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There was barely enough time for Thomas to register, let alone celebrate, his first actual victory, with the succeeding events after his clean slice through the giant serpent happening almost simultaneously. As soon as he landed his head spun to look at Clair as she cried out in confusion at what had just happened, distracting him from bracing for the sudden burst of energy right next to him. He was forced back a bit, dropping his glaive, and fell back into the stream of serpentine shadows that surrounded him and everyone else there. Before he had a chance to get up off the ground and retrieve his weapon, he was pinned and coiled up in one or multiple, he couldn't tell.

[color=violet]"Ahh! Damnit...!"[/color] The onset of pain immediately after was figuratively and literally bone-crushing, his eyes widening so much at first he almost thought they might pop out of their sockets. Finding it difficult to breathe, Thomas coughed and grunted while trying to strain the dark forms off of him, but with each push came more resistance and pain in return. Unable to see or turn to any of the others, only really able to hear them, he began to panic as he felt the air be quite literally be forced out of his body with every breath. In his panic though, he reminded himself of the cards in his pocket. His Serei. 

Though his arms were held quite tightly against his side, they were in a position where his hands could just about reach his pockets. He winced while his fingertips flicked desperately around the tops of the three cards that had concealed themselves away. At last, he managed to manoeuvre one between his index and middle finger, sliding it out into view carefully and trying his best not to let it slip from his grasp. He peered down to the [url=https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/581314470928842772/752610626626650182/1REPTMi.png]card's cover[/url], though didn't take too much time to pay attention to detail, apart from the name and the face. He wasn't really sure what exactly he was supposed to do, so simply raised the card up as far as he could and called out into the air through partially-gritted teeth.

[color=violet]"I summon you, Leyna!"[/color] Thomas waited, staying as still as possible so as not to let go of the card, hoping to whatever higher power that might've been out there that he hadn't just made himself look like an idiot for nothing.