Snippet #881142

Jackson ran to the tree where Nyx was thrown with his saber drawn in his off-hand for defense more than anything. He planned to make any rook to pay if it thought about picking him up and taking him off. He would rather had to have to fly on his own terms and not that of some necrotic demon rooks. Then water began to spray on him from what he knew would have to be Linth's magic. He shrugged it off and arrived to Nyx.

"Are you al-" He paused for a moment as he made a wild slash at a rook who had ventured too close. He missed horribly as the fell beast rose in the air and took off. "Alright?" He managed to finish and took a defensive step in front of her. He of course knew she could handle herself, the position was merely habitually. "Snap their spines? How am I supposed.. to..." He trailed off glancing behind him at the tree Nyx had hit.

"I bet..." He mumbled to himself as he turned to face the tree. "Only one way to find out." He said with a wild smile and stepped forward to the tree. He deftly began to climb the tree with the drawn saber to dig deeply into the bark. Within moments he was half way up. He began to walk out on a thick branch extending both hands to help keep his balance. At the farthest he could go safely he knelt down and held on to the branch to keep from slipping and waited.

He didn't wait long for a Rook flew under his branch. Jackson let go of the branch and fell directly on top of the rook, causing the bird to lose altitude. It squawked angrily and kept trying to reach behind and peck Jackson, however it couldn't reach. He just pushed the birds wings down to make the bird keep losing altitude. Eventually, he gauged that the ground was close enough below him to make a safe land. So he held on the the side where the birds wings and neck met and placed the saber on the opposite side. With a quick jerk and a spatter of black blood, Jackson had decapitated the bird causing it's squawks to cease. The lifeless body dropped from the sky and hit the ground with a final thud, while Jackson rolled when he landed to minimize the damaged to himself.

He stood up quickly and was slightly shaken at the quick decline. He shook his head and looked up and around him, trying to gauge what happened while he was on his little venture.