Sigil and Banpei went as well. Skuld walked away until she was almost halfway to the walled edge of the property. She took a deep breath and then she began to sing. Her voice wasn't a human voice. At all. It was beautiful, but it implied the music that could be found in water. The rhythmic crash of waves as percussion, a thin stream over stones as melody, water in pipes as harmony. She started to float lightly, toes pointing down as they hovered a half inch off the ground. Light surround her. What looked like a small winged person emerged partway from her back, the bottom of the figure wrapped like some of cross between a mummy and a djinn. the creature's bottom part narrowed to a small point in the center of Skuld's back.

Skuld's clothes changed. Gone were her coveralls and goggles and normal looking gear. The clothes exploded out from her in a blast of light and reformed as a pink and red outfit without ever letting anyone have a glimpse of skin not shown by the final product. She kept singing, and the bottom of her mallet started to glow as well.

The creature from her back had an expression of joy that exactly matched Skuld's and opened her mouth, joining her voice to Skuld's, and her voice was reminiscent of the life in water. a hint of children playing, of dolphins calling, whales singing. It transcended simple sound and yet their voices combined into something that was undeniably music.

Sentaro, Belldandy, Urd, and Keiichi came out to stnad on the porch and watch. Sentaro's jaw was all but on the floor, Belldandy looked proud, tears in her eyes as she held onto both of KEiichi's hands. She too was floating slightly, long white wings sprouting from her back.

Urd had her arms crossed and looked something like irritated. She turned to Belldandy. "I know," she said very softly. "I want to sing too."

Belldandy nodded. "I know," she whispered. "This song is Skuld's, but my throat feels like it will burst with the melody."

Urd nodded once, turning back to face Skuld again, wings coming out of her ack as well, one black and one white. She frowned as she studied the floating girl at the center of the yard.

Skuld seemed unaware of her audience as she lifted her mallet. Light shot from the butt of it, where it had been glowing, and the light struck the ground. It burned. still singing, still floating, she started to turn slowly in place. Her hand was steady as she went, and by the time she was facing them again, eyes still closed, there was a perfect circle etched deeply into the ground.