destinystrings

Who: Viridi and everyone who wanted to train; feel free to handwave it if you want to tag anyway.
Where: Capricorn district during the 13th Hour
Summary: The power of a goddess is nothing to sneeze at... Beware, demns.
Warnings: Misanthropy, violence, and mild 4th walling

Monday, December 10th, 10:30PM. A familiar voice, unasked for, echoes in the ears of all of Hinoto-Ri once again.

"Alright, peons! Time to get started." ...A brief pause. "I guess I should come up with a more flattering nickname now that you're officially under my protection. What are your thoughts on 'bond-servant'?" Hopefully, that was a joke. "Alright, I'm only going to take of few of you a night, but I'll be doing this all week. From now on, if you ever want to go training on your own, just leave me a message."

The COMPs automatically flip on as Viridi's voice transfers from resonant telepathy to the distinct tinniness of the COMP communicator. "I do know how to use these things. But I'll be communicating by telepathy during your missions; it's just easier that way for both of us. If you don't have any questions before we get started, wait outside Capricorn District when the 13th Hour begins."

"And please remember what I said about being annoying. I'd hate to have to drop you from the sky."

((I'll be doing all the NPCing unless you'd like to do so! Just drop me a note whenever we start fighting if you want.))

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The nymph gasps in shock as the fire slams into her, releasing a shriek as she throws herself over the harp to keep it from being damaged. The illusion created by the song falls away for good, revealing the macabre scene once again.

"Oh! Oh! What are you doing?!"

Her long, aquamarine hair begins to radiate outwards as Lorelei turns an expression of outraged shock on her guest.

"You... you ingrate...! To think I showed kindness to a human!"

With a toss of her hair and a thrust of a hand, the demon reaches forth to Drain the strength from Rune.

Drain spells that actually work? That is so not fair!

Rune let out a squeak, her knees wobbling as she fought to stay standing upright. She grit her teeth, managing to grind out Undine's name. Her Persona responded, bathing the area in water thanks to the Aques spell.

The nymph shrieks again as the area is bathed in water... but this is a shriek of triumph rather than a shriek of pain. She reaches out to welcome the flood of water, absorbing its essence into her... Perhaps attacking a spirit of the river with water wasn't the best way to go about this.

Lorelei stands tall upon the flood and holds her harp out before her.

"My song brings undying calm and serenity for all of eternity... For one whose thirst for blood is never slaked, I shall bring you peace!"

A hand glides once more across the instrument, and the song, now, is almost painful to listen to... The effect seems similar to the Drain spell Lorelei had just cast. The longer Rune listens, the weaker she will grow...

"That's... not how... serenity works...!" Rune exclaimed through gritted teeth. She was forcing herself to move, flicking her guns over to lightning, a hand raising shakily, trying to keep herself steady as she fired.

"It's the only serenity a human deserves!"

The lightning strikes Lorelei straight in the chest, and though she lets loose a hiss of pain, the effect doesn't seem to be as strong as the original shot of fire had been. With a sharp crackle, though, the lightning jumps from the nymph into the metal harp she holds... and she is forced to release it as the electricity continues to jolt around the instrument for a few moments after the strike. The harp clatters to the ground.

"Ugh! Finally!"

Viridi's voice can be heard again. This is probably a good thing. ...Probably.

"Now don't let her start singing or you'll start hallucinating again! That demon is named Lorelei. Apparently, she's Weak to Fire, which is a little weird for a river spirit, but I think it has to do with her harp. Burn that horrible thing!"

"Got it!"

Rune immediately switched back to her fire element, focusing on the harp and letting loose.

Shrieking seems to be Lorelei's response to most things. As the nymph struggles to reach for its burning instrument, it lets out another cry of pain as the fire begins to engulf her.

"...Well. This is getting kind of gruesome."

"Can't be helped!"

Rune set her feet apart for balance, before letting lose another volley at the screaming nymph.

The last round of fire is too much for Lorelei to endure. The sudden cut-off of the sound is almost as disturbing as the high-pitched shrieking had been. Without any more fanfare, the demoness collapses and dissolves into an acrid black smoke, alongside her harp.

Having taken special care to stay out of the way of Rune's firing, Melia silently casts a Diarama on Rune to heal any wounds she had inflicted during the battle.

"...Hm."

Rune sank to her knees as she let out a relieved breath. That... that had been scary. She hadn't felt that weak and helpless in awhile, and it brought back some bad memories. After a moment, she forced a smile on her face, though it was a bit shaky.

"See? I told you I can defend myself!"

"Yeah."

Viridi is quiet for another second or so.

"Of course, if I hadn't told you about the harp and the fire, you'd probably be a lifeless husk by now. You humans are just so fragile without the gods to guide you." Her tone of voice has returned to its usual ~~condescending arrogance~~ melodious nature. Beside Rune, Melia smiles wanly and vanishes in a flash of light.

"So what do you think? You wanna run around some more or are you good for tonight?"

"Who said I was ready to quit? I'm just getting started."

Though there was a slight shake to Rune's voice; that had been too close of a call for her to feel comfortable with. Geeze... Shakily, she got back up to her feet, brushing herself off.

((Think I'm going to wrap this up now! Thanks a lot for tagging with me!))

"Still trying to prove yourself? Be my guest. Go run yourself ragged; set some more nymphs on fire! ...Just not my nymph."

Despite herself, Viridi sounds slightly concerned. Which translates to sounding slightly less irritated than usual.

"Seriously, though, the 13th Hour's almost half over already. You spent way too long listening to that stupid song. Go get some sleep."

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