[Realm: Álfheimr]
[Location: Heart Kingdom]
[Pulchritudo]
[Banquet]
"Oof."
The sound escaped Gretel almost involuntarily as her body was suddenly thrown backward. There had barely been enough time for her to understand that she had been struck before her back and shoulder slammed into a banquet table.
The heavy wooden table buckled beneath her weight before splitting apart with a sharp crack. Its legs kicked outward, the tabletop snapping down the middle as plates, cutlery and the remains of the banquet were launched into the air. Loaves of bread tumbled end over end. Roasted meat slid from platters and scattered across the floor. Bowls overturned, spilling sauces and crumbs across the already chaotic room.
Gretel disappeared beneath the collapsing remains for only a moment before she moved.
