"Makes Jigano a dull boy, I know, I know," Jigano grinned back, but they were playing now, moving into position and bringing their magic to bear, one against the other. Vines similar to those Remi had once trapped him in snaked out to grasp and hold, but their living might withered beneath the sudden killing frost that exploded from the summoner, shriveling living greenery to brittle and easily-broken shadows of its former glory.
Luckily Jigano was already poised to dodge, and the ice block was anything but subtle. He danced to the side, moving easily over the broken stone and waving grasses of the clearing, and grinned at his friend as he reached out with his mind to catch at the earth and stone beneath the Launceleyn man's feet, wresting it open in a small pit roughly six feet deep that might catch the other mage in its depths if he stayed still again.
Luckily Jigano was already poised to dodge, and the ice block was anything but subtle. He danced to the side, moving easily over the broken stone and waving grasses of the clearing, and grinned at his friend as he reached out with his mind to catch at the earth and stone beneath the Launceleyn man's feet, wresting it open in a small pit roughly six feet deep that might catch the other mage in its depths if he stayed still again.
