:: frozen in time (previously), Desire bites Nathan's shoulder and he unfreezes, screaming in agony with a sword beside him belong to Riana. pushing free of Desires grasp with flaming hands, nathan is suddenly frozen in ice by Riana, and staring her straight in the face he growls to himself. incidentally, the ice had numbed the pain of the wound his shoulder, whilst also causing it to be clotted much quicker. knowing he doesn't have long, nathan begins to focus, not knowing anything about the thickness ::
if i don't get out now, i'm dead...
:: concentrating with all his strength, nathan shoots out an aura of flame - enhanced by the castle's unique enchantment. the flame merely warms nathan a little, and doesn't even cause a single droplet of water to fall off the ice around him. paniced, a rather unusual idea suddenly came to him. he knew it was a long shot, but he was desperate ::
please let this work....please let this work
:: once again, nathan begins to focus - only this time his entire heart, soul and energy went into his concentration. pouring every ounce of concentration and energy he had into a single power, nathan began to shudder slightly as the ice rocks rapidly back and forth. soon, the ice very slowly begins to lift into the air with nathan inside it. Nathan was levitating and taking the ice along with him. with slowly increasing speed, he was 2 feet in the air, then 3 feet, then 5 feet, until he ended up about 10 feet in the air, struggling to sustain his power. even inside the numbing ice block, nathan was sweating intensely from the strain of what he was doing, but he refused to give up ::
i may die, but at least i will die knowing i tried everything i had to get free
:: still strained, nathan begins to very slowly move backwards in the air, still upright and moving gradually away from Riana and Desire. then suddenly another idea strikes him, and his concentration is broken, causing him to plummet downwards, only managing to stop himself horizontally less than a centimetre from the floor, before allowing himself to drop. he had to move quickly, and his mind had started to become blurred from the poison that was beginning to take effect. the ring on his finger began to glow, and soon a pointed rock began to hover in the air - brought to life by nathan's animation ring. the rock zoomed over to david, and began to chizel out chunks of ice in front of nathan's face, not hitting it head on, but sideways so he didn't shatter ::
i can't stand much more of this, i have to get out
:: knowing that time was getting more and more precious, he focused the same flames from before, only just around his face. the ice that was now a lot thinner in front of his face had begun to water, and soon after it formed a small hole which was beginning to grow. Nathan knew it wasn't over, but he had the makings of an escape ::