It took a day but Griselda presented a puppet to the trio. Alice had finished the creation of her array but never got the chance to properly test it out in a combat scenario.
Gwen got her training tips from Alyss and all that's left was to put it into motion.
But looking at the puppet, Alice was a little hesitant. With good reason as well.
"Are you sure… this is a puppet?" Alice's smile twitched, pointing at the monstrosity that stood before them.
The puppet stood before them like a fractured divinity. A monster sculpted from flesh, porcelain and bones.
Half of its body shimmered with marble white and gold, the other black obsidian with veins of crimson.
Its face split in two. On the marbled side, an eye of gold that burned with grace. On the other, a vertical slit like that of a dragon. Pulsing with rage and malic. Behind its head hovered a tarnished halo of gold, dripping with blood.
Yet despite his appearance, the puppet had a face of serenity. As though it was at peace.
