but much as she might want to stick by his side, they have work to do here; this is no pleasure stroll. she has faith in his abilities, and should she need to intervene she will not be far, and neither will he be far from her. and so it is time to set to work.
subtlety is not necessarily alisaie's strong point, but at least she's very small, which means it's quite easy for her to hide when she hears approaching footsteps. more than once she is nearly caught, but she slips between the shelves just in time, and thankfully so, for she's even worse at bluffing than she is at sneaking. alisaie is the straightforward stabby type before all else.
and so she knows what she must do once she reaches the final door, deep in the heart of the archives, where the folders and tomes on tech and artificial intelligence give way to biological texts. one archivist stands in her way, and while she has managed to avoid all the others to this point, this one must needs be dealt with, as he stands right between her and her goal, and after witnessing a conversation between him and one of his fellow researchers, she's quite sure he will not allow her to pass.
right. she draws her rapier, but before she is able to ready a single spell she is spotted. the archivist attacks swiftly and suddenly, and she has only a moment to fling an arm over her eyes to shield from the blinding flash of light he conjures. the battle is on. ]
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but much as she might want to stick by his side, they have work to do here; this is no pleasure stroll. she has faith in his abilities, and should she need to intervene she will not be far, and neither will he be far from her. and so it is time to set to work.
subtlety is not necessarily alisaie's strong point, but at least she's very small, which means it's quite easy for her to hide when she hears approaching footsteps. more than once she is nearly caught, but she slips between the shelves just in time, and thankfully so, for she's even worse at bluffing than she is at sneaking. alisaie is the straightforward stabby type before all else.
and so she knows what she must do once she reaches the final door, deep in the heart of the archives, where the folders and tomes on tech and artificial intelligence give way to biological texts. one archivist stands in her way, and while she has managed to avoid all the others to this point, this one must needs be dealt with, as he stands right between her and her goal, and after witnessing a conversation between him and one of his fellow researchers, she's quite sure he will not allow her to pass.
right. she draws her rapier, but before she is able to ready a single spell she is spotted. the archivist attacks swiftly and suddenly, and she has only a moment to fling an arm over her eyes to shield from the blinding flash of light he conjures. the battle is on. ]