[Evangeline gathered every ounce of her remaining energy, feeling the cold of her Winter Goddess Divine Clothing seep into her bones. She reached deep within herself, accessing the most potent power of her avatar.]
[The air around her grew impossibly cold, frost spreading rapidly across the ground, up the walls, and into the very fabric of reality itself. The entire world seemed to hold its breath.]
[Then, with a final, whispered incantation, she released that power—freezing time itself.]
[The world around her became eerily still, every sound, every movement halted in an instant. Snowflakes hung suspended in the air, unmoving. The Truth Keeper, mid-laugh, was frozen in place, completely unaware of what was happening.]
[In this frozen world, only Evangeline could move.]
