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((The shield blocks physical attacks completely and magical attacks partially. Also, is Minatsuki going to set the whole world on fire?? And Azure, Sai heard when Kin called out, he just didn't have the chance to respond.))

"Guh!" Tor grunted as he saw the effortless way that Minatsuki had destroyed his sword. He knew he could protect himself from her fists and her blade, but that black fire was another matter. He could splash some of it off of his shield but a little over half of it would be able to penetrate his defense and come in at him in a blazing flame of death. This all left him with one option. "Quiss! Get her!" The spined creature bounded forth from where it had sat for so long simply watching the battle with no directions to follow. He leapt towards the flaming girl, black flames glancing off of his body without leaving so much as a mark, and hurled himself up towards the girls face teeth and claws bared.

((Roger that, Tura's going to be tired after this one.))

A flash of light twisted across the sky followed by a roar of thunder. The storm had reached its peak.
Tura was already feeling the strain of her spell casting. With one powerful stroke of her dark wings she lifted herself directly below the raging clouds. Her efforts were nearly over, most of her energy went into forcing the elements into a storm, all that was required now was to guide its product.
The gryphon wove a small shield directly around her heart. If the lightning passed through it, the damage would be lethal.
After making sure the shield was strong she lifted her head up, readying herself for one last spell.
Another bolt of lightning ripped through the sky. Tura took a deep breath.


"Now!" Vilya yelled as a narcal leapt at her. Using the creature's own weight she tossed it into two others flanking Sai. Jumping clear of the pack she made a b-line for the trees.



Tura felt the spell close over her storm, felt the power inside it twitch. All together in one amazing bolt the built up electricity threw itself down upon the solitary mage. Tura brought up the image of the battlefield, showing each green light to the immense power that rushed into her. It all happened within a split second. The lightning tore earthwards in a mass of thin spears, hitting most of its targets with a paralyzing (if not deadly) blow.
Tura began to fall, the power she had channeled left her stunned for a moment. Suddenly fear gripped her as she tried to spread her wings and found they would not move!
She swore mentally, some of the electricity remained in her body and had paralyzed her wings. She needed to get rid of it.
As she fell the man called Tor came into her sights. He still possessed a shield, she knew that much, whether or not it protected against lighting she had no idea, but it was worth a try. If it did connect, anything metalic that touched his skin would scorch him very badly if not burn right through his skin.
Focusing her energy and forcing the fear out of her mind she repeated the spell.
A thick bolt shot from her talons and she held her breath.

((Indeed you are right, as it says in their profile Vilya cannot cast anything but the simplest of spells. It is Tura who is the master mage ^^.))

((No worries, my weekend was booked solid anyways.))

Vilya saw Tor hit the ground, she traced the bolt that struck him to her companion, still hurtling towards the earth.
"Come on what's wrong with you? Open your wings..." She watched with mounting panic as the gryphon continued to fall. "Open your wings!!"

Tura began to feel the tips of her wings, but it was not enough to move them. She sifted desperately through the pages of her mind, hoping to remember a spell that might save her, but time was growing short and with the fear that was clawing its way back into her thoughts she felt like she was running a race with her legs tied. This was going to be interesting...

Sai thought.

Stratus thought back. He flapped his great wings once, twice, three times and flew through the air. His legs and forelegs tucked in close to his body he flew as fast he could from a near standstill. He stared ahead of him to where the Gryphon was falling.

Sai said. He sheathed his sword with his right hand while he raised his left and pointed his palm at Stratus's moving form. Concentrate... "Evanui tunc Videor." Sai said and released the build up of energy within him falling to one hand and knee while doing it.

The instant Sai released the spell Stratus Vanished from where he was and immediately reappeared directly beneath the falling Gryphon. He thrust his wings forward and canceled out his forward momentum. Then did a half barrel roll and prepared to catch his new ally in his forearms before completing his roll and gently lowering the two of them to the ground.

((Is Minatsuki still supposed to be raging around? Oh, and Quiss fell unconscious when Tor did.))

Sai took her hand gratefully and allowed her to pull him to his feet. He felt quite drained and knew he needed to get some rest, and soon. "My name is Sai, it's nice to meet you. And it only seemed right to help you after everything you did for us. Anyways, we should probably do something with these two." Sai said and gestured at their fallen adversaries. "Kin!" He called out, "Why don't you come and join us." He turned back toward Vilya, "So, any suggestions on what to do with the criminals?"

((We're all going to the same place aren't we? sweatdrop ))

Vilya saw the new figure approach and caught his gaze. She gave him a quick smile before saying; "Tying them up is a good plan, I'm headed to a town a little ways east of here, I can turn them in in the morning."
She walked from them to the unconscious forms of Tor and Bron, pausing only to collect the items that had caused them so much trouble. "I think I've met the real owner of these and if I recall, she lives in that town as well."
She came back to her companion's side. Tura already had a coil of rope in her beak. She had taken it from a leather pouch fastened just under her wing. Vilya accepted the rope and undid the straps for the pouch, taking it away in her arms.


Vilya sighed. "Would it be all right if Tura and I camped near you guys for the night?" She held the rope out to Sai.
"Here, it's been enchanted. Anything that's tied with it is kept in a light sleep, provided it's asleep or unconscious when you tie it. It was really made for animals..." She looked back at their defeated opponents. "But somehow, I don't think that will matter."

Sais attention had been completely diverted from Minatsuki by the magic lightning storm and by the fact that Minatsuki hadn't done anything overtly aggressive for some time now. Now that he saw Asako flapping around and screeching frantically he looked over to see Minatsuki laying in a puddle of her own blood.

Oh, s**t....

Sai felt the blood drain out of his face as he gazed upon her prone and still body. He quickly quelled his fear though and ran to her as fast as he was able, which turned out to be not very fast ((He's still tired from the teleportation spell...)). He fell to his knees beside her and lay his head on her back ((I'm assuming she fell face-first)).

Oh, thank you!

She was breathing. And when he felt for it she had a slow but steady pulse. He felt carefully along her back but could find no serious injuries other than the gashes in her arms from Asakos talons. There were no bruises and no broken bones as far as his limited training is such things could tell him. He gently rolled her over so that she was on her back and set her head on his knees.

"I think she's going to be okay. She's just lost a lot of blood and probably exhausted herself. We should probably get her shoulders bandaged up as soon as we can." Sai said to Asako and the others.







((Again, remember that Combatants can speak telepathically only to their own bound creature. A bound creature can speak telepathically to their partner and to other bound creatures. A creature that is not bound cannot speak telepathically, and most creatures cannot speak out loud because their mouths and vocal chords are not shaped correctly for it. The exception to that being like an elvish creature, or something similar...))

Stratus called to phoenix,