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[center][color=MediumSpringGreen]Can words really solve anything in Pax Septimus?[/color]
[color=888888]-Ashley Avenir[/color][/center]

By this point, it came as no great surprise to Ashley that the double blast to Elroy’s midsection did little to deter the famous freelancer. What [i]did[/i] surprise her was the Immortal Volcano grabbing onto her shield, and then carrying her with him as he leapt into the air. At first, the Knight of Tomorrow was certain that this was the prelude to her fiery-haired foe throwing her off the train, but instead, Elroy seemed content to simply hang suspended with her in midair over it. From her lofty vantage point, the high-tech heroine could clearly see the battle that continued to rage below. Things weren’t going well for the agents. No one seemed to be injured, but between the fake nuns and the train’s spectral crew, they were completely pinned down. At this rate, there was no way they would be able to complete their objective before the behemoth reached the city…

The disheartening scene was almost enough to make Ashley miss Elroy’s latest quip.

[color=MediumSpringGreen]“At least [i]one[/i] of you has their priorities straight,”[/color] she muttered.

Yet, even as she said this, the train entered Pax Septimus’s urban core…

Ashley gasped in horror at the sure to be imminent cavalcade of destruction, yet, to the Knight of Tomorrow’s stunned amazement, no harm to the city or its populace was forthcoming. Predictably, Elroy didn't miss the opportunity to take another shot at her expense by pointing out the obvious, before flinging her back onto the train. The high-tech heroine landed nimbly next to Cereza. Rising to her feet, she was greeted with the sight of Elroy before her, the two fake nuns at his flanks. Swiftly moving to place herself between the miko and the charging freelancers, Ashley reinforced her shield with techno-mystic power even as the Immortal Volcano began asking questions that pierced her defenses far more effortlessly than any attack ever could.

She wanted to refute them, wanted to merely brush them off as a tactic to break her focus, but no matter how hard she tried, things just didn’t add up. Why had they been assigned to attack [i]this[/i] behemoth first? Why wasn’t it harming anything? And why had Elroy thrown her back onto the train when he could just as easily have cast her away, like his associates had attempted to do with Finn and Mika? 

[color=MediumSpringGreen]“I can’t say that any of this completely sits right with me,”[/color] Ashley conceded. [color=MediumSpringGreen]“And I’d prefer not to destroy Peace Train if I can help it,”[/color] she added. [color=MediumSpringGreen]“But even if nothing’s being harmed right now, can you honestly guarantee that will still be the case when it gets to wherever it’s headed?”[/color] the Knight of Tomorrow asked, fixing Elroy with a pointed glare, but making no move to take any further aggressive action.

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[center]18 | Female | GEMINI | Vision of Tomorrow
Implements of Tomorrow | Wand, Shield | Arcane | Tune of Tomorrow
Raiment of Tomorrow | Stride of Tomorrow 
Light of Tomorrow | Light | Power of Tomorrow
PRO-TEK 4000 Defensive Surgery Implement | Kevlar Coat, Kevlar Padding, Medical Supplies x 2, Flash Bang, Tazer, Clip Light
[Reveal (2), Purity (4)], Damage (2), Damage X (6), Shield (4), Reflect (4), Heal (6), Major Heal (18), AoE (2), Powerful (0), Piercing (2), Purify (6), Homing (2), Avoid (2)

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

[Silver Self][Shield][Reflect] = -120 mana

PHYSICAL: E | ARCANE: C | CHAOS: B | 700[/center]