<div class="floatright">(http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs44/f/2009/065/7/7/Dark_Elf_by_nJoo.jpg)</div><strong>Alonia Duskryn</strong><br/><br/>Anger drowned out the loremaster's words. He himself had acknowledged her answer--and then swept it aside! Who in the Nine Hells did he think he was? Anger boiled over and she began plotting his death as well. Poison? A knife in the back? Perhaps a crossbow bolt in the dead of night? His droning went on and on and she heard barely a word as she continued to hatch schemes. So many people to kill, so little time...<br/><br/>Awoken from her reverie as the lesson ended, apprehension filled Alonia when she heard her name called. Had her hastily-concocted plan already been found out? No, that couldn't be it, she assured herself with a breath. She had not felt the tingle that often signalled the occurrence of mental magic taking hold, but still... She snuck a glance at the other drow. EtheIzz'Min, was it? Well, whatever the trouble was, she wasn't the only one in it, which calmed her somewhat more. Probably--most assuredly, it was something to do with their presence within the male-dominated academy.<br/><br/>Regardless, if it came down to it, she would demonstrate her prowess on whichever field of battle was needed and prove herself to be not only the equal, but the better, of any male here in her class. Of that she was certain. And if the matron-mistress oversaw Melee-Magthere, nothing said that she as another from a noble house, and one almost upon the Ruling Council of Eight, couldn't prove an equal. Once the loremaster responds she silently rises from her seat and walks after the Matron Mistress. She contemplated putting down the offensive drow now and throttling her right then and there, but a glance at the other girl caused her to tense with wariness. This wasn't the time or place for it; better to catch her entirely unaware, and with no witnesses. Yes, that would be the drow way. Thus, she followed, almost complacently, the matron mistress, muttering no word as they went wherever she deigned to take them.