[Center][@Loksfjoer][@Jay009][@Zapdos][/center]

[i]I'm hers? The gall of this woman.  The unmitigated arrogance.  That fire in her eyes.  It won't be enough now that she's without her friends.[/i]

And it wasn't.  Even though Fenna was not as reckless as Zell, Zigmund had almost cut her arm off inside of ten seconds of single-combat.  Only her Ranger speed her saved her, not to mention her ability to keep distance with her spear. She would not last-

[i]What!?[/i]

Zigmund's eyes could not help but be drawn to the brown flash that blitzed across view, flying behind Fenna.

[i]The vampire.[/i]

He expected he would get a few more seconds alone with Fenna, but the water javelins hadn't even been enough.  Even after underestimating how much Second Chance had grown, he could STILL not accurately assess their strength!  And this new addition to their party - his speed and combat experience was so high that he alone was foiling Zigmund's current plan!

His focus flicked from a spear thrusting toward him, mid-height, to a greatsword swinging his way from a flanking angle, low-height.

[i]My water form isn't back yet.  I cannot dodge this.  I thought I'd have more time to draw more of them into the trap.  I must spring it now or suffer![/i]

The red light on his visor glowed brightly and all of the water droplets that had rained onto the floor and onto Fenna, exploded into sharp icicles, big like blades.  Sharp like them too.  It was too soon, but he would at least take two adventurers out.

[i]Wait! What now!?[/i]

Roots. Those roots from some water absorbant plant known for thriving in the driest of desert regions.  Invigorated in size and magnified in power.  The very bane of Zigmund's existence.

[i]Curse that Druid![/i]

[b][u]Fortunately for Fenna, where she was stood, the roots grew around her feet sucked 90% of the water from her clothes and the floor around, so her damage was minimal.  Her damage and injury resistance was enough to stave off serious bodily harm.

However, Barracker was not so lucky.  He came in from the flank and was not yet in close enough range to where the roots, that grew mostly around Zigmund, were.  What water he was stood over and the last-moment rain across his neck, visor and chest was enough to do critical damage.  His visor cracked, his armour tore and he was badly wounded.  Due to his vampire toughness, and the forced early spring of the trap, he would be incapacitated for only 1 Round.[/u][/b]

Fenna's lack of serious injury, plus her grit, meant that she only lost a portion of power in her spear thrust, meaning that Zigmund's armour was torn once again, although it was barely a scratch on his flesh.  But his armour was once more breached, meaning his overall damage resistance was lowered and he had two glaring weakpoints courtesy of [i]The Unswattable Fly.[/i]

He did manage to avoid those dastardly roots though, with a leap backward out of the danger area.  Instead of moving against another, he maintained a defensive stance for a brief moment to gauge his surroundings.

And pin-point that damned Druid.