Jigano's grin sharpened at that. "The loser also gets a full Healing, but it won't be free," he offered, a spark of wickedness in his blue eyes that he rarely indulged in. "Given that he'll have to put up with my puns while it's happening." A fate worse than death, Deimos might say.
The bard let himself feel just a little smug as he almost knocked the other man over, but his celebration - however small - was premature. His own balance was suddenly compromised as the water streaming away from his legs developed a sudden riptide that had him stumbling inelegantly to avoid face-planting into the water.
He definitely didn't want to end up face-first in the salty stuff at the moment, when he had found himself contesting with a man who could control it as Saiden could. Fire bloomed from his hands as he aimed it at the area in front of him, boiling the water to steam as he backpedaled to find firmer footing on dry sand once more.
"The Governor? The Hollowed Grounds has a Queen and Council, but Queen Rexanna prefers to do most of her work at night," the bard revealed in return, even as he sent his consciousness out to the sand beneath Saiden's feet and tried to shift it suddenly, to create a watery pit beneath the man, roughly four feet deep.
The bard let himself feel just a little smug as he almost knocked the other man over, but his celebration - however small - was premature. His own balance was suddenly compromised as the water streaming away from his legs developed a sudden riptide that had him stumbling inelegantly to avoid face-planting into the water.
He definitely didn't want to end up face-first in the salty stuff at the moment, when he had found himself contesting with a man who could control it as Saiden could. Fire bloomed from his hands as he aimed it at the area in front of him, boiling the water to steam as he backpedaled to find firmer footing on dry sand once more.
"The Governor? The Hollowed Grounds has a Queen and Council, but Queen Rexanna prefers to do most of her work at night," the bard revealed in return, even as he sent his consciousness out to the sand beneath Saiden's feet and tried to shift it suddenly, to create a watery pit beneath the man, roughly four feet deep.
