Istredd has had an interesting time in Solvunn, and accomplished his main goal while there, so he was eager to return to Thorne. It was a strange experience but not a bad one overall, yet he missed his library and classes and the life he had with Lucifer. He was amiable on the way back and ready to go, waving at a few people he knew since they were all about to shift.
The change could be felt in the air. Istredd is very sensitive to magic so he can sense after the flash that it is there with them. "Wait ...." He gets pushed aside by a Thorne guard and then with a flash of gunfire, Istredd screams, getting hit in the shoulder by a sudden pain he has never felt before. The knife at least he could understand in the Pit, this is something else entirely.
He crashes to the ground, the pain making him white out for a moment as blood drips from the wound. Everything is chaos. Someone could help him to his feet and to start to move. Using one hand he creates a shield around himself and anyone else in his vicinity, the effort a little weaker than usual because of his distraction.
Eventually he does get up, with help or not, and shouts Lucifer and Yennefer's names into the chaos. In the chaos he can't feel them like he normally would and he searches, but then the earth trembles and Istredd turns, pale, to look at a Thorne guard he recognizes coming out of the shadows. "Run, you have to run!" He knows what the tremors are now, but he and anyone else nearby can watch as the man disintegrate before their very eyes.
He grabs someone nearby with his good hand. "The crater ... we have to go in it. It's our only chance." As the earth is going wrong between them and there's violence everywhere, Istredd pulls them toward it, feeling in his gut that's the right thing. If it brings them into the Horizon at least they'll be out of direct line of fire. And then everything goes dark and he is swept away in a whirlwind away.
The Exchange OTA
The change could be felt in the air. Istredd is very sensitive to magic so he can sense after the flash that it is there with them. "Wait ...." He gets pushed aside by a Thorne guard and then with a flash of gunfire, Istredd screams, getting hit in the shoulder by a sudden pain he has never felt before. The knife at least he could understand in the Pit, this is something else entirely.
He crashes to the ground, the pain making him white out for a moment as blood drips from the wound. Everything is chaos. Someone could help him to his feet and to start to move. Using one hand he creates a shield around himself and anyone else in his vicinity, the effort a little weaker than usual because of his distraction.
Eventually he does get up, with help or not, and shouts Lucifer and Yennefer's names into the chaos. In the chaos he can't feel them like he normally would and he searches, but then the earth trembles and Istredd turns, pale, to look at a Thorne guard he recognizes coming out of the shadows. "Run, you have to run!" He knows what the tremors are now, but he and anyone else nearby can watch as the man disintegrate before their very eyes.
He grabs someone nearby with his good hand. "The crater ... we have to go in it. It's our only chance." As the earth is going wrong between them and there's violence everywhere, Istredd pulls them toward it, feeling in his gut that's the right thing. If it brings them into the Horizon at least they'll be out of direct line of fire. And then everything goes dark and he is swept away in a whirlwind away.