The littlest slayer yawned and rubbed her faerie green eyes. She nodded and smiled sleepily to Sage. Arcadia was reluctant even sit up at first, but she knew it was her turn at watch. She pushed herself up to sitting, taking a moment to let herself wake up.
She yawned and stretched her arms out wide. Turning her faerie green gaze to the dark sky above, she smiled to see all the glittering stars above. They were always one of her favorite things about going out on jobs away from town. The only part about jobs away from town or seeing new places was traveling by train or vehicle to get there. That was always something she and whatever she had for lunch that day could do without.
Arcadia scented the air of their camp to make sure nothing was nearby. Not hearing nor smelling anything amiss, she rose to her feet. Dusting off her dress, Little Arcadia pulled her iLac from its pocket to snap a picture of the starry sky. To make sure the fire didn't die out before morning, Arcadia went to the left over branches she had collected and brought one of the last armfuls fireside.
She would spend the next couple hours, while Sage slept, keeping watch and adding the occasional branch to the fire. Arcadia also wrapped the small area of the camp in invisiblity, masking Sage, herself, and the campfire from any intruder's sight. All was peaceful and quiet though, the hours passing by uneventfully. Right around daybreak, she was considering waling Sage to see about an early breakfast and start.
In the early morning twilight, she smelled trouble and heard it a second later. The arrival made her decision for her. Even if she had decided to let Sage sleep longer, Arcadia couldn't chance other critters sneaking up while she dealt with the familiar-scented red stag demons. She went to Sage's side, shaking his shoulder.
"I'm afraid we got company, and it's pretty much morning anyway."Remaining invisible, she crept off toward the scent of the stags. As she went, she lifted the invisibility to follow her, shifting the spell toward refraction. That displaced her image a few steps ahead of her actual location. She knew she was getting close, they were around here somewhere.
The first one fell for the bait of her displaced image, showing itself as it pounced on the illusion. Arcadia remembering how awful these things tasted, opted for Dragon Force over her dragon form this time. As a dragon her bite was one of main attacks. Her pale blonde hair bleached completely white and her faerie green eyes glowed crimson. A bone-chilling aura of frost flaring up around her as she willfully entered Dragon Force, with very subtle icy scales lining just under her skin.
- Little Arcadia in Dragon Force:
Arcadia unleashed a roar, a whirling torrent of freezing mist and razor ice shards that embedded in the red stag demon's shell and tore through its joints and eyes. She leaped immediately to deliver a reverse spin kick to the creature's face. It was not as powerful as strike by a dragon form claw, but more than strong enough to finish it off after the blast of her frosty breath.
Unfortunately for Arcadia, she could still smell another one around. It took advantage of its companion's demise to bum rush the little slayer, sped along by its wings. Arcadia was flipped off her feet and sent skidding a few feet across the ground. She conjured a protective skin of ice shaped like dragon scales cover her whole body. The little slayer had weathered the brute's lightning strike with maybe a few scraped and bruises. The armor of dragon scale like ice should buffer more of the brute's physical attacks should it be lucky enough to strike again.
By the time Arcadia was back on her feet and ready to the second stag down too, it was ready with its follow up, springing a sonic blast from its wings that left the little ice slayer stunned.
WC: 675
Arcadia WC: 3133/3500
Combined WC: 5341/7000
- Stats:
Health: 510/600
MP: 500/600
Spells Used:
Ice Dragon Roar, Ice Dragon Scales,
Ice Dragon Secret Art: Refraction3rd Gen Dragon Force
Status: Normal Monsters 1 Killed, 1 At Full Health