Aure watched the arc of her dagger as it soared strait and true.  It embedded itself cleanly in her target's shoulder, though the fact that it wasn't a killing blow made her curse.  When the brute's eyes met her own, Aure immediately felt a shiver run down her spine.  Oh, she had successfully attracted the man's attention away from the torches... but now she had the feeling that was not a very good thing.<span style="color: Magenta">“Shit...”</span><br/><br/>That curse became even more appropriate when the bid raider began his charge at the lithe elf who probably weighed about half of what he did.  What she needed to figure out was how to deal with him.  She had no doubt she was much faster than him, so she would have to dance around him and avoid the blade he wielded.  Though she did distract her eyes long enough to track where her dagger was tossed for later, she hoped she could find the thing later.<br/><br/>But for now she had to find a way to deal with the bandit that was fast approaching.  Each of his movements were watched by the elf as she raced towards the raider.  She saw the swing he was making with his heavy weapon.  It didn’t look like he was controlling himself much, that would make this easier.  As he swung his heavy weapon, when they were close enough, Aure planted one of her feet on the ground, causing her to start sliding before she pushed herself into a spin.  With the spin, the agile elf ducked under the swing from the much larger man.  Her black hair spun around with her, creating a veil of onyx strands.<br/><br/>After the duck, and using the diverted momentum, Aure brought her long blade around, aiming for the weak points in the raider's armor, to bite in with her sharp bladed.  After that first strike, Aure danced back away from the raider, adding another spin to the dance she started.  She glared back at the raider with both blades held up and ready.<span style="color: Magenta">“come at me big boy.”</span>she hissed, aiming to piss him off even more.  She could not beat this big guy if she was on the full offensive, she wanted him to come at her.  There was no fear that he would hit her though with his blade, that she was sure she could easily dodge.<div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>