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Who: Lina Inverse, Gourry Gabriev, partners, others later
What: This is becoming a tradition. Investigating a sword in stone.
When: July 5th, 2009
Where: Paladin Point, Draco Island
( You really are a needy little thing, you know that, right? )
What: This is becoming a tradition. Investigating a sword in stone.
When: July 5th, 2009
Where: Paladin Point, Draco Island
( You really are a needy little thing, you know that, right? )
Lina continued with her chin in hand, kicking the dirt as she went. He was right, though it begged the question of what someone else WAS doing here. Mind you, she was certain it made a great tourist spot and everything... but the timing was just mildly suspect.
Those bootprints... it wasn't from anything that LIVED here. No Tamers really seemed to, at least not for very long... It also wasn't HEAVILY frequented, at least judging from Comm posts...
No, it was a Tamer. Human or humanoid.
There were any number of reasons one could be drawn here...
She stopped short, as she came across a plaque.
It read:
THIS LEGENDARY BLADE
CAN ONLY BE DRAWN BY THE HOLDERS OF
THE TAGS OF THE DRAGONS, THE BEASTS, THE MACHINES MACHINE,
THE DWELLERS OF THE JUNGLE,
THE BIRDS, THE HOLY ONES, THE DARK ONES,
AND THE DENIZENS OF THE SEA"Well, that's a nice set of instructions, there," Lina mused, running a finger across the words ( ... )
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That?
Was what one would deem a "bad thing."
Regeneration.
VERY LIKELY, now, not looking at a human, anyone that could take that. Unless there was a limit to how much damage he could take in a period of time, nothing short of complete incineration or decapitation would be likely to take him out completely.
Now, were Lina at full power, she could lay down a Dragon Slave. Or even summon the Ragna Blade... but as it is, she knew where her power topped out at. With Coredramon not having evolved past Adult yet, too, that left her out of reach of the upper levels of Digi-Soul power...
This was kind of a bad spot, yes.
"GOURRY!" Lina shouted, and then stopped casting the Fireball she had been preparing. Her palms slapped onto the ground, and she cried, "DUG HAUT!"
Around Vergil, pillars of stone sprung from the ground... before she made certain that one more, with a particularly pointed tip, burst from the ground beneath him.
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He rose back up, fire billowing in his mouth. "BLUE FLARE BREATH!" he roared, joining his attack in with Mystimon's.
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Landing beside Lina, he drew a quick breath and raised his sword in front of him again. "Okay, this isn't going well," he said quickly. "Tell me you've got a plan."
"What are you insinuating?!" Mystimon yelled angrily at Matadormon, launching several more Core Darts in his direction.
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...well, that was the thing, wasn't it? Though she'd always kept the potential of having to face Vergil again in the back of her head, all she'd seen BEFORE was a flurry of blade clashes. That those blade clashes were enough to keep up with Gourry was inhuman enough as it WAS...
Man.
She was regretting ever comparing this guy to Zangulus.
Even with the plethora of spells at her disposal, with her own limited power... it was hard to figure out what to do beyond trying to freeze him and running off with their tails between their legs.
Which, really. She didn't imagine would work out too well in the end, as he'd only be MORE pissed off then with MORE reason to kill them.
The first thing Lina needed...
Was more power.
"Gourry."
Desperate times called for desperate measures.
"I need to pick your brain."
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"ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR BLEEDIN' MIND, WOMAN?!" the dragon roared.
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Very careful.
Digi-Soul and evolution were both entwined, at least, in the power of one's emotions. Now, Lina was someone who thought she was very well in control of her faculties. Despite what others may claim.
But, somehow, that one last little hurdle of Perfect evolution had eluded her.
"Emotions trigger evolution, and further power in Digi-Soul. Why haven't I been able to even touch it so far, while you had a pretty easy time of it?"
She clenched her teeth together, bracing herself.
One of two things could come from this.
She sincerely hoped it wasn't the one that ended in the next thing she threw at Vegril being Gourry.
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"Are you sure this is the right time for that, Lina?!" he asked quickly.
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Vergil, for his own part, regarded Lina and Gourry with what seemed like amusement. "I was wondering why he was the only one giving me a decent fight," he observed. "Go ahead. Answer her. I'll wait... for a moment."
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It was unnerving, to say the least.
"I... uh, I guess it's because I was protecting you?" he said dumbfoundedly, finally looking at Lina again.
Mystimon scowled and gave the tamers a curious glance. This fight was getting weird, but Matadormon had a point. The other perfect seemed to be completely on top of things, while he had already been injured and had yet to land a hit. "Sorry to disappoint you," he muttered. "But don't worry. I'll kick your ass in due time. I just need a bit of buildup."
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Well, it wasn't really a STUPID answer. Gourry was honest with his emotions. Of course he had an easy time of it. And if that was the reason he gave...
She was honest with hers, thought, right?
...right?
...
Dammit.
...
She took a breath, nodding. "Okay. Thanks, Gourry..."
She turned her eyes back up to Vergil. So, she needed two things.
First, was to evolve Coredramon. As it was, he wouldn't be able to do anything against Matadormon, and Mystimon seemed to be at a slight disadvantage.
Second...
Was, afterward, to keep Vergil still for at least thirty seconds, and not allow him to dodge something as quickly as she knew he could. IF that wasn't POSSIBLE... which she very well knew was likely...
Well, she'd need a new plan.
...
Yeah, real easy.
...
First thing's first, though.
"Gourry. I can do this, I'm just going to focus a moment. Can you buy me some time?"
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He smiled at her, then turned his focus back towards Vergil, raising his sword once again. "Just don't blast me in the process, okay?" he asked jokingly.
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