Seeing his target still standing put a bit of a damper on Dagnyr's good mood, though it was nothing compared to seeing her vanish utterly from sight - either teleported away, or more likely, invisible and thus even more dangerous. Part of him curses his decision to not rush the distance, but he knows well that running blindly so deep into territory controlled by a foe without backup would have been unwise at best. He could have easily run into a situation where he'd be outnumbered.<br/><br/>Alyssa's arrival snaps him out of his ruminating over how to deal with the mage problem now that she's gone into hiding. He turns to face her just in time to see the arrow thud into her shoulder, his own eyes going wide, first in concern, then in surprise as she turns and attempts to fire off a shot at her attacker so soon after the injury. "Oh, crap, are you alright? Just uh, don't worry about it, you're here now, right?" he says, looking her over, glancing up at the boathouse as Alyssa draws his attention to it and looks torn. On one hand he wanted to help Alyssa - he didn't like the look of that arrow injury - but on the other, if Constable Locasta was left without backup he could suffer far worse and potentially fatal injuries. He hesitates a few moments longer before deciding.<br/><br/>"Hrrf.. okay, cover Miss Rynh - she's been fine so far - and watch for the mage, she's gone invisible," he replies, reaching off and tugging off the hat of disguise - deception did them no good at this point - revealing his gleaming golden armor. Which quickly takes on a brighter, almost unearthly glow for a second before dying back down, though when it does, Dagnyr has stepped up off of the ground, hovering a few inches in the air. "I'm going to cover Constable Locasta."<br/><br/><div style="padding: 3px; background-color: #FFFFFF; border: 1px solid #d8d8d8; font-size: 1em;"><div style="text-transform: uppercase; border-bottom: 1px solid #CCCCCC; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; display: block;"><span onclick="if (this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display != '') {  this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = ''; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;hide&lt;/a&gt;'; } else { this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = 'none'; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;show&lt;/a&gt;'; }"><b>Spoiler: </b><a href="#" onclick="return false;">show</a></span></div><div class="quotecontent"><div style="display: none;">Dagnyr uses the spell-like ability granted by his Celestial Armor to fly (as per the spell)</div></div></div><br/><br/>He doesn't wait for Alyssa's reply, shooting off like a arrow towards the rooftop, hands working to quickly try and replace his longbow with his greatsword. He didn't have enough time to fully draw it, as much as the gnoll would have loved a chance to make his rush truly arrow-like, but he'd end up too close for comfort for any archer - and that would be enough to keep him off Alyssa, and enough distraction for Kaelen to strike.<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">Hopefully,</span>he thinks, well aware of how quickly a few unlucky shots could screw his whole gamble sideways. Of course, that was what made it a gamble.