[center][h2][color=6ecff6]I R I S[/color][/h2][/center]

[color=6ecff6]"Only six and a half,"[/color] came the groan back over the earpiece, followed by a muffled, rattling cough. It sounded as though Iris had picked up a flew in the ten minutes since she'd gone radio silent, and the thin air from her altitude - a perch among the birds, where you could possibly make out one gargantuan masked rider among many if you squinted - only made her tiny wheeze a little more perilous. [color=6ecff6]"Nah, something had to try and roast me first. If anyone has an apple handy though, I'd be happy to put it in my mouth, I'm [i]dying[/i] to take this mask off."[/color]

Another small wheeze.

[color=6ecff6]"Rose, it seems like you and Cedar are having fun on the ground! Good for you guys, but I went through a [i]lot[/i] of trouble to get up here, and I'm gonna need a few minutes to catch my breath. Meantime, I have eyes on Ruskali. I'm gonna divert to keep an eye on him. If he looks like he's getting too close to home I'll body block him, he doesn't look like much."[/color]