Alice, seeing how close Shovoroth was, turned to face him in his approach with Emaria in hot pursuit. So she never even saw the fire coming until Shovoroth told her. [i]"Look out!"[/i] He said in her head. She turned back to face Grixis, but saw how close the fire was. She had no chance of dodging such a wide fire. She attempted to put up her guard, but it was much too late, the fire burnt around her feet for an instance, catching alight the edges of her cloa- [b][i]"Never!"[/i][/b] Something shouted around the Valley in an ancient hive language only Alice could understand. To others, it sounded like [b][i]"Tooval!"[/i][/b]. Something drained around her, shadows swept along the ground, racing the fire. The shadows smothered the flames, leading themselves back along the glass ridden sand, back towards Grixis. The shadows around her feet began to dissipate into the air, and just like before, the tendrils swam through the air towards the cut on Alice's back, seeping in at an even greater speed. Eventually, Alice stood there completely fine. Meanwhile Grixis was getting surrounded by massive a waves of shadows, darting out like snakes and stabbing him wherever they could. Every time he moved, they followed, never giving him a break. Then they all retreated straight back to Alice, seeming to almost caress her as they travel along her to seep into the open wound. There's was too much here for everyone with eyes not too notice. Meanwhile... The creature of shadows stands on the cliff top, watching Grixis. [b][i]"What do you think of that little display, Grixis?"[/i][/b] It whispers, before disappearing into shadows.