6817/Fight on the beach

Fight on the beach
Date of Scene:	29 August 2019
Location:	The Moon Cell
Synopsis:	Theurgus wanders into enemy territory. Fights Touta for control.
Thanks to:	Touta for being an awesome opponent, and Nobunaga for hosting this thing to begin with
Cast of Characters:	1103, Touta Konoe

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Theurgus (1103) has posed:
    ALERT, Area is under attack. One hostile servant detected, Caster-class

    Something along those lines at least. Theurgus, the Mad Magician, was taking a walk along the beach when the Nobbu started shooting at her! The shots go wide, whizzing past her or plaffing up the sand at her feet. "Impertinent underlings! I am The Mad Magician! How dare you accost me so!" she bellows, summoning her staff and sweeping a wide arc of wind magic to blow the little homonculii away. She continues walking, repeating the sweeping, or firing bolts of magical energy to clear her path. "Traitorous little..." grumble grumble.

Touta Konoe has posed:
    ALERT, Area reinforcements incoming. One hostile servant detected,
    Saber-class

    The little Nobu goes flying before its caught by Touta, the...vampire kid? He makes his presence known as he steps in to block her path as she tries to run through his teams Nobus. "Man, I thought when the alarms were gonna go off like that it was gonna be all out war or something. Wait a second... You're that girl who's teamed with Seifer and Hime-chan right?! Guess it's a bit earlier than expected but guess we'll get this show on the road!"

    Without another word Touta's kicking up sand as he charges at Theurgus. He doesn't have any long range weapons so he does the next best thing by flinging the nobu he just caught to slug this caster off his turf before she can blaster him! His other Nobus (hopefully not eating his sand) follow behind with bayonets in hand...Maybe he should have ordered them to shoot more?

Theurgus (1103) has posed:
    Theurgus blinks as someone steps out that isn't a Nobbu. "At, I had wondered what machination of The Organization that hellish squawking was." she remarks, twirling her staff before setting it into the sand by the end-cap. "I am Theurgus, The Mad Magician... And yes, I supposed we shall begin." She lifts her free hand to her mouth, and emits a sharp whistle, that brings Nobbu wearing her team's colours charging in to clash with Touta's, spear and bayonet, musket and pistol.

    The flung Nobbu comes flying at her, flailing and looking ready to shank the magician with its bayonet; Theurgus just sidesteps and lets it sail past into the rush of her own forces.

    She then brings her staff up, and unleashes a volley of wind-elemental magic bolts. The marble at the cap of her staff gleaming bright green as it fires off like a machine gun.

Touta Konoe has posed:
     The Nobu shot gets evaded with ease. Damn it. Her retaliation is immediate as she lets out her volley of wind magic which is a bit more difficult to deal with than some thrown Nobu. The quick wind bullets stop Touta in his stride as they knock him back with each blow. But he finds an opportunity to evade and continue his charge.

     "Oh yeah, well my name's Touta Konoe! The guy who's kicking you off his lawn!" Getting into close-combat range he brings his blade towards the sand and slices it into the ground whipping up a sandstorm at the magician to impair her vision of her opponent. He takes this opportunity to come up from behind her and slam his blade into her ribcage to return the favor.

Theurgus (1103) has posed:
    As the swordsman dodges around her fusillade, the magician grips her staff. As he kicks up sand to blind her she dodges to the side, barely scraping past the slame of that blade. It connects, and digs out a furrow of her back to reveal angry looking red fragmented code beneath. She's a Program, after all, no bones to break or organs to attack.

    She feels it though, wincing as she stumbles slightly, using her staff to support her as she wheels around. "This Island belongs to the Lunar Royals. All others are simply pretenders to the throne." she states, seeming to believe whole heartedly that this is really WAR, and not some overblown game a questionably mad Archer thought up. Leveling her staff at Touta again, she intones a quick cantrip. "Frostfire Storm." A 'wall' of ice travels from her staff's head, towards Touta, and arcs after him like a homing missile.

Touta Konoe has posed:
     Touta spots the red augmentation that appears when he cuts at her instead of flesh. As a matter of fact there's a bit of relief when he sees her stumbling off. "Looks like you're not human huh? Guess I shouldn't worry as much, or well...I shouldn't worry that much either way I guess...Mmm, I mean I guess we are in a war ga- Ah!"

     Before he can even finish his statment the magician's spell overwhelms and crashes down onto Touta. It catches him and several of his Nobu before he finds himself able to get up again.

     He spits out some blood from his mouth as he gives Theurgus a smirk, "Yeah, you're really not pulling any punches. Alright...Guess I gotta try a little harder or else I won't be able to look Riku and Penelope in the eyes later...Catch the earth..."

     It was strange the boy was already covered in injuries and yet it seemed like he was already starting to heal. Without even any incantations and just as she finds herself distracted with those wounds...The boy disappears! Without even kickig up any sand from his stride he shoots back towards the witch at blinding speeds intending to drive his knee into the woman's gut before she even realizes what's hit her.

Theurgus (1103) has posed:
    Theurgus looks at the damage she's wrought, blue eyes impassive as she surveys the extent she's pushed the young fighter already. And then he's suddenly in her face between refreshes of her optical subroutine. Even still, her reaction times are far in excess of a normal human and she's already pushing back from the strike as it lands, mitigating the damage caused. She stumbles, plants her staff, and uses it to swing herself out and around, hurling herself further away to give herself a few precious seconds.

    "Icy Claws that rake at life. Striking wild to fash thy foe. Pierce and sunder. Rend and maul, light this hour, heed my call. Shiver Dust! The sky clouds over, and the temperature plummets drastically as it... begins to snow!? A howling wind kicks up, and the snow starts to swirl around Touta, dropping the temperature and peppering him with icy needles with the speed of the sudden storm.

Touta Konoe has posed:
     Touta lands his blow but finds that this program is tougher to crack than he thought. She finds herself quickly getting out of his range once more as she prepares another of her spells. Her decision to keep her distance, her decision to inhibit him rather than just go straight for damage with her hail storm spells proves effective. Touta might be immortal and can manage with the icy needles that pelt at him so frequently, but the cold is slowly ensnaring him in a violent grasp and he knows that if this keeps up well he'll be likely frozen...On a beach of all places. "Like hell I'mma let that happen!"

     At the very least Touta can say that he's known enough ice magic to be tolerant, not impervious, but intolerant. He uses Shundo again and uses that momentum to launch himself into the sky with his blade raised overhead.

     "One-hundred Thousand Fold!!!"

     The boy goes into a ninty-degree plummet downwards towards Theurgus. She's about to experience an ice-needle of her own about to try and deal with her!

Theurgus (1103) has posed:
    Theurgus isn't a passive caster. Once she's cast the spell, she's moving perpendicular to the other warrior, throwing off his aim just enough that she only loses an arm, instead of getting bifurcated. The limb shatters into voxels that then dissapear, leaving her with the stump of a right arm which is emitting a few 'spikes' of damaged code as the subsystem begins to self-repair, albeit slowly. She redirects her Resource away from that at the moment. She still has her left arm, she can still fight and win this.

    "You are strong." she compliments, twirling her staff and unleashing a few 'blades of wind-magic with each twirl, aiming to hem Touta in while the storm continues to rage, though its beginning to flag from not being maintained.

Touta Konoe has posed:
     Touta watches her as she fights. The way she dodges his falling way, willing to sacrifice her arm to avoid impending danger, all of it making sure to optimize her chances of winning. It makes him smile all the more when she compliments him, "You're pretty cool yourself! It says alot for a magician like yourself to fight like that! You've gotta be crazy talented or something! I bet you even give Hime-chan a run for her money!" With all that banter though, Touta's really shouldn't be in shape for talking. He might be healing like crazy but he's still feeling his vitality getting sapped by this storm. The only relief he's got is in the fact he can feel his body slowly healing if only a bit. That his body restoring itself allows him to keep moving, and by continuing to move he can buffer the worst of this storm's effects. While he doesn't say it, it's clear he has no intention to give up this fight just yet either!

     "Guess I gotta dig a bit deeper!!!"

     The boy's arm begin to accrue a black miasma that changes the shape of the child's small arms into more gauntlet like fists. It's less like he's powered up though and more as though he's digging into his reserves just to keep himself afloat. Perhaps an indication of how much juice he himself has left. But regardless he goes on the offence swinging his blade relentlessly inorder to avoid her from using any more grandiose spells on him before he's ready.

Theurgus (1103) has posed:
    Even with a single arm, Theurgus has a bit of finesse with a staff. She uses the metal pole to parry the blade, batting it aside so it strikes a shoulder, or a leg instead of cutting into her torso, where her core functions reside. Sprays of red code fly from her, like blood, with each strike, but she's managing to cope in close quarters well enough.

    Theurgus then whistles, drawing attention of some of the Nobbu, who then rush to their 'commanders' aid, trying to pile onto Touta while Theurgus backs off again. "I suppose you have earned the respect required for this." She dismisses her staff for a moment, instead holding a crystal that looks like it has a plasma rainbow trapped within it. As she presses this to her chest, she speaks a single word. "Access." Engulfed in a pillar of white light, the mage reemerges with both arms, a new outfit and large metallic clockwork 'armour' in places around her feet, waist, shoulders and head, making her look like some kind of valkyrie. Her hair billows in unfelt wind, and shimmers like an oil slick on the inner side, being a chrome-like metallic on the outer side. Eyes are heterochromic, one remaining blue, the other turned red, and they switch randomly as she blinks. "I am Diamond Soul."

    She summons her staff again, and with a flourish, speaks words of power. "Guardian Program. Superior Network, bring unto me the runtime thine process doth bear; as I render unto thee. Prove the offenses of my foe fruitless. Annihilate their aggressions, Vanquish their hope. Split the Null! Divine Ray!" The marble at the head of Theurgus' staff shines a brilliant white, as the clouds dissipate. Only for a beam of incandescences so bright calling it 'white' would be a disservice, lancing down onto Touta, and the Nobbu she uses to get some space like an orbital strike.

Touta Konoe has posed:
    Touta's tired and before he realizes it he's being dogpiled, it seems she's much more competent when it comes to team combat. If they're comparing strength Touta definitely has the upper hand to deal with these Nobus from overwhelming him, but there are just so damn many! "Gah! Get off! Beat it!" While he's trying to get these minions off of him, it looks like Theurgus is already preparing her final attack. Even more than Touta she goes through a transformation he's pretty sure he's never even seen before. It's almost like she's a different person and she announces herself as such. Before he has any time to question it, before he has any time to think of what to do next, the white light from above pierces down from above and disintegrates Touta in the most literal sense along with friend and ally Nobu alike. All that's left of the poor boy is spilled blood across the battlefield left from the rain of light.

    "Aaaah, that definitely was a kill blow. Theurgus, or Diamond Soul, or whoever you are, you're crazy strong yourself...But!!!"

     The boy's voice rises, from just a single splatter of blood the entirety of the boy's body was regenerating near instaneously! From just that droplet he had been able to reform his body completely. No more than that, his body was completely consumed by that black miasma. He looked less like the boy he had been when they had first encountered one another and more of a monster. Those black gauntlets now claws of reptilian nature creeping across his arms. His legs from the knees down enveloped in the same demonic miasma and a tail like armor began trailing from his neck all the way down his spine to the floor. Yet even as his appearence grow more grotesque, he still smile to Diamond Heart.

     "Better brace yourself Diamond, or I might shatter ya!!!"

     With all the strength he had left he blasted his fist right into Theurgus' center of mass for a finishing blow...

Theurgus (1103) has posed:
    Diamond Soul was banking on that being it. When Touta regenerates, she's lost for what to do. And then, a fist comes hurtling towards her, and punches clean through. Something shatters and the transformation abruptly reverts. The broken Program falls flat on her back, arm missing once more, and a large, angry looking hole in her midriff... which is slowly starting to close up, Resources diverting to regenerating damage instead of powering combat systems.

Touta Konoe has posed:
    The cracked program isn't left hanging. Theurgus is picked up and supported by Touta who smiles to her as he tries to help. "Yo, Nobus get Theur- Diamond Sou- Whoever she is some medical supplies and a ride ready for her to get back home! Make it snappy!" The Nobu prepare themselves as they run off following the young man's orders leaving him defense for Theurgus and her Nobu to take a shot at him. But he doesn't seemed worried for one reason or another.

     "Man, that was awesome. Probably a bit overkill but awesome. You should hold back a bit more though with that thing, you might end up actually killing someone next time."

Theurgus (1103) has posed:
    Theurgus blinks a bit as she's scooped up. The Nobbu gather up quickly, and make a homonculus stretcher for the Program to be laid on. She looks up at the young man, but says nothing. Perhaps her vocal system got damaged or something. She nods though, and then is carried off back to her team's HQ to recover.