<div class="floatleft">(http://i.imgur.com/3LPMFYF.jpg)<br/></div><strong><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;">Sharina</span></strong><br/><strong>Location:</strong>Magnolia Town central square<br/><strong>With:</strong>Lyuk<br/><br/>Sharina was caught off guard by Lyuk's counterattack, and more importantly, she hadn't anticipated his flames being able to flat out melt her rapier when he focused it at short range. That brief moment of surprise left her vulnerable, her eyes going wide when the fist suddenly crashed into the side of her stomach. She went crashing to the side, slamming into one of the walls of her ice arena with a grunt. Her head would be dropped low, her hair splaying out in front of her face as one hand gripped the seared side of her shirt.<strong>"You... you... You actually..."</strong>she muttered in a weak, small voice, almost quivering.<strong>"You actually hit me..."</strong>She started to get upwards, pulling her ice off of her injured stomach as she instead held it out to the side. Blue magic energy would orbit around a sphere that she conjured, her head lifting to show a far more fierce, intense glare than she had previously.<strong>"I knew it... I knew from the moment I saw you that you wouldn't disappoint me."</strong><br/><br/>She shot her arm towards Lyuk, firing off a salvo of glaciers with renewed vigor. Wheras previously in the fight she had this haughty, arrogant, almost queenly vibe to her, her attacks were now far more ferocious, her eyes filled with vigor. It showed in the way that she fought now too, the way she moved. No longer was she some bored mistress playing with her food, her movements and her attacks felt more honest, more pure. She once again summoned her rapier, the glaciers proving to only be a bit of a distraction while she dove back into close quarters. It didn't work for her last time, so why was she trying it again? If Lyuk decided to go with the same strategy as last time, and melt her rapier, he was going to be in for an unfortunate surprise.<br/><br/><hr/><br/><div class="floatleft">(http://i.imgur.com/N9CD8Uc.png)<br/></div><strong><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;">Tsumia</span></strong><br/><strong>Location:</strong>Magnolia Clock Tower<br/><strong>With:</strong>Alice<br/><br/>Tsumia was surprised by Alice's rebuttal, and blinked briefly when the blonde talked about how the side of justice would be the winning side. That hadn't been the response she had anticipated, most of the evildoers in this land broke down into a wild tangent whenever they were called out. This one though, this one not only met her head on, but challenged her to a straightforward battle. Grinning excitedly, the brunette flung herself backwards, dodging and evading the flurry of bullets that Alice threw out. She knew that she was the one dancing to the tempo, and that in a game of gunners it was the one that controlled the dance that came out on top. However, she had a trick up her sleeve that she knew Alice wasn't going to anticipate. When the time came for Alice to put her plan into motion and shoot at the cogs just when Tsumia went aggressive, Tsumia would suddenly pivot, aiming her arm cannon at the cogs while the bullets were traveling and unleashed a huge blast, consuming both the bullets and the cog at the same time.<br/><br/>She would look back towards Alice, a confident smile across her face as she placed her left hand against the red necklace dangling around her neck... Wait, no. That wasn't a necklace at all, the chains around her neck were a lie! If Alice were to look closely, she would see that the red jewel was in fact a part of her chest, or at least merged with it for the time being.<strong>"What, surprised? Since you're fighting honestly, I will as well! This is my secret weapon, the crimson eye! Using it, I can perceive threats around me way better than normal, I can even see the outlines of the broken wind that your bullets leave behind!"</strong>she smiled proudly, tapping the red gemstone as she revealed the true extent of it's power.<br/><br/>However, Alice wasn't entirely doomed. When one door shut, another one opened, and in this case it was the fact that Tsumia had just destroyed a wall of this ever more battle damaged clock tower. With just a few more supports getting shot down, it would be entirely possible to just bring the whole clock tower down onto the brunette. However, how exactly did Alice plan to keep herself safe, if she chose this route? Or perhaps there was another option she saw?<br/><br/><hr/><br/><div class="floatleft">(http://i.imgur.com/fOLoKmA.jpg)<br/></div><strong><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;">Ralena</span></strong><br/><strong>Location:</strong>Magnolia town outskirts<br/><strong>With:</strong>Shun and ?Ralena?<br/><br/>The black garbed Ralena seemed to ignore Shun's tanget for the most part, going into no explanation about her nature as she instead simply turned towards the pinkette and took a charging stance.<strong>"..."</strong>She sprang forward, aiming a kick with one of her bladed greaves right at Shun's injured shoulder. Thankfully, all Shun would need to do would be a parry or a dodge, something to detain the black garbed Ralena for just a single moment. The white garbed Ralena would be back on the warpath, quickly getting back up to her feet so that she could chase after the black garbed Ralena. She'd lunge out to try and grapple with the black garbed Ralena, attempting to slam her into the ground face first.<br/><br/>Rather or not Shun was able to provide that bit of support would dictate a whole lot about how this duel played out. After all, the two of them looked and fought identical, logic would dictate that they were also at the exact same power level, right? Therefore, the one with a little bit of help and outside assistance should be the one that comes out on top.