This was a trap, Rei understood that, but it was not a trap she was intending to die in today. And if she did? She'd make sure that no matter what, this rite would end. Blanche's words barely seem to phase her, though she remains out of sight for the moment, accepting what cover she could.

As far as she knew, she had no transformation. No words of power to change clothes. Not that she'd tried yet. But she did have something else. Fire. A molten fury seethed inside her, erasing fear and doubt, heart burning like the caldera of a volcano. Her blood ran hot, infusing her with power and rage, like in her memories. Meril wasn't the only goddess taking the field today, and that she was clearly going to have to fight her friend only stoked the inferno her heart. Strangely, this felt right, a sense of something she'd not done in a very, very long time.

Meril's fingers, dancing along the keys as they did, found themselves pressing down into flame as Rei allowed some of her magic to simply melt the keyboard. Heat called from the ether roiled out of the instrument, turning it into a puddle of liquid plastic and metal. A few sour notes probably rolled out of it as it disappeared, but it would play no more.

Snap out of it, Meril. she thought to herself, really not wanting to engage like Usagi and the rest.