Chaos.
That was this call that she heard in this cell chamber. Her attack with her bow as a distraction had paid off a little as she had actually caused the girl to fall against the table. Seeing the success she snarled as he blade cut through the air and found no purchase in her soft skin. She had traded a bruise for a bloodless dodge and to the Mage Hunter she was impressed at her ability to sense the flow of battle. This girl had trained well and learned how to compete against dirty fighters. Her shortened spear was a godsend in and of itself as the recoil had been dramatically reduced and allowed her more freedom in the enclosed space.
So much so that when the knife flew over the girls shoulder Drusilia felt a wince as the other one hit her squarely in the shoulder, her good one to be precise. She spun from the force of the blow in time to watch the dazzling display of the human at the far end sending the magical icicles to shred the automaton. As well a vicious kick from the girl next to her went off the mark, only adding to her spin rather than doing any true harm. She let her spin carry her to the ground as she looked up at the falling rain of icy death and curse, “Shu!”
A flash of white light was all the crowd saw as the ice disappeared. Nothing happened to the Drow left prone on the ground as she looked and saw that another man had moved between her and yet another attacker. The Drow remained there for a while before with a grunt she got up, leaving the blade in her shoulder as she glowered venomously at the girl, “You must be Faelynn, for him to put so much attention into me.”
Using the sword for a crutch she hauled herself up before she brought the sword about two handed and took her stance. The pain surged through her before she growled out, “It’ll take more than the best intentions of some asshole mage to save you little girl.” She brought her hand out and gripped the dagger before she pulled it out gritting her teeth. Stabbing the knife into the table next to her she felt the cool rush of air into her wound and knew it would allow her greater freedom in the fight. While the wound would open and reopen, causing blood loss, it was a trivial wound compared to the hobbling injury the girl had tried.
Gritting her teeth against the pain she muttered under her breath in Alerian, “Ril drada nindol kluthak mzild lu'mzild saph vel'drav usstan malaruth Sunscar...”
She wasn’t sure if that was a good or a bad thing, as Nialon Sunscar had nearly killed her. Still she could not wait for the girl to get back use of her magic and instead began to tease and prod at her testing her defenses as she slashed and parried quickly ignoring the feeling of the wound opening wider under her shoulder. At this rate she was likely to tear the arm to pieces if she kept it up and while her other arm was good, it was not her strong hand, then again this girl while practiced in the arts of the spear, the brown haired female was not an expert.
The form was flawed and she was beginning to see the holes in her defense. In the middle of the attack she balled her right hand into a fist and brought the hand behind her back while tossing her sword into her left hand. She kept up the fighting, but now her wounded shoulder would have time to close up and she could continue the series of feints pokes and slashes, waiting for the girl to figure out the hole Drusilia purposefully put in the pattern.
She would always take a step forward as she parried, moving into the attack. The second the girl tried to take advantage of it, she was going to find the Mage Hunter’s right hand go right for her jaw, and that would be the only opening the Mage Hunter would need to finish off the little brat before her would be protector could intervene.
Out of Character:
A couple of notes for this post for those who think they can skim over it.
1) Null stone is in use currently. Until I’m going to say at least two posts from different people have been posted; Jensen, Draug, Drusilia, and Faelynn have no access to magic and any magical items are turned off. This has also dispelled Joshua Cronen’s magical Ice darts. As his expert control makes me think they aren’t a conjuration but an ongoing magical effect in the manner he’s chosen to use them.
2) Drusilia has unknowingly been infected by Draug’s Plague, the effects of this haven’t begun yet as it’s still incubating.
3) Faelynn’s kick did not take out her knee but it did hurt a bit.