Just a 'little' fight

Adelina cursed when the ice didn't make contact. She didn't want to get too close to him, though — the more distance she had, the better off she was. Getting close would give her less time to dodge and she wouldn't have as much time to think her actions through.

Once the tentacles came at her, the woman cursed under her breath and formed a rounded ice wall to take it for her. The fact that it was round would absorb it, and hopefully the thickness of it would give her time to think.

She completely ignored his statement. She started thinking, biting her lip in concentration. Was using her sword considered cheating? Probably not... he had used a gun, after all. Maybe if she could make one of those ice 'roller coasters', as she called them, she could get over to him and try hitting from there and still get away in time.

But, of course, she would need the perfect moment to do that, and right now, she was a little bit tied up.

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Fingernails continued to dig into the rock, so hard now that one of the nails was bleeding slightly. Her fingers seemed to be turning green and there seemed to be growth from underneath the rock, as well as from her hands. Unfortunately, there weren't many plants up here for her to really see what she was doing.

Teeth were clenched and eyes were closed. Catherine was scared and took a step back, not knowing what was wrong. "Alex...?" she questioned softly. There was no answer given, though.

((OoC: Gonna be kind of short since I gotta go. =/ Sorry. ))

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Adelina growled. So she was completely circled by blood now... how pleasant. Sighing, the widow thought harder, keeping an eye on the blood. Making the half circle probably hadn't been one of her brightest ideas, but she was a smart girl. She could get out of it.

She looked at the spikes, shooting a stream of ice at each of them to try and block. It would probably keep the spikes busy or at least slow them down. She was hoping it would make them colder, too, just like the other blood she had turned into slush. But she wasn't entirely sure of that.

Whether or not they could be blocked, she had to figure a way out of here. If it came to it, she would probably just end up digging underground and come up the other side.

So... much... slush... Adelina thought to herself with a slight eye twitch. When his hand came forward, she knew she had to get out of there. There wasn't enough room in there for all that was going on. Quickly getting on her hands and knees, the woman started digging into the dirt.

She climbed through the little hole-tunnel and quickly came out the other side of the dome, far enough away to give her another few moments. It was good to be out of there!

Eyes went back to Jira and Adelina aimed another few of her own spikes right at him.

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Meanwhile, Alexiel was still rather infuriated and envious. That girl... she had gotten out of it! She doubted the female would beat Jira, but if that happened... what would he do?

Surely not notice her. Alexiel was certain about that. After all, why would he bother with someone as underpowered as herself? Sure, he had saved her life a few times, but what did it matter? She wasn't going to get his attention after this.

And so, the vines merely continued to grow around the rock, though they didn't venture any further. Catherine was still too afraid and worried to do anything, but if it came to it, she would probably try to get Jira to not worry about the fight and worry about the fifteen-year-old.

Alexiel sighed. She couldn't bear to watch this anymore. Standing up, the fifteen-year-old walked off, her fingers bleeding. She was slumped over, with her now enraged crimson eyes looking at the ground. She still wasn't replying to Catherine, though.

After everything... EVERYTHING... and he doesn't pay more attention, doesn't notice... this is the only way....

Getting that other girl out of the picture and becoming stronger was the only way. Then maybe Jira would realize that she could kill too, that she was strong. Maybe then he would appreciate her.

Catherine watched as Alexiel walked off, and quickly got up, following her. She didn't want her to get into any sort of trouble — that wouldn't be good at all.

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As the spikes came out of the ground, Adelina decided it was time to do what she had planned in the first place. She stomped her foot on the ground and a trail of ice formed, which went up, down, and pretty much spiralled around the whole place.

She stepped on it and started sliding. She summoned her sword as she did so, but she couldn't really do anything until she got closer to Jira.

But it would only be for a few moments. She wasn't so much of an idiot to stay close for a long time.

She stumbled slightly as the bullet landed right on the path in the ice behind her. It had grazed her side, so now that was bleeding too, but at least it wasn't inside of her like the other one was.

The ice brought her closer to where Jira — or well, his blood puppet — was. She didn't know that it was him; there was no way she could have. Once there, Adelina swung her sword, aiming for the chest. She made sure that the ice swirled around the area in case she needed to back off or get away quickly.

This really was actually quite fun.