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[mirristry]

Ithaqua!

[Oh, this means war. How dare you hurt his creature buddy??? But Phil's no healer and he knows it, so he's just going to let Urianger attend to that part since the Elezen is already on it and racing to Ithaqua's side. Ahito seems to be doing a good job keeping the attention of the man piloting the mech as well, meaning he isn't going to attempt to interfere on that front either.

Instead, he sees that one damaged leg, notes the way that the mech is leaning to that side, and calls out to the others:]

Aim for the damaged leg!

[And then he's immediately casting again, and circular blades of green wind slash at said leg (13).]

[promittere]

If wizards are so powerful, why haven't they taken care of the Calamity for good? Every year we have to rely on them because they're too selfish to actually do anything to stop it! But I could. Humans could! We actually know how to rely on each other, without ruining everything!

[Malice wanted his attention? Well, he's going to get it, a fist smashing into him with brutal force (20). His next few swings go wide, but some people need to be shut up. You would think it was Ahito, but he doesn't care that much what some idiot teen says. What he cares about is his mech, which means Phil (20) finds himself kicked by the undamaged leg. Goodbye, sir.

That's not the only trick up his sleeve, though. There's more rumbling and mechanical clicks and whirs, a hatch on the mech opening and releasing several drones which flit through the air, powered by mana stones. Those stones generate enough energy for them to shoot energy blasts at the wizards, hitting Kiryu (17), Ahito (16), and Urianger. There are ten drones in total.

At least Yodarha can use his magic again, at least for the time being.]

[annihilator]

[This is what he gets for wanting aggro... The punch sends him flying, and it's sheer luck that Malice remembers to summon his broom (12) to slow his descent and touch down back on the ground.

He tries to summon a fire shield to protect him until he can get back to his feet, but with an 8, that isn't exactly working great right now.]

We're gonna need to take out those things fast or a lot more of us are gonna get injured!

[He points at the drones.]

[divineth]

[Urianger winces in pain as he takes a blow from one of those drones. At least he managed to prevent Ithaqua from getting hit.

Now they have to worry about a bunch of little projectiles too? This is quickly getting messy.]

Malice hath the right of it!

[To aid in the effort, Urianger sends out barriers to protect the DPSers (9). They're not very strong since he's extending his magic a bit, but they should hopefully absorb some of the damage from more energy blasts.]

[dadsandals]

Am-!

[ His first instinct is to worry about Ametrine, but his partner is very good at recovering and he has to remember that. Poor Phil, though, is fragile and might not be doing so well...but with the continuous healing, maybe he'll be fine?

He grits his teeth, but he decides to focus on the drones instead. He is no good at splash damage so he'll give his all into taking out one of the drones by himself for now.

Yamato copies Ametrine's usage of fire and infuses his blades with fire magic instead, and he slashes at one of the drones (14). ]

[dyingtohealyou]

[Nevermind, getting hit by the drone hurts like a bitch and now his patience is gone.]

Oh, sorry, I didn't realize you were stupid enough to think that us wizards want to deal with the moon every year!

Like the Calamity is the only reason you people rely on magic. Even your technology can't function without magic users - maybe you should've considered inventing something that doesn't, if you hate relying on them so much!

[He hears the calls for healing and for taking out the drones, which would be sound strategic choices, but also: he is an idiot teen, and a pissed off one at that.

The others will just have to deal in the meantime, because he's focusing his considerable energy into a jet of fire, aiming directly at that little door under the window with the magic nullifier (20). If he's lucky, it'll melt the damn thing shut for good. If he's even luckier, it'll destroy the contraption entirely.]

[serenesinker]

[Yodarha hears the call for healing and tries to bring his focus back into existence... Success!

Imagining a huge rain cloud over the battlefield, he raises his focus skyward and shouts:]

Ougi! Healing Rain!

[Healing water drenches the battlefield, providing succor to those injured! While not the strongest initial heal (7), he intends to concentrate on keeping this rain around for an extended period of time. Heal over time, baby!]

[impacter]

[You ever just had a tendril of shadow extend out of the ground to try and grab a robot leg and knock the whole machine over?

Well, I mean, this one fails (5). But maybe Solomon gave this poor lunatic a heart attack with how the space grows cold in warning.

He looks... a mess. Though his wounds have been healed at this point, blood and char still coats his outfit in scattered slashes and fraying of what was once a very beautiful outfit. But it doesn't stop his stance, flicking out his wand with a click of his tongue at the failed attempt.]

And what exactly would you plan to do? Have you thought through the consequences, when the Calamity is so big and unknowable that even wizards stumble at an iota of its power?

[leewards]

[Creature is finally awake, (13) but wow that was unpleasant. He shakes his head to clear the ringing, but doesn't take proper action against their enemy yet. He simply tugs some mana stones out of his pocket and stuffs his face, before taking a stance like he's preparing to cast.

If anyone tries to come to help or heal him, he's just demanding them to hold the line with a raspy voice.]

[divineth]

[He'll do as he's told, but it's not stopping him from looking back with a sigh of relief. At least Ithaqua's conscious.]

[leewards]

[Ithaqua will spare Urianger a brush of the hand over his lover's arm before returning to business. Urianger took care of him while he was down, he can't be brusque.]

[mirristry]

[The pain is blinding, and were it not for Day's bracelet he probably wouldn't be getting up again after that one. Even so, it takes him a moment to brace himself before he can manage to drag himself back to his feet, wobbling unsteadily, his breath coming in short, sharp pants.]

... d-do... do you really think that power can fix everything that is wrong in a world...?

[It's an absolutely laughable thought to him. He holds the greatest amount of raw power in Tir Na Nog, and what has he been able to accomplish? Nothing but destruction and ruin and suffering. He can't fix any of that with power alone.

He tries his best to concentrate, but even with the bracelet, he can't manage to push the pain back enough to finish the spell properly. His attempt at a fiery explosion on the drones (8) will no doubt fall short.]

[themanwhoerasedhisname]

[Kiryu gets hit by an energy blast and stumbles back, doing the oooowwwaaaah noise he does whenever he's shot with a bullet in his games. I can't describe it well but trust me, he does that because it just works out here!

But he's well aware how dangerous long-range things are. He's going to have to work cleverly! Boosted by the double attack he had done with Yamato, he aims, using fire magic of his own -- well, more like copied from Yamato, really -- and swishes his hand.

Embers fly from his fists, crossing the air and impacting against several drones -- the ones nearest to him. Aha!

I rolled 19]

[promittere]

[ There comes another roar of frustration. ] What do you think I was trying to do, before all you wizards ruined my life?! Especially that—that Murr Hart!

[ Ahito's blast of fire connects exactly with the little nullifier door, but it doesn't seem hot enough. Whatever this mech is made or reinforced with is a lot stronger than anticipated, and might need more than one metal-melting fire beam to take out.

Yamato and Kiryu each take down one drone. Eight remain.

Speaking of drones, they dance through the air and form groups of two and three to shoot more laser beams in the air. One hits Yamato (18), one targets Ahito (19), and one gets Phil (19).

The mech's fist sails through the air again, connecting with Urianger (15), but sailing past Solomon (5) and scarcely touching Kiryu (1), instead colliding with another part of the manor instead. The building shudders as another portion of the manor coming down. ]

How was I supposed to know?! How was I supposed to know he rigged his labs with explosives?! How was I supposed to know?!

The calamity will shudder before me when I get my justice!

[serenesinker]

[Yodarha's healing rain continues to fall, gently soothing wounds of his allies. He tries to go for an offensive spell while concentrating, but micromanaging multiple spells at once isn't something he really practiced for, so it fails to appear. (1)]

Ohhhh shoot! I'll keep healin' for now. You guys focus on attackin'!

[leewards]

[So apparently getting knocked unconscious fucks with your brain, because Ithaqua tries for an ice spell and... Hm. Where is it? (1)

pathetic tbh

So instead, he'll just run around and try to gather everyone hit and put them behind him.]

[dadsandals]

[ bitch who???

Yamato gets blasted by the beam and staggers back; he grunts in a less dramatic fashion than Kiryu over there, but goddamn, that stings. It makes his next attempt at attacking another drone pretty awful (10), even if it just barely misses. ]

[impacter]

Ah, so it has nothing at all to do with the calamity.

[He just chills there as the attack towards him flies wild and debris goes crumbling instead though he watches Phil take a brutal hit and just. Casually lifts a hand to try and throw a barrier his way (6).]

This is a matter of your pride, wrapped up in a crusade colored brightly with morals you think make it matter.

What justice are you serving except for your own embarrassment? When did it stop becoming about your fellow race and became all about you?

[annihilator]

[Malice returns to his feet and once again goes for his tried-and-true firebolt at one of the drones... but who would've guessed your aim might be off if you got hit with a 20 last round?? So yeah with a 2, he's not hitting anything.]

[themanwhoerasedhisname]

[Another 19, oh good!

Kiryu definitely keeps teaming up with Yamato to take down the drones. Since he's doing well at it right now, he sees no reason to change course!]

Shut him up!

[He tells the rest because truthfully? That last line from the mech guy is so full of hubris that it irks Kiryu]

[mirristry]

[... you know, it's really a good thing that Phil is used to dealing with significant pain on a regular basis! That laser beam hurts like hell but thanks to the combination of Solomon's (attempt at a) barrier and the bracelet, he's shaking it off in favor of charging up a rain of rainbow beams of light targeting the drones (14) Hopefully that will be enough to take out one group, and if not, well... surely someone else here will have decent luck... (doubt).]

[fellheart]

[ omnia mors aequat. it's declared in a familiar voice, but in a language that doesn't typically get used for sentences that long here— that said, what it does very much resemble aloud is latin, or the language most of them seem to speak their spells in. just slightly to the left, vowels enunciated just that slightly differently.

what it manifests as is a roiling gale, sharpened blades of air weaponizing themselves in a widespread, violent windstorm around the still active drones in attempt to either down them entirely or disrupt their would-be aims (13). ]

You are supposedly a man of science yourself, and yet you wouldn't bother to think that others might also attempt to protect their work from any greedy interlopers? You, seeking recompense from those who were in no way responsible for your trouble, for something you did to yourself, dare speak of anything resembling justice?

[ there's a dark, mocking laughter that rings from somewhere above. looks like the last of the North has arrived to join the party in the courtyard. (did he throw himself from the window on the second floor? of course he is, which country's colours do you think he's wearing? well, usually, not right now.)

robin remains aloft, suspended high above by the beating of the six dark wings that extend from his (still very human) back. if the man wants to try to nullify his magic to swat him down, he's going to have to aim upwards at an awkward angle and expose whatever mechanism he's using to do so. try him, bitch. ]

You preach of cooperation! That you, as a human, are better simply because you are capable of it! Tell us, did you ever even attempt to try? Or are wizards too foreign a species, and your cooperation limited only to the portions of your own precious humanity whom you deem worthy?

[impacter]

[Ah. Welcome home, you dramatic son of a bitch.]

[divineth]

[Ope, there goes Urianger flying through the air again. This time he has the wherewithal to attempt to cushion his fall with a spell, but it doesn't minimize the impact very much (6). He cries out in pain and reaches for his chest when he tries to drag himself back to his feet. The repeated blows and impacts with the ground have no doubt cracked a rib or two, to say nothing of all the bruising he's taking.]

Ngh--!!

[At least Ithaqua is making his way over to help! It gives him a second to breathe and send out another AOE heal, but boy is he starting to feel worn out. Can this mech go down already?

Wait where's all that latin-to-the-left coming from--]

[dyingtohealyou]

Who?

[No, seriously, who the fuck.]

You came all this way to pick a fight with a completely different set of wizards because you decided to break into someone else's lab and tripped their defenses?

[When do they get to kill this guy. He wants this man dead so bad.

Anyway he is currently in a great deal of pain and those drones suck so he will put aside his anger for long enough to use his unique spell to steal the life force from one of the drones (12), fully draining it instantly.]