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Magus was clinging to the edge of the roof of the van for dear life as the vehicle's erratic movement intensified in a desperate attempt to dislodge Magus from his already precarious position. He gripped the edge of the roof with a white-knuckled grip and braced his shoes against the side of the vehicle, holding his staff in his mouth to allow the use of all his limbs in his effort to regain a tenable position from which to deliver justice. With an effort, he pulled himself, inch by inch, up the side of the van, his gaze flicking between his progress and the van's side mirror from which the driver was watching him. Sooner or later, the driver was sure to realize what was happening and do something to stop it. Magus hoped that when he did, he might catch a hint of movement from him so that he could prepare for whatever he intended to do. He had his next move in mind, a desperate, but effective, one, but he could not do it while in his current position.

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Actually, Magus had been so focused on fighting the ringleader of these miscreants that he had forgotten about the underlings in the van until he got stabbed in the side by one of them. Fortunately for him, the wound wasn't fatal, but it was certainly painful. He immediately rolled to the side, grabbing onto the roof of the van with his free hand just before he fell off the vehicle altogether, which almost certainly would have been fatal as well as painful. He looked across the vehicle at the leader of the robbers who was still hanging out the door on the other side of the van for the time being. Magus slammed the head of his staff against the window on his side of the van, knowing he had only seconds before the robber started shooting at him again. He hit the window a second time, causing cracks to spiderweb across the glass. A third strike broke a hole in the window. Magus took a moment to aim his shot, then sent a fireball directly at the robber who had been causing so much trouble for him before losing his grip momentarily, causing him to scramble at the roof of the van before managing to catch his finger in one of the holes near the back. It was his hope that his strike had at least knocked the robber out of the van, but he hadn't been able to see as he had been forced to try not to die at the same moment as his attack would have either succeeded or failed. He took his staff in his mouth to grab the roof with both hands to try to reestablish a stable position.

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Magus soon heard the door of the van open, letting the water drain out. He turned to see the leader of the robbers swing out, gun in hand. The man called out, "No hitchhikers," and began firing on Magus.
"Rude," Magus said, ducking low under the shots. He laid himself flat on the roof, making it almost impossible for the robber to see him while also giving him a relatively stable position that would allow him to stay on the vehicle. He peeked out over the edge of the roof and sent a quick spurt of water at the gunman. More than likely the attack would prove to be mostly a nuisance, but if it hit the gunman's hand, it might be enough to knock the gun out of the hand. He began to mimic his adversary's tactic, shooting almost blindly at his attacker, but at least providing a distraction. "You know, sooner or later, someone else is going to have to show up, and you won't be able to deal with them and me at the same time," he said, taking a few more shots at the gunman.

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And fixed, @Flamelord@Old Amsterdam. The end result is the same, but the revision really does work better, I think.

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Okay, no worries. I'll edit the post accordingly when I get the chance.

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@FlamelordHe's using a small handgun, right? I don't think small caliber bullets would be enough to penetrate the roof of a car. Of course, I'm not positive on that--that goes a bit more into physics than I've studied. If it's that important to you, we can work out a change.

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Magus was nearly thrown off the van as it began moving erratically from the windstorm inside. The elementalist was barely able to grab onto the edge of the van while his legs flew over the opposite side. With an effort, he pulled himself back onto the wildly swerving vehicle, stabilizing his position in a low crouch with one hand gripping each side of the van. He quickly adjusted his position as a bullet came through the roof of the car a little closer to him than he would have liked. He shifted his position again and again as more bullets flew through the roof, most of them missing him, but a few ripped holes in his jacket, and one even grazed his arm halfway between his shoulder and elbow. The wound wasn't enough to cause any real damage, but it was enough to make Magus yell in pain.

Magus took some time to decide on his next move. He knew the robbers weren't going to stop at a safe house as long as there was a risk of an unwanted passenger accompanying them, which meant they were just randomly cruising the city, but it gave Magus time to decide what to do next to cause mischief for these people until he could unload their precious cargo and hopefully bring them in to the ECPD for the crime. It took a minute, but he finally placed the head of his staff over one of the holes in the roof, humming a certain nursery rhyme, just loud enough for the passengers to hear, as water began to condense on the metal head of his staff. "It's raining, it's pouring, the old man is snoring." And suddenly a deluge of water was pouring into the van through the hole in the roof where Magus had planted his staff.

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Magus hopped away from his perch near the edge of the car after yelling his challenge, and not a moment too soon, as his adversary poked another hole in the roof where he had stood just a moment ago while refusing to fight like a man under the pretense that "all that wind will ruin my hair." That remark gave Magus an idea. "Wind, you say?" he asked, while jumping to another spot on the van. He used the wind whipping past the car to form a ball of wind in his hand. He concentrated on the ball of moving air, increasing the speed until he was holding what amounted to a miniature tornado, then slammed his hand over one of the holes in the roof, sending the high speed wind into the van, sending anything that wasn't secured flying every which way through the vehicle. That would cause this gang of robbers no small amount of trouble. If Magus were more proficient with his elemental manipulation, he could perhaps combine his wind and water powers and make it rain inside the van, but that was something he had never attempted before. He made a mental note to practice that in the future to see if it really was something he could do.
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Does anyone else find it ironic that the guy playing the speedster is having trouble keeping up with the RP?

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The glass blade poked up through the roof again, and Magus snatched at it again, but it disappeared before he could touch it. He shifted his position towards the right edge of the car as the vehicle made a right turn and the glass blade poked another hole in the roof. This time, Magus swung his staff at the sharpened glass, smacking the tip of the blade just before it sank completely back into the van. A splinter of glass flew from the improvised weapon, but Magus assumed that would do little to stop this person. "Come up here and fight like a man," he challenged.
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