It was while she wandered aimlessly through the lower level of the tower that Sae'Ka realized how she hadn't exactly thought her plan out all the way through. Having even a general sense of the tower's layout or where she should be going would have been fantastic. Maybe she could take the next servant that she came across hostage and force them to guide her the rest of the way up.<br/><br/>For now, though, the only people that she'd encountered were a group of three patrolling guards which she'd managed to avoid. Sae'Ka's sensitive ears had picked up the heavy footsteps and clinking of metal from quite far around a corner, so she'd hidden in some sort of small storeroom until they'd passed.<br/><br/>After that, she swiftly made her way down several more empty corridors until finally coming across a staircase leading up. The coast seemed clear, so she stepped through the arch of the doorway slowly, peeking further up the stairs to make sure that they were deserted. Happy to finally be on the right path, Sae'Ka was ready to keep going, but just then she picked up a foul smell that made her nose wrinkle.<br/><br/>Stopping in her tracks, she took a quick breath and pivoted rapidly with her sword drawn, already catching a glimpse of two large, well armed and armored men in the corner of her eye as she turned. For half a second, Sae'Ka actually froze in surprise, awe, and even an inkling of fear. They looked almost like gods - albeit one of them a god who'd stepped in some shit.<br/><br/>Snapping out of her shock and stupid wide-eyed stare, Sae'Ka waved her free hand from side to side in front of her, snarling menacingly as she unleashed a short blast of otherworldly blue flames in front of her. She didn't really expect it to do lethal damage by any means, but she wanted at to at least create a diversion for herself so that she could run up the stairs.<br/><br/>As confident as Sae'Ka may have been in her abilities, she still wasn't dumb enough to try tangling with a pair of very sturdy looking warriors in such close quarters. If they pursued, then she'd have a much better chance in one of the more wide open halls or rooms.