(http://imageshack.us/scaled/large/209/kdgr.jpg)<br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;">Ralena Tharin</span><br/><strong>Location:</strong>Shadow Crow Headquarters<br/><strong>With:</strong>Lyuk, Alice, and Luca<br/><strong>VS:</strong>Orpheaus<br/><hr/><br/>With Alice's help, Ralena was able to get back up to her feet, clutching her head and groaning in pain as she looked up towards the flaming pillars. "Idiot! She tried to take a step, but she ended up leaning lightly on Alice as she regained a stable footing. When she gave up on trying to move, especially with that huge pillar blocking the way between them and the Death vs Orpheaus fight, she settled down and spoke in a slightly calmer, more quiet voice. "No doubt about it, that was reflection magic. The moment I swung my fist at him, it was like all the force behind my punch had suddenly vanished, like I was swinging a wet noodle... then WHAM, I'm being blasted with it. He absorbed the force of my punch and redirected it at me." Her eyes lifted towards the fight again, messy black bangs falling in front of her eyes as she continued. "In other words, the harder we try to hit him, the harder that we get hit back in return. And THAT means that a certain dumbass is about to get his ass rocked because he doesn't know what's going on! We need a plan, and we need to all work together."<br/><br/>About that point, Luca was suggesting breaking the pieces of jewelry in order to stop the ritual, even if they failed. "Doesn't hurt to try, I guess? Don't know if it'll do anything though. Seems kinda like the sort of thing they'd plan for."<br/><br/>Meanwhile, within the ring of fire, 'Death' would be able to lay witness as the massive burst of fire that he had surrounded Orphaeus with got smaller and smaller almost instantly. It only took a few seconds before the entire blinding white light was completely dissipated, with Orphaeus holding his hand upwards in the air, his entire forearm now burning red, his veins glowing as he lowered his palm towards 'Death'.<strong>"Hmph."</strong>A colossal beam of pure magical energy would rip out of his palm towards Lyuk, tearing straight through his wall of fire that blocked off the other Fairy Tail mages, and taking Lyuk's entire chest with it if he didn't get out of the way immediately.<br/><br/>That wasn't fire though, it was some other kind of magic. Meaning that redirection or reflection were both off the table. It seemed more like some kind of absorption.