[IRP] The Dead One Calls

[Swift_Assassin]

Shad shot a smirk towards the brigand as he heard the recoil of the bowstring. The smirk disappeared when he realized that Eli didn't take the man out with the first shot. As the man cried out in pain, Shad came to the realization that Eli rarely kills with one shot. As he was thinking of making a mental note of that, he felt something approaching. He couldn't react fast enough and took a right hood straight to the jaw. Suddenly Shad had a good view of Eli for a brief second before falling on the ground. That hurt. Shad put his hand on his jaw to feel the side of it, while his tongue explored the inside. He suddenly felt something move in the back of his mouth and instinctively reaching in with his index finger and touching the source. That was when he felt a molar shift around. Shad pushed it back into place with his tongue, hoping Maisie could mend it before it fell out completely.

He looked up and saw Eli next to him with a dagger out. Obviously the other brigand was approaching them now. Of course they would be. As he started getting up, Shad's shaken up head started giving him flashes. This was almost deja vu. Except the one on the ground wasn't the younger red head. Shad scooted closer to his book and managed to grab it between his boots. He sat up and grabbed the book with his left hand shot a spell with his right, hitting the brigand square in the stomach. He backed up a bit dropped the axe as his clothes caught fire. Shad got back up to his feet and put his book back. He returned the sacaen blade to his belt while he unsheathed his Schiavona and extinguished the flames on the brigand with the wind spell it was enchanted with.

He walked over towards the man again, this time standing on the mans dropped axe. "Let's discuss terms, shall we?" The man was still clutching himself, reeling back from the burns he recieved. "Point us towards the entrance you used." He sheepishly pointed the way that they needed to go. "Don't worry. I'm not going to burn you any more. Immolation is a horrible way to go. I've witnessed it first hand." He said reassuringly. He had a warm smile on his face after he said that. "Oh. How is my sister doing?"

"She...is alive."

"That doesn't sound promising."

"She's in one piece."

"You are making this sound worse."

"She...she...deserves everything she got." The brigand says, his courage returning to him. He made a run at Shad, hoping to throw him off guard. Unfortunately for him, that was what Shad was counting on. He made a clean thrust right into chest of the approaching brigand.

Shad sighed as the man was just standing there, grasping at his chest, at the wound. Shad placed his left foot against the brigand and kicked him off the edge of his blade. "Shouldn't have said that." He turned back towards Eli, sheathed his sword as he did so. "Let's head back. This route should be good enough. If I get much closer, Satsume won't be able to hold me down."