<br/><hr/><div class="floatleft">(https://i.imgur.com/fOPEI4r.jpg?2)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Azuri Saphirum  (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=286197.msg14082783#msg14082783)<br/><strong>Aura:</strong>1/3<br/><strong>Charge:</strong>5/10<br/><strong>Time/Date:</strong>Day 1 Morning.<br/><strong>Location:</strong>Forest, near cave<br/><strong>Tagging:</strong>Lyn, Robin, Masque, open<br/><strong>Mention:</strong><br/><hr/><br/>Azuri kept herself poised for combat as the smock started to clear around them, low, tense, a sort of fierce look in her eye. She almost looked like a lioness ready to pounce at any moment to protect her cub, and given the fact she was disarmed and her aura was running low she very well may have had to resort to such feral tactics if it came down to it. Fortunately as the smoke cleared it revealed not the looming Grimm, but instead a more human figure, the masked boy from before, the one who had disappeared, "Yeah...nice..." she muttered, looking about at their handiwork as her lithe body finally relaxed, every muscle in her body starting to ache with fatigue now that the adrenaline was starting to wear off. Though as crappy as she felt, she was sure those grimm had felt a hell of a lot worse. It had been kind of a desperate plan, and one they wouldn't have even needed if they had managed to pull themselves together earlier, but at the moment she didn't really feel like arguing with results.<br/><br/>"He's up on the cliff spotting for us...and you don't have to avert your eyes, I'm pretty sure we're already paired..." she said, looking down at the still unconscious Lyn. She blushed a little as she recalled it, though mostly because of how silly she felt. She had made such a big deal of awkwardly avoiding everyone's gazes, as if it were some taboo, but in the moment she hadn't thought anything of pairing up with Lyn and fighting beside him. She supposed that was the "lesson" in all of this, that huntsmen and huntresses needed to be ready to fight and cooperate regardless of the situation, to be ready to work with anyone, because sometimes you didn't have the luxury of choosing your allies when danger arises.<br/><br/>Of course she was snapped out of these reflective thoughts when the masked boy suddenly whipped something at her, Azuri reflexively reaching up to pluck it out of the air, "huh?...a playing card?" she mused, was this really one the relics they had been told to look for? She supposed this<em>did</em>look pretty out of place in a forest. She looked up at Masque, rather quickly putting together what had happened. When he had disappeared he had run off to go explore the cave alone, probably finding the relics inside, while they had stayed outside to deal with the Death Stalkers. Most people would probably feel angered and betrayed that he had just left them there in the middle of a hard battle, but Azuri instead gave him a smile, "good job, you managed to secure the objective admits all that chaos. That way if we had been forced to retreat it wouldn't have all been for nothing...thank you"  she said softly, recognizing that his actions weren't necessarily cowardly, but instead focused on the actual task they were supposed to complete. After all they hadn't been sent into this forest to go around hunting grimm, they were just an obstacle, and it was the fact that he managed to capture the relics in the fray that made all that fighting not in vain. At the end of the day they had basically just been running a diversion without even realizing it, and again she was far too tired to argue with the results.<br/><br/>"We're all good! but stay on alert until I come get you!" Azuri called back up to Robin, letting out an exhausted sigh as she flipped the card between her fingers. The queen huh?...that was quite the upgrade from being just a princess...again Azuri was jolted from her thoughts as Lyn suddenly woke with a start, declaring his survival, his tone jovial but his voice laced with pain, "are you alright!? don't move too much..." she said, placing a hand on his chest to keep him from trying to sit up, "A minute? heh, why don't you take a few big guy...give us a better chance to catch up" she cooed, chuckling a bit at how absurd this man's resilience was to still be so lighthearted even when in obvious pain. And as she gazed down at him Azuri's eyes slowly shifted back to the card, biting her lip as she seemed to debate something for a moment before laying the card down on his chest, almost ceremonially, a queen's favor, "here, I think you've earned this more than anyone" she whispered. She didn't do it just to acknowledge his bravery, but because of the three he had come out of the battle in the worst shape. While tired Azuri was sure she could still fight, and Robin had basically not been touched, they would both still have amble opportunity to find their own relics. Lyn on the other hand was clearly spent, and he didn't need the pressure of still needing to find a relic, on top of his warrior pride, pushing him to act rashly when he should be resting.<br/><br/>"Keep an eye on him for a minute" she said to Masque as she slowly lifted herself up, legs still a bit wobbly, and made her way over to the tree where her lance was embedded. With a sharp grunt she dislodged the might weapon and slowly mounted it, giving it a few revs to make sure the engine was still in working order. Readjusting her hat again she gave a small kick off and took to the skies, flying much slower and more controlled than the breakneck speeds she was pushing during the fight, swooping up beside Robin at the newly shaved cliffside, a weak smile on her face, "hop on" she muttered, scooting forward to make room for him to get on her stick.<br/>