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[u][b]Phillus Circus-Big Top[/b][/u]

Aria choked down a distressed wail as the rope started to bounce as Isabella advanced. As much as she liked high places, balancing on a piece of rope as a murderous woman with knives came at her was not the illusionist's idea of fun. The acrobat had gotten close enough to attack and attack she did, lunging close with a single leap and knives flying towards her shoulder and stomach. 

She barely had time to think, letting herself fall sideways as to avoid the blows. She somehow managed to catch herself with her legs so that she was dangling from the rope upside down, before using her body's momentum to swing herself back up and grabbing at the acrobat's legs with her good arm in an attempt to stop the woman from trying to cause her more bodily damage. Her fingers grazed the other woman's legs but before she could grab on Isabella had slipped out of her grasp just as the entire length of the tightrope shook and slackened.

"P-panda?" Of all the things to happen, a panda had been the cause of the mini quake up in the air. This wasn't going to be much of a fight much longer if she didn't find a way to get back down onto the ground. Although she could somewhat handle herself, Aria knew she wasn't much of a match for someone who practically lived on the rope each day.Not to mention that tightrope walking was hard enough, but on a slackened rope the fight would be over. In fact, she was currently clinging onto the rope upside down much reminiscent of a sloth on a branch, not bothering to right herself. The knife was still embedded in her shoulder and too much movement would only widen the wound, adding the possibility of bleeding out. She barely glanced back at Isabella before whipping out one of the fans that she had barely managed to tuck back into her scarf before she fell and frantically started sawing at the rope. Another illusion was cast out, this one directly above her and showing herself balanced precariously, rocking back and forth. 

Hopefully it would buy her enough time to cut through the rope so she could swing down closer to the ground in an attempt to balance out the fight a bit more.