[center][h1][b]Iraleth Kyrios[/b][/h1][/center]

[b]"Tch!"[/b] Iraleth exhaled as she switched to defense, making sure her Personal Barrier stayed up as she wove and parried her way through the mannequin trio's assault. The leg sweep and the dropkick were both evaded in the same diagonal backwards hop, leaving her to defend against the third one's onslaught of punches. Most either didn't make it past her blade or her gauntlets, but the few that did land rocked her Personal Barrier more than she was comfortable with. 

Any further strategizing was interrupted by the sudden feeling of sinking beneath her feet. Iraleth chanced a glance down at the ground to confirm what she'd already assumed: quicksand. The source was obvious, too: her elven ears picked up on Otis's incantation. She understood the intent, of course. The Strigdae knew she could extricate herself from this at any time with but an invocation of her Ethos. It didn't make friendly fire any less annoying, though.

[b][i]"On borrowed wings."[/i][/b] Iraleth raised her sword in front of her as she chanted, not being given much of a choice at this point. The Inheritor's armor formed around her, and she flapped its wings of light, easily rising into the air and clearing the quicksand. One backwards incantation later, and rays of light fired from her fingertips to spear through the mannequins struggling in the sand, just to make sure. With that threat out of the way, the Inheritor looked over the field for a brief moment, and...

...Ciara. What was she [i]doing[/i]? 

[b]"I thought you were above petty sadism!"[/b] Iraleth bellowed as she crashed down on the duo Ciara was restraining, if not outright torturing. The weight of her armor combined with the momentum of her flight would ensure that the mannequins would be finished, and the moment they were, Iraleth let her Ethos fade, not willing to expend that much more stamina before their duel this evening. That said, she glared at Ciara nonetheless. 

[b]"Next time, finish the job. You do yourself no favors like this."[/b]

[@Estylwen]