Sometimes you'll fly, sometimes you'll fall

[needmetoo]

Who: Xion and errybody
Where: In and around Aimintas
When: During the Uvi attack
Open

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.]

Comments

[needmetoo]

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?]

[rootandbranch]

[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.]

[needmetoo]

[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.]

[rootandbranch]

[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!

[needmetoo]

[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.]

[rootandbranch]

[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.]