The kick connected, sending Logan down. What seemed like a successful attacked almost completely backfired on Li. His opponent's targe was headed straight for his skull. Reacting as fast as he could, Li attempted to roll out of the way. Unfortunately he wasn't as quick as he hoped at the edge of the shield clipped his shoulder. Feeling the pain but not the the injury, he realized what sort of effects combat here is going to have on him.

Both of them were on the ground, being in pain, Li didn't act on this. Slowly getting up while moving his hurt shoulder, he knew that getting hit meant Logan would most likely win this fight. He would have to continue with placing down wards, just hoping that it would give him a moment to do one fatal blow. Much to his character, Li stood there, ready for his opponent to strike once more.

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After a few moments, Dom finally decided to get up. The moment he moved his body, he felt a large rush of pain everywhere. It took a while, but Dom could finally move. Everyone around him seemed to be gone. Looking ahead, he could see the tower. After what just happened, he decided just to walk to it normally.

Ooc: I'm probably going to have to take the reins again to push this along. The bolt should have had a greater effect on the tiger since it was direct contact. It should have witnessed the sensation of electrocution.

Evelyn made an audible "tsk" as Johnny crossed his billhooks to strike her. She spun her glaive around and swooped it in front of herself, swinging it upwards and back over her head. The edge of the glaive caught the billhooks as they crossed, forcibly ripping them from his grasp and flinging them into the wall behind her.

"Only cross those blades when you intend to guard," she said instructively. She then spun her glaive so that the butt of the pole faced him and she jabbed forwards into his chest while firing a wisp at him

Logan landed on his back with a dull thud, then quickly rolled and recovered to his feet. He had definitely felt the impact, but it was nothing he hadn't experienced in the past. Li, on the other hand, looked a bit shaken. It was fairly obvious that, though Rachel had said they wouldn't be able to hurt each other, they could still feel pain. A mortal blow would conceivably leave someone in so much pain that they would be incapacitated for at least several minutes. The stakes had suddenly skyrocketed.
"I really do hope that ye have a better plan than dodging my attacks 'til one o' our flags is captured." In actuality, that would actually be a very good plan. True, Li was talented, but Logan had far more raw destructive power. Li was pulling well over his own weight simply by keeping the Scot occupied. The funny part was that Logan was to blame for it. He needed to end this quickly.
He charged toward his opponent, weapons aloft, seeming to have gone berserk. Suddenly, his sword and shield were gone, replaced by a small dirk. The junior's arm arced forward, propelling the blade end-over-end directly towards Li's chest.

"As long as you're here, and not at my flag, I can say I'm doing my job," Li said in response. With Evelyn helping out on defense, Li knew he could afford to stay here. She was fully capable of dealing with whoever else attacks, except maybe Alice.

While he said this, the junior, much like before, made the first strike. He started charging at Li with his sword and shield in an almost reckless manner. Before Li knew it, the sword and shield were gone, and a dagger was being propelled at Li's chest. As fast as he could, he sidestepped, having the dagger graze his bad arm. It wasn't a good day for this arm, as it felt like it had been cut, but not wound was visible. Li then quickly jumped forward, past Logan, and placed a third ward on the ground. He still wasn't sure if this would work, so Li planned to place one more before trying anything.

Logan knew he couldn't give Li any breathing room. If he wanted to end this fight in time to help the others, he'd have to keep pressing his advantage. He wheeled around as Li passed him, recalling all of his gear and once again closing the gap between the two combatants. Brandishing the heavy claymore with both hands, he assailed Li with powerful overhead swing that would certainly be the end of him if it connected.

Johnathan stumbled back from the end of the glaive. He dispelled his weapons and summoned them again so they were back in his hands. Shortly after, Evelyn fired a wisp that blinded him again. Despite this fight being hopeless, he wasn't going to give up. In fact he was just getting started. This marked the second time his weapons were knocked out of his hands. As Johnny expected, he was weak. At this rate he was never going to save Carter. However that was all the more reason he was determined. 

Johnny quickly twisted his torso, as he slashed horizontally with his weapons. 

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Lloyd saw Damian's hand go up and in anticipation he had already gotten out of the way before the boy had even fired the bolt by the time he was near him. A normal human's reflexes couldn't dodge lightning, but Lloyd had been expecting this since it seemed like that's all he seemed to do, and since he had been sick of being target practice. 

Lloyd then punched Damian in the stomach and joined his hands together and swung downwards to knock him to the ground. 

Grayson pulled his head back and held his breath as he flapped his wings creating gusts of wind in an attempt to deflect the pixie dust. The griffin decided he had to get the flag and reached out with his talons to grab said item. 

Before Li knew it, all of Logan's equipment was back and he was in a position right above Li. This time around, there wasn't time to dodge without normally losing a leg. Without many options he activated his bind early. There was very little chance this would work at all, but if it did, it is definitely one to keep note of. If anything, the spirit wards should at least be able to hold that sword back, or even better remove it from the equation.

Logan completed the swing, dealing what was undoubtedly a devastating blow to his opponent. The impact would probably leave Li completely incapacitated until a good few minutes after the match was over. It was a shame that there was no impact. Logan took a split second to process what had just happened. Had Li dodged the attack? No, he was still right there in front of him. Did the sword go through h-
Ooooooh. Logan thought as he noticed how much lighter he felt. His sword, shield, and armor, all gone. So this had been Li's master plan.
The Scot's momentum, coupled with the unanticipated shift in weight, threw off his balance, sending him sprawling. He rose to his feet quickly, lest Li get the drop on him.
"Well, that's an interesting trick, bit it wilnae save ye for long." Logan threatened. He called forth his weapons once again, preparing to finish this prolonged fight for good. The only trouble was that nothing happened. No targe. No claymore. No chain mail. The only weapon he could summon was the dirk, which incidentally was the only weapon that he didn't have equipped when Li had sprung his trap. He looked at the small blade in his hand, then back to his opponent.
"I dunnae suppose we could just call it a draw?" He joked feebly.

Everything had gone much better than Maximilian had planned. He avoided being attacked, for the most part, by what he could only assume was a lunatic with the power to manipulate glass and on top of that he was able to once more find some time to himself. But something had been nagging at Maximilian since had come to Apollon and it was only until he was with Evelyn, and now by himself, that he really took notice of it. The ruins of this city, or whatever it actually was, were quite beautiful and were constantly filling him with a strong feeling of serenity which he had been longing for for for some time. He wanted to explore the city, he wanted to enjoy every millimeter of its architecture and soak in whatever peace he could find within its walls, but of course with a battle raging in the northern half of the city that whole idea seemed almost impossible and so against his better judgement Maximilian decided he would try and steal the opposite team's flag.

Remembering that he had originally gone down the street labeled on his map as Naturae and that he had only strayed a little from the main road before Evelyn had found him he turned himself back towards the center of town and began to silently move from structure to structure until he had passed the plaza where they had originally entered and he had crossed the other thoroughfare which lead to the eastern most wall. From here all he had to do was follow the wall north, get inside the tower without being detected, and get it back to the plaza. In his head the plan seemed full proof enough and if things went wrong all he had to do was run, and so with a quick jolt of energy Maximilian began his sprint for the entrance to the north eastern tower from just behind the large Senate Order building.

Evelyn "tsked" once more as she gracefully dodged Johnny's billhooks that had been recalled to his hands; his moves were predictable for one who has been taught to to fight with medieval weaponry for at least a decade of her life. "Don't you remember what Miss Rachel said?" she chided while evoking three wisps that orbited around her free hand as she floated off of the ground, "Using magic so liberally drains your spiritual reserves" she sent one of the wisps flying at his feet, "Thus, by draining your spiritual reserves, you weaken the effect of your natural abilities of omnividence," she fired the second wisp that flew toward his head "particularly your arte" she sent the last wisp flying at his feet again, and staying light on her feet she swung the pole of her glaive into his ribs.

Damian was knocked to the ground and yet, he hung off the ground in a awkward position thanks to his arm being lodged into a tiger's throat. His idea had failed, more specifically, he had. He was outnumbered though that was a poor excuse for the position he was in right now. Despite the earlier rage that blinded his thoughts, the pretty terrible position he was stuck in, he found the wil to laugh. As he laughed, he prepared for whatever beating, taunting, or anything else he may receive from Lloyd.

Tsubaki had almost completed her outer circle when Daniel appeared and surprised her, which caused her to dismiss her bands, accidentally.

"Uh... yeah, I think we are." Tsubaki replied to the boys first question, though rather shakily. To be frank, Tsubaki was getting better at talking with people she didn't have usual contact with, but Daniel freaked her out. Not like Evelyn, that plain scared her, Daniel just had that vibe like lightning is about to strike, but then doesn't. "My shoes were... stolen. Yours?

She would have continued her work, but she also didn't want to turn her back on the boy, that, and ask and reply situations were weird for her.

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Derrek was finally approaching what he assumed must be the tower on his map. It was in a corner after all. Entering it he looked around for a time, less admiring the interior, and more trying to find the elevator, so he could reach the top were he heard a scuffle going on. But there was no elevator... how did anyone get to the top? No... not... stairs.

"NOOOOOooooOOoooOOOooooo....!" Derrek cried melodramatically, stopped in front of the stairs. He'd climb them eventually, probably. He'd probably stand there awhile and sigh first though.

The seemingly exasperated Lotus clung desperately to Alice's leg. Her junior's feline-like behavior and appearance was starting to become rather charming. While she knew she had to push the girl off, it wasn't without giving her a good rub behind the ears first. Afterwards she delivered a punch to Lotus' face with a level of strength she'd previously left undisplayed. Knowing her punch would likely leave the girl down for the count, she finally had time to focus on the real threat, Lloyd and his griffon totem. Re-summoning the crossbow, she fired another round of bolts, this time towards Lloyd's back. Maybe next time she'd bring a sword.

Phora retreated from the griffons talons and continued with her original plan, spreading more dust and directing gusts of wind about. Quickly she found that Grayson's wind was pushing against her own, causing a swirling tempest of dust and gale to develop. The pixie laughed as she manipulated the now-completed tornado into touching down on the ground. It drifted towards Grayson at Phora's command, trying to suck him in.

"My shoes are frozen," Daniel said simply. This girl, like most people, seemed on edge when talking to him. "And my tablet is ruined. I don't know where to go now." His glassy eyes peered at her, taking in every detail. "I'll help you do whatever it is you're doing."

Instinctively, Johnathan clutched his side after he was hit with the glaive, but quickly dropped it because of arx. Realizing he was no match, Johnny dispelled his weapons. There'd be no way he could fight someone who trained nearly her whole life compared to him just discovering he was omnivident just a few months ago. Evelyn was right though, he needed to be more careful and get his spiritual reserves back up. 

"Ok, I give up. You win." Johnny said. "You know, it'd be nice if we could spar again sometime and you could teach me how to fight better with my weap-" Without warning, Johnny darted over to the flag, grabbed it and leaped out the window, clutching the flag close to him. "Arx don't fail me now." He whispered as he fell towards the ground. He didn't know if he would regret this, but he would soon find out. 

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Grayson knew if he got sucked in that would be the end of it. If he had been fully summoned he could take care of that tornado the totems created, so all he could do now was avoid it. He flew around the tower and approached Phora from behind and stretched out both of his talons to attack Phora.  

Lloyd had narrowed his eyes slightly and expected Damian to fire another lightning bolt. Instead he appeared to be laughing and seemingly expecting Lloyd to continue. He shook his head, he wasn't cruel. Or at least not that cruel. With Damian out of the way, the upperclassman decided to check in on the Alice and Lotus fight. He turned his head just in time to see a barrage of arrows fly his way. He managed to dodge the most of them, but was caught up in the last batch. So it appeared Lotus was down too, which left him and Alice. Normally Lloyd was against fighting girls, but this was one of the obvious exceptions. There was quite a bit of distance, however, between the two of them that worked in Alice's favor. First he decided to shorten the distance between them, and simply ran towards her, ready to dodge any incoming bolts. 

OOC: 0.0 Well played, Infinity; well played.

Evelyn's mouth hung agape as she attempted to process what had just occurred. In her confident manner, she had expected Johnny to simply take the beating and walk down the stairs in defeat with his head hung low. It was something that she had oft forgotten; the strongest or most experienced did not always win the battle, sometimes cleverness was all one needed to tip the scales in their favour. She shouldn't have been surprised though, he was Notatorum, and they were smart.

She chuckled to herself as she walked over to the ledge where Johnny had dropped. Having used his weapon summoning spell she wondered how well his sigils would protect him. By the time she had reached the ledge and peered over, she saw only a cloud of dust, though she saw movement below. He was alright. She nodded to herself approvingly of the manner in which Johnny had managed to capture their flag. Perhaps she shouldn't underestimate all of the new members after all.

Nevertheless, while he may have had their flag now, he most certainly was not going to get to the plaza. Evelyn leaped from the edge of the tower and flew towards the plaza, it would take Johnny a while to get there and when he did, she would be ready. She landed silently on one of the buildings overlooking the plaza where she spied Tsubaki and Daniel. She placed her glaive on the ground beside her as she watched them talk.