Shion opened the door to the library, approaching the Way Stone. As her hand reached out towards it, the main stone would turn from yellow to orange. The woman stared at the light, though her expression would immediately sour. Great, they were being infiltrated. It was odd, she felt that the alert should have gone out if that was the case. Narrowing her eyes, a few possibilites ran through her head as she would activate the Way Stone, letting it whisk her away. As her vision cleared, the feeling of an enemy presence filled the air. Shion extended her arm, pulling her katana out as she looked around. Taking a step forward, she could feel powerful magicks in the air, and as a wind blew her way, she knew which direction to take.

Breaking into a run, Shion kept her view straight ahead, showing no surprise as several vines barricaded the path in front of her. So that was its game, was it? Shion placed two fingers on her blade, slicing the air in front of her, the attack registering a second later as the vines whittled away.  Turning a corner, she only stopped as an unfamiliar sword landed point down in front of her. Her eyes went from the sword to its owner, and she watched as Emiri cut through Ren's attacks. She should have expected this, but she hadn't quite expected it to take Ren, having assumed she would have had to deal with Michel.

Emiri herself was summoning sword after sword until she had nearly a dozen floating around her. As Ren though she found an opening, Emiri would put a halt to the fight as she stopped time. Charging forward, Emiri prepared her blades to cut Ren to pieces, though just as she was about to land the blow, Ren moved. How?! Emiri watched with wide eyes as her swords stabbed the ground uselessly, though she took as step back as Ren giggled.

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"[color=springgreen]Yeah, yeah, I'm a failure, I've heard that a lot lately,[/color]" Emiri said, bringing her swords back to her. "[color=springgreen]Are you going to stand around talking, or are we going to fight?![/color]"

Biting her lip, Ren let out a dreamy sigh, though she perked up as she noticed Shion. "[color=#00FF00]S[/color][color=#00DF1F]h[/color][color=#00BF3F]i[/color][color=#009F5F]o[/color][color=#007F7F]n[/color][color=#005F9F].[/color][color=#003FBF].[/color][color=#001FDF].[/color]" She murmured, though her eyes sharpened.

"[color=deepskyblue]Well, well, well...you found a way in,[/color]" Shion stated, placing a hand on her hip. "[color=deepskyblue]I'd be impressed, but giving you any sort of satisfaction is beneath me. Did you think hiding in the body of my subordinate would spare you?[/color]"

Ren closed her eyes for a moment, though she opened them. Shion raised her sword, at the ready, which seemed to anger Ren. Throwing her arms up in the air, the petals around them exploded, and Emiri found herself backing up, bumping into Shion. The woman gave her a glare, though Ren would get their attention once more.

"[color=deepskyblue]Try not to get in the way,[/color]" Shion told Emiri.

"[color=springgreen]Oh you got me, I was going to let Ren stab me to death,[/color]" Emiri snapped back.
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Feeling the slightest pity for Jaakuna, Nadeline rolled her eyes, a snap of her fingers causing her Slow spell to make his fall a little more pleasant. Once she heard the thud signaling his connection to the ground, she brought her hand to her chin as she watched Mateus. Even though Mateus himself was unaffected, Savayna was, making it clear that the trap was mist based as opposed to magick based as was her initial assumption. She nodded to herself, though she would compliment Shion on her trap. Truly, the woman didn't just want to trap the thief, she wanted them to suffer. Sadistic, yet effective.

Letting out a small sigh, it was time the adult would handle the situation. "[color=coral]I suppose I could try my hand at a solution,[/color]" Nadeline stated, lightly picking her sleeve off her arm as she stepped forward with her rapier in hand. "[color=coral]Seeing as Ultima would rather enjoy watching me get trapped, there's nothing stopping me.[/color]"

Drawing her rapier upwards, almost as if conducting an orchestra, Nadeline pointed her weapon at Savayna. Several symbols formed underneath the blonde general, magicks weaving themselves together as she directed them. Using Savayna as a conductor, Nadeline's magicks connected with one another as they interjected with the trap. Nadeline furrowed her brow slightly, working her way through it as she would unlock it little by little. It was more complicated than she had anticipated, but Nadeline wasn't one to give up easily, especially when she reveled in the challenge.