[h2]Miina[/h2]

Miina looked at the onrushing swarm blankly, automatically throwing out a muttered [i]Protect[/i] as she tried to work out what to do before being shot completely to pieces. Lightning…? No, nothing she had would really take them [i]all[/i] down; they didn't have Eve with them right now and that sort of thing wasn't… well, she couldn't do it as a [i]spell.[/i] Ever since Siren she'd been doing almost nothing [i]but[/i] working with aether in a way that was far beyond her previous expectations. Still, none of it was anywhere [i]near[/i] so formal as a spell, she didn't have the talent to just [i]work those out[/i] and this city was the first place where there might conceivably have been some sort of tutor to learn from…

Except for the assassination, and the whole time limit thing, and even then, she needed to [i]kill these.[/i] Not heal them.

Right, so… improvisation. Fire was still good, but really, to cut them off and fan the flames… wind and haste, huh? It always came back to storms. That still needed fire, there was no telling if those flying thingies that Valheim had could stand up to ruff weather. Rough weather [i]and[/i] incineration? That was a better chance.

But fire… the bunny ninja had the materia for that, right? Miina turned to face her fellow small girl and–

…

What was her name again? They hadn't actually spoken yet. Miina was… herself, and the other girl was… also quiet. Ah, it wasn't important, there weren't any other Viera on the deck!

"B-Bunny, um… fire? Lots of it, please?" the red mage made vague fwooshing gestures with her hands, hoping that it would convey what she was after. It took a long and uncomfortable moment before the other girl nodded and – [i]yes, fire.[/i] Fire that would be so easily caught up in steadily accelerating air. Round and round and round it goes and…

Now that she thought about it, surrounding this single vessel in a flaming vortex for as long as she could keep it up [i]would[/i] keep things out, but… this wasn't going to mess up the airworthiness, was it?