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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And Signum wasn't used to fighting people who actually knew their limitations like that, her blows coming up short in spite of her superior reach. Changing tactics, Laevatein expands again, only this time to be spun into a spiral -

"Laevatein, HIRYUU ISSEN!"

- and blast a spinning cone of flames towards Einhart and everything generally near her.

Einhart's eyes widened at that spiral of fire, and she held up her hands. A triangle of magic appeared in front of her body, the fires smashing into it. She really needed to be careful, Signum was strong.

Seeing the girl stop her flames with a shield spell, Signum decides to test its strength, charging up rapidly after her flamethrower-like spell ends and smashing at Einhart and her shield immediately with a closed fist, not even bothering to spend a second collapsing her sword yet.

Sadly, the shield was no where near strong enough to keep protecting against Signum's assault, so soon enough the shield shattered and her punch sent the younger girl flying.

It had taken almost more than Einhart had to block the flame spell of Signum's, after all.

Well, this wasn't so bad then. She was worried she'd somehow run into another Testarossa.

Signum whips Laevatein forward to wrap the staggering girl up. It wasn't as good as a Bind spell, but she was never much good at those, and having someone on a tether had a lot more tactical applications.

Einhart's eyes widened as she was wrapped up in Signum's sword. She struggled against it, trying to break free, but no matter what she did nothing would work.

With an expert tug, and trying not to tear up the girl's armor or flesh too much, Signum pulls her through the air in an arc to slam her into the nearest building, hoping for a quick knockout from the force of the impact.

No such luck Signum, Einhart lets out a scream of pain as she slams into the building, but she's still struggling against the chain from the device. She can't be beaten this easily! She just can't!

Signum sighs. It looks like she was just a novice after all. She felt a little bad for this, but...

She follows the line of her "tether" with her feet, flying through the air in a charge to try and kick the remaining wind out of Einhart while she's still bound and braced against something hard.

Einhart let out a gasp of pain as she feels the kick slam into her body. This... how could...?

She tried to focus, sending a blast of magic from her hand in Signum's direction. Hopefully it'd work...

Well, it certainly takes Signum by surprise. She wasn't expecting much more fight out of this girl. The desperate attack doesn't accomplish much more than that and knocking her back a little, though.

With an expert flick of the wrist and a robotic declaration of "SCHWERT FORM", Laevatein releases Einhart and returns to a sword shape.

"I like your style, but unfortunately this is a real fight, and not a martial arts tournament...and it's just about finished," Signum says, raising the Book of Darkness in her left hand and closing her eyes. The opening to attack should be obvious to Einhart. It's certainly intended to be.

Einhart let out a gasp as the device released her, and before she could even think about it being a trap, she charged forward. She pulled her fist back, moving to send a punch towards Signum's face.

Terrific spirit, amateur's instincts.

As Einhart punched with her right hand, Signum spins in the air to her right both to move around the punch and to attempt to bring Laevatein's pommel crashing into the back of Einhart's head for a knockout, or at least knockdown.

And... knock down it was. Einhart's eyes widened as she felt the hilt of Laevatein smash into her head, knocking her down to the ground. Her entire vision was spinning now, and she could barely think.

Signum sighs. "One word of advice for when you recover," Signum says, as the Book of Darkness opens and begins to glow, floating over the fallen Einhart. "If you're going to use a Belkan style, remember first that it's an art for war, not sports, and there are no rules in war but those you impose on yourself."

"SAMMELN", the Book intones, attempting to draw out Einhart's Linker Core, and with it, her magic. The spells of a Kaiser Arts user would certainly be a unique addition in this day and age...

Einhart let out the scream as she felt something inside her be tugged outside. She still tried to struggle against whatever Signum was doing, but soon enough she found herself back in her child body, her eyelids growing heavy.

"Stop..."

"It...it wasn't a disguise spell?" Signum mutters, feeling atypically sympathetic as the girl shrinks back to how Signum first saw her, the glowing sphere of her Linker Core floating out of her and into the Book of Darkness.

Signum remains silent in the face of Einhart's plea, simply waiting for the Book's pages to fill so she could take her leave. This was necessary. She had to protect Hayate, fulfill her wish, even if it hurt other girls who were...

"I... stop..." Einhart mumbled out as she continued struggling against Signum's spell before she finally fell unconscious.

Her Flight [semi-open]

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