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"Did you really think you would escape judgement?"
Thunder roared overhead a pair of figures as rain fell in heavy torrents upon them. A roaring wind screamed around them, tearing at their clothes and shaking the rows and rows of grapevines that encompassed the vineyard's fortune. Â Another flash of lightning revealed the make of Jin's obstacle: a tall, lanky eleven with a hawk nose and eyes that seemed to peer right through her. Atoneaus Dexrinoiux.
She had exited the tunnel into the fields of grapevines and made her way south towards the distant jungle.Â
It had soon become apparent she was not moving alone within the halls of fruit. Despite the storm, the dogs of Atoneaus had hounded her. At first she had hoped she would be able to evade them in the inky blackness that dwelt between flashes of celestial lightning, but this soon proved to be an impossible dream as one after another she had been forced to unleash her magics upon the close minded fools that stood against her.
Each blast of aetherial energy had done the job against her foes, but the pack master had used the released energy to triangulate her position and his hunt had led to this moment; each staring down the other in this lane of vegetation with only a deep puddle between them.
Water dripped from Atoneaus spear as he leveled it at her throat and Jin knew that the space between them was not far enough for true comfort.Â
But the elezen, as always, was being theatrical and slow in his posturing and taunting. Even now, the pointed ear fool was slowly curling his lips into a smile instead of striking.Â
The longer it took, the longer Jin had to spring her trap. She just needed time to change things.
"I won't be judged by you and your impotent gods, fool." Jin hissed back, flashing teeth in a display of aggression. Her ears were flat but her mind calm as she continued to alter the polarity of molecules beneath the puddle with her aether.
Atoneaus laughed darkly and spun his spear lazily, slicing through vines as if they were soft arteries.
"Oh yes you will. Your dark magics die tonight."Â
Jin snorted and gave a sneer of contempt.
"Magic is just a word used by fools who don't understand a new science."
"There is nothing scientific about the abominations you practice!"Â the elezen retorted quickly as he took a menacing step forward, his metal boot splashing into the puddle.Â
"I'd say the husk of your wife disagrees."Â Jin mocked, recalling the sweet memory of how she had arranged the situation that had forced Atoneaus to butcher his own mate.Â
Atoneaus bellowed in rage as he surged forward like a harpoon thrown by a Roe whaler. His spear glinted in the lights from above as the thunderstorm roared bestially.Â
Jin twisted her hands and shifted the polarity of the molecules beneath the puddle, altering the electrons. She felt her hair on the back of neck rise and she stepped back as a bolt of lighting, now drawn to the sudden change in the earth's composition, shot down It struck the elezen and the puddle with a blinding flash. Jin felt the heat singe her hair and skin as she recoiled further.Â
A second later thunder boomed and the moment was over.
Jin opened her eyes and blinked furiously, trying to see as stars swam over her vision. Slowly, she began to make out the ruined, smoldering form lying face down in the muck and mire. His spear lay beside him and the vines around the site were smoking as the rain doused glowing embers.Â
Jin began to laugh as she turned and continued her flight from vineyard. The dogs might now be without a master, but they would still be hunting her.
"Did you really think you would escape judgement?"
Thunder roared overhead a pair of figures as rain fell in heavy torrents upon them. A roaring wind screamed around them, tearing at their clothes and shaking the rows and rows of grapevines that encompassed the vineyard's fortune. Â Another flash of lightning revealed the make of Jin's obstacle: a tall, lanky eleven with a hawk nose and eyes that seemed to peer right through her. Atoneaus Dexrinoiux.
She had exited the tunnel into the fields of grapevines and made her way south towards the distant jungle.Â
It had soon become apparent she was not moving alone within the halls of fruit. Despite the storm, the dogs of Atoneaus had hounded her. At first she had hoped she would be able to evade them in the inky blackness that dwelt between flashes of celestial lightning, but this soon proved to be an impossible dream as one after another she had been forced to unleash her magics upon the close minded fools that stood against her.
Each blast of aetherial energy had done the job against her foes, but the pack master had used the released energy to triangulate her position and his hunt had led to this moment; each staring down the other in this lane of vegetation with only a deep puddle between them.
Water dripped from Atoneaus spear as he leveled it at her throat and Jin knew that the space between them was not far enough for true comfort.Â
But the elezen, as always, was being theatrical and slow in his posturing and taunting. Even now, the pointed ear fool was slowly curling his lips into a smile instead of striking.Â
The longer it took, the longer Jin had to spring her trap. She just needed time to change things.
"I won't be judged by you and your impotent gods, fool." Jin hissed back, flashing teeth in a display of aggression. Her ears were flat but her mind calm as she continued to alter the polarity of molecules beneath the puddle with her aether.
Atoneaus laughed darkly and spun his spear lazily, slicing through vines as if they were soft arteries.
"Oh yes you will. Your dark magics die tonight."Â
Jin snorted and gave a sneer of contempt.
"Magic is just a word used by fools who don't understand a new science."
"There is nothing scientific about the abominations you practice!"Â the elezen retorted quickly as he took a menacing step forward, his metal boot splashing into the puddle.Â
"I'd say the husk of your wife disagrees."Â Jin mocked, recalling the sweet memory of how she had arranged the situation that had forced Atoneaus to butcher his own mate.Â
Atoneaus bellowed in rage as he surged forward like a harpoon thrown by a Roe whaler. His spear glinted in the lights from above as the thunderstorm roared bestially.Â
Jin twisted her hands and shifted the polarity of the molecules beneath the puddle, altering the electrons. She felt her hair on the back of neck rise and she stepped back as a bolt of lighting, now drawn to the sudden change in the earth's composition, shot down It struck the elezen and the puddle with a blinding flash. Jin felt the heat singe her hair and skin as she recoiled further.Â
A second later thunder boomed and the moment was over.
Jin opened her eyes and blinked furiously, trying to see as stars swam over her vision. Slowly, she began to make out the ruined, smoldering form lying face down in the muck and mire. His spear lay beside him and the vines around the site were smoking as the rain doused glowing embers.Â
Jin began to laugh as she turned and continued her flight from vineyard. The dogs might now be without a master, but they would still be hunting her.
