Frigid Climax(Ami, Haruka, Natsume thread)

[Anastasia]

As Natsume delivers a sweeping slice that splits open an ice jaguar cleanly, a form from above plummets! Her fuku having ice form around it as she leaps down, Sailor Uranus and Space Sword flash as she slashes apart a tall, club holding ice man to complete her descent!

Landing in a crouch before springing up, Sailor Uranus sees the scene, as well as Natsume. In the courtyard of the outer castle area, a few shattered ice scuptures are about. There are a goodly mess of scuptures lumbering and moving in your direction, animals and men of various size and shape. You don't notice any of the 'special' statues you saw before, however, Uranus.

Ami - You see Haruka take action, leaping down swiftly before your eyes.

With a nod between themselves, the Twins rise and begin to follow. Flying down at a controlled rate, they pause. "Coming, Ami," they offer, "We can fly you down as well."

[Liddo-kun]

Haruka remains crouched for a heartbeat.  Partly to make sure that her legs are okay after the landing and partly for simple dramatic flair; her hair and clothes cease their fluttering, the cleaved ice sculpture crumbling to formless snow.

Rising now to her full height, she looks across at the person before her.  "Is this a private party, or can I cut in?" Haruka asks with an amused grin.

As casual as her demeanor might have been, Haruka still has the presence of mind to quickly sweep her gaze across the frozen battlefield.

Still a decent number left, she thinks to herself, before noting, And none of Miss Nakahime's INTERESTING pieces either....

On finding instead the remnants of the girl's handywork though, she finds she can't help but smirk.  "I hope you still have some fight left in you," Haruka says playfully, before saluting her with the Space Sword in a show of mild respect.  "Because this fight isn't over, yet!" she punctuates, slashing at yet another creature.

[Bean Bandit]

Ami nods decisively, smiling to the twins gratefully. "Thank you." she replies, feeling a little foolish for being the only one who needs the help, and looking for the twins to begin, or guide her...

[Midnight Sun]

Stares dumbly at the blonde for a second after she lands. Her battle high seems to diminish slightly, just enough for her to wonder how she managed such a drop without breaking her legs.

"Hey..." she starts, just noticing the costume she is wearing. "Aren't you a..."

She never gets a chance to finish before another monster is already in her face. The questions would have to wait until the fight was over it seemed.

[Anastasia]

Nodding, "We'll take all three of you, then. Come on."

Artemis and Viluy both nod, more willing to take the non plunging way down if possible. "We'll levitate you down, then follow." At that, you feel yourself lifting, your other two compainons following suit.

"Wait, wait," Artemis butts in. "I'll wait up here...I'm not really up for a raw melee." Viluy shrugs to it, as you and Ami are lifted.

"We'll come back for you when it's over," Ptilol says, as the four of you are lifted...

[Anastasia]

OOC - Did rolling for Midnight myself for the sake of time constraints.

Natsume and Uranus battle on in the melee, striking out at statues of ice and mimicry! Felling an iceman rushing at her, Haruka neatly decapitates it while Natsume masterfully dodges and counters an ice bird, shattering it with a single blow! The battle goes well for all, until a shard of ice from the bird grazes Natsume's hand, causing her to wince as shallow blood is drawn.

OOC - 6 damage to Natsume, no lost grip on your sword.

Thinning the ranks with each swing, you nevertheless note there are plenty more coming...

[Bean Bandit]

Ami nods, a slight bit of worry creasing her features as she looks up at Artemis as they descend. "Be careful." she calls to her Mau. She tries to concentrate on what she'll face below, but a niggling worry about leaving him alone up there haunts her.

Shaking her head, she shifts her gaze below as they land...

[Anastasia]

The decent down begins slowly, yet as it does, no more than ten feet started:

A birdcry is heard, a majestic hawk of ice zooming in from a shadowed perch in a castle recess! Like a flier of light in the night, it soars towards the descending girls! It's frozen beak seems to have a beeline at your tender throats!

Cyprine and Ptilol both grimace, the former speaking. "Ami! Viluy! Get it, we'll drop you if we focus to attack!"

[Liddo-kun]

"Where the hell are they all coming from?!" Haruka cries out in frustration as the seemingly endless legions of ice begin to wear thin on her patience.  Hacking and slashing these critters is fine and dandy in her book, but really, this was getting repetitive and annoying.

Haruka looks around to see if there's somewhere or something that's helping to produce these fiendishly, frozen forces.

[Anastasia]

Ducking a clumsy blow from a bear ice statue, they seem to simply be coming from all around. You don't see them spawning, only gathering what's around. There are a fair number left, even though you and the other girl have dented the tally nicely.

[Bean Bandit]

Ami looks quickly to Viluy, hoping the other woman has enough wherwwithal to mount a more substantial attack than she can. Drained from the earlier ordeals, all Ami can think of is dropping something heavy on the bird.

Desperately straining as she reaches into her power over water and ice, Ami anticpates the bird's flight path, and calls a large icicle spike, and formed from the ambient moisture in the air, to knock the bird off course, and possibly, if she's lucky, nail it to the floor...

[Anastasia]

Gathering your remnants of energy together and forming it with your elemental control! A gigantuan spike of ice forms, bigger than the soaring hawk and impaling it! Raining down a icerain below, the incoming bird and counter projectile are both no more!

As this happens, Viluy grunts as well, a stream of water coming from her extended hand and striking the shards as they fall, adding wet water and dispertion to the fragments.

Ptilol nods and breaths a sigh as the bird is vaporized, continuting to lower you unhindered now.

[Liddo-kun]

Haruka grabs the girl, pulling her behind her.  "I'm going to try something so heads up," she tells her as power gathers in her hand as she tries to call the element of wind to her aid.

Hope this works....

[Midnight Sun]

In the midst of combat, she feels blonde haired girl grab her by the arm and  abruptly pull her to the side.

"H...hey!" Natsume manages to get out, after getting over her initial surprise over how incredibly strong the girl was. She did not look that much more built than herself, yet she nearly pulled her off her feet with one hand! "What do you think you're doing?!"

Her question is quickly answered when she feels...something...coming from the girl. The hairs on her skin are standing on end, but she can't tell why. The only thing she can tell for certain is that the blonde is concentrating mighty hard....

[Anastasia]

Musk-bot: Haruka rolls 2d6 and gets 10.

A +2 failure for the blonde one.

IC:

As Haruka yanks Natsume and concentrates her power over wind, she attempts to make a battering storm to topple her frozen foes! Wind begins to pick up, but as it does; a splatter of water and ice from above landing right between her eyes! Causing a series of confused blinks and headshakings, it fatally disrupts Haruka's concentration!

Thus, only a stirring wind passes over, doing nothing to seriously harm the ice creatures about.

Meanwhile, Ami, the Twins and Viluy land a bit away from this, safely for the moment. Yet the foes of frozen water are all about.