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[center][u][i]January 1, 2020, 7:46 PM.
Midtown Metropolis.
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[url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8QAeJk3q94]"Showtime!"[/url]

A resounding crack like a gunshot filled the air as a flash of light and multicolored smoke erupted from the ground before the rampaging hydra. A white gloved hand stretched out from the smoke cane in hand and points it at building after building around the hydra, where suddenly hovering stage lights flashed into existence.

"Lights!" Came the cry from the smoke as each light took a sweep of the air above the hydra for a moment before swinging down and focusing on the center of the smoke.

"Camera!" Another gloved hand extended out snapping its fingers and a giant neon sign popped into existence facing the news helicopter flashing: "Cheers & Applause".

The two hands came together and the cane was brought down with another resounding crack that blew the smoke away in a single instant, revealing Tobias standing alone before the beast, hat tipped down and a sparkling grin on his face. 

"Action!" He exclaimed as a flash of light erupted from underneath his feet, forming three huge geometric sigils in slowly rotating concentric circles around his feet. Electric blue light flared to life from the lines and symbols of the intertwined circles as he held his cane up into the air between himself and the hydra, a sudden flare of wind whipping through his coat and blowing it back dramatically. 

"[color=0f13fc][i]Groza![/i][/color]" He called, his voice echoing as though he stood in a vast theater. Dark clouds swirled together from empty sky above the hydra, whose many heads looked up at the sudden darkness even as electricity began to crackle in the shapes above it. 

"For my next trick-!" Tobias shouted as he spun his cane in hand, while the buzz of a live wire filled the air between the clouds and the hydra

"[color=0f13fc][i]Molni-[/i][/color]" 

[url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqgW-2orQQg]A blur of motion as one of the heads of the hydra suddenly lashed out at the magician[/url], who leapt back from his circle with a shout of surprise, cutting off his incantation mid-syllable. The shining magic circle crackles angrily and begins to flicker as Tobias lands on his feet a few yards back, floating down slower than he should have. The conjured storm above booms angrily as lightning crackles menacingly from cloud formation to cloud formation and a drizzle of cold rain begins to fall onto the battlefield. Suddenly a bolt of lightning flashes through the air and strikes the dimming sigils on the ground with a mighty peal of thunder that cracks the sky even as the bolt shatters the pavement where the symbols had been laid. 

"Hey! Hasn't anyone ever told you that it's rude to interrupt someone!" Tobias shouted angrily as the spotlights and signage fade away. 

The hydra screamed a defiant challenge as a few of its heads turned to face the newcomer. 

"[i]So much for the easy way...[/i]" Tobias thought as he dashed to the side to avoid another lunging head.