<br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Spoiler: Click to Show/Hide</div><div class="spoiler_body">1d20 → [13] = (13)<br/>1d20 → [7] = (7)<br/><br/>No, but I'm still waiting for the other shoe to drop.<br/> (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3566919/)</div></div><br/>Aella had Vulpae on the run, this was fairly clear and straightforward, even if her own defenses were taking a beating in turn, but things were still far too close to tell, and with an inhuman burst of effort, Vulpae had not only reversed her hold, but managed to pierce her armor again, pinning his mail-breaker into her ankle, and shoving her helmet into the water.<br/><br/>The<em>Shroud</em>was many things, resistant to damage, impact, magic, and capable of keeping it's wearer going through any damage that wasn't immediately fatal--but there's only so far that you can go with that.<br/><br/>It was<em>Almost</em>watertight in ideal circumstances, but she wasn't completely free of damage herself, the hairline cracks that had been considered a secondary priority compared to shoring up damage were just enough that the water was intruding, flooding into her suit and working it's way up to the helmet--which would have been bad, if she hadn't managed to twist out and away from Vulpae's pin, her free leg lashing out and catching him in the side, launching him away as she pulled the mail-breaker out, small amounts of red-tinged water leaking out from the hole before it closed again.  Despite her apparent composure though, the gleam of her armor was beginning to fade.<br/><br/><strong>Vulpae 1<br/>Aella 2</strong>