A Tale Of Magik

[Knight Errant]

"You know nothing about me... or my real family. So stop pretending like you do. I was a military soldier who had his body exiled into another dimension by a Black Mage while on a campaign. I spent three years trying to find my way back, to no success. So how about you shut up before you really make me angry."

[Raleigh]

*The various pieces of rock and the like that fall down and might have hit Raleigh just pass through him. Though he doesn't appear to be moving he is using a version of the same speed technique he uses to walk in rain without getting wet rather than turning immaterial.* Did I say something wrong Bunbun? After all no one ever said I speak the truth. I'm not some goddess that has to or something like that.

[Blaze]

Blaze fires her dart at Lucy, but the massive burst of power caused by her movement sent her tumbling and causing her shot to go wide. Meanwhile, Okuni finally manages to get to her feet, looking more than a bit punch drunk.

Meanwhile, Lucy spreads her wings, which suddenly grow to an impressive length, looking a lot more demonic with bony spikes protruding from the tips and looking much more skeletal. With another snarl, she flies at the golem trying to escape, trying to intercept it in the air.

[Zoey]

Lucy flies at the golem and runs it through, completely destroying it before flying up to the roof tops where Raleigh and he Bunny girl are. She glances around the city seeing no further golems she lets out another roar to indicate her fury and warm other golems. Anyone keeping tabs on the demon would notice she was getting stronger by the second, her power just intensifying with every outburst of rage.

The exorcists would soon see Mima walking up to them and trying to mend their wounds with what she had left, using normal methods and some magic she could scrounger up. "W-Whats going on?" she asks as she works on Jean.

As Raleigh performs his evasion he couldn't help bit feel afterwards a weird sensation come over him. Something he would recognize as... slight fatigue. Its like that little stunt took waaaay to much out of him that shouldn't. The bunny girl stands up and brushes her self up and faces Raleigh. "Well... if you haven't noticed I'm trying to not get hit by debris" she says despite the fact she could've shielded herself or dodge, but instead she didn't. "That a friend of yours?" she asks as a gust of winds hits the pair from Lucy's roar.

"Oh, but you can jump dimensions to come here and not check up back home?! You really are a worthless piece of shit... I'll take pleasure in taking you down Dactylos..." she says glaring, her rune glowing bright yellow as the room continues to collapse and will very soon cave all in on the two.

[Knight Errant]

"... I warned you."

He draws his blade, zooming forward in an instant with a thrust aimed to pierce her throat!

[Raleigh]

*Orders the nanomachines and other implements inside this current body to get to work on that issue. His bodies are supposed to never fatigue. If it persists he'll have to kill this one and create another.* Hm? Yes, I do believe it is.

[Blaze]

Lucy looks down at the city, a twisted sneer on her face. Spotting a golem on the outskirts of the city, she flies at it! Generating a sonic boom with the speeds she reaches, she slams into it with her fist outstretched!

Back in the subway, Jean answers Mima's question.

"It seems she is tapping on latent demonic powers. From the looks of things, she was bottling it up for a long while." she says, no trace of the bubbly nun remaining.

Logos has one of the fusion bracelets in her hand and is looking at the others, a calculating look on her face.

[Zoey]

Lucy feels so alive! YES YES YES YES! SHE CAN WIN, SHE FEELS GREAT! She can finally protect her friends! Why didn't she let herself go before? Ugh! She needs more enemies to slay! She needs to destroy more enemies, but where?! Where?! Wait... whos that person talking to Raleigh? Someone she doesn't know? ENEMY! Time to KILL/PROTECT!

Mima looks confused. "Demonic powers?.... But... she's a half breed. Her demon powers must already be open, how were they bottled?" asks Mima confused as she keeps trying to cure everyone in the rubble tunnel despite herself being very hurt. The exorcists she heals feel better, a bit brooced, but ok. They also feel their normal power being their, but severely low...

Raleigh would notice that the nano-machines and other implements are working very slow compared to the past. It also didn't help his used power didn't seem to come back. The Bunny girl crosses her arms glancing at Lucy. "You let things like that run wild? Sheesh, no wonder people around you die so easily" she says shaking her head a bit.

The woman parry's Dacts attack and jumps back. "Let this place be your grave!" she exclaims as she starts to melt into the ground as her rune glows and the chamber collapses!

[Raleigh]

Who said people around me die easily? It was just my wife so far not including the eventual death due to age and disease of the mortals I encounter. As for what is happening with Lucy well its an inconvenience to be sure but no big worry. In fact if needs be its a solution to the odd effects that I seem to be experiencing. *Switches to a different power source as is his habit since he rarely operates off of his own power alone due to situations like this one.* There are several handy spells that would sap up that excess demonic energy and add it to my own collective after all thereby possibly calming her down and giving me perhaps the equivalent of a sugar rush. Still, I suppose I should see if the Exorcists can handle this themselves first.

Besides, who am I to judge a demon for doing what it is meant to do? Do you attack a tiger for killing prey? Perhaps you beat a cat for killing mice but I tend to let it do as its nature dictates.

[Blaze]

Lucy's head snaps around as she remembers the bunny girl talking to Raleigh. The rational part of her brain reminded her that Raleigh could more than take care of himself, but that part was taking a long overdue lunch break. With another screech she once again shows kinetics who is the boss by breaking the sound barrier once more as she flies at the bunny girl, trying to claw her face off with her lengthens nails!

"I would imagine that, perhaps as a result of her own subconscious denial of that side of her, in conjunction of all the anti-demon precautions we use at home..." Jean mutters. She takes out her own first-aid kit and starts tending to Mima.

"Slow down, or you'll hurt yourself even worse."

Meanwhile, Logos tosses one of the fusion bracelets to Okuni, who catches it. She looks at the older woman and gives a slight nod as they stay as still as possible, trying to accelerate their recovery.

[Knight Errant]

Dact makes a quick deduction. Waterfall means river, river means open tunnelway out of collapsing chamber! With that in mind, he dashes and grapples up the waterfall to its source! Aiming for a quick escape!

[Zoey]

This is very much like an Indiana Jones movie as Dact pulls out all the stops trying to follow up the stream of water as the chamber collapses. Still the opening closes behind Dact and now the water is bottled up and he's fighting upstream in pitch darkness. With a surge of water coming down Dact is soon completely underwater, in heavy armor, deep down in earth and in darkness, turning around as the water shakes and surges. Its very very terrifying and Dactylos is sure to die if it wasn't for the fact that he is soon surged upwards and seemingly through earth. More strangely he's now in an air pocket and is being taken upwards by some odd magic or someone. Seem's he's life has been spared!

Mima smiles as Jean starts to tend to her wounds, but that doesn't stop her from trying to do some healing on others herself. "No time... We have to hurry..." she says. "even if I'm all out of power..." murmers the exhausted magical girl, pushing herself to her limits with what little non-magical healing techniques she has.

Okuni as she gets the fusion bracelet would notice that without any power on herself the fusion bracelet doesn't seem to react to being tried to activate. However they do notice the bracelets feel odd when being held. Its different from when they held it before, it feels bigger and rougher.

Raleigh would notice quickly that switching power sources does work, but now he does notice something with this switch. His power's leaking, to where its unknown, but he's losing it somehow. Every time he tapped into it to perform a super human feet, the leek spiked and then calmed down after he stopped. The bunny girl chuckles and grins to Raleigh. "There's that overconfidence again" she says before spotting Lucy who is rushing at her at breakneck speeds. "Seem's she wants to talk" she says with a rather annoyed look on her face as she jumps behind the building falling down, before Lucy comes in and with one strike from her claws the whole top of the building where the bunny girl stood detonates and explodes from the raw power of her. Next she unleashes a surge of demonic energy which flows out from her strike and destroys what remains of the building. The bunny girl is lost from sight from all this debris.

Lucy's blood was boiling. Lucy's mind had lost all reasoning skill beyond knowing that the Exorcists were not to be hurt and anything REMOTELY associated with their current condition or something that might hurt them, must be destroyed! The stupid woman dodged and she wasn't fast enough! Ugh! It must ha've been Raleigh! That bastard! He must have warned her, that's the only explanation why a normal human could've noticed and dodged. Wait, why has Raleigh only stood there and not helped... he must've been in league with the enemy! ENEMY. Must protect her friends from ENEMY. Destroy enemy!

[Raleigh]

Overconfidence? Me? Heh, you don't know me very well if you think I am ever that. Usually I'm a bit more disappointed that the opposition isn't living up to my expectations than thinking they can't possibly pose a threat to me. *Watches Lucy drive off the bunny.* Heya Luce. How are you feeling?

[Knight Errant]

Dact dodges, climbs, jumps, and swims! And climbs through the underwater river, fighting the current until... suddenly he begins flying upwards? "... huh. Thats... surprising."

[Blaze]

Jean looks at Mima with a frown and gently grabs her by the wrist.

"It is fine to help, but don't sacrifice yourself to do it. I think we've done enough, now we need rest."

Okuni looks at Logos and shakes her head, causing the older woman to sigh. Blaze finally comes too with a groan.

"Oww... where's Lucy? Is she okay?" she murmurs through lips caked with blood.

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Speaking of Lucy, she hovers over the building she just obliterated and looks at Raleigh. No trace of the peace-loving girl remained now.

"Ehhh... ene... enemy."

She flies at Raleigh, trying to claw his face off!