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Rygear expression darkens instantly. The air around him starts to churn like boiling water. He whips out his staff and walks to the door.
"First thing's first, they won't be able to get past the wards. Second..."
Blue fire erupts around him, clothing him, the sparks dance in the air around him and he steps out.
"You'd best keep your head down. It's going to get loud."
Rygear disappears in a brief flash of light.

The air around the tower starts to cloud up, creating a dense fog in moments, muffling sounds and reducing visibility to near nothing. Dark can manage maybe 10 feet, but Rygear's charged eyes pierce through with unnerving clarity. From within, Rygear grips his staff, mutters a short litany, and unleashes a furious bolt of lightning, striking one soldier in the chest and leaping to his comrades nearby, the energy dancing among them. A swath of the enemies topple to the ground.

A pair of red-glowing eyes floats over to Dark from within the fog. Rygear's voice can be heard, echoing as if it were from down a long tunnel.
"You going to stand there complaining about it, or are you going to come out and get some action."
A rumpled explosion can be heard through the fog and the earth trembles.
"There's only about half of them left."
The eyes start to float away slowly through the fog.

Rygear floats back into the tower and silently shuts the door.
"Well, that takes care of that."
He checks to make sure that Karin is still sleeping alright. He strokes her cheek absently, watching the gentle rise and fall of her breath.

((Well, at least you're not asleep, so Karin definitely won't be xp ))

The power that was cloaking Rygear finally fades away.
"Nothing to worry about anymore, Karin. Rest easy."
He looks over at the door.
"Dark had come bursting the door again. It's... getting rather annoying."
He looks back at her.
"Like I said. Nothing to worry about."

Rygear smiles, kneels down so that he is face to face with her, and reaches down to frame a side of her head with his hand.
"You're tired. You've been doing a lot. Rest. I will keep watch over you."
He strokes her cheek again with his thumb and then stands up straight again, walking around the room, gently blowing out candles so that only the fire was left burning cheerfully, yet quietly.