10-21-2015, 06:20 PM
...That couldn't be good. For Mami, at least.
As Desco seemed to be charging up... Something or other that made the sky light up in streamers, Mami braced herself. She dug her heels into the ground and bit her lip - At least she had a lights show to watch while she prepared for her opponent's next move. A few possibilities came to mind when she thought of how to handle the attack that would soon arrive, though she felt an odd sort of power behind this move, something that wasn't behind any of Desco's previous attacks. Mami's Soul Gem radiated almost warmly in response, though its glow remained purplish in colour, giving the Magical Girl an uneasy feeling.
She quickly surveyed the area for something, anything that she could use as cover. Mami's eyes landed, after a moment, on a beaten and dented shield. It was the one Desco had used not long ago with one of those tentacles of hers, in which she saw indents from bullet-holes, filled now with bullets that had unraveled into little ribbons. It likely wouldn't protect her very well, but it would be better than nothing. Mami extended her right arm outwards and from it flew one of her ribbons, which wrapped around the grip beneath the shield.
As it flew back, it occurred to the girl that she had three main possible uses for her left arm: She could either create a vortex with her ribbons directed at Desco, which she could hope would weaken her attack, she could start firing off muskets to try and stop the oncoming attack or at least get some damage in before she made her move or she could two-hand her shield and hope for the best. Her first thought was that it would be wise to try preventing whatever Desco was planning on doing rather than simply playing damage control, but whatever she was doing, it didn't seem like anything Mami was capable of was going to stop her. Seeing as the shield she was using didn't look that stable, either, she wasn't exactly confident it would hold for long against whatever Desco's light show was building up to. If what she was doing looked this cool - All glowing tentacles and wind blowing all over the place - It had to build up to something.
So naturally Mami decided she would try fighting off the attack with her ribbons. Hopefully it wouldn't go too badly.
Mami clutched the shield to her chest with her right hand and extended her left arm out. From her left sleeve came a single ribbon, which quickly covered half the distance between the two girls and abruptly stopped. From there the ribbon rose from the ground so it was level with Mami's arm, then it began to spin, creating a half-sphere with Mami inside. Wind and dust kicked up in the Colosseum, blowing Mami's hair around and pushing hard against her arms and legs and even occasionally threatening to blow her shield away.
It was then that a pair of blue and red cones pierced the air in front of Mami, pushing hard against her half-sphere of spinning ribbon. She suddenly felt a powerful chilling and burning sensation push against her blanket. It was powerful to the point that it felt like it would smother her, though she just shuddered against it, grit her teeth and pushed her boots harder into the ground. Her defense didn't last long - Her ribbon tore in after about three seconds of pressure, after which the winds carried a blast of heat and cold that felt like they were flying through the Magical Girl. Then, as if she were weightless, she felt herself picked up by the wind and thrown backwards. She made contact with the ground a fair distance from where she had been standing.
After a moment's rest on the ground, the Magical Girl pulled herself together and up onto her feet. "That looked cool enough, but it wasn't enough to take me down," she said, still working on catching her breath. "Do you have anything else for me?"
As Desco seemed to be charging up... Something or other that made the sky light up in streamers, Mami braced herself. She dug her heels into the ground and bit her lip - At least she had a lights show to watch while she prepared for her opponent's next move. A few possibilities came to mind when she thought of how to handle the attack that would soon arrive, though she felt an odd sort of power behind this move, something that wasn't behind any of Desco's previous attacks. Mami's Soul Gem radiated almost warmly in response, though its glow remained purplish in colour, giving the Magical Girl an uneasy feeling.
She quickly surveyed the area for something, anything that she could use as cover. Mami's eyes landed, after a moment, on a beaten and dented shield. It was the one Desco had used not long ago with one of those tentacles of hers, in which she saw indents from bullet-holes, filled now with bullets that had unraveled into little ribbons. It likely wouldn't protect her very well, but it would be better than nothing. Mami extended her right arm outwards and from it flew one of her ribbons, which wrapped around the grip beneath the shield.
As it flew back, it occurred to the girl that she had three main possible uses for her left arm: She could either create a vortex with her ribbons directed at Desco, which she could hope would weaken her attack, she could start firing off muskets to try and stop the oncoming attack or at least get some damage in before she made her move or she could two-hand her shield and hope for the best. Her first thought was that it would be wise to try preventing whatever Desco was planning on doing rather than simply playing damage control, but whatever she was doing, it didn't seem like anything Mami was capable of was going to stop her. Seeing as the shield she was using didn't look that stable, either, she wasn't exactly confident it would hold for long against whatever Desco's light show was building up to. If what she was doing looked this cool - All glowing tentacles and wind blowing all over the place - It had to build up to something.
So naturally Mami decided she would try fighting off the attack with her ribbons. Hopefully it wouldn't go too badly.
Mami clutched the shield to her chest with her right hand and extended her left arm out. From her left sleeve came a single ribbon, which quickly covered half the distance between the two girls and abruptly stopped. From there the ribbon rose from the ground so it was level with Mami's arm, then it began to spin, creating a half-sphere with Mami inside. Wind and dust kicked up in the Colosseum, blowing Mami's hair around and pushing hard against her arms and legs and even occasionally threatening to blow her shield away.
It was then that a pair of blue and red cones pierced the air in front of Mami, pushing hard against her half-sphere of spinning ribbon. She suddenly felt a powerful chilling and burning sensation push against her blanket. It was powerful to the point that it felt like it would smother her, though she just shuddered against it, grit her teeth and pushed her boots harder into the ground. Her defense didn't last long - Her ribbon tore in after about three seconds of pressure, after which the winds carried a blast of heat and cold that felt like they were flying through the Magical Girl. Then, as if she were weightless, she felt herself picked up by the wind and thrown backwards. She made contact with the ground a fair distance from where she had been standing.
After a moment's rest on the ground, the Magical Girl pulled herself together and up onto her feet. "That looked cool enough, but it wasn't enough to take me down," she said, still working on catching her breath. "Do you have anything else for me?"
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