Board Thread:Role Plays/@comment-25389303-20160708180726/@comment-5999656-20160710031452

Zanipher was admittedly a pretty cocky person - even when it was a dumb thing to do, she couldn't help but defend her pride again and again. And it was true that she had enough power and titles and whatnot to warrant an inflated opinion of herself. But... they were deep in enemy territory. Things were serious now. She consoled herself, telling herself that what she was about to do was the only way out. Besides, if the fight was brought to urban Vale, things would likely be very different.

As Smiler thrust downwards, he suddenly found himself suspended in position. Still moving, but it was like trying to run through water. Without saying a word, Zanipher pulled out her handgun and fired six times point blank at Smiler's torso. The bullets, too, moved slow motion in the air. When she finally spoke, her voice had taken on a deadly and low tone.

"I didn't come here to exchange barbs, you know." She stepped out of Smiler's reach.

A second later and Zanipher had released her semblance. The thrust cut into empty air and the bullets resumed their high-speed trajectory. But by then she and her men had already taken off running. A series of hand signals communicated their next objectives. Radio the vehicles to meet them halfway and take them straight back to the city. And call in the attack drones for an air strike diversion.

It would take about five minutes for the military-grade aircraft to arrive, and probably longer for their ride to meet them. But there were a few things she had to analyze.

Smiler had immediately questioned her threat of being affiliated with the Nine Dragons, but then gone on to accuse her of being a Head when she's suggested otherwise. Furthermore, it seemed the stolid Hector was possibly feeding information to whom Smiler was working for. A concerning development indeed.

But it could go two ways. If Hector was spying on the Dragons for these guys, then he would know enough about them to provide a solid lead for further investigations. If one thing was clear, it was that war seemed inevitable. Would her fellow Heads eschew an offer of coexistence and progress immediately to the search and destroy phase? And after she was done questioning him, all ties with Hector had to be cut. He was being rather unusually useless on this journey so far.