<div class="floatleft">(http://i1358.photobucket.com/albums/q774/anniemaccloud/Tomoe%20Mami%20Avatars/Mami_avatar_08_zps7fb5c7e1.jpg)</div><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>Alice Deschain (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=176393.msg8367695#msg8367695)</strong></span><br/><br/><strong>Location:</strong>Shadow Crow headquarters.<br/><strong>With:</strong>Gaius.<br/><br/><hr/><br/><strong>"What the..."</strong><br/><br/>Alice watched, speechless, her magical bullets being absorbed by Red's illusions. She needed to extend that fight as much as she could, but the other mage was giving a hell of a trouble. Nonetheless, the girl still had the guts to answer him:<br/><br/><strong>"Eh, 'living just fine' you say? I think your Shadow Crow buddies blinded you. But I'll open your eyes."</strong><br/><br/>Easier said than done. Alice hardly believe he would fall for that little teasing. As she expected, he made a counter move. Gaius' illusions morphed into just one, with the addition of a rocket launcher. Without time to think or even get surprised, the gunslinger mage jumped backwards, as far as she could, in the second the illusionist commanded his copy to fire at her.<br/><br/>Thankfully, Alice avoided a direct hit. But the kinetic energy sent the girl flying towards the nearest wall, while the explosion created a haze of smoke. She threw her guns away and hit the floor, but she didn't allow herself to feel the pain, at least not in that moment. Gaius would be exactly in the same place, Alice counted on that. She quickly summoned a rifle and fired, expecting to be hidden by the fog.<br/><br/>Her right  shoulder was bruised with the impact on the wall, and the sudden explosion of pain when the rifle recoiled made her grunt. But she held her position and fired twice more.<br/><br/><em>Get up!</em><br/><br/>She tried to get on her feet, but now her left leg was hurting. Alice gritted her teeth and ignored the pain, getting up. She left the rifle on the floor, since there was no way she could fire it with her shoulder in that state. On her feet again, the gunslinger summoned another pair of guns and waited for the worst, balancing her weight in just one leg.