<strong>Isoke Naota<br/>Dorm B Hallway<br/>Tagged: Anya &amp; Zitka</strong><br/><br/>Isoke nodded at Anya’s suggestion of avoiding the conflict entirely by not staying to gawk. The sound of Tina’s powerful roar only helped add a certain skip to his step knowing that things were about to get really bad and he preferred not to start the first day of the school year as a witness to murder. It was that attempt to get away from the fight that proved to be the human’s downfall. By doing so he had gained a slight lead from Anya’s protective presence and incidentally aligned him with a fleshy projectile that was rocketing his way. His years at the school had done wonders to hone his reflexes, especially around tense situations. Isoke had seen Zitka coming in time to avoid, even if just barely, but opted not to once he realized it was not Tina who would have deserved to slam hard into the unforgiving wall.<br/><br/>So instead of flinching away, Isoke arranged himself to take the impact properly that would mitigate the damage both he and the monster girl turned missile would experience. The impact was enough to all but be swept from his feet as he sailed backwards, wrapping his arms protectively around Zitka to prevent her from suffering any more harm. He was quite thankful that she was a small girl, making it less likely that any real harm would come to him for what followed next. The hallway wall impacted his back harshly, but he arranged it so it would be evenly distributed rather than focused upon his shoulder or other part prone to dislocation or breaking. However, in the process, he had not taken full account of his head as it whipped back with a dull thud and flash of phantom light over his vision.<br/><br/>Stars danced before his eyes and he slinked to the ground conscious, but stunned and with a pounding headache. Still he had enough frame of mind to voice his agitation into the darkened room.<strong>”Son of a bitch that hurt!  What the fuck, Tina?!”</strong>All the while he was momentarily oblivious that he still had his arms wrapped around the naked kitsune pressed against his chest.