[h2]Miina Malina[/h2]

"[i]Ha–[/i]" Miina was halfway through buffing herself to deal with the onslaught when Rudolf intercepted. Well… never mind that, then; if someone with actual specialised sword skills wanted to engage the demonic scythe, so be it. When was the last time she had actually put hers to any use, anyway? Her [i]knife[/i] saw plenty of engagement, comparatively, as it was a useful tool as well as a good thing to shove into someone. 

Her sword was… basically a glorified lightning rod? Hm, maybe she should address that at some point, or at least see if it could be improved. But magic was so much more interesting.

What she wouldn't give for an offensive white magic spell, though… well, nothing [i]too[/i] serious, bodily; maybe an eye at most. It seemed like such an oxymoron, but… well, why couldn't it destroy just as thoroughly as dark magic? The mechanism would be different but it should still be [i]possible.[/i] Same as how she had improvised that black magic dispel the other week.

It was just that fighting against some maybe-summoned entity was [i]not[/i] the time to start trying to improvise one of the two pinnacles of the art. They had better not ever need the other one; Miina didn't want to test how close someone could come to being dead before magic became ineffective. Going beyond it seemed like something that involved a rather complete trade, or probably just the downfall of civilisations.

Still, even with her mind racing on hypotheticals (and bemoaning the lack of library access to answer any of these questions) and her need for defence stilled, the redheaded mystrel wasn't completely lacking in instinct or sense. She wanted to hurt this guy, and while she couldn't do [i]white magic[/i], there was the all-purpose all-bright elemental equivalent:

"[i]Fira![/i]"