DEPLOYMENT 7: Get Off My Damn Lawn!

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[ACTION - A (In and Around Goldberg Street, Morning, OPEN TO ALL)]

[Well, it could definitely be a lot worse.]

[At first, upon seeing the giant ants, crabs, and praying mantises popping up everwhere, Balin tries to defend Goldberg Street the best he can; he's not the type to take chances, especially with how unpredictably dangerous Mayfield's "

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-Guess who's helping. And not just with guns alone.-

Let's go, Fengalon! "Inspire"!

-One of the crabmen that had been blocking her bullets gets a nice bolt of lightning for his trouble.-

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[The lightning comes as a bit of a shock to Balin-no pun intended. This is the first time he's seen Virginia use powers like this!]

-Yeah, that-that's pretty inspirin', ahright!

[Still standing on top of his own giant enemy crab, Balin unloads two more rounds on another giant at that just burst out of the ground.]

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That's the Arcana I was telling you about before. The power of the Guardians.

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So you pretty much called down'a thunder on 'em with'at.

[Glancing over Virginia's handiwork as he starts reloading his shotgun.]

Fried his ass pretty good, too.

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Works in a pinch when my bullets won't.

-She reached to grab something out of the smoking corpse. A small gem...-

Now, watch this...

-The gym, and Virginia's arm, began to glow...-

Dat glowing gym!

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[Balin blinks.]

How'd you know that thing had a gem in'ere-

[Balin's voice trails off as he watches Virginia's arm glow.]

farkin typos

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-A split second later, Virginia tossed the gym out into the oncoming enemies. It exploded into a small electrical storm, bolts striking all of the monsters at once.-

Don't worry, it makes her even more badass. :D

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[Balin smirks slightly at the ensuing light show.]

Well damn, now you're makin' me feel jealous!

[He's mostly joking when he says that, but it does make him think how much easier it would be to mow down these monsters if he had his full range of Logos Abilities.]

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When attack Arcana is used, it will leave behind gem artifacts. These fragments of the Guadians' power can be used to cast that very same Arcana when shattered. However, using my Mystic, I can extend that power to even further amounts. Like you just saw.

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So you were your team's crowd control specialist, huh?

I'm glad'a Milkman didn't have'a sense of makin' you use'is stuff when he turned you into a murder machine.

[Said with sincerity.]

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Nope. That was Gallows. But I can do it in a pinch so long as I have these gems.

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There ain't any way for us to make 'em gems outside of killin' stuff with 'em, is'ere? We could get a stockpile goin' for times like'is.

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It just so happens... -She takes a black velvet pouch from her side bag.-

I've got a supply of light gems from when I used Star Roe against the Milkman.

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[To Balin, the fact that Virginia has a supply of such gems on her would mean that she survived fighting the Milkman. Given all he's learned so far, that astonishes him.]

Wha-

Wait, you've fought'at guy? When did'at happen?

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You didn't gather any intel on the Milk Mech?

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Just some basic stuff from Touko.

[Tilting his head in the general direction of Beaver Street, where Red Mage and Touko live.]

She said'at was durin'a whole "April fools" crap'a town pulled on everybody.