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What they had set in motion was nothing short of a calamity. As they dispatched to aid the Ogaurac they were instead sent blind and caught out without their backup. Something held Wu Long up and thus she was required to buy them some time. A lie and a portal later they had to act. Using the portal as a chokepoint to divide their enemies they struck. Only, even with the aid of a new student and the Ogaurac remnants they were still outmatched against the white guards and Golden Monkey.

In truth she had gambled on something untested. She deemed the risk necessary but perhaps she had lacked faith in her comrades. Worse yet, she compromised her testing standards and gambled on something working without fully understanding it. There were many mistakes she had caught in those final seconds as Ingrid readied her fissile assault but it seemed the concoction strained her in an unpredicted fashion, that much she could deduce.

With little time left she used her limited grasp on temporal magic to plant a pin in this particular moment, something for someone with greater understanding to pivot against. This was perhaps what allowed them the extra second or two to escape as Wu Long set them up multiple portals, All while Golden Monkey escaped leaving Ingrid's attack to collide with a bomb of the other's making on their side of the portal.

Trypano saw the nearest portal but it was still too far to run, not with the scant second they had to sprint before detonation. Readying her magic she prepared something desperate before something caught the back of her dress. Apparently there was another portal just behind her, one she had failed to spot initially but Ingrid hadn't. The woman dragged her back, sending her falling into the spacial aperture right as it closed on their heels. In the distance an explosion rocked the very earth but they were not left at the epicenter. They were safe, at least for the moment.

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Trypano stood, brushing herself off before scanning the environment, taking a count of everyone present as well as passively scanning their bio-signatures. All of them had escaped save for a few Ogaurac unlucky enough to not reach a portal in time. Still, they had wasted not only the lives of what was supposed to be an arm of their faction in the coming conflict but time as well as the element of surprise. Their enemy now understood more about them. This was unequivocally lost, if not the war than at least the battle.

[color=crimson]"Anyone still injured do report for restoration."[/color] She announced generally, plying her trade to all who still required it. Five knew that some of the students needed it given the attacks they had to withstand in that skirmish. She paid no mind to the newcomer nor their fatal mistake. This was not the time to pass judgement upon their new ally, incompetent though they had proven themself. She instead turned her focus towards Wu Long himself.

[color=crimson]"I gather something interfered with your passage to our destination?"[/color] She inquired, her voice neither accusatory nor sarcastic, simply analytical. Cold.

[color=crimson]"I should hope that Maura still draws breath and is simply occupied elsewhere."[/color] She needed to keep monitor of every student present as it would be easy to get caught up in their own failure and lose track of loose actors. Regardless of her actual feelings towards her or her allegiances she was bound to keep her alive until they could be returned to the arch-zeno and give unto them their report of this situation. Such was the role of a Binder by profession, perhaps something not everyone who practiced binding amongst their midst remembered clearly.

[color=crimson]"There is another matter to discuss. You and I need to speak, soon."[/color] It was a subtle indication that the topic of discussion would need to remain between them. Depending on his choice the others wouldn't need to know the contents of this discussion as it would cease to matter, provided it's still a possibility for them.

She disdained social subterfuge so but as with many things her personal feelings were irrelevant.

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