Her hooves didn’t even bother the creature, a momentary fact that made the simple mare snarl softly. The slightly unhinged mare was prone to recklessness and the idea that the teryr had brushed her off so thoroughly without even bothering to snap at her made the mare furious. Shaking her head, she took a few steps back to size up the battle.
That was when her hooves caught ice. The surprised necrobotanist lifted her head and shot a glare at the aquatic creature beside the big brute with too many wings. The mare’s fury rang off of the rocks around them and made Faction snort. Typical… lovers got too heated in the midst of battle. The cold was painful, making Faction want to turn on the battlemage.
"Save your declarations of love for when you are not facing a creature that couldn’t care less that the brute is your mate. Perhaps that knowledge would be enough to encourage more brutal attacks sent his way even." She snorted, words snapping from her maw as she fought to get a grip on the ice that now coated the sands.
Sliding with each step, the necrobotanist moved to the side where the wing was still intact. The teryr made her nervous, the big beast easily harming those that were attacking it. Almost as if the teryr had the favor of the gods. That was when her eyes caught a bond that was on the edge of the ice field. Did she risk it? The mare moved to examine the remains from teryr meals, her eyes taking in the bodies around her. There were equine bones… too many to count the actual number of deaths. But mixed in were those of other creatures. Of predators that the beast had faced for its territory. Those were the ones that Faction focused on.
There were no plants nearby to use on the skeletons, but perhaps that was better. She could fuel two if there weren’t plants… Sorting though the remains. She pulled out the skeletons from 2 larger predators. The claws were still visible, teeth sharpened by the draw of sand and wind over the planes of bone. If they both animated, it would be enough to send them each toward hitting the monster at least once. It made her nervous, the chances of failure dancing along her mind.
A deep breath filled her lungs and she reached for her magic. Dipping her head, she let breath wash over the two skeletons. One twitched before going silent, a failure that made her swear softly under her breath. The other seemed to glow slightly. Claws clenched and the beast stood. It was nothing recognizable, pieces from different creatures all meshed into one beast. It was only a few feet tall, build fairly feline. The creature dipped its head as Faction gave it soft orders.
One attack. That was all that the creature would be good for. Time to make that attack count. A cry from her maw was the signal for her attack. She and the creature aimed for the remaining good wing, hoping to do enough damage to make it unusable as well. The creature leapt, long dead claws attempting to shred the wing. Faction aimed for the joint where the wing met the body, hoping to damage the joint and cause as much pain as she could for the creature.
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Notes: Faction used her magic to reanimate a skeleton, failing with one and succeeding with the other. After the attack, she will withdraw remaining magic from the success and let it rest. She personally attacked the wing joint, trying to do damage to incapacitate the remaining wing.
