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Jasmine Lockwood and Rajah
@MarshiestMallowUnused to the slayers' enhanced sensations, everything around them was a little difficult to take in at first. Especially as her mind grappled with the stark reality of having to actually fight real, breathing dragons. No matter how much one tried to prepare, it was a completely different beast when the time had arrived. The healing song helped with the overwhelming senses, but it did little to ease the fear that racked her entire being. She could hear both Penny and Ryujin speak to her, but the words seemed to go in one ear and out the other as her body started to feel numb.
As if moving on their own, her hands swiftly moved to cover her ears as the excruciatingly loud roar pierced through her mind and brought her back to reality, crying out as both she and Penny crouched down. Her ears were still ringing even as the second roar seemed to shake the entire island around them. Her eardrums felt like they were about to burst if the roar lasted any longer, the area around them soon being cloaked in darkness. Almost as if someone had dimmed down the sun.
If any colour was left in the girl's face before, then it was surely gone now as she gaped upward towards the massive monstrosity that flew overhead. With eyes wider than the Amazon, she sat there completely paralyzed by such a sight. Not even the island's violent shaking, nor the falling of trees seemed to snap her out of her temporarily trance.
But the surge of magic that she felt flow through her body? Yeah, that did the trick. She wasn't sure if it was from the healing song or a subconscious use of her own magic, but soon her hearing returned as she shook her head and smacked her palms into her cheeks. Snap out of it! If she didn't keep her attention on the island, then she won't have one for much longer. She signed up for this, so no use complaining now.
Rajah by this point was also covering her ears, cursing loudly. The roars seemed to hurt her sensitive hearing. Though she could still easily make out Iggy's voice, slowly floating over to him as the swearing from her progressively got worse. It put sailors to shame honestly. But it also meant she stuck close to Iggy, for a meatshield if nothing else.
With Penny's help, she began to run. Though her legs were shaky and numb, they felt better with each step she took. Though it didn't stop her occasional stumbling. She didn't know where they were running, between the unfamiliarity of both terrain and scents she was no chance of being able to sniff out her fellow guildmates, but at this stage anywhere was better than here.
Right?
So much had happened over the short time they had arrived on the island, even if it felt like they had been here longer. But this? This took the cake. While some panicked over the sight of the dragon, frozen in place by Time Lord, Ash did nothing more than stare blankly up at the creature. Seeing one of these legendary monsters up close was both equally terrifying...and disappointing. She wasn't sure what it was, whether she thought they would be bigger, spikier, scarier, or whatever. But she couldn't help but feel a little disappointed at the sight of the red dragon, and whatever fear she felt soon began to turn into a different yet similar feeling.
"Well, at least this saves time yeah?" The pyromancer strode forward and cracked her knuckles loudly but soon stopped as Ferrin's words reached her.
"Tsk. But it's right here.." grinding her teeth, she glared towards the fire dragon. Every instinct in her body screamed for her to attack the thing. That's what they were here for after all. To defeat the dragons. And here one was, alone up against them all. It made sense to knock it out before it had a chance to team up with it's 'friends' surely!
Her arms flung up instinctively when she first saw the flames, confusion soon following as the heat one usually associated with them was nonexistent. The illusion only served to annoy her further, half turning to Sasha. She also wanted them to pull back?! She had to be joking, surely. Ash was here to do one thing and one thing only, fight. And now that she had the chance, they were telling her not to? Normally, she might just go 'screw them' and attack the thing anyway...but then she remembered, she had to actually listen to Sasha. Such was the General's orders. Taking a deep breath, she allowed herself to turn away from the dragon.
"In that case, I ain't going nowhere till you do. The General would be mightily annoyed if I turned tail and ran, only for something to happen to ya you know?" Shaking her head, she walked over to Sasha and put a hand on her shoulder.
"But uh, don't scream like that again. I was more freaked out by that than the actual dragon."