Jacque marveled at the wisps of steam in the air, steam that at one point had been a large portion of his weapon. The elemental grinned and clapped his hands, "Bravo. You learn quickly for a whelp." he said before dispelling the water around him and dropping to the ground. Jacque stood with one hand on his hip and chuckled, "I must say, this is the most fun i've had in decades. However I'm afraid that if you're going to keep blasting away at my water like that, then i'll have to take this a bit more serious. Manō.". The humanoid morphed around the log as it barreled towards it, then momentarily looked at the new comer with its head cocked to the side. At Jacque's beckoning, the humanoid surged forward and around Rachel and the new comer as though they didn't even exist. Jacque extended his hand and caught the blade and twirled it, resulting in the water that had once been the humanoid enveloping him like a suit of armor. "Ready yourself..." The elemental said, trailing off as he slid across the battle field and behind Spartan in a blur of motion and placed the tip of his sword at the nape of Spartan's neck, "Round two starts now.".