<div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Spoiler: Click to Show/Hide</div><div class="spoiler_body">(https://i.imgur.com/5dXAKd2.jpg)<br/></div></div><br/><br/>Journey to the stronghold took them some time. A lot more than Linet would like to spend in saddle, but it was a necessity. It would take ages to get there on foot, especially with armour and backpacks. Jumping off the horse, Elicia struck the ground with base of her shield, then used it as a support for her elbows while she gazed upon the ruined fortress.<br/><br/>- What do you think, Miss Vonner? If the reports are true, we will be facing thousands orcs here. If they aren't, and that's probably the case, we still have few dozens of them here. Either that or sole remnants of defenders that met their end here.<br/><br/>White-haired lady began to strip her horse from pieces of armour that she found cumbersome during the journey. Soon that poor animal was lighter by few pieces of steel, and Lady Elicia began to fool around with her gauntlets, checking the stripes few times to make sure that pieces aren't loose anywhere. Loosing a hand due to poor check-up would be somewhat... stupid, and shameful to say at least.<br/><br/>- Two years ago I would not even consider such actions without well-armed brigade of knights and crossbow levies. And now? Now I will pretend that we are two-man, or should I rather say, two-woman army. It's hard to believe how much a person can do when they have nothing to lose... Perhaps with exception of honour and dignity, but they stop playing great roles in your life once you face the grim Lady Death.<br/><br/>She looked at her partner giving her a slim, perhaps even a bit creepy smile. Getting done with the gauntlets, she picked up her breastplate and handed it towards Angelina.<br/><br/>- Now,  lend me a hand and help me get this on my chest. It will take ages to wear it by myself, not to mention that you will have this rare occasion of getting<em>oh so close</em>to<em>oh so beautiful</em>lady like me.<br/><br/>She changed her expression to more innocent one, tilting her head on side. Her eyes however, flickering unnaturally red like from a curse, gave her pose a more unsettling feeling, even kind of evil in it's own cute way.