Speed/Inky Blur B3C10

I charged forward, shield held before me and sword chambered. It rushed towards Blake's head.

She blurred out of the way. That was the only way to describe it, and even then I barely understood. It wasn't like Ruby's speed, where she would simply be moving so fast I could barely track it. This was an actual blur, in which Blake's entire body seemed to turn to thick, black ink – and she swayed away from my sword and under my arm. After-images were left behind her, and far longer than they should have. It made tracking her all but impossible, and my eyes widened as she flickered out from beneath my arm, appearing behind me.

Her foot hit the middle of my back, and I fell forward, crashing to the ground. It could just as easily have been a knife, and in my throat. She wanted to drag the fight out, though for what reason, I had no idea.

That was a Skill. It had to be. She wasn't actually as fast as Ruby, and Ruby doesn't leave after-images. That means whatever Skill she used made them. She only kicked me though, so it was probably an evasive spell, maybe a movement one. The latter made sense and I staggered up to watch her warily. An Assassin probably needed some kind of Skill the distance, except that she could use it to create some, too. The after-images were maybe just to disorient people or make it hard to predict where she'd attack from.