(ooc: I checked back... I think Asaki is still outside, and is alone, too. If I'm wrong, please tell me. And I hope you don't mind what I god-moded... if you need me to change it, feel free to tell me to do so. Also, when this post finishes, the storm hasn't yet stopped. Oh, and Asaki, I sent you an e-mail.)

Soul Reaver leans on his balcony, allowing his thoughts to flow for a while. However, he is thrown out of his reverie by a sudden peal of thunder, almost instantly followed by a chilling cold wind.

He instantly stands back up straight, holding his gauntlet in front of his eyes in an attempt to shield them from the small twigs and debris being hurled at him. The ground beneath him trembles. Behind him, a small rock picked up by the storm cracks the glass of his balcony window.

Squinting into the storm, he sees something...

"Asaki! She's still out there!"

In the distance, Asaki is standing near a large tree. The sudden storm seems to have caught her off-guard, and being outside, she is fully at the mercy of the elements.

Unable to teleport due to the amount of flying debris, Soul Reaver instead resorts to a more crude measure.

Vaulting over the iron railing, Soul Reaver leaps down the side of the Palace. As he falls, he reaches for the wall with his right hand, the gauntlet screeching as it claws at the wall to slow Soul Reaver's descent.

In moments, Soul Reaver is on the ground before the palace. The furious winds throw stinging dust at his face. He struggles forward against the wind, the quaking ground almost throwing him down several times. A glowing magical barrier manages to keep the small missiles hurled at him at bay, but the going in the chilling storm is exhausting. Lightning lashes the ground nearby, blasting charred chunks of earth into the air.

Soul Reaver looks up to see Asaki a few metres away from him, arm over her face to protect her from the debris, trying to maintain her footing as she makes for the palace. Her clothes appear dripping wet, and the chilling wind makes her shiver with cold.

Soul Reaver plants his feet solidly on the ground and draws Blooddrinker. With both hands, he reverses the blade, and stabs it deeply into the ground. He keeps a hold of the handle firmly with one hand to steady himself as the wind threatens to throw throw him down. His cape whips madly behind him in the storm.

He reaches towards Asaki with his free hand. He shouts over the wind, hoping she will hear him.

"Asaki!! Take my hand!!!"

She looks up for a moment in surprise... and behind her, a massive burst of lightning streaks down from the sky, blasting the tree behind her from the ground.

Asaki whirls around in surprise as the jagged remains of the tree are picked up by the wind and thrown towards her. Shock flits across Soul Reaver's face in the split second before the tree is about to strike her...

"ASAKI!!!"

(ooc: Hehe... I'll let you decide if Asaki can get out of the way in time or not... but the remains of that tree are pretty damn close to you, and moving fast!)