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Post by thewhiterabbit on Aug 14, 2018 19:47:16 GMT -7
The ball of fire zips through the air. Thanks to the buff Lumen was able to use the man she had grabbed as a shield. Right as the shield buff from Hycsis is applied. Though the fire ball was small the explosion from impact was large. The impact alone killed the man being held by Lumen, and because of the buff Lumen sustains little to no damage. Hycsis's ability to assist her team were precise. The explosion was high and arched around them. Because of Hycsis's position she was completely untouched by the fire.
To an odd degree the man on the ground seemed unaffected by the explosion as well. Due to the height most of it went up or around. Luckily enough it fizzled out within the ten or so feet before it reached Rachel and Ana. Any closer and they would of been hit. Due to the man on the grounds position he heard Hycsis speak her incantation. In a panic after the explosion he rolls. Still blinded. Dodging Lumen's attack with the now charred body of his compatriot. Seemingly by luck itself. The man lifts his body and stabs at Hycsis's leg.
The man that had dodged gracefully to the right poked his head out at the moment of impact. His vision was beginning to return. Just enough to see what he could do. He saw the other man stabbing towards the child, and saw this as a moment to attack. He figured. If his partner was going to attack the young girl. Then the larger woman would attempt to protect her. Leaving herself open. The man keeps low and darts from behind cover. Directly at lumen.
However, before he is able to get a chance to land a blow on Lumen, Paz appears from nowhere, tackling him to the ground. She then proceeds to start tearing into the unlucky assailant, turning him into her new “chew toy”
The mage grits his teeth at the sight. Lumen using on of his own as a shield, and his inability to realize she could of done that to begin with. "Tch!" He says. "You block above then I'll go below." As the other two men attempt to return fire the mage spins his staff. Slamming it into the ground. He begins charging.
Rachel moves towards the rifleman in anger. "She'll kill me!!" She barks. "You have no-" Rachel staggers forward guarding her head as the fire ball makes contact. "HOLY!!" She yells as she looks behind her quick. There is a slight relief to see that neither of her new members have been hurt. The rifleman pokes his head out to see what happened. He notices his first target was once again not paying attention. Again he takes a shot. Hitting Rachel in the chest. The energy pierces her body. The shot leaves through her back. Flying behind Hycsis and into the shop on the right.
In all the chaos Ana was still in her dual with the leader. “I'm not sure where you learned to fight with a sword my dear, but I suggest you go and politely ask them for a refund” Ana taunts as she blocks a jab. “GAH, SHUT IT YA STUPID CUNT!!” the leader exclaims as he takes a chest high swipe at Ana, who blocks his attack yet again. This left them mere inches from each other with their blades now locked. “Better hope ya die in this fight lil’ducky...” The leader says with a sick smile on his face.”Cause if you're still alive when I win, I’ll be sure to break you down and make you into a prop’ah lady!” He then licks his tongue on his blade in a creepy fashion. That's when Ana takes her knee and drives it into his stomach, sending him stumbling backwards into a stack of barrels. ”Clearly you and I have very different ideas on what a proper lady is…”
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Post by ★|Sayu on Aug 15, 2018 0:21:36 GMT -7
Enthralled in the chaos and semi-blinded by the fire dispersing in-front of her meat-shield, Hycsis doesn't see the man roll his way past Lumen. By the time she notices the movement it is nearly too late. There's no time to cast any spells, no time for cheap tricks. She starts to gasp the first of an incantation on pure reflex but stops as her instincts take over in a wild attempt to throw herself the other way. She would have to figure out what to do after that, of course, but for the time being she was in respectable danger. Respect is a good word to use as Hycsis rarely respects many people and this is definitely one result that comes from her arrogance.
If she is struck she will cry out swears in her native tongue and scramble as close to Lumen as possible. She will completely miss the fact that one of her team mates has been shot.
If she manages to avoid the man's attack she will attempt to buff her own speed and run to the nearest cover, then catching the fact that rachel has been shot will distract her briefly before she starts to channel her exhaustion spell on the attacker that initially took a stab at her.
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Post by ☆|Dazai on Aug 15, 2018 22:21:21 GMT -7
“So many tricks that Hycsis. I think a' might have a few uses for this spell,” Lumen muses, as the barrier she received absorbs the damage from the blast almost entirely. She was absolutely right to respect the small alv’s potency.
The Leviathan slams the now charred body into the ground before her, cracking the ground slightly in the process. She lets out a horrid, beastlike hiss in irritation, as the man with the sword survives a second attack. “Oh don’t get too fuckin’ ahead a’ yahself, mate! A’killed plenty a’ blokes like you, YOU’RE NOTHIN’ SPECIAL YA PIECE A’ SHIT!” She shouts, losing herself in her excitement. It seemed that these men had come across Lumen at the worst possible moment. All that time sitting during her interview had really left her wound up, and there were few better ways to let off steam than rupturing a heart with a little pressure! She turns to find where the second fool went, outwardly dismissing the enemy mage much further away. The rogue doesn't seem to notice anything going on with Ana or Rachel.
Upon seeing him make a stab at Hycsis, Lumen whips all four of her tendrils to their elusive target. She will attempt to wrap the tentacles around the man’s torso to crush his organs and inadvertently help the small mage escape. Should any of the four appendages succeed, she will lift his body from the ground while laughing hysterically, and hurl him at the channeling mage with the entirety of her strength.
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Post by thewhiterabbit on Aug 18, 2018 0:48:01 GMT -7
The blade slices across Hycsis's leg. Cutting it open, but not to deep. The man was able to land a hit, but his accuracy was a little off. These men obviously aren't professionals. Hycsis moves to the closest thing possible. That being Lumen. She didn't need to move to much because of Lumen proximity to her, but she was still swearing all the way. The man smirks at a job well done. Due to the blade being metal the cut bleeds more than it normally would. Its nothing life threatening, but needs tending to as soon as possible.
"OY! You'll be doin a bunch more screamin when I'm don wid-" The man begins to say as he gets up in Hycsis's direction. He was cut of however by Lumen's screaming. "Cor ya bitch! So yer da-" Lumen has successfully and quiet easily grabbed the man. "OY LE'ME GO LE AHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!" The man yells as Lumen squeezes. Crushing the man. Deep cracks can be heard. The mans body quickly jerks as his chest cavity, arms and hips crack under the pressure. The man basically poped. Blood shoots out of his mouth as his body goes limp. The man's blood begins oozing out between Lumen's tentacles. A sign showing the skin had broken.
The mage stares in horror. He had stopped all charging. He stands there frozen for a second. Then with a quick and confident. "NOPE!" He turns and begins to run away. He is at a distance where chase is allowed, but there is no telling whats in store.
Rachel turns back to the Rifleman. She was furious, but visually her face was calm. She had done this to herself. Ever since she changed she had become increasingly careless. "I'll do to you what she'd want to do to me..." Venom dripping from her words. The rifleman sees the oncoming fury and ducks behind the crates. He turn crouching to use what was left of the crates to get him into the nearest alleyway. Granted from the boxes to the alley would still be a ten for fifteen foot dash. Without cover. The man keeps low as he quickly moves. Only to be suddenly stopped by the shot through his left leg. Rachel had finally aimed. Or guessed. Shooting through the crates. "I have no idea why you'd think wood would stop magic like this." She says mocking the man. He grabs his leg screaming. The shot had cauterized his wound from the heat, but it still hurt. Rachel runs over and hops on one of the crates. Aiming down at the man. "Don't move..." The man smiles weakly using one of his hands to show a sign. Asking for mercy.
Ana moves swiftly over to the groups leader, who is still laying on the ground in a daze. “How pathetic. Why is it so hard to find a man that can actual please me?!” Ana says as she grabs the man by his neck and pulls him to his feet, keeping his arm pinned behind his back and her blade inches from his neck.”Excuse me…” she says in a normal voice to everyone around her, who in the heat of battle all obviously ignore her. “Excuse me!” she says a little louder, with the same results. Ana’s left eye begins to slightly twitch as she tightens her grip on the leader. “EXCUSE ME YOU ABSOLUTELY BARBARIC IMBECILES, I AM TRYING TO INITIATE NEGOTIATIONS HERE!” she yells in anger, this time attracting everyone's attention. Even Paz pops her her head up, ears at full attention and a dismembered finger locked in her mouth.
“Ahem...thank you! So as I was trying to inform everyone here, I now have the leader of your group hostage.” Ana moves the blade closer to his neck for emphasis. ‘EY! C-calm down with that will ya!” the leader says. He’s visibly distressed and has turned ghostly pale. “He is suffering through quite a nasty case of hubris at the moment. Although the fact that he thought he could challenge anyone in a dual is quite astounding, I really do suggest getting that refund from your previous instructor, they are the one who has committed the real crime!” She says. Almost staring through the man, and his skills. “Either way I digress, since he is now my captive I must insist that you must cease all hostile activities now and vacate this vicinity if you wish to have this man back in one piece.” For a few seconds everyone just stands still, confused by whats going. on. This leads Ana to let out a sigh and now press her blade tightly down on the leaders neck. “For fucks sakes...s-stand down boys! This lil’ducky’ere ain’t jokin!” The leader cries out to his men. Or what was left.
By this time now the fight had gone on for only ten minutes. The Leader looks around to see the majority of his men slaughtered, and one retreating. Out of the six total. Three lay dead. The fight was won with minimal damage!
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Post by ★|Sayu on Aug 18, 2018 15:35:29 GMT -7
Hycsis was beyond frustrated, in fact aggravation wasn't even a good word to use to begin with. Allowing some worthless imbecile to get close enough to harm her was thoughtless and quite frankly disgusting. However, some satisfaction overcame her as she witnessed his immediate death at the hands of her new attack dog. At least for a moment; The injury quickly reminds her of the lingering frustration and as she's just about to re-apply her speed buff to Lumen in hopes of a pursuit she stops at little more than reaching out her hand when she hears Ana make her announcement.
Hycsis herself looks over the carnage in question taking note of the dead, charred, maimed, and crushed bodies. She can't help but chuckle at the fact that there was basically no one left to surrender, this then quickly turned into lighthearted laughter - all her frustrations thrown aside - both out of relief and for the hilarity of the situation. When she finally manages to calm down she attempts to get up from the ground, wincing from the cut but smiling none the less. She turns her attention to Ana and the thugs leader and waits out the situation.
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Post by ☆|Dazai on Aug 18, 2018 19:15:59 GMT -7
A satisfying crunch of bone resounds from the man held captive by Lumen’s tentacles. She could feel the snap of each individual rib and the squish of his heart as his entire torso collapses into a meaty paste. “Shoulda bugga’d off like ya friend theh’ mate.” She cruelly taunts the dying man. Not capable of any sort of response seeing that his lungs were destroyed, he simply coughs up a hefty amount of blood; some of which lands on Lumen’s cheek.
Having taken note of the mage fleeing, the Leviathan tosses the body the side in a carefree manner and wipes the blood off of her tentacles as best she can. She would have chased the mage down, but the satisfaction of her previous two kills brought her down from her high. At that moment, Ana grabs everyone's attention to negotiate a surrender.
“Really not much lefta ‘em, Foxy.” Lumen says offhandedly, attempting to locate Hycsis. She immediately finds the small alv due to her cheery laughter. “Pretty good aye? Gave 'em one for ya!” The woman cracks a smile at the mage’s cheerful state and helps her to her feet. Ana could do what she wanted, Lumen didn’t really care at this point; the fight was over before it even began. The Leviathan stands near Hycsis, as they both wait to see what happens.
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Post by thewhiterabbit on Aug 25, 2018 16:17:43 GMT -7
Ana, who realizes almost the entire enemy group has been wiped out, suddenly turns bright red.”Oh dear…there doesn't really seem to be much left for me to negotiate your freedom with...it appears I've created quite the awkward situation haven't I?” For the next few seconds everyone goes quite, not really sure what to do now. The Ana suddenly removes her blade from the leaders neck, kicking him to the ground on his knees. Then, she walks around in front of him, her blade still at the ready. “Rachel would you please be a dear and bring that ruffian over here?” Holding the rifleman at gunpoint, Rachel sets him down next to his leader. ”Have a name dear?” She asks the leader. “Fuck you! That’s my name bitch!” Ana lets out a sigh and places her blade at the tip of the man's throat. “Well Mr.”Fuck You”, if you ever happen to run into me or one of my associates ever again, I suggest you turn around and begin walking the other way. I'm being gracious to you this time because I'm in a very good mood today. Next time you might not be so lucky. Ana then turns around, her back towards the leader. “Oh, and just to make sure you have something to remember me by…” Ana suddenly spins back around, her blade coming down in a slashing motion towards the leaders head, missing it by bare inches, but taking off a good chunk of his right ear. The man falls to the ground screaming in pain, clutching the side of his head. The rifleman then leans over and helps him to his feet, and the duo quickly vacate the area. “Well then, good to know you two are able to handle yourselves in combat” Ana says as she turns back to address the others. She then finally takes a good look at Rachel. “I wish I could say the same for you Rachel, my word! Ana begins chuckling to herself, as Paz walks up, finally done with her “toy”. Ana reaches down to scratch between her ears. “Seriously, can you not go a single conflict without getting shot or maimed in some fashion? It's quite astonishing really…”
Rachel's eyes narrow. She sighs and she looks over her clothes. "I'm so dead. Ms. Carmilea spent a fortune to get this for me." She shakes her head in disappointment. "Shit! She'll find me too. She is probably already pissed that I've been gone so long." Rachel places her gun back into her holster. She turns to the other two girls. "Very good ladies." She sees the cut on Hycsis's leg, and the blood running down. "You going to make it? We shouldn't be to much longer to the ship. You think you'll be okay? I can cauterize it if you want." Rachel looks down the road. "We have a doctor on the ship who could fix you quick." She turn back to Hycsis. "Although you shouldn't be walking." She looks to Lumen. "Lumen if you could?" Rachel motions to Hycsis.
(After the girls do as they will the group will move.)
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Post by ★|Sayu on Aug 25, 2018 16:33:08 GMT -7
Hycsis watches the rest of the scenario unfold. Serves the man right; for being so worthless at his 'job' he sure got off lucky. She's still coming off the high of her laughter when she is addressed. She looks down at her legs feeling the soft pulsating throb. It's painful but probably manageable. "It should quite fine to wait. The pain is in cessation." She then glances over at Lumen standing confidently next to her still spattered in the blood of that rather unfortunate but deserving messy chunk of meat that once made up an equally unfortunate imitation of a man.
A shiver runs down her spine. She is just glad that this attack dog is of her party. She reiterates with some hesitation; "I'm fine" a bit of pride and equal bits of nervousness seeping into her voice. However upon taking her first step forward she feels the sting of the wound shoot up her sensitive leg. She stands there for a moment, biting her lip and waiting for the pain to subside before she tests another step. It'd be manageable over time and... one more look towards Lumen leaves her sighing in mock defeat. "I mean... if it isn't too far away... I presume..."
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Post by ☆|Dazai on Aug 25, 2018 18:22:15 GMT -7
“Ooo a’like your style, Foxy,” Lumen remarks, looking at the severed ear on the ground. “A bit light tho’. Shoulda cutta’ different piece iffya ask me.” The Rogue’s eyes go to Rachel as she begins talking. The blonde woman was unusually calm considering the damage she and her clothing took. Rachel didn’t seem to be bleeding, so Lumen merely shrugs it off. She does however, turn to her small ‘coworker’ at the mention of her wound.
The Mage attempts to quite literally walk the injury off, an act that made the Leviathan chuckle under her breath. “I’m fine,” she said, as she was frozen still from the pain. “Hah! Hard ‘eaded shit ahn’tya?” Lumen jokingly says, as she moves up to the girl. “Don’t worry,” she said teasingly as she scoops up Hycsis in her arms. "It’s ma’ pleasha’.”
With Hycsis as her luggage, Lumen begins moving toward Rachel and Ana. “Lead on then Blondie... ‘n temme’ how ya not dead on tha way! Ya worried about the guhl here, but ya don’t seem like much offa' scrappa’ yaself.” The woman busts out in laughter at Rachel’s expense.
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Post by thewhiterabbit on Aug 30, 2018 20:32:33 GMT -7
Rachel's right eye twitches at Lumen's comment. She can easily hold her own. She was just concerned about everyone else. She however rather dislikes the name of 'Blonde". Rachel scoffs and turns. Walking down the road. "Lets go..." She says in a slight irritated tone. The rest of the group follows suit.
As they continue to their destination not much else happens. No one really speaks to any of them. The majority heard the battle. If it could be called that. Judging by these four being the only ones walking away they must of won. Nobody wanted to try their luck in the meantime. Houses, shops and a bar here and then still lined the streets. It became more vacant of them though as they neared the docks. "Our mode of transportation is an airship then seconds as a boat. We can travel by air or sea." Rachel intentionally ignored Lumen's request of why or how she was still alive. As they reach the docks the ship can be seen not thirty feet off to the left. The ramp to access the ship was down. Resting on the dock.
The ship stretched about 170ft. Visually it looked wooden. Its height was around 45ft from keel to the base of the main deck. The sides of it looked slightly different. Still wooden in look, but visually looked different. If looked at for a second the sight of folded wings could be seen. it looked like a very old warship. VERY old. Towards the back there were door flaps for the cannons. Behind that at the back of the ship were two huge thrusters. Clearly used when the ship took flight. On the main deck stood three masts. One in the middle. One up front and one in the back.
Rachel leads everyone to the ramp. Raising her right arm to show the ship. "This is the Iron Kaiser! At first glance it looks wooden, but fret naut." She giggles at her poor nautical humor. "Its actually a thick metal ship lined in a wood laminate. If you look its actually bolted on the ship. Its previous owner had a thing for ancient relics. So they modeled it after the concept. After we..." She pauses. "Appropriated it we didn't change to much. Its has three levels. This one here is for cargo or whatever we happen to ship. Or steal for that matter." This section stretched about 110ft. Random crates and other things lay about. Some organized. Some not. "Towards the back is the engine room." Rachel points to the back to a door. Currently open, but at they angle the group is standing no one else can be seen. Surprisingly no one else was on this part of the ship. The ceiling was lined with lights. Spaced about 10ft from each other every 10 ft. "The second level is living accommodations. Our rooms, the dining hall, the pantry and resting areas or living rooms are there. Level three is the main deck. More on that later."
Rachel looks at Hycsis. "At some point you need to she the ships doctor. How are you feeling? Dizzy? Sick?" Rachel takes a step forward. She stops dead in her tracks. She stares at Hycsis. Her eyes wide. Rachel was panicked. Terrified even, but not at Hycsis. Or Lumen. She could feel her. Camilea. Obviously she heard Rachel, but she wasn't expecting her to come after her this early. Not while she was giving the tour. Not in front of the new recruits. Rachel looks to the left. A set of stairs is seen. They take you to the second level. Rachel stepped away from the direction of the stairs. "RACHEEEEELLLLLLL!!!!!!!!" A voice shrieks. It was a yell that could be felt to the core. "Oh shit..." She turns and runs off and hides behind one of the crates off in the distance.
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Post by ★|Sayu on Sept 1, 2018 13:56:47 GMT -7
While somewhat excited, Hycsis is looking visibly annoyed at the idea of being carried around. She endures it while she is distracted analyzing the entirety of the ship, anything she could lay her eyes on. It wasn't the first time she had seen an airship but it certainly was the first time she saw one this old.
She begins to wonder about it's internal mechanics, what type of engine they use, how they keep something this old flying; And what can be improved. Hycsis fails her attempts at listening to Rachel, instead imagining all she can about the ship. The mention of the common rooms draw her interest again. She would be excited to meet the rest of the crew which in turn made her all the more annoyed at her situation. It was just a cut, no matter how deep it might be.
The shrill voice shrieks out from somewhere unseen causing Hycsis to become a little nervous - not because whoever was coming sounded incredibly agitated, to the point of scaring off Rachel but because the last thing she wanted was to be seen carried around on her first day.
"Lumen-" she says trying to get her attention but decides there isn't enough time. She begins to wiggle around trying to get back down. "-it's quite fine now, put me down." she orders. With any luck she'd manage to get herself free and stand somewhat proudly. She would just have to power through the pain until she gets to see someone.
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Post by ☆|Dazai on Sept 4, 2018 11:42:54 GMT -7
Lumen follows the group, listening to their guide make terrible jokes and fawn over the ship. She was no longer in a cheerful mood considering Rachel had ignored her taunting. While the ship itself was pretty impressive, none of that was particularly her thing. She was looking forward to meeting the crew more herself.
Speaking of the crew, her passenger seemed less than enthused about being carried. Pride wasn’t something the Leviathan quite understood. Seeing that she cared very little for what others thought of her, this was probably of no surprise to anyone. If someone wanted to carry her around, then she’d be more than happy to let ‘em have her. That basically applied to everything, provided she wanted it to happen.
Suddenly Rachel sprints to cover as a shrill voice can be heard from the stairs. “Blondie?” Lumen says clearly puzzled by the near 'invincible' woman’s fear.
“Lumen-” Hycsis says, attempting to get her mount’s attention. Though Lumen initially doesn’t hear her, she feels her squirming to get to the ground. “Sootchyaself,” she says, letting the girl down to deal with her wounded leg. Limping to the doc’s seems liked it would be just as humiliating as being carried there. The Alv’s pride did make her infinitely more interesting though. How deep did that run in her? And what could make her cast it aside?
Having set Hycsis down, Lumen finally turns to see what kind of person could make Rachel shake in her boots.
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Post by thewhiterabbit on Sept 4, 2018 20:16:27 GMT -7
Rachel hits the deck so to say. She curls behind one of the bigger storage crates twenty or so feet away. Her hands over her head she tries her best to form a ball, and stay as low to the ground as she can. Thats when she comes flying down the stairs. Literally flying. Quickly too. Camilea flew like a bullet towards Anna. She cleared the room in seconds. Her red eyes were glowing bright with rage. She came to an abrupt stop about a foot from Anna. The sudden break in her speed caused the wind to zip by. Moving anyone's loose clothing like a windy day. Visually everyone could tell she was mad. However due to Hycsis's high attunement to magic. She could feel it. She could feel the unnaturally high amount of energy radiating off of a girl.
The girl looked about the same height as Hycsis. Even the same age by guess. Though that was totally incorrect. The girls skin was a natural white. Her hair was a faded silver. Natural, or so it seemed. Her outfit consisted of something a girl her age, or a girl that looked her age shouldn't wear. It appeared to be a split silk night gown top. Black. With a light white under shit attached at the chest to cover her midriff. It met up at her neck that all seemed to be help up covering everything she had by a collar. She had a skirt of the same color white as the undershirt. At first glance they moved at the same time. Almost as if they were all one piece. Her arms were covered by the same material as the top. Same color black too. Her legs were covered by blood red stockings. Covering up her thighs and ended just below her butt. The elastic around her legs holding them up was just barely tight enough to squeeze showing the thickness of her thighs. Her feet wore a single belted dress shoe. Shined. Attacked to her head were two dark brown curved horns.
"WHERE IS SHE!?!?!" The Girl yells. The color in her eyes flares brighter. The ship actually shook slightly. The girls tone sounded wrong. Inhuman. Her actual voice tone could be heard, but there was something else. A deeper tone when she spoke alongside her own. A tone that could only be described as demonic.
She stares at Anna. Whom by this time could be anything less than speechless. Camilea bared her teeth in rage. Anna knew she didn't like people being late. Especially Rachel. Yet she seemed to be taking this a little more far than it needed to go. Although she could also establishing dominance to the two new girls. Who knows? "FINE!" She barks. Her octave luckily has gone down. "If you wont tell me..." Her head snaps to the new girls at a disturbing speed. Almost as if she was looking their way the whole time. Or at least it felt that way. "You two!" Camilea grips her hands tightly to the point of them shaking slightly. The floor very slightly shook. "Where..." Camilea floats over to them. "Is she..." Her show of power would terrify most anyone. As seen by Rachel's reaction, but does it scare the new recruits...?
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