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[h3]--Warped Winds and Blazing Ignitions--[/h3]

[@PKMNB0Y] [@VitaVitaAR]

[color=e95f1b][b]"Nnngh...!!"[/b][/color] Pyra gritted her teeth as her literally-named "Protection'' force field buckled under the pressure of the shrapnel-choked wind beam. Even though Infernus was sturdier than Chi-Mechframes such as Titania and Selene, it was never designed for reliably tanking heavy attacks consistently unlike Grendel, and as such, the huge beam was cracking the barrier at an alarming rate, threatening to completely overwhelm the Frame Pilot behind it due to its sheer size. Fortunately, pilots rarely worked alone and Hinotori's uppercut disrupted the offensive, allowing Infernus a room to breathe. 

The brunette narrowed her eyes as her boot-wings flapped and she soared through the sky, deciding that being on the move is still a better tactical option than staying still; she kept her eyes on the Warped while her active defense system continued topping up the amount of fireballs floating around her to respond against the lobbed debris that got too close for comfort. It turned out to be the right move as Pyra managed to evade the flying Warped's second beam, massively helped by the fact that it was trying to hit both Infernus and Hinotori at the same time, resulting in the beam being fired at an awkward angle, thus easier to avoid even with Infernus' meager agility. 

She then received a message from Hinotori, conveying her intention for their enemy. [color=e95f1b][b]"Acknowledged, Hinotori, pin it down if you can, over."[/b][/color] Pyra stopped moving and held Infernus' lance with both hands - her left on the sidegrip situated at around one-third from its tip and her right on the shaft further back nearer to its hilt - for better control of the aiming process. At the same time, the lance's dragon-shaped head sprouted four wings of flame, their shape similar to the ones on her boots, albeit these were used to charge an attack instead of providing aerial movement.

Assuming Hinotori's plan worked at keeping the bird-like abomination's attention off her, Infernus' lance would begin feeding itself with boosters stored in specialized cartridges held inside the magazine attached to its neck. The biomechanical weapon would absorb the energies stored in said cartridges before ejecting it to allow for another cartridge to take its place in an automatic process that resembled an assault rifle ejecting empty bullets. With each booster consumed, its head-wings grew longer and the flames coalescing between its jaws intensified. [color=e95f1b][b]"..."[/b][/color] Pyra took a deep breath as she aimed the weapon at the avian menace, it was time to give the bastard a taste of its own medicine. 

[color=e95f1b][b]"Infernal… Buster!!"[/b][/color] 

The One Born in Fire willed the gathered power to release as a huge beam of concentrated dragonfire blazed through the air, scorching, melting, and incinerating anything unlucky enough to be in its way. If all went according to plan, the beam would consume her target into naught by ash. As for Hinotori, her defiant shout wasn't just to activate the attack, but doubly served as a warning for the younger girl to get out of the way of a potential friendly fire, in quite a literal sense for this particular case.