[centre][b]West Watch Tower - Abida Qisaf[/b][/centre]
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Before Abida stood the great demon behemoth, and on the far side stood the girl. It was large, and it was strong. But like many large, strong creatures, it was slow. She began circling to her left, towards the skeleton now wielding a sword. While a sword could pierce flesh as well as an arrow, at least a sword could be blocked. Also, the other skeleton would be forced to risk hitting the girl in order to shoot at Abida.

Raising her greatsword above her head as she came closer to the skeleton, she swung it down*, hoping to crush the foes guard with the blow, if not crush the foe itself as well.

[i](*Heavy Hitter, Elvish Strength)[/i]

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[centre][b]Town Square - Thailen Vicariss[/b][/centre]
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After tearing off the ruined shoulder pad, she looked down at the bomb before her, eyes wide. She tumbled the riddle around in her head for a moment before turning to the others. "Run!" She shouted, "I don't know if failing will kill only me or all of us Blade's, so [i]run[/i]."

[i]Figure out the beginning, middle, and ending, the purist sight to its hybrid with another, and everything will be made clear![/i] Water, a plant, and the sun. Plants lived off of sun and water, so surely it was the hybrid. And if they gave birth to it, it would be the end, but what would be the first? She had been taught that before the world, there was only the sun, and light. But she knew of other faiths near the sea who said that in the beginning there was only an endless black ocean. What did the magician believe? Perhaps he believed that the sun was birthed from the crown of a tree, and water from it's sap?

There were too many options, too many ways the crystals could fall. Reaching for her beads, she wrapped them around her fist as her mind fell into turmoil. Closing her eyes, she prayed to the Twins for sight. [i]Sight[/i]. The purist sight could only be the sun. [i]And the answer will be clear[/i]. The clarity of water, with the plant forming the hybrid inbetween. Red, purple, and pink. Taking deep breaths, Thailen waited until either time or enemies forced her to act before pulling out the crystal.

"Sun, plant, water," she repeated to herself, "Red, purple, pink."