Nanami's scowl only grows as Balgur fully voices his opinions about not only their intentions towards her and Lamya, but also what they imply about their perceptions towards Bella and other humans in general.  "Well then, I suppose there's not a lot more to discuss then.  I had hoped that you weren't as willfully ignorant and intolerant as Aida seemed to indicate, but I was obviously mistaken."  Dispelling what was left of her spell knowing that the split sensations that it caused would just distract her, the sudden lurching and increasingly copious amounts of acid show her plainly that she doesn't have any time to waste.  Calling on what magic she had remaining, she channels it inward, using it to rapidly drop her body temperature while keeping her blood flowing at the same time.  In addition to inducing the sluggishness and lethargy that such cold typically did, it would actually start to slush and freeze the acids she was bathing in, which would further help to prolong the process long enough for her to find a way out.  For Kyra, it would suddenly feel as if she had a block of ice sitting in her stomach rather than a still-living meal.<br/><br/>[<a class="postlink" href="http://orokos.com/roll/292961">Careful Defence</a>:<span style="text-decoration: underline">4dF+2</span><span style="font-weight: bold">5</span>Succeeds by one; I suppose that orokos is feeling sympathetic for some reason... ]<br/><br/>A few experimental pushes against her surroundings had Nanami worried, however.  The one time she had been in this situation before, she had paralyzed her would-be predator and simply crawled out.  Not only did she not suspect that such a mental attack would work on the gnoll, but she was likely stronger and much more experienced with this sort of thing.  She needed a way to even the odds, and it had to be fast if she was going to offer Lamya any aid.  Ticking options off a mental checklist, she arrived at only one likely solution.  It was one that she had some experience with given her background, but also one that would very likely have unforseen consequences in the future.  However, the question of whether or not it might was one that would again happen in the future, instead of the rather immediate timeframe of her potential death inside this gnoll.<br/><br/>Gathering up every scrap of power she could pull to her, Nanami sends it flying in what she believed was the general direction of the manor.  The majority of the energy went towards ensuring her message (for that's what the spell was) would last long enough for one of it's intended recipients to receive it.  The small remainder of the energy was for the message itself, simple and keyed with a minor lock that anyone with a particular...brand...of magic could undo with ease:<br/><br/>"You offered me an opportunity, and I wish to take advantage of that offer.  In return for your boon now, I offer one boon in turn to be collected at your convenience."<br/><br/>[ Rolling this as a Create Advantage due to not knowing what exactly what else to put it under, and using a Fate point to invoke Daemonically-Charged Magic for a +2.  And yes, she is trying to contact who you probably think she is. Desperate times and all that... ]<br/><br/>[<a class="postlink" href="http://orokos.com/roll/292978">Clever Create Advantage</a>:<span style="text-decoration: underline">4dF+5</span><span style="font-weight: bold">9</span><img alt="^^;" src="./images/smilies/sweatdrop.gif" title="Sweat drop"/>Orokos confirmed for not being sympathetic and instead having some ulterior motive here.  On a related note, now I'm suddenly a lot more worried about what I might have just gotten myself into... ]