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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Even if it was only a flesh wound, that attack was successful in Mami's book. She didn't know the full extent of Signum's abilities, but at least now she knew that her unsteady teamwork with Sayaka was enough to fend her off. For now, at least.

"Miki-san, get back!"

As she called out, a large array of identical silver rifles appeared behind Mami, each one pointed directly at Signum. Her may not have worked, but Sayaka's attack stalled Signum's retreat for at least a few seconds, and that's all she needed. She didn't attack just yet; Sayaka needed to recover, and possibly counterattack before she pulled back.

As soon as her blue-haired friend was out of the range of her attack, she would fire, each and every bullet focused on blasting through any shield her enemy might try to pull up. If she was lucky, one of them might blast right through Signum as well.

Sayaka was about to slash with her blade again, knowing that Signum couldn't block both of them at the same time, but Mami's shout interrupted her from doing that, even with her attack drawing blood.

She jumped back, following Mami's suggestion... and then she smirked as she realized why Mami wanted her to do that. Well, good. Let's see Signum try to avoid all of those.

The knight is backing off even though she had the advantage. That means bait or a bombardment attack. A quick look over Signum's right shoulder confirms the latter. These girls were powerful and had a knack for outmaneuvering, but their moves were very obviously telegraphed. While Signum is glad for this, a small almost-forgotten part of her wonders what they're teaching kids these days.

The pause between the warning and the rifle fire is all Signum needs to begin a flight upward and away from the battleground. She doesn't turn her back on the unlimited firearm works, though, instead focusing her eyes and both halves of her weapon on where the attack was going to come from. For a normal human, even an average mage, dodging or parrying one bullet was impossible, let alone a hail of them. Signum was, however, far from an average mage.

Rifle after rifle clattered to the ground, and those in her barrage that hadn't yet been fired turned in an attempt to track Signum's movements. She didn't summon any more, though; an attack like that took quite a bit of energy, and she was dangerously low as it was.

So she was grateful, in a way, when Signum took to the air. Mami could be quite the acrobat in battle, and in the bizarre, twisting architecture of the witch mazes she would have no problem following the pink-haired woman. But a wide, open city block was much different, and since she refused to move more than a few feet away from her unconscious friend, there wasn't much she could do.

But still, Mami refused to let the woman escape. Even if she couldn't catch up with the woman, there was still a chance for Sayaka to land a few more hits. So, whether or not any of her remaining shots hit the mage, she brought out her ribbon again.

Instead of using it to attack, this time she aimed for the roof of a nearby building, just around the height Signum's currently flying at. The cloth twisted and grew, forming a bridge between the ground and the building. Hopefully Sayaka would be fast enough to catch up with the woman before she could fly any higher...

Sayaka frowned, noticing that Signum was actually able to block all of those bullets. Just what exactly were they fighting anyway?

She shook her head, seeing what Mami was doing with the ribbon. That was pretty cool, making a bridge like that, and Sayaka was already running up as fast as she could, which considering she could actually fly, was pretty fast, both blades drawn and ready to slash at Signum once again as soon as she made it closer to the attacking woman.

Normally, Signum would somewhat enjoy fighting a pair of mages who were this dedicated and coordinated in spite of the fact that they were obviously winging it. As it is, however, Signum is exhausted on many levels, and doesn't have time or desire to enjoy herself. As such, with escape the only thing on her mind, she swings her sword out, blade forming into its chain-whip mode with a robotic cry of "Schlangenform!" and coming out in a wide arc to hopefully surprise Sayaka and knock her off the path of her upward charge.

Well, Signum lucked out, because that attack, did in fact, surprise Sayaka, knocking her off course and into a nearby building. The blue-haired girl let out a curse as she moved away from the wall and started to fly back towards Signum, but it was probably too late for that to do much good.

Signum isn't the fastest mage in the air - she's not even the fastest sword-using mage she knows - but with a head start, it's a simple matter to dart between the buildings of the city in the air. She was in plain sight, having not even set up a barrier this time, but it's not hard to stay in the emptier sections, run...

...and hide, sword still ready if Sayaka was still following.

Sayaka kept flying after Signum, darting around in between the buildings to make sure that she stayed on Signum's trail... except for the part where that didn't work. At all.

"Where are you!?" Sayaka shouted, wishing she had a bit more experience in the whole fighting thing as she realized that between all that darting around the buildings, she had lost Signum.

Signum stands still, holds still, and tries not to breathe too hard. She could try ambushing the swordswoman now that she'd separated them, but...no. No more today.

Ears and eyes wide open to track the less experienced mage's position, Signum releases her spells and quietly, mundanely, creeps down out of the abandoned building after Sayaka's moved on.

Her Flight [semi-open]

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