[img]http://i.imgur.com/2uDBgEK.png[/img] [b][u]Phillis Circus: Big Top – Audience Seating[/u][/b] “Damnit!” Estelle cursed as she charged forwards, lunging at the katana swinging Tammie as fast as she could and gripping her waist to bring her down to the ground in a sudden tackle before Tammie’s swing could cleave Estelle’s skull in two. It didn’t matter what Estelle’s friends had done to provoke the magician girl, you just don’t attempt to cut an unarmed girl’s face in with a sword, especially one who was actually just trying to help you a second ago! Tammie landed unceremoniously hard on the floor with her butt, grunting in agony as the katana she had been using clattered on the ground to her side, with Estelle’s body landing on her side right next to Tammie. Tammie’s eyes opened up to see Estelle’s face glaring immediately in front of her, and was then shocked to feel a sudden pain hit her in the stomach as Estelle booted her as far away as she could, whilst simultaneously rolling backwards. [img]http://i.imgur.com/gTlTll7.png[/img] The ground where the pair had been lying on seconds earlier suddenly exploded as the weighty force of Abram’s panda smashed downwards, chunks of shattered and splintered wood flying through the air. Estelle rolled to her feet as quickly as she could, grabbing the wayward katana as she did, and fled past the mess of chairs in her way as she ran as quickly as she could to where Crispin had fell. “Ooh, you silly panda!” Tammie pouted as she rearranged her magician’s cap just right on her head, completely oblivious to the fact that Estelle had just narrowly saved her life. “You almost squashed me! Move!” A swing of her cape yielded the sudden vanishing of the panda entirely. Meanwhile, Estelle jumped over the barrier to the performance ring, and raced as quickly as she could to the fallen Crispin, gripping his shoulder and shaking it rapidly in the hope of stirring him back to consciousness. “Hey! You! Wake up!” Estelle started shouting. “Get up, you idiot! You started this mess!” There was no immediate reaction to Estelle’s screams and shaking, so she ended up slapping his cheek, hoping that might awaken the fire brawler. “Up! Now!” She then suddenly froze, as a giant shadow befell both her and Crispin. Gingerly turning around to look over her shoulder, Estelle saw the silhouette of the fearsome Abram tower above them, the whites of his clenched teeth and angry eyes visible before her. [img]http://i.imgur.com/BzPWL7E.png[/img] ---------- [img]http://i.imgur.com/uysGLNb.png[/img] [b][u]Phillis Circus: Big Top - Tightrope[/u][/b] Isabella, upon reaching the tightrope after Aria thanks to Abram’s elephant Elena’s lift, wasted no time in beginning to make her way towards Aria, calmly and confidently withdrawing and readying her knives with which to fight, spinning them in her hands until they were both held in separate directions. As she stalked closer and closer, Aria managed to pull herself up and onto the tightrope as well, only barely managing to balance herself with the aid of her fans and look all around her, hoping against hope for some way out of this god-awful situation she was put within, and not sure what to do. Isabella crept closer and closer, her face betraying no hint of fear or apprehension. What… what should she do? What [i]could[/i] she do? [b][center][url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fgc3Fjr94c]Isabella Boss Theme: Watch Me[/url][/center][/b] Isabella’s walk suddenly became brisker, her feet tiptoeing on and bouncing the rope up and down to unstable Aria’s footing as she crossed the gap between the pair in the span of a single gasp. With one knife raised up overhead, aimed at stabbing downwards in one of the illusionist’s shoulders, the other was swept up low, destined to pierce Aria in her stomach. Isabella was on the attack. ----------- [img]http://i.imgur.com/J8VStXo.png[/img] [img]http://i.imgur.com/k04mBPw.png[/img] [b][u]Phillis Circus: Audience Ring[/u][/b] “Raaargaaah!” A mighty paw swept up into the air, before viciously dropping to smack against the roaring, biting opponent below it. As Lidya the lion continued to snap at Lucien’s bear summon as hard as it could, Lucien kept on his attack’s advantage as best he could, using this element of surprise to hopefully knock the lion into submission before it could beat [i]him[/i]. But it was easier said then done. His bear summon was powerful and mighty indeed, but he was fighting against a king of the beasts itself. A lion was no joke. And it was getting more and more angry by the second. And it wasn’t just the lion, either… ‘No!’ Lucien’s mental cry shrieked through the bear’s mind as he continued to swat and punch Lidya over and over. ‘Stay focused! Focused!’ Through his summoned animal, he was beginning to sink into his own bestial rage at the nature of this fight… his bear summon becoming as feral and vicious as any true wild animal and almost uncontrollable at that. It took all of Lucien’s might to reel it back and keep himself at bay from going too far – the lion scared him, but he didn’t want to [i]kill it[/i]. As far as he knew it was a domesticated and pretty talented, traditionally friendly cat at that. It was just protecting its masters. Unconscious, not dead. That’s all he needed to do. But the bear was fighting him just as hard as Lidya was… and the strain that this was having on his mind as well was almost too much… And that pain was only escalated by a fresh swath of hurt reverberating across his entire body, as his bear’s body was wracked with bone crushing strength from the gorilla, Olga, who slammed both of its hands together in a two handed punch on the bear’s back. [img]http://i.imgur.com/uel51yP.png[/img] He staggered off and to the side, dazed and in pain, almost collapsing. Lidya rose back up beside Olga, as angry as ever. Lucien, in his real body, hidden amongst a mass of seats, could barely breathe, with his mouth involuntarily coughing up blood. The pain… the pain was simply unreal… And the bear –his mind, his control suddenly became lost to him. Gone was any sort of reason and logic the summoner usually had - now nothing more then a ferocious, animalistic beast. The bear and Lucien both unleashed an primal, bone chilling howl, and the bear charged forwards to both Lidya and Olga. -------- [img]http://i.imgur.com/AC28Z34.png[/img] [b][u]Phillis Circus: Outside[/u][/b] “Eh?” Max didn’t managed to walk too far before suddenly stopping, turning back in surprise at the voices that called from the smoking wreckage behind him. The woman… and some man with her, were both walking and conscious out of the damage he had caused, both still conscious and prepared to fight. What kind of people were they?! Granted his attacks hadn’t intended to be fatal, but he was still surprised to be able to see anyone walk away from it and demand a fight back at him. What on Ddaear were they? “Stalker? What’re ya talkin’ about?” Max frowned, squinting his eyes at the duo. He then grunted and spat to the side, not really in the mood for caring what the answer might have been, and knowing that trusting people like these to be telling the truth a wasted venture. Lies to distract, as they tried to destroy his home and threaten sweet Tammie. Ain’t gonna happen. If they wanted more, he’d be glad to oblige and help make sure they slept the rest of the day away yessiree. He crouched low, one hand punched against the ground. From the tips of his feet up to his ankles and shins, his legs began to throb and glow, building in intensity and heat, as Max focused his magical power on activating his particular gifts. If the lady and fella wanted a show, he’d give it them. But then suddenly, without warning, shocking both him and Moira and Syed was a chaotically loud erupting sound from somewhere behind them (courtesy of Lute and Delilah’s fight with Sammie and Cammie) and then, from the distance, a sparkling light… …following by a scorching beam that detonated a small explosion by Syed’s side. “What the heck?!” Syed jumped. Max too looked confused, but shrugged as he turned his head back around to focus on the two Guilders, his legs glowing even white hotter. [b][center][url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrwUVWC4Ric]Max Boss Theme: Let's Go[/url][/center][/b] --------- [img]http://i.imgur.com/m6NfTjF.png[/img] [b][u]Phillis Circus: Outside the Big Top[/u][/b] “St- stevie?! What happened?” Lily turned on the spot, looking down at her brother who was no haphazardly sprawled on the ground as her visor’s heat vision capabilities came fully online. Without warning, his stability had been destroyed, and the laser beam he had been charging and prepared to fire at Trixie’s voice thrown widely off course to careen off somewhere else in the circus. He fell to the ground with a harsh grunt, and tried to do what he can to stand back up again, but found it impossible. Through the haze of Trixie’s smoke grenade, he looked down at his stilts, gasping in surprise at the sight he found before him. One of his stilt’s was terribly warped and bent, almost at a 90° angle, making it impossible to stand on. He simply couldn’t believe it, unable to comprehend how such a thing could happen. He and his sister’s stilts had been handcrafted by them, and were thus built to be flawlessly sturdy and always reliable. How could something bend such metal as that, and so easily? A certain metallurgist who even now was charging to do the same thing to the stiltman’s sister, that’s who. [img]http://i.imgur.com/ZEQcnsM.png[/img]