*Power flows through Trayah to banish evil spirits, but either these are not spirits or they are too strong for Trayah in his weakened condition.*
*Meanwhile, the green glowing goo coalesces into a pulsing green ectoskeleton, and then the dark shadow oozes out around the ectoskeleton and solidifies slightly into a midnight-black exterior, like that of the dark panther creatures that the group has battled.*
*Pleione hadn't noticed the initial transformation, but she turns her gaze towards the scene when she sees Trayah conjure up his spiritual energy and glow with the might of the spirits, and when she sees what is going on, she shrieks.*
*Whinoah, M'ress, Slagg awaken to the sound of Pleione's shriek. Obscurity manages to sleep through it, at least for now.*