Humanity may not be perfect, but it certainly doesn't deserve the kind of death and destruction the Craxil has in mind.  You announce to her that you would rather die than support her in this plan.  You were terrified that this being might become infuriated and attack, but instead she calmly and slowly backs away... then looks to your sister.  Your sister looks back at the Craxil and you realize the Craxil has just given her a nonverbal order.  By now your sister's blade is unsheathed and she is coming at you. 

 
She fights with a furocity and intent that is completely out of character for your shy and reserved little sister, but her physical strength is the same.  There is nothing special about her swordplay technique either and you are pleased to see that you can block and parry her attacks.  Still, this is your sister, and you don't want to kill her if you don't have to.  The Craxil is obviously enjoying this and you can't help but think that if you could just find some way of killing her then perhaps your sister can be saved.

 
The Craxil is currently in her noncorporeal true form, but she has taken corporeal forms before when she was watching you.  You wonder if striking her while she's in one of these corporeal forms might actually damage her.  Alternatively, you wonder why a shapeshifting being with noncorporeal capability would even need others to spread the plague in the first place.  Perhaps she isn't immune like you once thought or perhaps she felt secure from it in her noncorporeal form.  Would you still need to get her into corporeal form for that first or could you try and give it to her while she's in her noncorporeal state.  Or perhaps there is some other way of getting your sister back to normal.  Unlike you, she knows some very basic magic.  Perhaps she will have something that will damage the Craxil in its noncorporeal state.

 
While your mind wonders to ponder these things, your sister manages to get a shallow cut across your right shoulder and you respond by kicking her onto the ground and stopping down on her sword hand.  You remove your sister's weapon and the Craxil moves in as if to protect its vassal.  You quickly begin to go over your previous ideas in your head knowing you will need to try something and soon lest the Craxil decides to attack first.

You fire A Poison Coated Arrow Into the Noncorporeal Form Of The Craxil

You draw a poison coated arrow from your pack and immediately notch it into your bow.  You realize you don't have a lot of time so you draw it back, aim, and fire immediately.  The Craxil does not move.  Instead, she allows the arrow to pass directly through her noncorporeal state and land somewhere in the dark distance.  You realize she only felt secure enough to give you the poison in the first place because she existed in this noncorporeal form whenever she wasn't spying.  You attempt to quickly consider your other options but it seems she doesn't much care for you any longer.  She stretches forth her hand and it feels as though you are being lifted into the air by your own skeleton.  You scream as you feel what feels like a brain aneurysm.  You continue to suffer the pain until it kills you.

 
THE END