Aliquam: Academy of the Arts - Theater Hall (Outside)Next thing Amy knew, the little runt appeared behind her and tried to nab her staff. She had gotten used to Trixie pulling pranks like this and knew just what to react with - a motherly slap on the face - but thankfully for Lute's intervention it didn't come down to that. Instead both boys were knocked to the ground due to the virtuoso's clumsiness.
Amy let out a deep sigh through her nose as Lute stood himself and iterated just what was on her mind. The lighting from Amy's gem dimmed just a tad as she extended an arm to Estelle's direction. After taking Moira's hit, Amy couldn't allow her to remain down like this. Estelle's body glowed a warm, golden hue, along with Amy's own.
At this point, the younger thief had made a dash for the performance hall. Twitching her lips, Amy allowed the light her gem gave off to die down and she chased after the boy. The bodies of both Syed and Moira glowed a very faint golden before Lute shut the door between groups; there was no way those two could keep up with the vigor after all they had been through but if Amy could at least keep their injuries and fatigue as numbed as possible, she would.
Lute might be a weird one, but Amy had faith he and Estelle could keep the tall one at bay. Syed and Estelle's sword should help with their lighting. She hated the thought of leaving them behind like this, especially after leaving Rose the same way, but if they were all struggling against two thieves they outnumbered, who knew who else inside needed her help?
Aliquam: Academy of the Arts - Theater HallVoices - voices everywhere! Suddenly that whiny blue-haired kid and some dude she didn't know stepped into the fray, themselves shielded within her smog as well. This was just great. If it weren't for these meddling buttholes she might've had a clear-cut shot at that lady, but now there was too much risk she'd blindly shoot at someone who wasn't her! She remained crouched low with ears open, listening again for a feminine voice... before that was cut off by even more voices.
Ugh! Her plan backfired! And it was such a good one too. During her confusion she found herself bounded by
something, causing her to drop her guns a second time, before she was thrown out of the smokey screen towards Fabian. She crashed right into him, knocking both of them to the ground.
Trixie quickly got back on her feet once she realized just who she had crashed into, though the dizziness nearly sent her landing on her butt again. "You! Stop being everywhere and let us win for once!"
She might not have had her guns, but she had enough pep in her to tackle Fabian, swiping at his face with her gloved hands like they were fiesty cat claws.
Jay loosened his grip. Good, good, that gave him a chance to breathe. All he had to do was wriggle himself out of the thief's grasp while he was still distracted - but still the aristocrat stood no match. Xandra luckily caught note of this and went for the punch... only to land a hit square in Angel's face. While it was enough to knock him out of Jay's hold, Jay retaliated by knocking Xandra back to the floor. Even with Dylan's encouraging call and Angel's general smugness, he wasn't sure how much longer he'd be able to hold up before he wiped out.
He began backing away from Jay, a determined but injured expression fixed on his face, until...
Was that... bird poop?
"Hah... hahahahaha!" Angel fell onto his back and rolled to the side in laughter. He didn't even notice that Xandra had pulled him up until he stopped to breathe. When they had stopped running from Jay, now closer to Trixie's side of the playing field but just far enough from her smog, Angel fell into a chair, still having flits of chuckling. Today was just too much.
"You're really... hahaha! You're really, saving my life today. Can I, take you out to dinner after this or something? Please?" Perhaps that'd make up for her punching him on accident. Angel's expression had calmed back down to one of smugness, although his eye was scrunched shut from the earlier hit. He rubbed a tear from it - though whether that was from pain or laughter, even he didn't know.
His eyes widened suddenly. Was that... a chair? Flying right at them!?
"Watch out!" He threw Xandra out of the way in time and fell over as well, just in time to dodge death by furniture. Even without the impact that could've had, the landing was still rough and Angel groaned loudly in agony. The pain, however, subsided just as spontaneously as the killer chair had shown up. Both Angel's and Xandra's bodies were encased in a warm, golden aura, thanks to Amy.
Still on the floor in fetal position, Angel could only pray that his sister was safe in the midst of all this chaos.