As the others pass on out of view up the road, Skulda finishes her binding circle and sits cross-legged in front of it, but instead of going through the ritual summoning that Agni saw before, she begins to heave and retch, and eventually leans over and vomits forth what looks like black feathers mixed with black, caustic smoke. The swirl of smoke and feathers pours forth from her, but instead of blowing away in the light wind, it is sucked into the middle of the binding circle and vanishes.
When it is finally over, she sits up, visibly shaken and sweating, then moves over to another nearby site and begins drawing a second circle. At first, it looks the same, but after looking more carefully, Agni notices that the symbols which ring it are distinctly different. Then, in a slightly cracked voice, Skulda says "Come, Scion of Hel, Emerald One. I have need of your grace, and skill. I have made the proper signs in deference to your Mistress. Come, and taste the World again."
Abruptly the symbols within the circle begin to glow, and a black, swirling vortex forms in the center. Then silently and slowly, a figure rises from its center: a beautiful woman, in the ritualistic robes of a Priestess of Hel, her eyes glowing like emeralds in the sun. Wordlessly she points at Skulda with a hand ending in fingernails that look like ruby-tipped claws and then she vanishes in a flash, leaping into Skulda's body.
Skulda lurches backward and shudders, and then opens her eyes. The most obvious change is that her left eye now glows with the same green that the Green Lady's eyes glowed with, but the countenance of her face has also subtly changed. She stands with a deliberateness of her motions that is not typical of her, and says to Agni "Come, let us catch up with our comrades. Help me mount." and with a flourish of her wrist a horse appears, complete with saddle and bridle. She holds her other hand out expectantly towards Agni.