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[h2][color=e68845]Sylvia Copeland[/color][/h2][/center]
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Day 1 [color=734e66]◈[/color] [color=e68845]Time:[/color] Night [color=734e66]◈[/color] [color=e68845]Weather:[/color] Moderate Rain [color=734e66]◈[/color][color=e68845]Location:[/color] Harold's Academy, Main Ballroom [color=734e66]◈[/color] [color=e68845]Participants: [/color]Sylvia Copeland, Lhoren Ashdale [@Silver Carrot], Leah Clearwater [@vietmyke][/center][hr][hr]
Sylvia froze in midair, goosebumps breaking out all over her skin at the new melody that drowned out the ballroom music. An eerie, unearthly chorus she'd never heard before, but from what family and teachers alike had told her, she knew all too well what it had to be. Breath catching, she stared up in sheer horror at the source of the hunting song pervading the air, a flock of distant winged forms descending. Professor Grune's amplified voice echoed from somewhere within the academy, confirming just how dire the situation had turned.

The warning cut off as a blast roared through the building. Sylvia's surroundings spun as a shockwave flung her from her rigid position, throwing off Lhoren's flight and sending her plummeting. [color=e68845]"Lhoren!"[/color] Regaining her balance thanks to her gymnastics training, Sylvia dived down and grabbed hold of Lhoren, slowly descending as decorations crashed and shattered on the floor. [color=e68845]"Lhoren are you ok?"[/color] Once their feet touched the ground, she let go, her fingernails - no, claws - snagging for a moment on the other girl's dress. [color=e68845]"Ehh! Sorry about that! You're not hurt are you?"[/color] Cringing at the shapeshifting mishap, she retracted her claws.

Ana spoke up over the chaos, followed by Leah, both managing to keep level heads as they commanded combatants to defend civilians. When Leah's gaze met hers, Sylvia's stomach dropped. Sure she was decent at combat class, but a real fight would be a completely different matter. It almost made her want to laugh that just now, she'd been worried about something as trivial as her dancing skills. Now it was her fighting skills she'd have to put to the test, with lives on the line.

[color=e68845]"R-Right. I'm on it."[/color] Hurrying closer to Leah, she gave Lhoren a frantic glance. [color=e68845]"Stick by me. I'll be guard cait here."[/color] Putting on a feeble smile at her own joke, she extended her claws once more. Adrenaline surged along with vitesse in her veins. This was what her parents meant about the dangers of the world.