[Dream Plane]

Standing with his eyes closed, the advanced demon concentrates mid ritual in order to keep the nightmare scenarios at bay in the Dream Plane. If someone were to approach him, he would look almost as if he were sleeping. Orin grows more and more alert and aware of his pull on the nightmares that the students of the Magic School are now partaking in. Some have already been killed. Others will be finished off shortly, ending their grim fairy tale nightmares.

With his focus still on controlling and maintaining the events taking place in the twisted fairytale dreams, Orin can't help but notice something is different in his plan. London has disappeared off the radar. While before, it was easy to track her since he knew all of the students who were going to be affected. Focusing on her hopping from one part of the plane to the other exerted little to no effort, but where could she be now?

[Dream Plane]

Dani literally winks into existence, standing before the rather large Soma Demon that has dared to infiltrate her school and torture her students. She stands there, calm as ever, facing Orin with the slightest smile that gives away nothing. The Shaman professor is confident and shows no fear even in the face of such a monster.

"May I help you?" She addresses Orin as she would had he been one of her students that she has just caught trespassing in her office. Holding her ground, Dani simply waits for the demon's reaction to her appearance, though she already has an idea of how to deal with the problem, being a big fan of poetic justice.

[Dream Plane]

"May I help you?"

The sudden sound in the seemingly empty bell spire is almost enough to spook Orin and break his concentration. Almost. With a small grunt, he opens his eyes and looks at Danielle, a truly beautiful specimen indeed. He doesn’t know who she is, or just how powerful she is; in truth, they would be pretty well matched in a fight since they were both in the Dream Plane.

Who she is really doesn't matter to Orin. If she was foolish enough to try and make a connection with him in his realm, well, it would be her last mistake. The Soma Demon is confident in his abilities, to say the least, and he isn't about to let some random woman come up and ruin all the hard work that he has put into training London and setting her loose on the Magic School students.

“Help is for the weak.” Orin says, a small grin breaking out on his face. His concentration is still focused on the Dream Plane and maintaining the connection with all of the Magic School students, but he can’t just stand there and let Danielle try and distract him. By her age alone, it’s clear to tell that she’s more likely than not a professor at the school; why else would an adult her age be here at this hour?

Of course, Orin doesn’t want to be distracted at such a crucial moment in his plans. Using his power of manipulation, Danielle should soon find herself with lots of very large insects and spiders at her feet, clawing their way up her outfit towards her face. Thinking that this is more than enough of a warning for Danielle to get the hell out of his realm, he waits to see her next move.

[Dream Plane]

Danielle remains unphased by the insects that have appeared upon her form. Even as they ascend her body, the professor remains calm and unmoved. Rather than shrieking in fear as Orin may have expected, Dani gives the demon a steely gaze, her resolve unfaltering.

Drawing both arms up above her head, Dani focuses on manipulating the Dream Plane herself. The higher her arms reach, the more insects burst into flames - though the fire does not seem to touch Dani's skin.

Arms now raised high, palms up, the dreamwalker summons the fires into a fiery ball that she holds above her head. She smirks at Orin, unable to resist. Then, circling her arms around once in order to gain momentum, Dani hurls the fireball at the demon before her.

[Dream Plane]

Well, life is just full of surprises, isn’t it?

Expecting his wave of insects and arachnids to scare off Danielle, he is, least to say, shocked when they catch fire before his very eyes. (Well, well, well…Pretty girl has tricks…) He thinks to himself, watching what her next move is going to be. He watches the giant fireball growing speed and momentum in her arms, clearly hinting that it was about to be a burned Soma Demon in a second.

That is, if he wasn’t going to attack back, which of course the overconfident demon was going to. Bracing himself for the fireball to appear before him, he brings his own hands up almost like he was trying to shield himself. Using his manipulation power again, Orin turns the fireball into a wave of sand, merely brushing by him with only minor irritation.

But that’s not all that he has planned. Thrusting his hands forward, he sends the sand flying back at Danielle, twisting and contorting it into a huge sand tornado, much like something you would see in the desert. Hopefully, the send would clump in her throat, causing her to choke and lose concentration, thus allowing Orin to take her out more easily.

[Dream Plane]

Dani Talbot closes her eyes as the sand washes over her. She does nothing to prevent it from occurring. On the contrary. She gives herself over to it completely. The sands twist about her body tightly, nearly as a second skin of the roughest kind. She then molds it into a lightweight armor of chain mail. Things were about to get dirty and it was best to protect oneself from any perceived threats.

"You will have to do better than that." The dreamer's voice is eerily calm, and full of power. Concentrating, Dani manipulates the Dream Plane once more, closing off the open-aired spire. The two opponents are now trapped within the tiny area - for the time being.

Lifting her arms up, it almost appears as though she is about to dance with an invisible partner. That is, until the bow and fiery arrow appear in her grasp. Drawing the string tight, Dani aims and fires off the arrow with the flamed tip - which then immediately splits into a half dozen before closing half the distance between the professor and the demon.

[Dream Plane]

Orin eyes the newly created walls and wonders who this woman is. She possesses a skill beyond what he had originally predicted. It did not matter, however, because in the end, he would still be the one on top.

The Soma Demon lets out a laugh at the puny bow and arrow that Dani produces. Maybe he did not underestimate her after all. He is about to taunt the professor's choice of weapon when she unleashes the fiery projectile at him - and it promptly splits into six. Reacting quickly, Orin draws up his arm to shield himself, not prepared enough to produce any actual protection from the Dream Plane.

Two of the arrows hit their mark, lodging themselves into his arm. With a gruff snort, Orin removes them by ripping them back out and tossing them aside. His eyes glow a fierce red just as he bursts into a run, charging at Dani. He wraps his powerful arms about her and they smash through the stone wall and down to the quad below.