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It had become a habit of hers lately, ever since she had run into the weird bear thing during Star Fest. Although the thing seemed to be gone, she still wanted to deter people from getting too close to the power plant. Slowly but surely, she had grown a bit more comfortable about draining people using her wraiths. Never enough to seriously harm people but enough to make them tired and turn back away from the area. It was one of those lesser of two evils things, at least how she justified it to herself. Yes maybe she made people tired in order to like do the weird magic thing but, she wasn't straight-up murdering people or sending crazy monster things after people. One of those order people she had met shared a similar sentiment about not liking the youma monsters so maybe she was leaning a bit more that way but she had the feeling that the fact the dark mirror court gathered energy left a bad taste in some people's mouths.

Looking at the shard in her hand, she ordered the wraith out and towards the trees. "Only drain enough to make them turn back and please don't get seen." With that said, the wraith wisped its way in the shadows of the foliage towards the nearest energy source. It did not discriminate as it delicately plucked some energy of the girl who was wandering in the woods. It had orders and followed them to a T.

Noticing someone approaching, they felt more like that page person she had met before. Her wraith hadn't come back yet so they hadn't seen it hopefully but she prepped herself for the potential confrontation regardless. Sometimes she was lucky and could avoid fighting when it came to meeting other powered people but she had heard of those who punched first then asked questions after.

"You shouldn't be here, it's dangerous. I'm just trying to keep people away in case that bear thing comes back." She turned and watched as they approached, being vague probably wasn't the best way to go about things but she still wasn't comfortable connecting her actions and morals just yet when it came to draining. They looked vaguely icy or crystally looking which was pretty new to her but otherwise, she couldn't quite tell if they were one of those raring-to-go fighter types.

"I mean that's kinda why I joined up? Or do people just do this for selfish reasons? City folk are weird." It was partially a taunt and also just a genuine thing she hadn't really considered. Maybe it was because of how she was raised but she often worried about others before herself. Seeing how Hybris approached everything had clued her into the other side of the coin but she preferred her way of thinking when it came down to it. There was strength in numbers and there were a lot of people in the world who needed help.

She pulled her arms up in front of her face as the other swung at her. It was kind of a last-minute attempt at self-defense but she really didn't want to deal with trying to explain a black eye to her professor. "Jeez." Stumbling back a bit she took her chance at casting her magic, making sure she had a few steps back away from the other girl so she could really get a chance to do something. "Hela's Idol!"

"Well when it came down to it the topic of war didn't come up but they said I would be better able to beat up those shitty monsters if I joined. If a few people get tired after getting into places they would get hurt at then I think that would be ok if it keeps them away from worse things." She squeezed her nails into the doll's arm, hoping it would do something useful.

Blocking with her free arm, she let herself get shoved back a bit. It hurt but her bracer helped lessen the blow to keep her from spraining her wrist. They really were aggressive, more than she was used to. Honestly, more than she was sure she was able to deal with if things got worse. She would definitely try to speak with Remarque again to learn a bit more about all this war stuff that the order people kept bringing up. She really didn't have the first clue about it nor did she know to even ask about it during her 20 questions towards the prince when they had met.

Hela jumped a bit at the other's response to her magic, she wasn't really expecting that but it seemed to piss them off even more. When they kicked out at her legs, she took the hit with clenched teeth. That hurt a lot more than she was ready to deal with and stumbled back a bit. Noticing that they were only using one arm, she bent the doll's other arm backward at a bad angle.

She would have apologized if she was given the chance but now wasn't the best time to try dealing with a conversation. It wasn't her strength when it really boiled down to it. Part of her hoped that her wraith would come back and tag the girl to drain a bit of energy to kill off some of their steam. The only thing she really knew right now was that there was no talking her way out of this fight. Something told her that the viewpoint on draining as a whole was just too different to come to some sort of agreement.

The only thing she could really do was take strategic steps backward toward the mirror she had hidden in the bushes and call it a loss because the girl would probably smash it afterward. It would be annoying to lug another one out here and find a good spot to hide it but she really didn't wanna get all banged up by the end of this.

It wasn't bad of her to run, she knew she was at a disadvantage with how things were going. Bending the doll's arm back around at another weird angle she then took her chance to turn and run before the doll and the phantom effects would end. She felt a bit bad to hurt the other but she had to make sure things didn't get too messy.

It wasn't long before she made it through the trees to the mirror hidden in the brush, she wasn't sure if they had exactly seen where she had ended up but she didn't dare look back as she stepped into the mirror. The cool rippling feeling subsided as she stepped back out into her home and powered down. Covering the mirror with a cloth, she sat on her bed and took a deep breath. That was way more than she wanted to deal with on a school night.