[ He's no stranger to being hit with magic, what with the Empire favoring the heavy use of mages, but then he'd had the benefit of armor. Even if his armor wasn't nearly as heavy as what others wore, it'd still helped more than Claude had realized until right this moment.
Another spell hits him and this time his Crest is no help at all. Now it's sheer willpower keeping him going because the only thing he can think of is that if one of them is going to escape here: it has to be Sylvain. Speaking of the man in question, Claude dodges a stave aimed his direction as it clips his jaw rather than making a solid connection with his head. ]
Gautier. Stop fucking around with the mask and stab them.
[ It's less a request or a friendly suggestion than an order. As curious as Claude is about whoever these beings are, now is not the time. If they make it out, there'll be others in Cadens they can ask and raise the alarm about what's happened to them no one else ends up in the same fate.
He'll follow his own advice by taking another swipe with his knife at the figure closest to Sylvain, this time connecting with robes but nothing else beneath the blade. ]
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Another spell hits him and this time his Crest is no help at all. Now it's sheer willpower keeping him going because the only thing he can think of is that if one of them is going to escape here: it has to be Sylvain. Speaking of the man in question, Claude dodges a stave aimed his direction as it clips his jaw rather than making a solid connection with his head. ]
Gautier. Stop fucking around with the mask and stab them.
[ It's less a request or a friendly suggestion than an order. As curious as Claude is about whoever these beings are, now is not the time. If they make it out, there'll be others in Cadens they can ask and raise the alarm about what's happened to them no one else ends up in the same fate.
He'll follow his own advice by taking another swipe with his knife at the figure closest to Sylvain, this time connecting with robes but nothing else beneath the blade. ]