Sneakily - rightfully so or otherwise - Ryuko was unbeknown to the three in attendance, leaving Coventina in the current position of power within the scene: something she flaunted with casual abandon. It wasn't really a question if Karstaag or Skald would rise up to take the reins from her - though this didn't seem to stop them from making little jokes at her expense. A raise of a wicked eyebrow softened by the playful light that drums in the gold shade of her eyes, sparing one for the dwarf before dragging it back up and over her fox. Their comforts around each other would be useful on ventures like this. The Dragon Order was not going to be a failure. Success was everything to the Vampiress, after all.
And the boys would bring her it.
"Truly, old Kars," she mocks in a mirror of his same teasing tone, sprawling out a long, pale arm to turn it up in the midday light - falling through the boughs of the trees that surround them only to land on her porcelain branch - and admires the liquored red that sparkles at her fingertips.
"You wouldn't ask a pretty young woman to put herself in harms way, would you?" Her look fell from toying to withering, as if she'd stick her tongue out at him - if she wasn't the proper lady she was.
"Skald wouldn't," she purrs, sidling a little closer behind the kitsune with the backs of her knuckles running up the curve of his shoulder.
"Try to be more reliable like him, won't you?" She speaks over this back at Karstaag with one last wink, casting both a spell and palling shadow over their little group and attempting to reel it up into her hand like a fishing net. It would be abject denial to say she didn't somewhat enjoy this company - and a denial is what she would give if asked, turning away to pace closer to the entrance of their cavern. Her every step was a sashay. The every click of her heels on the floor a herald of her arrival, unbothered and unconcerned, with each step either dodging or premeditating the gravel out of the way. Presentation was everything.
This is why she lingered at the dungeon's yawn, leaning towards its stone without daring to have it touch her.
"Speaking of ... shall we? I do hope you don't expect me to guide myself. Won't one of our handsome attendants take the lead in this dance?" She sings back to them, her tone somewhere between irony and absolute expectation - of absolute obedience. They could fight it - it's not like she wouldn't deserve that - but there's nothing they could say that would crack that thin, phantasmagorical smile pulling at such bright red lips. Seeming to have enough of her teasing, her fun at their expense already expended, she began to move inside regardless.
As she strode, her hand would crest her chest and trac in a single finger between her bosom - trailing a line of mana that split into various seals and spilled shadows in a picturesque gown that covers her shape in tight-fitting darkness. Without close inspection, it resembled a black evening dress. Anything more assiduous would reveal how the magic coating shifts and wavers with its inky mana foundation.
The problem came thus: the creatures inside were attracted to mana, especially the more extravagant, and Coventina only held back hers in an appropriate manner of avoiding any effort - and she spared herself no expense. Buzzing would round the corner of various tree-like, green crystal stalactites and head fast to their location, and their fight through the dungeon would begin.
- Round-Up:
Coventina casts
The Godmother to coat herself in a 1xC-Rank defensive spell.
HP: 1xS/1xS
Mana: 932.5/950
Head: Huntsman Cap | 1xB HP
Body: Soft Leather Armor | 1xA HP
Weapon: Dominatrix's Whip | 2xS HP / 1xA Damage
[ Same as our good boy dungeon, roll at the end of your post to see what happens, new bird every time my turn rolls back around. You react to anything that happens before your turn. Ryuko gets to decide if something interacts with or affects her, and can join at any time in any post. She only has to roll if she assists in the fight in her post, but is unknown to the Void Birds unless she physically inserts herself.
3x Birds to start again:
1xA-Rank Durability and 61 speed each, and their
attacks all do a flat C-Rank damage - physical if it's a Peck, Arcane if it's a Gust or Scream. You can parry with your weapon if you get pecked, and you can choose what part of your body the attack hits if you don't dodge! Feel free to lunge an attack per round or more if you can, however flows best for you!
The birds ...
1-10: Attack everyone in the fight with a Gust!
11-20: Attack Coventina with a Peck and everyone else with a Gust!
21-30: Attack Skald with a Peck and everyone else with a Gust!
31-40: Attack Karstaag with a Peck and everyone else with a Gust!
41-50: Attack Coventina with 2x Gusts and Skald with a Peck!
51-60: Attack Skald with 2x Gusts and Karstaag with a Peck!
61-70: Attack Karstaag with 2x Gusts and Coventina with a Peck!
71-75: Attack Coventina with a Scream and Blind everyone else!
76-80: Attack Skald with a Scream and Blind everyone else!
81-85: Attack Karstaag with a Scream and Blind everyone else!
86-90: Coventina gets Bound (C-Rank), Skald gets Blinded, Karstaag gets Deafened!
91-95: Skald gets Bound (C-Rank), Karstaag gets Blinded, Coventina gets Deafened!
96-99: Karstaag gets Bound (C-Rank), Coventina gets Blinded, Skald gets Deafened!
100: Another Bird spawns immediately, attacking everyone with a Scream and Deafening them! ]