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The trip into the fray was one that was interesting. From her vantage flying toward the graveyard she got a brief overview of the grounds. Unfortunately before landing a surge of magic rushed out from the center and covered everything in a thick dark cloud. [color=saddlebrown]"Well crap."[/color] Dropping in Shannon disappeared from view and the boulder she had been riding crashed landed. Blindly tumbling across the ground she felt the earth to orient herself. Unlike many her magic afforded her additional methods of sending. Fighting blind was not a new thing to Shannon, having fought underground with little to no source of light to speak of there wasn't that much difference. In this case though her opponents weren't exactly trying to hide. It became abundantly clear that a hoard of minions were running around everywhere. It was hard to tell what was happening at the outer periphery of the cemetery with the vibrations blending all together. But it was enough of a picture to point her toward the center where the major targets were likely to be and the enemy was near her. 

Whipping her staff around her the dirt began to rise up and blasted forward to plow through several oncoming fodder. Unhindered and the battlefield literally made of her ammunition keeping them at bay was fairly easy. Having made space she charged forward bounding over the graves and folding a tunnel of earth around her. The magical girl was very careful to not disturb any remains of those buried there. People should be ashamed of turning a place of rest into a war zone. The advance was hauled when a low rumble the earth began to shake everything. Was that laughter? Innately aware of the subtle ways sound traveled through a solid medium it definitely felt like a voice. If there was any doubt before of where the target was there wasn't any now. Who or what it was still wasn't clear, but it was dark and sinister regardless. Sending out a pulse in the direction of the source it was stopped dead by a magical barrier. So they were protecting something... In that case she would make use of her cover and strike from here. Thrusting her staff into the ground the earth shifted. 

Cracks formed, streaming out from the darkness near the group in the center. Traveling beneath their feet and beyond three columns of stone burst forth and impacted the barrier. The move was both an attack and a test of not only the strength of the barrier, but whether or not her magic could effect the earth within or if the structure could be moved. While this scale of an impact wouldn't topple the structure it should glean if the barrier was anchored or not. A followup was going to have to wait however as more of Soth's forces were closing in once again. It was also a good bet that her sudden assault wouldn't go unnoticed. However she was going to hope that at least some of the other people would keep the enemy occupied.

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After an initial delay of consulting with the Beacon on whether the twins should enter the fray, it was decided to send in some more reinforcements. The dark magic prevented them from being teleported directly to those engulfed within. Arriving nearby they were met by a swirl of darkness. What was going on was nearly impossible to discern. They would make out where several minds were, but the magical interference prevented them from identifying who was who, at least at this distance. There wasn't much choice but to dive in and hope they find something.

Moving through the cloud was something of a task. The ground wasn't entirely clear so on more than one occasion tripping over a gravestone caused one of the two to trip. Keeping track of one another psychically though they stuck together as there was no telling if they would come across an ally or an enemy. At this point their best bet was to move as one. Happening across an idea though Janet raised her lance and used her magic to purify the area nearby. Shining in the dark the light from her banner began to cut away at the haze.