Frigid Climax(Ami, Haruka, Natsume thread)

[Anastasia]

The words roar and cascade throughout the mall as the blast of energy erupts from the Space Sword! GLowing like a star going nova, it engulfts and utterly disintergrates the samural where it stands! Nothing is left of it after the blast passes, going onto impact loudly through another ice carving and then on a frozen over storefront a goodly ways away. From a casual look over here, you hope the mall has insurance, as that storefront is wrecked.

Viluy winces in surprise and shock, droplets of blood working down from the side of her leg near the knee - it's not even a terrible wound, just badly placed and a bit bloody.

"Haruka," she asks quickly, turning to you with a fair deal of shock on her face.

[Liddo-kun]

Haruka wobbles unsteadily for a moment before sinking down to her knees.  She plunges the blade of the Space Sword into the icy ground like a crutch as she keeps her head bowed low, breathing deeply in exhaustion.

The rational part of her mind knows that it wasn't Oxyite, but dammit if some small portion of her being didn't feel some small measure of contentment from the action.

Haruka raises her tired visage to regard Viluy, giving her a weak, but happy smile that spoke volumes of what she was feeling.

One small and insignificant win for me.... she muses.  But I'll take it.

[Midnight Sun]

Natsume stands there like a statue against the amazing feats of power being displayed. First the ice coming alive and impaling the demons, now the blonde girl exploding with energy and annihilating another. Though, she could not tell if what she was feeling now was sheer astonishment...or total inadequacy....

Whichever, I can't just stand here being useless. That last attack with that sword thing of hers must've used up quite a bit of her power by the look of it.

Seeing her collapse to her knee spurred her back into action. She immediately raced over to her, intent on acting as a barrier to whatever ice demons might see her as easy prey.

[Anastasia]

In the aftermath of Haruka's massive offensive, there is almost a lull around her as both Sailor Neptune and Natsume race to her. Hobbling slightly due to a leg wound, Neptune takes slightly longer to reach Sailor Uranus than Natsume. Perhaps this is just as well, because as you approach, one of the last frozen guardians still left here closes in to shatter the calm. A rather large looking professional wrestler type, it towers over Uranus!

[Midnight Sun]

Shit!

Not thinking twice about it, Natsume summons what remaining energy she has left into her fourth ki blast of the day, a new record it seems.

"GET AWAY FROM HER!" She screams as she fires at the last monster.

[Anastasia]

* Hatbot --> "Midnight rolls 2d6-1 and gets 11."

Shitty luck, Natsume-chan.

IC:

You feel a bit of heat come from your fingers, but...as if drawing from an already overmilked well, nothing but a few stray sparks of energy propelling from your fingers!

Everyone besides Natsume:

You hear a 'GET AWAY FROM HER!' shouted at the top of someone's lungs, getting at least a bit of your attention. The Twins look away from their battle, Viluy turns and sees the situation, and Ami is still dealing with her own problem, however.

[Bean Bandit]

Ami hears the ruckus going on nearby, but she doesn't dare take her eyes off the giant ice cat. Grimacing in frustration at using up so much effort before the real fight even begins, Ami narrows her eyes at the beast, mentally reaching for the well of power within her, and once more tries to impale the swift beast from below...

[Midnight Sun]

It seems three shots a day is all I can manage.

She curses her lack of stamina and reforms her sword again. She charges full speed toward the monster before breaking into a leap, sword raised high, intent on cleaving the beast in clean in half.

[Anastasia]

Feeling your body protest in pain, you can't seem to gather enough energy to make a worthwhile attempt! In fact, your legs feel like they turn to lead, the tiger darting in!

....yet at the last moment, a beam of blue hits it in the side, sending it flying in several pieces! Cyprine's wand glows from the blast, Ptilol handing the battle the both of them were in.

"Ami," she calls, floating just above the ice and zooming over to you. You note she's picked up what looks to be  anasty bruise on her arm, but she's otherwise in good shape.  From what you can see, the battles going on are the last of it, at least...

"Are you okay?" she asks, taking your arm.

[Anastasia]

With a mighty splitting stroke of your ki blade, the wrestler is cut in twain, falling into two broken pieces! You land easly enough as ice chips rain down about you, falling into your hair.

[Bean Bandit]

Ami smiles weakly at the other blue haired girl, trying to catch her breath, and calm herself down. "Just...a little....worn out." She manages, pulling herself together with a sigh. "I wish they would hold still and let me kill them...Thank you, by the way." she smiles, a little steadier now.

[Anastasia]

Looking around, you can see that most of the battle seems to be over now. "Come on, Ami," she says, pulling you along. "We both think you need to sit down." There is an iced over bench fairly nearby, which you find yourself put on moments later, as Ptilol goes to check on Haruka and the other girls.

"We think that's most of that problem...We don't sense too many of them inside, but it's hard to tell." Cyprine admits this as she sits herself, showing signs of being more winded than she let on.

[Midnight Sun]

She breathes a sigh of relief now that the ice demon is vanquished.

That was too close...really...

"Are...you okay?" She asks the blonde haired girl.

[Bean Bandit]

Ami moans softly in happy relief as she sits down on the bench, despite the cool rear end she gains in exchange. As she sits down, she pully out her computer again, and sets it to scan inside the ice building, hoping the damping field won't hinder her efforts too much. As a secondary thought, in case of failure, she tries scanning for sources of motion inside the ice palace...

[Anastasia]

Ami - The results take a moment, and aren't 100 percent, but...

There do seem to be a few more icestatues inside, as well as something near the centerpart of the castle. The source of the anomaly....and you do detect some motion inside. Not a lot, but a few pings on it.