[b][centre]Maher Adonai - First Blow[/centre][/b]

Maher smiled slightly as the fog parted before him, whatever had caused the heavy fog didn't seem to be controlling it and causing it to remain in lieu of direct action. Of course the shambling undead that the parting fog revealed wasn't particularly helpful He stamped his foot on the ground for a moment and tested the surface for how dry it was. he discovered he could basically break off flakes of hard packed and very dry dirt just by applying a little bit of weight, trying to trap the creatures in a sinkhole wasn't going to work, there simply wasn't enough water around to soak the ground to such a point and it would take much of his strength to create such an amount of water himself. He briefly considered conjuring some water and freezing it around the creatures feet, but the ice would have nothing to make a firm purchase on with the ground as brittle as it was. Checking things off in his mind he ran though several other options. Mirrored water would be unlikely to hide them from the undead, holding a sphere of water around their heads wouldn't drown them... several more options were discarded just as quickly. His water was unlikely to assist them in getting past the undead without engaging them, though he did consider a burst of water at each one to attempt to knock them off their feet and allow the others an easier time in dispatching them.

<Well I hope you're having fun, I'm about to have a water fight with some undead in a desert.> He said to his sister as he started gathering his magical energies again. He then called back over his shoulder at his comrades, "I'm going to try and knock a few of them down so we can dispatch and get past them faster, after that I suggest we make for Ms Vesper with haste, I cant imagine that second flare is a good sign." He said before lashing out with three concentrated bursts of water, it might leave two of them on their feet still but he didn't have the time or energy to waste in preparing a stronger attack and assuring it hit all five as it was he felt he was stretching it a little with three.

[i][Result provided by Brovo over steam in order for other mission members to react accordingly.][/i]
Two high powered blasts of water shoot forth from Mahers hands taking two of the undead squarly in their chests and toppling them a third followed soon after though Maher felt unconsiously that he had nearly fumbled the third blast. It to however hit its mark and knocked a third undead off its feet. His magical efforts done he drew his sword and started moving towards the group of undead though he expected the others would reach them first.