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[b][u]Phillis Circus: Big Top[/b][/u]

“Can you-” [i]swish[/i] “-stop-” [i]swish[/i] “-oh for the love of all that is holy, STOP!” Lute twisted his body to avoid the fireballs sent his way, but in his position right now it was almost impossible to move away. He had to get out into the aisle! When the girl poised to hurl yet another orb at him, Lute jumped and flat out collapsed on the ground, trying his best to ignore the sizzling sounds coming from the chairs that bore the brunt of the magician’s attacks. One misstep and he wouldn’t just be a walking klutz, he’d be a walking [i]skinless[/i] klutz. The thought itself was inspiring in more ways than one.

The virtuoso wriggled out from within the rows of seats and faced the girl. His hands were splayed out in front of him in a non-threatening gesture, even if, let’s face it, she didn’t seem likely to listen to anything he had to say. There wasn’t any harm in trying, though. “Look, I’m not an enemy, okay? We need to get you all out of here now. We’re all going to burn to a crisp if we stay here!” He tried to sound reassuring, but as the flames roared higher so did Lute’s pitch. Crud, was she stepping towards him? The virtuoso skittered back cautiously, but the heel of his foot bumped against a fallen chair. Shit.

Wait, who was he kidding? The gal had a katana pointed at Aria earlier. She definitely wasn’t going to listen to him talk. Still… Maybe there was something he could do…? “Yeah, I’m not going to wait here and get roasted, thank you very much. See ya!” The virtuoso piped up and turned his back on Sammie to run up the aisle. Bad idea, but hopefully she took the bait. He just wanted everyone to go outside where it’s safe and they can all fight to the death there if they so wished. "Dellie, tell me if she's about to attack me, okay!?" He whispered to the familiar and she nodded, then set up a small guard perimeter around him. Everything else would just depend on whether he had crappy reflexes.