[center][h2]Jane Addeson|Jane's Reckoning[/h2][/center]
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As she crashed through the window, startling the store owner and her help, three things ran through Jane's mind. The first was who were these guys, the second was how did he do that, and the third was what the hell had she done to them. The screams of surprise helped keep her focus on minimizing damage to the store and others, so as the man who could make his armor super sized on a whim came after her, she leaped back out the window, requiping her armor as she went, and ran down a side street, weaving in and out of them to try and loose her persuers.

Her luck, however, wasn't that strong and an arrow glanced off her pauldron, causing her to draw the hilt and activate her magic, the silver energy blade snap-hissing (yes like a lightsaber) to life in time for her to deflect the next arrow and the next. Looking around while keeping her guard up, she spotted the archer as he loosed his next arrow. Rolling to the left, three silver colored energy throwing knives appeared in her left hand and she let them loose, one catching the next arrow and he pulled it back and the other two hitting his shoulder and spinning him away. However, she was caught off guard by the giant fist slamming into her from behind, sending her sprawling again. She recovered well though, coming up from a roll and facing the giant arm making man again. [color=DeepPink]"What in the HELL is your issue, dude? I don't even KNOW you!"[/color] She barely avoided another giant punch, and paid him back for it with a slash across his arm.

The man, however, only laughed. [b]"Let's start with your parents. Hank and Jenna. They made our lives mighty difficult with all that hint dropping to the Council."[/b] Jane narrowed her eyes at the man. No one knew who was really dropping those hints, her parents had always been so careful. [b]"Of course, we're also moving on Phoenix Wing too. The bastards cost us an importantly powerful ally when they got Angelica arrested. She had the whole Council under her thumb and fed us good information. Yeah, we're not too happy about their involvment in bringing down our rather good racket."[/b] He turns to the archer on the roof as he comes back from being knocked down. [b]"Send up the signal. We're going to smash all these bugs at once."[/b]

The archer nods and draws back an arrow before letting it loose, a giant red butcher's knife with a drop of blood coming off it appearing. Jane, however, was more focused on her opponent, who had stepped back to allow a couple of other mages forward, one wielding ice magic and the other wearing a bear of Cestus' on his knuckles. Jane wondered what his magic was, but didn't drop her guard. Besides the question was quickly answered as he rushed her with a straight on punch, forcing her to duck and counter with an elbow to his gut. This only earned a grunt from the man and he quickly swung down towards her back. [i]"I use Brawler magic, miss. A little elbow like that won't hurt me."[/i]

Jane growled as she rolled away behind the large man and had to duck again, almost taking an ice spear through the neck. She counted with a trio of thrown needles, sending several flurries at the pair to buy her some space. [color=DeepPink][i]OK, this is just like sparring with mom and dad, different magics, same number of opponents. Mom trained me for stuff like this.[/i][/color] Spinning the energy blade, she rushes forwards at the same time as the Brawler Magic user and swings to meet his fist, his magic, and likely magic weapons, letting him match her blow. They glanced off to the side of each other, but Jane was prepared and brought a wrist projected energy blade towards the brawler, who blocked it with his own fist. She moved carefully, keeping an eye on the ice mage and making sure her partner in this fight was between them at all times. The man, obviously the leader, who'd started this, simply watched with a twisted grin on his face. She decided then that by the end of this whole thing, she'd wipe that grin from his face.

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All across Crocus, members of Phoenix Wing not already in the stadium find themselves faced with foes who they hadn't realized were there before. Master Jamie, Rose, and Amelia would find themselves face to face with a rather large man wielding a fairly unwieldly seeming hammer and a young girl who was playing with a dog made of magma. [color=Yellow]"Oh, we finally got the signal! Time for you little birdies to go bye bye. I'm Alice and I'll be the one to kill you today!"[/color] This voice came from the little girl and without warning, she had the magma dog attack Jamie. She seemed so happy, but was also very sadistic.

The man with the large hammer didn't speak at all, simply swinging his hammer down at Rose and Amelia with incredible speed to test his opponent's reaction speed. [color=OrangeRed]"Names Joseph, and I'm going to make you feel like a pancake. Nighty night, little birdies."[/color] This man was obviously very determined, but he also LIKED making things go smush. Alice used magma make, as she added more attacks to her fight and Joseph used Earth magic, supplimenting his large hammer strikes with variou attacks like boulder, rising stalagmites, and other attacks like that.

Isabella and Bullet find themselves face to face with twin girls, one wielding elementally enhanced weapons and armor with requip, the other another brawler mage, wearing a pair of Tekko. [color=Lime]"I'm Tetra,"[/color] says the one on the left.

[color=MediumSpringGreen]"And I'm Leila,"[/color] says the one on the right.  They step forward with Leila summoning a fire imbued pair of daggers. [color=GoldenRod]"And we're going to enjoy killing you."[/color] Their faces were impassive, but their tone inferred that killing was fun to these two.

Samir would find herself faced with a woman wearing a mask and with a totem on her back. [color=Brown]"You have angered our great leader. Now you must die."[/color] As soon as she finished speaking, an giant bear with the head of an eagle appeared and attacked the archer. She used Shamanic magic and her demeanor was one that said death was not something she hadn't seen before.

Fleo was confronted by a man with a pair of daggers and wearing a cloak. [color=Fuchsia]"Well, I was hoping for a bigger bird, but you'll do. Any last requests?"[/color] As he speaks, he vanishes in a swirl of black smoke and his voice echoes. [color=Fuchsia]"Name's Black Death, and I'm going to snuff out your light."[/color] His attitude was someone who dealt death in equal parts fun and duty. His magic was likely Shadow manipulation magic.

[center][h2]James Hunt|Phoenix Wing Hotel[/h2][/center]
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James didn't notice the first knock and continued focusing his magic energy into a small sphere in his hand, said sphere producing a golden light. The second knock, however, gets his attention and he dismisses the sphere, satisfied with having formed it for the time being, and opening his door. [color=SteelBlue]"Ah, Cody. What brings you to my door this morning?"[/color]