<div class="floatleft">(https://i.imgur.com/VjAyLp4.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Rei (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=333483.msg15890913#msg15890913)<br/><strong>Race and Occupation:</strong>Plucky Human Ninja<br/><strong>Location &amp; Time:</strong>Generic Cave Dungeon One | Noonish, W1D2<br/><strong>Tagging:</strong>Lucien<br/><hr/><hr/><br/>As the creaking grew louder and closer, Rei was practically stepping from one foot to the other in panic. Quickly dispatching one of those wooden suckers was one thing, but a having a number of them coming at her when she could barely see them was an entirely different matter. The shadows and the element of surprise was her bread and butter! Looking at something that wants to beat her up directly in its wooden face? Nuh-uh.<br/><br/>The young girl looked to Lucien, whose tall frame and blue eyes she could still manage to make out in the darkness. He looked like he was up to something, though he was being far too cool and casual about it for her liking. Figuring that facing the threat head on was the best way not to get the living snot beaten out of her by inexplicably sentient dummies, Rei turned to face the impending crowd. She wasn't so brave as stand there completely ready to thwack at them with her sword, however, as she took a few backwards steps toward Lucien. Just as the first of the wooden guardians turned the corner, a glass bottle flew just over her one shoulder and engulfed the dummy in a flame that Rei, on any other day, would marvel at.<br/><br/>Lucien spoke again after his first act in the fight, though Rei wasn't in the state of mind to really listen. She wasn't very confident that wooden dummies could be surprised by anything, though that didn't stop her from thinking she could take advantage of the fact that one of their buddies was suddenly a pile of ash to surprise the rest of the training dummies. With a running start, Rei leapt through the chemical fire and slashed once at the closest dummy. Losing a real sense of surprise, her sword was lodged halfway into the sentient stump. Wanting to keep her distance, the ninja thought quickly and let go of her blade just to kick its handle and send the thing backward and into the rest of its friends. Without her primary weapon, Rei reached for the kunai on her thigh, though it was hardly needed as the three burst into flame courtesy of another one of Lucien's healing grenades.<br/><br/>"Please tell me you have more of those for when we get further into the cave! They're so cool!" Rei felt safe enough to laugh at her little outburst, not hearing any of that creaking that was the start of their trouble. She walked over to the wooden dummy that was temporarily holding her sword and carefully yanked it out of it while trying not to explode. Perhaps getting a little too comfortable with their current situation, Rei sheathed her weapon and waited for Lucien to catch up from where he stood earlier. The brief moment she had to herself let her take note of that warmth deep in the pit of her gut and the cooler air of the cave against her skin. Not a whole lot of weight was put on these sensations, chalking it all up to the excitement of being in the midst of a quest. Seeing Lucien emerge from the flames of his own creation was a healthy distraction as well, with his piercing blues looking back at her and his tall frame surely capable of doing whatever he pleased with her.<br/><br/>Rei blinked once or twice as the perverse thought crossed her mind, then quickly spun on her heel to face the depths of the cave in case Lucien caught the blush in cheeks. "You'll be glad to know I'm not exploded." she spoke quickly as if the words would save her some embarrassment. "You ready to keep going?"