<div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/2/21/238245.png)</div>The subtle sound took only a moment to register in Rinarya's mind, engrossed in reading though she was. Caution was a thing many of her books had stressed over all else. An ambush in the dark could mean the end of an unprepared party.<br/><br/>She snapped her book shut, rose quickly to her feet, and looked around with widened eyes, seeing who else of her new companions was alert before trying to get a better look at the figures in the dark. Her heart was pounding and her mind racing. But that was normal in times of danger. She just wasn't expecting danger to come so soon... and she wasn't exactly used to dealing with it.<br/><br/>But they'll be fine, she thought... provided this threat isn't anything<em>too </em>dangerous...<br/><br/>If only she can make it out... she needs information to work with, to figure out a plan before it's too late, or else...