- Prologue - The Attack on Windbloom -
The Kingdom of WindBloom, home of the Blue SKy Sapphire, and her
master, Queen Mashiro Blan de WindBloom, and central meeting place of the
council of nations that rule over the world of Earl. Today is a fairly
eventful day within the kingdom, the graduation ceremony for the Coral and
Pearl Otome classes at Garderobe. Dignitaries from around Earl have begun
gathering in WindBloom for the graduation ceremony, and traditional Butou
between the top two coral and top two pearl Otome from their classes.
Through-out the city, civilians line the streets, all watching the monitors
positioned throughout the city that display the Butou Arena to those who
aren't lucky enough to get front row seats. Queen Mashiro and her Otome have
yet to arrive at the Arena, but the students of Garderobe, the Faculty, and
other various national leaders, as well as their own Otome, have all begun
taking their seats for the proceedings.
Of course such an event - even with the presensce of so many Meisters -
has fairly hefty security in place. There are guards at many locations
throughout the city, watching for any signs of Schwarz or Confederate
activity… Unfortunately, with a crowd this large on nearly every street
corner, there's just no way to be 100% certain that the city is absolutely
safe.
Suddenly, there's an uproar from the arena from the Garderobe students,
the cause? The arrival of two of WindBloom's most beloved inhabitants, Queen
Mashiro, and the Blue Sky Sapphire, Arika Yumemiya. Both dressed in their
formal attire, Mashiro leads the way as she moves to take her seat in one of
the secluded boxes overlooking the Arena, while Arika steps along behind,
coming to a stop once Mashiro takes her seat, standing with both arms folded
politely infront of her as she stands quietly by her queen.
Three young children have orders to investigate an event of significant
importance from higher up the command chain, in hopes to find more leads
regarding that man, John Smith. Thus, three young children are present in the
crowd, somewhere, in some capacity!
One of them is a mundane blue-and-dark-blue haired nine year old in a
white and blue striped dress, topped with a dark blue denim jacket. She's
gotten her hands on: popcorn, cotton candy, soda (which she spilled all over
the cotton candy), replacement soda (which she spilled all over her jacket),
and a little thing that goes SQUEAKY! when you squeeze it. She's not sure
where she found that last one but it's been keeping her company while boredly
waiting for something to happen.
This little girl, awfully familiar if not nearly identical to one Fate
Testarossa for those who've met her, is Material-L, or as she's fine being
called, Levi or Raijin.
SQUEAKY!
She loves this thing. Wonder whose it was.
A cloaked figure walks through the large crowds gathering in the city.
Getting through security was easy enough, the guards in this world having
little training against telepathic suggestions.
The figure comes to a stop in an open courtyard, not that far from the arena
where all the festivities are taking place. It glances to the left, then to
the right, golden eyes under the hood checking that no attention has been
drawn yet.
The figure moves her hand up to her chest, clutching something against it. She
then begins to whisper under her breath, the words lost in the chatter of the
crowd.
Axel Almer isn't even really sure why he's here. No, wait, scratch
that, he knows exactly why he's here. Because there's a celebration going on.
And in Axel's mind, celebration = FOOD!
Unfortunately, from amidst the large crowd, he can't seem to find the
food, so after elbowing his way through the crowd, the amnesiac martial artist
/leaps/ up onto a nearby balcony and looks around, no doubt scarying a few
people and drawing strange looks as he hangs from the balcomy like a
chimpanzee.
This being a major Garderobe event, Yuna Kagurazaka is somewhere in the stands
as well, currently in civilian attire. Three other girls are sitting near her,
although they may not be immediately identifiable as anything other than
ordinary people … at least not unless somebody decides to scan them. The
roar of the Garderobe students in the crowd draws Yuna's attention towards
Arika and Mashiro making their entrance, and the blonde smiles, waving briefly
to Arika (and Mashiro). They probably have more important things to focus on
than Yuna, though …
Lotor isn't present.
Yet.
But his presence in Windbloom has continued to be felt. For it was he,
during the last debacle, that set Windbloom back into chaos. Lotor has, in his
time, gotten himself many spies and informants across the land of Windbloom
and the underworld, working his way into the culture with money and with
threats and with the ever present threat of who he is. The underworld of
Windbloom knows his hand, and his grip. And some people here, even the
dignitaries watching, owe favors to one man or another… and those involve
listening, and paying attention.
All reporting back to Lotor on his golden throne where he sits in
silence.
His hatred for John Smith remains. And it has not dimmed… all this
time.
For her part, Material-D has insisted upon wearing something much
fancier than usual, but she was convinced to not get anything super flowery to
draw attention to herself. She knew it was a good idea not to, so it wasn't
hard to talk her down from it, and the sleek purple dress she's wearing with
ruffled trim is still quite nice. The silver-haired child waits with an
impatient tapping of her foot, muttering something about 'finally' once she
hears the crowd start up with their excitement.
Even with her muttering and impatience, though, it's D who is quietly
scanning the crowd. She's paying attention, much as it seems like she isn't.
It's not as if Levi can be trusted. For now, she's going by Yami rather than
King, since that attracts less attention. It wouldn't do to reveal her full
glory prematurely.
Seikou would be helping D scan the crowd, but she only has part of her
attention on it. The rest of the short-haired girl's mind is on keeping Levi
out of trouble, and trying not to draw attention to herself. Just a
bored-looking girl with her friends, here. She's also holding two sodas:
Yami's, of course, and Levi's THIRD replacement soda, which Levi herself isn't
allowed to touch. This makes drinking it awkward, but Seikou will manage. She
always does.
Mashiro quietly rises to her feet slowly before she glances towards the
Garderobe staff, then back to the rest of those present at the arena before
she smiles and bows respectfully to everyone present. "I would like to welcome
everyone present to the graduation ceremony for the Coral and Pearl Otome
classes. It has been a very rough year, but your determination and
persevereance have seen you through many trials these last few months." She
pauses, smiling softly to the students present. "As is traditional, we will
begin these ceremonies with a presentation from the Top Otome from the Coral
and Pearl classes!" From there, Mashiro nods again to the Garderobe staff, who
begin introducing the four combatants who will be performing the Butou
ceremony for the gathered crowds, before the graduation ceremony commences.
Arika, standing quietly behind Mashiro, slowly lowers her eyes to the
floor of the box in thought as Mashiro retakes her seat. The young Otome's
hands clenching slightly tighter at her blue uniform as her thoughts seem to
become deeper. Finally, she realizes where she is, and opens her eyes to look
towards the Arena again before she smiles happily again, hoping that no one
focused on her for too long. "Well, Mashiro-chan.. Looks like things are going
well so far…" She glances to Mashiro as she speaks. Mashiro, in response,
glances to Arika and nods. "There haven't been any reports yet of
disturbances… We might actually pull this off without a conflict, for
once…" Arika smiles nodding her head quietly. "I hope so.. It seems like
every time we gather here, something goes wrong…"
Fluttershy had heard about… something going down, and feeling she
might be able to learn something about this great, wide Multiverse, she
thought she should check things out.
However, the pegasus has been entirely distracted, and is currently in
a tree, in the city, looking at a nesting bird and commenting about their
lovely shade to the mother bird. We'll spare you any further diabetes-inducing
cuteness on her part in this pose.
<!-Broadcast> Arika Yumemiya | Transmitting live from WindBloom, the
graduational ceremony of the Coral and Pearl otome classes of Garderobe is
being shown on most local channels. The Arena is packed full of students from
Garderobe, as well as dignitaries from nearly every country on Earl, as well
as their meister Otome, present for security reasons. Suddenly, the arena
falls silent, as Queen Mashiro rises to speak. "I would like to welcome
everyone present to the graduation ceremony for the Coral and Pearl Otome
classes. It has been a very rough year, but your determination and
persevereance have seen you through many trials these last few months." She
pauses, smiling softly. "As is traditional, we will begin these ceremonies
with a presentation from the Top Otome from the Coral and Pearl classes!"
From there, Mashiro takes her seat again, as the Garderobe faculty begins
introducing the four young women who will be performing the butou for those
gathered at the arena.
Axel Almer is a disturbance! Granted, he's an unwitting one, but the
site of a man hanging off a balcony like an orangutang scouting out things is
cuasing a minor hussle. Not that he seems to take notice as he hunts down the
object of his affection: FOOD!
Oh hey! There's the snack stand! Perfect! With a mighty leap, Axel
hops off the balcony and lands amidst a clearing in the crowd, then eagerly
pushes his way through the crowd towards it.
And not making a whole lot of progress.
"Excuse me— pardon me— sorry! If I could just get—"
Oh gosh the show is starting! Sweet! Levi takes a bite in her
soda-coated cotton candy, grimacing afterward. Then she plunges her face into
her popcorn, having no free hand to pick it up with.
Munchmunchmunch and predictably enough there's some falling everywhere
as a result of this peculiar and expertly executed eating technique. Then she
takes another bite in her cotton candy and grimaces again. This is terrible!
SQUEAKY!
She LOVES this. She can't remember who she stole it from, but she is
loving that squeaky thing. Maybe she'll keep it and not lose it. Suddenly,
though, problem! Big problem.
"Seikou, I'm thirsty!"
Material-L whines toward Material-S.
It was high time that Negi visited a world for relaxation purposes more
often. Sure, he visited Equestria, but he couldn't entirely get used to the
whole 'Being a Pony' thing. It was quite pleasant however.
At Chamo's insistence, Negi came over to Windbloom because Why Not.
Another Magical-esque world, so he should fit in fairly well if things go to
hell. He was hoping that would not be the case.
So he's currently wandering about, his staff slung to his back as
always, scouring the place for munchies.. Hey! Hot cream buns! At Chamo's
insistence, he grabs half a dozen in a package, and munches as through,
enjoying himself and the buns.
A thirsty Levi is a cranky Levi. Without thinking, the implacable
Seikou turns away from the festivities and holds out the cup of soda, keeping
a firm grip on it. She guides the straw to the other girl's lips. This one
will NOT be spilled, not if she has anything to say about it. Quietly, she
states, "That flavor of cotton candy doesn't go well with cola."
Tap tap tap tap TAP. Yami scowls as the ceremony for-freaking-ever. She
mutters softly, "That should be US up there." Not that she really…
understands what's going on. Nor does she care. All she knows is someone else
is getting the attention that rightfully belongs to her, and that is a Bad
Thing in the young girl's mind.
But. Patience is a virtue.
"Seikou, hand Us Our drink, as well. If We are to make it through this,
something with caffeine is a necessity." Huff. "What a bother."
Yuna joins in the applause, both for Mashiro's little speech and in
anticipation of the Butou itself, her attention turning to the competitors who
are about to perform. She's not really paying attention to the rest of the
stands now.
Fortunately, Elner and Yuna's three companions *are* keeping their eyes open -
Elner in particular.
After the introductions of the four young women standing in the arena,
the dance battle begins… For those present who haven't seen it before, it's
quite a sight to see the four young women in their robes fighting one another,
their combat form fluid and elegant, almost as though they were dancing,
rather than fighting.
Throughout the city, everyone's eyes have become focused on the
monitors, each person hanging on with anticipation to see the outcome - not
once before have the Corals managed to best the Pearls (for good reason) in
this ceremonial butou. However, a good deal of people always have high hopes
for an upset. If only because it means the young corals who succeed will be
that much stronger when they finally become true Otome. This remains true of
almost everyone in the stands as well.. with the exception of Arika. Who once
again has her eyes locked on the floor of the booth where she stands next to
Mashiro. With everyone focusing on the battle, Arika's hand dissappears into
her uniform, lifting a small amulet from beneath which possesses a large,
blood red stone. "… I know he's watching. Isn't he, Madrona?" She says
quietly, so as not to disturb Mashiro. Her eyes lift to look around the Arena
again before she frowns and shakes her head, slipping the amulet back beneath
her uniform.
Outside of the arena, in the open courtyard, the cloaked figure
continues to stand admist the crowd. She continues to hold her hand to her
chest, cluthing something as she whispers under her breath.
The figure hears the speech from Mashiro and decides that the time to act is
now. Her target has been confirmed as onsite, which means she is vulnerable.
The figure speaks louder now, a few nearby in the crowd looking towards her as
they ponder the meaning of the arcane words she is speaking. A final word is
spoken, "Rise." The crystal in her hand is crushed.
From all over the city it can be seen, a massive torrent of energy is unleashed
in just a moment and stretches out into the sky. For just a few seconds, it
seems as if the energy torrent will lash out, uncontrolled. But that doesn't
happen, as the energy begins to be sucked down to a single point on the ground.
The energy torrent is gone, as is the cloaked figure. For a moment, everything
is quiet and no doubt people are wondering just what happened. Suddenly, a
large red spell circle begins to draw itself across the ground of the
courtyard. As it is does so, those nearby may hear something. It's very
faint…
… … …
It begins to get louder as the spell circle continues to draw.
Clang clang clang.
As the spell circle completes, there is a flash of red magic. A red liquid
begins to bubble up from the ground, blood. Soon there are screams as the
civilians begin to panic. The fountains of blood grow in height until they are
about the size of a person. At this point they begin to solidify, forming
humanoid figures. After a few more moments, the spell has finished. Standing
in the courtyard, in perfect formation, is a small army. An army of red
soldiers, all wearing armour and wielding weapons such as swords, shields,
spears, bows. The blood soldiers rap their weapons against their armor.
CLANG CLANG CLANG.
Axel finally gets free of the crowd and /runs/ towards his cherished
snack stand! Time seems to slow and suddeenly he is in one of those idealic
field of flowers towards the love of his l—
*Bloop*
Axel's daydream is shattered when he steps in something. Something
very very red, and very very icky. At first he thinks it's spilt soda and
looks down, then sees that he is in fact standing in a puddle of blood.
"Waaaaah!"
Axel dances back several steps from the puddle with a total 'wtfbbq'
pose going on, then slowly watches as the puddle rises into the shap eof a man
in armor, weilding a blade and shield.
"Oh god, that's /disgusting!/"
Clang…?
… ooh, that's not so good. Fluttershy's ears prick up, her wings
flare up, and she whispers a soft, cooing reassurance to the birds before she
takes to the air. The golden necklace around her neck gives a shimmer, and in
a flash of warm, comforting golden light, the pony is flitting about with
light, white cloth barding, her eyes looking downwards as she eyeballs the
situation… and feels nauseas. Nausea and flying don't go hand-in-hand.
The festivities immiediately cease when such a disruption comes from
within the city, the Otome with their masters all moving to the forefront,
Arika's eye's snapping upwards as well as she moves closer to Mashiro. Almost
immiediately following that, Garderobe's staff begins materializing the robes
of it's Pearl students so that they can propperly help with the evacuations of
the dignitaries and corals. Mashiro simply gives a quiet sigh. "Arika…."
Arika nods her head softly in response to Mashiro before she looks to the
young queen. "We have to get you to safety, Mashiro-chan." Mashiro glances to
the people gathered in the arena… then shakes her head. "We have to defend
the citizens Arika, we'll worry about my safety once evacuation of the arena
is complete."
Nodding her head softly, Arika moves to her one knee next to Mashiro,
who places both hands against Arika's shoulder. "Arika Yumemiya… My Otome
with the Gemstone of Blue Sky Sapphire… In my name, unleash the power of the
Blue Sky."
Across the arena, Otome all begin to call out the singular word that
signals the materialization of their robes… and Arika's voice is among them.
"MATERIALIZE!"
Oh wow, entertainment! Blood, and screams, and people fleeing and so
much chaos! This is like a good movie only she's IN IT. Material-L squeals a
bit, although considering her size and all, the fleeing crowd is probably
making it hard to stay in one place and enjoy the chaos. Still… there's no
transformation. No… anything. Why?
Because Yami said to watch.
So, Levi, discarding her cotton candy per Seikou's advice after sipping
from the soda she's holding, munches on popcorn and happily offers some to the
other two young girls with her.
These three are watching for now— and making sure to steer clear of
sight. Also, popcorn. Nomnom.
Also: SQUEAKY! She'll never get tired of it.
"Never mind, Seikou," Yami says suddenly, seeing the warriors sprouting
up all over the place. "This looks to be the work of Our allies, so put those
drinks aside and We shall step aside to a safe distance… for now. But be
ready to summon your barrier jackets." Saying that, Yami steps back and
adjusts her flashy and cute wide-brimmed hat, keeping an eye on the crowd.
"There is a chance Our target may slip by in the confusion. We would
not want that to happen while We were having Our fun." And… she adds a sigh
there. Hopefully someone will destroy that toy.
Seikou nods to Yami's orders and sets down both drinks, steps to the
side, then absently YANKS L away from one of the stampeding, panicking crowd.
Wouldn't do to let her sister get plowed into by a bystander. The bystander
might not survive, and it would blow their cover.
"Yes, King," the quiet girl replies, brushing off her own dress. She
leans a little and… nibbles on some of the offered popcorn. Might as well,
while everything is going to hell. Her other hand goes to the gem at her
throat, holding onto it in case the Blood Warriors prove to be a danger to her
sisters.
And it was *such* a nice day five minutes ago. Even thirty seconds ago.
Then the blood mage/vampire has to go and set about ruining it for everybody.
Yuna recognizes the style (and color) of the circle, although she can't see
the bloody soldiers from where she is. Hearing Axel and Fluttershy on the
radio, though … that pretty much confirms it for her.
Yuna transforms in a swirl of 'wind' and light, her civilian clothes swiftly
replaced by her Light Suit. "Erina!" she calls out, getting to her feet; one
of the girls with her does so as well, reverting to her android form -
purple-and-white, with wings sprouting from a 'backpack' of sorts (except it
seems to be part of her head module, not her torso … weird, that).
Then she and Yuna combine, the android disappearing as a 'wireframe' appears
around Yuna, then pieces of supplemental armor materializing and locking into
place around Yuna's battlesuit. Thus attired and equipped, Yuna takes to the
air, as does Elner; the other two girls move to assist with the evacuation,
but they'll be ready if Yuna needs them.
Negi blinks as he hears the CLANGing sound, and at the same time picks
up on a Magical presence having made itself known, and narrows his eyes. "That
doesn't sound bad." He twirls his staff out and hops right up into the air,
and zips into the air for a better view.
Once he's in the air, he goes wide eyed as he spies the bunch of Blood
Soldiers having shown up out of friggin nowhere, and zips off to get closer.
He doesn't transform or anything just yet, but he approaches with caution.
With evacuations proceeding, Arika continues to help out as much as she
can, all while keeping one eye on Mashiro as often as possible… True, an
Otome's duty is to her master's commands, but an Otome's duty is also to her
master's safety. And Arika didn't want anything to happen to Mashiro, not just
because of the bond they shared, but because Mashiro was one of her closest
friends.
The other Meisters - predictably, got their masters as far away from
the Arena as possible in the shortest ammount of time, leaving more room for
Garderobe's staff to evacuate it's students, as well as the civilians who had
managed to find seats within the arena itself, leaving Mashiro and Arika the
remaining two within the arena to evacuate.
Coming to rest next to Mashiro, Arika takes a deep breath as the energy
built up in her robe releases, and the humming that it generates stops.
"Alright, Mashiro-chan. Time to go!" Arika says, holding out one hand to
Mashiro politely with a smile. Mashiro, smiling in return, takes hold of
Arika's hand with a nod, stepping closer to the Otome to hook one arm around
Arika's neck carefully, then the other over the first so that she can lock
them together and hold on to Arika as she flies. Taking to the air, Arika and
Mashiro begin to fly in the direction of Garderobe. For everyone present, it
would be an easily observed sight, a bright blue line launching out of the
arena's confines and heading for the school in the distance where most of the
other Otome are gathering.
The Blood Soldiers rap their weapons against their armour again,
remaining in full formation despite the crowd rushing around them. However, as
the forces begin to array themselves against the summoned army, it begins to
act.
The archers in the rear raise their bows, arrows made from cursed metals
appearing before being unleashed. The volley flies into the air, aiming at
several of the Otome zipping around. Those that don't hit an aerial target
being to rain down on the ground, threatening anyone there, civilian and Otome
alike.
Elizabeth missed Yuna Kagurazaka with her Fwooosh go the arrows! weak attack!
<Standard Mechanic>
Elizabeth does 7 damage to Negi Springfield with a Direct hit.
Elizabeth hit Negi Springfield with her So much for the safety of the sky! weak
attack! <Standard Mechanic>
Spears are raining down on the crowd, and that includes the Materials!
This is not good. Even without Lotor's order, D is already gesturing, "It is
getting dangerous. Barrier Jackets, girls." The soldiers indiscriminately
attacking are a threat to them, as well, and Yami doesn't like that! Still,
it's time to play… she holds up a hand, exerting some of her stolen blood
control magic to make one of the golems balk, turn around, and impale some
hapless civilian instead of going after the three children.
Time to make her grand entrance. With a sparkle of white energy, D's
dress shifts into her Knight Armor, splintering into the six-winged form she
uses for such emergencies. Yersinia Kreuz materializes in her hand a moment
later, and she flits into the air out of immediate danger. "Seikou, with Us,
and keep looking for Our target. Levi… enjoy yourself, but don't wear
yourself out."
One of the people in the crowd is walking slowly with the evacuation. A
wealthy businessman who is looking rather… nervous. But he reaches down into
his coat and withdraws something from his coat. A small red sphere. The man
looks more and more nervous as he brings it up and presses the button on it.
The man then drops it and breaks into a run!
The sphere, now the size of a baseball, lands amid the fleeing people
and bodyguards. The sphere drops down the staircase, down the seating where
the wealthy crowd were gathered… rolling to a halt as it lands on a seat…
…revealing a white skull on its surface. Elongated horns and pointed
teeth are wrapped around the sphere.
It POPS!
A swirl of darkness, and something appears from it. Something that
hasn't been seen outside of the Pokemon Isles yet where it was gathered. A
creature of blue, black, and gold. A creature of blades. A helmeted head, its
two blades spread up and wide in a familiar spread pattern along its head. Oh
so familiar. For it is exactly like the helm of Prince Lotor of Planet Doom.
Yet this isn't lotor. Its head comes up, its facemask shifting and
steam erupting behind it. A vent of steam.
The Pokemon RoBeast throws out its arms, dropping back into a fighting
stance… and says with a Pokemon voice that should have words in it yet does
not…
"Rooooooooooooooooooooooooook."
Lotor's RoBeast Bisharp has arrived.
Orders are orders!
And while a King outranks a Prince in her mind, orders to KILL are
superior to all other orders, so who cares? Material-L grins, reaching into a
pocket, and pulling out a small golden triangle from within. This is doubly
true as when Yami confirms the order to have fun.
"Vulnificus, let's go!"
"GET SET. BARRIER JACKET, SET UP."
There is a flash of yellow lightning in the crowd, as Levi is engulfed
in magic and her clothes fade away temporarily into magical girl-level nudity.
Every bolt of lightning afterward crashing into her forms a new piece of her
clothing, while her Device goes from a simple golden triangle of metal to the
full, metallic poleaxe form typical of it.
"SLAYER FORM."
Grabbing onto the weapon, Levi grins, and her cape forms last, rustling
in the wind as she taps one of her metallic greaves on the ground. She looks
about for a moment, bright pink eyes looking for a target. Well, they couldn't
find John Smith. But that girl screaming up there… she was at the Yunao
thing! Oh. Oh. This is awesome. Perfect.
"Yes, King!"
With that, the blue-haired girl suddenly picks up speed, shooting off
the ground like a rocket straight for Yuna. She would unblur; and stop; right
in front of the girl, after she's managed to avoid the attack from Elizabeth.
And still smiling…
"Hi! Let's play~."
She swings the sharp, bladed edge of the inactive Device straight for
her. It's just in its halberd mode after all; there's no energy blade yet.
"Luciferion. It's time," the quiet, short-haired girl speaks. The order
was given, it's time to fight. Her clothes vanis in a storm of light as well,
wreathing her in that dark schoolgirl-like clothing with the familiar,
dispassionate voice of:
"STAND BY READY. BARRIER JACKET SET UP"
In another heartbeat, her Device is forming in her hand, and wings are
sprouting at her ankles. S rises slowly into the air, sticking close to D for
now, her eyes searching out a sign of their target or a threat that might come
too close to Yami.
The Matrix Divider appears practically out of nowhere, Yuna's eyes blazing with
an uncommon anger as she recognizes her attacker as she catches and parries
the strike. "You … !!" VERY uncommon anger - when was the last time anyone
in the Union saw Yuna this enraged?
Lines of golden light trace along the hidden seams in her Flight Form armor,
and then the armor splits apart, revealing her basic Light Suit once again -
and then a ball of gold light practically explodes into existence around Yuna,
her long ponytail blown straight upwards by the surging currents of energy.
And with a howl of wordless fury, Yuna breaks the weapon-lock and brings the
Matrix Divider crashing down at Material-L, another explosion of light surging
- around her weapon this time, timed for what SHOULD be the moment of impact,
the combined force of physical strike and power-focusing intended to hammer
Levi straight down into the ground below.
Yuna Kagurazaka does 21 damage to Material-L with a Direct hit.
Yuna Kagurazaka hit Material-L with her This is why you don't make the Savior
of Light angry. >:| strong attack! <Standard Mechanic>
Negi goes wide eyed when Arrows start firing into the sky, and begins
to zip through between as many of them as possible, and manages to dodge quite
a bit of the arrow fire, at least until the tail end at which he gets struck
in the arm. Lucky he's got a magic barrier about him keeping him from getting
grievously injured, but ow.
He grips his arm and hisses in a bit of pain, but then hears the roar
of the Robeast, and spins about to turn his attention to it. "A Robeast?! That
means—"
He pauses for a moment in order whisper a spell really quick, a minor
voice amplification spell. After which, he takes breath, calls out…
"LOTOR!" He pauses long enough to give Lotor a moment to notice, and
calls back out, "We spoke a while back! My Name is Negi Springfield. I do
believe you and I have business to attend to!"
After a moment of pausing, he casually calls out, "We agreed to speak
over some Tea."
Axel braces himself for a fight against the blood knights, but when
they don't attack, he is noticably relieved. He doesn want to fight a bunch of
blood golems. Besudes, he needs to find out who's making them and stop /her/.
However, before he can go charging off to find her, three magical
girls make their presence known.
And then one of them attacks Yuna.
That's all the reason Axel needs to go kick their asses.
With a sudden burst of speed and a leap, Axel launches into the air
above the crowd of golems and draws his fist back. Air starts to circulate
around his hand as he flies, and he thrusts his fists out at empty space as he
yells.
"GENBU GOUDAN!"
A blast of compressed twisting air leaps off his fist down towards
Material-D, with enough force to crack concrete.
Axel Almer does 11 damage to Material-D with an Above Average hit.
Axel Almer hit Material-D with his Genbu Goudan moderate attack! <Standard
Mechanic>
Well, Fluttershy is taking advice and drops down into the stands,
trying to keep herself out of sight before summoning two large stags made of
starlight to her side, letting them draw back in defense. She still has a
pretty good idea of where everyone is, and the yellow pony creeps slowly out
to take a better look at the goings-on.
Then, she takes a breath.
"All right, Fluttershy, it's now or never!" she states, and with a dewy
glow, her fur shimmers a bit, and her healing powers go to heal Negi from his
first hit… no one likes to se little kids bullied, after all.
Fluttershy restored Negi Springfield by 4 (Level 1).
Arika blinks as more commotion errupts, stopping mid flight to turn and
look back towards the Arena before she frowns. "…Mashiro-chan.. A robeast
too…" Staring silently over Arika's shoulder, Mashiro frowns before she
shakes her head. "Something's not right, Arika… This is too big… too
coordinated… they're here for a reason." Nodding her head in response, Arika
frowns again before she comes to rest on the steps of the school. "…We have
no choice, Mashiro-chan… I'll have to use Akatsuki."
Mashiro blinks quietly glancing back to Arika as she releases the
Otome's neck and moves around infront of her. "Arika… Youko said that if you
do that again now, we don't know if it will affect you the same way it did
last time or not. What if your Robe stops working again?"
Shaking her head quietly, Arika looks back to the arena. "If I don't,
Mashiro-chan.. more people are going to get hurt."
At the same time, the Otome bonded to masters from other nations - with
their masters out of harms way, all begin heading back into the city to help
the union forces in dealing with the massive blood golem army, as Arika and
Mashiro continue to watch silently, Mashiro's thoughts concentrating for
several momentsbefore she nods her head slowly. "…Alright… But if you feel
anything wrong…"
Arika nods her head calmly, looking to Mashiro before she smiles. "I
know, Mashiro-chan… I'll be careful!"
Nodding her head softly, Mashiro clasps her hands softly, the blue
gemstone in the ring on her index finger glistening brightly as the gemstone
in Arika's ear does the same. Arika glances back to Mashiro again, then smiles
nodding her head. "Be careful, Mashiro-chan…" With that, the Otome takes to
the air again, flying back towards the city as she materializes the Fang of
the Blue Sky.
Now that the action has picked up, the blood army scatters as it
attacks. They controlled golem finds itself attacking a civilian, stabbing its
spear through him. But it's not the first, as the rest of the army has no
qualms about doing the same.
Soon, blood flies as spears and swords slice through flesh. Most of the fleeing
civilians are being protected by Otome, but a few strays get attack.
As for the Otome themselves, they are rushed by groups of blood golems, having
arrows, swords and spears trying to cut them down.
POW!
Yeah, Axel can hit. And Yami wasn't expecting anything of the sort from
a random guy in the crowd, either, so the attack gets a solid hit… into the
mystical shield that pops up.
"PRIDWEN!"
That glowing barrier springs to life an instant too slow, and Axel's
strike shatters through the half-formed shield of runes, smacking right into
D's side and sending her tumbling through the air with a look of shock.
"You… dare…"
She snaps to attention, quickly taking stock of the situation. "Seikou,
teach this one a lesson. We will look for the target." D has more important
things to do. Such as…
"BOOSTED HEALING"
L won't last long with strikes like that. If Fluttershy is staying out
of direct battle, that gives Yami enough of a briether to turn her attention
to her sister's wounds.
Material-D restored Material-L by 18 (Level 2).
Yuna crashes into Levi with quite the amounts of pain and anger; amidst
the explosion and the sheer, raw impact of her hit, is the distinctive male
voice of her Device, resounding through the damage.
"JACKET PURGE."
A second explosion suddenly rocks Material-L, but this one won't hurt
her; rather, as her Barrier Jacket literally detonates into a loose, bright
yellow mana blast, it creates a smokescreen through which she can squirm and
escape momentarily.
"LOAD CARTRIDGE."
There's a KA-CHUNK, a hiss of steam following.
And then: "SPRITE FORM."
The smoke cloud clears as Levi's form is wrapped in ice blue light, the
color of her magic changing from yellow to that. She's crying, and her Barrier
Jacket is lacking her cape now, among other tiny bits and pieces. There's
wings of light coming out of her gloves and boots to make up for it; an
equivalent to Fate's Sonic Form.
"You HURT me! Meanie! We were gonna play, and now you're all SERIOUS! I
don't like you anymore! I don't wanna play with you, I just wanna BREAK YOU!
BREAK YOU BREAK YOU BREAK YOU!"
"HARVEST FORM."
Vulnificus' axe head shifts and slams into a different position, a
bright scythe blade of ice blue light emerging out of it. Then Levi charges
straight for Yuna, bringing the weapon down to 'break the ice'. By cutting her
in two. That's right, her magic might be Mid-Childan in base, but it is very
much lethal right now. It is also COLD.
Material-L does 12 damage to Yuna Kagurazaka with an Above Average hit.
Material-L hit Yuna Kagurazaka with her Break You! strong attack! <Standard
Mechanic>
The Rook of Doom looks out over the fleeing crowd, the angry Otome, the
fighting Confederates and Unionites, its glowing eyes intent and studying.
Scanning for someone who should not be there. Someone who would /not/ be
running. And through its eyes, looks a man who is not so far away indeed. Yet
his senses are linked with that of the currently 7 foot tall RoBeast Pokemon.
A Dark/Steel Type. Almost already a RoBeast already. The Bisharp has adapted
flawlessly to its new role. Its blue coloration denoting its previous status
as a 'shiny' Pokemon. One of different coloration and some extra status
amongst those it once lead.
And that is when Negi draws its attention. Its head comes up, locking
eyes with him. The voice booming out, trying to reach Lotor himself.
Somewhere, blue lips curl into a wicked smile that flashes his elongated
canine teeth.
So they did.
Rook drops down, then HURLS itself skyward! sections on its back
unfold, revealing jets that ignite that allow it to fly as it rushes up before
Negi Springfield.
And, cocking its head to the side, Rook speaks in Prince Lotor's voice.
"Hello again, young Magi. And yes… so we did."
One of the Rook's digigrade legs snaps back, the two blades of its foot
resembling ungulate hooves side by side…
"…I'm afraid today is a bad time for tea."
The leg snaps forward, trailing with it a spark of neon green
coloration. A Fury Cutter combined into its kick!
Something catches the attention of the Beast through. The healing power
sent for the boy before it struck. From where? …There. …A Pony? …One of
those. Interesting.
Lotor does 5 damage to Negi Springfield with an Average hit.
Lotor hit Negi Springfield with his Rook - Fury Cutter 1 - Kick weak attack!
<Standard Mechanic>
Orders are orders. Seikou jerks her head around when D is struck,
tightening her hand on her staff. She nods her head swiftly at Yami's words,
swiftly darting in between Axel and Yami.
"PYRO SHOOTER"
Small bolts of fire are sommoned, hovering for an instant before Seikou
calmly intones, "Shoot."
She's not one for many words. The small balls of flame will do the
talking for her, though unlike Levi, hers are at least still in 'stun mode'
against Axel. She was ordered to teach him a lesson, not kill him.
Material-S missed Axel Almer with her Pyro Shooter Darts weak attack! <Standard
Mechanic>
Yuna brings the Matrix Divider back around to try and block Levi's
counter-attack, but the best she can do is absorb the shock somewhat - the
impact still crashes through her, driving her backwards and digging into the
ground, pavement, or whatever there is here.
And she's crying, to boot. Normally that would give Yuna pause.
Right now? You might as well cut her arm and rub salt straight into the wound.
"Play?!" Yuna snarls, a hint of disbelief in her angry tone. "Was that trap you
set for Prius-chan another round of 'playing'? Was *killing one of my friends
PLAYING for you!?!*" She rears back, then drives in once again, trying to
smash her weapon against her opponent's and release another crackling burst of
power from the Matrix Divider - less vicious than before, more controlled, but
absolutely no less determined to beat her opponent into retreating. At least.
"I'm not going to let you or your sisters-in-arms play *anywhere* if your idea
of 'play' means hurting people!!"
Yuna Kagurazaka does 4 damage to Material-L with a Graze hit.
Yuna Kagurazaka hit Material-L with her No playtime for you! moderate attack!
<Standard Mechanic>
Axel is in a bad spot. Caught high in the air with no real means of
maneuvering, he should be easy pickings for Material-S nto snipe out of the
sky.
Then wind forms in his other hand.
With a second shout of "GENBU GOUDAN!" he punches at the ground and
uses the force of the wind to propell him over the barrage of flaming darts to
land on the other side of S.
"Don't think it'll be that easy!"
As he turns, his hand snaps back to grab the handle of his Mizuchi
Blade, then leaps for Seikou to crack her upside the head with the switchblade
tonfa.
Axel Almer does 12 damage to Material-S with a Direct hit.
Axel Almer hit Material-S with his Mizuchi Blade - Tonfa Mode moderate attack!
<Standard Mechanic>
"Not good, not good, not good…" the little pegasus pony states to
herself, keeping her head down and wings pinned, glancing up at all the
fighting… and feeling a bit behind on everything… on the other hand, her
side was getting hurt…
That, at least, she could handle. WIth her eyes closed, Fluttershy
concentrates on Yuna, her fur shimmering again as she takes a deep breath and
activates her healing powers again.
Yuna would have little gold and pink sparkles for a few heartbeats as
she heals!
Fluttershy restored Yuna Kagurazaka by 12 (Level 2).
Negi While he was thankful for Fluttershy's little heal, goes wide eyed
as Rook attacks, and he whooshes backwards on his staff, leans off to the side
in order to avoid the bulk of the energy that attempts to rend him in too,
much like a skateboarder trying to maintain balance. He winces some as some of
the energy strikes his side, but not enough to be extensively damaging.
He takes a breath, and glares the Robeast down, before following the
monster's line of sight, and going wide eyed as he realizes who it's looking
at specifically. So in that case, he calls out to Lotor once more, "Fair
enough that we can't have tea today, but focus on your opponent, Lotor!"
Negi throws his arms to his sides and calls out, "~DUPLEX COMPLEXIO!!~"
Upon which magical energy WHIRLS around his arms before his body absorbs it. A
pair of glowing tattoo like marks appear on his arms as his body close bright
bluish white, and his hair grows out long. His Thunder God form was in full
effect.
"I'm your opponent, Lotor!" Before bolting off in lightning speed to
the ground, and then launching at the robeast with a super lightning fast
flying kick in order to knock him high into the sky.
Negi Springfield does 12 damage to Lotor with a Critical hit.
Negi Springfield hit Lotor with his Your Enemy Is Negi Springfield, Not an
Adorable Pegasus Pony! moderate attack! <Standard Mechanic>
"It was a game! She lost! That's just it!"
Levi raises her Device to intercept the attack; it's not very
effective, since Yuna's strike crashes through the attempt to parry it and
causes Material-L to have to fly back a moment, and then rub a bruise on her
arm. That hurt too. Why won't she stop hurting her?!
"You don't get it! Fighting is supposed to be fun! I love fighting! I
love beating people up, it's so FUN! But you silly people, you just keep
making it serious! Serious seriousy seriousface from serioustown, seriousania!"
Her hold on Vulnificus tightens; she's not in range to slash at Yuna
with the scythe, and in fact she even hovers back a few more feet for safety
because letting Yuna in close always seems to have hurtful consequences. But
she swings the weapon anyway!
"Denkouissen!"
There's a flash of light; a blue streak of lightning that just fires
out of the weapon like a shockwave to slam into Yuna, rather unforgivingly at
that if she happens to dislike shock therapy.
Material-L does 12 damage to Yuna Kagurazaka with a Direct hit.
Material-L hit Yuna Kagurazaka with her Lightning Flash moderate attack!
<Standard Mechanic>
The otome do a fairly decent job of protecting the civilians, but with
this many opponents, there are obvious holes in the defensive line that even
they can't constantly cover. Even when it comes to protecting themselves.
Several of the Otome get hit, but none of their wounds are very serious. Still
the time they spend fighting off their own combatants allows several of the
golems through the defensive line and gives them an opportunity to attack the
fleeing civilians.
Suddenly, a bright blue, zig-zagging line appears through the air,
cutting the Golems off from the fleeing civilians. Where it stops. Arika has
reappeared from the light-speed dash of her Ultimate Blue Sky's Bolt from the
Blue, the expanded element held defensively between her and the Golems as a
shield to hold them back while the civilians they were chasing move to safety.
"I've had enough of you confederates always attacking WindBloom in the middle
of peaceful gatherings!" The Otome's element shrinks back to it's normal size
before Arika uses it to try and slice into one of the blood golems she stopped.
Arika Yumemiya does 13 damage to Elizabeth with a Direct hit.
Arika Yumemiya hit Elizabeth with her Angry Sapphire. moderate attack!
<Standard Mechanic>
Several of the blood golems are sent flying in several pieces as the
blue Otome smashes through them. Yet another finds itself falling apart as it
gets a crystal blade through it. However, the scattered blood gathers
together, reforming new golems.
Quite a few of the bloody puppets turn towards Arika, focusing their attention
on her. They quickly move into a formation, the shield wielders rushing in
together. However, they don't attack. Instead several spears suddenly dart
through the openings between the shields, attempting to stab at Arika. This is
followed up by an arrow volley.
Elizabeth does 3 damage to Arika Yumemiya with a Graze hit.
Elizabeth hit Arika Yumemiya with her Coordinated blood! moderate attack!
<Standard Mechanic>
Seikou watches impassively as her attacks zip past Axel, who shows some
remarkable agility. She's just turning, barely seeing the strike coming. She's
just a child… this would surely shatter her if it hit directly.
"PROTECTION"
The glowing blue gem in her staff announces the spell an instant before
it appears, the strike plowing into the pink barrier and not even touching
Seikou. It does knock her back, though… and there's nowhere to go but into
the hard ground, slamming enough to make cracks appear in the surface as she
impacts.
A small, barely-heard cry of pain, all too familiar as Nanoha's voice, slips
out.
That's the only reaction she has to the attack, though. Seikou sits up,
recovering her feet and gesturing at Axel again, blue eyes impassively glaring
upward.
PYRO SHOOTER FULL POWER
This time, nearly a dozen bolts of fire burst out and arrow in on Axel,
leaving tiny trails of smoke that show the intricate aerobatics they perform
while incoming.
Material-S does 16 damage to Axel Almer with a Critical hit.
Material-S hit Axel Almer with her Pyro Shooter Powered moderate attack!
<Standard Mechanic>
Frowning silently Arika lifts her element and puts one palm against the
blade, using it as a shield which generates a barrier of energy around her as
the arrows fly through. the first volley weakens it enough that some of the
stabs actually penetrate through the barrier, but the stabs are slowed enough
that Arika can physically dodge to the side without recieving wounds too grave.
In retaliation, the Otoem begin going on the offensive, joining Arika
in as she begins moving forward, using her element to slice through more of
the blood golems. .oO( There's no end to them this way.. The more we strike
down, the more they just reform…" She thinks to herself with a frown before
she shakes her head and begins to move backwards. "New plan! Hold the line
while the civilians evacuate! We'll worry about clearing the city once they're
safe!"
In response, the other Otome fall back with Arika, taking up defensive
positions before they all raise their elements and generate a large defensive
barrier between themselves, the golems, and the civilians.
It's getting harder and harder to tell what ticks Yuna off more - the way
Levi's attacks hit her, or the way she treats combat as a game, regardless of
the fact that Material-L has been *killing people*. The lightning blast slams
into Yuna despite her attempt to guard against it, knocking her back another
couple of paces - but Yuna is still on her feet, and still in a seething fury.
"There's nothing funny about people getting killed!!" Yuna yells at her
opponent, shifting her grip on the Matrix Divider as its blade starts glowing,
crackling and flaring with accumulating power. "And when people kill my
friends … THAT'S THE ONE THING I DON'T FORGIVE!!!" Her voice rises from a
mere yell to an outright scream on the last words, and a powerful energy blast
rips through the air from the Matrix Divider's tip, laced with holy radiance
…
Yuna Kagurazaka does 22 damage to Material-L with a Direct hit.
Yuna Kagurazaka hit Material-L with her Furious Yuna is … you know the meme
strong attack! <Standard Mechanic>
And so it is.
The Rook of Doom snaps its head back to Negi in just enough time to
watch the power unleashed at it. Power unleashed as Negi transformed
dramatically and before the eyes of Lotor. Ah yes… he'd seen Negi before in
this form. Unleashing his magic. But that doesn't stop it from causing pain as
the kick, with speed and strength, connects with the Rook. The creature
buckles around the impact as it is hurled downward to SMASH into the side of
one of the Butou pillars. Shattering it with its impact.
And from the cloud of rock dust, the creature emerges, speaking to Negi.
"I see. So you have many gifts, little Magi. Good. I am /tired/ of
fighting children unworth my time."
And suddenly the creature… blurs. Launching back and forth. There
seems to be more of them. At least two others and then… There is a radiant
flash!
…and three Rooks stand there. Looking at Negi.
"However, you are not my only opponent."
Double Team never worked like this!
One of the three Rooks launches for the Otome that are guarding the
retreating guests. Launching toward them and beginning to move with blinding
speed to strike at Otome! 'Encouraging' the evacuation.
The center one launches STRAIGHT for Negi, sweeping in and low with one
arm slashing across. Its fingers are formed into a blade, and are a blade in
and of itself as the long axe blades on its forearms glint. Rook SLASHES out
for Negi in a rush!
And the last Rook blurs, suddenly appearing behind the flying Arika
where she and the other Otome fight the blood Golems. The creature raises a
fist, which glows radiantly, and SLAMS it down into the ground, unleashing a
powerful shockwave as Lotor's voice roars, "GIGA IMPACT!"
Lotor does 14 damage to Negi Springfield with a Direct hit.
Lotor hit Negi Springfield with his Rook - Retaliate! moderate attack!
<Standard Mechanic>
Lotor does 21 damage to Arika Yumemiya with a Direct hit.
Lotor hit Arika Yumemiya with his Rook - GIGA IMPACT - SHOCKWAVE! uber attack!
<Standard Mechanic>
"What—??"
The blow drives S to the ground, but that barrier stopped most of the
damage Axel's attack would have cause. he quickly tries to back off, but it's
too late. The point blank blast offlames catches him just as he leaps back and
sends the martial artist hurtling thrrough a brick wall of someone's house.
Axel coughs, blood coming out of his mouth.
"Okay, that was a good hit, I'll give you that…" he forces himself
to his feet despite the scorch marks on his chest, "But it'll take more than
one good shot to knock me out of the running!"
He raises his Mizuchi Blade above his head and deploys the blade.
Evergy starts to form within the blade as he channels his ki through it, then
he whips the blade down to the ground. A blazing pillar of energy forms where
he strikes, and with another slash, he sends the blast forward across the
ground towards Seikou.
JIZEN SHIKKUTO!"
Axel Almer does 3 damage to Material-S with a Graze hit.
Axel Almer hit Material-S with his Jizen Shikkuto moderate attack! <Standard
Mechanic>
It's true that the blood golems may seem infinite, but it's only as
long as the energy used to power the spell holds it. There was a lot of
energy, and it was quite powerful too, having been siphoned from a
significantly magical tree. But it will eventually run out.
The blood golem army forms up, turning its full attention towards the Otome.
Sword and Spear wielders begin to march forward, lashing out with their
weapons once they reach the combined barrier. Behind them, the archers
continously fire their arrays at the barrier, attempting to break through and
bring death to all.
However, even with the combined effort of the entire blood golem army, the
barrier remains holding with no breaches.
Another healer? This could prove troublesome. Yami searches out for the
source of the curative magics, but… even with her senses it takes a moment
to zoom in on Fluttershy while the rest of the battle rages on. There!
"We simply can't have that, can We?" Yami tsks softly, lifting her own
Device… then spotting one of the many pools of blood about. Why not just use
her new ability? The puddle bubbles, lifting up with a gesture, then forming
into several small and sharp shards of stiffened red.
Fortunately for Fluttershy's sanity, the attack's source isn't readily
visible to her. But its effects are, as a storm of needles flit toward the
pony in an attempt to keep her occupied and not healing.
Material-D does 10 damage to Fluttershy with a Direct hit.
Material-D hit Fluttershy with her Blood Needles weak attack! <Standard
Mechanic>
… calm? Please say calm. Please say calm.
OH GOD NOT CALM AT ALL.
Material-L is apparently outclassed. She's a speedy little bugger;
she's not particularily strong, or skilled, or sturdy. Actually she is
everything BUT sturdy if we're going there. That's why when Yuna lets loose
her energy blast, it slams into Levi without her being able to do much of
anything. Even the shield she was halfway into setting up just shatters under
the impact and then she's sent flying back. Fortunately she's not weak to holy
or anything but… ow.
It still hurts a lot.
Crashing into a lamp-post, or something else tall and metallic with a
loud CLANG, Raijin starts falling toward the ground until she makes a
last-minute course correction and shoots right back up like a parabola. Once
up, holding Vulnificus in her left hand idly, she raises her right, and bright
blue orbs of energy start forming around her. Two, then five, then ten; the
lot of them start spinning, and go from orb to pointed blade aiming at Yuna.
"You're wrong! But I don't wanna talk to you anymore, meanie! You made
this not fun! I hate it when it's not fun! HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE! Take
this! DENJINSHO!"
"FIRE."
The dozens of orbs shoot right for Yuna; those that miss will
momentarily scream offcourse, before a magical circle makes them spin back
around and shoot for yet another beeline at Yuna. On, and on, and on— until
they either hit, or Yuna destroys them.
Material-L uses Lightning Blade Pierce strong combo attack on Yuna Kagurazaka.
The attacks resulted in a series of, Above-average, Direct, Graze, and Direct
strikes for a total of 18 damage.
Fluttershy is hit with the needles, and she gives a soft cry as she
hops backwards at the first strike, bringing one forearm up to protect her
face.
It's the first time she's ever been /seriously/ hurt… and her heart
races as she abandons her hiding place, shaking out the frightened butterflies
and bushwoolies in her head.
Luckily, her two "guard stags" are up and active. MAde of light, they
begin to bounce airily back towards Material-D, then go to knock her back —
with their six-prong antlers!
However, the healer is now quite visible and in the field of battle,
white barding splattered with blood.
Fluttershy does 3 damage to Material-D with a Graze hit.
Fluttershy hit Material-D with her Oh deer! moderate attack! <Standard
Mechanic>
With the Otome present, it's not hard for Arika and the others to hold
off the blood golems… Although, an attack from behind is the last thing they
were expecting - or rather, it was the last thing they could deal with, att he
moment. Hearing the thundering explosion as the robeast slams the ground,
Arika turns, putting her barrier up behind the other Otome as strong as she
can - which unfortunately leaves her own defensive barrier weak enough that
the shockwave from the Giga Impact sends the Blue Sky otome flying backwards
into the barrier generated by the other Otome, and from there into the ground
where she lands face first. "….." Lying there for a moment, Arika twitches.
Then slowly gets to her feet. "…Mom.. If you're listening… Please lend me
your strength!"
Slowly raising to her feet, Arika tightens her grip on her element as a
string of information flashes across the surface of her GEM. [ Ultimate Blue
Sky | Sword of Akatsuki | Expansion ] Suddenly, in a brilliant flash, the Fang
of the Blue Sky transforms from it's dual bladed crystal form into a single
large blade, with Arika taking hold of it's hilt firmly in both hands. Unlike
the other times before though.. her hair doesn't immiediately start glowing
blonde. The Otome suddenly vanishes, reappearing higher up on level with the
Robeast that had attacked her from behind, then swings the blade downwards
trying to cleave into it as harshly as she can.
Arika Yumemiya does 11 damage to Lotor with an Above Average hit.
Arika Yumemiya hit Lotor with her Unpowered Akatsuki. Arika's holding back?
strong attack! <Standard Mechanic>
Negi goes wide eyed as the duplicates of Rook appear, and before he can
act upon the Rook going after the Otomes, Negi gets slashed at as he tries to
avoid getting struck. He doesn't really, though he's still got a hefty barrier
going about him and he's currently made of lightning, so he's not going to be
Axed in half today. He does end up tumbling backwords, and grits his teeth
some, as he gets back to his feet.
Negi reassesses his current situation, and narrows his eyes before
calling back to Lotor, "You've made a mistake! You've taken your eyes off your
opponent again!" Before he raises an arm up and begins incanting, "~Ras Tel Ma
Scir Magister - Duocentum-Unus Spiritus Arialis! Vinculum facti inimicum
capient. Sagitta Magica, Aer capturae!!~"
As he incants, magic energy gathers at his palm, before suddenly
shooting out into 201 individual streaks of wind arrows that divide into three
groups, targetting all three of the Rooks in order to bind them all,
regardless of which one was real.
Negi Springfield hit Lotor with his 201 Spirits of Air - Make shackles capture
my enemy. Magic Arrows, Capturing Wind! stun attack! <Standard Mechanic>
The Blood Army isn't ignorant to its failure to break through the Otome
barrier. Those attacking it up close back up, falling back into formation and
holding their ground. The archers stop firing, keeping their bows held ready.
But for what is the army waiting?
The answer becomes obvious, as standing on a nearby tall building, Elizabeth
can be seen. She jumps off the building, landing hard on the ground. She
stands, slowly walking up to a position behind her army. Elizabeth then looks
up at Arika, smirking as the Otome girl wields her large blade against Lotor's
RoBeast. The blood golems renew their attack against the Otome barrier.
"PROTECTION POWERED"
This time the barrier comes up in time, and Seikou's outstretched hand
behind the blazing shield of pink /catches/ the attack. She makes a small
noise, flinching once as her boots dig into the ground, skidding her back a
pace from the impact. Good thing she threw up a proper barrier that time.
"BLAST HEAD"
With a click, the head of her Device shifts form and reshapes into a
pronged look, the sapphire gem sparkling once. Seikou pops her neck and braces
herself into a new stance, quietly asking, "Would you like to get more
serious?"
It's a polite question. It's also backed up with a quick, sudden blast
of roiling flames..
"BLAST FIRE"
Material-S does 11 damage to Axel Almer with an Above Average hit.
Material-S hit Axel Almer with her Blast Fire - From the Hip moderate attack!
<Standard Mechanic>
It looks like D is the one to engage the healer, and she smirks in
pleasure as her attack proves effective. "What a wonderfully unique ability."
She's almost too engrossed in admiring herself to catch the stags charging
toward her, but in the last moment she leaps up into the air, startled, as
Yersinea Kreuz sweeps before her.
"PRIDWEN"
The barrier catches the brunt of the stag assault, and that breather
lets Yami reassess her situation. "We see We should take care of you more
quickly."
"YERSINEA DAGGER"
Small blades form in midair and bolt toward Fluttershy, surrounded in
some sickly purplish light.
Material-D does 13 damage to Fluttershy with an Above Average hit.
Material-D hit Fluttershy with her Yersinea Daggers moderate attack! <Standard
Mechanic>
Tch, that blasted barrier again! It seesm to be disrupting his
attempts to break through that girl's guard.
With a growl, Axel folds his switchblade back in and twirls the
Mizuchi Blade around as he holsters it on his back, then dives behind the
broken wall of the house as flames roll in and set the place on fire.
Just for the record: It's not healthy to stand inside a burning
building, but at least Axel isn't on fire himself!
With flames and smoke filling the air, it's not really possible to
tell what's going on inside the building… that is until the flames suddenly
part as a white-clad figure charges out from the fires, his hands glowing blue
with ki.
"SUUUUURRRYYYYEAAAAAH!"
In a heartbeat, he's upon Seikou, his ki-empowered fists driving up
towards her gut, hammering away with repeated blows at incredible speed. Then
a final punch to knock her off balance.
And in that moment of opportunity, Axel slams his palms together to
form a ball of blazing ki, then /shoves/ the volitile energy right into
Material-S' chest.
"BYAKKO KO!"
Axel Almer does 2 damage to Material-S with a Mild Graze hit.
Axel Almer hit Material-S with his Byakko Ko strong attack! <Standard Mechanic>
The lightning 'bullets' home in on Yuna with alarming accuracy, although she
tries to dodge and/or block as many of them as she can - but on the flip side,
even blocking still means she gets zotted by the electrical discharge. When
the barrage finally ends, she looks scorched, and her hair is an absolute
terror (but not a field of it, that's a different theme entirely).
But if Levi wants to see who can get the most ticked off … well, Yuna doesn't
treat combat as a game. She takes it VERY seriously, even when she's not
fighting with the intention of hurting her opponent. Unfortunately for
Material-L, though … the last time Yuna saw any of the Materials, they'd
just murdered Prius Sterling.
(Who is actually alive, but Yuna's not going to tip THAT card to them yet.)
And they're taking part in a massive Confederate assault on Windbloom - the
city where Yuna has made her home for when she's not back on her native Earth
- and while the civilians have hopefully been evacuated safely from the area,
Yuna would be plenty angry about the attack on an ostensibly civilian 'target'
in the first place. Between that, the *other* Confederates who have surfaced,
and the specific opponent whom Yuna's facing off with …
Let's just say that the only thing which is about to let Levi survive is the
fact that Yuna's powers 'default' to non-lethal. She may have a splitting
headache afterwards, though. And given the crossfire Levi just set up, Yuna
has no problems at all about 'playing dirty' in return.
So when Yuna opens fire again, her own assault is backed up by a powerful
energy blast from one direction, a swarm of micro-torpedoes from another, and
a barrage of smaller pulse bolts from yet another direction - all trhee of
those coming from sources in the air.
The Matrix of Light, backing up their 'leader'.
Yuna Kagurazaka uses Matrix of Light Team Assault strong combo attack on
Material-L.
The attacks resulted in a series of, Direct, Graze, Mild-graze, and Direct
strikes for a total of 17 damage.
The three Rooks, something illegal on any chessboard, are going wild
and crazy amongst their foes. The one attacking the fleeing Otome, guards, and
guests having free reign for an instant while the one atriking Arika leers
down at her and the others as they fall. Lotor's dark laugh rises… yet there
is more to this then expected. Something different. The Otome that continue to
deal with the Blood Golems are looks upon even as Arika rises to her feet. The
blade flashes and is unleashed… the Akatsuki seeking the RoBeast as it has
sought others before it.
Yet, the RoBeast only takes a slash across its chest. Metal on metal
SHRIEKING as it springs back and staggers. Its eyes narrowing. Lotor,
confused, looks through those eyes…
…and the RoBeast fighting Negi is the first caught up in the spell of
the Magister. Wrapped around by the wind and held even as the other two are
caught up. The one attacking the fleeing Otome dispersing as the other two
remain solid. The rooks struggling and thrashing in their bonds as energy
builds in them… it will take them moments to break free… but that should
be plenty of time.
Lotor's real question is…
…Why is Arika holding back?
As impressive as the display is, the Black Devil was expecting it. Why?
Because it's something her other self would do, if she fought with this style.
It's utterly unsurprising. That's why another barrier flares to life to block
the majority of the impacts, getting merely a grunt of effort from the child.
She's wearing down, but not nearly so badly as that first hit got her. She
must learn quickly.
"ROUND SHIELD"
That new, stronger barrier certainly seems to hold up well enough under
the assault, as when it fades S is still there, her hand smoking… and her
device clicking with a loud noise, shifting back to the earlier formation.
"HEAT HEAD"
That staff is lowered as the barrier fades, then the end bursts into
flame. Seikou still doesn't smile, but a faint glimmer of satisfaction might
show in her eyes. Axel might not be hurting her, but she can't fault his
fighting style at all. Maybe that's why she 'honors' him with a quick upward
swing of her blazing staff.
Material-S does 10 damage to Axel Almer with an Average hit.
Material-S hit Axel Almer with her Blast Uppercut strong attack! <Standard
Mechanic>
Arika stares silently at the robeast, then looks over her shoulder at
Elizabeth… then back to the Robeast… Negi says he has it handled…..
"Power, skill, and guts…" Frowning, Arika sighs, looking back to Elizabeth
before she raises her left hand to her ear to cup it gently and adjust the
frequency to a certain frequency. "…Yuna-chan. I'm releasing Akatsuki in
full. I don't know if it will affect me the same way as it did the other day
when Ashuraman attacked, but at this point… I don't think I have much
choice. We have to drive them back, /now/. If my robe fails again, get to
Garderobe and get Mashiro-chan somewhere safe. The other Otome will take care
of me."
Removing her hand from her ear, Arika's eyes close for a moment as she
brings Akatsuki forward, her robe beginning to hum loudly as her hair shifts
from it's usual brunette to a glowing bright blonde.
There's another cry from Fluttershy, purplish daggers piercing her skin
as she falls from the sky, trying to avoid them by ducking through abandoned
seats and broken bits. The healer herself is on the run, but she has a few
tricks up her slee…er… horseshoes yet.
The young healer whips herself around, and braces her feet, wings
slightly out as her head dips a little, her forelock sliding to the back as
her teal eyes focus squarely on Material-D. Her eyes narrow, and she gets the
'angry look' about her as her muscles quiver… but Fluttershy has had it
right up to /here/ with this.
"You should be ashamed of yourself!" she begins.
"HEre you are, flinging needles and disturbing someone's special day!
You should be far more considerate of other's feelings, after all, wouldn't
you want others to do nice things for /you/?"
TONGUE LASHING as the pony delivers…
THE STARE.
Fluttershy hit Material-D with her It's… totally… stunning! stun attack!
<Standard Mechanic>
The concentrated assault of Yuna's whole team is unsurprisingly
successful; even if Levi could predict what Yuna is about to do, she couldn't
have known she'd get shot at from three other directions at the same time.
It's even worse when those hits prove that in her current form, Material-L
might be faster and stronger, but she is crippled as far as defense goes.
Solid hits can strike her down like nothing else, and that's what happens
again. The various weapons tear at her Barrier Jacket up; the fact Yuna's
magic is nonlethal is of very little comfort considering the PAIN involved
otherwise.
And that's why Raijin is unlikely to cheer up.
"THAT'S CHEATING! THIS IS ENOUGH!"
She grabs Vulnificus with both hands. The Device snaps as another
cartridge goes right in, and then, it changes its configuration into that of a
large, primarily magical broadsword of ice blue light, a sword that would make
a certain Sanger Zonvolt rather proud.
"CALAMITY FORM."
"DIE DIE DIE DIE! MEANIE HEAD! CHEATER! SERIOUS FACE!"
One swing of the sword from afar sends a chilling gust of wind straight
for Yuna; though it's partially ice magic, it's also partially 'sharp, sharp
blade of air'… huh… magic? Let's call it that, sure, why not.
Material-L does 12 damage to Yuna Kagurazaka with an Above Average hit.
Material-L hit Yuna Kagurazaka with her Calamity Wind strong attack! <Standard
Mechanic>
Now that Negi has gotten the Rooks bound, and the one attacking the
evacuation has been banished, the boy allows himself a somewhat pleased smile
as he has managed to keep damage to a minimal, before Instant Moving his way
right in front of one of the Rooks, and doesn't attempt to attack it yet.
Instead, Negi begins to talk once more, "What is the purpose of this
attack, Lotor? I would hardly expect you to send a RoBeast out for
Destruction's own sake… Who is your target? The Otome(s)?"
Elizabeth looks at Arika and smirks some more. She says nothing though,
she simply raises her scythe and points it towards the Otome. The blood golem
army reacts. The archers fire their arrows towards the Blue Sky Sapphire.
Meanwhile, the sword and spear golems continue their assault against the Otome
barrier, attempting to push through and attack the Otome directly. Now that
Arika is no longer adding to the barrier, perhaps they may just break through?"
Elizabeth does 3 damage to Arika Yumemiya with a Graze hit.
Elizabeth hit Arika Yumemiya with her A cursed metal bow? 4 gold coins. A
cursed metal arrow? 50 silver pieces. An Otome pin cushion? Priceless.
moderate attack! <Standard Mechanic>
The flames rise up to meet him and iot's only a last second leap back
that saves Axel from taking a truely devestating hit. The fires savage his
chest and as he lands, he clutches the burn wound and grits his teeth.
It's plain to even Axel, who can be a little slow at time, that this
girl is far far more dangerous than she looks. Perhaps even stronger than him.
Something… or perhaps someone in the back of his mind tells him it's time to
get serious.
His hand goes for the Mizuchi Blade once more and with a flick, he
extends it, holding it in front of him defensively. Then suddenly he charges,
right up to Seikou.
the blade arcs upward, seeking to carve into Seikou. Axel follows
through with the strike and lashes out with a fierce side kick, then brings
the blade down towards where the shoulder meets the neck. Finally Axel twists
around and thrusts the tip of his sword into her chest.
Child or no, Axel is aiming to /kill/.
Axel Almer uses Vicious Combination strong combo attack on Material-S.
The attacks resulted in a series of, Direct, Graze, Above-average, and Graze
strikes for a total of 12 damage.
D chuckles mirthlessly, starting to look about for her target again.
The pony is interesting as an opponent, but far too weak to concern her. Now
where did-
Wait, was she just… lectured? The pony was throwing a fit and
/lecturing/ her? HER?
It's not the audacity that does it, it's the sheer earnestness behind
the words. Yami is left speechless for a moment, then shaking her head.
"That… We told you already, it is necessary!" She grips her staff and levels
the stare back, but er… that took a lot longer than she realized.
Ice magic, wind magic, it hardly makes a difference - it's still an attack, and
it still takes an effort for the defensive aura of Yuna's Light Suit to repel,
and it hits hard enough to make Yuna wince and recoil.
But it doesn't fell her. And even though she has enough spare attention to hear
and appreciate Fluttershy's attempt to talk (or lecture) one of the other evil
magical girls into standing down … Yuna has already come to one or two
conclusions about her own opponent - namely, that she's not going to listen to
sweet reason at this point (if she ever *was*), and that if Yuna tries to
offer a peaceful solution, she'll just try to cut Yuna to bits and move on to
another opponent. Or go after people who can't protect themselves as well as
Yuna.
She'd really like to be wrong - but it's not a chance she can afford to take at
the moment. And so Yuna leaps from where she's standing, rebounding off a
building or two and virtually flying towards Material-L …
You remember the overhand swing Yuna used to slam L into the ground at the
start of the fight? She's doing that again.
Yuna Kagurazaka does 21 damage to Material-L with a Direct hit.
Yuna Kagurazaka hit Material-L with her Down, girl! strong attack! <Standard
Mechanic>
The Two Rooks seem solid indeed, and the power building in them is
visible as they draw energies into themselves. Glowing with glittering steel
grey and dark black coronas. Arika is studied by one of them, while the other
looks into the eyes of Negi Springfield. The RoBeast actualy takes a moment to
listen. Its eyes narrow, as do the eyes of Lotor… though Fluttershy's
words… fascinating. And provoke Lotor into gales of laughter whereever he
is… catching himself to look up through the eyes of one of his beasts into
Negi's eyes.
"You should know, Negi-Magi," speaks Lotor through the beast. Its jaw
working. "I'm here because I think /he/ will be here."
Cryptic.
But then the power in each Rook crests and they FLASH radiantly as thay
launch out of the bonds! Launching straight for one another in the air to
FLASH as they remerge back into one!
The seven foot RoBeast drops its hands to its sides as it bow its head,
seeming to go into something of a trance. Drawing more of the distinctive
flashing steel grey energy into its hands. It throws its arms out, one toward
Negi, One toward Arika.
"FLASH CANNON!"
Blasts of Steel Light Energy unleashed for both foes!
Lotor shakes off any stun effects!
Lotor does 2 damage to Arika Yumemiya with a Mild Graze hit.
Lotor hit Arika Yumemiya with his Rook - FLASH CANNON! strong attack! <Standard
Mechanic>
Lotor does 14 damage to Negi Springfield with an Above Average hit.
Lotor hit Negi Springfield with his Rook - FLASH CANNON! strong attack!
<Standard Mechanic>
The Otome, still hovering in the air as arrows bear down on her…
frowns again. "If she would willingly attack so many innocent lives…." Arika
says to herself, reassuringly before she opens her eyes again, speaking. "Here
we go, mom…!" The arrows continue on their path… but the energy around
Arika, at this point, is so intense that only a few of them actually hit their
target, and even then without penetrating far through the armored robe.
Suddenly, Arika launches forward into an arc that takes her over the barrier
and back down into the blood golem army, her sword trailing behind her as she
flies through them straight towards Elizabeth. Once she closes the distance,
the Otome… vanishes. Reappearing behind Elizabeth in an attempt to drive the
sword through her in an impalement fashion from behind.
Arika Yumemiya does 33 damage to Elizabeth with an Obliterating hit.
Arika Yumemiya hit Elizabeth with her Angry Antsy. uber attack! <Standard
Mechanic>
"PROTECTION POWERED"
The barrier is up again, this time in a globe, as Seikou braces for the
coming onslaught. Most of the attacks barely crackle the barrier, but at last
Axel manages to slam into her and bypass the shield, sending the girl tumbling
with a spray of blood and a shocked, coughing gasp. She shakes herself and…
doesn't look angry, actually. Rubbing at her neck, she twists her arm and pops
it a bit, then tilts her weapon back into position.
"DISASTER HEAD"
The configuration is very similar to the earlier one used, with two
prongs, but has a sharper spear-like appearance. Power begins to build, but
the flares of wings aren't quite there yet. "That was serious."
"BLAST FIRE"
The bolt of flame is stronger this time, with much more magic behind
it, leaving a flaring roil of orange in its wake.
Material-S does 5 damage to Axel Almer with a Graze hit.
Material-S hit Axel Almer with her Blast Fire - Normal Strength strong attack!
<Standard Mechanic>
"It is /never/ nessecary to start a fight." the pony states, her
necklace glowing as she draws herself upwards, her necklace glowing, her teal
eyes clowing, even her wounded, blood-spattered fur glowing.
"But it is… unfortuantely… nessicary to finish them… I'm… very
sorry about this…" she states.
Then from above D, there may be a litle shadow, steadily growing
larger… and larger…
Until a star-constructed, rather large and robust giraffe is summoned.
It could have been a whale, but instead it's…
Fluttershy does 12 damage to Material-D with an Above Average hit.
Fluttershy hit Material-D with her Cameleopard! strong attack! <Standard
Mechanic>
Elizabeth doesn't even attempt to move as Arika charges her. And
suddenly she finds the blade of Akatsuki piercing right through her back and
out her front. And yet, Elizabeth shows no reaction to it. The wound begins to
bleed… More than one might expect. In fact, more blood begins to appear. And
suddenly, Elizabeth turns into blood, simply splashing against the ground.
Meanwhile, up near the Garderobe school, a cloaked figure walks… The very
same that started all this… She approaches one of the entrances guarded by
some Otome. She has her hands up, showing she's unarmed (as far as they can
tell) and has no intention of harming them.
The Otome raise their weapons towards the cloaked figure, one of them asking,
"What is your purpose here?"
The cloaked figure responds, "I must speak with one of your superiors, I have
vital information about this attack!" While technically true, the figure had
no intention of telling them. She just needed to get close… She takes
several steps towards them.
The Otome shift their weapons menacingly, "Hold your ground." The cloaked
figure stops. The Otome guards walk up towards her, keeping their weapons
trained on her, "What is this information?"
Beneath the hood of her cloak, Elizabeth smiles, she has them. Her golden eyes
glance into the eyes of each of the Otome, then says to them, "You will escort
me to the Queen of Windbloom so we may report the information to her directly."
The Otome turn their weapons away, one of them nodding to Elizabeth, "Yes, we
will." She nods to her fellow Otome then looks at Elizabeth again, "Please
follow me." The Otome begin to escort Elizabeth into Garderobe.
Being escorted by the Otome guards means Elizabeth is pretty much unchallenged.
And as she is currently carrying no weapons, she seems harmless enough. Soon
enough they arrive at the room Mashiro is currently staying in. One of the
Otome knocks on the door and says, "Excuse me ma'am, but we have vital
information about this attack."
Something in Axel's eyes light up when he sees the barrier break and
the blood fly. In that instant, he realizes that the barrier can be
overwhelmed… and if the barrier can be broken, that means he can /win/!
When the flames once more come for him, Axel pulls his fist back as
wind once more begins to spiral around his arm. Once more, he mouthes those
familiar words, "GENBU GOUDAN!"
Then he /punches/ the ground as hard as he can and a tornado erupts
all around him, serving as a makeshift barrier that sweeps up the flames into
it and draws it into the sky above.
Then he flicks the Mizuchi Blade into the air as energy erupts from
his hands. He sweeps them around as more ki is drawn in, then places them
together and cups them at his side.
"SEIRYUU RIN!"
Then with a thrust of his palms, he unleashes a blast of concentrated
energy from his hands.
Axel Almer does 12 damage to Material-S with a Direct hit.
Axel Almer hit Material-S with his Seiryuu Run moderate attack! <Standard
Mechanic>
What the hell? There's no way that D can hope to dodge that, it's just
not doable because Yami has never seen such a ridiculous attack. "What…?"
She looks up just in time to fling herself to the side, so she isn't
flattened… but the summoned oddity still clips her on the way down, sending
her tumbling.
Yami grits her teeth, shaking herself out of her stupor and getting
serious again. She floats upward, a loud click of a cartridge loading heard.
Yersinea Kreuz swipes downward, purple light flaring at the head.
"DOOM BRINGER"
It's not a charged blast, beyond the cartridge used, but it's a serious
attack at Fluttershy this time, a mass of dark energy plummeting toward the
pegasus.
Material-D does 23 damage to Fluttershy with a Direct hit.
Material-D hit Fluttershy with her Doom Bringer strong attack! <Standard
Mechanic>
Negi knows that he really shouldn't take it so easy on his opponents,
but the boy has never been one to refuse an opportunity to talk if there is
one. However, all he got was a Cryptic message, and a blast to the face from a
flash cannon.
Negi was able to raise up enough of a shield to protect him from a part
of the pain from the blast, but it does send him tumbling some distance back.
However, now he decides it's about time to try to cancel out the Double Team,
and raises his hands up to begin another spell, "~Ras Tel Ma Scir Magister -
Locos Umbrae Regnans Scathach! In Manum Meum Dedo Iaculum Daemonium Cum Spinis
Triginta! Iaculatio Fulgoris!~"
Once complete, Negi a series of Javelin sized bolts of lightning streak
for both of the Rooks, as Negi once again tries to keep Lotor's attention
focused, "Focus on your opponent, Lotor!"
Negi Springfield uses Scathach, who Reigns over the Realm of Shadows! Surrender
unto my hands thirty thorn-bearing spirit lances. Throwing Spears of
Lightning! strong combo attack on Lotor.
The attacks resulted in a series of, Above-average, Above-average, Average, and
Direct strikes for a total of 14 damage.
THWAP.
CRASH.
Yuna sends Material-L crashing right back down again, and boy it sucks.
The girl crashes into the ground this time, unable to adjust her flight in
time. It takes a moment for the dust to settle, and when it does, bright blue
light shines in the debris, and Levi rises, wings as bright as ever on her
arms and legs. Her broadsword is grasped even more tightly.
"We're not done! Maybe we can make this fun after all!"
Well.
"For ME. I'm not gonna make this fun for you. YOU LOST THAT RIGHT. YOU
LOST IT FOREVER. EVER EVER. MEANIE FACE! BREAK!"
"SONIC MOVE."
Like a bolt of lightning, Levi shoots right back at Yuna; her speed is
blinding, her form literally turned into bright light as she charges. When she
comes to a stop, she swings her sword several times; while there isn't much
strength behind it, there is a significant amount of skill in the sword
strikes. If Yuna has ever trained with Signum, she might even recognize some
of the motions.
Material-L uses BREAK, BREAK, BREAK, WHY WON'T YOU BREAK strong combo attack on
Yuna Kagurazaka.
The attacks resulted in a series of, Graze, Mild-graze, Average, and Direct
strikes for a total of 12 damage.
Fluttershy's eyes go very, very wide, partially suprised at all the
hurt she has caused herself (oh, that poor little bunny!), but she takes a
breath, and closes her eyes. The pony's coat shimmers brightly, and she flaps
her wings, going up above the field of battle, her wings spreading and
pinky-yellow sparkles flitting from her, causing all of the Union-side
fighters to glow very, very briefly as Fluttershy uses her healing powers!
Fluttershy restored Arika Yumemiya by 8 (Level 1).
Fluttershy restored Axel Almer by 6 (Level 1).
Fluttershy restored Negi Springfield by 8 (Level 1).
Fluttershy restored Yuna Kagurazaka by 10 (Level 1).
Blinking silently as the blood golem collapses over her sword, Arika
shakes her head. "What the… Why is she going to such great lengths to
distract us…? That wasn't the real Elizabeth…" She blinks again before she
looks around. "But if she's not here…" Hovering in place, the Otome's hair
continues to glow brilliantly, as contrary to it's normal habbit of fading
after the initial strike. Just in time to be hit by the Flash Cannon. However,
once it clears, Arika's eyes are locked on the Robeast again, more determined
than ever as she launches into the air again to deliver another powerful blow
from her sword to the Robeast.
At the knock on the door, Mashiro blinks silently nodding to the guard
who opens the door. "Yes? What is it, Otome?" She asks, blinking silently
again at the sight of the robed figure being lead in by the otome enterouge.
"…May I help you?"
Arika Yumemiya does 12 damage to Lotor with an Above Average hit.
Arika Yumemiya hit Lotor with her Glowy Fire Ant Attack. strong attack!
<Standard Mechanic>
She's been caught off-guard, and that makes Seikou just slow enough
that her barriers aren't quite up to snuff. This blast catches S right on the
chest, but her Barrier Jacket catches most of the impact, sending her tumbling
into a wall with a grunt of pain. S shakes her head again, but she's been
injured worse than this before.
"I don't have time for this. Levi is hurt." Her device lifts and she
levels it at the man. "Please die now."
"PYRO CHAIN"
Dozend of fiery missiles erupt from the tip, a stream of the tiny
burning projectiles homing in on Axel, making a long line of flaming death
that coils and twists toward the martial artist relentlessly.
Material-S uses Pyro Chain Barrage moderate combo attack on Axel Almer.
The attacks resulted in a series of, Above-average, Above-average, and
Above-average strikes for a total of 15 damage.
The Rook takes both attacks as they come. The spears of lightning slam
into the Rook again and again. Impacting the now singular Rook with flashes
and crashes of electricity as each bash through them. The creature vents steam
and crackles as the electricity races over it… feeling the agony shuddering
through it as Lotor as well shudders in sympathetic pain. And there she is…
Arika. Coming up in a rush to bring her blade across the beast. It blocks the
slash as best it can, hacking and hurling it aside and spinning away before
all its limbs are hurled out. The creature gives a great hiss as it vents
steam.
"…Check."
That is all the Rook says in Lotor's voice… even as blades of energy
erupt suddenly from its arms. The creature launches forward, launching past
Arika with a single vicious SLASH, then rebounding away, launching straight
for Negi. Its eyes burn as the darkness surrounds the axe blades on its
arms… launching straight for the Magi and hacking at him again and again
with the Dark aligned blades!
Lotor does 5 damage to Arika Yumemiya with a Graze hit.
Lotor hit Arika Yumemiya with his Rook - Night Slash Flyby! strong attack!
<Standard Mechanic>
Lotor uses Rook - Night Slash FLURRY uber combo attack on Negi Springfield.
The attacks resulted in a series of, Direct, Above-average, MISS,
Above-average, and Mild-graze strikes for a total of 17 damage.
Oh, Yami recognizes that. Fluttershy just sent out enough magical power
to heal the rest of her allies, if minutely, and D can't have /that/
happening, can she? The King scowls and gestures toward some of the roaming
blood golems, exerting a little effort with Yunao's stolen power to twist them
and turn them toward Fluttershy.
"We are somewhat sorry, as Levi would love to have you, but we cannot
spare the time." She hmphs, then makes a downward motion, letting a half dozen
spears fly toward her opponent to hopefully take care of the problem once and
for all.
Material-D does 22 damage to Fluttershy with an Above Average hit.
Material-D hit Fluttershy with her Blood Golem Team Strike! uber attack!
<Standard Mechanic>
The blood golem army continues its assault against the Otome warriors.
Things are pretty even for the moment, but now that the civilians have been
evacuated from the area, the blood golems are having a harder time.
Meanwhile, Elizabeth follows her Otome escorts into the room, letting them
close the door behind her. At Mashiro's question, Elizabeth smiles and says,
"Yes, I do believe you can." She pulls her hood back and then kneels before
Mashiro, "Queen Windbloom, I bring greetings from the house of Blackwood."
Elizabeth stands again, "It was such an honor to receive your invitation to
this grand event… Oh wait, that's right, you didn't send one. How rude.
Still! I said I had vital information about this attack, didn't I?" Elizabeth
gives Mashiro a fangy smirk, "You are the target."
With a blur Elizabeth closes the distance between herself and Mashiro. She
slips in behind the ruler, slipping one arm around her waist and the other up
to grab Mashiro's throat.
Seeing their ruler in danger, the Otome guards in the room break out of
Elizabeth's control. They raise their weapons in her direction, but don't
attack in fear of hitting Mashiro.
The blue flames fade from Axel's hands as he quickly draws his arms
back once more and exhales. That's the way. Just gotta keep up the pressure.
don't give her time to reinforce her barrier.
For a moment, he thinks that the turning tides are reinvigorating him.
Then a moment later he realizes something else is doing that instead. he
briefly glances towards fluttershy before more flames are upon him.
"Tch, damnit!"
Suddenly he is airborne, catching the tossed Mizuchi Blade in midair
and bringing it up over his head. Air starts to coil around the blade as he
focuses. Then as he whips the blade fown, a sudden blast of pressing wind
slams down with sufficient force to knock a person to their knees.
And that wind just keeps blasting away, surging with every stroke of
the blade to keep Seikou pinned there before Axel dives towards the ground,
blade outstretched to pierce her from above.
"FUJINSEN!"
Axel Almer does 20 damage to Material-S with a Direct hit.
Axel Almer hit Material-S with his Fujinsen uber attack! <Standard Mechanic>
As a matter of fact? Yuna *has* (probably) trained with Signum, but it was a
while back and not very often even then. But apparently, either it was enough
for Yuna to remember at least a piece of how to deal with an assault like
this, or she's just put enough time into her training to be able to defend
herself … well, somewhat, anyway.
Levi hits *hard*, and she puts enough force into each successive blow that
Yuna's ability to fend her off is severely reduced, and the final blow almost
breaks through Yuna's guard entirely … but the Light Suit is still doing its
job, and instead of collapsing with her head split open or something, Yuna
merely reels back, the aura of radiant power around her flaring and flickering
before it stabilizes.
And then things get a LOT worse for Yuna's allies. The Robeast rips into Negi,
Fluttershy gets reamed by blood golems (which STILL look disturbingly similar
to somebody else's ability), and Seikou and Axel trade devastating hits - Axel
being the best part among bad news.
Yuna's expression tightens, and she launches herself at Material-L, the Matrix
Divider crackling and flaring anew as the distance between them drops towards
zero. "You don't have time for *me*? More like *I* don't have time for
*YOU*!!" snaps Yuna, swinging -
And it may come as a surprise to Levi when this does not actually cut her in
half, because at the moment of impact, it probably feels like it *would*.
Yuna Kagurazaka does 7 damage to Material-L with a Graze hit.
Yuna Kagurazaka hit Material-L with her Who's breaking who here, anyway!? >.<
uber attack! <Standard Mechanic>
Fluttershy gives a little smile — even if she goes down, her allies
have a chance.
Meanwhile, she lowers to the ground, dropping as the spears of blood
strike against her, one even piercing her wing as she crashes to the ground, a
mess of barding, feathers, and blood.
And still, she rises. HEr stance is shaky, but her will and her heart
are strong. She flicks her broken wing a bit, with difficulty folding it
against her side as she gives a small smile to Material-D.
"… it really is a shame we have to fight… I would have rather liked
to be friends." she states, and with her two stags leaping in front of her to
cover, her, Fluttershy, once more, focuses on others in her kindness.
She exhales, and the wings and her fur glow… even if a little dimmer.
Fluttershy restored Axel Almer by 12 (Level 2).
Seikou looks up just in time, her hands lifting and-
"ROUND SHIELD"
The blade impacts, and the barrier… holds! Sort of. It doesn't
penetrate, but that power behind it is so extreme that Seikou crumples under
the assault, slamming into the ground with a jarring impact that craters it
deeply and snaps… bones? Her arms snap back into place instantly.
"That hurt," she announces softly, her Device swinging back into
alignment. The sapphire gem gleams again, and begins another announcement.
"BLAST FIRE FULL POWER"
The loud ka-CHUNK ka-CHUNK of two cartridges loading precedes the
eruption of point-blank flames, a jet of magically-enhanced fire that crackles
from superheating the air, aimed right at Axel.
Material-S does 20 damage to Axel Almer with an Above Average hit.
Material-S hit Axel Almer with her Blast Fire - Boom uber attack! <Standard
Mechanic>
Negi sucks in a breath as he finally manages to get the Robeast to
stand in a single body again, but goes wide eyed when it starts launching
darkness based attacks at him, forcing him once again on the retreat. This
time the flurry is so furious that even as Negi begins zipping around at
lightning speed, he still gets enough times in the flurry to be significantly
damaged. Not enough to go down though.
Once Negi has managed to get himself out of the path of the darkness
coated blades, Negi sucks a breath and begins to incant another spell, this
time charging up different energies than usual, Fire and Darkness energy which
begin to gathers in a swirl about his palm, "~Ras Tel Ma Scir Magister - Agite
Tenebrae Abyssi, Ensis Incendens! Et Incendium Caliginis Umbrae Inimicitiae
Destructionis Ultionis! Incendant et Me et Eum, Sint Solum Incendentes!
Incendium Gehennae!!~"
Upon Completion of the incantation, he thrusts his palm out and sends
out a huge blast of Darkness and Fire energy, in Darkfire Energy Wave!
Negi Springfield does 16 damage to Lotor with a Direct hit.
Negi Springfield hit Lotor with his "Come Forth, Darkness of the Abyss, Burning
Sword! And the Conflagration of Mist, Shadows, Enmity, Destruction, and
Vengeance! Set he and I aflame, burning to our very foundation! Hellfire
Conflagration!" uber attack! <Standard Mechanic>
"This is foolish! We do not have time to slaughter a pony who wishes Us
no harm!" Maybe Yami's feeling pity for her? Or maybe she simply considers
Fluttershy beneath her notice, as the winged Magical Girl in purple zips
upward and spins about. Yersinea Kreuz, her staff, is held in one hand… and
in the other, her left, a small book opens up and flips to a page, glowing
brightly.
"Approach from beyond, mistletoe branches, become spears of the silver
moon, shoot and pierce! Petrifying spears, Mistilteinn!"
"MISTILTEINN!"
Dozens of streaks of light shower down, aimed at Fluttershy but
naturally hitting anyone else close by. A few straggling civilians, perhaps,
and one blood golem, definitely. The light spears through each, doing no
damage… but turning them into a stiff, immobile stone statue as it freezes
each one in place with the petrification.
Material-D hit Fluttershy with her Mistilteinn stun attack! <Standard Mechanic>
The sound of snapping bones is… eeriely satisfying to Axel. After
all, it is only the second confirmed injury he's dealt directly to his
opponent's body that even the shield could not prevent.
Then Seikou's arm snaps back into place, and Axel has a brief flash of
memory to another fight where his opponent mysteriously regenerated a useless
limb.
"What— SHIT!"
The blast goes off, catching Axel full in the face and launching him
through the air. He crashes down limply, not moving from the blow. he can feel
his collarbone broken and it's difficult to breath…
Then he feels that strange invfigoration again and the pain in his
chest eases. His prone body stirs and he pushes himself up onto his knees.
"That… was a very timely save…"
He picks up the fallen Mizuchi Blade and snaps the switchblade shut,
then rises. His collarbone is mended, but the pain still lingers. He'll just
have to deal with it.
After all, he has a job to do.
With a sudden burst of speed, he charges back in, driving right up to
Seikou as he drives back his fist. once more that swirling air starts to form
around his fist as he lashes out, point blank.
"GENBU GOUDAN!"
Axel Almer does 16 damage to Material-S with a Direct hit.
Axel Almer hit Material-S with his Point-Blank Genbu Goudan strong attack!
<Standard Mechanic>
"DEFENSER."
Vulnificus' auto-guard kicks in, a bright cyan circle filled with runs
and smaller circles appearing between Yuna and Material-L. It spins, slowly,
and starts flickering as Yuna crashes into it. Her sword rages against the
shield for a long, painful few seconds; will she break it? Will the shield
hold? Levi is having trouble keeping it up, from the looks of it… and then…
SHATTER.
Yuna goes through, her momentum greatly diminished but her strike
connecting nonetheless. It's not enough to send Levi flying again, and not
enough to disable her; but definitely enough to make her reel back in pain and
whine rather loudly. But then, she's been whining a lot.
"EXECUTOR MODE."
Vulnificus changes again; instead of a broadsword, a halberd or a
scythe, it forms into a spear, with bright cyan wings of light; more like
streaks, really; coming out of the tip like boosters. The glaive-mode faux
Bardiche glows, and Levi raises it high above her head.
"I already told you! I don't wanna play anymore, so you should go away!
We came here to prove ourselves and do stuff! The orders came from high up!
Way high up! Higher up than the silly prince! Higher up than King! Well, King
is… still…" Whoops, conflict. Aknowledgement of authority above Yami.
That's odd. "ANYWAY! It sucks we couldn't find him before things went to
kablooie. Oh! Oh!"
Levi pulls a toy out nowhere.
SQUEAKY!
Haha, it still cheers her up. Sweet.
"I'm gonna break you now. Like I keep saying I will. So, hold on tight,
okay? Furoozun!"
A crack of lightning; and then ten. Clouds darken, a storm approaches.
The air grows cold. A wild flurry of electricity and ice blasts goes out of
control and shoots out of Levi's Device like a raging blizzard. And that, in
fact, is what it is.
A raging blizzard and a thunderstorm, combined.
Material-L does 15 damage to Yuna Kagurazaka with an Above Average hit.
Material-L hit Yuna Kagurazaka with her Frozen Rage uber attack! <Standard
Mechanic>
Fluttershy looks up, wounded as she is, and takes the stun, strugging
to not fall to her knees…
And then she's very still, as are her two star-made stags. THere's a
minutely suprised expression on the pony's face, as if she realized what was
going on, but just at the last second.
Still, it looks as if Yami wins this battle — without shedding blood
at the last blow!
… if it /is/ the last blow.
It's becoming a bit of a slugfest, and S is starting to hurt from it.
She blocks and staggers back, trying to dodge, but the punishment keeps on
coming. And she keeps on… staring back with that eerie calm. She isn't even
bleeding, nor does she look all that bruised, but the stiffness in her
movements says that she's suffering from the continued attack. This is hurting.
Ka-CHUNK! *FLARE*
The tip of her staff blazes with energy again, and it looks like she
knows how to handle it, too. The twirl and upward strike slams toward Axel
hard, magically-enhanced to make up for her smaller, weaker body.
Material-S does 20 damage to Axel Almer with a Direct hit.
Material-S hit Axel Almer with her Burst Thrust strong attack! <Standard
Mechanic>
Blinking quietly, Mashiro rises to her feet and backs away from
Elizabeth as she says she is the target. With the Otome free of her control,
the situation is… somewhat neutralized, but there's no way they can fight
her, not with her in the room… Fortunately, there's another factor… Her
link with Arika. Closing her eyes… Mashiro immiediately sends a signal to
Arika… in a way, it's a form of telepathy.. but at the same time, it's not.
Remaining in place for a few moments, her hair still glowing, her robe
still humming….. Arika snaps her eyes open, turning immiediately towards
Garderobe before she launches away from the Otome in battle and the robeast
she was fighting as well, her left hand moving to her ear as she flies to
transmit on the local frequency. "Everyone! The attack is a ruse! They're here
for Mashiro-chan!!!"
With Arika's declaration, the other Otome gathered at Garderobe
immiediately begin to close on Mashiro's position, as Arika herself closes in
from a distance, as fast as her powered up form will carry her.
"We have spent too much time with this pony. Our sisters need us." D
announces with a huff, zooming upward to get away from the petrified pegasus.
She lifts her staff again, outfit briefly shining, and makes a quick sweep
across the battlefield. "Tranquil breeze, carry forth a blessing of healing!"
"CALMING HEAL"
And invigorating glow bathes Levi and Seikou in healing light, passing
over both her sisters. "Finish them off, we can't afford to let them keep us
here long."
Material-D restored Material-L by 12 (Level 2).
Material-D restored Material-S by 16 (Level 2).
The Rook /HOWLS/ as it erupts in conflagration. The power pouring over
it as it gives a terrible scream. Hurled back as fire lickes over it and sears
and eats at it. The creature curls in on itself, drawing arms and legs in…
drawing in power and energy and seeming to /pull/ in the flames. Drawing it
into a core of agony and pain and forming it into a ball of radiant white
light before it…
The energy sphere glows more and more, and with a radiant flash hurls
it at Negi! All the power of Negi's own magic and more hurled right back for
him!
"METAL BURST!"
And then, mid-throw, as Arika rushes for the defense of Mashiro… the
RoBeast is suddenly right in front of her. Its hand curls into a fist. Its
fist comes up SHARPLY, covered in pure dark energy. Right for Arika's
midsection. Right for where her sternum ends and the opening between the
ribcages. The perfect place to knock the air out of someone and send them
reeling even as Rook leans in with Lotor's voice and whispers.
"Check… and mate."
Lotor does 3 damage to Negi Springfield with a Mild Graze hit.
Lotor hit Negi Springfield with his Rook - METAL BURST! epic attack! <Standard
Mechanic>
Lotor hit Arika Yumemiya with his Rook - Sucker Punch - Checkmate stun attack!
<Standard Mechanic>
A slugfest it is, with each side trading devastating blows to one
another. The thrusting blow drives Axel back and forces him to drop to one
knee, clearly winded by the long- gruelling battle.
Then he sees Seikou's wounds being healed by her sister… and Axel
just turns to glare at her.
In the flash of an eye, the switchblade extends again as Axel drags it
across the ground. Ki leaps out as a slashing blast is launched towards
Seikou, "Jizen Shikkuto!"
But the wave of ki is just a ruse to delay Seikou as Axel suddenly
switches targets and suddenly rushes towards D, blade aimed right for her
ribcage.
Axel Almer does 4 damage to Material-S with an Average hit.
Axel Almer hit Material-S with his Jizen Shittuko Distraction weak attack!
<Standard Mechanic>
Axel Almer does 22 damage to Material-D with a Critical hit.
Axel Almer hit Material-D with his Kill The Healer First strong attack!
<Standard Mechanic>
There's a minute's pose, and then with a shudder and the sound of stone
breaking, Fluttershy revives herself, her coat glowing and her barding chippy
and crunchy, but at least still intact.
Well. She's not pleased. She's been battered, bloodied, beaten up, PETRIFIED
(which kudos go to D, since not even the cockatrice could handle it), her teal
eyes narrow, and she dismisses her two stags, and instead calls up something
more terrifying.
BATS. Three dozen or so small, starry-winged, high-pitched, squealing,
leathery bats.
They /FLY/ at D, knocking her about to try and dissuade her from more
healing!
Fluttershy shakes off any stun effects!
Fluttershy does 12 damage to Material-D with a Direct hit.
Fluttershy hit Material-D with her Na na na na na na na na na na na na na na
na, na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na, na na na na na na na na na
na na na na na na, na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na BATPONY!
moderate attack! <Standard Mechanic>
The Blood Army suddenly halts its attack against the Otome even before
they receive the call about the threat to their Queen. The army moves into
formation and begins to march its way towards Garderobe.
Elizabeth smirks as she watches more Otome pile into the room, keeping their
distance as they give Elizabeth all manner of looks. Elizabeth removes her
hand from Mashiro's throat just long enough to summon her scythe. With a few
swipes, a section of the building wall slides away and crashes down. Elizabeth
gives the Otome a quick bow of her head, before jumping outside.
Now clear of the Garderobe building, and watching as even more Otome move
towards her position, Elizabeth begins to drag Mashiro to meet with the
approaching Blood Army, "Not to worry, my Queen. I have no intentions of
killing you. Though I may have to harm you should your subjects attempt to
interfere."
"You shouldn't turn away from me while fighting," Seikou says softly.
"Especially not to attack King." It's one of the longest statements she's made
in battle, and she means it. The weak ki blast is nearly brushed aside by her
barrier jacket alone… but that doesn't mean S can let up. "Mnf."
"PYRO SHOOTER"
That weak attack? Against Axel? The cartridge clicks and loads one to
boost it, hissing loudly, but that still wouldn't be enough.
"PHALANX MODE"
Dozens of the burning magical projectiles streak out, fanning into a
semi-sphere and bolting toward one tiny, converging point. Axel's unguarded
side.
Material-S uses Pyro Shooter Phalanx strong combo attack on Axel Almer.
The attacks resulted in a series of, Direct, Graze, MISS, and MISS strikes for
a total of 8 damage.
Arika, doing her best to get to Garderobe before something can happen
to Mashiro, forgets the number one rule of combat - never turn your back on an
opponent, even in a tactical retreat… And pays dearly for it. When the
robeast appears infront of her, it does nothing to help her situation when her
own momentum carries her into the fist that much harder, causing the Otome to
cry out in pain, the front of her robe shattering from the impact which sends
her reeling backwards and into a nearby building, then out the other side,
continuing on to the cement sidewalk below where she slams hard into the
ground.
From the crater, even after an impact like that… Arika is still
trying to get to her feet. the front of her robe is trying to mend itself, and
her hair is still glowing blonde. Suddenly, there's a shimmering glow that
appears from her left thigh. "M…mashiro-c..chan! I'm c..coming for you!"
Almost immiediately after, her GEM transmits a signal on the local frequency,
again. [ Emergency Robe Out | Limiter Triggered ] After the transmission,
Arika's robe suddenly shatters completely, causing the girl to fall over face
first into the crater she made when she impacted, again.
Mashiro, for what it's worth, does her best to resist Elizabeth, and
try to pull away from her. Unfortunately, against an elite, there isn't much
she can do physically to stop her from dragging her along. Still, she's doing
her best to slow her down. "I demand that you release me this instant! You
have NO right to do this! Arika!—" Sensing Arika's sudden robe out, the queen
goes quiet herself, frowning slightly in concern.
If Yuna wasn't busy getting the heck beaten out of her, and trying to do the
same to Material-L, the sudden appearance of a squeaky toy would probably
trigger a brief mental bluescreen at the incongruity of it. Of course, then
L-tan calls on the *weather itself* to assail Yuna, with thunderbolts and
arctic blasts lashing at her simultaneously ..
But then another healing spell is cast - and this time, Yuna takes very
distinct note of who cast the healing spell, and where they are. Kind of that
'target acquired and locked' look in her eyes …
"You think the likes of you can break me?" Yuna snarls quietly at L as the
storm subsides. "You have no idea what kind of enemies I've fought against,
and won. I've fought things that would make you scream in terror and run away
even if they were your allies. I've stopped forces which could blow a planet
apart with a single shot and hardly care. I've beaten entities who would give
Lotor nightmares."
For all the fury she was fighting with earlier, Yuna's voice is calm now,
almost cold. "You can't break me, whoever you are. And you should never, ever,
have earned my anger by killing one of my friends, or threatening others."
Yuna charges again, but instead of swinging the Matrix Divider at Material-L,
she just jumps, trying to plant her feet on the girl's head - and then to fire
a blast from the Matrix Divider's tip, practically straight down L's back.
Then she crouches and leaps, this time almost flying towards Material-D …
who *DOES* get a flare-slash from the Matrix Divider for her troubles.
Yuna Kagurazaka does 21 damage to Material-L with a Direct hit.
Yuna Kagurazaka hit Material-L with her You bought this fight. Now *pay for
it*. strong attack! <Standard Mechanic>
Yuna Kagurazaka does 21 damage to Material-D with a Direct hit.
Yuna Kagurazaka hit Material-D with her Please pardon me one moment ^_^ While I
*kick your ing ass!* >.< strong attack! <Standard Mechanic>
Clearly Yami is not used to her petrification being shaken off, because
the storm of bats takes her by surprise, sending her spinning… right into
Axel's blade. The stab pierces clean through her abdomen and out the other
side, giving her an expression of indignified shock.
But there's no blood on the blade.
Seikou's attack blasts at Axel and gives Yami a chance to jerk away,
drawing herself back from harm's reach, hopefully…
Aaaand right into Yuna's flare, sending her spinning down to slam into
the ground, smoking and disoriented for an instant.
Well, that wasn't nice. Staggering to her feet, she glares and twitches
her lip into a snarl, bringing Yersinia Kreuz up to the first target she sees.
Fluttershy.
ka-CHUNK! "DOOM"
ka-CHUNK! *hiss* "BRINGER"
Material-D does 22 damage to Fluttershy with a Direct hit.
Material-D hit Fluttershy with her Color Shift Riposte! strong attack!
<Standard Mechanic>
Negi goes wide eyed as he hears that once again the entire reason he's
been fighting Lotor's Robeast is because the whole time this random attack
was, as he had earlier suspected, had a purpose other random destruction. Had
he the opportunity, he'd attempt to call the fight with Lotor off in order to
prevent any further needless damage.
When the Rook hurls that blast of energy at Negi, the boy is gone with
a crack of lightning, having only been singed by the huge sphere. Instead he
tries to put himself in between the Rook and Arika and says to Lotor once
more, "Your opponent is MYSELF! I will not let you cause harm to anyone else!!"
With that said, he gathers magic around his hands, as he utters in
Latin, "~Duabus emissae, dextra stagnans 'Iovis Tempestas Fulguriens',
Sinistra Stagnans 'Iaculatio Fulgoris', unisonent!~" When he practically slams
the energies into one hand, they form up a GIANT Lance. Unlike usual, it's not
extremely long, but incredibly vast and has little wings about the tail end.
"~Emittens Dios Lonche, Iovis Tempestas Fulguriens producam!!~
After which, he throws the giant lance right into the Rook from nearly
Point Blank.
Negi Springfield does 21 damage to Lotor with a Direct hit.
<DRAMATIC ATTACK> Negi Springfield hit Lotor with his Titano-Ktonon: Boufuu No
Ransensou epic attack! <Standard Mechanic>
The Rook of Doom looks into Arika's eyes for an instant as Arika
falls… crashing down in all her glory. The creature knows it has only
stunned her yet… …a pause. Something is wrong. Lotor looks through Rook's
eyes and watches Arika fall. Studying the strangeness. The way the robe tries
to mend itself after shattering. The way her hair glows blonde. And… a glow
on her leg? What in the world?
And for the third and final time, Lotor learns it is unwise to take his
eyes off of Negi.
The lance RIPS through the RoBeast's chest, leaving a gaping hole…
the impact terrible and making the creature howl in agony as it is hurled into
the distance by the attack… only to be caught with a flash of radiant red
light. A beam of energy flashing forth for it and catching it mid-flight.
And standing on the stands, looking both pained and a littled smug in
his armor, is Prince Lotor himself even as he raises his RoBeast Ball he just
called his RoBeast back to. His cloak ripping as he inclines his head to Negi
and the others. He is clearly in pain from the feedback, but he's come to
reclaim his nearly destroyed pet.
He than raises his hand and activates his teleportation bangle… but
his work today is not done… for another of his horrors is… arriving…
There is a ripple in the air where Elizabeth stands with Mashiro… and
it erupts to pour forth some… terrible. Something horrible indeed.
The creatures that emerges, steping out to suddenly move in front of
Elizabeth. The creature is a Rat. But not just any Rat.
There are creatures known in the multiverse as ROUSes. Rodents of
Unusual Size. They have nothing to this rat. It is no longer wholy flesh, but
a monsterous thing of metal and flesh. The top of its head is distorted,
bulbous, running down its back. A sack of flesh within containing a pulsing,
throbbing grey-pink fleshy brain matter. The creature has red eyes.
And it is not alone.
A second emergers from the hole in the universe. A third. A fourth. A
fifth. A sixth. A seventh. They pile forward and out, dragging their long
tails with them. Each one currently as long as the size of a grown man. And
each creatures head pulses and crackles with electricity inside their
brainsacks. Their tails lay sprawled back behind them, and lay to either side
of Elizabeth and Mashiro. And from the hole in the world, the creature's
linked tails are brought forth. For these are tails that are tied together.
For this is seven Cranium Rats died together by their tails. And turned
into a RoBeast.
The knots of their great tied together tails look almost like folds of
brain matter, shaped and metal added… taking the shape of a throne. A throne
that currently is empty, though it comes forward behind Elizabeth as a clear
request for her to sit with Mashiro comes.
And this new horror speaks.
"Our name is Legion…. …for we are… …MAAAAAAAANNNNNYYYYYY!"
The Cranium Rat King begins to blast all around it with terrible
psionic force. Attacking the minds of the Otome that come to try and rescue
the Queen.
Once Elizabeth sits, Legion can open another hole and Psionically
Teleport itself, her, and the Queen away.
the flames seek out Axel once more, forcing him to break off his
assault on D and back away as flames seeking him out. Instinctively, he pulls
his fist back as wind forms around it, then punches out once more, "GENBU
GOUDAN!" the blast of wind that surges off his fist snuffs out most of the
flames, leaving only one to strike him squarely and the other passing by his
cheek.
As he lands, Axel grunts… his entire body is aching from drawing on
so much of his vital energy to power his attacks. Those ki blasts and wind
shockwaves don't come cheap after all… he realizes he's just about tapped
out. This is his last hand.
Time to gamble enerything.
blue flames erupt from his hand once more as he leaps up into the air
and bends back like a bow, before thrusting his arms forward. With a primal
scream, a massive barrage of blue energy bolts leap out of his palms, raining
down destruction on Seikou and blasting up dust and debris.
Then rushing in, Axel disappears into the cloud of dust, striking out
with several vicious blows, the final of which sends Seikou flying out of the
cloud with Axel in hot pursuit.
Axel's body blurrs with in human speed as he strikes again and again,
delivering a high speed barrage of blows from fists, feet, and tonfa.
Then as Axel lands, he crosses his arms and focuses what little
remains of his strength into this final bvlow. he leaps, blade arcing up in a
vicious uppercut to slice Seikou in twain.
"KIRIN!"
Axel Almer does 19 damage to Material-S with an Above Average hit.
Axel Almer hit Material-S with his Code: Kirin epic attack! <Standard Mechanic>
Weakly, Fluttershy turns and beats hooves in retreat, her broken wing
glowing a bit before she leaps to take off, and she turns to D as she goes to
make an injured exit. One eye is swollen nearly shut.
"… maybe someday… we /can/ be friends." she smiles a bit… then
heads — very quickly — to the next warpgate.
She has absolutely no desire to be a lawn ornament or pet!
Yuna's a tough cookie to break.
This is starting to really, really annoy Levi.
Caught in the attack, there's nothing she can do. She's like a ragdoll
for Yuna. Her speed just has not been cooperating with her; Yuna's been more
skilled, or maybe she's just not been able to keep up with her. Either ways,
it's not been working out very well for Material-L today.
You win some you lose some!
But she's… going to keep trying. Because someone like Yuna must have
an amazing core to her. If they could get THAT into the Book of Darkness, my
god! The output! The sheer output. It'd be able to fill dozens… no… maybe
fifty pages in one shot! Oh and give them awesome holy powers for a while,
probably.
"Blech! You think you're the only one with friends? You're stupid! Mean
and stupid! I have friends too! Seikou and Yami! And we gotta fight so we can
keep existing, because there's people out there who don't want us to! So bleh,
bleh, BLEH! You just want to lock us away like everyone else! Tenha
Raijintsui!"
A prison of lightning forms around Yuna, and then collapses. It's
nothing impressive, but it then proceeds to EXPLODE.
Material-L missed Yuna Kagurazaka with her Heaven-Rending Thunder God Hammer
strong attack! <Standard Mechanic>
As Lotor begins to retreive his PokeBeast, he may or may not notice a
disembodied Forearm having suddenly manifested itself in front of his face.
Should he look for the source, he would see Negi standing all the way across
the place, where the Robeast had been destroyed.
A split second later, the rest of Negi's body follows his forearm, and
Lotor Might get smacked with what feels like a miniature Rocket Punch.
Negi Springfield does 22 damage to Lotor with an Obliterating hit.
<DRAMATIC ATTACK> Negi Springfield hit Lotor with his That's right. Human
Rocket Punch. strong attack! <Standard Mechanic>
Lotor has been knocked out!
Elizabeth wasn't really aware of what Lotor had planned. So when the
giant rat appears near her and Mashiro, Elizabeth is somewhat surprised.
However, it's clear from their actions what they wish her to do. Considering
her own extraction plan would be likely to fail with the specific Union elites
here, Elizabeth really has no choice but to accept the offer.
Elizabeth smiles at Mashiro, "It's time to say goodbye to your Queendom, your
highness. You'll see it again though." Elizabeth drags Mashiro over, sitting
down on the throne. The two then vanish with the rats.
The Rook of Doom is returned to its RoBeast ball moments before Negi
impacts him with painful force. Lotor is caught in the face, swept up by the
force of it and hurled skyward.
Its the sweetest punch. Lands flawlessly. Lotor's face reacts
perfectly. Helmet tumbling down to land as Lotor is hurled away… vanishing
only at the end of the flight as the teleportation bangle takes effect.
And somewhere far far away, Lotor lands hard, skids along the ground
with the shriek of armor on the ground then ends up skidding to the wall with
a thud.
What an impressive display! Seikou's barrier flies up without
incantation this time, but it's enough to block the vase majority of the
punches and kicks against her… but not enough to keep her from tumbling
about, knocked around like a ball in the air…
And then cleft nearly in two.
The final strike shatters the barrier, and briefly, Seikou shows
surprise as it opens her up from shoulder to hip. Blood briefly spurts,
then… stills, as she just 'turns it off' and the wound closes. Her barrier
jacket remains torn, and an ugly red wound stays… that attack was painful
enough to make her choke and stagger in midair, tumbling back before righting
herself and leveling that blue-eyed gaze at Axel.
"SHALL WE USE STARLIGHT DESTROYER, MASTER?"
"No, Luciferion. We will not use a copy for him. Let us show him our
own, personal touch," she replies softly. "He deserves that much for hurting
us." So saying, she flicks Luciferion downward, with the distinct triple
*kaCHUNKkaCHUNKkaCHUNK* of the rest of her clip loading… and the odd,
streaming twirls of energy in the air gathering, swirling in toward her Device
to make the sapphire glow brighter. Wings of flaring pink energy extend from
the spear-shaped tip, growing wider and… taking on the flare of orange, as
if wings of flame are bursting from the sides.
"LIMITERS DISENGAGED. FIRING LOCK: CANCELLED"
Seikou clicks another clip into place, and two more kaCHUNK noises of
cartridges loading can be heard. "You fought well. I will show you my power
now."
"LUCIFERION BREAKER"
"Break. Shoot."
The girl watches silently, unsmiling, as the massive wave of fiery
energy descends upon Axel like a tsunami of mystic power.
Material-S does 36 damage to Axel Almer with a Critical hit.
Material-S hit Axel Almer with her Luciferion Breaker. You too can learn to
hate. epic attack! <Standard Mechanic>
Axel Almer has been knocked out!
The Rats of Doom, however, wait for Elizabeth to sit on the throne and
drag Mashiro with her. And they chitter and hiss. Their brains glowing and
pulsing as psionic power is gathered. Legion drawing its power from within as
its psionic energis pulse… and then the creatures all proceed to vanish at
once with Elizabeth…
…and Queen Mashiro.
This time, Yuna does NOT stay in one place long enough for the lightning bolts
to manifest - the first crackle and she's off like a shot, tearing towards
Levi herself, the Matrix Divider flaring even brighter, some of the golden
radiance around Yuna's Light Suited body seeming to swirl and ripple, as if
that power is itself being gathered into her weapon …
"TENKA ZAIMETSU!!!"
And she swings, with her weapon not merely flaring - the light *erupts* around
the barrel/blade, a force of will and power which more than lives up to the
attack's name: The Annihilation of Sin Under Heaven.
Yuna Kagurazaka does 26 damage to Material-L with an Above Average hit.
Yuna Kagurazaka hit Material-L with her Tenka Zaimetsu epic attack! <Standard
Mechanic>
Material-L has been knocked out!
et she still stands. He simply looks up at the still standing Seikou.
"Tch… lost that bet…"
Knowing that his body can't sustain another burst of speed like the
one before, Axel instead throws up his arms to guard against the assault,
digging in to try and weather it out.
He has about as much luck as a card house in the middle of a
hurricane.
In the wake of the furious attack, Axel lays face down on the ground,
his body bloodied. But that flame of destruction ignited something else inside
him.
Hate.
His eyes flash with murderous intent as he forces his body to rise,
staggering to both feet, "… I'll kill you…"
His arm draws back as wind starts to form around out, "I'LL KILL Y—"
then abruptly, his knees buckle and his eyes go dim as he collapses
back to the ground.
The battle is winding down, but clearly John Smith is not here, and
there is no point in sticking around and wasting more power. Seeing that
Seikou has handily dispatched her opponent in her usual manner - if quite a
bit more bloodied than usual for it - Yami gestures toward the fallen L.
"Seikou, bring Levi. We are leaving." She turns toward Yuna with a glare, "Do
not think We will forget what you have done to our sister."
Yersinea Kreuz is lifted and spun about, charging with white light this
time. But instead of another attack, it stirs up a familiar vortex above the
silver-haired child.
"DIMENSIONAL TRANSFER"
"For now, We go. The one We were wanting is no longer here, I am
certain." She flicks her wings and darts toward the portal, waiting just long
enough for her sister to retrieve Levi.
Her opponent eliminated, Seikou stares at the raving anger with… a
very faint smile. For all of a half second. Then the girl's face shows some
REAL emotion, a gasp and a twist of fiery anger flaring in her own expression,
with fist clenching. The wings on her feet, now orange, flare out to a
brighter and larger prominence, with Yuna in her sights.
But D's orders can still reach her. She swoops down, darting for L's
unconscious body for retrieval. To Yuna, she murmurs, "Next time. With me."
It's not an angry threat, she's regained control of herself. It's more
like an offer to fight, with a glare that says she'll get Serious about it.
Then she makes for the portal, as ordered.
FUUUUUUU—
Material-L is… well, crushed. It's that simple.
It doesn't seem like her message to Yuna got across; maybe it might
have slowed her down if it did, or made her reconsider. Well! That's not
something that matters much now, is it?
The blue-haired girl, slammed back like nobody's business, crashes into
a lamp post yet again, leaving a significant dent in the thing. If she were
human; if she were flesh and blood; that might have broken her spine.
Fortunately, she isn't.
She starts getting up, though; water in her eyes, and genuine sobs and
tears echoing out. She's hurt! Levi is hurt. A lot. More than hurt, she's
obviously crying and sad. She can't get up, though, she's too weak. One hand
clutches her Device, which is back into its default halberd and inactive mode.
The other reaches out; for Yuna's feet. She wants to grab her. She's trying
really hard.
But before she can, Yami's dimensional transfer is operating, along
with Seikou's rescue, and… that's it. Levi's body breaks up and disappears
along with the other two Materials, a yelp of desperation the last thing Yuna
gets to hear! That whiny, weak "No waaaaaait!"
… and if she looks down.
She'll notice that toy Raijin was playing with is at her feet. That
squeaky toy she probably took from some other child nearby, for all anyone
knows.
She was reaching for her toy.
Yuna looks down at the squeaky toy as the power aura around her diminishes …
and the Matrix Divider disappears from her hands before she reaches down,
gently picking up the dropped toy, looking at it.
Over the space of a handful of seconds, the excess power that's been flaring
around Yuna during the battle fades away, her Light Suit returning to normal.
Then Yuna tucks the toy away into a subspace pocket of some kind, and starts
going about the usual after-battle business of tallying up collateral damage,
making sure no civilians got killed in the process, helping other people get
to medical attention …
Yuna herself should probably stop by the infirmary as well - but she's going to
make sure other people, who were less protected and are more heavily wounded,
get the attention they need first.