[Iskandar does not comment. He's aware he fully deserves the snark. He was too relaxed and the beast almost got better of them. The moment has finally come to call on Waver's vessel form and Iskandar does exactly that.]
Come to me, Ninki!
[Red flashes in the semi darkness of the empty corridor as sword materializes in Iskandar's hand. Not just any sword. The guard carved in red jade, magical symbols flow down the blade in black and gold. This is as much a weapon as an artifact of the arcane. The beast cat hisses. It knows. It can well sense this is it's end coming. As soon as he's able to get a good grip on the sword Iskandar charges closing the distance between him and the beast in mere seconds. Yet the cat scrambles back, hunched low, as low as it can, barely above the ground, belly sweeping the floor. It lets out dissatisfied growl as it's tail hits the wall at the end of the corridor. A dead end. The beast swings it's tail left and right, watching Iskandar approaching, looking for an opening and finding none. So it lounges forward almost at the very moment that Iskandar was going to strike it. Yet the hit still connects wounding it. Iskandar doesn't intend to wait for the monster cat to shake off the impact and lands another blow. With wall behind it, it has nowhere to run.]
Rend.
[That's it. Monster cat's form dissipates in a cloud of black smoke. Iskandar is finally able to exhale. He wasn't holding his breath intentionally. He just needs to guard himself more closely with Waver. The connection between him and any of his shinki is stronger when they are in vessel form. Emotions and intentions flow freely. This is a boon in many situations but when they fight there is so much Iskandar must keep hidden from Waver. It makes focusing on breathing properly just a little difficult.]
Return Waver.
[There is one more thing Iskandar failed to notice. A trickle of blood is dripping down his left hand from three, longs scratches and their edges start to turn slightly purple. The beast managed to get to him eventually. Not good.]
I think we should be heading back now. Unless you have a bottle of holy water with you by some chance.
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Come to me, Ninki!
[Red flashes in the semi darkness of the empty corridor as sword materializes in Iskandar's hand. Not just any sword. The guard carved in red jade, magical symbols flow down the blade in black and gold. This is as much a weapon as an artifact of the arcane. The beast cat hisses. It knows. It can well sense this is it's end coming.
As soon as he's able to get a good grip on the sword Iskandar charges closing the distance between him and the beast in mere seconds. Yet the cat scrambles back, hunched low, as low as it can, barely above the ground, belly sweeping the floor. It lets out dissatisfied growl as it's tail hits the wall at the end of the corridor. A dead end.
The beast swings it's tail left and right, watching Iskandar approaching, looking for an opening and finding none. So it lounges forward almost at the very moment that Iskandar was going to strike it. Yet the hit still connects wounding it. Iskandar doesn't intend to wait for the monster cat to shake off the impact and lands another blow. With wall behind it, it has nowhere to run.]
Rend.
[That's it. Monster cat's form dissipates in a cloud of black smoke. Iskandar is finally able to exhale. He wasn't holding his breath intentionally. He just needs to guard himself more closely with Waver. The connection between him and any of his shinki is stronger when they are in vessel form. Emotions and intentions flow freely. This is a boon in many situations but when they fight there is so much Iskandar must keep hidden from Waver. It makes focusing on breathing properly just a little difficult.]
Return Waver.
[There is one more thing Iskandar failed to notice. A trickle of blood is dripping down his left hand from three, longs scratches and their edges start to turn slightly purple. The beast managed to get to him eventually. Not good.]
I think we should be heading back now. Unless you have a bottle of holy water with you by some chance.