>I'm fine. Reisen also. Lily's a bit injured, but I think she'll be okay.
>Maybe if we hit Patchouli herself with an Amber Lotus, it could disrupt the flame dome's growth. Try it!
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Understood.>Hitting upon an idea, you raise your scepter again, but just before you can bring the thing in line with Patchouli, the Avatar of Water discharges a beam of black from her sword at Lily, and even though you know Lily can get off the ground in flight in a hurry, you don't think she can do it before the Avatar's beam strikes home.
>But then Reisen is there, shouting her defiance at Patchouli, and catches the oily black beam on her upraises sword. The blast splashes against Poppy's shiny sword like a water balloon full of oil and tar, and the force of the impact takes Reisen clean off her feet as the rabbit screams, catching Lily in the legs as the blonde tries to fly away from the shot. This collision knocks Lily off balance and spins her in midair, and both women end up hitting the ground, but worse is the black energy that plays out over Reisen's body.
>Eager not to let Patchouli fire another shot, you quickly launch your own attack at her, and with her attention on your groundbound comrades, she is unable to block your attack, and your Amber light surrounds her. It is now her time to yell, not as pained as Reisen's, but she's plainly uncomfortable. The expanding wall of burning water flickers and slows as you'd hoped, but what you don't expect is a similar flicker from the Avatar's oily sword. From behind you, closer to the Knowledge manor, you hear a new sound of flame and the sound of a crashing wave, as Rin's white fire penetrates the dome. With its structure now weakened and compromised, and Patchouli herself under siege from you, the dome disintegrates, leaving behind a field of scorched grass, seared tiles and pavement, and one slightly burned Lily White.
