Don't try it unless you have long hair and a good elastic. A mirror is also reccomended
Well I promised some action scenes, so here you go. A quick one for Radium, one for Defalcon later
Shinyso froze, shock running through his lean frame like a chill. The marks had friends, lots of them, and all well armed. His dual shiploads of Kiyrenin easily outnumbered them, but the marks on their own were deadly. How much more so with over nine companions? And he was pretty sure he didn't see them all.
And now, to make matters worse, he recognized them. The dark haired female, Coppertop; her brown-furred companion, Claw; the young warrio with sky-blue fur and the blades Nightwind and Nightfire, Defalcon. Kaz, the bird up the tree. Acid, also perched on a branch, sighted on them with his rocket launcher. Electrik stood knee-deep in water, his normally serious face lit up with a grin. Shonar paced behind KRSplat, his grey eyes grim. Crystal knelt on a large rock, tensed and ready. Radium leaned on his spear, an insolent grin on his face.
Shinyso drew his saber, eyes on Radium. The Chaos Mage stood immobile, inviting attack, but Shinyso wasn't that stupid. He hadn't lived this long without developing a sense of caution.
Radium straightened, still wearing a grin. Shinyso sidestepped warily, and attacked.
Radium blocked, ignoring the feints, and ducked under the next cut. He slashed up with the business end of the spear, making Shinyso leap back. The telepath brought his saber around in a cut that, had it connected, would have laid Radium open from shoulder to the opposite hip. Radium blocked again, and Shinyso felt a poke at his mind.
Remembering Corbha's report of mind control, he backed off and concentrated on blocking Radium's mind probe, which vanished as suddenly as it had come.
Shinyso shook his head and looked up to see Radium advancing, spear levelled. He ducked and rolled away when Radium reversed his grip and jabbed with the butt of the spear, but it still caught him on the shoulder, knocking him off balance. He came to his feet, ducking under the Lance again, and Radium planted a boot in his chest, knocking him away.
No longer smiling, the mage followed up with with a flurry of movement, driving Shinyso back with a rapid combination of feints, blocks and attacks. Shinyso fell back, frantically defending himself.
A laser lanced by, missing him by a hair. He ducked and looked up to see Tiger, crouched on a branch, laser rifle sighted on him. He threw himself to the side, and found Radium blocking his retreat. Cursing, he sent out a telepathic summons for help.
Radium laughed and the air shimmered. Shinyso had no idea what had happened until he tried again, and found he couldn't concentrate. Radium had set a confusion spell on them, effectively countering their magic.
Shinsy backed away, cursing himself for starting this fight. One of the other Kiyrenin came to his rescue, taking over the fight. Shinyso gratefully retreated. He turned, and found himself facing his original target.
Sai saluted him, green eyes burning. Shinyso could handle this; he wasn't tiring yet, and Sai was scarcely the caliber that Claw was.
A second later he revised that opinion.
Next one's Defalcon's.