[center][h2] Jakito Twilight [/h2][/center]

"We need to wait for Becca and Korre!"

[center][h2] Becca Twilight [/h2][/center]

I return to the pad alone. "Korre is accounted for. We need to hurry before this entire place is leveled." I wave everyone towards their ships. "And Xan... I think she's planning something crazy."

[center][h2] Xanthippe Naberrie [/h2][/center]

I walk out onto the roof of the hotel, looking up into the eye of the storm. I could sense Sucal up there, controlling the maelstrom of energy and directing it down to obliterate the city. Every fiber of my being screamed for me to flee, but I resist those urges. I'd always run away before this, and cheated death too many times. Now, I would stand my ground... and do something right for a change. Slowly, I lift my hand towards the sky, and begin channeling all of my magick. I can hear the rumble of thunder in the clouds above, and when another lightning bolt comes, it strikes directly into my palm. I do my best to absorb the power, but it still courses through my body painfully. Clenching my teeth in pain, I lift my other hand and double the power I am calling upon. In this way, I become a magnet for the energy of the lightning storm; a proverbial lightning rod. In this way, I open a temporary window for as many ships to escape as possible.