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Chie, naïve as she could be, hadn't expected to be caught like a deer in literal headlights. The four girls had just gotten done with the first wave of drones, it's true, but the threat had multiplied. Where there were three previously, twelve showed up now- well, to Chie's quick count anyway. It could've been more, not like she had much time to ponder on it as she sprinted out of their headlights, a trail of bullets nipping at her heels. She managed to duck behind her previous cover again- battered as it was- for a brief respite from the onslaught. She knew, however, these things could launch missiles. The quicker she got out, the better.

Speaking of missiles, a stream of hellfire raced by her and clearly made contact with something on the other end of the firing range, judging by the loud crash she heard. Rivka's ever-elegant performance, she mused. Chie began to think; that [i]had[/i] to have taken one of the drones out. Each of them individually was strong enough to take out one drone by themselves, they'd proven as much earlier. But they were with five and the drones... not so much. They're more than double the girls' numbers. If they were going to get through this, then...

[color=7e5e7f]"How are we looking, girls?"[/color] Rivka's voice interrupted her thoughts. Chie looked skywards, briefly, to spy Crystal cleaning up a hither-to-unseen target quite nicely.

"Fine for now. We can't keep this up as long as they outnumber us," she flatly stated. Chie took stock of each of her teammates' locations, trying to work through a plan of action. Selma had done a number on one of the buildings in the area, its foundations looking shaky. Maybe she could use that to her advantage...

"...Selma, Rivka. If you can corral them together underneath that office complex, I think I can bring it down on them," she suggested to the first two. Keeping her hand on the earpiece, she voiced in: "Crystal, Aoife if you can hear me- if we gather and freeze the rain, we can bring it down on them like falling spears. We should-" she wanted to continue her train of thought, but an explosion near her from a stray missile caused Chie to fly back, rolling over the pavement as the earpiece flew out with it. Her ears ringing and head foggy from the impact, Chie still tried her best to gather her wits. She got blown back into a relatively safe spot, but she couldn't do much else rather than trust her team.

...Though maybe it wasn't too bad. She was going to need a [i]lot[/i] of Nox if she wanted to bring down that building, even if it was already rickety. Chie took a deep breath and started to let it flow through her, rooted in place while she gathered the requisite amount of magic for her hopeful venture.