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<12/30/1971 ~ 10:35 | Blue Port Town, Gulop Region, Sprawn Valley>
"There you are! Hey Jane!"
Jane turned around, holding the large orb tucked under the shirt of her dress. It was Taylor and Danny together, walking back to report that the shopping was complete. Taylor was holding a large looking bag with her, most likely containing the same items she was supposed to pick up. Didn't she understand what supply spheres were for?
Taylor got closer to Jane before telling her about the good news. "I've got all of the shopping done. So now all we have to do is head on back."
"And I got to look at some good weapons I want," Danny added. Just like Jane said, he really did benefit from browsing their Leray items. Blue Port is certainly a livelier town than Fronas is, but who could mock the place where Jane is from? That could be one's last mistake.
"That's great," Jane replied. In an attempt to sound enthusiastic about Taylor's accomplishment of shopping, Jane failed to hide her disrupted mojo from that scene they just missed in the woods.
Taylor noticed that Jane didn't seem very focused on them for the moment, and before coming to any real conclusions, she noticed that Jane was also hiding something large inside of her dress, creating a big budge there. Jane's expression seemed a little upset or embarrassed. This must have been a weird time, but then what on Earth was she doing for the last few minutes?
"Um, Jane?" Danny noticed the budge too. It was way too big to try and hide, even with Jane's arms covering her belly. "What is that thing in your stomach? Don't tell me you've been eating that much since we left?"
Jane knew that Danny was joking about what he just said, but that was so mean! Jane immediately let as much of that anger out as possible, seeing as he deserved it. "Of course I'm not getting fat! Who do you think I am? You want a black eye or something?!"
Danny held his arms up as a gesture that he was kidding. Jane had to know that, but instead of producing one of her usual witty comebacks, she just wasn't in the mood for that right now. Something must have happened. "Soooooorry!"
Jane watched Taylor step back too, and she had to take a deep breath to explain what happened. Though to be fair, Jane wasn't even sure what that was all about back there. "Well, I can't really hide this thing now..." Jane reached under her outfit, thankful that it was a multi-layered dress to prevent prying eyes going too far. The orb was still very heavy, so Jane struggled to hold onto the device as she presented it to Danny and Taylor. Technically, showing it off like this was the opposite of what that blue hooded man told Jane to do, but he was gone now, and Taylor was far from dangerous.
"Whoa!" Taylor gasped.
Danny followed in the same surprise, getting in closer to study the orb he had never seen before. "What is that thing?"
Jane answered, "It's a spell bomb, I think..."
Taylor looked at the large orb carefully. After remembering what the spell bomb orbs looked like in the shop back there, this one was still of something highly unusual. Instead of being clear and having a partially colored tip on one side, the orb was all colored in some dark purple gradient design, barely translucent. There was a symbol on one side, as there was with many other orbs of all kinds. Formed in the shape of some kind of crystal, Taylor didn't recognize the logo for it either. Where did Jane pick this thing up? "How did you afford this? What does it do?"
Jane shook her head slightly, trying to answer as best she could. "I didn't buy it. Someone just gave it to me. And I don't know what it does. This thing's got more questions than I do for the guy who offered it."
"Is he someone you know?" Taylor pried.
"No..." Jane was obviously concerned about why the orb was given to her at all. "No name, no reason, and it's supposed to be a permanent spell bomb of great import."
"Maybe he was a secret admirer?" Danny guessed more genuine than before, but Jane still gave him that look as if he was asking for a beat down. His idea of a joke was far from anything genuine or cool. Jane didn't even answer him back, knowing he had the wrong idea for sure.
"Well, anyway," Danny shifted. "We've got the goods and can go home now, but it'll be a hassle lugging that much around. Not to mention that cold food like the milk and other stuff will get warm in this weather." It wasn't warm despite the clear sunny day, though it wasn't chilly either. Perfect mid-sixties!
"Humph!" Jane's huff was more like a muffled laugh, and it got the attention of Danny and Taylor. "You two really don't understand how supply spheres work." Jane's lifted mood reflected with the tone in her voice; she thought it was funny!
Danny snapped, "Hey!" while Taylor simply acknowledged how right Jane was.
"She is right though. We don't know how those things work."
"Let me show you," Jane offered. She set the spell bomb onto the floor gently under her feet, and then took a few steps closer to Taylor. After Jane took the bag out of her hands and set it on the floor, Jane pulled out her personal supply sphere from her pocket, attempting to activate the sphere. The supply sphere was a little different from regular orbs. It was much more like an opaque ball capsule with an invisible button that opens up the capsule. Though since it utilizes a special type of magic, the items are stored inside of inter-dimensional closed space. Only Jane really understood how they work.
Since she was also the only one who knew what to do with the supply sphere, she held her capsule aimed at the large bag full of items, and then pressed the button. Jane held onto the button without letting go, which eventually caused a subtle dark blue beam to connect between the supply sphere device and the bag itself. Then, the bag turned the color of dark blue with an aura, as well as all of the items inside of the slightly opened bag. Jane just held the sphere out, waiting for the rest to happen automatically. After the entire bag turned a dark glowing blue that was hard on the eyes, it suddenly disappeared, as did the beam of light from the orb.
Taylor and Danny were both speechless, still able to be amazed by such simple things. Jane thought it was a little funny, since this was completely normal to her. Supply spheres have been around since a long time. Though upgrades to make them even better are still in development. Even the one she was holding was now more than halfway full in capacity of what it can carry.
Tired of the silence, Jane decided to break it off. "I know what you're thinking, but nothing in this ball is actually compressed. It's just sent to a different dimensional plane is all."
"Oh, is that all?" Danny meant to be sarcastic, but the whole thing, whatever that was only gave him the creeps. What happens if a person steps into that beam?
Jane finished her explanation, knowing one would be needed. "Look, its common magic okay. We use these all the time to haul around lots of items, which is most useful to Leray wielders who want to shift clothes or weapons right before a fight in the middle of places you couldn't normally do so. It allows us to carry dozens of weapons, or clothes, or just your simple everyday groceries, like the bag I just beamed."
"That's a nifty trick," Taylor commended. "But, won't the food and drinks still get warm inside that tiny orb?"
"Nope." Jane was confident about anything she knew for a fact. It had to make Taylor look up to her from time to time. "Supply spheres hold individual thermal energies, so anything that stays cold stays cold. Anything that is warm usually stays warm. Supply spheres can store anything, as long as it belongs to you."
"It sure makes grocery shopping a lot easier. But I'm not sure why a spiked mace was on the list. Who the hell plans to eat that?"
"Very funny," Jane replied aggravated. Danny just tries too hard, and it isn't impressive, but at least this means he isn't in a bad mood. "Anyway, it's the way we travel with so many items around. Our fitness still gets improved by training and battling, so it's a win-win."
Danny interrupted into what looked like Taylor was about to say something. "What's to stop you from like, holding multiple supply spheres within supply spheres?"
"It doesn't work like that," Jane nodded. "Though it's been tried before, the laws of inter-dimensional storage don't allow for that, and with good reason too. Supply spheres do have storage limits, but upgrades are made all the time to try and increase the capacity. You can't capture an entire dimension within that same dimension. If it were possible, the attempt of such would literally end the world in a split second."
"Hey Jane?" Taylor finally got her chance to ask. "Since that spell bomb thing of yours looks so big and heavy, why don't you just beam that up as well?"
Jane raised her eyebrows in agreement, but that man told her it could not be done. That would make it impossible to hide, and all the more reason to use it here and now. Jane got a great idea! "For some reason, this spell bomb won't beam up at all. Maybe its energy level is too high, or maybe it just can't be stored. I don't really understand why that is or what this thing does."
"So you have a mysterious orb that does mysterious things in a mysterious way?" Danny knew it sounded stupid, but it was the truth at this level.
Jane didn't really have to agree since it was already known. "That's why I want to go ahead and use it on myself. That way, the orb is consumed, and its permanent effects are infused to me."
"That's not a bad idea," Taylor agreed.
"But..." Danny knew there was something wrong with the plan already. "What if the effects are something bad? Then you'll be stuck with something that's permanently useless."
"Stop worrying so much," Jane ordered. Still, he did have a valid point. Luckily, there was one place in particular designed for such events, a place known as the Den of Purity. Jane didn't know too much about it, other than its purpose of removing permanent effects that are infused via spell bombs. It's incredibly rare for any spell bomb to carry bad effects, as long as the effects are permanent anyway. "If I use it now, I don't have to lug it around everywhere all the time. And since it's permanent, it lasts forever."
Danny replied, "Well what's stopping you? Let's see how this goes."
Jane nodded her head again in frustration. She knew it would take them both time to figure things out, but this was getting ridiculous. "Don't you two keep up with your Leray studies? They don't activate without the dome shield. You can't use a spell bomb outside of battle, ever! They're programmed not to work unless it detects a Siriean dome."
Taylor winced, realizing what Jane's plan suddenly had in mind. This meant that healing orbs and other things can be used outside of battles, but all spell bombs can only activate within an official battle perimeter. "But Jane? You can't just go around town challenging people to battle with you. It's illegal to do that until we've graduated."
Jane growled under her breath. Of course that would be the one thing that either of them remembers from class. "Stop being so inconvenient. I know it's not legal, but all I'm trying to do is inflict a self-used spell bomb. There won't have to be any fighting involved."
"That may be true, but..."
Danny glanced at Taylor curiously. When did she ever care that much about the rules? And how would anybody find out anyway? Unless you had a snitch involved in your fake fight...
"Besides," Jane shifted. "I know you wouldn't tell on either of us for fake battling."
"Us?" Taylor pointed the finger to herself, uncertain of what Jane was going on about.
"That's right," Jane continued. "If we're going to have a battle when we shouldn't, then what better trustworthy partner than you, Taylor?"
"Wha?! Me?! Battle you?!"
Danny turned to Taylor again, who wasn't being very smart right now. Even he had to take Jane's side on the count that Taylor was making a fool of her own intelligence. "Hey, Tay? She said fake battle. You won't even have to launch or dodge a single attack."
"Exactly," Jane clarified. "You and me initiate a battle, which will enable the use of spell bombs by either person. Then, I use my spell bomb, and exit from battle. You don't have to fight before giving up on the fight."
"I don't know..." Taylor didn't think this was a good idea, but it was Jane who was asking. Usually, it would be normal to trust Jane on an unknown situation, but even Jane doesn't know what that spell bomb does.
"Can it really work like that?" Danny questioned. There are tons of rules in Leray battles. Even the dome thing didn't make full sense to him.
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"Of course," Jane answered. "For any Leray battle that uses a Siriean dome, either side can give up at any time, which immediately ends the battle. The one who gives up is technically declared the loser, but it's not like Taylor and I are betting for anything either. So it literally has no other effect."
Taylor hated this. After remembering what it was like for her back in Kalamo with her old friends, she was always the one who wouldn't try anything new, and here she was about to do the same thing all over again, disappointing even Jane.
"Come on Taylor," Jane pleaded. "It will be over before you know it. Since we won't be using any attack spells, we won't even attract a crowd. I promise!"
Taylor saw how serious Jane was, staring into her bright and determined eyes. Jane was not going to let this go if Taylor refused... "Okay," Taylor sighed.
"Great!" Jane hollered. "This will be awesome! I get to use a spell bomb for real!"
"For real?" Danny repeated questioningly.
Jane returned her attention to Danny, who with Taylor, didn't know about her past. "Oh, right. This will be the first spell bomb I ever use at all. I've had training with how to use them, but those were just training orbs with no effect involved. Plus, the real ones often cost money. And this one's on the house!" Jane's voice became loud and obnoxious, but Danny and Taylor were used to her excitement, and this time she had good reason for it.
"That's what I'm worried about," Danny whispered under his breath. Jane predictably didn't hear him, since she was already so caught up in her excitement. This was for sure something that was happening no matter what. It was still a while before he would remember every single facial expression and tone that Jane had to offer, but this one was too familiar.
It took two minutes; both Jane and Taylor got themselves prepared near the south entrance/exit point from Blue Port Town. The area around them was not even populated with anyone else, so there would be no witnesses to see a battle illegally initiated. Jane must know what she is doing though, or she wouldn't drag Taylor into it. Danny was standing a bit away, unofficially acting as a referee. He wouldn't be saying much though, since it won't be a real fight.
"Okay," Jane yelled. She and Taylor were facing each other, fifty meters apart to make everything work like it was supposed to. Jane was ready for this, and she needed Taylor to try and initiate the battle. "You ready?"
"Yes!" Taylor and Jane both had to raise their voice a little to hear each other at this distance. Though it was quiet in the bright sunny day and in the forest, some residual noise could be heard to the north of here where the pedestrians were walking around. Taylor waited for Jane to start the battle... But something wasn't right. Jane was just standing there, like she didn't know what to do.
Jane found Taylor just standing there, as if she didn't know what to do. "Figures," Jane muttered to the ground. I should have known. "Taylor? Do you know how to initiate a battle?"
"Nope..." Jane was sure to hear that, even though Taylor wasn't as loud that time. What gave Jane the idea that Taylor knew how to create the Siriean dome? In the battle against the Cran, it happened automatically. It must not be the same with human versus human battles.
Jane shook off her frustration, and simply explained as best as she knew. "It's easy!" Jane explained. "Just pretend that your energy is in agreement with you fighting me. Know that this is really happening. You have to create the Siriean dome by confirming in yourself that you want it to appear. You don't even need to use Leray energy to get it up."
Jane waited, and still nothing. After realizing that Taylor was going to take some time to figure it out, Jane tried to make the dome herself. It's supposed to take both persons to create the dome, but in this case, Jane knew that Taylor was willing. After a very quick moment of concentration, Jane made the Siriean dome appear from the center of their battlefield. The dome started out as a dim burst of light, which expanded into a large, mostly transparent bubble around Jane and Taylor. The dome's perimeter was very large, as Jane naturally made them that wide. Now the battle mode was ready, and Jane knew it.
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Taylor saw the dome as it formed around both her and Jane. It was amazing to see how easy that was, since she was trying whatever Jane was going on about. She also noticed additional holographic text form and fade floating in the center of the new area, though it was familiar to her from the Cran battle, the spoil system showing that an official battle had been initiated. It was amazing to see it was even possible without the correct license. Anyway, Taylor was ready now. Taylor brought up her energy scope, since that is supposed to be the first official thing to the start of a battle. Even if this was all for show, Taylor wanted to make sure she could do that again, over and over.
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Jane focused on creating her energy scope too. She would need it certainly, since energy scopes can report what affects spell bombs have upon using them in battle. One of her stats would have to change as soon as she uses that large orb. She kept it by her feet like before, making sure it was ready to be used. That man who gave it to her might not want Jane to protect it this way, but what else was she supposed to do? He could have been pretending to run for his life, since that kind of stuff never happens around here anyway. Jane created her energy scope on the fly, being too used to making it appear for any kind of struggle.
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If anything changes from using that spell bomb, it will show up on that status box above Jane's head. If somehow it only works on the opponent, than Taylor will be in for a surprise. Hopefully, this was going to be awesome.
Danny wasn't supposed to say anything right now. He was just watching. The battle mode that officially registers into the reward/spoil system must have been in play with that large dome there. It almost engulfed him into the battlefield as well, but he stood back just far enough. The Siriean dome was mostly transparent by sight, so he didn't have a difficult time making out Jane and Taylor despite being on the outside. Danny reached out to touch the shield, actively blocking his attempt to enter the field without hurting him. So this is what it feels like to spectate an official battle. Now that both of them were ready to battle, it was just a matter of time for Jane to use her new spell bomb and then end the fight. "Go ahead Jane!"
Jane followed her instructions, hunching over to pick up the large orb by her feet. The thing really was heavy, and it looked too fragile to drop as well. Some spell bombs are only activated by smashing them on the floor beneath the user, but if Jane is wrong about this one and smashes it, goodbye unusual spell bomb. It couldn't have been dangerous either. That guy must have meant dangerous for certain people to use, and Jane sure did not consider her own hands to be the wrong hands. "Okay... So how do you function?" Jane was talking to herself in an indoor voice, holding the sphere up to her eyes to study any particular markings.
"You ready?" Taylor hollered.
"Yeah!" Jane saw Taylor, impatiently waiting on Jane to get it over with. Sure, this might be illegal, but using a spell bomb wasn't illegal period. They say it is illegal to battle, not to start a battle mode. Jane studied the orb a little closer, trying to figure out how this thing works. Perhaps it's the kind that only works with magical infusion. Jane took a deep breath, and began charging her MP energy straight into the orb she was holding up. At first, nothing happened despite her MP levels dropping rapidly, but after a few more seconds and a lot more energy, the purple sphere began to light up with a powerful glow. It's working!
Jane continued powering the orb until it was ready to be consumed. Much to her surprise, the weight of the orb suddenly disappeared. The phenomena was quickly explained with a new one, after the spell bomb orb began floating off from Jane's hands. The orb was getting higher and higher, levitating against gravity. Jane no longer needed to charge any more energy into the device, but it was continuing to glow brighter and brighter as it slowly gained a little more altitude.
Taylor watched in amazement as Jane activated the spell bomb. She had never seen anything like this before, and now whatever was going to happen would have to be incredible. Even from this distance, the orb was becoming much more visible.
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Jane watched in amazement after checking her stats real quick. The spell bomb was floating high above her, until the brightness finally overloaded into something amazing. The orb suddenly disappeared in mid-air, and in its place spawned a vertically aimed glyphring. Jane was not really controlling the glyphring from her end, as this was now happening automatically from this moment on. The glyphring however looked a lot more like a symbol with a circle drawn around it, glowing only with the purest neon hint of pink light. Jane studied the symbol as it suddenly continued drawing more light markings around it. In just a short second, that one symbol became surrounded and connected with several other symbols, which were different in shape and design, same in the color and light intensity. Overall, it appeared to be a large oval with a perfect circle inside and lines outcropping from the initial diameter, though more lights and patterns formed afterwards, growing massive in size and bright with intensity.
Jane had never seen anything like this before. It was sure one awesome and powerful symbol to decompress into something so beautiful high above her head. The large glyph was still constructing itself too, finally finishing into a redesigned multi-layered logo of light. After the symbol completed its construction, the brightness got even more intense, until a massive and loud thick beam of pink light shot out from the very center of the symbol. The beam was incredibly thick and bright, shooting straight up into the sky. Jane didn't know what to think anymore, and this would surely attract the entire town of Blue Port and Fronas combined. The light was almost blinding, thick enough to be seen for miles away. The thickness of it could have nearly consumed Jane if she had not stepped backwards several paces beforehand. Worse than that, the beam of light was constantly generating a low-pitched sound that was very painful to Jane's ears. She had to cover them up forcefully.
Taylor covered her ears in sync, ready to fall on her knees from the pain of the low pitch rumbling. Uncertain of what was going on anymore, she just stood there, hoping this would be over soon. Whatever Jane's new spell bomb was doing, it was not performing a subtle and quiet trick.
The beam that shoot into the sky just kept going without end. Jane had to back away a little more, since the magical force being created was causing a high-speed wind to gust everywhere. Jane's hair was getting ready to jump off of her head from how incredibly powerful the pushing force was growing. Jane didn't notice it at first, since the light from the constant beam was hard to look at, but high in the sky, centering to where the beam of light was concentrating on, there was suddenly a large formation of dark clouds.
Danny couldn't believe his eyes. There were massive hazy clouds forming over the sky, already blocking out the sunlight in an instant. Whatever this spell was doing, it began with changing the weather with little delay in time. The clouds that were forming out of nowhere had a distinct black color to them, giving them a dangerous and creepy appeal. What was even crazier was that the clouds in the sky began spinning into a vortex, right around the beam of light was being concentrated towards. "Jane, what the hell!"
Jane wasn't able to hear Danny or Taylor right now. The wind speed continued picking up and diffusing much of the noise, except for the ear piercing low pitch rumble coming from the solid beam of magical light. This madness must have been created by magic, since nothing else could explain this phenomenon. The gusts of wind on her face felt as if they were hitting Jane at eighty miles per hour on speed. The entire sky above them noticeably became much darker, almost to the point of pitch black already. The black clouds blocking out the sunlight and forming a vortex only spread out even more, until it was practically the entire sky that was changing in color from all directions from glowing blue pulses zooming out in all directions. Whatever this was, it was just unbelievable. How did Jane not know of a spell bomb like this before? This has to be something just for show!
The bright pink beam of light constantly shooting into the sky finally subsided, as did the symbol that it was created from. Taylor looked all around her, as the Siriean dome suddenly disappeared. It was hard to see as it was, but Taylor knew that the battle had somehow disengaged. Did Jane call it off or something?
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Jane noticed that the battle mode automatically ended as well without her consent. The Siriean dome was just gone, but at the moment, there were bigger things to worry about. The sky above them literally became the near color of darkness, as the clouds continued to spin in their vortex and grow in size and surface area. Even now as the gigantic glyphring was gone, visual effects from above were still active. Was the spell bomb some sort of advanced summon?
Jane checked her energy scope for changes. So far, nothing was different. As the wind speeds settled down just a little, Jane returned to face the sky again. It was both incredible and impossible. Such power, and for what exactly? The clouds closest to the spinning vortex in the sky suddenly began to disappear, and a new light was shining through. Jane had a hard time believing her eyes a few seconds ago, but what now appeared before everyone had the illusive paradox of an incredible dream.
The growing glow of a mysterious light began beaming its way through the clouds where the vortex continued to fade from existence. This was not the light from the sun, especially with the sky still being so dark. Jane's heartbeat pounded in her chest, as she no longer knew what to do or think anymore. Right there in the middle of the sky was the full reflection of the moon, as well as a few faint glowing distant stars around its light. Jane knew of some spells that can change the weather to certain conditions, but absolutely nothing that could have changed the time of day from sunny to nighttime.
Danny continued backing up more and more from the scene, trying to put some distance between Jane and Taylor, and it didn't do much to stop what was happening high in the sky. Now that it was nearly pitch darkness outside in all directions, Danny no longer felt that this spell bomb activation was a safe kind of practice.
Taylor was backing away as well, specifically from Jane. Whatever was about to happen, it was going to have something to do with Jane. But how does a simple spell bomb change the day into night?
Jane couldn't think about anything else. Her mind was just as mesmerized by the scene above her as anyone else was. Everybody in Blue Port was sure to be watching the whole thing. Hopefully they didn't notice that Jane and Taylor were attempting to battle earlier, not that it mattered much now. In all honesty, Jane felt the impending danger just as her friends did.
Taylor gasped at the next development. The powerful glow from the full moon intensified more and more, and just when it was getting difficult to stare at, the light suddenly spread everywhere in a white-hot glow. Taylor had to shield her eyes to prevent form going blind, but the sight was followed up by a deafening sound of some kind of crash or smash.
The light was blinding, and the noise was just as loud, but the sounds changed quickly over the short milliseconds that passed by as the earth quaked momentarily. Taylor had to try and see what was going on, which was not easy. The light finally died down just enough for Taylor to see in front of her, but the brightness still stung in her corneas, and it was hard to keep her balance with the sudden seismic activity. Somehow and out from nowhere, a massive bright white beam of light about 25 meters wide in radius smashed down all the way from the sky. The contact to the ground sent shockwaves into the earth everywhere, followed by a sonic boom from the massive force of energy putting damage into the ground and knocking Danny on his back. The light beam specifically covered up any visibility from the moon, and that from where Jane was supposed to be standing.
Taylor couldn't believe it, but the bright beam of light was coming from the entire moon itself, slamming down into the earth right where Jane was stationed. "Jane!" Taylor screamed at the top of her lungs, trying to reach Jane over the impossible noise of the magic beam itself.
Danny knew there were many people standing and watching far behind him, but just like Taylor did, he too noticed that the massive and incredible beam of light was affecting Jane where she stood. Danny struggled back up and shouted towards the light. "Jane! Get out of there!"
"Jane!" Taylor repeated. It seemed to be no use. She wasn't even sure if Jane was somehow in the wide area of the light, since it covered anything behind it with an opaque glow. If Jane was being hit, there couldn't be any way to survive that. "Jane!"
Taylor wanted to keep trying again and again. The beam of light lasted for more than fifteen seconds long, and the potent force emitted by the magic created a wind too powerful for her to approach it despite her subtle attempt to shift her feet. The air blew her back too much for Taylor to move forward, as it was a struggle just to maintain her balance long enough not to get swept backwards. At long last, the massive aura of light faded quickly, leaving the sky as it was a moment ago with the moon visible in a brilliant glow in the night sky. What was revealed with the absence of that light brought Taylor to her knees. Jane really was caught in the blast, standing in the middle of where the lunar blast used to be a second ago. Jane looked like she was paralyzed in place, until she softly collapsed onto the ground a second later. "Jaaaaane!"
Danny finally caught on to what was going on. After the blinding light from the sky disappeared, revealing Jane who had collapsed onto her face, Danny rushed forward towards Jane, who seemed to immediately lose all consciousness. Taylor was yelling as loud as she could, rushing in to help Jane. The crushing waves of wind and the painful noise was totally absent with the light, and the vortex in the black clouds seemed to calm down. At the moment, there was nothing to stop Danny from helping either. Jane looked like she was defiantly affected from whatever that was that hit her.
Taylor sprinted as fast as she could. It would take a moment to catch up to where Jane was laying since she backed up so far to avoid getting caught in that massive blast. When Taylor got closer, she saw that Jane's energy scope was still somehow active. The stats from here were readable, but the report didn't make very much sense.
Danny caught up to Jane just before Taylor did, when he noticed that the MP counter on Jane's holographic energy scope was glitching out somehow. Instead of giving some kind of report or number, the dial percentage was flickering and changing with the numbers every millisecond. It was impossible to read, and very strange that her own energy scope was getting affected by that blast of... Whatever that was.
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H̸̙̫͚̖̱͕̣̙̅̾ͪ̏P̗̺̜͓̗̝̐ͥ͠:̓̑͛҉̜̞͈̖̤̪͍̪ ̛̙͙̞̖̜͇ͣͥ1͆̈́̃̌҉̬̙̙̟̜0̷͉͈̖̽̑0̦̹͎̠̝̑ͭ̎͗͘ͅ%̬̲̻̫̠ͦͯ̎͘ J̢̞̱̹͇͙̲͖̭̔̐̾á͈͔̞̺͘ ̫̗͎̜̜̄ͬͥ͆͘n̵͈̱̎ͭ̽e̬̹̘ͦ̒͜ ͕̞̈͟V̯̳̲͕̺͈̱̎̀̚e̅͆̉҉͉͙n̬̼̞͐͞ṅ̬̻̣͈͇̹̌̍ͮ͞n MP: [͚̲͓͈̦̄͗̆͟]̜̗̠̉̀^̩͖̰͉̰̥̰̇ͦͮ̇͝8̗̟̤̜̯̖̺̜͆̌̎͡X̙̹͓̲̩̞̗̍͝V̺͎̖̯͈̣ͩ̈́ͮ͒̀4͙͈͎͕̹͉̥̻̌̉͌͞^̹̬̰͚̘̖̩̐̇͗͑͟%
☵☵☵☵☵☵☵━━━☵☵☵☵☵☵☵☵☵☵☵☵☵━━━━☵☵☵☵☵☵☵☵☵☵-̨̥͉͕̿ͬ̓ͯ-͚̩ͪ̐́-͈̫͕̪̩̙̠͋̉̈͢-̴̩̖͓̪͋-̭̻̟͚̺̯̯̿̈́̈͡ͅ-͈̩̟̞̲̋͢-̨̣̬͓͈̱͚̬ͨͧ͗̂ͅ
The color of Jane's energy scope was shifty between some kind of three dimensional purple glow that was hurtful to look at. The MP levels didn't make any sense, constantly shifting with unidentifiable markings inside. The energy scope, which is supposed to be holographic and digitally based was somehow affected by that massive blast. The entire holographic display was also glitching on and off, so there was no way Jane could be okay from that hit.
Taylor hunched over to Jane's body just as Danny did. Jane wasn't even moving or making any noise. She couldn't be dead! No way! Jane is always going on about Leray magic protection. Jane can't be dead!
Danny reached his hand onto the back of Jane's neck, hoping for a pulse. It took a few seconds to register, but his hand felt the steady bump of heartbeats from Jane. It brought relief into his mind immediately. There weren't any particular markings of injury on Jane, except for a few darker sections of skin on her arms and lower legs. The blast of lunar light must have burned her somehow, and she wasn't awake for any of this. "Jane's alive, but she's unconscious."
Taylor was relieved to hear what Danny was telling her, but she was already trembling all over from this mess. Whatever the hell happened had obviously hurt Jane enough to place her into a critical condition of health. Eventually, her energy scope disappeared on its own. That made since; she wouldn't be able to support it any longer, but Jane needs help right now.
"Come on," Danny commanded. He picked up Jane with his arms, holding onto her body up while her arms and legs dangled down, the style of giving her a piggyback ride. "We have to get her back to Fronas." The look of concern on Danny's face was as genuine as it was when he had to help Taylor. This would be her first time witnessing his expression, not that it would matter. Jane is in trouble, and she needs help fast!