Snippet #2533346

Day 3

Was he seriously THAT hung up about it? The girl put a hand to her face, letting out a very long sigh. "You seriously came all this way, running on roofs that crumbled right as you set foot on them, just to tell me that? Adrian Retter, you are insane."

Moving into her reclining-while-flying pose once again, she continued, "And besides, you can't really call something like that 'little.' Ideals are really important; you should know that better than anyone else. Other than that, however, I'm not angry anymore, so just forget about that argument...wait, on second thought, don't."

They were getting very close to the place where that man had been spotted earlier. Surely enough, Sylphine could see as they approached that he wasn't there. Pirika, where is he now?

It looks like we don't have much time to waste, Pirika responded. He's down two more blocks, and surrounded by bandits. There are 13 of them...a few have knives, and others are just wielding pieces of debris. Wait, one has a longsword, and two have axes...better watch out.

Acknowledged, Sylphine replied, before turning to Adrian once again. "And, also, I hate to break it to you, but this was probably the worst possible time you could have picked to talk to me." She didn't even have time to fully explain what was going on before they reached the street where the bandits stood, surrounding their victim.

He was pleading with them that he had nothing of value on him, but they kept making their threats anyway, not believing him, until eventually one bandit said, "Heh, I guess we can just take him to the forest where the others are if he really doesn't have anything. But for now, let's search-"

At this precise moment, Sylphine threw out her hand, and a burst of wind roared past some of the bandits, pushing them backwards a few feet. Looking up in surprise, they were even more confused when they saw a flying girl with green hair. They muttered among themselves, wondering what to do...until eventually, they made up their mind and charged at her.

While they had been arguing, Sylphine had already set up a barrier of hardened air particles so that they wouldn't be able to advance past it for some time. "So," she finished explaining to Adrian, "our overall goal is to save that man. Do you want to run in and grab him first, or should we take down the bandits now?" Just as she finished, she thrust her palm forward, and the barrier exploded, sending the bandits flying onto their backs.