36th Resurrection

[sanctus_dei]

[Red Mage is absolutely delighted with the latest turn of events in town. Finally, a proper set of random monster encounters! The only problem is, these things are only vulnerable to attack when he isn't looking at them. So he's standing there on the streets glancing backward every so often and then haphazardly aiming high-level ice elemental spells behind him. Still, though, he seems to be having a fantastic time of it.]
     
Ha! Take that, you stone cretins! You haven't gotten the best of me yet! Blizzaga!

[Red Mage just so happens to be doing this near 337 Brady Lane, as Theo Crawford watches the magic display from the front window. Up until this point, he'd been staying indoors, not caring about these supposedly evil angel statues. However, he's not about to let some elemental spellcaster hog all the fun.

Within a few minutes, Theo has gathered up his components and his personal spellbook and joined Red Mage in the destruction. With a few hand gestures and the proper incantations, a statue nearby collapses in upon itself suddenly. Theo turns to Red Mage, smirking. *How about that?*

In the end, this won't ultimately stop the assault of the angels. But that doesn't mean these two are going to go down without a fight, and without having some fun first.]

[[Post order will be you character (or maybe angel) > Red Mage > Theo! Be warned that with the angels being involved (and two guys wildly casting dangerous spells), there's always the chance your character can get injured/killed/possessed.]]

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Witty spellcaster banter thread

[animalhusbandry.livejournal.com]

Impressive! I've never seen magic of that element before.

[Firing another ice blast behind him while he's talking, LIKE A BOSS.]

[sanctusdei.livejournal.com]

[Theo casually lights up a cigarette. Ain't no thang.]

It's not elemental. It's a force spell. Gravity.

[animalhusbandry.livejournal.com]

Was it particularly difficult to learn?

[Whipping around to glance behind him - the angel he'd just frozen isn't there anymore.]

[sanctusdei.livejournal.com]

Not for me. I just picked it up in the last few months.

[Theo turned to spot an angel lunging for Red Mage, freezing it in its tracks. He had to time the spell just right - incantation, gesture, and close his eyes at the right moment in order for it to be hit while unfrozen. There's the satisfying crunch of the spell hitting his target dead on from behind Red.]

[animalhusbandry.livejournal.com]

Well, perhaps you could show me sometime. I'm always interested in making myself more versatile as a caster.

[Red Mage whirls around to face another angel, closing his eyes for a split second as he fires off another blast of ice.]

[sanctusdei.livejournal.com]

Hnn. Maybe. We seem to come from different schools of magic, though.

[Theo takes a long drag on his cigarette as he watched Red blast away. Elemental magic never interested him much, but this guy seemed to make it fun, at least.

He looked around, searching out more angels.]

Where the hell are these things coming from, anyway.

[animalhusbandry.livejournal.com]

I don't know, but I hope they never stop.

[He sounds honestly thrilled about all of this as he joins Theo in looking around for more angels to fight.]

[sanctusdei.livejournal.com]

It's about time they gave us something to do around here.

[animalhusbandry.livejournal.com]

Indeed, and I plan to take full advantage of the opportunity.

[sanctusdei.livejournal.com]

Hnn. Let's check the rest of the town then. I've been hearing a lot of calls on this.

[animalhusbandry.livejournal.com]

Good idea. Lead the way, then!

[kinpika.livejournal.com]

[Is this Gil not giving a fuck. This is Gil not giving a fuck. Want to ask for help, Theo? teasip.jpg]

[animalhusbandry.livejournal.com]

[Red Mage hasn't particularly noticed their spectator just yet, as he's too busy launching ice spells in every direction. Thankfully, Ice3 hits a pretty large area, so he is actually managing to get some angels with his blasts.]

[sanctusdei.livejournal.com]

[Theo spots Gil, and frowns as him per usual.]

Useless as ever, I see!

[kinpika.livejournal.com]

Hmph! Give me an order and cease thinking I will help you out of free will.

[animalhusbandry.livejournal.com]

[Turning to Theo.]

Who is this? A member of your adventuring party?

[sanctusdei.livejournal.com]

My what? No, he's my so-called Servant. A familiar.

Fine, Gil. Why not go kill some of these whatever-they-ares, or at least find out how many are around.

[kinpika.livejournal.com]

[>kill some
>some

Oh, right. He snaps his fingers once and bam, swords everywhere. Don't mind him but the front yard is getting large amount of dead statues.]

Hmph.

[animalhusbandry.livejournal.com]

Incredible! What sort of attack was that? I haven't even seen Fighter use an attack like that! What class are you?

[sanctusdei.livejournal.com]

Thanks for saving some for us.

[kinpika.livejournal.com]

Fuhahahaha! Archer class.

Your wish is my command, Master!

[animalhusbandry.livejournal.com]

Don't most Archers tend to use bows and arrows?

[Glances around.]

Not that I can argue with the results, of course.

[sanctusdei.livejournal.com]

He's just full of surprises, isn't he. At least you're finally doing something besides bragging doe a change.

Might as well see how many other things we can get rid of, then.

[kinpika.livejournal.com]

I have those too. I simply choose to not use them.

At any rate, this is worthless. They make easy targets but not worthy foes.

[animalhusbandry.livejournal.com]

But there's so many of them! They're practically begging for us to take them all out!

[sanctusdei.livejournal.com]

It's something to do, at least. About time I get to use these new spells for some fun.

FIRE AND ICE!

[flameyedhunter.livejournal.com]

[A rush of flames accompanies the appearance of a new person on the scene. The flame-hair blazing eyed hunter is here! Oh yes, Shana is here, she's on fire, and she's gonna help you incinerate some angels.]

"MOU! Finally, someone doing something useful about these stupid things."

[animalhusbandry.livejournal.com]

Ah, a fire elementalist! Excellent! Now all we need is a lightning user and we'll have all our bases covered.

[sanctusdei.livejournal.com]

[Even Theo had to internally admit that that was pretty cool. And was there something familiar about this girl?

Theo took a flask from his pocket, unscrewed it and took a swig before speaking.]

We'll just have to make do, I guess.

[flameyedhunter.livejournal.com]

"I've got this side. I figure I'll heat them up, you ice them, they'll shatter while your friend uses his support spells."

[she looks over them both.]

"We headed anywhere in particular, or just killing as many as we can?"

[animalhusbandry.livejournal.com]

A combo attack! Great idea! That should be worth at least 1.5 times the normal amount of XP!

[Red Mage gleefully throws his hands up in the air.]

And we're simply killing as many as we can. It's been a while since I got some good old fashioned grinding time in.

[sanctusdei.livejournal.com]

Support spells? It's force magic, thanks.

XP? What the fuck are you talking about?

[Theo hides the flask in his coat and cracks his knuckles, looking around for the next target.]

[flameyedhunter.livejournal.com]

[Shana is actually rather confused by Red mage's babble.]
"XP? Grinding?"

[Fwooosh, more fire.]

[animalhusbandry.livejournal.com]

Nevermind. The benefits will become clear soon enough.

[Blasts the one Shana just attacked with some ice.]

[sanctusdei.livejournal.com]

Whatever. It's just good not to be so damn bored for once.

[Theo was keeping his spells basic for now, conserving energy in case the team needs some force fields up between them and the angels. Guess who really IS the support caster?]

[flameyedhunter.livejournal.com]

[Shana is a better judge of character than you might think :3. She continues to blast away, stare them down, and push angels over as she goes. She's a whirlwind of emotion and fire.]

[animalhusbandry.livejournal.com]

[Red Mage similarly continues with kicking a whole bunch of angel ass, but his fighting style is calm and calculated as he fires off high-level Ice magic everywhere. It's an interesting contrast put up against Shana's methods.]

[sanctusdei.livejournal.com]

Any ideas as to where these things are coming from? Or has Mayfield just dropped these things all over?

[flameyedhunter.livejournal.com]

"I'm not sure. But I know that at least some of my friends have been taken away, and one of the ways suggested to get them back was to kill all of these. So that's what I'm going to do!"

[another burst of flame.]

[devilsummer.livejournal.com]

[Natsumi knows how deal with invaders. Even creepy death-statues. Violently. She doesn't have any fancy magic, but do you know what she does have? A sledgehammer. Someone made a little trip to the hardware store and is going to town on the angels. Eventually, they'll catch her off guard. Eventually, she'll die. But not without leaving behind a lovely trail of rubble. Her clothes are pretty dusty, but it's worth it.]

Good to see I'm not the only on taking initiative here. How many did you guys get so far?

[animalhusbandry.livejournal.com]

[Red Mage smiles fondly at this skilled hammer-wielding.]

Well, that's certainly a familiar sight. Welcome, newcomer!

[sanctusdei.livejournal.com]

Hnn. Not sure. But they keep trickling in.

[Theo never keeps his eyes in one place for too long. He doesn't want to get snuck up on while standing here.]

Do your worst!

[plantenough.livejournal.com]

[The brouhaha manages to attract a hysterical-looking woman with arms covered in scratch marks.]

You can't stop them. None of your tricks can stop them.

[animalhusbandry.livejournal.com]

They seem to be doing a rather good job so far.

[sanctusdei.livejournal.com]

Yeah. They're tricky, but we're doing damn fine if you ask me. Look, if you're hurt or something, go to the doctor. I'm not a healer.

[plantenough.livejournal.com]

Hears you not their laughing? They say things to me. Says to me that I cannot be saved, that you cannot be saved!

[Yeah okay she's just a little unhinged, and wandering closer and closer to the blast zone.]