User:NekoRex/SDM5

Flandre_Scarlet wastes no time in activating a card, moving swiftly down to the ground before a massive sigil opens up underneath her, covering the area that they will be fighting in. Long chains of green danmaku begin to rise from the ground and smaller magic circles in the air, soon creating a large, familiar cage of danmaku. Taboo "Kagome, Kagome" 	Wh-- 10? Are you serious, Flandre!? *	Patchouli_Knowledge knows pretty well the library of spellcards that Flandre has about her, already starting to get a little on-edge from the very thought. Huffing, she looks for the boundaries of the box, lunging at the first strategic open spot she can find. *	Marisa_Kirisame grins as she grabs the mini-hakkero out of her pocket, quickly flying to one of the more open spots in the cage before it can completely form. She knew she'd have the upper hand in this fight, both in danmaku skill and in having studied both of her foes' spellcards. 	"10 Spellcards? Sounds like fun, ufufufu. Allow me to do the same! Unsealed Magic 'Open Universe'!" she announces, as her mini-hakkero dazzles with light. 	Marisa starts to summon large magical balls which fan out from her in circles, and throwing out large amounts of smaller star danmaku in their wake, as even more star danmaku burst forth in lines. Not only is star danmaku getting sprayed everywhere, it's also disrupting the cage of danmaku from Flan's spellcard, sending it away from Marisa herself. *	Patchouli_Knowledge drifts to one of the more stable spots that have formed-- she's observed this spellcard before, and at least knows where to avoid because of the larger green spheres to come. Though, she frowns as Marisa starts a spellcard of her own-- she was under the pretense that it would only have one of them using spells at a time.. *	Patchouli_Knowledge simply sighs at this annoying truth, focusing her mind as she runs through a mental list of what to do. The moon overhead seems to shimmer a little more brightly than usual, and pillars of light begin to form around Patchouli with the same silver glitter to them. The visage of a card forms between her fingers, and she tosses it into the air-- it disappears with a little burst of light-- and thand the pillars began to spawn long strings of bluish danmaku. She watches Marisa with more attention than Flandre, surprisingly, and seems to direct more of the diamond-shaped danmaku towards the witch.)) *	Flandre_Scarlet, seeing that her spell has set up properly, begins to fire off large spheres that break down parts of the danmaku cage which immediately beging to reform from different angles. She takes care to flit around the large orbs that Marisa is throwing a group of three of the orbs at Marisa in addition to the collapsing cage pieces, although with the way the cage is crumbling, most of it is headed towards Patchy. 	Flandre, you should aim those at the black-white witch~ After all, she's the guest, she deserves to see more.. *	Patchouli_Knowledge doesn't seem too bothered by the way the cage collapses in vaguely her direction-- she watches for large clusters, patiently picking out escape routes between the debris of green. Green, green, green, that's all there is: she moves carefully before settling again in another spot, the diamonds of light swirling around her before starting off in every direction again. *	Marisa_Kirisame doesn't have much trouble dodging the things being flung at her so far. With Patchy she just has to make quick up and down movements, flying back a bit to get in between the orbs Flandre has thrown at her. Her own orbs spawn forth from around her and fly out in spirals towards her foes, and the rate she's firing them is not only blocking most of the flak being thrown her way, but it's quickly filling the field with her own danmaku, as each wave pushes the previous bits away.but it's quickly filling the field with her own danmaku, as each wave pushes the previous bits away.)) *	Flandre_Scarlet, collects a bit of ambient power before manifesting the danmaku chains again, but it seems as though Flan has been busy experimenting with her cards. The cages now begin to form very tightly around Marisa and Patches, rather than just vaguely around the area. Much more fitting of something made to resemble a cage. With that, Flan employs the danmaku orbs again, spraying a group of five of them at each opponent. *	Patchouli_Knowledge starts to drift away again as the danmaku starts to manifest, but she's met quite firmly with a wall of green danmaku that she nearly bounces off of with how suddenly she stops. Cursing softly, she at least takes slight comfort in that they'll surely sear away any stars of Marisa's, and she continues to quite eagerly spam the moonlit particles all about to her best degree in any attempt to hit the other magician. 	(Ah! Yikes! This would be a lot scarier if my own spellcard wasn't countering this...) Marisa thinks to herself, as her orbs seem to tear through the tighter cage lines, giving her room to fly through an opening before they can reform, and out of the way of the larger orbs. 	The way her own spell is set up seems to create thick walls of danmaku, pushing them towards the other two, along with forcing them to dodge the spheres. *	Patchouli_Knowledge makes something of a soft gasp when she notices the larger orbs, gritting her teeth at how the two are practically working together against her. All of the moonlit fragments suddenly ignite in bursts of flame as she changes over, rather starkly, to Agni Shine High Level, sending flurries of flame at Marisa's larger danmaku to try and rip them apart on searing impact. 	Ehh? Marisa, no cheating...! *	Flandre_Scarlet yells after observing the danmaku cancelling properties of Marisa's orbs. However, she doesn't stop to give Marisa a chance to respond as she releases the current spell card, allowing all the danmaku associated with Kagome, Kagome to fade away. In its stead, a gout of flame springs from her hand as she summons Laevateinn, thankfully still sleeping. Wasting no time, probably a bit too eager, honestly, she starts her next card, Taboo "Lävatein". Laevateinn is not quite as limited as Kagome, Kagome, allowing her to bat away the large orbs, leaving behind a swath of flames to follow its wake. 	"Eh? Tell that to Pajama-pants, trying to burn my danmaku!" Marisa retorts as swerves harshly out of the way of Flandre's powerful beam. *	Marisa_Kirisame ends her own spellcard, the orbs and stars fading off as they exit the field of play, as her hakkero shines with a red light, activating a new spellcard. *	Marisa_Kirisame fires off a large group of balls at the ground, conjuring her next spellcard, Light Blast "Shoot The moon". As soon as the balls hit the ground, they reform into magic circles, taking aim at Patchy and Flandre, before shooting lasers at them from below. At the same time, Marisa starts firing thin cones of stars at each of them from the side. 	Marisa takes care to also avoid the flames from Patchouli's spellcard, navigating the lines of flame with a bit more effort. She seems to have accepted the idea that the fight's really between her and Patchy, and her own spell seems to be aiming more lasers and cones of star danmaku at the shut-in magician. *	Patchouli_Knowledge finds it quite pleasing that she's let free of that uncomfortable restriction on movement, and quickly moves to make space between herself and the other two... but she knows that gleaming red light that's starting to form in the center of the disappating green orbs. She realizes something, though, as she dodges the first swipe-- and a bit of a smirk forms on her face. *	Patchouli_Knowledge looks down to note the lasers, watching where they fall, before continuing even more flurries of fire that she centralizes on Marisa as they expand outwards from her position. She manages to draw the remaining heat in Laevateinn's wake into her spell, as well, grabbing at what was left behind and sparking even more flaming danmaku from it. *	Flandre_Scarlet does remember that she's supposed to be trying to divide her attacks evenly, which really hasn't been doing her any favors, it seems, but all the same, she practically disappears in a blur before showing up more or less behind Patches, the magician's own flames gliding harmlessly away from her due to Laevateinn's protection. 	Hey Patchy, watch out! *	Flandre_Scarlet fires up Laevateinn again, bathing the area in front of her with crimson light as she takes a swipe at the magician. Marisa's not safe from this either, as Laevateinn's trajectory would easily have it collide with her as well, even though Flan isn't aiming for her at all. *	Patchouli_Knowledge jolts in a bit of surprise when Flandre effortlessly darts not far behind her-- she glances over her shoulder before swerving away. Such a jolting movement leads her to collide with some of the stray stars from Marisa, but she isn't too terribly fazed from the impact. She has much higher priorities right now, including bombarding Marisa with scarlet flames. *	Marisa_Kirisame swerves once again out of the way of the red beam. Dodging Flandre's attacks take priority, even if she knows the magician is out to get her. Flandre's attacks still pack a punch even in a duel, after all. The hit puts in her a much less favorable position with the flurries, but she quickly backs up to allow another opening, before darting through. 	With Flandre and Patchy near eachother, all of the lasers on the ground shoot in the same area, as well as the full brunt of Marisa's star danmaku, which Marisa has Marisa grinning. *	Patchouli_Knowledge is quite aware of the lasers, however, and at the first sign of unfamiliar twinkling before, she makes a mad jolt out of the way-- sudden swerves and motions seem to be her modus operandi. Part of her robes end up a little singed, but it's a lot better than being hit directly, right? Her danmaku remains fairly unorganized in its outwards cycling bursts, although a few of her nondirectional laslasers do sear to life as she aims the cycling bursts at Marisa. She can only fully focus on Flandre's attacks, those are a lot more important.)) *	Flandre_Scarlet, as before, shows a change in her danmaku patterns, as well as her general dexterity in wielding Laevateinn as she lays a virtual hellfire siege to Marisa's general direction, quickly destroying most of the danmaku that had been thrown her way. With each swing, Laevateinn appears to get bigger and hotter, and brighter, clearly gaining more power with each passing second. 	"Gah!" Marisa yelps, going on the defensive. She makes more frantic slides around the huge beam now, taking advantage of her flying speed to dodge the beams in succession, while flying forwards and back out of the way of the flurries, but with the increase of attacks, everything is getting far too close for comfort, as she can feel the heat radiating off the Lavantein's beam with each pass. *	Marisa_Kirisame stops her star danmaku, no longer effective, and slowing her down, but she does shoot more magic circles at the ground just so she can keep up a bit more pressure, as the lasers shoot upwards in a dazzling set of pillars, lasting a while this time as they move to trap and convene on the other two, especially Patchy who seems to be moving about a lot less. *	Patchouli_Knowledge just chuckles as Flandre seems to start singling out Marisa even more.. although she's quite aware that she's just as at risk here, too. Circling around the outskirts of the field that have practically been left alone in this distraction, she takes the time to center her attention on Marisa. Slowing a little, she starts to create her own lasers more solidly amid the bright red flame-bursts. *	Patchouli_Knowledge happens to stop not far from one of the lasers, however, and with an annoyed ackth!, she just barely grazes it as it goes off. Thankfully, her robes are quite fireproof and resist magic well after this set's most recent enchantments, even if it's jarring to get hit by nearly anything. 	Hehe, this is getting fun, but you guys should watch out now...! *	Flandre_Scarlet, while dodging a few stray blasts, moves upwards, gaining an altitude advantage over the two magicians as Laevateinn flares up again, although it seems much stronger than before. Waves of power come from the weapon, and it's questionable as to whether or not what Flan is doing follows spellcard rules. Laevateinn seems to have taken on an entirely new appearance to match this power spike, which Patchouli has seen but Mari *	Flandre_Scarlet sa has not, a large, crimson blade. It does vaguely resemble Laevateinn, though it's hard to tell since Flan is already beginning to swing it, causing an absolutely massive tidal wave of flame to pour out over the area below, threatening to engulf both opponents at once. It is far different than the usual pillar that Laevateinn usually manifests. *	Patchouli_Knowledge shifts away when she sees the luminous lights of Flandre's wings dart further up into the night sky, and she decides to just take her attention off of Marisa right now because of how dangerous it's getting. She's still occasionally glancing down for the laser focuses, but.. 	.. Flandre, are you sure that's a good idea?! You're not supposed to get too over the top, I remember Remilia telling you just that..! *	Patchouli_Knowledge doesn't get too much time or reason to do much about it, though. When the searing fire starts to rain down, she just decides to be quite patient and take on the role of damage control for now-- tugging at the flames that get too close to her, she starts to send them right back upwards so they won't reach the ground and start a fire. 	"What in Jigoku?" Marisa asks herself as she watches Flan do something different, but she has almost no time to think before the attack comes. "Crap Crap CRAP!" Marisa yells as she bolts upwards as fast as she can to avoid the attack, holding onto her hat with her free hand, and canceling her spellcard to activate a spell she had prepared just for today - a fire-resistance spell to bolster her usual heat-resistan 	t enchantment, as she tries to ride out the worst of what she can't dodge. <Marisa_Kirisame>	By flying upwards, though, she is able to avoid most of the attack, canceling out Flan's advantage in altitude, but she still feels quite a bit of the heat of the flames from the sword. *	Patchouli_Knowledge manages to create enough of a safe region for herself further below, actively drawing fire away from herself as it comes her way and sending it right back upwards. It's quite a task, and the enchantments on her robes are starting to push their limit, the heat starting to burn her face somewhat-- but it's a lot better than risking the garden from catching fire. *	Flandre_Scarlet watches the fire spread out from above, as the hellfire seems to have a liquid like nature as the mass of it slams into the ground, hitting the magicians where it may. The ground isn't looking too great, though. Suddenly, a thought pops into Flan's head. <Flandre_Scarlet>	Oh, hey Marisa, what number are we playing to? I forgot to ask... *	Flandre_Scarlet speaks nonchalantly, as though that attack were simply part of the game. She probably doesn't realize just how dangerous that was. *	Marisa_Kirisame flies out of the hellfire and manages to get up to Flandre's altitude, where she can't rain the stuff down on the witch. She's looking pretty warm after enduring all that, but her spell seems to have held out. Wiping a bit of sweat off her forehead, she replies, "Sheesh, whatd'ya mean, playing to? And tone it down a bit, I almost got fried down there!" *	Patchouli_Knowledge remains very much on damage control despite this probably having count as being hit quite a bit. It appears the grass was at least somewhat singed by all the heat, but nothing seems to be on fire.. she breathes something of a sigh as the wave fades out, although she's clustered together a lot of fire that flickers through the air around her, ready to strike out at Marisa with it if needed. <Flandre_Scarlet>	I mean how many hits before you're out? You know... it's a danmaku duel, silly. I think you got hit a lot right there, right? <Marisa_Kirisame>	"Gosh, I forgot about that. I guess whoever gets hit by the most cards, or when you have to tap out from getting hit too much, I guess." Marisa says, powering up a different spellcard now that she's avoided the hellfire. *	Patchouli_Knowledge drifts back up to where the other two have gathered. Rubbing a little at her face, she gives Flandre something of a glare. <Patchouli_Knowledge>	You're not supposed to get that into it, you realize? You could have set the whole lawn on fire, and I had to work to make sure it didn't do just that. <Marisa_Kirisame>	"Well, if you insist, heh heh..." <Marisa_Kirisame>	Marisa had already been charging up her spellcard, so she gives little time to react as she points her hakkero forward, and her Mini Hakkero gives off another flash. <Marisa_Kirisame>	Two thin, harmles white lasers glow from the Mini Hakkero, centered on Flan and Patchy, as large magic circles begin jumping in front of the device over the course of a second or two. <Marisa_Kirisame>	"Eat this, then! Loving Heart: "Double Spark"! She yells as the two tiny, harmless lasers suddenly expand into the decidedly-less-harmless giant laser variants with a loud whir, causing the very air to vibrate with power.  <Marisa_Kirisame>	As if the lasers weren't enough, the mini-hakkero also starts pumping out large star danmaku at the other two as the beams fire.  *	Patchouli_Knowledge already knows that the harmless white tracking lasers are no good-- she's fairly familiar with them herself. She lurches to the side, the tassels on her cloak barely grazing the laser- she has absolutely no intent on being hit by that. With Marisa in one place because of such an attack, though, she takes the opportunity to swing around her nondirectional rotating lasers --  *	Patchouli_Knowledge of which start closing in on Marisa's position. She focuses on the larger stars for now, giving them a bit of a sour look while watching for any of the tracking lasers. <Patchouli_Knowledge>	You do realize, though... you're essentially an invader on our property. I doubt this game is truly "fair". *	Flandre_Scarlet Sees an instant opportunity the second she sees the targeting laser that's telltale of a more powerful follow up, darting up and to the left of her position to distance herself from the coming attack. However, she figures she may have caught Marisa in a trap. She releases her own card now, summoning forth several slaves that position themselves around Marisa before beginning to circle around, firing off bursts of rather l *	Flandre_Scarlet arge spherical danmaku. Taboo「Cranberry Trap」 *	Patchouli_Knowledge can't help but grin when she watches Flandre set up the four circulating magic circles that start to spawn bubbly danmaku. It's so hard to resist just breaking the rules here and now.. she drops the spellcard she's focusing on, the lingering flames dying, and she focuses more intently on the lasers to try and force Marisa to give up. *	Marisa_Kirisame can move just enough to avoid the lasers from Patchy, making small, jerky movements to dodge them, but she grunts with annoyance at the other spellcard aimed her way, ending the lasers temporarially as Flan throws out her spellcard, and retreating farther back before the 'trap' gets too far set. <Marisa_Kirisame>	"You won't beat me that easily, heh." Marisa says as she starts aiming out thin white beams at the two of them again. *	Flandre_Scarlet has indeed altered this spellcard, too. It's clear that fighting these cards as one remembers them may be a bad idea as serveral points of light surround the far reaches of the card, as though to block her way. Shortly after appearing, they all flash twice before violently exploding, as though Flan had broken them all simultaneously with her power. <Patchouli_Knowledge>	It's just a matter of time, then.. <Patchouli_Knowledge>	If I cannot outrun you, and only tie, then Flandre will.. *	Patchouli_Knowledge smiles, drifting back and moving far enough from the edge of where she predicts the laser will be, just far enough to carefully graze it. She underestimates, scorching herself (but thankfully not losing her hand or anything) and darting away with a few curses. It's obvious she's not used to fighting multiple sets of enemy danmaku at once, as she gets hit by one of Flandre's spherical danmaku. *	Marisa_Kirisame yelps as she's forced to dodge a bit more, getting hit once as the blast surprises her. Unfettered, though, winces as she takes aim with her Double Spark, abrutly positioning the beams to center on just in front of where the two were moving before expanding it suddenly. in front of wherever they were moving, then expanding the expanding the lasers into their respective Master Sparks *	Patchouli_Knowledge had moved out of the way that she had expected the lasers to expand to, but.. it's obvious that she's not used to fighting multiple foes at once. The sudden expansion of the laser far too close for her own comfort gets her to dash away again, somewhat singed by it from where it hit her.. it's becoming harder to hold herself back from how aggravated she's become. *	Flandre_Scarlet, unfortunately, was caught a little off guard when Marisa was able to continue with firing off her card, thus unable to dodge it. However, she does manage to dissolve away into a swarm of bats to avoid a direct hit. Whether or not this counts as a hit in spellcard rules can be discussed later. *	Patchouli_Knowledge furthers herself from the outer edges of Flandre's spellcard, making sure that she won't become too much of a target from the spheres within, and, taking advantage of Flandre's idea to trap Marisa in the box of danmaku, she ignites another spellcard, Fire and Wood Sign: Forest Blaze. Spheres of flame and whirling diamond danmaku start forming before her and around her before surging ahead. <Marisa_Kirisame>	Marisa ends her lasers again to reposition herself, this time keeping a very close eye out for any 'surprises' Flandre might have set. If she can fire in short bursts, that card wouldn't be a problem, as much. Once she gets into position, she fires both shots at both sides of Patchouli, since she can't aim at Flandre. <Marisa_Kirisame>	This being a Master Spark attack, of course, any danmaku beteen her target and Marisa were pretty much oblitherated. <>Ambiance<>	 Oddly enough, Flandre's familiars move much, much closer to Marisa, almost within arm's reach, each one glowing faintly with power. Flandre herself is nowhere to be seen. *	Patchouli_Knowledge is quite intent on hopefully forcing Marisa into yet another restriction of movement, no doubt leading to a victory-- but she wasn't quite anticipating the witch just staying where she was and aiming the two tracking lasers at her position. The moment she sees them, mind racing, she surges upwards, pausing for a bit in her relentless barrage before drawing her circles back closer to herself. *	Patchouli_Knowledge seems to be getting a little tired by now, but it's more visible in body language than actual demeanor. She has no intent to lose. <Patchouli_Knowledge>	So, then, what is this? How many hits to a loss? Did we never define that? Or are you just going to keep fighting until you're half-dead, hmm? <Marisa_Kirisame>	Marisa is smart enough to only look to aim for a second before continuing to watch her surroundings, and frowns intensely as the familiars race just to circle her. She's only fired her lasers for a precious couple seconds, but snaps her fingers as the hakkero powers down the spell, racing forwards through the hole where the Spark was just firing. "Just can't catch a break, ugh." *	Flandre_Scarlet Reforms herself right in front of Marisa, grinning widely as the familar move to keep up, but aren't quite as fast as Marisa is. <Flandre_Scarlet>	Boo! *	Flandre_Scarlet fires off serveral bursts of radial danmaku from a close range, hoping to push her back into Cranberry Trap's range again. *	Patchouli_Knowledge simply chortles at this point, finding it amusing that Marisa would start relying so much on attacks that would keep her in one spot, much less those gigantic lasers that aren't hard for her and Flandre to get around.. watching the twin Sparks fade, she strains herself to keep attacking, sending bursts of fireballs surging after Marisa. *	Marisa_Kirisame gasps as she makes an evasive maneuver, flying in a vertical spiral, up and upside-down, then back down and under Flandre, as she flies quickly towards Patchouli. Without a spell to focus on, she can put all her concentration into dodging as she navigates Patchy's own attack. <Patchouli_Knowledge>	Mmh.. you don't seem to get it all that much... this is pointless, really. *	Flandre_Scarlet makes a disappointed sound as Marisa evades her surprise attack, allowing Cranberry Trap to fade out as she turns to watch Marisa and Patchy go at it for a little bit. Especially since it seems that they're more interested in fighting each other than with her. How curious... *	Patchouli_Knowledge sighs softly. When Marisa starts flying towards her, she sends another whirlwind of flame and leaves at the witch as she gets close, having the previous fireballs simply wander off and explode into the air. <Patchouli_Knowledge>	... You should know that getting too close is terribly dangerous for your health. <Marisa_Kirisame>	"Yeah, well I know which of you two is less likely to have me lose!" Marisa retorts, as she circles around Patchy, moving along with the direction of the 'whirlwind', while charging another spellcard. "A danmaku fight I can definitely win in, heh heh." <Patchouli_Knowledge>	What? Do you need your pride back that badly that you would challenge me to a fight that I've no desire to partake in? <Patchouli_Knowledge>	You don't seem to realize that I'd be quite happy to just be rid of you, for you to simply be gone from my life, be you dead or alive.. *	Marisa_Kirisame activates her next spellcard, Black Magic "Event Horizon" as magic circles form to circle around her, each immediately firing off spiraling lines of stars that quickly intertwine into a trap themselves if you stay too close. Dozens of spirals dazzle around Marisa as the spell is set into motion. <Marisa_Kirisame>	"I didn't even come here to fight, but beating you is just an easy bonus." Marisa says with a grin. *	Patchouli_Knowledge watches Marisa circle for a few moments before, with a flicker of white tracking lasers, her rotating, bright pink lasers flare to life, rotating in hopes of catching Marisa as she continues to circle around. She seems unbothered by the spirals of danmaku. <Patchouli_Knowledge>	... It's funny. You actually need the handicap that all humans need so I won't kill you. <Patchouli_Knowledge>	In a battle without restraining bolts, I would win every time.. *	Patchouli_Knowledge smirks. <Marisa_Kirisame>	"You're not much more tough then the average human, you pompous windbag." Marisa says. Dodging Patchy's attacks are no problem to her, but she does fly in closer in hopes of trapping the magician in her 'barrier' of stars. *	Patchouli_Knowledge watches the spiralling whirls of stars, moving slowly and carefully around them to refrain from getting caught inside of them when they coil back up. Marisa approaching further just inspires her to fire off a circular burst of danmaku outwards in hopes of startling the witch away-- though she keeps steady with her lasers. <Patchouli_Knowledge>	Pompous? When was I ever that? You're the one bursting into our home and picking fights so arrogantly. Treating yourself like you're the queen of the world and you go wherever you please. *	Flandre_Scarlet actually seems rather offended to have been left out in such a way, and the effect is obvious in the way that the field is quite suddenly flooded with Flan's oppressive aura. She conjures another card, activating it almost immediately, causing a massive wave of blood red danmaku to surge forward at the both of them in addition to the two familiars that create spokes of lasers that rotate towards Marisa and Patchouli, tryi *	Flandre_Scarlet ng to snare them bewteen the spokes. Forbidden Barrage 「Counter Clock」 <Patchouli_Knowledge>	If I had known you had died that day, I would have gone out of my way to make sure you had stayed dead. *	Patchouli_Knowledge startles out of her focus when that overly-powerful ambience seems to overwhelm everything, her lasers flickering out all at once. Making a stressed, huffing hiss, she sets her sights on making space between herself and the gigantic spokes, watching the way they move so she can get an idea on how to stay safe from them. <Marisa_Kirisame>	"You're lucky I hit my head on the way down, or else I'd have gone and finished you off." Marisa growls as she distances herself again, both to dodge the flare-up and to give her more room to maneuver Flandre's attack. <Patchouli_Knowledge>	Haha.. in a state like that?! I saw you as you fell away... covered in head to toe with third-degree burns like that, you'd have not done much, much less cast.. *	Marisa_Kirisame starts firing curved lasers in addition to her spiraling stars, just to mix things up around her attack. While Patchouli is focused on the vampire behind her, she makes sure to fire a few directly at her. <Patchouli_Knowledge>	"I would have won if it wasn't for this tiny accident". Then, tell me, if you're so strong.. why didn't you manage to finish me then?! <Marisa_Kirisame>	"You think mere death could have stopped me?!?" Marisa snarls. *	Patchouli_Knowledge makes a barking, hollow laugh, making wide, angular motions to dodge around the sharp spokes of the familiars when they turn and start to overlap. She nearly slams right into one of the red danmaku, and then another, after overshooting a dodge, but manages to keep her wits about her. The air begins to heat up intensely around her wherever she moves, and she takes a convenient refuge behind oneof the large, searing familiars to avoid much of Marisa's attack, moving with the familiar's own movements.)) <Patchouli_Knowledge>	"Mere" death. Then, tell me.. what's stopping you now from breaking the rules again? If that hatred burns so strong, then do as you always have-- rely on your stupid blind instinct. <Patchouli_Knowledge>	If it's so mere, after all, why were you not able to overcome it on your own...? *	Flandre_Scarlet allows her familiars to continue to fire the red danmaku while she does something that she hasn't tried before: manually controlling the large spoke lasers. Her hands glow slightly as she attempts to do just that, moving the spokes around to slam into the two magicians, hopefully punishing them for being so rude as to ignore her completely like that, especially since the danmaku battle was her idea to begin with. The spok *	Flandre_Scarlet es move quickly and without warning, completely throwing away its usual pattern. <Marisa_Kirisame>	The spokes hadn't made it past Marisa yet, so she has a bit of time to react, noticing that the balls suddenly moved erratically, and backing off to the left of the field. *	Marisa_Kirisame is still pretty steamed at Patchy. If Alice hadn't calmed her down a few days earlier, and they weren't in a duel, she was tempted to go right over to the smart-ass and wring her neck. *	Patchouli_Knowledge doesn't take too long to notice this sudden break from the pattern that she's observed time and time again before, and she swerves off to the side, taking her attention off Marisa for the time being and just focusing on dodging for now. After all, there's more than enough space to simply be patient.. <Marisa_Kirisame>	However, Marisa is still angry enough to still want to kick Patchy's ass, as she rushes back around though Flandre's minefield of danmaku back at Patchy, her spellcard kicking into overdrive as the magic circles spin around her and the amount of spirals spilling out from them roughly doubles. *	Patchouli_Knowledge wasn't not anticipating this to happen at some point.. she backs up a little bit, assessing what to do next, before charging back into the dangerous maze of gigantic white-blue spokes and red danmaku, actively seeking them out to try and lead Marisa into a bad situation. <>Ambiance<>	 It seems the area has heated up substantially by now, perhaps mostly from Patchouli's own magical energy. It lingers on the edge of ninety-or-so degrees Fahrenheit, and the air wavers and shimmers.. *	Marisa_Kirisame rides around the clockwise turning spokes, leading the other one chasing her to follow behind and hopefully do what Patchy was hoping to do to Marisa, trying once again to keep close to the purple-robed magician so that her overactive barrier can make life hard for her. *	Flandre_Scarlet hisses in annoyance when the magicians keep moving, making the spokes give chase even as the other familiars continue to lay siege to pretty much the whole battlefield. <Flandre_Scarlet>	Just hold still and let me hit you...! *	Flandre_Scarlet finally ceases in manipulating the spokes, allowing them to fall back into their normal pattern, but she isn't done attacking yet. In fact, she seems rather frustrated and begins to glow with her omninous aura again, but something rather different happens this time. In both Marisa and Patchouli's solar plexis, a splitting pain, like something were trying to pry that area apart manifests, along with a draw of ambient energ *	Flandre_Scarlet y in the air moving towards the epicenter of the pain. Flan's hand is outstretched, fingers curling around an invisible object there, indicating that something very bad may happen in just a moment. <Flandre_Scarlet>	That isn't very nice at all... *	Patchouli_Knowledge finally decides to just come to something of a stop at the edge of the spellcard, once again starting to create a defensive barrier of moonlight, the Silent Selene spellcard beginning to stir to life again-- but she stops dead in the middle of that, breath stammering and catching at this sudden pain. <Patchouli_Knowledge>	Nnh.. hhhh... what.. *	Marisa_Kirisame tries to catch Patchy in her spellcard once more, but Flan's action makes her suddenly grip at her chest, having the breath knocked out of her as her spell begins to fizzle, the magic circles flickering as the pattern wavers. <Marisa_Kirisame>	"Agh.... hurts.... crap!" Marisa says, swinging her head around at Flandre in surprise. <Patchouli_Knowledge>	P.. Please don't, Flandre. <Flandre_Scarlet>	Don't ignore me or I'll be finished playing. I don't know why you guys are always so mad at each other, but we're supposed to be playing a game. *	Flandre_Scarlet sounds completely serious, and knowing her, she would kyuu both of the magicians without really thinking of the consequences of doing something like that. <Patchouli_Knowledge>	You-- you really shouldn't even consider that, your sister and Sakuya would get awful angry. And I'd quite like to keep living.. *	Patchouli_Knowledge lightly touches her chest where the pain and pressure is/was concentrated, breathing heavily as she tries to right herself now. <Marisa_Kirisame>	"I didn't forget ya... I was just focused for a change... like that cranberry trap, eh?" Marisa says, struggling a bit herself to stay afloat, and wondering where the hell Reimu is. <Flandre_Scarlet>	I can tell. You two have only barely been playing with me at all, you're much more focused on each other. I was the one who wanted to play, remember? *	Flandre_Scarlet squeezes the 'eyes' of the magicians a little harder, causing a spike in the pain they feel in their solar plexis, although the eyes remain intact for now. *	Patchouli_Knowledge grits her teeth, a strained, hissing breath leaving her. <Patchouli_Knowledge>	Yes, of course.. <Marisa_Kirisame>	"Ulch!" Marisa gasps, clutching her chest harder as her spellcard completely fizzles. Between fits of coughing, she manages to sputter out, "I was gonna... get to you... next...!" *	Reimu_Hakurei appears quite suddenly in front of the little vampire before sticking an ofuda onto the palm of her hand, causing a blue barrier to seal off her hand while other ofuda form themselves into chain-like lines and position themselves around Flan, keeping her in place. Suffice to say, due to the suddeness of the action, Flan doesn't have enough time to react before she's been caught. <Reimu_Hakurei>	Oi, oi. I leave for just a little while and people almost wind up dead, what's going on here? *	Flandre_Scarlet gasps in surprise when she finds that she has not only been caught, but isn't able to manifest her power, hissing annoyedly at Reimu. <Flandre_Scarlet>	Hey! Let me go...! *	Patchouli_Knowledge startles a little at this fairly sudden development, jolting back a bit. <Patchouli_Knowledge>	Since when were you the police of the mansion's grounds? <Patchouli_Knowledge>	(Of course, the main one went back indoors and seems to think we can handle this ourselves. Hmph.) *	Reimu_Hakurei puts her hands on her hips, glancing over her shoulder at Patchouli. <Reimu_Hakurei>	Would you rather I let her go again? It looked to me like you were about to get blown up by this very irresponsible little vampire. <Patchouli_Knowledge>	... We were handling it.. *	Marisa_Kirisame breathes a bit easier at the sudden appearance of Reimu, releasing the tight grip she had on her chest. "Phew, took ya long enough to show up." Marisa sighs. <Reimu_Hakurei>	I'm sure you were. Unfortunately, you were doing it wrong. Marisa, what are you doing here? <Patchouli_Knowledge>	Trying to murder me. <Marisa_Kirisame>	"Lookin for you, moron!" Marisa retorts. <Patchouli_Knowledge>	Why else would she be here? <Marisa_Kirisame>	"Hey, you're the one who killed me, you windbag!" Marisa yells at Patchy again <Reimu_Hakurei>	Why are you looking for me...? Did something else happen? <Patchouli_Knowledge>	Yes, but you were certainly trying to do so this time.. <Flandre_Scarlet>	Reimuuuu, let me out, this is uncomfortable... *	Flandre_Scarlet complains, wiggling in vain to escape from the binding she had been caught in. <Reimu_Hakurei>	...No. <Flandre_Scarlet>	Tch... *	Flandre_Scarlet continues to struggle, seeming to gather a rather large amount of energy around herself, despite the ofuda. <Marisa_Kirisame>	"You oughta get taught a lesson, but that's not the point," Marisa growls, before looking back up at Reimu. "Someone wrecked Moriya shrine and I was gonna get you ta help me look into it." Marisa explains. *	Reimu_Hakurei responds swiftly with another layer of barrier danmaku, quickly cutting off the build up of power from Flan. <Reimu_Hakurei>	I don't need this today. I know you two have problems, but you need to get over them.... <Patchouli_Knowledge>	Mmhm, I'd love to see you try. After all, you were the one who instigated that whole fight, so... mmh. You go have fun with your shrine maiden friend. *	Patchouli_Knowledge gestures for Marisa to shoo. <Reimu_Hakurei>	....Was it Nue again? So help me, I will seal her underground forever if it was. <Marisa_Kirisame>	"I dunno, but they can wreck a shrine with two goddesses, it's someone I can't take on myself." *	Marisa_Kirisame is ignoring Patchy's snarky comment, not even looking back at her. *	Reimu_Hakurei sighs, pinching the bridge of her nose for a moment as she thinks things through. <Reimu_Hakurei>	You know, I still haven't gotten rid of that curse. Can't you get Sanae to go with you? It's her shrine... <Patchouli_Knowledge>	A shrine getting wrecked with gods present must surely be some terrible incident. And it'd get the both of you out of the mansion. <Marisa_Kirisame>	"I can rely on those scheming idiots as far as I can throw them, I reckon." Marisa replies to Reimu. <Reimu_Hakurei>	Shut up Patchouli, I AM trying to help you guys out, after all. Unless you think you can undo the curse all by yourself. *	Reimu_Hakurei says bluntly, crossing her arms in annoyance. <Patchouli_Knowledge>	We've got the mistress herself going out to gather aid, actually. <Patchouli_Knowledge>	You can help all you want, really, since I do believe it does involve you. <Reimu_Hakurei>	That's right. As such, getting me out of here is sort of counter productive, isn't it? Still... there's the possibility that these incidents are related somehow, so it wouldn't hurt to take a look. <Marisa_Kirisame>	"Are ya comin or not?" Marisa asks, interrupting the lovely conversation. <Reimu_Hakurei>	I might as well. So, is there anything else you can tell me about what happened, Marisa? <Marisa_Kirisame>	"The person who tipped me off gave me a few details about the guy, and something about throwing a burning contraption at the shrine before flying off. I'll tell ya some details on the way." Marisa offers. <Marisa_Kirisame>	"I don't think it was Nue by the description." <Patchouli_Knowledge>	... You may want to remove those seals on Flandre before you leave. <Reimu_Hakurei>	Mm. *	Reimu_Hakurei turns her attention to the vampire in question, leaning over somewhat to be more level with the shorter girl. <Reimu_Hakurei>	Alright, if I let you go, can you promise me that you'll be a good girl? <Flandre_Scarlet>	But-- hey wait, if Marisa leaves, we can't finish our duel...! *	Flandre_Scarlet says, slightly upset by the situation. It's probably a good thing that Reimu sealed her up. <Reimu_Hakurei>	Yeah, well, maybe you can play with her later, we have important things to do. Either you agree to be good, or I don't let you out. That's that. *	Flandre_Scarlet grumbles irritatedly, looking away in a brief bout of stubborness before finally sighing <Flandre_Scarlet>	Fine...I'll be good, so let me out... *	Flandre_Scarlet didn't want to be good, but she didn't want to be immobilized either. Flan is no liar, so of course she'll do ask Reimu asked, albeit begrudgingly so. <Reimu_Hakurei>	Good. *	Reimu_Hakurei takes a deep breath, withdrawing the power from her seals, allowing Flan her freedom. With that, she returns her attention to Marisa. <Reimu_Hakurei>	Alright... *	Patchouli_Knowledge takes a moment to notice something now that she's out of the conversation! Catching eye of the books below, she drifts down and starts to gather them up. *	Flandre_Scarlet makes a small harrumph, floating off towards the mansion, stopping once to stick her tongue out at Reimu before heading inside, probably to take a nap or cuddle with Sakuya while complaining about Reimu being mean. *	Marisa_Kirisame sees Patchy flying towards the books, but says, "Whoops, almost forgot." before using her superior flying speed to grab the sack before she can reach them. *	Patchouli_Knowledge stops right there, a violent burst of flaming danmaku surging at Marisa. <Patchouli_Knowledge>	Yeaaah.. no. *	Marisa_Kirisame stops to grab the sack, and looking up at the danmaku, even lets some of the attack hit her. But as the smoke clears, she doesn't appear hurt. In fact, she's looking back and grinning. "I prepared a fire resistance spell today, just for you, pajama-pants." <Patchouli_Knowledge>	Oh? Fire resistance? Okay. *	Patchouli_Knowledge drifts upwards, water starting to quickly condense in the air around her before forming into danmaku and charging Marisa in a burst of bluish spheres and lasers. *	Reimu_Hakurei reacts quickly, moving in a very unnatural manner often seen when she uses her power, creating a barrier between Marisa and Patchouli's attack. <Reimu_Hakurei>	Oi, I just had Marisa brought back, knock it off. Also...Marisa, if those are hers, give them back... <Patchouli_Knowledge>	They are. She said that the "winner" of our danmaku match would get them, but as you can tell... <Marisa_Kirisame>	"You got hit three times, you doof." <Patchouli_Knowledge>	Well, if you look at their topic.. and the fact that I've a unique identification charm that I've created myself that I put on all the books in my library.. *	Patchouli_Knowledge smirks slightly. <Patchouli_Knowledge>	But me getting hit three times is not like you, who takes terrible damage from being hit once, you know? It's not equivalent.. <Marisa_Kirisame>	"Ah, you know what, you can have 'em back." Marisa says, opening a book briefly and tossing it back to the ground. "Whatever." <Patchouli_Knowledge>	Ah-- don't do that! *	Patchouli_Knowledge hisses, swooping down to gather up the book that was so carelessly tossed downwards! It seems to be fine, thankfully. *	Marisa_Kirisame flies back up towards Reimu, "Let's go." she says, with a shrug. <Marisa_Kirisame>	If Patchouli_Knowledge takes a second to look at the contents of the book, however... It appears that the writing has been erased - magically - and the book filled with scibbles and grafiti. Completely ruined. *	Patchouli_Knowledge starts thumbing through the book to make sure it's not torn in any place-- and she quite notices what's wrong. Making a howling cry of rage, she shoots back into the air, sending another explosion of blue danmaku and energy towards the witch. <Patchouli_Knowledge>	You'll burn in hell for how much you've antagonized me, Kirisame! You'd better realize that if you do so much as cross me again, I'll happily kill you a second time! *	Reimu_Hakurei sighs, whacking Marisa on the head with her gohei upon seeing Marisa toss the book away. <Reimu_Hakurei>	It's no wonder she doesn't like you. You know how well you and Alice work together? I bet if you weren't on such bad terms with Patchouli, she might help us out every so often. *	Reimu_Hakurei of course still has her barrier up, with which she blocks Patchouli's attack once more. <Reimu_Hakurei>	One more time and I'll decommission you myself, Patchouli. <Patchouli_Knowledge>	She bastardized my book! Not only did she steal it, she removed all the writing and vandalized the insides! <Patchouli_Knowledge>	Who's to know if the others aren't the exact same?! <Marisa_Kirisame>	"Time to fly!" Marisa yells, rushing off on her broom, yanking Reimu along by the arm if she has to, in a getaway attempt. Barrier or not, she knows she's done everything she came here for, and doesn't plan on staying a moment longer. "The thing about Alice is, she's actually nice!" *	Patchouli_Knowledge looks quite more youkai-ish than the humanoid look of a magician, snarling to show her pointed teeth and eyes flickering brightly. <Marisa_Kirisame>	((of course they're ALL vandalized, just in case Marisa couldn't get the chance to 'Spark them to dust like she intended)) *	Reimu_Hakurei is caught rather off balance by Marisa's action, being pulled along with the witch as she speeds off <Reimu_Hakurei>	H--hey wait, what are you--?! *	Patchouli_Knowledge lunges ahead, honestly at her wit's end by now, and seems quite sure that she'll give chase regardless of Reimu's behavior. With a burst of light, her danmaku quite suddenly spawn right in front of Marisa, sending an outwards whirl of gigantic blue bubbles of danmaku all about. <Patchouli_Knowledge>	You know.. hell's too good for a degenerate like you.. <Marisa_Kirisame>	"You see what I mean?" Marisa adds to her previous statment, still pulling them both along, and now dodging danmaku with the usual ease. "We have a job, there's no point in wasting any more time in this dump!" <Reimu_Hakurei>	Damn it, Marisa... *	Reimu_Hakurei can't focus on scolding Marisa yet, though, because Patchouli's danmaku will hit her, too if she doesn't do something about it. Withdrawing more ofuda from her sleeves, she fires a few homing charms off, aiming for Patchouli's danmaku itself in an attempt to cancel them out. <Reimu_Hakurei>	It's a good thing you're faster than other people, you know? <Patchouli_Knowledge>	If you vandalized one, you vandalized all of them, didn't you!? Every book is a reservoir of information, so much of my work put into writing or buying them and keeping them for use.. <Marisa_Kirisame>	"It's a good thing I memorized the contents, then!" Marisa yells in retort, although she's obviously still focused on running away. "We'd go a lot faster if you grabbed the broom, Reimu!" she adds, at the other. *	Patchouli_Knowledge manages to continue jolting herself along, most of her energy just fueled by undying rage at the moment. A wide array of lasers jettisons out from before her with a broad wall of watery blue danmaku surging just beyond it, forming the spellcard Water Sign Bury In Lake that stays quite alive even as she soars after the two. <Patchouli_Knowledge>	Thankfully, you are finite. What's stopping me from burning down your home? Asking Sakuya to kidnap you and butcher you in your sleep, which I'm sure she'd happily oblige to do?! <Patchouli_Knowledge>	This is what becomes of what you've done to me! *	Reimu_Hakurei nods, positioning herself to be sitting on the broom behind Marisa, which isn't as easy as one might think with all the turbulence. She realizes that there are going to be too many things to be dodging here in a second, however, so Reimu simply grab onto Marisa's shoulder, focusing her mind for just a moment. <Reimu_Hakurei>	Your turn to hold on. *	Reimu_Hakurei then lifts both herself and Marisa out of reality with a pretty obvious strain. <Reimu_Hakurei>	Khh...Geez, you're so heavy... *	Reimu_Hakurei complains, although they are more or less gone from Patchouli's perspective, having vanished into thin air before coming out again some distance away, out of view. *	Patchouli_Knowledge practically glows with the water magic she draws from the air, the area and the day, quite eager to pursue her target with her spellcard so powered-up by the presence of the lake... but then they're gone. She stares in disbelief, cursing Reimu's name under her breath. <Patchouli_Knowledge>	... *	Marisa_Kirisame was about to retort again at Patchouli, but the strange action just brought her a look of surprise. "Joke's on her, I already burnt my house down." she says, while thinking to herself about what a strange experience it is being out of reality. *	Patchouli_Knowledge lets her spellcard go before, quite half-heartedly, circling around and returning to the mansion. In hopes that, perhaps, some of the books weren't defaced, she drifts down and starts going through them, only to realize that, indeed, they are. Trembling a little bit, she hisses, holding back tears as she starts burning them, finding no further use for them anymore-- but that effort fails. *	Patchouli_Knowledge only then just realizes that, of course, they're fireproof. Making an infuriated cry, she just abandons the books, unable to fight off tears as, with a slumped posture, she just starts back inside. <Reimu_Hakurei>	Ugh...Okay, that was difficult. I might wait a while before I try that again.... It would have been bad if I dropped you. But in the mean time.... What were you thinking, moron? You didn't have to do that; if anything, that got me in trouble, too. I don't know about you, but I don't really like being attacked every time I show up someplace. <Marisa_Kirisame>	"Well, at least fighting back ain't a big deal for you, ze. She deserved a little harassment for killin' me off anyhow. That'll teach her to ignore spell card rules." Marisa says with a harumph, crossing her arms, still flying in the air towards the mountain. <Reimu_Hakurei>	Yeah, whatever. Just stay away from Patchouli, would you? I'm sick to death of seeing you guys fight. It's a waste of time that could be spent doing more enjoyable things, like doing nothing and drinking sake. <Marisa_Kirisame>	"I was minding my own buisnes until she decided to try and torch my woods." Marisa argues back. <Marisa_Kirisame>	"Speaking of which, that reminds me, I was gonna tell you about the guy who torched Moriya Shrine." *	Reimu_Hakurei nods, waiting to hear about the supposed culprit. <Marisa_Kirisame>	"Let's see... from what I was told... he had... four arms... was male... dark hair... spoke weird... and dropped a flamin' box on the shrine." <Marisa_Kirisame>	"Never heard of anyone like that, myself. Sounds like a real strange case." <Reimu_Hakurei>	...What... I've never heard of a youkai like that before... Also, don't youkai tend to be female these days? I know there were a fair number of male youkai in the past, but I haven't seen many in Gensoukyou at all. *	Marisa_Kirisame shrugs. "I dunno, I guess you're right though, I don't really see too many male ones. At least, the troublemaking kind." <Marisa_Kirisame>	"It was the 'four arms' part that seemed a bit more odd to me." <Reimu_Hakurei>	The only one I can think of is Kourin, but that obviously isn't him. As far as the arms go, maybe it's a spider youkai...? <Marisa_Kirisame>	"Spiders have eight legs, though, ya goof." Marisa corrects. "We already know a spider youkai anyway, and she had four limbs, not eight." *	Reimu_Hakurei shrugs, not really caring how many legs spider youkai have... <Marisa_Kirisame>	"I guess we can worry about it when we actually find him, then."