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Crystal hadn't once considered that hanging on to a flying entity as it lost its ability to be airborne might result in events including but not limited to: falling out of the sky, crashing into the ground at high velocity, being crushed underneath the weight of the flier, losing grip on her Gladius, having to have a friend rescue her, and/or death. Luckily, only two of these seemed to be the case, as Rivka came blasting through the sky to slam into her, catching her and slowing their decent together with her Elementum. Rivka hadn't said anything, but she didn't need to. She also probably shouldn't, considering that her focus was going to determine if the two Ars Magi walked away unscathed or not.

The unfortunate part was that the collision between the two had hit hard enough for Crystal to unclench her teeth and swallow the grape-flavored gum she was still enjoying. But that could be replaced. She wanted to help somehow with the landing, but distracting her roommate would probably not end well, and creating ice near where fire was about to be was not the greatest of ideas. So instead she simply trusted in Rivka's ability and took the moment to observe the battle below. Selma was kicking ass, as expected, and Chie was clearly up to something. Unfortunately it seemed that whatever she was doing was taking a moment, and Crystal [i]had[/i] wanted some target practice... So as she and Rivka rose slightly from the impact between them, Crystal took aim at one of the drones and fired a ball of ice at it from the tip of her Gladius. Not enough to pierce it, most likely, but hopefully enough to knock its aim off of Chie.

And then she once again began to fall, this time supported by her teammate.