<div class="floatright">(http://imageshack.us/a/img855/5968/dawnjp.jpg)</div><br/>Valerie had only done a handful of parachuting attempts in her life.  Granted, she was agile enough that she didn't have to worry too much about the specific skill, and ever since her Exaltation, she'd been able to rely on her wings.  The wings wouldn't be a good idea right now, though.  Even guards with flat out confusion at seeing the girls coming down would be much more likely to try to sound an alarm if the rumored Valkyrie made an appearance.<br/><br/>She could still manifest the wings in an instant if they were needed, but stealth had its own uses.  An errant breeze, however...oh, who was she kidding?  She was lucky she was going to hit the boat.  There was no errant breeze.<br/><br/>She glanced as she went, making sure that Mika would be in the right spot for the other guard.  Valerie landed fairly hard, hopefully not making that much noise but enough that she'd have a nice bruise if not for the hardness of her armor.<br/><br/>Rolling into the landing, she released the parachute from her arms, but she didn't need hands to strike.  A heavy golden boot went flying for the chest of the guard, hoping to smash quickly enough that he wouldn't have time to respond before going unconscious.