09-08-2018, 04:09 PM
[align=center][div style="width: 500px; padding: 10px; height: auto; overflow: auto;"][div style="width: 400px; padding: 0px; line-height: 14px; text-align: justify; font-family: arial;"]ears perking in alert at lydia's voice, the snow leopard turned to where she stood in the hallway, watching as the flames edged ever closer. through the roar of the fire he could just barely make out jiyu's voice, and somewhere further down the hall he spotted sephiroth running to help stockholm. blue eyes returned to lydia as he bounded toward her and dipped closer to the ground. "get on my back," he instructed. "i'll get you down. hold on tight."
assuming she had climbed on, prestige then stood. he stared down the blaze devouring the walls ahead of him, and for a moment, he felt almost paralyzed by fear. he did not want to die again. he lashed his tail once, twice, and gathered his courage. bunching his muscles in a crouch, he broke into a sprint with a strong thrust of his hind legs, and leaped through the flames. once through he headed for the railing of the stairs, perched himself on top for just a moment, before he sprung onto the couch jiyu had pushed over, landing a bit shakily on the cushions before he bent again to let lydia down.
"i want everyone at the edge of the territory, out of the fire's way, as quick as possible. anyone with water elementals, keep the flames at bay until everyone is out." the mansion, at this point... it was beyond saving, no matter how much he hated to say. they couldn't come back from this. prestige clenched his jaw briefly before turning back to the second floor with a frown. "i'm going back up to check for anyone that may be stuck. if i'm not back by sunrise, then you leave without me, alright? no exceptions." he looked to jiyu as he said this, his gaze stern but trusting. she would keep her word, he knew she would. with a quick nod the snow leopard turned and stood on the back of the couch, leaping with all his strength to the second floor, and heaved himself over the railing once more to search for more survivors.
assuming she had climbed on, prestige then stood. he stared down the blaze devouring the walls ahead of him, and for a moment, he felt almost paralyzed by fear. he did not want to die again. he lashed his tail once, twice, and gathered his courage. bunching his muscles in a crouch, he broke into a sprint with a strong thrust of his hind legs, and leaped through the flames. once through he headed for the railing of the stairs, perched himself on top for just a moment, before he sprung onto the couch jiyu had pushed over, landing a bit shakily on the cushions before he bent again to let lydia down.
"i want everyone at the edge of the territory, out of the fire's way, as quick as possible. anyone with water elementals, keep the flames at bay until everyone is out." the mansion, at this point... it was beyond saving, no matter how much he hated to say. they couldn't come back from this. prestige clenched his jaw briefly before turning back to the second floor with a frown. "i'm going back up to check for anyone that may be stuck. if i'm not back by sunrise, then you leave without me, alright? no exceptions." he looked to jiyu as he said this, his gaze stern but trusting. she would keep her word, he knew she would. with a quick nod the snow leopard turned and stood on the back of the couch, leaping with all his strength to the second floor, and heaved himself over the railing once more to search for more survivors.
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