Darkness and mist may conceal the small party from prying eyes. But there are those who use senses other than sight to find their quarry; and the darkness and the mist hide them as well.
Shadow moves through shadow, soundless. There; no, there.
No. There.
Above the raised double swords of the statue vaults a lithe figure shrouded in black, drawing two swords of its own in mid-leap and landing in a crouch precisely between the two flag bearers.
There is a long, shocked beat of utter stillness, a frozen tableau. The first movement to break it is that of the right-hand flag bearer, raising one hand slowly -- almost dreamily -- to his throat.
Black blood spills out from between his fingers, and both bearers crumple to the ground in smooth unison.
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Date: 2009-01-25 05:33 am (UTC)Shadow moves through shadow, soundless. There; no, there.
No. There.
Above the raised double swords of the statue vaults a lithe figure shrouded in black, drawing two swords of its own in mid-leap and landing in a crouch precisely between the two flag bearers.
There is a long, shocked beat of utter stillness, a frozen tableau. The first movement to break it is that of the right-hand flag bearer, raising one hand slowly -- almost dreamily -- to his throat.
Black blood spills out from between his fingers, and both bearers crumple to the ground in smooth unison.