Re: When the Pattern is Obscured...
OoC: *Steps in* Posting order blah, blah, blah, right? Hell no! everyone should post when they can, just keeping it one post per round? Anyone else agree? O_o? It'd work better, methinks. (So I post, but I don't post again until you three post, is what I'm saying. Just keeps the posting fluid, I think.)
BiC: As the Ice Elemental watched the figure approach, he noted that it was a young woman who had wandered into this barren wasteland. An unfortunate thing indeed, but the red haired warrior didn't make any move for his sword as he looked at her. Zachary tilted his head upwards and smiled. If she was looking for a fight here, she'd get one, mostly since he wasn't the kind of person to back down. However, for now, the ice innate just stood there.
The figure took a form and color, instead of the black silhouette that she had been moments before. Her brown hair with spots of blonde and her long elf ears told the ice mage this woman wasn't human, which meant she could be some kind of magic inclined race. That'd be an interesting thing to fight, actually, he noted, recalling the fact he wasn't too physically inclined, but when it came to magic, he had found few stronger.
Zachary next took into account the fact the woman wore armor, a very sturdy chest plate and some vambraces on her forearms and light grieves over her shins. All in all, she had armor pretty well down, including what seemed to be a shield, but the red haired warrior couldn't yet tell. Aside from that, he knew she had a sword at her side, meaning she had to be some kind of a skilled warrior, if not a mage.
Zachary adjusted his stance, resting his left hand on the handle of his sword and looking at the woman, silent in his thoughts. Mage or warrior, she looks pretty strong. Not like Zorlo strong, but more like a human strong. She seems just like me. Aside from my high level of magical capacity, I'm not much better then a human aside from being slightly faster and stronger then the human body's normal limits. Maybe a test run of some of my powers would be helpful.
The ice innate stepped forwards and released ice magic from the tips of his fingers and ran it over his hand, creating a pair of gauntlets over his hands. As the magic hardened into ice, the gauntlets dark blue glow faded, and Zachary rushed forwards, leaping into the air and slamming his fist into the ground where the woman had once stood. Zachary stood up and dusted himself off, smiling.
"Well, miss. What say you to a bit of a spar? I need some practice with my powers, and you seem like an equal footing type of person. So, how about a bit of training?" the Ice Elemental asked as he hopped from foot to foot, feeling his blood pumping. Something about battle was always exciting.
OoC: Oh, and CW, your post was good. ^_^