Hinata spun, lowering underneath the swinging axe as she moved. Tap tap
Continue the spin, moving out along the path open before her. One hand to slap underneath the troll's arm and deflect his sword. Tap tap
Another step, rotating around the attack of another orc. Tap tap
Spin around the blood elf's attack, springing up slightly to avoid the chop at her legs. Tap tap.
Swing up, using her momentum to flip over the ogre so that his body would intercept the crossbow bolt that had been fired at her back. Tap tap
Rolling leap to the top of the boxes, then down the other side. Spring forward to this other blood elf. Tap tap.
Time resumed its normal flow.
"What was that supposed to -" began the blood elf.
Hinata made a handseal. Explosive tags went off behind her.
"Wha-?" asked the blood elf.
"You are in range of my divination," Hinata informed her. "Touch of Death."
KA-CHUNK!
[Hinata Hyuga - 39 Brewmaster Monk - Barrens]
[Sakura Haruno - 25 Arcane Mage - Stormwind]
Sasuke scowled at the board.
"You'd think, from that expression, that the display had done something personal to you," said the night elf Tajra from where she was sitting on the mission desk.
"Not the display, no," said Sasuke.
"Do you terribly mind getting OFF the desk?" growled the worgen woman who was at least nominally in charge of missions.
"Don't you have another garrison you could be at?" responded Tajra.
"Sadly, no," said the worgen.
"She be on a rotation," said Thoram as he entered the command center. "Why do they call this a 'town hall' when there be no bluidy town?"
Tajra shrugged.
"Be that as it may, General," said the worgen. "There's been a complaint. Apparently one of your followers has gotten ahold of an airship and has been 'buzzing' various fortifications and adventurers."
Sasuke frowned and looked to the others. They nodded almost as one.
"Naruto."
"Pilot to bombadier. Pilot to bombadier. Target in sight."
"Bombadier to pilot. Bombadier to pilot. Ready to release payload."
"Release payload!"
"Returning to base!"
"Mission: dump explosive notes on the Iron Horde porta-potties complete!"
BOOM!
"Evasive Manuevers!"
"We gots to get ourselves some of those tanks."
"Hmmmmm," hmmmed four Naruto, a goblin engineer, and two partly drunk dwarves.
"Tha' sounds like our next mission!" declared one of the dwarves.
"What a bunch of junk!" said Thordra, pointing at the airship.
"Hey, it'll do the Kaysee's Run in less than twenty parsnips!" protested Naruto.
"That makes absolutely no sense, you know," pointed out Thordra. "And look at this thing!"
"Hey, don't diss me airship!" shot back Naruto.
"YE BE MAKIN' FUN O' ME ACCENT, YE SKAELING?!" replied Thordra, drawing a mace.
"Uh oh," said Thoram, walking out of the Town Hall, assessing the situation, and turning around and going back in.
[Hinata Hyuga has secondary specialization: Windwalker]
[Hinata Hyuga - 45 Windwalker Monk - White Tiger Temple]
Sasuke glanced at the board then stopped and looked more carefully at it.
"Don't go out there," said Thoram as he walked past the warlock.
"How is she doing that?" asked Sasuke.
"How is who doing what?" asked Thoram.
"I've gone on three missions," said Sasuke. "In that time, Hinata has gone from level thirty-nine to level forty-five."
"Ah, I asked her about that," said a panther on the floor before she shifted back into a night elf.
Sasuke considered the druid briefly.
"She does that because she says its easier to catch naps like that," said Thoram, apparently anticipating the question.
"Hinata says she wants to walk next to him," said Tajra. One ear twitched. "Sounds like your sister is venting on someone besides you for once, lover."
"Lad has my sympathies," said Thoram. "And cut it down on the public displays. It makes some people really damn uncomfortable."
Standing up, the druid made a pose of mock-shock. "Me? Acting inappropriately?"
Sasuke tuned them out as he considered that little tidbit of information.
[Sakura Haruno - 26 Arcane Mage - Stormwind]
"What the hell is she doing?" asked Sasuke softly.
She had to wait for a book to be available, apparently it had to come all the way from Darnassus by courier. Fortunately, she'd found something to do in the meantime.
"Siamese Cat! Use Claw!"
The rat squeaked as the attack slashed into it.
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