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[Action] March of the Doll Legion (Backdated to beginning of event)
[Alice picked up the disturbance on her security dolls. Some had activated and attempted to subdue some of the rampaging spirits, only for those dolls to either fail or be destroyed. Alice wasted no time gathering what she need, really just her Grimoire of Alice, and set out to face whatever is disturbing her dolls on such a wide scale.
But then she sees it for herself. Spirits, countless of them. It was a legion that could rival her own. She can see them pouring from a broken sky. If the people on the ground are going to be safe, Alice will need to try to stem the flow of spirits. And so, to the air she goes. She knows not to get too close to the barrier. Just a few yards above the tallest house is enough.
(Phase I. Fighting in the Skies)
Already, the war dolls she brought her got to work on blasting spirits out of the sky with their colorful magic bullets and lasers. She started with a few, but as she channels more of her magic, more dolls are summoned. Four dolls, six, nine, fourteen, twenty-eight. More and more dolls join the fray, shooting down spirits left and right from the air. But more and more spirits come in to match her use of power.
Looks like it was time to bring out the big guns, so to speak.
Alice pulls a enigmatic card from her hip belt and unleashes the magic it held with it. It was a Spell Card Attack.
Puppeteer Sign: "Maiden's Bunraku"
A beautiful display shines over Fayren now, with a huge spray of multi-colored bullets and lasers now striking down multiple spirits coming at once. Any spirits that try to attack Alice directly can't even get close. This attack pattern goes on for a minute until the magic in the card wears out. But she has more. She brings out the next spell card.
Elegant Sign: Spring Kyoto Dolls
Alice's doll army orbits around her, firing off spring-green bullets which form circles which enlarge and cross other bullets, making it particularly difficult for spirits to navigate. It was yet again another beautiful display, another work of art in the sky over Fayren, courtesy of Alice's doll legion. Once more, after a minute, the spell card exhausted it's power. And still more spirits pour into Fayren. Many of them again get passed Alice while she readies her next attack. Quite a growing number more take aim at Alice. She would need to dance around them to avoid being touched by them as her next spell card attack is unleashed.
Curse: "Hanged Hourai Dolls"
Alice can't afford to use up all of her spell cards, so she'll go ahead and use up her true danmaku for her aerial set of spell cards. A truly magnificent display of colorful circles and bullets all homing in on any incoming spirits, taking down her current pursuers and the ongoing rush of spirits heading into the city. After a minute, the pattern ends. That was enough attack patterns for the sky. It simply wasn't doing enough to stem the flow. Many spirits still got passed her spell card attacks and she needs to join the fighting on the ground.]
(Phase II. Fighting on the Ground.)
[Alice lands where there is the highest concentration of spirits, pulling out a spell card from her ground combat deck.
Knight: "Dolls of the Round Table"
Spirits took notice of Alice and started going to her. But it was too late for them to catch her. A dozen dolls appear in a circle formation, lances in hand. Together, they all flew into the nearest spirits, impaling them on their lances. But that wasn't all. Alice summoned another formation of Dolls of the Round Table. They, too, impale the next nearest spirits. And yet again, Alice summons a third formation. All the while, Alice dances around the battlefield in a ballet-style, avoiding the spirits that get too close while the Dolls take aim. Within a minute, the spell card is out of magic and the dolls were recalled. More spirits turn their attention from any civilians still trying to get away.
Sacrifice: "Suicide Squad"
Alice levitates off the ground again, throwing out her dolls in a spread formation and flying around, leading the spirits into the middle of the doll formations as they explode in gunpowder-fueled magical blasts, taking out a couple at time. Use of this spell card attack in the city was risky by itself, which is why the spread is tighter than usual. The most will happen is probably some shattered windows and scorch marks. Human lives matter. But now, Alice was attracting far too much attention. She begins a strategic withdraw, firing off some colorful bullets from her dolls and luring them away from residential areas and into more open space on the outskirts of the city. This is where she will put her doll magic research to the test.
Testing: "Level Titania"
The spirits were closing in. Alice sends out two dolls. Just two. But then, pouring magic into them, they expand and enlarge into two giant dolls, twice the size of a ordinary human woman. They begin floating around in a orbiting fashion, powering up the magic Alice is channeling into them. Then, a massive pink beam is fired from the dolls, obliterating the spirits that were closing in. But there were still more. Alice leads and dances around, throwing out more dolls which fly around, swinging their swords wildly at the encroaching spirits, keeping them at bay while the Titanias charge up their beams again. Once the beams were fired again, the spirits got the message and retreated back into the city to find easier prey.]
(Phase III - Open to All)
[Alice returns to the city after Level Titania was finished. Some safe houses are confirmed, so Alice decides to help the humans reach them. She sees one particular person under siege from a few spirits and flies on over to assist. She throws one doll out at the middle-most spirit, the doll latching onto its face. The puppeteer triggers a minor spell card.
Magic Sign: Artful Sacrifice
The doll explodes, taking out one spirit and blasting the others away. Alice lands near the besieged person.]
I've come to help you to the safe areas.
But then she sees it for herself. Spirits, countless of them. It was a legion that could rival her own. She can see them pouring from a broken sky. If the people on the ground are going to be safe, Alice will need to try to stem the flow of spirits. And so, to the air she goes. She knows not to get too close to the barrier. Just a few yards above the tallest house is enough.
(Phase I. Fighting in the Skies)
Already, the war dolls she brought her got to work on blasting spirits out of the sky with their colorful magic bullets and lasers. She started with a few, but as she channels more of her magic, more dolls are summoned. Four dolls, six, nine, fourteen, twenty-eight. More and more dolls join the fray, shooting down spirits left and right from the air. But more and more spirits come in to match her use of power.
Looks like it was time to bring out the big guns, so to speak.
Alice pulls a enigmatic card from her hip belt and unleashes the magic it held with it. It was a Spell Card Attack.
Puppeteer Sign: "Maiden's Bunraku"
A beautiful display shines over Fayren now, with a huge spray of multi-colored bullets and lasers now striking down multiple spirits coming at once. Any spirits that try to attack Alice directly can't even get close. This attack pattern goes on for a minute until the magic in the card wears out. But she has more. She brings out the next spell card.
Elegant Sign: Spring Kyoto Dolls
Alice's doll army orbits around her, firing off spring-green bullets which form circles which enlarge and cross other bullets, making it particularly difficult for spirits to navigate. It was yet again another beautiful display, another work of art in the sky over Fayren, courtesy of Alice's doll legion. Once more, after a minute, the spell card exhausted it's power. And still more spirits pour into Fayren. Many of them again get passed Alice while she readies her next attack. Quite a growing number more take aim at Alice. She would need to dance around them to avoid being touched by them as her next spell card attack is unleashed.
Curse: "Hanged Hourai Dolls"
Alice can't afford to use up all of her spell cards, so she'll go ahead and use up her true danmaku for her aerial set of spell cards. A truly magnificent display of colorful circles and bullets all homing in on any incoming spirits, taking down her current pursuers and the ongoing rush of spirits heading into the city. After a minute, the pattern ends. That was enough attack patterns for the sky. It simply wasn't doing enough to stem the flow. Many spirits still got passed her spell card attacks and she needs to join the fighting on the ground.]
(Phase II. Fighting on the Ground.)
[Alice lands where there is the highest concentration of spirits, pulling out a spell card from her ground combat deck.
Knight: "Dolls of the Round Table"
Spirits took notice of Alice and started going to her. But it was too late for them to catch her. A dozen dolls appear in a circle formation, lances in hand. Together, they all flew into the nearest spirits, impaling them on their lances. But that wasn't all. Alice summoned another formation of Dolls of the Round Table. They, too, impale the next nearest spirits. And yet again, Alice summons a third formation. All the while, Alice dances around the battlefield in a ballet-style, avoiding the spirits that get too close while the Dolls take aim. Within a minute, the spell card is out of magic and the dolls were recalled. More spirits turn their attention from any civilians still trying to get away.
Sacrifice: "Suicide Squad"
Alice levitates off the ground again, throwing out her dolls in a spread formation and flying around, leading the spirits into the middle of the doll formations as they explode in gunpowder-fueled magical blasts, taking out a couple at time. Use of this spell card attack in the city was risky by itself, which is why the spread is tighter than usual. The most will happen is probably some shattered windows and scorch marks. Human lives matter. But now, Alice was attracting far too much attention. She begins a strategic withdraw, firing off some colorful bullets from her dolls and luring them away from residential areas and into more open space on the outskirts of the city. This is where she will put her doll magic research to the test.
Testing: "Level Titania"
The spirits were closing in. Alice sends out two dolls. Just two. But then, pouring magic into them, they expand and enlarge into two giant dolls, twice the size of a ordinary human woman. They begin floating around in a orbiting fashion, powering up the magic Alice is channeling into them. Then, a massive pink beam is fired from the dolls, obliterating the spirits that were closing in. But there were still more. Alice leads and dances around, throwing out more dolls which fly around, swinging their swords wildly at the encroaching spirits, keeping them at bay while the Titanias charge up their beams again. Once the beams were fired again, the spirits got the message and retreated back into the city to find easier prey.]
(Phase III - Open to All)
[Alice returns to the city after Level Titania was finished. Some safe houses are confirmed, so Alice decides to help the humans reach them. She sees one particular person under siege from a few spirits and flies on over to assist. She throws one doll out at the middle-most spirit, the doll latching onto its face. The puppeteer triggers a minor spell card.
Magic Sign: Artful Sacrifice
The doll explodes, taking out one spirit and blasting the others away. Alice lands near the besieged person.]
I've come to help you to the safe areas.
III
{ Damn it. Of course someone was going to try to come to his rescue. He had just sent a text message to Mavis: Keep everyone away from the woods to the east. He'd seen these spirits before. He'd fought them before. And he knew what they were weak against.
Unfortunately, it's something that almost everyone else is vulnerable to, as well. Magic that forcibly rips souls out of their bodies has the unfortunate side effect of killing, and this magic is notoriously difficult to control. There was a reason he was intentionally trying to lure them away from the rest of Fayren. He recognized that doll as soon as he'd seen it, having become quite familiar with them during the Hands of Decay crisis, and for a brief second, he hoped that Alice herself wasn't nearby. Sure enough...
Zeref's body had whisps of black, entropic magical energy radiating from it. The patch of grass he was standing on was stripped bare, black, desiccated soil being all that was left in its wake. }
If you're going to stay, I hope for your sake you have a way of avoiding this.
{ Sorry, Alice, but the way this magic works, he can't allow himself to care if you become collateral damage. The wave of black energy around him was building. Without turning to face her, he raises his hands to his face. }
no subject
[Alice isn't one to waste time. Even if her appearance wasted a doll. The huge build up of magic was indeed dangerous, given what it's doing to the plant life. She may ask about this later.
She levitates off the ground and takes off into the air at low altitude, flying off quickly to join the battle elsewhere.
Bye Zeref. See you again soon.]
III
"Miss Dolls! Be careful, okay?" It was Koishi. She didn't look tired but she certainly looked like she had a headache. "I'll keep you unnoticed while you take the person somewhere safe!"
At least it would make this rescue easy with the little youkai lending her power.