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[h3][color=7bcdc8]Noah Anderson[/color][/h3][/b][/center]

Her fellow freelancer’s laugher did absolutely nothing to stop Noah’s ever growing embarrassment. She really hadn’t meant to just say it, you know?! Like, yeah, she was absolutely going to think it, and be a little judgy about the bdsm getup in her own mind, but even if all the tension of the situation was kind of gone, it didn’t change the fact that that woman probably wanted them dead or something? So, Noah kind of just had to hope she’d take the comment in stride. 

Which she did, sort of? Actually, she looked pretty surprised Noah had said… well, what she said, but between her fellow freelancer’s laughter and Raphael actually backing her up, it looked like the woman couldn’t help but find the whole thing hilarious. Which was… hopefully a good thing. Hopefully.

The definitely magical darkness was still surrounding them though, and Noah figured it was probably for the best that one of them actually got rid of it so they could all focus. Still a little off balance, Noah put what the woman was saying to Raphael in the back of her mind for a moment, and tried to go through what she knew she could do with her own magic. It took a moment, mostly because she never actually needed to think of this before, but it seemed like the best option she had was probably just outright dispelling it?

She wasn’t entirely positive on exactly how dispelling worked, but as long as it did what it needed to do, it was probably fine, right? A strong melody was probably for the best, to make sure it worked, but after that, she wasn’t really sure what she…

When Noah noticed the out of place red dot on her white outfit, Noah’s heart was halfway to stopping. She stopped breathing for a second, and just stared at it, watching as it moved ever so slightly in every direction, maintaining its presence on her shoulder. A red dot sight, she immediately knew. Her father had been something of a gun nut- of course she knew what it was. 

She jerked, desperate to move herself out of the way of whatever gun was aimed at her. It worked, partially. She felt something hit her, clearly the bullet, but she could still move her arm. When she next looked to her shoulder, she was incredibly thankful to see it still functional and in place. There was a gash, the shooter had carved a line across the top of her shoulder, one that was starting to sting more and more every second. 

The dispel had to come second, Noah knew, as her life was very clearly in danger. While the other two of her group focused on their own battles, Noah immediately moved to shield herself. Her body was enveloped in a white-gold glow, as a layer of a magical shield appeared just above her skin. Transparent and adorned with the outlines of crosses, Noah prayed to the lord that it would be enough.

The moment the shield applied, Noah made to follow it up with that dispelling melody. Casting from her left hand, as Noah’s right hand was occupied with trying to protect her head with her cross, another white-gold melody appeared, and was quickly shot towards that magical darkness. While Noah waited with bated breath to see if her idea would accomplish anything at all, she did her best to stay moving, keeping her cross up and blocking her head, to try and hurt the shooter’s chances at hitting her again. 

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23 | Female | Freelancer | His Guidance
Five Pointed Cross | Spear | Arcane | One Sin and a Hundred Good Deeds
Holy Shroud of the Unknown Saint | Consecrated Body
Faith of the Transient People | Light | To Be Heard By All
 [Reveal (2), Purity (4)] {Damage (2), Damage X (6), Shield (4), Reflect (4), Magic Sense (4), Heal (6), Major Heal (18), Stabilize (0), Purify (6), Dispel (6), AoE (2), Full Extend (4)} 

DAMAGE: C | SPEED: D | SENTINEL: C | 1000

Gold Self [Shield, Multi-Cast] {Mana Cost: 120} 

Gold Projectile [Dispel] {Mana Cost: 120}

PHYSICAL: E | ARCANE: A | CHAOS: B | 760
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