[color=fff200]"Ludi You and I are getting closer by the second."[/color] Stefano thought as he watched Ludivico expertly diverted the advancing group. [coHe admired his courage as he watched Ludivico try and take on two of the orcs at the same time he nearly had his next shot loaded when our of his peripheral vision he saw the halberd orc break free from the twins melee.

He did so by coming at them again and again with pure animal ferocity his, wound in his shoulder left him using his weapon in one hand, making his blows slow and clumsy but still frequent enough to push them back far enough that he broke away to enact his vengeance on Stefano. Stefano Haas set the match and tried to turn his arqubus on the for yet he still hadn't set the match and for the first time in a very long time, Stefano was briefly worried he might actually die.

However before he could even process what that even ment to him a strange young woman darted past him with a odd wheel of steel towards the orc. Just as the raging orc raised his legs, the woman did a cartwheel, jumping over the orc's head and putting the wrapped ring blade on his neck as she landed, making the orc fall face first on the ground, landing over him with a kick to the back of the helmet, powerful enough to disorientate him for some time.

She Put her ring blade around Stefano in a swift movement, who seemed to be still a little shaken after his friend being thrown by the orc, she walked up to him, putting  the ring around him and looking at him with a smile.
"You don't look like a soldier at all." she said, walking around the man, who was still with the ring around him, studying him. 
"I'll do my best to help you guys, but you'll have to offer me something in return."  she said with a mischievous smile
With a playful wink, she took off the ring from around the man, moving swiftly to the center of the battlefield, amongst friendly units.

 Stefano was shaken a bit from the encounter and he found the dancer very intriguing and he returned her studying look with his own calculating eye. Before he could speak she darted back onto the battlefield and have a demonstration of her...ability.

Stefano was captivated by her dance, by the fluidity and the fervor of her movements. The beauty of the woman moving in tandom of what moments before had been a weapon that had saved his life, stirred something deep within Stefano. He felt emboldened by the display and more awake and energetic then he had all morning. He was taken out of his study by urgent barking from all three of his hounds sitting on their haunches and waiting for orders.

[color=fff200]"And where were you when my life was in danger?"[/color] Stefano asked acqusingly. They only barked louder impatient to be back in the hunt. Stefano sighed and let out a high pitched whistle that slowly lowered in pitch, the signal to tear and go for the throat. With vicious snarled the hounds turned on the downed halberd orc. The blood hounds ripped at any exposed flesh they could while Incitatus ripped out the opponents neck and the beast bled out into the dirt.

Stefano turned back to the battlefield and finished reloading his weapon he could see the twins rallying and running to assist Ludivico. Seeing this Stefano saw the orc with the sword and shield picking picking himself off the ground. Stefano had learned from his earlier mistake. To avoid the risk of enraging the orcs, from now on Stefano would only take shots guaranteed to kill or cripple the enemy.

However this orc was much closer than the other shots Stefano has taken and his prone position would make this an easy kill. The orc had barely raised his head off the ground before a bullet ripped through it killing him instantly. Stefano kept his dogs by his side as he was confident Ludi and the men could dispatch the last orc before they got there. He would give his dogs a short chance to rest.

Stefano set about reloading far quicker then he had before, aided by the strange energy of the woman's dance. As he was packing the powder he noticed a patch of blue bells growing. He smiled remembering the dancers words, "I'll do my best to help you guys, but you'll have to offer me something in return." Well these would be a start. He picked the whole patch and called down Drusilla. He held out the bundled stems for her and watched her pick up the package in her beak. Her threw her towards the dancer, he had trained her to drop anything she was carrying when given things to hold. She would only land of Stefano had put something in her harness.

Stefano watched her take off and stayed idle for a few moments.  [color=fff200]"Where was I? Oh right were in a battle!"[/color] he thought returning to his reload.

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