Riding Into Action ~ by SaralynArati

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The plan goes perfectly. She reins in on the brow of a hill, in silhouette against the fitful crescent moon, dismounts, lays out the doorway against a nearby tree, and transfers Shooting Star through it, with Smoke Cat working the opposite end. Estel, although tempted to yell something fierce, knows that her voice would betray her, and stalks her prey like a cat. The man barely even defends himself; he is easily disarmed and robbed of his misbegotten funds. The "Sword of Justice" has struck.

10 years ago

SaralynArati

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Hoping Shooting Star's famous magical luck is in full force on this particular evening, Summer Wind mounts her dark bay and sets off to intercept a tax collector who has been lining his own pockets at the people's expense: a perfect Sword of Justice target. His sister knows that she is shorter, slighter, and lighter skinned than her brother, or Estel for that matter, but people on foot looking up at a rider rarely notice such things. She also has the portal rolled up, stowed behind her saddle.

10 years ago

SaralynArati

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And, of course, it also seems like a considerable while has gone by to Silver Fox, who is not allowed any visitors, but whose keen ears pick up scraps of conversations regarding himself and the situation in general from the hallways. He does not know what his loved ones are planning. However, he suspects that if they are not already up to something rash, that they soon will be. He has no means of preventing them short of confession, and even that might just force some more desperate action.

10 years ago