<div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/a/ad/Whipsers_on_the_Night_Wind.jpg)</div><strong>Whispers on the Night Wind</strong><br/><br/>Upon hearing Starfall's scream, whispers spun towards the the pool.  Her fingers went to her lips and she let out a piercing whistle.<br/><br/>Wherever he was, Echoes of the Starlight stirred, then leaped into the air to come to her, leading the other girl's strix with him.<br/><br/>Seeing that Starfall wasn't about to be instantly cut down, she cupped her hands over her heart and whispered, “Hauberk of the Dawn's Grace, come to me.  Shield me against the darkness that I may restore the light of the world.”<br/><br/>The shapely girl's nude copper body was momentarily alit from within, as if her heart were emoting a holy, pulsing light.  It grew brighter, purer, as if she were becoming luminous orichalum.<br/><br/>Then it was gone and Whispers was full garbed—not in doeskin—but in a magnificent suit of form fitted lamelar.  The milk chocolate boots were knee high and reinforced with orichalum scaled.  The miniskirt and top—the second not quite long enough to obscure her navel—had no padding, nor did they need it.  They neither pinched nor chafed, and were as comfortable as a heavy linen robe.  The scales didn't competently overlap, flashing onlookers with hints of her coppery flesh as she moved.<br/><br/>“Whispers caught Starfall in her arms and pulled the pink haired girl behind her, then turned to face the way she'd come, white jade and orichalum hatchets appearing in her hands.  “What is it, Starfall?” she asked.  “What did  you see?”<br/><br/>She snapped a glare at her unit, “Don't just stand their gawking, girls, armor up!”<br/><br/>The girls gasped and ran for their packs, a few gasping, “Yes, captain,” or, in the case o the twins, “Hai, captain!”<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Spoiler: Click to Show/Hide</div><div class="spoiler_body">Anima Banner 0<br/>Damage: 0<br/>Motes Spent: 3 Personal, 0 Peripheral<br/>Active Charms: Hardship Surviving Mendicant Spirit<br/>Charms Used: Master Owlmaiden's (horseman's) techniques.  Whirlwind Armor Donning Prana)<br/></div></div>