Vacare

Myriad Reality

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Thank you!!!
—What do you want, you wor—
No time! Gio, channel with all of your might!
*Slings myself to the next patch, which disintegrates at my touch and feeds both guns, propelling us upward with an intense blast of magic*

@Nimda

*I continued to climb higher towards the top, barely able to grasp at the hand holds and get footholds until I reach above the collapsing infrastructure.*

Alright... I need to gather some mana up here and try to help them.

Myriad Reality

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*Unholsters both of Gio’s guns as I jump between the falling chunks of the courtyard*
This might work, but... You’ve got to wake up!!
*Catches myself on the next platform up with the barrel of the gun, while one of my irises turns red between blinks*

@Nimda

*As I climb my vision warps and changes to that of what Noct sees and shows you dangling off of the platform*

Feathers, weightless as clouds, lighten by my hand.

*A blue glow envelops you as you start to feel near weightless. I start to mumble to myself as I climb*

Fuck- I'm nearing my limit again. For now that's all I can do, I hope you reach the top.

Myriad Reality

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*Analyzes the situation for a moment and sighs*
We really screwed up this time.
*Jumps from the current chunk of the courtyard to one a few meters up, mid-fall*

@Nimda

*I reach a wall where I begin my climb*

Noct, keep an eye on them and tell me if they need help.

*Noct flies off and glides over the collapsing courtyard.*

Myriad Reality

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Get to the top before we do and help us from there. We don’t have time, just go!

@Nimda

*I hesitate for a moment before turning and making my way to the top*

Myriad Reality

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*Looks up at the falling rubble and then down into the unseeable bottom of the pit*
It doesn’t look like I’m flying out of here. You two go, get to the top as quickly as you can.

@Nimda

*I look at you unsure of how to respond*

But, what about you two? I can't just leave you here.

Myriad Reality

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*Sits up, possessing his body*
Maybe! His mana was completely drained by the runes under that fountain.
*Looks up at the chaotic mass of rubble falling from the courtyard and mumbles to myself*
And so were our potions...

@Nimda

*I run up to Gio and Lily with Aerith following closely*

Let's get going then, I'll help if I can.

Myriad Reality

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Save Aerith too!
*Scrawling translucent wings burst from my back as I shoot toward Gio, my form disappearing once I faze through his body*

@Nimda

*I cast a spell that lowers the effect of gravity and grab Aerith as I run towards the exit*

Lily! Tell me you got Gio!

Myriad Reality

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But Gio!
*The ground of the courtyard falls apart into elephantine chunks that plummet into an inky abyss with no visible bottom*

@Nimda

Shit- I'll try and get him!

*I start muttering another spell to increase my speed*

Myriad Reality

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We should—
*Is interrupted by a reverberating crack, while enormous fissures dash across the courtyard, intersecting in unordered patterns*
Get out, now!

@Nimda

*I hastily get up and start running*

Gods damn it all!

Myriad Reality

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*Continues staring at the fountain with my sight active*
I... think we should leave.

@Nimda

Right... Where to next?