[center][h2][color=lightsteelblue][ Shiara Cazarin ][/color][/h2][/center]

Shiara was surprised that the foreign woman took a full-on hit from Bone Chime, but only for a moment.  As blood spilled, she realized the strategy.  "Clever, clever," she whispered.  Her thrown knives had missed, but Erzsébet's spear of blood hit the extra eye squarely, destroying it.  Good.

Then Bone Chime spat liquid at the foreign woman's face.  Simultaneously he was attacking Shiara.  She dodged the first and last strike, judging them too risky to take if she didn't want to be out of the fight entirely, but she allowed the middle one to hit, scoring a deep slash on her left arm.  Not enough to render it useless, but certainly enough to draw a hiss of pain from the young woman.  Blood splattered on the ground, and Shiara hoped Erzsébet would take advantage.

But it was also an opportunity for Shiara herself, allowing her to get much closer to the pirate captain.  She struck out with both knives -- not at the tentacle, but at Bone Chime's body, one knife going for his neck, the other for his side.  Then, as quickly as she'd come, Shiara was out of range again.  She knew better than to stay in close -- she was no thick muscled fighter.  A solid hit from his spiked bone clubs would send her flying, and possibly break her limbs.