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[b][u]Aliquam: Academy of the Arts – Performance Hall [/u][/b]

“What in Ddaear…?!” 

The Masked Phantom threw his head back, narrowly dodging the raking claws of Lucien’s imp as it leapt into the air and swiped at him. The small skittish creature wasn’t deterred by his miss, because as soon as it landed back down on the ground it continued again and again, jumping and swiping the retreating thief and aiming to wrap its mitts around him. The Masked Phantom was rendered speechless in disbelief. His concern upon being thrown into the stage’s curtain was that of the bear he had left behind – but after its initial rage and subsequent crash into the nearby wall, it had vanished… and then the imp had arrived. 

The indigo haired man in the robes was certainly a beast summoner, and certainly… annoying. 

“Away with you!” The Masked Phantom threw his hand out casually in a dismissive gesture, and the small creature was sent flying from the ground with an ‘ai-yai-yai!’ by the wind that the thief had summoned… to land directly in Lucien’s face. 

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“Lucy!” Dylan gasped, crouching down low to his friend. “Are you okay?” Dylan’s eyes quickly looked up, focused back on the Masked Phantom, and his hands went to work with the chalk he held upon his slate, ready to create and manfiest his next construction. But before he could get halfway to completing the picture, the slate was ripped free from Dylan’s hands with another surprisingly powerful gust of wind… and casually sent into the thief’s awaiting hands, who then inspected it curiously. 

“My, you are an artist with skill indeed. To draw this so quickly… and then to make it real? Fascinating,” The Masked Phantom grinned. “I wonder, though, whether you actually need this in order for your magic to work… and if without it, you’re powerless…?”

He raised the slate in his hands and shattered it upon his knee. Dylan’s eyes bulged in horror at the sight, and his lips automatically screamed at the man. “NO!”

“Two summoners of very different talents… but both no less amazing. My, if only I could actually steal you two as well and add your talents to my collection. But I digress. As you can see, I am not a man to be easily bested, and these actions on your behalf… this fight is futile. Don’t press this further. Stop now… or I [i]will[/i] detonate the charges we’ve laid.”