Mammalia

Myriad Reality

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*throws a punch at your face*

@Disdain

*Stumbles back, wiping some blood from my lips and grimacing* Fine. I was going to gloat a little more, but I'll stop waiting. *chains tighten around your arms and legs, keeping you down and cutting into you*

Myriad Reality

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Control? For what?

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*we near the clearing*

@Disdain

To summon a demon, of course! With your magic, I can easily bring him to life, and all he needs under this particular procedure is a strong sacrifice... You.

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*Jumps out of the way and follows*

@Dynamics

*When you reach the clearing, the magic barrier keeps you from entering or casting any magic inside of it*

Myriad Reality

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*falls to my knees and notices the wizards chained up at the edge of the clearing in front of several lacrimae* Hey! Some of those are my friends! What did you do to them?

@Disdain

They were tools. I needed their magic to get you here. You see, those attacks weren't my magic. It was their Origins, all channelled into these lovely lacrimae. But what I need is a much stronger wizard to control.

Myriad Reality

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Crypto-Lock!
*Several chains hoot from the trees and grab you*

@Dynamics

*chains shoot from my arms and whip each chain out of the way and an explosive bullet hits the ground under you as I run into the clearing*

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-Spectre- *Reaches the forest* Spirit's in here. We can follow either him or this guy. I can only assume we'll reach both of them either way.
-*Is frantically running from the explosions until I reach a clearing, and a magic barrier wall rises around me* Huh?

@Disdain

*strokes my hair back* Good. You're here. *chains whip from my hands and wrap around your body, electrocuting you*

Myriad Reality

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Crypto-Lock!
*A magic circle glows underneath you and several numbers and symbols move around it, chaining you in place*

@Dynamics

*manages to point my fingers down just as you lock me in place* Circle Dispersion Bullet. *the bullet hits the ground and disperses the circle, and I run deeper into the forest, out of sight, continuing to shoot bullets into each other*

Myriad Reality

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*Walls of water rise up on either side of me as I recover, protecting me from the blasts, and when you shoot me in the gut harmlessly, I scramble to my feet and run into the forest*

@Disdain

*Follows you into the forest with a grin, pointing two fingers of my left hand and swiping in several different directions before shooting two bullets together from my right and left hand*

Myriad Reality

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-Spectre- Yes, we had better. This is suspicious and strange on several levels. I'm sure we can both trace him, and I can trace Spirit, too.

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*is blown back even farther than before, near the outskirts of a forest by the city*

@Disdain

*approaches you nonchalantly, stroking both sides of my hair away from my face; I shoot either side of you with explosive bullets to keep you down and then shoot your stomach with something that seems harmless*

Myriad Reality

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-Spectre- Well, there are no more explosions. ... Actually, there's no magical presence inside this city at all. Other than the source of the villain.

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Gah! This is why I need Spectre... *the next time you push me, a curving ramp of ice forms behind me and the gust pushes me out of your way, giving me time to reorient myself and take a stance* Ice Dragon Wing Attack! *whips of ice form in my hands and I swing them at you*

@Disdain

*catches the whips with magical chains and jerks my hands back, flinging you forward toward me before I let go of one of the chains and shoot you in the gut with an explosive bullet*

Myriad Reality

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Myriad Reality

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*My eyes widen and I hold a hand in front of me, an ad hoc shield of ice forming before me as I slap my hand to my side, hitting a button inside my pocket and then doing so again*
-Spectre- *startles when I hear a beep and a vibration on my waist* Spirit is in trouble. *the beep occurs again* Urgent trouble. Have you noticed there are no more explosions?

@Disdain

*The bullet emits a large explosion that throws you back several yards; I comb my hair back* Mm, you have so much magic power. A Dragon Slayer, aren't you? Perfect. *begins shooting more bullets at you that don't hurt you but send massive gusts of wind that push you back farther and farther, dazing you each time*