Sohalia Lumaris
For all her screaming, Soh was entirely unprepared for an actual physical altercation. The only fighting she'd ever done was learning to handle her staff in a controlled environment, and two very brief sparring sessions with Melita. Fending off a friend in the interest of training? That was one thing. Fighting for her life against someone who looked very likely to hurt her? That was something else entirely.
She quailed a little as the man shouted back, especially when he began to walk purposefully towards the pair of them, but El seemed to have no such qualms about getting into a fight. "El -!" Soh screamed as her new friend charged their opponent; not wanting to see them in a fight by themselves, Soh gulped and charged after them, staff in hand. Her heart almost stopped when the crossbowman fired and El dropped, taking the man's feet out from beneath him in the process.
"Get away!" she shrieked, her voice an octave higher than usual as she swung her staff at the man's head. It connected with a resounding crack!, and as he slumped to the ground, motionless, Soh turned to El. "Oh my gods, El!" she said, her hands fluttering over her new friend as though unsure whether or not to touch them. "El!"
She quailed a little as the man shouted back, especially when he began to walk purposefully towards the pair of them, but El seemed to have no such qualms about getting into a fight. "El -!" Soh screamed as her new friend charged their opponent; not wanting to see them in a fight by themselves, Soh gulped and charged after them, staff in hand. Her heart almost stopped when the crossbowman fired and El dropped, taking the man's feet out from beneath him in the process.
"Get away!" she shrieked, her voice an octave higher than usual as she swung her staff at the man's head. It connected with a resounding crack!, and as he slumped to the ground, motionless, Soh turned to El. "Oh my gods, El!" she said, her hands fluttering over her new friend as though unsure whether or not to touch them. "El!"
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