(Writing sprint 2 start)

It must be one of their powers! As quickly as he could Simon began dusting any snow remaining off him. Unfortunately it wasn’t going to be that simple...

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	“I found him!” Yukiko exclaimed before rushing off down in what Sigurd and Makoto could assume the way to the enemy. Suddenly Yukiko slid to a halt and turned to them.“Makoto go right and flank, Sigurd go down that path and turn right twice.” At that she rushed off again. I should be able to buy them time. Yukiko thought as she struggled to clench her left hand. Fitting to the nature of her ability, as well the primary reason she despised it, she needed her left arm in order to activate and control it. A constant reminder for something she would never forget.

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	… As soon as Simon began to dust away the snow it suddenly sharpened and began stabbing into his exposed hands and neck. Fortunately the wounds were shallow and he could still get the snow away from him. He tried to rush down a path but stopped short of some more snow on the ground. At that moment Simon understood his situation and stayed put. About 20 seconds later Yukiko made way down the intersection. “You can’t mov-”
	“Yes I know. Ironic.” Simon replied. “So how are we going to proceed?”
	“Well firstly you can remove your traps so we can leave.” Yukiko replied, hatred in both her tone and eyes. “Then you can tell me about your leader.”
	“I will do the latter.”
	“NO YOU’ll-”
	“He seeks to remove you from the throne via a bloodless coup. You’ll be protected from any violent dissidents and live the rest of your days in relative comfort if you comply.”
	Yukiko was taken aback by Simon’s statement. “You aren’t in a position to talk like that.”
	“I am just as much as you are. I can assure you that no harm wil-”
	“Shut up or I’ll attack. Your lines will probably go away if you die I bet.”
	Simon sighed. “Figures. Well at least you didn’t run into any of the others. They’d probably default to murder. If we have no more to discuss then we can wait for your friends and then get this over with.”

	Yukiko considered attacking him there but his confidence was suspicious. He didn’t make any aggressive movements so she examined the area and waited for Sigurd and Makoto to cover the other paths.
	“Your last chance to-” Simon sighed.
	“Your last chance to- figures.” Yukiko muttered. She looked at Sigurd first then to Makoto, giving each a nod.
	“NOW!” Yukiko shouted as the snow surrounding Simon sharpened into long spikes that jetted to the magician, Sigurd’s scarf went into motion as a dark energy surrounded it and the scarf flung at Simon with Sigurd’s arm as both the anchor and control point, lastly Makoto with her sword moved in to strike a fatal blow while he was distracted by the other two attacks.

	“Blast shield!” Simon shouted as a ring on his finger glowed and as the scarf and spikes hit, they were repelled by a sudden orb of energy that