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The Phantom mistress stepped from the edge of the forest, her steps silent on the damp grass. She moved into the clearing, tossing her shiny hair back to observe the sky. It rumbled threateningly, the clouds lighting up momentarily with hidden lightning. Luckily, no rain fell from the heavy clouds yet, but she knew it was coming. All around her, she could feel the thickness of the energy; this spot had once been home to a brave tribe of fighters, their spirits hummed around her, taking her fingers with whisper-light strands of energy, leading her around the clearing. "Yes, darlings." she murmured gently. The fighters would be useful to her; she would take them into her body and absorb their combat skills.

Aware that her opponent hadn't yet arrived, Vivienne removed her weapon from her person, a long naginata with a glistening silver blade and carved ebony handle. She set it aside as her eyes swept the field, looking for the thunder apprentice's familiar figure. She found nothing, so fixed the thick velvet cloak that she wore for warmth, adjusting the silver clasp so that it would stay in place during combat. Beneath this she wore a black jumpsuit, the silver zipper unzipped to a more or less conservative length, with silver bracers on her wrists and light, flexible black ballet flats on her feet. She found boots clunky and thought that they made her slower and her kicks less accurate. Satisfied, she launched into some brief stretches and warmups.

After preparing herself, she sat down in the grass, slipping easily into a lotus position and closing her eyes to meditate. She'd sense her opponent when he came; the dense concentration of energy in the area was as clear in her mind as a mirror, and she saw every sway of every treebranch, every rustle of every bush, every flutter of every blade of grass through the silvery mesh of light. She centred herself in preparation for the battle as she waited.