Gadiel
July 26, 12:17 pm, Inside the Castle, USA
The three of them had been frozen for a while now. Gadiel still had his arms around Tarik, who had closed his eyes. Elodie had just broken free of Tarik's outstretched hand and was looking at them with contempt. A picture-perfect moment, frozen in time, and in literal ice.
Cold seeped into their bones, calling them to sleep. Tarik and Elodie both fell under almost immediately, but Gadiel stayed awake.
Slowly, he counted the seconds, updating the Sakura and Irade through their telepathic connection. He didn't actually say much; just let them know that they were still alive.
In return, Sakura and Irade sent images of their battles, of what was happening with them. He watched the fight with the weird dragon lady until it ended, noting how despite everything Irade had said before this whole thing started, she didn't kill the lady. Merely left her to die.
Just as Tarik thought she would.