ice vs gun

I was tied down, but my hands weren't. I flexed the fingers of my right hand into the mystic position of attack - holding them like a pretend gun - and snapped, "Arctis!"
The spell tore the heat from all around the gun and drew water from the air into an instant, thick coating of ice, heaviest around the weapon's hammer. The shooter twitched in reaction to the spell and pulled the trigger.
The encrusting ice held the hammer back and prevented it from falling.
The gunman blinked and tried to pull the trigger several more times, to no avail. Forthill hit him around the knees. Both men went down, and the gun came loose from the gunman's cold-numbed fingers as they hit the floor, and went spinning across the room. It struck a wall, cracked the ice around its hammer, and discharged harmlessly into the wall with another roar.


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