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[center][b]Lorentine Queen, Main Deck, Outside of Cargo Hold | Nighttime[/b]
Carmillia[@Animus] | Zarra[@BreathOfTheWoof] | Dory[@Jasbraq] | Manfred[@Force and Fury] | Seung Eun-Ji[/center]

The most dangerous of all the mages present had been slain, impaled by the sharp end of a makeshift javelin made by Zarra using the pipe he stole from the engine room. Zealous might have been a Blood mage, but even one of his kind remained vulnerable to rapid exsanguination. Still, two adversaries remained for the team to overcome, and things had just been made more complex with the arrival of more unexpected complications: Internal conflict sparked between supposed comrades. Dory, feeling that she had been betrayed, was aiming her gun right at Carmillia. And then, Hilde Arnsberg von Regensbach and Jens Becker von Magdeburg. Two of the four Arcane mages assigned to work the engine of the boat and with the protection of the cargo hold, witnessing all of these transpire in front of their eyes.

Evidently, the team were not out of the fire just yet, and things may very well still turn for the worse.

One of the Arcane mages, Hilde, took on the initiative. She strode forward followed by her fellow Arcanist, warily passing Eun-Ji and Carmillia to take a peek into the room. This elicited a barely repressed gasp from the middle aged Feskan woman, who then swiftly turned around to address the students present in the vicinity. Seeing the significant differences of heritage among them, she defaulted to speaking in Avincian; hoping, correctly, that they will all be able to understand her. "What happened here? Who are you people and what are you doing here? Answer, truthfully. [b]Please.[/b]" her last word were said with an emphasis that made it very clear that she will not hesitate to take serious actions nor will she tolerate any mishap. Jens Becker von Magdeburg, keeping silent with a grave frown on his face, were similarly ready to act.

This all happened before Eun-Ji could even comment on Camillia's announcement that the repression of the riot had failed. She understood very well the volatility of the situation. Three things all needing immediate attention: The remaining traveler agents that were likely to recover very soon, the inquiry by the Feskan mage, and a mad-looking Dory aiming her gun at Carmillia with serious intent to harm or even kill. Meanwhile, Zarra had disappeared by performing his Greyborn trick again and Leon was still nowhere in sight.

A split second later, she made her decision. With a calm expression, Eun-Ji looked straight at Manfred's eyes. Then, briefly flicked her gaze to Dory before looking at Manfred again. It was subtle, yet she can only hope that it will be enough for the Kerreman youth to understand that she were asking him to stop Dory from doing anything rash. With that, she turned her head to look at Hilde while allowing Carmillia to continue taking cover behind her. [color=87CEEB]"I believe those mages inside tried to force entry into the cargo hold, miss. We saw them attacking those guards that are lying in there, attempting to kill them. We, in turn, attempted to aid the guards to stop those mages."[/color] Replying also in Avincian, she said her words while maintaining her usual politeness and calmness, adding a respectful nod at the significantly older woman to her motion.

"That so." Hilde responded shortly. Eun-Ji's words were the truth, but she had no guarantee that Hilde and Jens will believe her. The Feskan woman began to contemplate her words while maintaining her cautious demeanor, taking a sweeping look at each of them until her gaze landed on Dory. She frowned. "If you spoke the truth... Then, what of those two?"

It was not a good look for Dory and by extension Manfred. After all, if Eun-Ji and Carmillia helped with fighting off the supposed robber mages, then Dory pointing a gun at Carmillia with obvious hostility made it seemed like she was a comrade of those robber mages. An unspoken understanding passed between the two Arcane mages and Jens Becker von Magdeburg took a few steps forward toward Dory and Manfred, his intense and severe gaze focused on Dory. "Don't do anything stupid, girl." he warned as he slowly and carefully continued his advance.

Before anything further can happen however, both the Arcane mages and the students can all feel a significant buildup of magical energies coming from the room beyond the doorway. A loud, furious shriek resounded through the area. Its origin being Evanescent, the Chemical mage that had stood back up. Pure fury transfixed on her visage, she glared murder at Eun-Ji and Carmillia. "You... You bastards killed him! H-he was my friend! OUR comrade!" she shouted in Perrench. "By the Traveler, you will pay for this, you insects!"

"Traveler's agents! So it's true!" shouted Hilde as she immediately reacted in return. She gave a brief but sharp look at Eun-Ji and Carmillia, as if telling them to prove that they were truly here to help with the defense of the cargo hold.

Immediately after, the agent launched her attacks. The table she were taking cover with before, significantly empowered with Kinetic magic, were flung at Carmillia, Eun-Ji, and indirectly also Hilde. Without letting up, Carmillia can also feel her vision going hazy along with a dreadful sense of nausea assaulting her from within; very obviously the effect of Internal Chemical magic being done upon her. The other traveler agent, Forceful the Kinetic mage, had also returned to his feet. With a mighty shout, he jumped forward toward Carmillia and Eun-Ji, body empowered by Kinetic magic.

Hilde reached her right hand out in reaction, and the table were blown apart into two by a small but measured explosion, the two separated pieces flying pass Eun-Ji, Carmillia, and Hilde before each slamming with a loud thud to the walls.

Eun-Ji drew from the momentum created by the explosion itself, enhanced herself with Kinetic magic, and then disappeared in a blur. This was very quickly followed by a loud booming sound as her right feet collided with Forceful's left hand which he had used to shield himself. The two were then engaged in a battle between martial-focused Kinetic mages, each attempting to draw from the others' momentum while exchanging Kinetic-empowered strikes back and forth. Forceful focused his effort on attempting to grapple Eun-Ji, while Eun-Ji herself kept on the defensive while looking for an opening to thrust the dagger she held in her right hand at a fatal point, keeping to the principles of the Seun-Chi-Go style of martial art. Those perceptive or experienced enough in the arts of combat would notice that the flow of battle was slowly but surely swinging in favor of Eun-Ji as Forceful grew desperate with each and every one of his attacks being parried and misdirected by his much smaller yet far more agile opponent.

As for Zarra? Taking advantage of his nature as a Greyborn had allowed him to remain undetected by both allies and enemies in the chaos of the battle, both sides focusing on those targets that they were able to perceive instead of the one who had vanished out of corporeality. The situation was seemingly in his favor to act with the luxury of the element of surprise by his side.

Meanwhile, unbeknownst to any of them, four more mages were engaged in battle. Seer and Firebrand, comrades of Evanescent and Forceful, had noticed Arne Voller von Meckelinburg-Kahler and Heinrich Wengeman von Glusdorf-Brandenstrass enroute to the cargo hold and had decided to stop them from meddling with the effort of their allies. Among the chaos of the riot, which had now spread throughout almost the entirety of the Middle Deck and even to the 1st Cabin Deck above, the four mages were engaged in a lethal dance of death where only two or one of them will walk out of with their lives...[hr][center][b]Lorentine Queen, Cargo Hold[/b]
Leon[@Jumbus][/center]

Close from it all and yet at the same time removed from them, the world famous performer stood alone within the cargo hold. He can hear all of it, the chaos around him slowly spreading throughout the riverboat. Tonight might very well become known as the Last Voyage of the Lorentine Queen... And there he was, at the center of it all with the real reason; the object that had incited all these chaos. Once more, he was in a way the star of the show. Yet for now, he was without an audience in sight. It was fine, of course...

[color=fff200][b]“Fantasia!”[/b][/color]

...Because his show for the night had just about to truly began with the magic word uttered from his lips.[hr][hider=Overview of the situation:]
1. Eun-Ji: Engaged with Forceful within the room housing the trapdoor to the cargo hold. Seemingly getting the upper hand in a direct physical Kinetic-empowered duel against her opponent.

2. Carmillia: Standing at the doorway leading to the room. Assaulted by Evanescent's Internal Chemical magic that caused her to feel a very bad sense of nausea within herself while at the same time causing her vision to turn hazy.

3. Zarra: Phased out of corporeality. Not currently the focus of attention of neither allies nor enemies, he have the element of surprise to perform his next action.

4. Dory: With a mad look on her face, is aiming her gun at Carmillia. Jens Becker von Magdeburg is slowly approaching her.

5. Manfred: Standing with Dory. Eun-Ji subtly implored for him to make sure that Dory will not do anything rash. Action to be decided by Force and Fury.

6. Leon: Alone in the cargo hold. About to begin his own plan for the Lyre.

7. The 4 Arcane Mages: Currently, they look to be in a wary and uneasy alliance with the students.
- Hilde Arnsberg von Regensbach: Used her specialization into explosive magic to perform a small but highly effective explosion to destroy the table thrown by Evanescent.
- Jens Becker von Magdeburg: Slowly and carefully approaching Dory and Manfred with his focus being on Dory. His intention is actually to disarm her.
- Arne Voller von Meckelinburg-Kahler and Heinrich Wengeman von Glusdorf-Brandenstrass: Outside, on the open air section of the Main Deck. Engaged in a lethal two-against-two duel with Seer and Firebrand.

8. The Traveler agents:
- Evanescent the Internal Chemist: Threw a table at Carmillia, Eun-Ji, and Hilde using telekinesis, and then performed an Internal Chemical magic assault on Carmillia.
- Forceful the Kinetic Mage: Engaged in a losing Kinetic magic duel against Eun-Ji.
- Zealous the Blood Mage: Dead. Skewered on the neck with a makeshift javelin by Zarra.
- Seer the Magnetic Mage & Firebrand the Arcane Illusionist: Outside, on the open air section of the Main Deck. Engaged in a lethal two-against-two duel with Seer and Firebrand.

9. Guards: Both the swordsman and the muscular guard are now unconscious. Seemingly still alive.

10. Rioters and Revelers: Currently engaging in a brutal chaotic brawl in and on much of the Main Deck and part of the 1st Cabin Deck. The spread of the chaos is gaining momentum.

*[b]For more details on the Traveler Agents and the Four Arcane Mages, please check the Discord server under the Mission-HQ channel.[/b]
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