[strike]FAST CAST PILUM OF FIRE -[/strike] 
Tranquillina opens her mouth again to retort, but to no avail - Bilera is nowhere to be seen. She shuts her eyes, trying to think; the clamor of the Dimicatio audience is too much. She angrily bespells her own ears to swell internally, stopping them up against noise from outside her own head. ((MuCo base 2, at worst Part +1, Concentration +1 = level 4; she can spont that non-fatiguingly.)) The encounter with Bilera was maddening: the slippery maga could switch instantly between the illusion of amiability and the reality of scorn, disorienting Tranquillina tremendously. She tries to breathe deeply, tries to slow her beating heart and calm her thoughts; but the voices inside her cannot be silenced by a simple spell. After a fruitless minute or so, she lets the spell lapse, and the restoration of the chaotic din around her makes her wince.
Unclosing her eyes, she gazes in confusion at the Dimicatio arena: she was expecting the match to begin, but apparently it is all over. "Taigh na galla, what just happened?" she exclaims harshly to whomever might be nearby.