st_augustus | EVENT: Snowed In

[Early Monday afternoon, the snow starts. At first, a charming novelty glimpsed through the classroom windows, but within minutes it becomes a veritable blizzard. Any classes being held outside are urged to bring themselves inside. Within half an hour, the power's cut out and the snow is piled high enough to make entry/exit from the buildings difficult. Within an hour, it's impossible. Snow is piled halfway up the first floor windows, and most of the doors have frozen shut. The second story windows seem to be working just fine, though, as are any rooftop access doors.]

[The blizzard finally calms down, but students and faculty are trapped inside--or outside, if they managed to be on the wrong side of the doors during the storm. The power's out and the cold is starting to seep in through the insulation. Worse, there seems to be some kind of unseen presence in the buildings, an eerie cackle echoing through the empty halls or an unsettling sense that you're not alone.]

[Someone's going to have to restart the generator before we end up with a school full of studentcicles. It wouldn't hurt to clear some pathways out of the buildings, either.]

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[Sorry Mikoto. Duncan can't lose here, either. He'll have students dropping challenges left and right if they think he's an easy fight. He'll turn this into a battle of attrition if he has to; he's almost guaranteed to win if that happens.]

[He's also been counting the seconds until those chains fade, and right before they do, he casts a holy burst--basically a big flashy attack that's main purpose is in its knockback effect. he's trying to send her and the rubble she's taken refuge in flying the instant the chains disappear.]

[ Shit.

She has to prepare for that as well and grits her teeth. If she can't move then she'll just have to make the first move and at least stab him, transforming the sword into a whip and sending it towards his direction. It's at the same time as the burst, which causes her to fly backwards, her back slamming against the wall.

Thankfully it doesn't knock her unconscious, but it does cause a lot of damage. Hopefully the sword-slash-whip managed to hit him.

Just... as long as it's not in a vital spot. ]

S-- Shit.

[oh. it did.]

Ow! Jesus fuckin' goddamn--

[injuries might hurt less in the duelscape BUT THEY STILL HURT. she managed to catch him in the side, right under the ribs, and the whip idea turned out to be tactically sound because that gave it enough force to go straight through his leather armour. he's got both hands pressed over the wound which is oozing a not-insignificant amount of blood.]

Alright--I deserved that, probably.

[a white glow appears under his hands and a couple seconds later he straightens, pulls his hands away from the injury, and shakes himself out to get back into the fight. It's healed, the whole thing pristine--leather restored, blood gone, like it never happened.]

[he can only fix things so thoroughly in the duelscape, sadly. in real life it's flesh and blood only.]

Please tell me you're ready to concede.

[ When she saw him in pain, Mikoto immediately froze in place, eyes widening as she took a step back instinctively. But when she notices that he's healing, that he's alright, it causes her to swallow down any haughty words that she tried to come with, instead trembling somewhat.

Not because he's serious, of course.

But because she could have seriously hurt him. She hadn't been paying close enough attention to aim properly. The sword's still there, of course -- it's like a chainsaw that can't break -- but soon enough, Mikoto just drops her hand, unclenching it as she allows the to dissipate back into dust.

Her gaze drops and she's staring at the floor beneath her feet, but she doesn't answer. Not at first.

She asks herself what's important. What's more important. She raises her head, rekindling her determination as she presses her lips together. ]

I won't give up. I plan on leaving the classroom and restoring power to the school as well as helping everyone else. [ At least she has her priorities set straight. ] Don't misunderstand me, though. I'm not doing this out of the goodness of my heart or because I want to play hero — I'm doing it because it's better than just sitting around doing nothing.

[She could have, it's true. But luckily for her, anything that isn't immediately fatal is something he can shrug off.]

[HEAVY SIGH]

Mikoto, listen.

I'm not asking you to do nothing. I'm asking you to sit tight and wait until we have more information about what's going on and what needs to happen. It's about patience, not inaction, okay?

So you're basically saying that I can't just get the information myself? If that's the plan, then you're going to have to defeat me for it!

[ Sparks trickle yet again from the tips of her fingers. The power generated in it is a lot more powerful than it was before, if only because of her frustration.

Maybe she's being reckless, but she'll charge in, attacking with all she's got. ]

[He's going to take that hit. His magic shield is still up, so the bulk of her electricity will fizzle when it hits his armour. Not all of it, but enough that he can weather it and just focus on the physical portion of her attacks.]

Yes! I am saying that!

[he's going to try to hit her with another holy pulse, to knock her back and put some distance between them again. unfortunately, it's very easy to dodge just by getting inside his arm's reach.]

Because there are people here who are paid to do that and letting you go out on your own is a liability!

[ Jumping back to avoid the hit, she grits her teeth, sliding to a stop as it hits her. At the very least, it hasn't drawn blood, which is somewhat of a relief as she wipes her brow. ]

Just because they're paid to do things doesn't mean they're good at it!

[ Mikoto can definitely talk as someone who gets near perfect grades and can literally hack into any system in the school with a simple cellphone device.

WHAT A CHEATER.

She lets a few sparks fly in his direction before taking a leap in the air; she needs to close the distance between the two of them and make sure that she reaches him. If she can get within a distance so she can touch him, it should be game, set, and match. In the meanwhile, she'll get to rebuilding the sword (more like a whip at this point) with the iron sand so she can use it to potentially deflect blows while she's still in midair.

Mikoto has the advantage while she's not on the ground, after all. ]

EVENT: Snowed In

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