trans_9 | Her Flight [semi-open]

Somewhere inside the vast dome of the City, Signum floated, transformed into her battle gear, eyes closed and mind reaching out to the ship for magical reactions. The presence of Stacy's mind - not magic per se, but still psychically loud - was a constant buzz, but her senses floated to smaller, brighter sparks, aided by what she held in her hands - the "Book of Darkness" that she had taken up last week. She'd been confused, then, but now that the Administration Program was back in her proper place, it was time to start filling the pages again. She'd dawdled too long on this ship, trusting 'Stacy' to keep Hayate safe (ha!), even socializing with the time-displaced Bureau mages who had been trying to stop her before all this...

She reaches out for magical reactions. People she knew - Nanoha and Testarossa (avoid at all costs), Aibghalien (noted), Hayate (...) - and others she didn't, or whom she was merely acquainted with through the Magic Department.

Ha. A Wolkenritter joining such an organization. That was possibly her least thought-out bit of subterfuge here. They had nothing to offer her, unless some bleeding hearts were willing to sacrifice mana...but that clearly wouldn't happen. No, no, it's definitely time to go back to doing this the old-fashioned way. The very old-fashioned way, since her comrades were all still in the pods.

Yes, she'd have to be careful, but the danger was worth it. To live quietly with her Master, even in this besieged cave of a starship...that was what mattered.

She focuses in on a magical signature and swoops quietly towards it, preparing a Barrier to isolate herself with the victim. Hopefully, they'd fall quickly and painlessly...

((Okay friends, reply to this post if you a) have magical powers and want to have a fight with Signum over them or b) spot Signum and want to stop her. Threads will probably take place in skewed pocket dimensions called Barriers for privacy, but these can be broken into if you like. Expect fighting! Signum isn't in the mood to talk. Further details can be found here. If you signed up to get mugged and want to do it in another post, just let me know.))

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After maneuvering through the claws (which serve to break up her attack, if nothing else) Signum grits her teeth at the beam of energy approaching her. Without any other recourse or reliable means of dodging, she grabs onto one of the dragon's larger back scales, hanging on for dear life as he attempts to twist around and attack her. For now, all she can do is hang on, and not bring Laevatein to bear against the large reptile's natural armor.

Searing beams of light tend to be a good a deterrent as any to get out of the way. Turning his head back around even as he pulled his wings in to draw himself into a roll, attempting to shake her loose or at the very least make her focus on holding on, using his tail to help guide his path toward a larger portion of the river in the city below, if it was still there within the barrier that surrounded them.

Like everything else inside the Barrier except living, magical people, the river was there, but it was a slightly different river from the "real" one.

Signum is nearly thrown by the roll, but hangs on tightly and endeavors to stab Laevatein into the dragon's hide, both to attack it and get a better grip. It's either that, or be thrown, and Signum doesn't like her chances anywhere but where she is right now.

Slightly different was still good enough for Crucible as he aimed himself right for it, snapping wings out to suddenly level his flight, and give Signum something of a jerk in the process to keep her off balance.

The river below rapidly rushed up towards them, it would not take them long to reach it. Growling at the sudden sting of the swordswoman's sword jabbed into his thick scales, not deep enough however to do any considerable damage, but it would give her a good handhold.

Even as they closed rapidly on the river below he weaved yet another spell, one that would hopefully dispel the barrier around them, before they reached the river itself, intoning steadily,"Seilor duulo wer arcaniss!" energy building up over his scales as the spell reached its crescendo, unleashing a wave of white disruptive energy near two hundred feet in all directions, hopefully snapping them free of the barrier even at the same moment as drew his wings in and plunged in a shallow dive into the river.

The collapse of her Barrier distracts Signum, who hadn't been expecting a specialized spell to nullify it. As such, when both she and her opponent hit the water, she and her sword are pried loose by the water pressure and quickly go skipping across the surface. Signum ends up in hip-deep water at the edge, drenched by the huge plume of spray that the dragon's body created, but only lightly bruised through her armor.

Oh, and now she was in front of the dragon instead of behind him, and embarassingly enough the water was causing Laevatein problems in maintaining its fire.

All things considers, standing in water while facing down a huge, spellcasting reptile that can throw electrical bolts, Signum decides that this time, discretion is the better part of her mission and her chivalry and takes off, moving away from the dragon before it can, hopefully, orient itself.

Being a dragon whose very nature was in tune with water it did not take very long at all for him to reorient himself, surging out of the water but a moment after she had taken off. A running target was a tempting one to any dragon. Thus not one to let his quarry get away so easily spread his wings once more with a roar as he sprang to the air in pursuit, spraying water around him from his brief dip into the river.

Yeah, escaping him that easily wouldn't have made sense given how the rest of Signum's day was going. Barrier down and without enough time to create another one, Signum flies through the air of the City, close to the ground and in between buildings, twisting and turning and hoping the dragon would actually care about damaging the buildings around and hold pursuit. If not, at least it should slow a bulky winged flier like him down.

Fortunately for her, collateral damage was something he'd rather avoid at this point. Nevertheless his sharp eyes kept track of her even as he winged over head, still considerably fast despite his sheer size as he flew a moderate distance above the rooftops of the city. If she left the rooftops she would be an easy target for his breath weapon.

At least it wasn't some kind of berserker transformation. Signum stops, hiding behind a building to think, plan, and possibly let the enemy get bored or frustrated. She could hit him with Sturm Falke, but after all the magic she's already used today, that would more or less wipe her out, to say nothing of her inability to make more Cartridges. Another Barrier would only focus his attention on her more.

She thinks further. If she heads toward a more populated area, maybe he'll give up on damaging her, or revert to human form to avert collateral damage. Normally, Signum would refuse to gamble with the actual lives of innocents (partly for moral reasons, but mostly for the practical purpose of avoiding being executes when she's eventually caught and leaving Hayate alone.) However, this was clearly a reasonable, thinking opponent, and he struck her as an honorable sort. Probably more honorable than her, these days.

Decision made, she makes a break for the air above the populated, lighted parts of the ship, traveling at top speed once again.

Her Flight [semi-open]

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