08-09-2018, 07:26 PM
Cold flushed beneath the layers of tuxedo without time to process the warning.
Air rushed by. Wind punched from his lungs. The crunch of glass splintered spiderwebs through the mirror. Burn slashed the back of his neck. Jaxen wasn't so easily swept from balance, though. Shiny shoes landed with soft thuds as he caught himself.
Oriena dared him to retaliate.
He put a hand to his hairline, only to wince at the scratches there. Nothing as fatal as what Oriena inflicted upon herself. But still, it hurt. "You have a thing for broken glass." He glanced at the enormous mirror. The ornate frame would be impossible to relieve of its place. Except with a wrench of the Ancient Power.
Jaxen smiled, dare accepted.
Coils of the ancient power snaked around the gilded frame, sending it to crash to the floor. He danced from its path at the last second, twirled and waited for security to run in. Meanwhile, he smeared his own blood a little more around the back of his neck and laid himself out on the floor like a sacrifice upon a sparkling altar.
Air rushed by. Wind punched from his lungs. The crunch of glass splintered spiderwebs through the mirror. Burn slashed the back of his neck. Jaxen wasn't so easily swept from balance, though. Shiny shoes landed with soft thuds as he caught himself.
Oriena dared him to retaliate.
He put a hand to his hairline, only to wince at the scratches there. Nothing as fatal as what Oriena inflicted upon herself. But still, it hurt. "You have a thing for broken glass." He glanced at the enormous mirror. The ornate frame would be impossible to relieve of its place. Except with a wrench of the Ancient Power.
Jaxen smiled, dare accepted.
Coils of the ancient power snaked around the gilded frame, sending it to crash to the floor. He danced from its path at the last second, twirled and waited for security to run in. Meanwhile, he smeared his own blood a little more around the back of his neck and laid himself out on the floor like a sacrifice upon a sparkling altar.