[color=f26522]Nayeli Zyanya[/color]

The shield pushed against Nayeli, stopping her blow, and shattering the obsidian completely on one side, pushing it into the wood. This was good enough, as it would start to naturally absorb some of the vis in the shield, stopping some of the force pushing against her. Nayeli stood her ground, and smashed her shield against the silver to give herself some room with her blade. She swung up with her blade at awkward position, scraping against the ground. The blunt wood would do nothing against the shield, except maybe damage itself and weaken the shield slightly with its vampiric healing. It still was unlikely to do anything more to it. A rising blade of obsidian from the earth beneath Kaelia's legs might be slightly more persuasive, however. It moved straight up.

[i]Tezcatlipoca's Blade[/i]

Nayeli continued her little speech and tips from before through the attack.

[color=f26522]"Now, when an opponent has a guard up is when they are most vulnerable, as they tend to be confident they can block. The best tactic against a well-guarded opponent is a surprise as it breaks their focus. Traitors receive no mercy. They've killed worse in their selfishness than us."[/color]

She still pressed her shield against Kaelia's eyeing her opponent carefully to see how she would react. It was odd, on one hand, her eyes were focused, they knew the battle was important. On the other hand, they seemed distance, like Nayeli wasn't really there. Combined, it was more like she was reliving a memory.