Bab 276: Mage Trials: Through The Pain

Skye's leg made it impossible to use her Tank trait for running the fair distance. She'd specifically been told not to use her Shaman trait to counteract the sensory suit. The thought irritated her almost as much as the numbing did.

 She tried to protest the restriction, but was told that if they lifted hers, then the Tamers would want to use all their animals, and so on.. 

 As Skye ran down the final stretch, two of the three competitors that were in the bug holes had climbed out. She ran passed them first, but the second was ahead of her already.

 Ronnie was slowing him down by having falcons dive-bomb him, which gave Skye the couple of seconds that she needed to build up a bit of Earth magic. As he focused on defending himself from the birds, he didn't notice the pitfall directly in his path.