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[b][u]Big Top[/u][/b]
They were running for it! Poppy altered her course, running at the fastest she was capable of in an attempt to intercept them. Seperating her legs at the hips, knees and ankles to give her a larger, faster gait, much like the stiltmen. Her hands were still seperated at the wrists - she simply altered their trajectory as well. She balled them up into fists, and aimed them at the back of both Aria and Lute's right knees.

"Who are you people," she said flatly, her inflection more of a statement than a question. She was partly genuinely interested to know, partly trying to keep the attention away from what her hands were doing. This was more than just being mean. "I don't understand what you mean to achieve."

She leapt into the air, spinning as she went. She had done it, she had managed to get in front of them! She prepared herself to give another spinning kick towards the dark haired girl in particular, as she seemed to be the most aggressive of the pair.

What she wasn't prepared for was the illusion suddenly drop - revealing their true target. She halted, two feet handing once more on the ground directly in Aria and Lute's path as she turned to Guinevere. "MISS PHILLIS!" she yelled in warning, and for once she actually sounded with it. Shame she was actually distracted at the time.

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He couldn't... there was no way Max was in any state to continue fighting! Syed involuntarily took a step back in fear, his hands immediately moving as swiftly as he could. Max may be badly injured, but that didn't make him any less dangerous, any less overwhelming to fight. If anything, this would make him [i]more so[/i]. The only reason Moira had hit him before was because he had put himself in a position where he couldn't evade. He doubted he would make that same mistake twice.

Plus... even amongst the chaos, he could pick out the screams of his allies. His worry, his concern for the others... he couldn't focus on this man properly, not when the others were in so much trouble. He didn't know what was going on, he couldn't afford look around to check. He didn't know who was fighting who, he didn't know how everyone was faring... all he could do was assume the worst.

He fumbled his gestures, the spell suddenly coming to a halt. He could do nothing more than unintentionally spark up in distress, frozen to the spot in horror. There was a terrific flash, and suddenly Max had launched in the blink of an eye. It was too late.

[i][b]BOOM!!!!![/b][/i]

He recoiled from the shockwave, crossing his arms to protect his face as the ground [i]cracked[/i]. He peered between his arms, squinting against the wind and debris... and he couldn't believe what he saw. In the middle of it all was Max and Moira... the latter having miraculously brought her fist down between the former's shoulders and slamming him into the ground.

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"Stay down," Moira growled, her scarf flapping behind herself. "For yer girlfriend's sake."