[h2]Saria[/h2]

A different world? She didn't know of a way that was possible, even with all the strange things that Terra had for the curious to investigate. Even with the very [i]sky...[/i] alternate realities didn't seem possible. Unless one were to listen to strange rumours from parts of Rhodes Island. Though, with all that Terra did have to offer, the idea that there might be a world out there that knew how to reach between them was far from impossible.

And now wasn't the time to be considering the nature of reality. There were enemies, possibly slavers or something of their kind, and even if the surprise at one of theirs being hit by a door--apparently, incapacitated by the door, which didn't speak well of their endurance--bought some time, they needed to be fought off.

The strange paper arts girl could apparently [i]fly[/i], which was an incredibly convenient ability to have, and was providing a high volume of very bright arts in return. Not that this appeared to be doing much damage? Not like the apparitions accompanying the child, who were going in for obvious killing blows.

Should she do the same? They had no way to keep prisoners for long, and the enemy was attacking them with lethal intent. On the other hand, if this was an unfamiliar world, she ought to determine how durable their enemy was for when they [i]might[/i] need to take prisoners, or just had a misunderstanding.

Work her way down from lethal, then.

The first of the soldiers that the wyvern got within arms' reach had a refreshingly brief time to endure their injury. One second, a rock-like barrier was forming around Saria's fist, the next there was a blank space where their head used to be. Disconcerting as this might have been, one of the other Heralds was bold enough to seize this opportunity... and watch his blade skitter off what [i]looked[/i] like a bare arm.

He was the next to get a lethal punch, this time through the armour of his torso. And this was the plan: pull her punches a little bit at the time--and keep using the shield to cover her side, when not hitting someone with [i]that[/i] instead--until she got down to what was probably 'incapacitating'. 

Then she could go back to lethal force. They would have at least [i]one[/i] prisoner that way, and there was no need in holding back when they were outnumbered like this.