Spell 2: Runtime! [Day 249]

[twinked_witch]

Who: Megaera D'Ashland, anyone who would be out and about in the evening.
Open?: Open
When: Day 249, morning
Where: The communication network, or out on the Skyway.
What: Redhead's first shard run! ... It will probably not be the best first try.
Format: Anything, can match
Warnings: Mild violence.


[Network, Morning]
[Megaera's voice is fairly light and calm for... Well, someone in her entire situation.]

Okay, so. I have a place to sleep, I have space for keeping what little stuff I've got, and I've got a goal: Get right back to mastering magic. That's going to take... A lot of things. Many of which I'm only going to know about as I get close to needing them.

And the best way to get things around here, correct me if I'm wrong, is with these 'shards' you get from heading out and beating up monsters. Not much other loot, it seems, unless I find interesting things out in that weird space, but that's all right.

Anyone have any particular advice for a newbie to heading out there? In particular, does anyone who knows teleportation magic know if it's possible to use it to get back here safely? I'm cautious about messing with anything involving dimensional manipulation out here without being sure it won't end horrifically. I'm sure you understand.

... Might be good to try and get a weapon, too. I know my way around quite a few, at least. Any advice there? Especially for getting magic weapons? Psionic weapons would also be okay.


[Action, Skyway]
Megaera's first trip out, ultimately, was unarmed. Though she does seem to know her way around fistfighting... At least a little. Pointedly, whenever she finds any monsters, she seems to stick to open hand strikes, using her nails as a basis for doing damage. They're decently effective... Somehow.

She'll probably either need or want some help if she finds anyone while on her travels, though. She's being awfully quick to flee, for one, which is keeping her from getting many shards.

Comments

[Amulet Network thingie] 1/2

[scary_music]

Wha?! Meg-chan, did you get trapped in Ibuki's amulet?!

[Guess who hadn't even figured out yet that the amulets could be used that way?]

It's not Ibuki's fault, is it?!

2/2

[scary_music]

[Wait no, Megaera sounded entirely too calm for somebody who was trapped-]

Oh! Ibuki sees... this thing works like a phone.

Re: 2/2

[twinked_witch]

[Megaera sighs.]

A what?

No, this isn't a trap the soul effect.

1/2

[scary_music]

That sounds scary! Really scary! Ibuki wouldn't want her soul trapped anywhere! Please never trap Ibuki's soul anywhere, she needs it! Especially for her music! How can Ibuki's music reach the soul if she has no soul?!

2/2

[scary_music]

Ooh, but Meg-chan wanted Skyway advice, right? Ibuki's advice: Never travel alone! But if Meg-chan is really good at fighting, then maybe she can solo everything... maybe!

Ibuki still recommends a group to be safe!

Re: 2/2

[twinked_witch]

Yeah, uh, of course you don't want your soul trapped anywhere.

[This seems completely obvious to Megaera.]

Hrm. Should probably grab a few fighterly-minded associates, now that I think it. If I can find anyone. This is the problem with being new in town.

[scary_music]

Maybe there's somebody out there that does want their soul trapped somewhere...?

Ibuki's been going with Maya-chan and/or Patchy-chan whenever she goes out for shards! They're both really good, Ibuki thinks!

Oh! You wanted to get a weapon, too, right? Try the forge, Stew-chan makes weapons all the time! They're not magic weapons, but Ibuki thinks they work just fine against baddies on the Skyway!

[Amulet/Network]

[kuma_killer]

If you're going out to look for Shards, I'll go with you. I could use some myself.

Re: [Amulet/Network]

[twinked_witch]

Sounds like a plan... Though I'm not gonna have much yet. Not until I've got something to barter with to get a proper weapon. I know some basic unarmed techniques, though, so I'm not going to be entirely a load.

Re: [Amulet/Network]

[kuma_killer]

Heh, no need to worry about that. I met some of these things when I first arrived.

Just a bunch of pushovers.

Re: [Amulet/Network]

[twinked_witch]

Good to hear. I have some unarmed combat training, so that might be enough to work with to start, then.

Re: [Amulet/Network]

[kuma_killer]

That should be plenty. Where do you want to meet up?

Re: [Amulet/Network]

[twinked_witch]

I'm already almost to the bridge. I can stall for a few if you wish.

[Skyway]

[heptagram]

Patchouli arrived on the Skyway fairly suddenly and without warning behind Megaera, out for her daily monster-exploding routine.

"Oh. It's you again! I can't say I was expecting to see you again so soon," she explained. "If you need some help, let me know." She might only be able to cast three spells per day, but she was fully willing to use one or two to help someone out; they tended to be quite powerful, to make up for her lack of skill in physical combat.

[scary_music]

And following alongside Patchouli was one(1) Ibuki Mioda.

"Ooh! Meg-chan, we meet again! How's your shard hunting going so far?"

Ibuki had a revolver holstered at her side, but otherwise Patchouli was doing most of the work. She still wasn't terribly good with a revolver yet, but she was doing her best to support her partner. At least she provided a lot of morale support?

[twinked_witch]

"Oh, hey there you two," Megaera responded with a wave. This was both good and bad. Good, because it meant she had some backup. Bad, because it meant she couldn't risk getting injured - her natural regeneration kicking in now would be bad....

[heptagram]

Patchouli turned aside for a moment, to a small group of monsters. To deal with them, she approached them and prepared a metal- and wood-element spell. A series of three circular saw blades appeared around her and whirled in a circle, tearing through the nearby creatures.

It was rather rare that she got to use something that wasn't a fairly simple fire spell; usually those were good enough for a multitude of purposes.

[scary_music]

"Uwah~! Patchy-chan's magic is awesome, as usual!" Ibuki cheered.

Not much point in drawing her gun if Patchouli was just going to lay waste to all of them.

[twinked_witch]

Megaera paused as Patchouli cast the spell.

Wait, were those...

"... How powerful a caster are you, if I may ask?", Megaera responded. "That's... Way higher-level than my spells."

Skyway

[fuckthemancers]

Don't worry- Megaera isn't the only one constantly fleeing.

Case in point: the harried looking man rushing from one of the paths looking pale and with a small herd of annoyed peckers flapping behind from behind him.

"Run."

Re: Skyway

[twinked_witch]

As Megaera looked at the horde, then towards the person she hadn't yet met...

"Right."

And she was moving right after him. Clearly, she was at least a bit more athletic than she looked...

[fuckthemancers]

There really wasn't any time for a proper apology, but he still had time to shout over his shoulder, "Sorry!" After all, if they both died via bird attack, he wanted to at least let the stranger know this wasn't something planned.

[twinked_witch]

"Don't apologize, just keep MOVING!"

Megaera, for her own part, was definitely booking it, trying to think of which of the spells she'd memorized today would best help in this situation. Way too many for a fireball, they weren't using missile attacks...

[fuckthemancers]

"I haven't stopped!"

He didn't have a death wish, after all. Still running, he tried to remember if there was anything nearby. Birds, why did it have to be them and their stupid ability to fly? He made a bit of a left, taking another spindly path. "This way!"

[twinked_witch]

Megaera finally decided to burn one of her spells to buy a bit of time. "FIREBALL!", she shouted, spinning around and tossing a tiny orb into the pile - which exploded with enough force to drop quite a few of the birds.

"That'll buy us... A few seconds!", Megaera said, as she kept moving down the path. "How'd you set off this many of them at once, anyhow?!"