[ Last time she'd faced these things, she'd been lucky to get away with her life, let alone two working eyes. (... Mostly. Mostly working eyes.) This couldn't be more different. She has full faith that Macaque will answer her call and she isn't disappointed.
Even if she could maybe, potentially, have defeated these things alone — she wouldn't want to. ]
You're the best.
[ His arrival distracts the monsters enough that she's able to open up another shadow portal, this one big enough for the three terrified Ellipsans. A pair of shimmering disc-shaped shields slam down between them and the glamour monsters ] You three — that'll take you to the research center. I'll close it behind you, go!
[ They don't need telling twice, scrambling through just as Macaque works his magic and captures four at once. Korone uses her bo to parry a blow from number five, moving swiftly into a counterstrike that breaks many ribs and sends the fiend crashing into one of its fellows.
And while she's doing that …
Fun fact about Korone's pendant magic! She worked damn hard, for years, to push the boundaries of what's possible. What is a template, a base, if not a foundation upon which to build? To hell with the limiter, she'd always thought. To hell with leashes and rules and helplessness. It was her power now, and she chose freedom. She chose hope.
Her perseverance and creativity took her further than any other member of the Cat team. She'd figured out how to bend light with her shields before Ellipsa — before Imeeji, even. Camouflage is really fucking helpful when circumstances routinely force you to punch well above your weight class. But now? Oh, now she has some tricks up her sleeves. ]
I haven't shown you this one yet. I think you'll like it.
[ She subtly modifies the shape of the two shields, calculating angles on the fly — the sun, Macaque's light magic, the shadows — to catch the light and magnify it. And then she adds more. Her light creation magic is less powerful than Macaque's (for now), but it's plenty potent enough to give these monsters one hell of a bad day.
The two shields begin to spin, faster and faster and faster, and then they fly, like two large, spectacularly pretty light-wreathed buzz saws. Whether or not they'll actually cut remains to be seen — she hasn't pulled that off in training with any of her shield variants yet — but, 1) now seems like a great time to practice! 2) blades aren't the only ways to kill. ]
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Even if she could maybe, potentially, have defeated these things alone — she wouldn't want to. ]
You're the best.
[ His arrival distracts the monsters enough that she's able to open up another shadow portal, this one big enough for the three terrified Ellipsans. A pair of shimmering disc-shaped shields slam down between them and the glamour monsters ] You three — that'll take you to the research center. I'll close it behind you, go!
[ They don't need telling twice, scrambling through just as Macaque works his magic and captures four at once. Korone uses her bo to parry a blow from number five, moving swiftly into a counterstrike that breaks many ribs and sends the fiend crashing into one of its fellows.
And while she's doing that …
Fun fact about Korone's pendant magic! She worked damn hard, for years, to push the boundaries of what's possible. What is a template, a base, if not a foundation upon which to build? To hell with the limiter, she'd always thought. To hell with leashes and rules and helplessness. It was her power now, and she chose freedom. She chose hope.
Her perseverance and creativity took her further than any other member of the Cat team. She'd figured out how to bend light with her shields before Ellipsa — before Imeeji, even. Camouflage is really fucking helpful when circumstances routinely force you to punch well above your weight class. But now? Oh, now she has some tricks up her sleeves. ]
I haven't shown you this one yet. I think you'll like it.
[ She subtly modifies the shape of the two shields, calculating angles on the fly — the sun, Macaque's light magic, the shadows — to catch the light and magnify it. And then she adds more. Her light creation magic is less powerful than Macaque's (for now), but it's plenty potent enough to give these monsters one hell of a bad day.
The two shields begin to spin, faster and faster and faster, and then they fly, like two large, spectacularly pretty light-wreathed buzz saws. Whether or not they'll actually cut remains to be seen — she hasn't pulled that off in training with any of her shield variants yet — but, 1) now seems like a great time to practice! 2) blades aren't the only ways to kill. ]