[Right][H2][color=#9cb6c3]Solomon Sparrow[/color] & [color=#B5BDA5]Athena Voltspear[/color][/H2][/right]
[right][b][color=#9cb6c3]Location: [/color][/b] Stritzel Estate, Kindeance [/right]
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	Solomon waited with the others as the men left the small barrack towards the manor itself. The group was quiet, holding still. When the footsteps faded, some tension was released. Thankfully, waiting patiently worked as none of the guards went to inspect the barred door. As the group gathered in the antechamber, Solomon looked down each of the halls. No one was seen, coming or going. At least of yet. The hall the men walked down lead to the manor, so that meant the other lead to the laboratory.

	Solomon looked into the barrack, where a single man lay sleeping inside. Veronica asked for the knockout chemical again. Normally, Solomon wouldn’t want to do so, but since the man was already asleep. To not risk waking him and having to deal with him flailing about should they try to retrain him, Solomon walked closer to the sleeping man. From inside his coat he removed the clothes he used before. They weren’t as strong in scent, the chemical quickly evaporating. Instead he retrieved the bottle once again. Since the guard was already asleep, he didn’t need to waste any on another cloth. Solomon gingerly held the bottle close to the man’s nose. He quickly recoiled as the guard snorted as the vapors hit. It was hard to tell if enough time had passed for it to take effect, but the man’s breathing was slow and methodical. Hopefully that was enough.

	Solomon put the bottle away, and straightened up best he could. With a soft nod, he turned to the others, “That should do it.” He left the room, and followed Veronica down to left most hall towards the laboratory.

	Above ground, Athena looked back to see Yvonne was taking care of herself. She was very upset, and Athena wasn’t sure if that was a good thing. At least she was up and walking now, and that was definitely a good thing. Athena’s eyes then turned to see what was happening on the other side of her bulwark. The smoke cleared and there was Delving, enchanted partizan spearheading Athena’s tower shield with full force. She felt the impact, digging her feet deeper into the soil.

	Athena stood bewildered. She wasn’t arrogant enough to think her shield impossible to penetrate, but only after one hit? Much like the white gradient that outlined the borders of her barrier, another outline surrounded shaft of Delving’s partizan. The shield itself had a noticeable indent from the hit as well. Before she reacted, Delving was already in the midst of another attack. Similar to his first hit, the second cut through the barrier as though it wasn’t even there. At the same time, Athena released her spell. With the barrier disappearing all together, Athena repositioned her shield to block his attack. It pierced the magic, but it was stopped by the physical shield itself.

	When the hit didn’t come, Athena took the opportunity to stand proper, and hold her spear forward. The spear tip glowed with purple flames as she took a couple steps, aligning the tip of her spear to strike the stumbled Delving. Her spear went forward around the lowered shield directly at Delving.