Author Topic: Magical Lotus - Mahou Shoujou Byakuren - Episode 4, Part 2 (Read 96153 times)

>The dust has cleared enough to reveal that your blast shot her through the wrought iron gate, and out into the street beyond. You think she's standing again, but the aura of visible fury around her is so strong and so black, you can't see her from this distance.

Quote from: DracoOmega on July 20, 2015, 06:35:23 AM

>"Yes."

>"Defend yourself."
>No sooner than the Champion offers this polite warning does there erupt, with the sound of a bomb going off, a comet-like conglomerate of black energy from the furious Avatar, arcing into the air on a trajectory towards you and your comrades.

DracoOmega · « **Reply #223 on:** July 20, 2015, 07:01:00 AM »

>Do we think we can scatter from the apparent point of impact quickly enough?

Oldmansour · « **Reply #224 on:** July 20, 2015, 07:20:05 AM »

Quote from: DracoOmega on July 20, 2015, 07:01:00 AM

>Do we think we can scatter from the apparent point of impact quickly enough?

>You think you can. Even Rin, now that you've fixed her leg.

DracoOmega · « **Reply #225 on:** July 20, 2015, 07:30:31 AM »

>Move!
>Get the heck out of the way! Best speed possible, though try not to scatter too much.
>Be ready to shield ourselves from a blast wave, if the projectile is explosive.

Oldmansour · « **Reply #226 on:** July 20, 2015, 08:15:18 AM »

Quote from: DracoOmega on July 20, 2015, 07:30:31 AM

>Move!
>Get the heck out of the way! Best speed possible, though try not to scatter too much.
>Be ready to shield ourselves from a blast wave, if the projectile is explosive.

>Scampering back to her feet, White Rose joins you in your flight from the ugly projectile. Lily starts to head the other way, but pauses. Reisen hasn't moved, her eyes fixed on that comet, until Lily grabs her hand. "You heard her, beat feet!" The two women then put some distance between them and Patchy's attack.
>Just before the thing hits the ground, Rin takes your hand. If we need a shield, we do it together, okay?

DracoOmega · « **Reply #227 on:** July 20, 2015, 08:30:05 AM »

>Right.
>Follow that advice!

Oldmansour · « **Reply #228 on:** July 20, 2015, 08:41:56 AM »

Quote from: DracoOmega on July 20, 2015, 08:30:05 AM

>Right.
>Follow that advice!

>"Sapphire Lotus!"/"White Rose Guarding Ring!"
>Utilizing a dual tech for defense instead of offense, the result is the usual translucent shield of blue light, but it is thicker than normal, and bordered by a dense white energy. In addition to the extra defense you know if offered by this spell, you can also feel Rin's powerful desire, even need, to protect you, and you are sure that your own drive to keep her safe is translated to her as well.
>And that desire is tested by Patchouli's attack, which does indeed explode upon impact. releasing a sizable shockwave of tangible emotion. When the wave strikes your Guarding Sapphire, you do not register an impact or feel any strain or pain. You do, though, feel an instant of blinding rage. The world before you is obscured by a red veil, and for a moment, you want nothing more than to annihilate everything and everyone in front of you. This all-consuing anger washes over you like a wave, but does not find purchase on your psyche. Your heart is couched in love and concern, even for the woman who attacked you, and you are able to shake off that surge of fury. After a moment's work.

DracoOmega · « **Reply #229 on:** July 20, 2015, 09:04:50 AM »

>Quickly survey our allies' conditions. Can we even see what became of Lily and Reisen?

Oldmansour · « **Reply #230 on:** July 20, 2015, 09:12:44 AM »

Quote from: DracoOmega on July 20, 2015, 09:04:50 AM

>Quickly survey our allies' conditions. Can we even see what became of Lily and Reisen?

>The two managed to put a decent amount of distance between themselves and the blast, but unlike you, they don't seem to have made it out as undamaged. Lily is still on her feet and checking on Poppy, who is flat on her back.

DracoOmega · « **Reply #231 on:** July 20, 2015, 09:17:32 AM »

>Everyone, are you alright?

Oldmansour · « **Reply #232 on:** July 20, 2015, 10:18:40 AM »

Quote from: DracoOmega on July 20, 2015, 09:17:32 AM

>Everyone, are you alright?

>Rin gives you a nod, while Lily replies, I'm fine, but Reisen used her shield to stop the blast. It couldn't hold it.
>From Reisen herself, there is a pained groan as she moves her leg slightly.

DracoOmega · « **Reply #233 on:** July 20, 2015, 10:21:43 AM »

>Does Reisen seem affected by the taint and malice in that attack, as far as we can sense, or just injured in a more conventional fashion?
>How exposed is Patchouli's sword, at present? Can we even see it currently beneath her fury aura?

Oldmansour · « **Reply #234 on:** July 20, 2015, 10:37:15 AM »

Quote from: DracoOmega on July 20, 2015, 10:21:43 AM

>Does Reisen seem affected by the taint and malice in that attack, as far as we can sense, or just injured in a more conventional fashion?
>How exposed is Patchouli's sword, at present? Can we even see it currently beneath her fury aura?

>You don't sense any out of place emotions or power around her. It appears to be more mundane damage. She's still conscious, but it make take her a moment or two to collect herself. Assuming she can.
>You can. That comet took with it a lot of the obscuring energy around Patchy, though not all of it. The Avatar's sword is still in her hand, and her eyes are now black voids, sinkholes filled with ebon flame. She is walking towards you, and it raising her sword again.

DracoOmega · « **Reply #235 on:** July 20, 2015, 10:45:21 AM »

>Let's move forward quickly and hit that sword with a Violet Lotus. If we have liberty to choose a path, try to move away from our fallen comrade.

Oldmansour · « **Reply #236 on:** July 20, 2015, 11:12:59 AM »

Quote from: DracoOmega on July 20, 2015, 10:45:21 AM

>Let's move forward quickly and hit that sword with a Violet Lotus. If we have liberty to choose a path, try to move away from our fallen comrade.

>You do have some options of movement available to you, so, as you quickly raise your scepter you turn and head directly away from Reisen. Rin, of course, keeps pace with you as you discharge your Violet light, which, tired though you are, is still as bright as ever, and your aim is true. As Patchy's sword comes over her head, your Violet light strikes the flat of the blade, and black smoke rises from the sword with an angry hiss. A hiss that is mirrored by its wielder. Snarling with mindless hate, Patchouli swings her sword down, cutting through your Violet light and dissipating the attack while simultaneously unleashing another one of her fury cutters like before.
>Quickly coming to your aide, White Rose unleashes another Guarding Ring, sending the white disc out at the incoming cutter, striking it obliquely, and while the Avatar's attack is not blocked, it is sent off-course, just enough to fly past you but not missing you by more than a foot.

>And then the voice of the Champion is back, and she says, "More power." But before you can ask her what she means, Patchy attacks again, this time her sword sending a beam of energy at Rin. Your kasha doesn't have quite enough time to react to the shot, and the black beam strikes her in her right chest, picking her off the ground and sending her violently rolling behind you.

DracoOmega · « **Reply #237 on:** July 20, 2015, 11:18:03 AM »

>Fire again! Uncork the power we have stored with our Orange Lotus and feed it into our Violet Lotus once it finds purchase in the blade. We have to end this quickly!

Oldmansour · « **Reply #238 on:** July 20, 2015, 01:23:16 PM »

Quote from: DracoOmega on July 20, 2015, 11:18:03 AM

>Fire again! Uncork the power we have stored with our Orange Lotus and feed it into our Violet Lotus once it finds purchase in the blade. We have to end this quickly!

>Desperate now to end this conflict before anyone else gets hurt, you unleash your Violet light once more. This time, the Avatar reacts with violence faster, and fires another one of those black beams from her sword at you. The collision of black and purple energy generates a mingled ball of power where they meet. You steel yourself. Taking into consideration the non-violent nature of your Violet light, your own fatigue, and the seemingly mindless fury the Avatar has been seized with and its employing, it takes every ounce of your strength not to be pushed backward by the force of the blast. And despite your best efforts, the Avatar's beam starts to push yours back slowly, but surely, and you start to activate your Orange light just to make sure you don't lose this exchange.
>And then a blast of wind strikes the Avatar's hand, failing to disarm her, but knocking her sword aside, forcing her beam off the side of you, landing only a glancing blow on your shoulder which stings like that of a large bee, but does not disrupt your concentration. As you adjust your Violet light to strike the sword, you spare a glance over at the direction of the wind. Sure enough, it is Reisen, on one knee and with Lily supporting her, that has come to your aid. Just as you said to her, together you are stronger than the Avatar. Drawing upon the power stolen by your Orange light, the reinforced Violet energy erupts from your scepter with tremendous force, this time actually forcing you to take a step back to brace yourself. Through the surge of light, you see that oily, evil blade crack, then shatter to pieces in a massive explosion of power. You have just enough time to cover your face with your arm before the blast hits you, carrying you off of your feet and sending you tumbling through the air, which you barely register before your vision swims and your consciousness fades.

>You find yourself on your back when you come to, staring up a sky filled with thick grey clouds that are spitting a cold rain down on you and the rest of the city. Your body feels like a worn-out tooth, there is a trickle of blood coming from your nose, and you have a whopper of a headache.

DracoOmega · « **Reply #239 on:** July 20, 2015, 01:29:04 PM »

>But if... but if it isn't worse than this, we must have done it, right? ...right?
>Gingerly turn our head to try and assess the present situation