[B]葛 馮虚 (コペンハーゲン・スター)[/B]

The effectiveness of the newborn magical girl's flames in harming the Negari had exceeded her initial expectations. It had also served to confirm her hypothesis on what weaknesses were inherent to the abomination; it was very clear from her observations that the use of fire (both magical and mundane in nature, given that the burning tree was a source of harm as well) was a vulnerability of the creature, and would also retard its regenerative properties as well. However, there was still enough a degree of resistance that prevented them from consistently pushing their advantage, and even with knowledge of the Negari's weaknesses, the relentless assault it was engaging in was a major obstacle in its successful neutralisation.

She needed to deal with that immediately.

Space rent before her, and Copenhagen Star found the discarded cedar (still burning) shifting 'closer' (in that from her perception, the space which the fallen flora had occupied provided a larger visual image) so that she could successfully 'grab' it, removing it from its previous spot in reality which snapped back immediately the moment she released her powers. There was no time to breathe to alleviate the pain of the sudden, rapid exertion, as it was necessary to fight off the tentacle assault without fail. The tree would serve its purpose once more in deterring the tentacles, although this time rather than becoming trapped within a vacuum, it would instead become a different sort of weapon.

A burning club, to be precise.

"[color=9D538E]Pursue the main body,[/color]" she said to the newborn magical girl beside her, even as she swung the burning tree at the mass of tentacles with greater force than a batter at Kōshien. "[color=9D538E]Your flames will be useful in neutralising it, and if necessary, accept Paperbag Mask's offer of assistance.[/color]"

It was possibly a heavy burden to place upon a rookie to the magical girl world, but it was better off (and safer) for the younger girl to be active in striking at the main mass of the Negari rather than being reactive in protecting herself against the tentacles. If she were to lose concentration in the former, the only loss would be in the amount of damage being dealt to the creature, but for the latter, injury could actually come to the girl. Copenhagen Star would stall the tentacles herself, and after all, given the presence of Paperbag Mask (likely one of the younger girls in the local area, if her assumptions from images posted to Twitter were in any way correct), the newborn would not be alone.

And as Shooting Star was still occupied with rescuing the civilian girl (she wasn't sure if the rescue had been successful yet, her battlefield awareness tended to take a 'nosedive' when she was being attacked by tentac -[i]whoosh[/i] - that was a close one, she needed to swing faster), there needed to be somebody there to pursue the Negari and prevent it from escaping with the captured civilians. The disappearance of the torn-off mass was something that also needed to be followed up upon, but that would need to wait for later, unfortunately.

"[color=9D538E]In any case, go, I'll handle this. And if you can, test to see if your sword can create a large enough incision in the flesh to remove the civilians.[/color]"

Another experiment delegated to a colleague.