[Toppling that pillar has proven to be the right call, the way it throws the Siren off-balance. Her rigid motions and despairing words paint an eerie picture before them, but there’s no time to dwell on it.
Vander raises his one gauntleted fist, using the old and clunky thing to shield himself. It’s a habitual movement that serves him well in this moment—it blocks the bulk of the spear’s swing with a clang, though the momentum of it rattles painfully through his arm and he nearly loses his footing on the wet, icy floor trying to brace against it. He keeps his gauntlet-toting arm upright wardingly, his focus in the following moment on steadying himself rather than going for an immediate counterattack.]
Hard to have much appreciation for a song freezing us in place.
[Amos might not have any words for her, but Vander clearly does. Words that serve more than one purpose. With his partner slipping through shadows to move into place behind her, they offer a distraction to help him strike. And if she can talk, there’s the possibility she can be reasoned with before this all has to go too far.
But most importantly, if she is talking, then she isn’t singing. That’s an advantage they need to seize as long as possible.]
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Vander raises his one gauntleted fist, using the old and clunky thing to shield himself. It’s a habitual movement that serves him well in this moment—it blocks the bulk of the spear’s swing with a clang, though the momentum of it rattles painfully through his arm and he nearly loses his footing on the wet, icy floor trying to brace against it. He keeps his gauntlet-toting arm upright wardingly, his focus in the following moment on steadying himself rather than going for an immediate counterattack.]
Hard to have much appreciation for a song freezing us in place.
[Amos might not have any words for her, but Vander clearly does. Words that serve more than one purpose. With his partner slipping through shadows to move into place behind her, they offer a distraction to help him strike. And if she can talk, there’s the possibility she can be reasoned with before this all has to go too far.
But most importantly, if she is talking, then she isn’t singing. That’s an advantage they need to seize as long as possible.]