She is unable to transform

Elza reached for the power stored deep within, but when she touched it, she got the feeling of... stillness? This was unusual. It was like her power was dormant. When reaching for it, there was a block in the way that prevented her from awakening it. Unable to reach her power, she failed to transform and instead paused, biting back a panic to save face. What was going on?

The succubus looked up at her summoner, at "Master", calculating. He looked down at her again with that interested look. She slowly rose to her feet. "Ah..." the man started. "I get the sense you realize the situation you're truly in."

"Those adornments are made of no mere metal," he continued. "And a good thing too, otherwise I'm sure I'd be at your mercy by now." Elza looked closer at one of the shackles on her wrist. It shone in the light, but she could see subtle runes and etchings, invisible except in when they reflected the light from the orbs. Unperturbed, the man continued. "They took a lot of time and research to create, at no small expense to myself. Those shackles are made of pure celestial gold, enchanted to be bound to this particular summoning circle."

Elza froze. Celestial gold? She was of course familiar, but it was the kind of thing that warrior demons faced when fighting their enemies, not something she'd ever think to encounter. Starting to panic, she reached again for her power to no effect. She tried to jump out of the circle but of course was bound by it and couldn't **** her way over the border. As a last resort, she grasped at the band around her neck with a yell and tried to pull and scratch at it, but to no avail.