[Auto Exam] Maze of Madness (Olivia)

[chirigami]

It took only a mere second to get back into the flow of their fight, their very steady with no apparent change in sorts of damage battle that were between the two frilly creatures.

About the only thing different was the now equal standing and the few new cuts that graced Olivia's cheeks and the few rips into her dress.

[Olivia's HP: 28/40
Shadow HP: 28/50]  

[chirigami]

Olivia dared once again to try something different, a move outside of her usual set. It didn't work as much as she would have liked it as the shadow once again clipped her shoulder.

[Olivia's HP: 26/40
Shadow HP: 27/50]  

[chirigami]

Perhaps in hindsight the feeble attempt at change had opened up opportunity. As much as the other strike had barely managed to land, it left another solid opening for the small ghoul. Olivia spun on the ball of her foot, regaining her center to face her foe head on.

The flutter of her dress caught the shadow off guard ever so slightly, Olivia pushed forward with both hands as hard as she could to knock her copy more off her feet. The shadow flailed and stumbled into the hedges behind it and allowing a few leaves to spring into the air around it.

[Olivia's HP: 24/40
Shadow HP: 20/50]  

[chirigami]

With the shadow slightly cornered, Olivia advanced with another push with her hand. The density of the walls of the maze didn't shallow the shadow as much as she would have thought it would given the two properties that they both made up (a plant, a shadow).

[Olivia's HP: 22/40
Shadow HP: 17/50]  

[chirigami]

Idly she wondered if Andrew had participated in this maze, if he had just set everything on fire. It wasn't the best thought for an undead ghoul to have during a sparring match that was supposed to put her to the test of advancement but it happened. And didn't knock her too much out of thought and flow. (It in fact, might have given her a little extra umph).

Balling her fist back up again, Olivia swung her arm allowing her fist to connect with the shadow's swirling cheek.

[Olivia's HP: 20/40
Shadow HP: 12/50]  

[chirigami]

The shadow pushed back, trying to block more advances from the small wight and to finally pull itself from the hedge it had been trapped against. It wanted a clearing but only managed so far as Olivia continued her attacks.

[Olivia's HP: 18/40
Shadow HP: 10/50]  

[chirigami]

She could feel her own power draining, the beginning of fatigue she only felt so often but at the same moment even the ghoul could tell that the shadow was almost at its own limits. The form it took was beginning to falter, unable to hold the shape of her own self as well as it had when she first entered this part of the test.

It made Olivia very happy. Perhaps she was almost done!

[Olivia's HP: 16/40
Shadow HP: 4/50]  

[chirigami]

In fact, one more punch - just like so many others before it - was all it took for the shadow to finally dissipate between her fingers. It made no sound even as its mouth opened to howl, silently screaming as its form broke to pieces and vanished like smoke.

Owlisly, Olivia blinked at the spot then very cautiously looked around her even as her form remained as it was; with her arm out in the final blow pose. Was she done? She might have been done, nothing else was appearing in front of her aside from a very obvious exit further away from where her small battle had taken place. It would have been very easy to just rush for it but the small ghoul had to at first do a small victory jump, "yay!" This was for sure going to be a story she would have to tell her friends; crossing through a maze (one of many) and fighting a shadow ever so well.

Despite what it had taken out of her, there was still a giddiness in her run whilst she made for the gap in the wall. Making it through presented her with the hellhound under a tree, the same one as she had seen before. (She had to double check her memory however, yes, it was the same one).

"Congrats," he told her after shifting forms and presenting her with a parchment which she took gleefully in her darkened hands. A happy squeak escaped her lips as she clung onto it, she had done it! Yay! "That was fun ~ thank you."

[Olivia's HP: 14/40
Shadow HP: 0/50]