“Here, Hester! Over here!” Bella threw a worried look back down the corridor as the small square of light in the distance turned into a dazzling beam that shone down the passageway, casting huge dark shadows as they huddled against the wall. “They’re going to catch up, Li. We can’t outrun them” “Tell me something I don’t know – get over here, you useless chicken!” Liaena snarled up at the ceiling. “We don’t have the time for this! I [b]know[/b] you can see in the dark!” … The darkness remained obstinately silent, save only for the audibly angry words of the arch mage back at the mouth of the passageway, as she more or less shoved the hapless Aurora down the corridor. Liaena ground her teeth as she gave up on her fruitless pet-summoning and turned to run again, dragging an unwilling Bella with her. [i]“Fine then. Plan B”[/i] Grabbing a vial out of her satchel with her free hand, the girl yanked the cork out with her teeth to gulp down a hasty mouthful as she ran. The results were almost immediate as she suddenly grew, almost stumbling on the stone floor but just managing to keep her pace as she regained her normal – if insignificant – size. Maintaining her grip with her other hand, Liaena curled her arm against her body to shield Bella, now sitting dazed in her palm. “…what…?” “There! Get her!” Came the cry from the mage behind her as a spell rippled through the air and hit square in the small of her back. Liaena felt a cold chill as the temperature of the chain-mail she was wearing fell dramatically, the cold seeping through her undershirt into her skin. For the time being however, that was apparently the only effect. Bella got a very undignified toss into Liaena’s cloak pocket as the girl yanked another vial out of her pocket. Sparing a moment to check the label, Liaena then lobbed the vial over her shoulder like a bomb for it to shatter on the corridor floor between herself and her pursuers. Almost immediately a cloud of opaque green gas seeped out of it to start filling up the corridor, exactly like the stuff downstairs. “Light! I need a light!” Liaena hissed as she fished in her pocket while stumbling through the corridor, the gas behind her having blocked out nearly all light from Juliet’s spell in addition to confusing their pursuers. The result was the corridor was nearly pitch black against once more, the only glow being from the green cloud behind them that was rapidly spreading. “You suck!” Bella stuck her head out of her pocket for no reason other than to complain as Liaena frantically fished in them for a flint-stone. “I’ve got gunk in my [b]hair[/b]! Do you [i]ever[/i] wash this robe!? I…” -BLAM- Bella’s words were violently cut off as she narrowly escaped being flattened against the stone wall, Liaena’s cloak flapping out of the way as she ran straight into the end of the corridor and solid stone. Staggering back, Liaena shook her head as she nursed the lump on it. “Ow.” “….You ok?” “Yeah. Night Elves hit harder.” Liaena said dourly. Looking around them, she could tell from the faint glow that Bella was now finally conjuring that the corridor at this point split into a T to lead off in two directions. Inconveniently, they were not signposted. “Great.” “Cluck” “…..you rotten, useless bird” Liaena growled as she turned to look at Hester, who was giving her a blatant ‘who me?’ look where she was perched on the floor half way down the left hand fork. “Fine then. Lead on, great leader”