Sharon stood behind and watched in a ceremonial pose from the ruined tower walls; hands folded together at his midriff and his silver battlestaff leaning against his shoulder; as he watched Mei dart off across the rooftops in a fashion Sharon would only have been able to describe as akin to a hero taken straight out of a marvel superhero comic book strip... if the High Elf even knew what either 'Marvel' or a 'comic book strip' was.

It was quite majestic, really. 

However, Sharon knew that the whole trick was simply one dispel magic spell away from turning from cool and epic into a slapstick case of slamming hard face down into the cobblestone streets below in a really nasty fall!

Still, Mei didn't need to know that either.

[i]"I suppose I should let her have her fun. Besides, if she falls, she's such a big girl that I'm sure she'll be fine."[/i]

Sharon thought to himself with a warm smile, watching Mei in just the same way as a parent or teacher would watch a little, over-enthusastic kid play around with a chemistry set that they had no idea how to actually use; but that little detail didn't stop the fun!

"I think we ought to join the fun, Vashi." Sharon finally concluded, turning to give the tall Night Elven mage next to him a look.
"We can catch a cab below in the district and drive from there. Common sense says that if the citizens of the mage district have half the self-preservation instinct that they should have, we are bound to find a couple of abandoned carriag,-"

"Not so fast, High Elf! You are not going anywhere!"

Another female voice sounded, as suddenly the shimmering flat circle of a portal was conjured out of thin air in the room they were standing in in the mage tower. As Vashi and Sharon turned to look, they could see a bright, blue portal that had just appeared out of air; out from which stepped a human female garbed in a heavy, thick layer of silk and velvet cloaks trimmed with layers of fine gold threat and jewelry hanging and jingling at from the edge of the fabric, causing her whole dress to jingle with every step she took. In her hand was a tall, bronze staff, and atop her head was an almost 3ft tall, thin canonical hat. Her face was mostly hidden behind a heavy, jewelry adorned veil, but she shared out at the two with two amber colored eyes amidst a toned skin.

"Surprised to see me?" Kalyssa asked with what Sharon knew to be a grin beneath her heavy veil, as the woman motioned towards the portal behind her, where Sharon could hear the clanking of heavy plate armor and boots emanating from within.
"A pity your overzealous knife-eared bodyguards have just left you all alone. I brought some friends along to make sure you played nice. Call it a gift from your broth,-"

"[b]ALTER DESTINATION![/b]"

Sharon suddenly called out as he pointed his staff at the portal behind a perplexed looking Kalyssa, just as the edge of two swords became visible on the other side. In an instant, the portal vanished, closing itself and disappearing. The tips of two longswords that had just managed to cross through the portal had been neatly severed and were lying on the ground, and for a moment, Kalyssa just looked dumbfounded as the sorceress stared back at where her portal; and reinforcements; had just been.

" ... "

"Sorry about that, I am just not a fan of gifts from family members and relatives that I don't really like."

"WHAT DID YOU JUST DO?!" Kalyssa exclaimed, the smugness and confidence now completely absent from her tone!
"WHAT DID YOU DO TO MY MEN?!"

"I just sent them on a small detour... "

Sharon shrugged nonchalantly, leaning back once more and resting his staff against his shoulder, before he threw a casual glance and comment over at the Night Elf standing next to him, Vashi.

"And that's why I don't like to use teleportation and portal spells on an active battlefield."