by Guest 9th February 2014, 4:42 am
Kara immediately rushed forwards, passing the two men with their sacks and towards the burning building. Do what I must?! I can't fight a fire! she thought to herself, yet kept running forwards all the same. Before long she had reached the building which was absolutely roaring with flames. Only two windows had yet to be engulfed in flames, and those appeared to be downstairs. This wasn't good, as the top floor would soon give way, trapping anybody who might have been downstairs. Kara put her hands down to her side as she ran. "Amethyst Make: Soaring Spear!" she yelled, before launching her thin shard of amethyst at one of the windows. It struck the top corner and caused the glass to simply shatter and fall harmlessly downwards. Meanwhile she was already busy preparing her next spell.
"Amethyst Make: Twin Sabres!" she burst through the other window using her sabres as protection, before looking around and taking in her new surroundings. The room she'd jumped into seemed empty, but she could hear some dull thudding from the room next door. She moved towards it, only to find the door was locked. She had a few choices now. She could attempt to break the door down or cut it apart, but that would result in hurting whoever was on the opposite side if they weren't able to move away. She took a look at the door hinges quickly and nodded. That was the safest route. She gripped her sabres tight and took a swing at the first hinge, slicing it off with relevant ease. The second one however took a little longer. The first attempt simply scratched the hinge. the second attempt left a gouge a few millimeters thick, but still didn't break through as the blade shattered from the impact. The Amethyst mage growled and gripped her last blade tightly before bringing it down with full force on the hinge. Both the hinge and the blade broke on impact, and the door started to come down in Kara's direction. She sidestepped and allowed it to hit the ground with no harm done.
Dust and smoke billowed out from the room, and it took Kara a moment to be able to see clearly. When she finally could, she was able to see a figure curled up by the wall just beside the doorway. It looked to be a young boy, about the age of Jornaal back at the guild, or perhaps a little younger. He seemed to be somewhat conscious as he looked up at Kara, but was seemingly unable to move on his own. Either he'd been injured or the smoke had left him disorientated. Either way, Kara had to help him out quickly. The floor above them wouldn't last too long, and she could already feel the heat beginning to seep through the floorboards. "Come on, let's get out of here." she spoke softly, despite the ever-growing concern of the floor above. Using the wall behind him, she supported the boy to his feet and the pair began to walk over to the window. Just as they reached it, a part of the floor above the room Kara had entered collapsed, sending embers into the room they were in. "What's your name?" she asked the boy, trying to take his mind off of the situation they were in. "J-Jacob..." he stuttered in reply.
"Hi Jacob, I'm Kara. We're gonna get out of this alright? You just have to try your best and work with me." The boy nodded. "Right, I want you to take a firm grip of my hands, then try and climb out. If you get stuck, don't worry. I'm right here and will help you." Her voice remained completely calm, something she'd not expected. Was this what Zuo Cii was talking about? She shook the thought from her head for now, and focused on helping Jacob out of the building. As the clear air rushed to meet him, he seemed to become more aware of his surroundings and able to move. Within a few seconds he was halfway over the windowledge and beginning to descend. Then Kara heard it. A creak from above. In a split second reaction she turned around and put her hands in front of her. "Amethyst Make: Jagged Wall!" she yelled out. The wall appeared before her just as the floor above gave in and fell. The flames licked the wall, but were unable to travel beyond it for the time being. The wall wouldn't last long though, so Kara had to move fast. She looked back at Jacob who'd been oblivious to what had just happened, and was now running - or rather, staggering - away from the building and the smoke and heat being produced from it.
Kara wasn't going to wait around and watch him. She jumped up to the window ledge and then jumped out of the window without looking back. She was about to start moving away when she felt her wall disperse and immediately ducked. The flames rushed out of the window to meet the cool air, before recoiling back into the building once more. Kara sighed with relief and crawled a few meters away from the window before she got back to her feet and walked towards Jacob and Zuo Cii. "Now I'm dreading the exam..." she mumbled under her breath, able to joke to herself now that she was out of the inferno. She stopped and sat down on a grassy patch, looking up at the building as water mages, merchants and townspeople began to battle the fire. There was nothing more she could do to help now unless she found a bucket, but by the time she'd gotten the water and returned the fire would most likely have been out.