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Magical Lotus - Mahou Shoujou Byakuren - Episode 5, Part 3
Oldmansour:
--- Quote from: DracoOmega on February 07, 2018, 08:26:48 AM --->i hope not. And we'll be with you as soon as we can get there.
>Keep moving
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>Good. Kiku says. We need your keen senses. In this chaos, we cannot track Semitur.
>You press on at the best possible speed you can manage, which it turns out is faster than Lily. This is not because you're the better flyer, but because Lily is straying behind to tend to the Fire Champion, who is also following you. The Champion is obviously not traveling as fast as it can. It still seems to be suffering the effects of the tainted link between it and its Avatar. But it doesn't turn its aggression or its flame on you as you fly, partly due to Lily doing her cheery best to keep the Champion's mind focused on the task at hand. The winged blonde does an admirable job at keeping the Champion grounded. So to speak. You'd be lying if you said you were at all comfortable with a less than totally stable Champion flying at your back, but better that Champion be following you than left alone out in the city. At least if it turns on you, you and Lily can defend yourself, unlike the people of the city.
>And there'll be more people there than there were when you lift, you can see. From your vantage point in the sky, you see a number of flashing lights indicative of police vehicles on the road, the majority of them heading north, towards the airport. Luckily for you, and for them, you'll get there first.
>The airspace above the airport is a light show, courtesy of the spells and energy being employed by the empowered beings there. On approach, you can see two figures in plain view above the landing field. One is a winged figure you don't know, and the other is Magical White Rose. Even with the distance between you and her, you can tell Rin is holding back as she launches a fireball at her foe.
DracoOmega:
>Does this 'winged figure' look like one of those corrupted people that came out of the plane, as best we can guess?
>If so, let's get in close enough to see how it fares against a Violet Lotus
Oldmansour:
--- Quote from: DracoOmega on February 07, 2018, 05:59:25 PM --->Does this 'winged figure' look like one of those corrupted people that came out of the plane, as best we can guess?
>If so, let's get in close enough to see how it fares against a Violet Lotus
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>It could be. The shape is humanoid, and the aura it is emanating is definitely one of darkness. But there's something odd about that sensation, something that feels somehow hollow, empty.
>The winged being evades Rin's projectile with relative ease, but he doesn't evade the explosion of the fireball as easily. Caught by the blast wave, the figure cartwheels uncontrollably through the air, giving you and your group plenty of time to get into range. Based on what you can see, you would guess this man is a youkai. Either that, or Semitur's corruption gave him the bat-wings extending from his back. His skin is a dark grey in color and his bare torso ripples with muscles. As a fan of Flandre Scarlet's work, you believe this is the drummer of the group, the only male among them, though his name escapes you at the moment. He is a youkai, a bird youkai of some kind. It's never been stated, but judging from the color pattern on his wings, most believe him to be a peacock youkai. Whatever he was, he is assuredly something tainted now.
>He is also, as he struggles to right himself in the air, a fairly easy target. As the Fire Champion mutters, "That doesn't feel right..." you take aim at the corrupted drummer and fire your Violet Light, striking him squarely in the back. Instantly you sense something wrong. Your Violet light has the ability to cleanse darkness, to restore a tainted soul by removing whatever corruption has been inflicted upon it. But through your Violet Light, you realize that there is nothing to cleanse. This man literally HAS no soul. It has been removed from him completely. His body contains nothing but the malignant energy of the succubus Semitur. Purging that corruption would leave the body lifeless, or perhaps might even destroy the body.
DracoOmega:
>Does that mean we have no confidence that we could excise this corruption to render them safely incapacitated for the battle and then put their soul back afterward? Or do we think trying that might actually kill them for good?
>Barring that, do we have any way to confine or restrain them that we could feasibly pull off mid-battle?
Oldmansour:
--- Quote from: DracoOmega on February 08, 2018, 03:31:54 PM --->Does that mean we have no confidence that we could excise this corruption to render them safely incapacitated for the battle and then put their soul back afterward? Or do we think trying that might actually kill them for good?
>Barring that, do we have any way to confine or restrain them that we could feasibly pull off mid-battle?
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>Having never dealt with this sort of issue before, you're not certain. You can most assuredly purge Semitur's corruption. But whether or not this would destroy the body, or merely render it inert while you deal with the larger issue, there's no way to be sure. Given the inherent non-lethality of your powers, and your own savoir's nature, you can't believe your power would ever destroy the body of an innocent. But then again, you've never emptied a body of everything that was in there before.
>The drummer appears to have been stunned by your Violet light, but you're not sure how long that will last. You could confine him in an Oubliette, but there's no way to know what effect separating him from Semitur might have on him. A bubble of Sapphire energy would probably contain him, though his attempts to escape would result in a drain on your energy. You also have the capacity to create a new light for the purpose of holding someone in cases like this, one that would be more energy efficient than Sapphire. Useful, especially if you have to hold all five of them, plus whoever else Semitur might have corrupted.