these violent delights have violent ends
From the crowd Delah watched. She watched the way Amalia conceeded and it made her stomach turn. But she watched too how Kiada rose to the challenge, how she didn't back down from the challenge posed by the snow-leopard even though the questions issued had not been hers to ask. But she had answered well enough.
But how would she fight?
Racing through the opened door as a jaguar, the war-chief would not begin with opening statements, with pithy remarks, with warnings or council. She would begin as any Greatwood guardian should: with action.
On swift paws, Delah would aim to race towards Kiada shifting easily as she came within about 7 feet or so and continuing the run. With arms outstretched she'd send a two-fold blast of magic towards the blue-eyed challenger: disintegration to dissolve her clothing in its entirety and sap her strength, and a blast of powerful air to sucker-punch her in the gut and hopefully send her careening into the wall.
Delah uses mastered disintegration to sap Kiada's energy and remove all her clothing (lolz), and then sends a blast of upgraded air to sucker-punch her in the gut and send her flying.
But how would she fight?
Racing through the opened door as a jaguar, the war-chief would not begin with opening statements, with pithy remarks, with warnings or council. She would begin as any Greatwood guardian should: with action.
On swift paws, Delah would aim to race towards Kiada shifting easily as she came within about 7 feet or so and continuing the run. With arms outstretched she'd send a two-fold blast of magic towards the blue-eyed challenger: disintegration to dissolve her clothing in its entirety and sap her strength, and a blast of powerful air to sucker-punch her in the gut and hopefully send her careening into the wall.
Delah uses mastered disintegration to sap Kiada's energy and remove all her clothing (lolz), and then sends a blast of upgraded air to sucker-punch her in the gut and send her flying.
