((162...I like that
Okay, I'm writing from another country so sorry if this is short >_>))
Laruna didn't have much time to think about what Iaran had said before the second quake hit. The sheer force of it threw her off her feet and she screamed, trying to decide whether she would run or hide or stay put. Something from the table under which she had fallen dropped onto her head and nearly knocked her out. Rubbing her throbbing temple, Laruna answered some strange, unlocked instinct from somewhere deep inside her mind and created a faint shield of light around her, wondering at the same time how she knew how to do it. Closing her eyes, she crouched in a ball and waited for the quake to stop.
After what seemed like hours, the noise and movement finally ceased. Laruna stood up and looked around for the others, hoping nobody had been hurt. A glance in a nearby mirror showed her that her head wasn't bleeding where the object had hit it, although a big blue-black bruise was starting to swell. Groaning, she tottered towards an empty room and only had enough time to take her shoes off before her eyes closed automatically and she collapsed, exhausted, onto the bed.
((Okay, maybe not so short...could we skip to the morning then? Actually, I may not have the chance to get on the net again any time soon, but yeah...))