[center][h2][i][color=00aeef]Miso City Outskirts - Kaname All Girls Academy[/color][/i][/h2][/center] [hr] [center][img]http://i.imgur.com/8xdw7zM.jpg[/img][/center] [hr] [center][h3][i][color=00aeef]Chapter 00 - House of Cards[/color][/i][/h3][/center] [center][color=00aeef]-6-[/color][/center] [hr] [i] The battle against the rogue Major Arcana finally began, just as a group of new foes appeared in the way of the girls. What will happen once all these tangled threads of fate unravel themselves? [/i] [hr] [center][h3][i][color=92278f]Magical Justice[/color][/i][/h3][/center] [center][img]http://i.imgur.com/BPJ0GOi.png[/img][/center] [center][A][/center] With her companions finally joining the fray, Justice dismissed her Fragarachs and moved to intercept the charging Chariot, providing long range support for The Devil and the other girls to close in on the rogue card safely. [color=92278f]"Dance, mes enfants! Joyeuse, Allegro!"[/color] Akane shouted in a lively voice, while waving her staff like a conductor's wand, as a host of six shining swords were summoned behind her and immediately darted towards the Chariot, leaving a trail of iridescent light in their wake. Once the blades, named after Joyeuse -The Joyous-, Charlemagne's own sword which was said to shift colors thirty times per day, reached the baseball field, they detonated in a explosion of colors and sounds, carpet-bombing the area like a giant fireworks display. While this attack wasn't all damaging, certainly, the Chariot would be temporarily stunned from the flashbang detonation, giving the other girls the time close in and, hopefully, get a shot at it before the card could react. [color=92278f]"It's time for our ensemble to shine, girls! Do your best and don't worry about defense, while I cover you."[/color] Justice shouted as she made an impossible leap to the top of the school's clock tower, doing a respectful bow to the other girls as well as their foe, while assuming her expected position as the Battle Maestro. [center][@TheWindel], [@Vocab], [@McFazzer] & [@liferusher][/center] [center]•••[/center] [center][noparse][B][/noparse][/center] Meanwhile, on the roof where Chikage was being faced with an unknown threat... [color=f26522]"What a smart child, I guess that today's youth is not all lost, yet..."[/color] The cat woman said to Chikage in a patronizing way, while her tail swished back and forth, even though she never dropped her combat stance or dared to show an opening that could be exploited by Chikage. Considering how amused she seemed, it was clear that the woman thought that she had the upper hand and was playing with Chikage like a mean cat would do to its prey after cornering it. [color=f26522]"I'll play your game, and promise to say only the truth. However, I'll not reveal any information that might compromise my mission or my allies well-being."[/color] [color=f26522]"Now, to answer your first question..."[/color] The woman made a brief pause before drawing four cards, the Knights of every suit and showing them to Chikage, to better illustrate her point [color=f26522]"The cards are called the Forbidden Arcana, a mystic tarot deck used long ago to seal a great evil power. As for the reason why the monsters have them... it's rather simple, in fact, the cards are malfunctioning and the evil power is leaking, causing all sorts of unpredictable phenomena, among which are the creation of these Disjointed Zones and the beings that you have fought against."[/color] [color=f26522]"Those were two questions, missy, I should demand two cards as compensation, but I'll give you a momentary reprieve and ask for only one. Think well, about what you'll do next..."[/color] The woman said as she extended her right hand to Chikage, demanding the promised card. [center][@Lucius Cypher][/center] [center]•••[/center] [center][C][/center] And, on the hallway, with Reiko and the mysterious girl... [color=00a99d]"If going against the Will of God isn't to dwell on sin. Then, I ask of you, what is it?"[/color] The girl calmly asked Reiko as the rings of her staff jiggled once she struck the floor with it. [center][url=https://youtu.be/btmSuNcxiIU]BMG[/url][/center] [color=00a99d]"One who has is being controlled by the whims of fate, unconscious even as her body moves and talks under the power of of the Forbidden Arcana has no right to question the words of the Omiko-sama."[/color] The girl said, striking the ground with her staff again, as if she was trying to call Reiko back from her trance. [color=00a99d]"I'm The Page -the Messenger- and I wield the word of the Omiko-sama in the name of God. Now, fall into the abyss of despair and repent for your sins!"[/color] The Page said, striking the floor a third time as a magic circle appeared bellow her feet, quickly expanding to engulf Reiko as well, draining the magical girl of her magical power at an astounding rate. If Reiko didn't took any action, she would unable to sustain the transformation for too long. Now, that her fate hang on a thread as fine as a hair strand, what will the Chosen Arcana XII - The Hanged Man, do? [center][@RoflsMazoy][/center]