[Off they go, then. There's a stretch of flat ground before the forest, which is really not the best thing to be facing down in a storm like this. Still, with the castle and the trees, surely lightning will hit one of them and not the two people making a mad dash for the cover of the forest.
Were this truly a natural storm, perhaps that would be the case. Unfortunately, as he considered earlier, this storm isn't natural in the slightest.
Alaric doesn't see it coming, and isn't even aware of what Blanche is doing until suddenly she's shoving him. He's knocked roughly off-balance and out of the way of the lightning strike, and by the time he catches himself and whips around to see what the hell is going on, everything is white with the lightning strike.]
Blanche!
[The light fades quickly, and Alaric doesn't hesitate. He rushes to the queen's side immediately, and without a word he picks her back up. His grip on her is tight enough to bruise, but that's mostly because he's picking up the pace and sprinting toward the cover of the forest. Even if he had time to speak, he's not sure he could manage words right now - the only thought he has is don't you dare die on me now which is probably not what she wants to hear anyway.]
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Were this truly a natural storm, perhaps that would be the case. Unfortunately, as he considered earlier, this storm isn't natural in the slightest.
Alaric doesn't see it coming, and isn't even aware of what Blanche is doing until suddenly she's shoving him. He's knocked roughly off-balance and out of the way of the lightning strike, and by the time he catches himself and whips around to see what the hell is going on, everything is white with the lightning strike.]
Blanche!
[The light fades quickly, and Alaric doesn't hesitate. He rushes to the queen's side immediately, and without a word he picks her back up. His grip on her is tight enough to bruise, but that's mostly because he's picking up the pace and sprinting toward the cover of the forest. Even if he had time to speak, he's not sure he could manage words right now - the only thought he has is don't you dare die on me now which is probably not what she wants to hear anyway.]