Haku opted not to resist Hisk's pressure, instead setting his teeth into her shoulder and pulling. He had neither the bulk nor the balance to shove against her weight and so brought his hindclaws up to rake across the inviting targets her wings made. Fly on this, will you?
And then Tobias' tail-blade hit him with a dull thunk, like an axe into wood; a solid hit. He screeched, high and loud in a way that quickly petered off into the hypersonic range, inaudible to human ears. It was enough to get his fangs out of Hisk's flesh, at any rate, though now he was struggling to get free of her own, scrabbling hard with his forelegs and thrashing like an angry fish. His own tail was a whiplash, striking out randomly as he thrashed.
It was desperation, an attempt at escape. The fragment of nightmare that oozed inside him had sensed the death of it's greater self, and knew he was losing the fight.
Is there anything at all she can do here? She is not a mighty dragon, nor does she have spectacular abilities. She can only shoot her friend . . . and even seeing him in this state is not enough to make shooting him easy.
The point of Mulan's arrow weaves in her focus. She pulled it on reflex, a good, well-trained soldier, but she can't use it. For one thing, it probably wouldn't do anything. For another, if it did, she could not possibly forgive herself.
"Haku, my honored friend," she shouts, trying to reach him over the sound of the fighting. "You brought me out of my nightmare. You reminded me to fight it. I am reminding you of the same now! We are friends! You must remember that!"
Rhiow's ears were pinned flat to her skull as she crouched on the ground, eyes narrowed, piecing together the spell in her head.
It was one she had used before - one she even had on hand - but it needed more than a few modifications before it would do any good on Haku, and the power requirements... Rhiow licked her nose as she mentally slotted in the amount of energy required to hold even a lesser power.
The spell was complete. Another snarl echoed from overhead and she flinched, took a deep breath, and began to read. "This is a localized-specific neural component inhibitor meant for use on Nigihayami Kohaku Nushi-" she had to pause, gasping, as the full spoken version of Haku's name in the Speech pulled more energy out of her than she had anticipated. The working silence of the spell pressed in around her ears and she shook herself, continuing, coming to the power requirement and hesitating only a moment before the syllables spilled off her tongue.
The spell took in a rush, leaving Rhiow weak and trembling. She looked up - even raising her head took effort now - and saw Haku suddenly stop moving, falling through the air as his body stopped doing what his brain told it to.
Then the Whisperer hissed a sharp warning in her ear - if she held it much longer she'd pull her life into it - and Rhiow gasped the release words before she collapsed unconscious in a small ball of black fur.
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And then Tobias' tail-blade hit him with a dull thunk, like an axe into wood; a solid hit. He screeched, high and loud in a way that quickly petered off into the hypersonic range, inaudible to human ears. It was enough to get his fangs out of Hisk's flesh, at any rate, though now he was struggling to get free of her own, scrabbling hard with his forelegs and thrashing like an angry fish. His own tail was a whiplash, striking out randomly as he thrashed.
It was desperation, an attempt at escape. The fragment of nightmare that oozed inside him had sensed the death of it's greater self, and knew he was losing the fight.
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The point of Mulan's arrow weaves in her focus. She pulled it on reflex, a good, well-trained soldier, but she can't use it. For one thing, it probably wouldn't do anything. For another, if it did, she could not possibly forgive herself.
"Haku, my honored friend," she shouts, trying to reach him over the sound of the fighting. "You brought me out of my nightmare. You reminded me to fight it. I am reminding you of the same now! We are friends! You must remember that!"
It's worth a try?
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It was one she had used before - one she even had on hand - but it needed more than a few modifications before it would do any good on Haku, and the power requirements... Rhiow licked her nose as she mentally slotted in the amount of energy required to hold even a lesser power.
The spell was complete. Another snarl echoed from overhead and she flinched, took a deep breath, and began to read. "This is a localized-specific neural component inhibitor meant for use on Nigihayami Kohaku Nushi-" she had to pause, gasping, as the full spoken version of Haku's name in the Speech pulled more energy out of her than she had anticipated. The working silence of the spell pressed in around her ears and she shook herself, continuing, coming to the power requirement and hesitating only a moment before the syllables spilled off her tongue.
The spell took in a rush, leaving Rhiow weak and trembling. She looked up - even raising her head took effort now - and saw Haku suddenly stop moving, falling through the air as his body stopped doing what his brain told it to.
Then the Whisperer hissed a sharp warning in her ear - if she held it much longer she'd pull her life into it - and Rhiow gasped the release words before she collapsed unconscious in a small ball of black fur.