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Sometimes you'll fly, sometimes you'll fall

Who: Xion and errybody
Where: In and around Aimintas
When: During the Uvi attack
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A. The question is

[It was almost humorous. The Uvi were doing now what Xion had been planning for all along: bringing their powers with them down to Aimintas. All of her preparation feels less foolish now, and she's tearing around town like a girl on a mission.

Well, she kind of is. Self-appointed mission or no.

If your character is having any trouble with this new tactic, Xion might very well be there to help. If they find a ball of carnivore-filled ocean barreling down upon them, it may suddenly shoot up at the last second, arcing right over your character's head. If they're trapped in swirling waters, the currents might slacken, enough for them to break themselves free. If they're in danger of drowning, the water might suddenly be shoved away from their face with explosive force, giving them room to breathe.

In ways both big and small, she's doing all she can to help.]

B. Which do you take to heart

[She's not sure what causes it: if they remembered her as one of the ones who froze their home, if she's been doing a little too well at impeding their water attacks on the Palai and the rest of the coven, or even if they just singled her out as a water user and therefore a nuisance they wanted out of the way.

What she does know is that all of a sudden, she's encircled by a good... five at least, of the Uvi, and that a huge mass of the ocean waters she's been trying to disrupt are surrounding her now.

She'd gotten this far with surprise and misdirection. Her powers were barely strong enough to meet one Uvi head-to-head. Five? Not a chance, though she's trying. Mustering all of her powers that she can, she's managed to form a small pocket of air around her head and upper body to give herself room to breathe, at least. She's ultimately defenseless against the fish inside though, the currents the Uvi are trying to disorient her with, and the inexorable pressure they're putting on her little sanctuary, trying to crush it so they can continue their attempts to drown her.

Help would be appreciated.]

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-- Hey! Need some help?

[ he recognizes her and this is definitely bad news. the uvi are even more ruthless than before and with the addition of all this water chaos, there's even more danger than usual. it's a hazardous situation, indeed, and akira certainly is quick on his feet but this is bad, even for him.

so he's going to fling his knives at the uvi to try and steal their attention back to him, at least enough for xion for regain her footing so to speak. he'll summon a persona in a minute if he needs to, but he's fairly certain he can give way to a great chase if necessary. ]

[While the group of Uvi do seem to have a vested interest in removing Xion from the equation, it's hard to ignore a direct attack. They move to block or dodge as they can, and as their attention wavers, the swirling currents they're trying to disorient her and overwhelm her powers with slow. She can sense the change, and while it's hard to make out her savior through the rushing water, she won't let the chance she's been bought go to waste.

They're still too powerful for her to try seizing control of the orb of water itself but, maybe if... Surprise and misdirection have been working best so far.

For a brief moment she pushes out with her powers, trying to make the bubble a bit bigger. Then, taking a deep breath, she lets go of the bubble entirely, instead slamming as much force as she can straight down, as if to shove a cylinder of water no more than two feet in diameter into the ground. The cylinder beneath her, to be specific.

It works, to an extent. The current is still moving, so the "cylinder" doesn't stay intact, but by the time it's overwhelmed, Xion's already most of the way through. She could've done without that last brush against a jellyfish, though.

As she tumbles to the ground though, she's already moving, rolling to try to get her feet under her.]

Th-thanks.

[ that jellyfish looks quite deadly. even if xion is still moving, there's a twist of his nerves and he's already summoning sarasvati. the goddess appears in a burst of sparkles, his hand splayed over his face as a mask appears and his clothes morph from something casual into a trench-coat and dark lines. ]

Here!

[ he shouts it just after he murmurs diaharan under his breath. even if xion isn't bleeding or injured, a quick heal will help regardless. he seems to be quite capable otherwise. ]

[to be honest, Madoka, being a solely ranged fighter, isn't so hot against the Uvi — so, when a torrent of sting ray-filled water is suddenly redirected away from her, she has to stop herself from straight up bursting into applause. they are in the middle of a near-surprise attack, after all.]

That was amazing! Thank you ... [once she's reoriented, she lifts her bow again, a light smile on her face.]

Ready? I'll cover you.

O-okay!

[She hadn't exactly planned to make this a long, drawn-out fight. She's been running around the whole city guerrilla-style, doing small disruptive things like this to help give the Palai and the coven an edge, or help them turn the tide.

That being said.] I was going to keep moving.

[You in?]

[Geir's been busy throughout this attack, prowling through the streets wide enough to admit him and swooping over the ones that aren't. he can't just focus on disabling the Uvi's means of escape like he did last time -- others can fight the Uvi and people with useful powers like Xion's can even interfere with their control of the water, but few members of the coven are as equipped to deal with the large predators as he is. depending on where he finds those oceanic threats, he's been ripping through the globes of water and their contents with brute strength, or sticking his head in to snatch and swallow a shark, or just smashing into the ranks of Uvi with his body to distract them; he's an enormous vicious snarling mess, to anyone watching.

he almost dives at the knot of Uvi surrounding Xion the same way-- almost. but at the last second, he smells or senses something (human)? and pulls out of theh dive, his roar caught in his throat with a startled whine instead.]

--hey!

[he recognizes her-- and beyond that, it looks like she's in trouble. he circles back and lands on an adjacent building instead with a crash, reaching down towards the mass of water.]

[It's hard to see much besides unfriendly fish (this particular ball of water was home to several nasty species of jellyfish) and vague shapes, or hear anything besides the swirling rush of water. But the crash that Geir makes is enough to register, as well as his vague outline outside of the current.

No point yelling, though she calls out in a decidedly more supernatural fashion.]

Someone there?

[Even better - if they heard, it meant they were a coven member.]

Yeah, yeah, yeah-- um--

[he gropes for both the girl's name, and how to do telepathy, in these stressful circumstances.]

Xion!

[an enormous claw reaches directly into the mass of water, making a grab for her. the Uvi are already turning their attention on him with yells and snarls, and he can't see exactly where she is, though he can get an idea. he doesn't want to hurt her, but if he just carefully reaches a bit further...]

Tell me when I've got you--

[It helps that, aware of the ball of water around her as she is, she's able to sense the disruption in the currents, and their weakening as the Uvi pinning her down were distracted.

Trying to shift everything around to lunge for his claw is almost impossible. But she manages to jet herself forward, ignoring the sudden slap of water against her face jellyfish tentacles brushing by. And then she's got her arms wrapped around it as the water she's been holding at bay slams into her back, knocking what breath she still had out of her.]

G-go!

[Geir makes another noise outside the bubble, a startled roar, and curls his claws around her to yank her out entirely; in another scrambling motion, he's on top of the roof adjacent to the alleyway, where the Uvi (at least briefly) can't follow. he needs to figure out an escape route for them, either by air or across the rooftops-- or decide if he's going to stay and fight-- but first, and more importantly, he needs to make sure that his clawful of Xion is all right. his grip shouldn't have bruised her much, as used as he is to hauling a human around by now, but that doesn't mean that the Uvi didn't.]

Are you okay?!

[It takes a few seconds of coughing and retching before she's able to clear enough water from her airway to speak.]

Y-yeah. Yeah, 'm fine.

[The jellyfish stings are painful, but they don't have time to worry about that.]

Where- where are they?

[She's sure as soon as they're back in sight they'll be on the attack again. And while she's more prepared, she still can't hold off five at once if they bring their water attacks to bear.]

Down there. Do you feel up to fighting them, or should I get you out of here?

[Geir leans down to snuffle at her and assure himself that she's really as okay as she claims; once he's convinced nothing immediately fatal is broken, he relaxes, much more comfortable with the idea of fighting five Uvi at once than she is. the natural size advantage helps a lot.]

We only have a minute to decide.

Can't... if they bring the water.

[As much as she hates feeling inadequate, she's under no illusions about that.]

I can try otherwise.

[And in her hand, a peculiar-looking weapon suddenly appears in a flash of light. That being said, she's still uneasy at the idea of a prolonged fight. But she had to try, didn't she?]

[that's a magically appearing giant key! Geir doesn't know what the heck that's about, but now's not the time to question the blade in one's hand-- or in the hands of one's allies. instead, he grins at her fiercely.]

You won't be alone. Come on, let's go!

[he scoops her up again and with just that for a warning, he leaps off the building again, bearing down on the space immediately above the startled Uvi.]

Jump when I say--!

[if she takes his invitation, Xion can leap directly from his claws into the fray, coming down on top of them in a surprise first move.]

[Take it she does, and she lands on her feet with an ease that came from experience. From there she swings her Keyblade out, wide, trying to hit as many as she can and knock them off balance.

She's mostly used to fighting on her own, but she does pause a second to look and and check where Geir is before dodge rolling forward to avoid a blow from one of the quicker-to-recover Uvi.]

[Geir has landed behind her! in the narrow street, it's not like he can just bowl them all over without running over Xion as well... but he can snap out his claws or tail past her and make sure the ones she hit don't get up again. next to his bulk, the five Uvi suddenly seem smaller.]

Next time they try to use water magic, we should switch! You jump back and keep their water off of me, and I'll get them!

[Oh goodness, oh goodness. It was bad enough when it was just her, but the idea that someone else could be hurt if she messed up...]

I-I'll try!

[And hey, they have the perfect opportunity, given that the crash has attracted one or two Uvi to their street. Both are trailing some amount of water, though not as much as the first orb Xion had been trapped in.

Paling slightly, Xion pounces on one of the Uvi still standing and gives it several good whacks with the Keyblade, sending it tumbling. Her focus is going to have to be elsewhere momentarily.]

[Geir shifts from foot to foot, unsure how to get past her to the rest of the Uvi in the narrow space. he reaches past her to knock the feet out from under one of the others they'd just been fighting, but the others advancing down the street have a lot of water with them; he'd better get up some momentum if he wants to take them both at once with all those floating obstacles in the way...]

Wait, I just said-- get behind me! Xion!

[he tenses, half-folding his wings in and getting ready to spring. he doesn't seem to feel any doubt in her ability to hold up her side of the deal. he's ready!

the Uvi are ready too-- one of them sees his crouch and points at him with a gutteral word to its companion, both of them getting ready to fling their burden of water down the street at the girl and the dragon.]

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