<div class="floatleft">(http://i.imgur.com/AMTRPXI.jpg)<br/></div><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;">Ralena Tharin</span><br/><strong>Location:</strong>Guild hall<br/><strong>With:</strong>Alice<hr/><br/>Ralena smirked broadly when she saw the chain slink around Alice's body and wrap tightly around her waist. With a yank forward and a sprint from Ralena, it seemed like it was only a matter of time before Ralena would be drawing the 'first blood' of the fight, so to speak. Ralena had absolutely no doubt in her mind that her longest and most dedicated rival wasn't about to go down due to one simple underhanded tactic... In fact, Ralena wouldn't put it past Alice to actually find a way to...<br/><br/><strong>"Desperado cage!"</strong><br/><br/>Ralena's eyes widened in surprise when she heard the shout, she had been confident that Alice would find some clever way back into the fight, but she didn't think it would be<em>that fast!</em>She spun around, dropping control of her chain just in time to see the wide array of guns aimed at her in almost a full circle. All of them fired at once, causing a huge plume of dust and smoke to erupt from the stadium floor and fill the air. As the smoke cleared, Ralena would still be standing straight in the middle, though her hand was clutching the side of her stomach and she was breathing heavily. Her maid's outfit would look frayed on the edges, and her skirt had suffered a nasty tear along the side of her outer thigh. She didn't look any worse for wear physically though, aside from the obvious chars and burns that ran up and down her arms and legs. Instead of the fatigued, determined look that some might expect out of a mage that had just sustained that kind of attack, Ralena instead wore an angry, bitter glare that she directed right at Alice. "What... the... HELL ALICE!? I ACTUALLY KINDA LIKE THIS OUTFIT!"<br/><br/>It seemed that old Ralena was back with a vengeance.<br/><br/>No more subtlety, no more discretion, no more grace or sweet smiles. Instead, each of her arms snapped out to either side as she summoned a pair of sleek gauntlets, a pair that Alice would no doubt be familiar with as Ralena sprinted straight towards the blonde haired gunner. Ralena swung her fist forward towards Alice's head with massive amount of momentum, enough to launch her body forward and send her off her feet as she attacked. This move, however, was twofold. Ralena had made the prediction that Alice could potentially continue to backstep in order to dodge the fist, so her plan was to then throw her hand down and press it against the ground, where she'd prop herself up as she would spin around and continue her assault with a kick aimed at the side of Alice's head. During the time she was kicking, Ralena would cover her shoes in the same powerful metal material that her gauntlets were made of, making them that much more dangerous.<br/><br/>If Alice moved as Ralena predicted then the damage dealt could be devastating. However, if Alice did NOT... well... to say that the blonde gunner had an opening to counter would be an understatement.