Jarod attacks

The feast was in full swing. News of Sephiran's visit spread like wildfire, because he was one of the very few uncorrupted senators.

Naruto was still partying with the soldiers, seemingly drawing energy from the party itself.

Micaiah had left for some time to herself. The party held no interest for her, and she had overused her powers.

Yune flitted through the trees to her side.

"How do you even fly at night? Do you even sleep?" Micaiah asked the bird, knowing the only answers she would get were a happy cheep. "I'm so tired...I'll just rest here...for a while..." Micaiah closed her eyes.

"How trusting..." Jarod whispered from the woods. The bird...it almost seems larger than life, the moonlight reflecting like that...

Yune was indeed glowing, glowing with blue flames, but moved often to mask them. Jarod's eyes locked with Yune, and Yune seemed to look into his very soul.

Jarod took a step from the undergrowth, and Yune flew up to eye level. Jarod stared unbelievingly at the defiant glint in the bird's eye.

Didn't expect that...Nature itself seems to bend to her will... Jarod thought to himself. It didn't matter whether he lived or died here, he was doomed anyway.

Yune engaged Jarod in a strange scene of pecking, clawing and flailing wildly. Jarod couldn't ignore or hit the bird. It was a battle of endurance...

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Sothe looked around wildly. Where did she go? Micaiah was missing, and they were under attack.

Sothe noticed a heavily armoured man standing back slightly. He was now Sothe's target.

Sothe easily got under his sword arm, and placed him in a headlock, knife across his throat.

"Where is she? ! ?" Sothe demanded.

"The sliver haired girl? Knowing her luck, she's probably fighting the commander..." Alder replied.

"Where, damn it! ? !" Sothe yelled in his face.

Alder's facial expression changed from one of resignation, to one of faint hope.

"I'll take you there. I have to stop the commander." Alder walked towards the forest.

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"Dratted bird!" Jarod took another swipe at it, but the irritated voice woke Micaiah up.

"Wha...Jarod?" Micaiah shook her head in an attempt to dispel him from her sight. When he didn't vanish, she became much more alarmed. Yune stopped attacking the man. "Why are you here?"

"Because of your success, the senate has blamed me for their actions against Daein. I'm unofficially on death row, because of you. I won't go down for something I didn't do, Micaiah. I will die for something I did." Jarod attacked her.

Micaiah took a step back, into the tree. Jarod advanced quickly, and thrust the lance forward. Micaiah stepped to the side, and Jarod's lance got stuck in the tree.

Micaiah flees a small distance, before turning back to Jarod. He was once again advancing on her.

A circle of light appeared between them, and the shape of a person resolved within it. He had a cape, red on the inside, black on the outside. He had black plated armour, obviously thick, and a strangely shaped helmet.

"Who are you?" Micaiah asked, more curious than afraid.

"If you remember the names of Daein's four riders, then you will know mine." The man responded.

Pertine, Bertram, Gawain, and... "The Black Knight..." Micaiah whispered.

"The fabled Black Knight? Hah! Maybe you didn't hear, but he was killed in Nados Castle three years ago!" Jarod laughed.

"Do you wish to test that theory?" The Black Knight asked curiously. He pointed his five foot blade at Jarod. "Then come, and learn your folly."

Jarod snarled, and attacked him.