Oxus scoffed softly. She was clever! She used metal in her footwear to misdirect his attack. He chuckled and then laughed, smiling as she rushed him. Instead of grounding his sword and charging it for another attack, he simply attacked, swinging his sword through the air in front of him and releasing another bolt.

While this happened, a magical display flickered to life in Ela's vision. It was projected onto the lens of Ela's eyes, shifting as her eyes shift to always stay in focus.. There's a symbol of some sort in the top right. Perhaps it would be better to say two symbols, pushed together into one. Diagonally so. One half, a red-brown color, the other half yellow. There's also a conical direction indicator, pointed at Oxus. Surrounding the perimeter of her vision is a light green field, and in the upper left is a faint watermark of a symbol, made as a light imprint in the field. It sharpens and enhances her peripheral vision.

More pressing than all that, however, is what lies in the center of her vision. There is a visual note attached to the shield, with an electric symbol, and then smaller characters next to it. There's other information, but that's not important right now. The one attached to the sword. It has a yellow flashing caution icon on it. There's a yellow number, wavering, hovering at around 90%. Suddenly, it stabilized, sunk to 80%, and then began wavering again.

[i]"That's as much as I can do right now. Win the fight and follow the next marker you see. I'm going on ahead to an ally that needs help. We'll get your fairy, I promise."[/i] With that, Lumina makes her swift escape, now seeking out the fire pairing, by the lobby.

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Oooh, that couldn't have been good. Even if these flames weren't as hot as this girl thought she was, it still wouldn't be a good idea to stand in them. The woman jumped back, patting out a few flames that had caught onto her quickly. "Tch! Hot!" She brushed herself off and looked up as the firey girl charged her. "You'll still coming head-on?" She smirks viciously and responds with a tentacle slam from below, tossing Alex up.

[i]"He...o.. llo... hello? Hello! You can't attack her head-on like that. Her skill with magic and her reserves are superior. You're going to have to try a different tactic than what you've been doing. It may help to know that you don't need to win. Reinforcements are coming."[/i]

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"I'll tell you what I /do/ know. The darkness that attempted to snatch your fairies were the work of that woman's fairy." Solya moves forward and grasps Ayame's shoulder. "It was her magic. I don't know who these people are, but I've dealt with them before. Never directly. As for me, I'm a fairy researcher more than a stargazer. And if you wander away now, you're liable to get caught by those guys in the suits. Best stay close."

Solya looks over her shoulder at the girl, who seemed concerned for their classmate. "Hmm? Oh, no, I can't fight 'em. I can wield a scythe of light alright, but those guys would seriously kick my ass. But if you're worried about your friends, don't be Lumina can handle everything."