[color=f26522][h2][b][i][u]Lady Xephos[/u][/i][/b][/h2][/color]

She did her best to observe the 'Shadows' as she slid down the slope towards them. At first glance they seemed to wander aimlessly through the burning town but she noticed that none of them were within arm's distance of any of the raging fires. Since these shadows are the absense of light it makes sense that strong light sources would disrupt these formless creatures in some negative way, useful information indeed. Suddenly all of them detected her at once. [i]A shared consciousness? Or perhaps someone is controlling them?[/i] Thoughts sped by as she continued to streak down the slope and the Shadows suddenly charged forward. Saha took note of their movement, they seemed to be unhindered by the terrain.

In less than a moment they were upon her. The first thrusting it's ghostly blade straight for her heart. Saha was curious as to the effectiveness of their weapons but not so keen on testing them out. Instead, she dropped down underneath the malicious form, falling off of her makeshift sled, and tumbled a few feet before springing up into a sprint. She began to wonder if her haste to alleviate the situation had landed her in an unfortunate position as the Shadows quickly surrounded her. They didn't hesitate to attack as soon as they were close enough. Saha did her best to evade them but with so many surrounding her it was impossible to avoid damage completely. Every time Saha tried to counter she ended up striking clear through the enemy's ethereal body. It was difficult to compensate for the lack of actually impacting a solid object. It was clear that fighting them the usual way was not working and so she tried something different. 

[b]"LUX!"[/b] Saha thrust her hand palm up to the sky and a ball of light emerged. To her satisfaction the Shadows started to back off for a moment in what she assumed must have been surprise. Once they realized what she was doing they seemed to be much more wary of her. Saha increased the intensity of the light to be almost blinding to look at. They started to circle around her to see what she would do, Saha had recieved several cuts from the Shadow's blades though luckily none of them were life-threatening. Then after a moment one of the Shadows attempted to attack from behind. She moved quickly and landed an elbow in what she assumed was it's face and, to her surprise, she had actually felt the impact as the Shadow fell back and landed on the gorund slowly fading away as it lay there. It had taken far less hits than any of the previous Shadows to take down. It seemed as if strong enough light sources were indeed detrimental to these creatures. Saha was absolutely giddy at the discovery and satisfaction that her plan was working.