road, lying on the ground, after tripping.
"Marc?" -Panda Roux thought, as he saw his friend and crush.
And before he could muster another thought, he saw that he had tripped because he had one of Ammit's soldier creatures after him. Running towards him, he promptly placed himself between Marc and the Jackal-like creature.
"Get back!" -Panda Roux yelled at the creature, as he pointed his spear at it. –"I said, back, you overgrown dog!" -he shouted.
Marc was scared. He had gone out for a walk, when Ammit's army showed up, forcing him to run for his life. He was making his way to the nearest Akuma shelter he had found on his Akuma Alert app, when that creature showed up and started to chase him. But now that Panda Roux showed up, every bit of fear he had in him had disappeared. From all of the miraculous heroes, Panda was his favourite and ever since he had come to Paris, that he wanted to meet him.
"It's Panda Roux." -Marc thought to himself. –"I can't believe it's really him."
"I'm warning you! Either leave, or I'll do you the same I did to your buddies over there!" -Panda Roux threatened the Jackal-like creature, who roared back at him. –"Okay, I can take the hint. I'll just have to teach you some manners."
Swinging his spear, he hit the Jackal-like creature on the chest, which forced it to take a few steps back. But he knew that the savage beast would not be intimidated. So, he decided to use his creativity to fight it. Shrinking the spear once more, he quickly doodled something he believed would keep it away from him and Marc; a large bullet proof glass wall. But he knew that that would not be enough to deal with them. Because they could turn themselves into sand, he knew he had to keep them from using that tactic. So, he quickly expanded the wall, until surrounding the creatures, and then closing it, from above and under. The Jackal-like creatures roared, as they punched the glass, trying to break it. Panda knew that the glass was not going to hold for long, but it would hold long enough for him to get his crush to safety.
"Well… that gives us a little time, before they can get out of there." -Panda Roux commented, as he looked at Marc. –"Are you okay? You're hurt?" -he asked him.
"Uh… yeah, thanks… I mean, I'm okay. Nothing broken." -Marc said, as Panda helped him up. -"L-Let me just say… I'm a really big fan." -he told him.
"Always glad to meet one of my fans." -Panda Roux smirked. –"Damn, he looks so handsome when he's looking scared… now's not the time, Nate! Keep your head in the game." -he told himself. –"But maybe we can leave the part of you asking me for an autograph or a selfie, until I can get you someplace safe."
"S-Sure." -Marc agreed.
"Don't worry. By the time they break free, you'll be a couple of blocks from here, somewhere safe. I promise you." -Panda Roux told him. –"Just hang on tight." -he said, as he gave Marc a piggyback ride.
"Okay." -Marc said. –"Can't believe I'm being saved by Panda Roux!" -he thought to himself, as the most awkward smile appeared on his face.
And as Panda helped Marc get to a safe location, Ladybug, Rena Rouge and Antelope were busy themselves, fighting off a group of Jackal-like creatures. These had turned several police officers to stone, who were trying to keep them from entering one of the Akuma shelters near Place de la Nation, where hundreds of citizens had sought refuge. Knowing that if the enemies entered the shelter, they would turn everyone inside into stone statues, Ladybug ordered Carapace to erect an energy shield over the building the shelter was in.
"Good work!" -Ladybug praised Carapace.
"Thanks." -Carapace said.
"Do you think this will keep these things from entering?" -Rena Rouge asked them, as she saw the Jackal-like creatures slamming their fists against the green energy shield, trying to break it.
"Hopefully, yes." -Ladybug said, as she used her yo-yo to hit one of the Jackal-like creatures on the head. –"But just to be on the safe side, let's try and get these things to follow us somewhere else!" -she exclaimed, as she repeated the same move on another creature.
"Come on, you uglies! Leave that and follow us! We're way more interesting than the people hiding in that shelter!" -Carapace shouted at them.
"I don't think they're interested in the three of us!" -Rena Rouge exclaimed. –"But let's see if they become interested in thirty of us." -she said, before using her flute-staff.
Playing the flute-staff, Rena Rouge created about two dozen copies of herself, Carapace and Ladybug, thus creating a small army. Ordering them to attack the Jackal-like creatures, these immediately obeyed her orders and attacked them. Using these copies, the fox heroine forced the creatures to come after them, and getting them away from the Akuma shelter. The feral Jackal-like creatures chased them, making their way to the Place de la Nation. Overthrowing cars that had been abandoned by their drivers, and even using them as weapons, it did not take long for them to damage the bronze sculpture of The Triumph of the Republic, as well as to destroy some of the copies.
"These things are like vermin!" -Carapace exclaimed. –"We defeat them, and they just pull themselves back up for another round!" -he shouted, as he hit one of the creatures on the shoulder, reducing it and its arm to sand, only for it to regenerate a second later.
"I don't think vermin are this resilient, turtle boy!" -Rena Rouge commented, as one more of the copies of Ladybug she had created, was smashed by what was once the trunk lid of a car.
"I still wonder where they're coming from!" -Ladybug shouted, as she kicked another creature. –"But more importantly, I wonder where's the Akuma that's making them."
"I don't know, girl." -Rena Rouge said, as she used her flute as a stick, to keep one of the creatures at bay. –"All I know is that by now, one of us should've found it. Akumas don't usually like to go unnoticed."
What Rena said was true. Akumas love to be the centre of attention, whenever they show up. It is like one of the side effects of akumatization.
"Have you pondered on the chance that these things aren't being created by an Akuma?" -Carapace asked them.
"What do you mean?" -Rena Rouge asked back.
"I'm just saying that…" -Carapace said, as he dodged one of the Jackal-like creatures. - "… we've seen Hawk Moth create an army, without the need for an Akuma, before." -he said, as struck the creature with his right tonfa.
"Are you saying that Hawk Moth might be the one creating these things himself?" -Ladybug asked him.
"That would explain why an Akuma hasn't showed up, trying to get our miraculouses." -Carapace said, as he continued to attack his opponents.
And it truly explained why an Akuma had not showed itself until then, or that nobody on social media had spotted it. Still, the fact that everyone in Paris was getting their hearts stolen and turned into statues, did not help either. Things were getting grimmer by the minute, and the heroes were beginning to think if they would see the light at the end of the tunnel, or not, such was the danger they found themselves in. But before they could continue to think about it, a sound was heard by all three of them. It was sound of a cell phone. Ladybug's yo-yo was vibrating and glowing red, warning her that she was receiving a call. She quickly opened it and saw it was a call from Chat Noir. Answering it, she hoped he had some good news.
"Is it a bad time, milady?" -Chat Noir asked her.
"More or less." -Ladybug admitted, as she watched Rena Rouge and Carapace fighting the Jackal-like creatures. –"You better keep it brief, because we're one member short at the moment." -she said, referring to Panda Roux's absence.
"Okay. We managed to save the mayor. Bee stayed behind to deal with Hawk Moth, but now, she's gone, and so is Louve. Doe, the master and I looked for them…"
"W-Wait! Did you just say that the master is with you?"
"Yes. I'll explain later." -Chat Noir said. –"But as I was saying, we're inside city hall, but there's no trace of Bee. I tried to reach her, but nothing." -he declared.
"What do you mean, you can't reach her?" -Ladybug asked, worried.
"It means that I can't reach her. I've tried calling her three times., and she didn't answer." -Chat Noir told her. –"And neither did Louve, who I thought, might be with her." -he added. –"I'm worried."
"Chloe's missing, and probably Sabrina too?! As if things weren't bad enough." -Ladybug thought to herself. –"What about Hawk Moth?" -she asked him.
"There's no trace of him either, milady." -Chat Noir said. –"I'm worried that he might've caught Queen Bee, and probably Louve Grise as well."
"That's not good." That was the first thought that came to Ladybug's mind, when Chat told her that news. Not knowing where Hawk Moth had gone was bad. But not knowing if he had caught, or worse, killed Queen Bee and Louve Grise and for their miraculouses, was far more terrifying. Just thinking about it, made her feel both anxious and terrified. These thoughts came to a halt, when her yo-yo vibrated again, signalling another incoming call; this one from Grizzly Bear.
"When it rains, it pours." -Ladybug thought to herself. –"Let me put you on hold for a second. I've got another call." -she told Chat, as she put him on hold, and answered Grizzly's call. –"Yes?"
"Uh, sorry to call you, but we've got a problem." -Grizzly Bear said.
"Is it the Akuma?" -Ladybug asked him. –"Please, tell me you found the Akuma, so we can fight it and put an end to this." -she thought to herself.
"No. It's Dragonfly." -Grizzly Bear answered.
Among the most common questions people ask, there is one that seems to be a fan favourite. And that question is "What are the symptoms of a hangover?". The answer to it is extreme tiredness and weakness, headache and muscle aches, dizziness or a sense of the room spinning, nausea, vomiting, thirst and dry mouth, low tolerance for light and sound, among others. And Queen Bee was feeling most of those symptoms, right then. She felt like she had been runover not by one, but several trucks, during countless hours. Her muscles ached so much, that just flexing them, the pain was excruciating. She did not know where she was, or how she got there. All she knew was that she felt like crap, and that her arms were suspended in the air.
"W-Where… Where the hell am I?" -Queen Bee asked, as she tried to open her eyes. Her eyelids felt like they weighed a ton, making it hard for her to open them. –"The last thing I remember… is that Reptile pretended to be Hawk Moth, and then Sabrina and I were hit by something he threw at us, and… Sabrina! Where is she?!" -she thought to herself, worried about her girlfriend, as she continued to force her eyelids to open.
When she finally opened her eyes, all she could see was a blur. It took her a couple of seconds for her eyes to adjust. Slowly and steadily, she regained her eyesight. And to her surprise, she saw that she was in some sort of yellow energy sphere, with her arms and legs spread and shackled. Doing her best to ignore the pain she was in, she turned her head to the left, and saw Louve Grise in the same situation as hers, trapped inside a yellow energy sphere.
"W-We must've been captured, or something…" -Queen Bee thought, as she then turned her head to the right, and tried to see where they were, and if they were alone. –"This… This looks like… the Eiffel Tower…" -she thought.
It looked like the Eiffel Tower, because it was the Eiffel Tower. She noticed they were on the tower's first floor. All around were the petrified bodies of the very first victims of Ammit's army. But more importantly, standing a few meters from them was the one responsible for the two of them being there, Reptile. And standing in front of him, was his master. Seeing him, the bee heroine could only say one thing.
"H-Hawk Moth…"
So, this chapter took a little longer than expected. Work has been keeping me from focusing on my wriiting.
There isn't much to say about this, except for one or two things. First, we finally see the first encounter of Marc and Nathaniel, with the latter as Panda Roux. I've been wanting to write this encounter for some time, but I feel like I could've done it better, so you'll probably see a continuation of that scene in the next chapter (if not, you can expect it as a small one-shot, which will be written later on. I still need to ponder about it). Second, we see miss Bustier and master Fu in action for the first time in the battlefield... well, mostly miss Bustier. But believe me when I say that the old master will have his turn to shine as well. The names for their hero personas, Blanchelame and Song Dao were not easy to choose, and I had a little help in the process. Third, this chapter allowed me to try something that I haven't had the chance to do, and that was a solo interaction between Chat and Doe. In the series, we never had Adrien and Mylene talking alone, so it was fun to try something that hasn't been done yet, and it's nice to see it came out good. I'll be repeating this in the near future.
What will happen next? That's the question on everyone's mind, and I'm here to give you all the answers. Plus, I still have a few more surprises for you in this fic. Hopefully, the next chapter will come faster than this one. As always, feel free to comment, fav and leave your suggestions for this and/or future stories.
P.S. Liehl-Lyn has done work in the redesigns of Blanchelame and Song Dao, which were originally done by my friend Lomi-hime. So, be sure to check them out on her page in DA. :)
