07-10-2018, 09:15 AM
The night sky was illuminated by the glow of scarlet magic. Larva watched on, her face showing an expression of slight awe. Behind that face, however, was a curious mind. She had realized something. This… wasn’t the same kind of magic her partner used before. Rather, it was something familiar in the fairy’s world. If Ahana really was a youkai, she would have sensed it sooner or later…
…at least, that’s what she knew. Maybe there was something more to this curse than the voice revealed.
No time for stray thoughts, though. Her gaze reverted to the opponent in front of her: the beast—no, the calligrapher—who had seemingly come back to his senses. And… a ball of fire?
Butterfly wings carried the fairy away from danger, wind blowing around her. Apparently, she didn’t even hear the warning of him invoking a spell. Darn it, she’s getting distracted like a fairy again. Focus, focus!
As a silhouette in the starry night, Larva returned the shot with a drizzle of emerald bullets from above. All Dongja managed to do was move a bit—not enough— before guarding himself from the incoming volley. Two scales found their target, magical force pulsing against the fairy’s adversary. Success!
…wait a second.
She had hoped that, this time, her attack would have done more damage. This was from experience back in her world. A spell card challenge is a surge of power, always making the challenger better in every way. This meant even in taking on hits. Whatever happened to him before surely felt like that. But, it seemed that things are different in this place.
He resisted even better than the last time she struck him…
With that, a slight fear came to her. What now? Is she really going to have to fight people with this kind of power? She knew that maybe she can get around and whittle her enemy down… but outwitting your opponent will only take you so far. She readied for a barrage of bullets.
Diving downwards, Larva unleashed one volley; the first one. A symbol, one the fairy understood as “wind”, appeared in front of Dongja. She swerved away, letting scales clash against the sudden gust. In that time, she managed to get a glance of the… strange weapon that her enemy wielded at the start. Another volley—
The sound of gunfire rang through the air.
Before she knew it, her body was wracked with pain. Pulling away a hand she didn’t even know covered her wound, she found it stained with red, red blood.
This is bad.
After a painful hesitation, she raced around the field, in the hopes of being too fast to hit. Bullets were whizzing by. The enemy wasn’t so conservative after having found a really good way to put the fairy down. However, the shots seemed to halt as his newfound weapon ran out of bullets. A chance!
Another volley, the second one!
They struck their target again. One of many to come. That is, if she wanted to win this skirmish. However, the two were interrupted by a shouting from across the docks. The voice called out Dongja.
“Help me with taking her down!”
At once, the magician’s teammate shifted his focus from Larva and onto Ahana. He settled atop one of those metal boxes and began shooting down the fairy’s partner.
This is really bad.
Not wanting to be excluded from the fight, she fought fire with fire and prepared to take aim at Marisa. The fairy recalled something.
She felt that Ahana’s strikes were actually on par with hers. Images of the last fight came to mind; how scales and spears managed to injure their opponents. Given that this world seemed to work contrary to what she expects…
A third volley was fired, this time at the black and white magician. Amidst the chaos, she had little time to react. Her speed almost saved her. But one still managed to hit. And that was all the clever fairy needed.
Marisa tried to shrug off the pain, but the blood that leaked from the blow told Larva everything.
The fairy smiled.
Marisa wasn’t as strong as she used to be.
She might still have a chance to salvage this fight. Settling for a mere moment, she still felt some fighting energy left in her. With that, she conjured a card in her hands.
One more time.
Instead of chanting her spell’s name, the fairy said something else. “It’s time for a midsummer war!” she exclaimed fervently, readying her wings for the attack.
The card vanished into the cold night air.
This time, scales were headed against the once-formidable magician.
…at least, that’s what she knew. Maybe there was something more to this curse than the voice revealed.
No time for stray thoughts, though. Her gaze reverted to the opponent in front of her: the beast—no, the calligrapher—who had seemingly come back to his senses. And… a ball of fire?
Butterfly wings carried the fairy away from danger, wind blowing around her. Apparently, she didn’t even hear the warning of him invoking a spell. Darn it, she’s getting distracted like a fairy again. Focus, focus!
As a silhouette in the starry night, Larva returned the shot with a drizzle of emerald bullets from above. All Dongja managed to do was move a bit—not enough— before guarding himself from the incoming volley. Two scales found their target, magical force pulsing against the fairy’s adversary. Success!
…wait a second.
She had hoped that, this time, her attack would have done more damage. This was from experience back in her world. A spell card challenge is a surge of power, always making the challenger better in every way. This meant even in taking on hits. Whatever happened to him before surely felt like that. But, it seemed that things are different in this place.
He resisted even better than the last time she struck him…
With that, a slight fear came to her. What now? Is she really going to have to fight people with this kind of power? She knew that maybe she can get around and whittle her enemy down… but outwitting your opponent will only take you so far. She readied for a barrage of bullets.
Diving downwards, Larva unleashed one volley; the first one. A symbol, one the fairy understood as “wind”, appeared in front of Dongja. She swerved away, letting scales clash against the sudden gust. In that time, she managed to get a glance of the… strange weapon that her enemy wielded at the start. Another volley—
The sound of gunfire rang through the air.
Before she knew it, her body was wracked with pain. Pulling away a hand she didn’t even know covered her wound, she found it stained with red, red blood.
This is bad.
After a painful hesitation, she raced around the field, in the hopes of being too fast to hit. Bullets were whizzing by. The enemy wasn’t so conservative after having found a really good way to put the fairy down. However, the shots seemed to halt as his newfound weapon ran out of bullets. A chance!
Another volley, the second one!
They struck their target again. One of many to come. That is, if she wanted to win this skirmish. However, the two were interrupted by a shouting from across the docks. The voice called out Dongja.
“Help me with taking her down!”
At once, the magician’s teammate shifted his focus from Larva and onto Ahana. He settled atop one of those metal boxes and began shooting down the fairy’s partner.
This is really bad.
Not wanting to be excluded from the fight, she fought fire with fire and prepared to take aim at Marisa. The fairy recalled something.
She felt that Ahana’s strikes were actually on par with hers. Images of the last fight came to mind; how scales and spears managed to injure their opponents. Given that this world seemed to work contrary to what she expects…
A third volley was fired, this time at the black and white magician. Amidst the chaos, she had little time to react. Her speed almost saved her. But one still managed to hit. And that was all the clever fairy needed.
Marisa tried to shrug off the pain, but the blood that leaked from the blow told Larva everything.
The fairy smiled.
Marisa wasn’t as strong as she used to be.
She might still have a chance to salvage this fight. Settling for a mere moment, she still felt some fighting energy left in her. With that, she conjured a card in her hands.
One more time.
Instead of chanting her spell’s name, the fairy said something else. “It’s time for a midsummer war!” she exclaimed fervently, readying her wings for the attack.
The card vanished into the cold night air.
This time, scales were headed against the once-formidable magician.
Quote:Larva is using Danmaku: Suppressing Fire against Marisa. SP now at 0/2.