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There was a silver lining amidst all this chaos and confusion. The guards that were stationed at the armory had all hastened off to the grand hall to find out what the commotion was about. This left me free to wander in and grab my gear, more importantly, my weapons. I didn't have a plan perse. I was more making this up as I was going along, but that was part of my personality. I called it flexible improvisation.
Leaving the armory, I raced along the castle's corridors before spotting a staircase. Sprinting up to the top hoping things hadn't taken a turn for the worse, I emerged at the top. There I let out a somewhat silent expletive. I could feel the magic in the air. As if to verify that, I was staring at what appeared to be the start of a stone maze. I knew enough about architecural plans to know that you generally don't build mazes on random corridors. They belonged in the garden with the trimmed hedges, the fountains, and all those other fancy adornments. No this was something created. An illusion, albeit one created with flawless structure. I could stand here all day and admire how it was created, but that wouldn't get me any closer to helping out. Double checking I had my gear, I made my way through the entrance.
No sooner had I gone in, I heard a loud grating noise. Turning to look, the entrance was gone. In it's place was a stone wall. Moving forward cautiously, I gradually started to make headway in the maze, twisting and turning and going along countless corridors. Time was deceptive in here. I knew realistically it must've been only a few minutes since I first entered, but it was feeling like a lot longer. It didn't help that everywhere looked the same as the places I just went past. Well if worst comes to worst, I could always use a little outside the box thinking. Walls no matter whether they're made by magic or hand, are still walls. And as such they can be destroyed. Not the most subtle of options, and one that I am loathe to do unless absolutely necessary.
Blue kicks at the rubble dividing the two group angrily, the force behind her kick shattered the large stone it connected with into pieces like it was a sheet of glass.
"Fuck, I wanted that Dragon's head"
She screams out before firing off her right fist reducing even more rubble into fragments that still kept her from joining in what looked like an interesting fight leaving her out in the cold to chase after one woman and a hostage, basically the boring part. Clenching her fists tightly she gives into fate and turns around as she speaks.
"That fucking demon better not fuck up"
She blinks looking around and seeing no one else still stood here, she could of sworn that several more people had had been seperated alongside her. She lets out a sigh and drops her head down realising her little tantrum had distracted her from their departure.
"Bah better catch up."
She mutters softly before she moves towards the stairs and down them in a matter of seconds without even breaking a sweat she moved full pelt into the maze, dashing straight ahead appearing as a red and black blur. Seeing the solid wall coming up she pulls her right fist backwards as she charges forward before she snaps out her fist towards the wall and with that brutual, full force punch she obliterates the wall with ease luanchign a cloud of smoke down the corridors clearing a path straight ahead.....
"The Fuck"
Well thats what she was expecting and in normally it is exactly what would of happened to the wall, yet her fist just hits the wall and stops without dealing a scratch to the wall. With a growl she tightens her other fist before she bursts out into a flurry of blows letting out a scream of anger. The wall should of vapourised under the constant force of her fist flurry, the air should be full of dust and the wall should only be a hole, yet this wall remained standing unscratched and with each unsuccessful blow her anger grows and grows until she starts screaming out as her flurry continues.
As soon as the she screamed the word magic she grabs her head tightly and screams up at the ceiling as she mentally berates herself, why hadn't she realised it straight away, why didn't she notice with the first hit.
"Grrr Fucking Magic, fine!"
She lets her right arm drop down to her side as she brushes her hair back with her left, glancing around at where she was. She takes in the surroundings nearly instantly from an observers perspective, she could see that to her right was a dead end with a turn to the left of it. Darting forward she glances around the corner only to be greeted with another dead end.
"Bah, isn't the trick to put your hand on the left wall and follow it to the exit."
She mutters before turning back, placing her hand on the wall to her left as she bursts forward back towards the entrance, turning to follow the wall running around a sharp corner and then down to another dead end before she doubles back again her hand still on her left handside she dashes around another sharp corner. Keeping her hand on the left side she follows it along down dead end hallways so that she doubles back on herself all the while keeping her hand on the left wall. All the while she would be a blur of red and black to anyone she passed, she wouldn't slow down until she hit the exit.
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The party continued to become more interesting by the minute, as the party floor became to hot and divided to bear, forcing Loci's tail to actually get up and do something. With a twirl of his wrist, his weapon appeared in hand as he followed after the others who were forced to flee from the ravages of fire and the one called Biana. As he made his way up the stairs, he could only curse his rotten luck. Came for a party and someone with a grudge didn't have the decency to let the party play itself out. Be that as it may, he followed after where the others who were separated, finding a few of them assembled.
He listened when Celes spoke, he listened, feigning passing interest in what she said. Though they were right about one thing, they couldn't stay here. So he entered, the wall closed, the grating sound caused Loci to spin in place and slam his fist against the stone barrier. Figures, he thought to himself, before turning back. He let out a sigh, realizing the maze before him. He hated these things.
Shrugging off the inconvenience, he went to play along - ignoring the crazed woman with anger issues to her own devices as he followed his own path, scratching the wall along his path with the tip of his jitte's blade slipping along the stone path to mark his path. He caught himself loosing his way once, checking a room to nowhere, before double packing. He diverted once more onto the wrong path but sensing it was, indeed, wrong, turned back then came upon an impasse where he stopped and weighed the choices.
Post by FF:JE Manager on Jul 18, 2012 19:23:11 GMT
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As you all made your way through the maze you would soon realise there was something else here. Zeromus would be the first to notice the apparitions of his parents floating before him. Loci on the other hand as he turned a corner would see two scantily clad Burmecian's shaking their thang. They pressed agaisnt each other holding their hands out for him to take and join them in their furry pleasure. Celes' eyes would fall upon Rena as she knelt before her, the young lucavi's tail curled around Celes' foot with a come hither stare on her eyes.
Last but not least was the Sorceress Blue. As she quickly made her way around the maze she would run into what she would think was a wall but as her eyes moved up she would see a black dragon was stood before her.
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The maze was maddening and her patience was starting to wear a little thin. Moving through each of the corridors slowly she could of swore she had made it near the exit when she felt some magic, but could not place what had occurred. Taking a moment she gathered herself and closed her eyes taking a few deep breaths. After releasing the breath she opened her eyes once again.
This time instead of the grey stone surroundings she found herself staring down at the form of Renari. The feeling of her soft fur covered tail surrounded Celes' leg and it sent shivers up her spine. Attempting to control these shivers she clenched down on the muscles in her mouth and body. Blinking a few times Celes looked down at Renari a smile on Celes' face.
"Now what brings you here right now Rena? And if you where here the whole time why did you not come say hello to me at the party?"
As she spoke Celes felt odd as if she was not speaking toward the same Rena she had spent a few days with no more than a week or so ago. Suddenly in her mind a shooting pain echoed as if something was not right with what was going on. Stumbling forward some she walked past the kneeling figure of Rena. Her eyes glued shut from the sudden pain she spoke toward the figure.
"Rena we can relax after this is done... There is something I must do and it must be done..."
Bracing her arm against the wall she moved along the wall slowly making her way toward what she figured was the exit of the maze. As she neared it she would open her eyes and looked back toward the place Rena had been kneeling and seeing her there made her heart stop once again. It hurt her to continue on without at least attempting to drag Renari along but she knew that she needed to set herself free of the Coven and its influence.
"Wait for me Rena... I will return to you and I will be fine..."
Blue slams to a halt as the black dragon stood infront of her, her eyes darting up to the ceiling and then even further upto the large dragon. Taking a step back her thoughts start to race, dancing between two opposing trains of thought. The first was DRAGON, FUCK YEAH that was fuelled by her dissappointment from not being able to fight the one that had appeared before her downstairs in the main hall. Her second line of thought was slightly more observant than the first and it went like this, It appeared out of nowhere, when have you ever been that lucky, plus its bigger than the maze a dragon would not just appear somewhere as small as this maze.
She would stand there staring up at the dragon for several moments as the two trains of thought battled towards a choice between them, which would, if anyone could actually hear them sound something like this.
DRAGON! But GONNA KILL IT But GONNA PUNCH IT TO DEATH But its GONNA USE ITS BONES AS A FRAME Its no~ AND ITS SKULL AS A BOWL oh for go- HMMM WAIT EYE SOCKETS WOULD MESS IT UP It's not re- MAYBE USE ITS SCALES TO MAKE A- ITS NOT FUCKING REAL WHAT!?
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With the realisation made and the descision made Blue lets out a loud blood curdling scream of anger that would echo through the maze and maybe even the castle itself, then she would smash her fist into the side of the maze so hard she just got angrier screaming once again a moment before she explodes forward and continues to blaze her way through the maze as the air is filled with the echo of her scream.
As Loci rounded the corner, his eyes fell upon the two Burmecian harlots with their sultry wilds and feminine curves. Loci was entirely uninterested – sins of the flesh wasn’t his thing. Oh, they certainly played well in getting what he wanted out of people, mortals are such simple, silly creatures. So easily swayed by a thurst of hips or a seductive look. However, this was not the time nor the situation to use such frivolous ploys, beside, they’re likely traps, Loci concluded.
“Ladies!” He called, “Which way to the exit, no please keep your clothes on. Here strictly on business. No, nothing? Yes, very nice breasts, but can we please keep ourselves focused? Just need to know if it’s the next left or rig- ok and you’re now licking her. Fantastic. You know, I’ll just leave you two to get better acquainted and I’ll press on.”
So ignoring that, Loci pressed onward through the maze. Rounding corners, following his instincts. He felt, at this point, the maze was desperate to stump them and failing miserably. Least by Loci’s standards. He could hear the rustling now of the outside – or perhaps some small creature scurrying about. He readied his weapon, cutting along the length of his arm to coat its blade in vile ichors that coursed through his body coat the edge in putrid sanguine. Whatever was up ahead, wherever this blasted maze was leading them, least he felt mostly prepared.
Post by FF:JE Manager on Jul 25, 2012 15:51:54 GMT
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As you all would eventually ascend the next set of stone steps you could hear the voice of the Coven leader and the cries from Princess Garnet. The weather had changed dramatically since you had all entered the castle, the thunder and lightning brightened up the darkened skies while the rain pounded off the rooftops.
"Summon him! Summon him now! I order you to give me that power!"
"Stop please...I don't know what you are talking about?"
"Don't play innocent with me, you have the power to summon Alexander the guardian of Alexandria. Use your damn summoner powers!"
The argument between the two continued in a similar fashion while you all made your way to the rooftop.
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Finding the exit Celes made her way up the next set of stairs as she felt a loud rumble crash through the castle. The battle below them must be reaching its thundering crescendo and it must be an absolute beast of a battle. Regaining her footing she saw in her periphery the others come barreling up the stairs behind her. Taking the point in front of the Sorceress Blue; Celes kept a few paces in front of everyone as they made their way up to the rooftop.
Being the first one up into the thundering skies, driving rains, and unnerving atmosphere she saw Biana and the Princess. Clenching her fist Celes was the first to close to within a few yards of the duo.
"BIANA... Stop this madness. What do you think you can accomplish by kidnapping the princess of Alexandria... Especially during the middle of her birthday party..."
Celes stood at the ready awaiting the others to come to her side and for Biana to respond to her. Here was the turning point in her life. Her next actions would reflect on the rest of her days and the words from the Avatar of Darkness rung within her ears. :: Good and Evil are relative, perspectives, opinions. :: The words had bore a hole into Celes' psyche as she knew that no matter her actions she would always try to do what could be viewed as the greater good from that day onward.
Letting out a long string of expletives, I realised that I was left with no other choice. I refused to play a part in this game any longer. Drawing my bow, I attached an explosive charge to it, and was about to light it when I noticed something odd. The wall, up until now had been solid all over. But now, it looked as if it was phasing. Taking in a few deep breaths, I calmed down enough to consider touching the wall. My hand went right through. Perhaps the conjurer of this maze was losing control of it. I'd imagine summoning something like this would take a vast amount of magic, and fighting other people wouldn't be helping there concentration. Rushing through the wall, I was faced with a stairwell that slowly spiralled upwards. Taking the steps two at a time, I burst through a door and emerged on the rooftop, starting a little at footsteps near me. It was Belzera, Celes and the others. This was better than I'd hoped. We were all more or less near each other.
Falling behind the others, I moved into the shadows. It was stormy and raining heavily on the roof. Making my way to the far battlement, I could see Princess Garnet struggling with her captors. There were also men, if they could be called that, standing in front. They didn't look particularly friendly. I was considering what to do, when a flash of lightning illuminated ones face. They looked like husks. There armour and weapons were rusted, and looked archaic. That made it easier to plan. Husks were essentially undead, typically summoned with black magic. There were two ways to get rid of them. The first one was to break the control of the one summoning them, the other, and by far the easiest option was to kill them with fire. Perhaps it was a good idea that I hadn't put away my explosive arrow. Taking aim, I let loose and watched it streak towards it's target. With an explosion muted by the thunderstorm, the ghouls fell to the floor in a dozen plumes of smoke. That served to do several things. Garnet and her captors were now very aware of our presence, but it was an open path now to them for us all.
The echo of Blue's murderous scream would only just bet her out of the maze by a few seconds before the black and red blur flies up into the air out of the doorway to the interior of the castle. Blue would land her fist tightly clenched at her sides, her head flying around, hair whipping around so violently it almost seemed like the air was being shredded by it as she looked around for something to brutally savage.
Her eyes fix onto Biana and Garnet not noticing the others at all, her mind had only one thing on it, well it was actually a large amount of things but they all had the same end effect someones head devoid of a body. Currently her fury was settling on punching someone until they stopped twitching and frankly she could barely register the difference between Biana and Garnet right now, heck if there where other realities based on choices not taken Blue would be about to charge Garnet, but luckily her anger was focusing on Biana.
clenching her fists once again as the muscles along the back of her legs tense up, she lips her lips before biting down on her lower one, blinks twice as he gaze darts to the sides of Biana and she breathes in deeply building up energy in her legs and then, in an instant Blue bursts forward towards Biana, no scream, just a murderous intent flowing from her as she covers the distance between her and Biana before she fires out her right fist towards Biana's face, the blow that would mark the start of a deathly barrage of blows to her face with the aim of ripping her head from her spine so that she could use the body as a golf club and send her head flying far away.
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"Waaaaa I don't like this, kill them now!"
"No...we are needed upstairs....leave the bitch she was useless."
With a click of Kaiya's fingers they both vanished into a dark void, you were all left alone in the firey room until you heard rushed footsteps and yells behind you. The Pluto and Alexandrian Knights had rushed through the front door and come to your aid, the Pluto Knights ran to Erinna who was laid on the ground still breathing. One of the more hefty knights picked her up like a princess and began to carry her. As they passed Karrl her hand which was grasping something fell open, a picture fell to the ground. It was a picture of Karrl stood smirking in his usual fashion, how she come to get such a picture was a question but the reason behind it meant more.
"Go on lads get this thing finished with we will make sure this young lady recieves medical attention."
Like they needed to tell you twice to move on up! There was now a small gap you could get past to help the others on the rooftop.
On the rooftop Biana smirked as Blue rushed towards her, she sighed as her form began to distort and flicker in and out. She dodge Blue's fist easily as she appeared behind her kicking her up the arse. Princess Garnet at this point tried to make a run for it but was grabbed by her long hair, Biana pulled her backwards and threw her against one of the stone walls.
"I don't have time for this shit! Either summon him now or I will force it out of you! Celes get the fuck over here and stop pretending you have light in your heart. You joined the Coven knowing full well what it meant. Join me at my side...as my partner...we could rule Gaia together. We would have what our heart's desire."
[No fighting yet well...no actually landing a punch but you can try XD.]
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Watching the fight unfold, I was amazed at how furious Sorcerus Blue and Karrl fought. They seemed like people possessed. But this also served to present a unique opportunity. These unwelcome guests were far too preoccupied with dealing with Blue and the others. They'd not even turned an eye to my being here. That was of great benefit to me. My speciality was staying under people's radar. I was already beginning to hatch the foundations of a plan in my head. It was pretty risky, but it was like i'd always been taught. Nothing ventured, nothing gained. Looking down briefly, I rummaged around my backpack to take stock of what I had. It left me with a smile. A few smoke grenades, a flash grenade, and other bits and bobs. This might actually work after all. Taking some time to modify the flash grenade to fire with my bow, I looked up to see how the fight was going. We seemed to be holding our own, but we weren't exactly doing much damage as well.
Donning my flash protection goggles, I stood up and readied my bow, locking onto a spot of the battlement behind Biana before firing. I was already on the move before it hit its target, seeking to close the distance quickly. I'd need to be close to pull of what I was attempting. The arrow struck the stone, causing sparks that set off the flash grenade. The end result would have put me on the ground clutching my eyes if I hadn't been wearing these goggles. A bright flash covered the battlement resulting in various screams and expletives from all parties. Arriving at my destination, I drew my sword and slashed at Biana's hair, before grabbing Princess Garnet and retreating to a shadowed place near the battlements staircase.
Bowing humbly I looked at Princess Garnet - 'Forgive my crudeness Princess. I simply wanted to get you out of harms way. You being a hostage is holding back my companions from fighting with there full strength.'
Karrl stood there as the two made their escape to the roof, he was slightly out of breath as he stood there, he needed time to recover his stamina before heading upstairs, but he knew he had no such time. He knew, when he faced the boss lady upstairs he would only be able to throw normal attacks at her, he might have enough energy to through one more screaming attack at her but that was about it. It frustrated him to know end, and he knew, when he was the way he was he did not really think of fights to come, more of just the there and now.
He suddenly heard footsteps coming from behind them he stood up straight and clutched his blades. Karrl hoped it was not more of the enemy’s forces, he could probably take them, but he would almost have nothing left for the woman upstairs. He turned his head and saw who it was, and wanted to sigh in relief, but held it in and just stood there not emotion on his face. He saw one of the larger knights pick up Erinna and a wave of guilt hit him, however, he kept his emotions guarded. He did not want to show how bad he felt about what he had just done.
When the guard walked past he had just realised he had not taking his eyes of Erinna and when she, who was in the arms of the knight, was next to him he saw her hand open and something fall out. He watched as the knight walked past and as soon as he did Karrl picked up the fallen object. He instantly knew it was a photo, but, as soon as he saw who was in it; a number of tears fell from his eyes. He finally knew how she had felt about it, which caused two things to happen.
The first of those thing was the guilt he had been feeling, it grew and grew to it almost crushed his soul. The second thing was, his rage, it grew faster than his guilt, and that rage was for the women upstairs. He was angry at them for bringing Erinna into this fight, and he would make them pay, he would rip off their heads and feast on their hearts. Also, he was angry at himself, angry, because of the fact he did not try to calm her down, he just thought of the most risk free situation, where there would have been minimal casualties and went for it.
Standing there as the rage and guilt grew and grew so much so it became tangible, a force of its own, he let out a massive roar and mixing with his energy the air around him ignited. Without even thinking he ran straight for the stairs not even stopping to see if the others were ready, all he cared about was getting up there and tearing them asunder. He would make them pay, they would die by his hands, or he would die by there’s, and if they escaped he would hunt them down and make them pay.
As the two witches disappeared, Noel took just moments to collect himself before realising the opportunity to move out and taking it. The incredible heat of this place caused by the fire had plastered his hair to his head and taken a lot out of stamina, but he knew that he had to persevere. The princess was still in danger and so he followed the others to the roof. He made sure he allowed his rage imbued comrade to go before him, as he did not want to inadvertently be on the receiving end of that!
Arriving at the top of the stairs, he unfortunately arrived just in time for a bright flash to engulf the immediate vicinity and he cussed lightly as he shielded his eyes. It took a short while for the whiteout to settle down and the stars dancing around his eyes to go away, but when they did he was relieved to see that the princess was now safe. Obviously, someone had used their initiative but had not extended any kind of warning, but then, that would have been a rather foolish thing to do.
Taking a stance in order to defend himself and the princess against these witches, he glowered at them as he held his blades at either side of him.
"This has gone far enough", he declared as he prepared for the inevitable battle. These witches didn't deserve the mercy he extended to most of humanity and their ilk.
WORD COUNT: 243 THREAD WORD COUNT: 4280 TEMPLATE BY OH SO COOPERNATURAL ! @ CAUTION.
Last Edit: Aug 5, 2012 10:21:37 GMT by Noel Kreiss
Standing there before Biana she felt a rush of wind blow past her as she at first felt and then saw the figure of the Sorceress Blue come flying past her and take a swing at Biana. Who dodged the attack as if she knew it was coming all along. Celes had felt the power of Biana, had been party to her use of said power, but now it felt to her sick and distorted. It was as if within Celes a switch had been thrown and her old associate was now going to be her enemy.
:: So it begins eh Celes? Time to cast aside the false pretenses and cast your die into this game... :: Closing her eyes she felt a figure of herself speaking it directly at her. Smirking she reopened her eyes as a loud noise and flash echoed acrossed the battlement and suddenly others appeared from within the castle. Speaking up as the other witches appeared on the roof more battered than anything.
"You wish to use the princess to summon you a being of immense power do you not Biana? If so then why do it this way? You have cast yourself down a rather dark path. As for me not having any light within my soul. Then so be it as I know the light and darkness within each person is only a part of themselves... It is how you use it that determines your worth Biana. And I cast off my chains that bound me to you as I will not stand by and let you do this to an innocent person..."
Taking a stance she readied her blade and pointed it at Biana. Waiting for others to appear she had taken a step out from the group and made herself the front line for the upcoming attack.
Last Edit: Aug 6, 2012 14:46:29 GMT by Celes Chere
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"You are so fucking useless Celes, I should have known not to waste my time on you. Never mind....I will make sure you watch that furry bitch die by my hand."
Her head snapped over to Zeromus and Biana swayed her right index finger side by side as she tutted. Her gaze was one of pure evil, the thoughts that could be running through her head didn't really bear thinking about. The Coven leader didn't even attempt to walk over to Zermous she simply clicked her fingers.
"Oh sweetheart you think a few bullets are going to stop me....think again pudding pop. Jada...Kaiya get back to the base...make sure Fayette is ready when I come back."
In a flash Princess Garnet was now hovering high above you laid out in a sleeping position, she wasn't trying to struggle or break free of the invisible grip. Perhaps she was unconscious or worse....no she couldn't be. Biana needed her for...Alexander. A bright light began to radiate from Garnet's crystal necklace. That must be the key to summoning Alexander or perhaps the catalyst! Either way she was bound by a high mage's power she may even be a sorceress.
"Garnet you have tried my patience enough so I shall force you to summon Alexander to me while I take care of this lot."
Whether Princess Garnet could hear her or not didn't seem to matter to her. Biana's red eye began to glow as she looked at you whilst laughing into the night sky.
Biana, Leader of the Coven HP: 25000 MP: 5000 Atk:1000 Def:500 Mag:2000 Spr:2500
Abilities: Evasion - Can evade once per battle. Biana prefers to launch herself into battle Double Magicka - Biana can cast a magic spell twice in one turn for 200 MP
Magic: Thundara, Flare, Gravity
[More abilities will be revealed once we get into the swing of our first big major stat battle.]
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Karrl did not even break for a second as he left the stairs he just turned and headed straight for Biana. His rage had hit him full force and his mind was as close to feral as one could get without being so. His eyes were focused on her and he would not take them off her not even for a second. He did not even notice everything that was going on around him, he just wanted to hurt her and hurt her bad. The realisation of what had happened with Erinna had put him in this mind frame and he was screaming out a battle cry that would chill even the most battle hardened warrior’s blood.
As Karr passed all of the other warriors he launched himself into the sky drawing his blades. Even with him launching into the air he did not take his eyes off her. His normally hazel eyes had turned red, a deep, dark, crimson, gore like red. He let out a massive howl, but the howl, it formed words, as if a wolf had learnt how to speak the human tongue. Those words were, “By the blood of my parents I will cut you into pieces foul creature of magic.”
With those words he dove down. As he had gone from the jump to the dive it almost seemed like he had actually stopped in mid-air and turned to dive face first towards her. As he dove he let out another battle cry twirling his blades fast and with skill matched with the blinding speed. He did not break not for a second, he just dove straight for her wanting his blood on his blades, and just as much to taste her flesh, blood and bone.
He finally reached her and when he got within striking distance the twirling stopped and he slashed at her midsection with both of his blades, on just below the chest and one right on the abdomen.
Damage: 600+20 (-Def: 500): 120
Hp: 700 Mp: 300 Str:600 Def:300 Mag:300 Spr:300
Last Edit: Sept 2, 2012 11:55:03 GMT by Karrl Garm
OOC: This is a stat battle I need to see stats and total damage done by your attack, I will minus the defence from Biana myself. I can't do a stat battle without you all meeting me halfway by showing your attacks.
Noel shot a look toward the blonde woman in their party. So she was one of these people too? No, not any more, or at least it didn't seem that way, but it still left doubt as to whether she could really be trusted. He wondered who the 'furry bitch' the high mage had been referring too could be, but then it was none of his business really.
Upon the brief disappearance of Garnet, Noel gasped before following everyone elses gaze skyward. The sight that greeted him was truly sickening and furthered his resolve to take this woman down no matter what! The glowing pendant could only mean some kind of trouble caused by the woman known as Biana. He'd heard of the Alexander and the other fabled Eidolons, but surely the princess didn't have the ability to summon, right?
Watching as Karrl launched himself forward first, Noel followed suit with his blades poised by his sides. Garnet was relying on all of them right now to win this and set her free, he was sure of it, and so with that in mind he rushed forward and as soon as Karrl was out of the way, he slashed his own blades at the groups powerful foe. He wasn't sure exactly where he had hit her as he did not intend on getting in the way of the others. He had seen some of them in action and he did not wish to be on the receiving end. Standing back, he looked skyward just more, willing Garnet to hold on just a little longer. At least the other two witches were no longer around, meaning they could concentrate on Biana, but in a sense it was almost a shame that they couldn't all be taken out here an now for what they'd done. --------------------------------------------------------------------------
===Battle===
[/size][/center] Noel used basic attack for 310 damage (-def).
Level 5 Hp: 300/300 Mp: 200/200 Status: Normal
Atk: 300 + 10 Def: 200 Mag: 250 Spr: 200
Abilities: Blitz - Attempts to hit all enemy combatants for half normal damage value each. Can miss individuals but still hit others. Ruin - Inflicts 50 non-elemental magic damage on a single enemy. Costs 10mp.
Standing there with a look of utter bewilderment on my face, I ran through the events trying desperately to work out what in gods name had just happened. I'm certain I hadn't miscalculated. I had utilised both a flashbang and a barrage of fire to distract and disorient everyone on the roof before grabbing Princess Garnet and attempting to get to cover. But somehow, Biana had preempted this and stood there blocking my path waving her fingers at me. Why would she willingly let herself be flashed and damaged? Then the answer came in a tidal wave of realisation, causing the color to drain from my face. She was toying with me. Attacks that might have been powerful against normal people barely had an effect on her. This wasn't good. She turned then, to look at me.
'Oh sweetheart, did you think a few bullets would hurt me? You'll have to think again pudding pop.' - She finished what she was saying, and then turned to her comrades, before utilising her powers to lift Princess Garnet off the ground and into the air. The Princess had stopped moving, which was a bad thing. Either she was just unconscious or she was dead.
It was then that a bright light shone like a beacon across the rooftops. Squinting my eyes, I could see that the dormant gem on her necklace had begun to pulse and radiate. That must be what these people were after. I couldn't fail now, not when we were so close to stopping them. Looking down at my bag and bow, I tried desperately to think of a plan. My bow had taken some damage when I was running around the Labyrinth that they had summoned. It would only take a few more heavy uses before that crack escalated in completely ruining the weapon. But I had no other choice. Looking around, everyone was giving there all, and then some to help fight back these intruders and save both the Princess and Alexandria.
Plucking up enough resolve to see through my hastily cobbled together plan, I notched a blunt arrow, and took my time to sight on to the necklace. My theory being that for it to work, it would need to be in close proximity to the Princess' body. If I got it far enough away, the gem might revert back to its dormant state buying us all more time. Closing one eye, I breathed in, and let loose my arrow watching as it flew true and latched onto the necklace tearing it from her body and sending it flying to the other side of the battlement, before coming to rest against the wall. I couldn't think about whether that had done anything or not. Rushing forward, I took up an attack stance and stood ready to face this woman.
Drawing my bow, I autoshot a dozen arrows towards her, before dodging rapidly and reappearing to the left of her, charging my arrow with dark energy and utilising my Level 2 Combat Ability, Serpent Sting. Without breaking a stride, I launched myself to what I classed as a safe enough distance to catch my breath.
Atk: 200
Weapon Damage: 10
Serpent's Sting: May inflict 50 poison damage every turn for three turns. (50mp)
I couldn't see how much damage that combo did as it had enveloped the area in a cloud of dust and smoke, but it should definitely have smarted. Which was good, because the crack along my bow had spread further. Any minute now it would fail, and I would have to resort to magic and sword play.
Celes glared at Biana. Everything she had done before the meeting she had with the Avatar of Darkness had been with her own misguided sense of justice as her morale compass. Now she knew that it mattered not what others would think of her actions. Each action would br measured and she would stand for what it is she believed in no matter the cost.
Raising her blade she closed her eyes as everything went on around her. In her head she forced herself to know and realize that no matter what Biana needed to be stopped.
"Threaten me all you want Biana... Leave Rena out of this. you have already used her image to try and get me to stop once. This time I will not hesitate to end this..."
Her only words spoken as she drew in dodging the others attacks. She brought her own sword to use and cut into Biana's side. Celes rolled past her and onto the other side of the roof from the others after the attack landed. Raising her blade she watched and waited for her next shot.
Blue stops rushing ahead shortly after Biana evades her attack, she flips forward onto one hand pushing down her other hand to twist herself back 180 degrees before flipping back onto her feet, facing Biana and the others her anger still at a boiling high. Clenching her fists tightly she fixes her glare onto Biana once more, breathing sharply Blue takes one step forward towards Biana before she luanches herself towards Biana and in a flash she closes the distance between them, pulling her fist backwards with all her might before she smashes her clenched fist towards the womans jaw before clenching her other fist and smashing it forward aiming for her guy with enough force to shatter heavy armour. It all happens within a matter of moments and once her attack was over Blue slides backwards away from Biana muttering under her breathe sharply.
The demon sighs as the two woman flee after receiving a thrashing from them all, he mutters to himself lightly.
"Typical cowards"
He then looks around the hall as the others start to leave to catch up to those that had fled the room earlier, knowning he should probably race on to catch up the demon finds his attention drawn to the SeeD woman that had been turned into a dragon.
"Aren't we heading on up Belzera?"
He hears Fortuna ask him as he starts to move towards knight carrying the female SeeD, letting out a sigh he makes his choice, he could hate SeeD all he wanted but he wasn't as heartless as to not at least help out someone when they've been used against there will. He holds out his palm towards the woman and casts a series of spells in quick succession, casting Life and Cure concurrently making sure the woman was at least in a semi stable stat. With his act of probably useless mercy out of the way he lets out a sigh before shaking his head and starts walking towards the exit, where the others had run too.
OOC: Belzera slowly making his way to the battle.
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Abilities: Evasion - Can evade once per battle. Biana prefers to launch herself into battle Double Magicka - Biana can cast a magic spell twice in one turn for 200 MP
Magic: Thundara, Flare, Gravity
[More abilities will be revealed once we get into the swing of our first big major stat battle.]
Blood trickled down the side of her mouth as Biana suffered a vicious onslaught of attacks from you all. She still stood firmly in place with her arms by her sides, she played the the several straps and buttons on her attire as she looked around you all. You could all tell she was planning her next move but what would she do and to whom? Her gaze suddenly flicked to Blue and she smirked in such a wicked fashion. With her hand outstretched she summoned forth her thunder magic and shot it straight at Blue. It was a well known fact that the Sorceress wasn't that well magically endowed. Her cackling rang into the night sky as she turned her attention to Princess Garnet. She had awoken and had turned her head to look down at you all, in a feeble attempt she tried to lean to the side hoping for one of you to grab her. It was impossible she was too high up.
Her crystal necklace glowed even brightly now and for a moment you could all swear you felt a slight rumbling coming from beneath you.
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Karrl watched the events that happened next. He was not hesitating, that was not Karrl’s style. He was the type of guy to attack as strong and as fast as he could. However, he was not a stupid fighter, and he knew he should not rush into an attack with the right chance to do damage and give the chance for a counter minimal.
So, there he stood twirling his blades, forwards, and then backwards, both blades singing as they sliced through the air. As he saw the attack on Blue he saw his chance to attack again, but, he thought he would take a little bit more time to think about where to strike and what to strike with. The onslaught that would have dropped most people, only made Biana bleed a little, which showed how powerful a foe she was.
Suddenly he found his chance, the right time, the right area to strike and what attacks to strike with. He rushed in with great speed and aimed a double slash down the sorceress’ chest. He then jumped back performing a backflip. As he flipped backwards the sabre in his dominate arm started to glow green. As soon as his feet touched the floor his green glowing sabre struck forward with the speed and precision of a scorpion’s tail.
As soon as he performed his second strike he jumped back quickly and moved himself into a defensive position. He watched for the next chance to strike, he would not fall, not to this one, he knew he would have a tough time fighting this woman on his own, which, even though it was not the time, nor did he have the ability to express it in his feral state, but he was glad that the others were there, because, on his own, he knew he would fall.
Dodging the onslaught of the others attacks on the wicked mage, Noel look on as she seemed to be planning her next move. He knew that he wasn't exactly the strongest fighter in the fray and he braced himself for Biana possibly noticing this. He was by no means weak though, and would give his all if it meant saving the princess. Speaking of which, he looked up and noticed that she was awake and had turned her head to face them. There was nothing he could do for her right now though, she was too high up. Whatever magic her pendant had been imbued with, it was now glowing even brighter at an alarming rate. The rumbling beneath the parties feet was a sure sign that something was happening, and that it was connected to Garnet, the pendant an Biana.
Wincing as the thunder magic charged it's way toward the red haired girl, he rushed forward with his blades outstretched once again. noticing that one of the SEEDs was also mid attack, he stopped a few feet away and closed his eyes in concentration. A warm light enveloped him and he felt a new kind of strength coursing through him. Once the SEED was out of the way, he continued his rush and attempted to slash his blade across the witches leg. Once again, he dived out of the way of the rest of the oncoming attacks. Biana didn't seem to be too badly hurt, despite their onslaught, and Noel couldn't help but wonder exactly what she was anyway. --------------------------------------------------------------------------
===Battle===
[/size][/center] Action 1: Noel used Brave to boost attack by 20 and lost 10mp (I think, correct me if I'm wrong). Action 2: Noel used basic attack for 310 damage (-def).
Level 5 Hp: 300/300 Mp: 190/200 Status: Normal
Atk: 300 + 10 Def: 200 Mag: 250 Spr: 200
Abilities: Blitz - Attempts to hit all enemy combatants for half normal damage value each. Can miss individuals but still hit others. Ruin - Inflicts 50 non-elemental magic damage on a single enemy. Costs 10mp.
Blue glances up as the thunder spell starts to crackle through the air, with a confident smirk her right arm shoots up into the air just while the thundara spell is about to hit its mark. Yes Blue knew as a magic user she was a piss poor one, yet some where down the line magicians and mages seemed to get the idea that magic was her 'Achilles heel' after all she was a fast and furious brawler, of course these things didn't cross her mind.
"Bitch Please"
Blue screamed out as she clicks her fingers, the Thundara spell exploding violently as the mana powering the spell is overwhelmed by her own counter to the magic, turning the deadly spell into a light show before she gently lets her arm fall down back to her side as she smirks at Biana.
"Want to try again?"
Blue says, her voice full of a cocky amusement as she bursts forward towards Biana, pulling her fist backwards the instant she leapt into the attack and then punching once more with the force to shatter metal straight into Biana's gut once more.
Action 1: Denial used on Thundara [75MP] Thundara is countered. Action 2: Attack - Biana 2510 Damage dealt.