[IRP] As Firm as a Mountain

[Lavi]

Cecily froze as the assassin collapsed on top of her. The warm splatter of blood across her face hinted at the man being dead. She shivered at the thought, but the noble could not muster the strength to push the body off of her quite yet.

And then the sir knight laughed. Is this truly the time and place for amusement? Particularly when lives, hers especially, are on the line?

Two more assassins burst into the room, one through the window and the other at the door. The one that came through the window jumped over Cecily in an attempt to attack the mage and knight. She recognized the silhouette of a lion's head on the hilt of the man's dagger: the kind of decoration that would be smelted at the royal forge in Castle Laus.

The sniper from earlier moved closer to the window, giving himself a clear line of fire on the occupants inside. The assassins were putting everything on the line in a final push.

The assassin at the door threw a knife at Ray and lunged at Satsume with his own dagger, while the second assassin waited until the knife flew its course before attacking the mage himself. The sniper at the window waited calmly for shots he could take, aiming to take advantage of any misstep on part of Cecily's protectors.