Frigid Climax(Ami, Haruka, Natsume thread)

[Liddo-kun]

Haruka frowns at that.  "I know WHAT it's supposed to do, but I'm not quite getting the HOW very well..." she replies rather dissapointedly.  "It's like to trying to remember something you haven't done in a long time when you can't recall what that something is."

Once more into the breach? she says, hoping for the best.

Haruka closes her eyes, concentrating, trying to reach some sort of connection with her Talisman to get the desired result.

Work with me  here... she asks it.

[Midnight Sun]

"Where...where are we?" Natsume asks, after putting down Ami and scanning their new surroundings. "I only saw this place from the outside, what is all this for?"

[Bean Bandit]

Ami, somewhat settled now, but still blushing a bit, gracefully slips out of the girl's arms with a murmured 'thank you', and pulls out the mercury computer, scanning the interior of the castle as best she can, still favoring her leg a little.

"It's Celcia's new home...or she's trying to make it so." Ami explains quietly, the stillness of the frozen palace a bit unsettling. "She's someone...we ran into before. We thought she died, but apparently she got better."

[Anastasia]

Scanning....

You get a fairly reasonable read of the castle inside now that you're inside to scan.

Each tower is at one of the four corners of the castle 'square', leading down to the main floor.  On the main floor, the towers are attached to the outer square, which has a hallway between the outer and 'inner' square. The inner square is where the anomaly appears to be focused!

You can't tell where doors, if any, are to it, though.

As you can, you hear someone coming down quite clearly now. A quick glance shows that it's Cyprine, her sister absent.

[Bean Bandit]

Ami smiles, a bit uneasily. "Well, our target appears to be in the central section of the building..." she murmurs thoughtfully. Though I have no idea if we have the necessary stamina to win, now... "All that remains is to find a way in..."

She looks up, her expression lightening a bit as she sees Cypriene.

[Liddo-kun]

There's a mental click, if there ever was such a thing, as Haruka finally understands the 'how' to this new ability of her Space Sword.

An unseen connection forms betweens the pair of Outer Senshi as life energy trickles across this bridge, mending and soothing the wound on Viluy's leg.  To the injured girl, it feels like a warm blanket has been wrapped around her as the pain slowly recedes, finally fading to nothing.

A transfer of life energy between two vessels.

Viluy now has a bit of Haruka in her, a horrifying thought for some, perhaps.

[Midnight Sun]

I have so little strength left, I don't even think I can form my sword

To prove her theory, she tries to focus her ki, trying to will her sword into the existence. While she would usually feel a warm, tingling sensation as her power gathered and concentrated, now she feels absolutely nothing, just the freezing cold air of the castle.

Correction, I have none left...

"Before we go anywhere, would it be alright took a little rest," Natsume asked, slightly embarrased. She certainly did not want to become a burden like she was now... "I want to try and regain at least a little of my energy back...."

[Anastasia]

Cyprine carefully reaches the end of the frozen stairwell, smiling back to you momentarily as she reaches relatively safe ground. "Uranus and the others should be along shortly, one way or another," Cyprine says, eyeing Natsume.

"We can't sit around here; we're targets the longer we stay." With that assertion, Cyprine steps forward...

[Anastasia]

Gasping softly as gentle body warmth envelops her, Viluy's eyes close as she sighs thereafter, soothed and healed by Haruka's lifeforce. She almost seems to rise up a bit, as if to fly off the floor, before the effect ends. When it does, she stares at you with lumionus orbs. "Oh....wow...." she gasps again. "That's amazing...I feel so much better."

So enraptured, she completely forgets about the red haired twin whom has landed, and about Artemis, whom is conversing with her while the two of you are busy.

[Bean Bandit]

Ami nods in agreement. "C-Can we hold on just a moment, Cypriene?" She asks meekly. "I'm just about dead on my feet..."

Without waiting for an answer, Ami sighs, and struggles to reach for a second...third...any wind, really.

[Anastasia]

* Hatbot --> "Midnight rolls 2d6 and gets 10."

* Musk-bot --> "Ami-chan rolls 2d6+2 for rejuv and gets 8."

Ami somehow finds another thread of energy, her body reacting to the stress by digging into reservers perhaps best left untapped. Yet it has the desired affect...

Natsume, for her part, still feels winded and tired, though slightly better. (+5 EP. GM's judgment call, so you don't pass out at a windblow your way.)

Cyprine relents slightly, nodding. "We do have to hurry, though." She looks edgier without her sister nearby, moreso in this den of ice and death.

[Liddo-kun]

Haruka opens her eyes once more.  Proud and greatly relieved that the Space Swords's ability actually worked and that she wasn't just imagining things.

She smiles at Viluy's reaction then blinks on noticing Ptilol with Artemis.  With a bit of a sigh, "Looks like it's back to work," she tells Viluy, indicating the red-haired sister of the matching pair.

"Ptilol," Haruka calls out, reaching the girl with Viluy in tow.  "Everything okay with Ami and the others?" she asks when they get within speaking range.

[Bean Bandit]

Ami smiles and nods, feeling much better. "Alright..." She agrees. sighing in relief, then turning to the new girl. "Are you feeling well enough to go on?"

[Anastasia]

As you walk, Viluy stops a moment just as you go, then reaches out. With a firm motion, she takes your hand into hers plainly and leans in close to you before the both of you carry on. "Thanks," she whispers again, a dawning smile on her face.

"They went downstairs in the tower," Ptilol explains, repeating herself. "That new girl ran off with Ami in her arms and Cyprine followed."

[Midnight Sun]

"Yeah, I managed to get a bit of my breath back," she answers. "I hope it'll be enough."