[ Under normal circumstances, this is just the sort of bizarre and possibly life-threatening situation Allen would handle with grace and aplomb like he's used to dealing with it and stranger (he is). Try to de-escalate the situation and talk her down while offering her his coat; the usual sort of approach one might take with seemingly a murder gremlin, naturally. Under normal circumstances.
However, he is a paleblood and his patron is Dorothea. A combination that, with her growing sickness has spreading this month to her Sleepers as well and leaving them feeling her extreme fight or flight panic 24/7 and palebloods suffering paranoia and anxiety as well....
Well, that fight or flight kicks in hard the moment she draws that knife. He'd rounded a corner quickly and stumbled upon her, really, surprising him almost as much as he likely surprised her. He stares for a moment because Suddenly Naked Girl (in the city! not the beach!), his arms full of groceries and a bright gold birdlike creature following over his shoulder. She draws the knife, he drops the bags of groceries as he inhales sharply and--
And, well. He doesn't think, he just reacts. Something he'll feel terrible for very quickly.
A brilliant while light erupts in a line from his left wrist, licking up his arm and around his shoulders and down the other arm. They quickly form into a feathery cowl and ethereal cloak while that left hand becomes claw-like and bladed. An avenging angel, with the way the light becomes wild and unruly feathers at the tattered edges of his cloak. Monstrously transformative on a dime, terrible and utterly beautiful. Delicate and gentle juxtaposed with wicked and deadly.
Except he just drops into a low crouch, sweeping his leg out with a savage kind of strength and certainty to try and knock her off her feet before she's even finished speaking or the bags have hit the ground. ]
Arrival - out to the city
However, he is a paleblood and his patron is Dorothea. A combination that, with her growing sickness has spreading this month to her Sleepers as well and leaving them feeling her extreme fight or flight panic 24/7 and palebloods suffering paranoia and anxiety as well....
Well, that fight or flight kicks in hard the moment she draws that knife. He'd rounded a corner quickly and stumbled upon her, really, surprising him almost as much as he likely surprised her. He stares for a moment because Suddenly Naked Girl (in the city! not the beach!), his arms full of groceries and a bright gold birdlike creature following over his shoulder. She draws the knife, he drops the bags of groceries as he inhales sharply and--
And, well. He doesn't think, he just reacts. Something he'll feel terrible for very quickly.
A brilliant while light erupts in a line from his left wrist, licking up his arm and around his shoulders and down the other arm. They quickly form into a feathery cowl and ethereal cloak while that left hand becomes claw-like and bladed. An avenging angel, with the way the light becomes wild and unruly feathers at the tattered edges of his cloak. Monstrously transformative on a dime, terrible and utterly beautiful. Delicate and gentle juxtaposed with wicked and deadly.
Except he just drops into a low crouch, sweeping his leg out with a savage kind of strength and certainty to try and knock her off her feet before she's even finished speaking or the bags have hit the ground. ]