<span style="font-size: 10px">Everything around the young elf seemed to freeze. Her eyes wide she watched with bated breath as everything began to unfold in slow motion. The half orc coming to her aid had to be the most astounding thing she had ever witnessed, his words however fell on deaf ears as she turned her head abruptly to see a glimmer of light before a guard was impaled and taken down. What on earth was going on?! Unable to answer she glanced over at the orc again and watched as he withdrew a few powder bombs, baffled she opened her hand to show him that she was already holding a couple. A smile twitched at her lips and the young elf quickly rose to her feet, stashing the bombs into a pocket for the moment she withdrew her kusarigama and hurled the chain around a guard’s leg, dragging him to the ground. Her movements quick she stepped behind a second guard as Elis came charging towards her, using the guard as cover she pushed him towards Elis to cause a distraction before stepping over to the half orc. Looking up to where the shots had come from Katya waved, her smile bright she blew the unknown marksman a kiss before rising up on to her toes and placing a kiss against the orc’s cheek, whispering a quick word of gratitude as a powder bomb slipped from her fingers and collided with the ground.<br/>
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A pitch black cloud of smoke erupted into the air, its powdery substance surrounding the group and giving Katya the opportunity to run like hell. She had started for her escape, her inner voice screaming to run like never before, but her conscience got the better of her and the young elf stopped. Turning back she quickly found the hand of the orc in the commotion and dragged him alongside her, her bright eyes looking up at him through the black cover she urged him to move faster. “Hurry up, I don’t want their filthy hands touching me again!” Katya hissed as she broke into a run, her agility cut in half as she pulled him along. Twisting through the crowd, Katya lead him away from the commotion and spotted an empty shop hidden around the next corner. The shop wasn’t much cover its windows were broken, but remained covered by tattered drapes so it would have to do. Kicking open the door the young elf pulled the orc inside and slammed the door shut, leaning up against it and slumped down onto the ground, sitting in silence as the ruckus outside slowly fizzled out. <br/>
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A moment past and finally the young elf let out a sigh, her hands covering her face. “I’m sorry, but I felt like I needed to get out of there or it just would have gotten worse” Katya spoke softly a hand running through her hair she smiled “Word would have quickly spread to the other guards on duty and then we wouldn’t just be facing a handful, but probably a whole battalion”. Pulling herself up to her feet the young elf slid against the wall to peer through a crack in the drapes, looking up at the rooftops across the street “And I doubt our guardian friend would have been able to take out that many”. Turning her gaze back onto the orc the young elf crossed her arms over her chest and leaned back against the wall “Thank you for saving me, I was certain that they were going to take me in”</span>