[center][h3]Tybalt Argyris[/h3][/center]

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Tybalt felt his breath be drained from his body as he felt the lance brush past him, the weight of the situation coming strikingly clear as the wind off of the pegasus' wings flutter his coat back.  He recoiled quickly, reaching for his shirt to feel the tear in the cloth that the lance had made as the Pegasus knight returned to the sky to reel around for another strike.

[b][color=f7976a]"That was Alistafan silk, you clod!"[/color][/b] He joked, letting his mouth bely the obvious terror he had felt evidenced by the color lost in his face. The maid want ahead and explained the situation as Tybalt managed to once more regain composure, citing the rules for this original training and the stakes for failure.  Tybalt's eyes widened as she mentioned that death was a very real ending, these winged knights would be more than glad to put the whole squad down of they did not perform.  Was the nation of Jotenvarr really so cavalier with their trainee’s lives?  He knew training would be brutal, but threatening death upon their volunteers?  It seemed tactically insane.    

However, a smile crossed his face as the exercise began, his cunning mind beginning to relish the idea of such an opportunity.  This was not some recruiting for the main army, nor for the reserves, this was for the best of the best.  The Royal Guard, the men and women who would serve the highest power in the land, the Lord of Jotenvarr.  Of course the training would be lethal for such a position, the very position they were being considered for would be to protect the most powerful man in the country, and Tybalt relished in the opportunity.  If not for his honor, than for the challenge alone was this task worth pursuing, as a task is only worth completing if it one has to work for it.  He needed this, his family needed this, and if he was going to be sent home, it would be in a body bag or not at all.

Another pegasus knight made an advance, but the mage was ready for it at this point.  With a well-timed leap, he avoided the second strike, a tome of arcwind coming to his hand from his belt as he once more touched ground.  With a twist of his waist and a flick of his wrist he managed to whirl about and fire off a crescent of wind rippling through the air after the retreating knight, intending to clear her of her mount in one fell swoop.  Unfortunately the knight was more than prepared for his retaliation and easily maneuvered out of the way, the wind blade slashing into a tree and bisecting the tree from its trunk.  

Cursing under his breath, he was quick to get a bearing on his surroundings as the situation unfolded.  Visually, the wyvern knights and Pegasus knights were moving too fast to get a bead on and take them down on his own, and trying to take them down as they came for him was far too risky.  He darted for the forest, barely scraping by a wyvern knight's swooping axe strike as he maneuvered deeper into the trees.  They brush would provide cover for now, enough cover so the flying mounts could not maneuver to them and give him time to think, though he clearly could not stay there.

He had to come up with a plan, and luckily for him, he was within earshot of the others, especially the archer known as Hiro.

[b][color=f7976a]“Ah!  Mister Hiro!  Perfect timing!” [/color][/b] He called out to the Archer, regrouping with the others at least in earshot. [b][color=f7976a]“We need to discuss a plan if we’re going to pass this test!”[/color][/b]

He glanced up as he spoke, still trying to lock on to the patrolling squad.

[b][color=f7976a]“Those mounted bastards will skewer any one of us who tries to make it through the clearing to the ruins, so I’d suggest we try to work together to take them down.  If you fine folks are willing to listen, I may just have an idea to fight back.”[/color][/b]  He said, trying to get a read on the group’s respective professions were before trying to come up with something. [b][color=f7976a]“Itazu, Pauline, if you think you two can get by the riders unnoticed, then the ruins are probably where you should head, they can’t stab you if they can’t see you, and Miss Hirotsuka didn’t say [i]all[/i] of us had to get to the ruins to pass the test.”[/color] [/b] He turned to Hyakuya and Diana, though he had to take a double take at Hyakuya. [b][color=f7976a]“Okay, in all honesty, I have zero idea what you are capable of, but if Miss Hirotsuka knows you personally, then chances are you’re stronger than all of us, and probably a good choice to help equalize the playing field.  Diana, I can only guess that you are a ground unit, but with that fancy lance you are toting around, I can imagine they will have a hard time swooping past that spear point for a clean hit.  Hiro and I can take those winged scoundrels down, but we have to be out in the open to do so.  If we’re going to do so, we’ll need the two of you covering us.  The range on Diana’s spear point and your...uh...whatever you do should be able to prevent swooping assaults, which gives us opportunity to strike back.”[/color][/b]

Finally, he whirled around to Hiro, a confident and enthusiastic grin beaming from his face. [b][color=f7976a]“Which means it comes down to us to actually take them down.  Neither one of us is going to be able to reliably strike down a mounted unit on our own, so it may be within our best interest to target the same unit, take them down one at a time.  If I can guide them with my wind magic, do you think you’ll be able to land a clean shot?”[/color][/b]