Re: Mini-Grand 5111 [Round 2: Greenport, Massachusetts]
03-11-2012, 08:09 AM
Originally posted on MSPA by Pick Yer Poison.
"It would most likely result in the highest probability of success for us to divide our focus. Someone must determine a safe haven and the others must gather the citizens and bring them to it." Now that he was confident he had the cooperation of both the opposing contestants, Rannus' confidence had grown, to the point where he felt as if he were actually in charge. "I think I will search for this safe area, as you are both more suited to gathering others." The problem was that he had no idea where to look, but he would figure out a way around that.
[color=#JUSTICE]If Batman hadn't been wearing a helmet, he'd probably have been scratching his head quizzically right about now. "Why don't you make the town the safe area?"[/color]
Rannus' ideas ground to a halt. "Why don't I...what? I think it's perfectly obvious this town is not safe at all."
[color=#JUSTICE]Batman shrugged. "Well, sure, it isn't now, but this is just fog, right? Can't you just...summon a whirlwind or something? And blow it all away? I remember once in..." He paused, hastily reconsidering his story; Batman had probably never had to deal with irradiated dust filling a room. "...in Gotham City, when the Scarecrow tried to flood a building with fear gas, I was able to shut down his operation with the ventilation system." Close enough.[/color]
Rannus paused, staring blankly at Batman, not fully comprehending what he'd said until he'd taken a minute to process it. "That...that is actually a good idea." He questioned why such a thought hadn't occurred to him. With the abundance of mana in the area, he wasn't as limited as he normally was in what spells he could cast. Wait...that was it! He had simply not yet gotten into the mindset of having so many spellcasting options available to him. That explained how this dumb muscle had come up with the idea first. His composure recovered, he added on to his initial response. "I will prepare the spell. Meanwhile, I will be unable to defend myself without aborting the process, so help in that regard will be rather necessary."
About ten minutes and two monster attacks later, Rannus had the spell ready. A light breeze blew through the town; the mist shifted, but did not vanish. Rannus increased the strength of the wind, and it went from a breeze to a gust. Still there was no change in the mist, although there was clear movement. Rannus furrowed his brow, irritated at the fog's persistence, and brought the spell's full strength to bear. As he did, he had the strangest feeling - it was as if had crossed over a line of some sort. He had the most disturbing feeling that it was a point of no return.
Just as he felt this, the wind picked up yet again, this time leaping, not from a breeze to a gust, but a gust to a gale. Rannus stumbled back, as did Kay. Batman dug his heels in and bared his teeth, the wind pressing against him but not making any real headway. [color=#JUSTICE]"What did you do, sorcerer?"[/color]
"I don't know! I think I may have overestimated the force required to clear this fog!" Rannus' calm response betrayed none of his inner turmoil. He'd messed up again, and now the spell seemed to be out of his control. The gales were growing stronger, and while he could feel the spell drawing a small amount of mana from him to sustain itself, most of the power was coming from the environment, and he no longer held it in his sway. "It may be prudent to retreat! I can no longer control the spell!"
Yet as wild as it was, at least the spell performed its function. The mist began making a clear movement towards the same point, thinning rapidly until it no longer covered the town. Unfortunately, this only revealed that Rannus' spell had mutated into a hurricane, into which all the mist was being sucked.
Kay looked up as the last of the mist was pulled into the wind funnel. "Well that doesn't look good." Just as she was about to add more, she picked out a distant object fly out of the hurricane, heading straight for the group. She dived to the side; Batman, noticing it too, shoved Rannus out of the way, knocking them both to the ground.
A pair of feet, each the size of a person, crashed down onto the ground, cracking it and bending it downwards. The feet led up to a similarly thick pair of legs, which met and formed a torso and arms which were built in much the same way, all leading to a head with a single massive eye on it. The only clothing it had on was a large, dirty white diaper-like piece of cloth on its lower torso. It gave the three a toothy grin. Purple lightning lit up the sky as excess mana bled out of the hurricane and discharged in the cloud cover.
"It would most likely result in the highest probability of success for us to divide our focus. Someone must determine a safe haven and the others must gather the citizens and bring them to it." Now that he was confident he had the cooperation of both the opposing contestants, Rannus' confidence had grown, to the point where he felt as if he were actually in charge. "I think I will search for this safe area, as you are both more suited to gathering others." The problem was that he had no idea where to look, but he would figure out a way around that.
[color=#JUSTICE]If Batman hadn't been wearing a helmet, he'd probably have been scratching his head quizzically right about now. "Why don't you make the town the safe area?"[/color]
Rannus' ideas ground to a halt. "Why don't I...what? I think it's perfectly obvious this town is not safe at all."
[color=#JUSTICE]Batman shrugged. "Well, sure, it isn't now, but this is just fog, right? Can't you just...summon a whirlwind or something? And blow it all away? I remember once in..." He paused, hastily reconsidering his story; Batman had probably never had to deal with irradiated dust filling a room. "...in Gotham City, when the Scarecrow tried to flood a building with fear gas, I was able to shut down his operation with the ventilation system." Close enough.[/color]
Rannus paused, staring blankly at Batman, not fully comprehending what he'd said until he'd taken a minute to process it. "That...that is actually a good idea." He questioned why such a thought hadn't occurred to him. With the abundance of mana in the area, he wasn't as limited as he normally was in what spells he could cast. Wait...that was it! He had simply not yet gotten into the mindset of having so many spellcasting options available to him. That explained how this dumb muscle had come up with the idea first. His composure recovered, he added on to his initial response. "I will prepare the spell. Meanwhile, I will be unable to defend myself without aborting the process, so help in that regard will be rather necessary."
About ten minutes and two monster attacks later, Rannus had the spell ready. A light breeze blew through the town; the mist shifted, but did not vanish. Rannus increased the strength of the wind, and it went from a breeze to a gust. Still there was no change in the mist, although there was clear movement. Rannus furrowed his brow, irritated at the fog's persistence, and brought the spell's full strength to bear. As he did, he had the strangest feeling - it was as if had crossed over a line of some sort. He had the most disturbing feeling that it was a point of no return.
Just as he felt this, the wind picked up yet again, this time leaping, not from a breeze to a gust, but a gust to a gale. Rannus stumbled back, as did Kay. Batman dug his heels in and bared his teeth, the wind pressing against him but not making any real headway. [color=#JUSTICE]"What did you do, sorcerer?"[/color]
"I don't know! I think I may have overestimated the force required to clear this fog!" Rannus' calm response betrayed none of his inner turmoil. He'd messed up again, and now the spell seemed to be out of his control. The gales were growing stronger, and while he could feel the spell drawing a small amount of mana from him to sustain itself, most of the power was coming from the environment, and he no longer held it in his sway. "It may be prudent to retreat! I can no longer control the spell!"
Yet as wild as it was, at least the spell performed its function. The mist began making a clear movement towards the same point, thinning rapidly until it no longer covered the town. Unfortunately, this only revealed that Rannus' spell had mutated into a hurricane, into which all the mist was being sucked.
Kay looked up as the last of the mist was pulled into the wind funnel. "Well that doesn't look good." Just as she was about to add more, she picked out a distant object fly out of the hurricane, heading straight for the group. She dived to the side; Batman, noticing it too, shoved Rannus out of the way, knocking them both to the ground.
A pair of feet, each the size of a person, crashed down onto the ground, cracking it and bending it downwards. The feet led up to a similarly thick pair of legs, which met and formed a torso and arms which were built in much the same way, all leading to a head with a single massive eye on it. The only clothing it had on was a large, dirty white diaper-like piece of cloth on its lower torso. It gave the three a toothy grin. Purple lightning lit up the sky as excess mana bled out of the hurricane and discharged in the cloud cover.
***
The Grand Master raised his eyebrow as a panting runner relayed this new turn of events. He waved his hand dismissively. "No matter. Let this one be on their heads." He lowered his eyebrows, grinning nastily. "Perhaps if we are lucky, the Eye of the Storm will deal with them for us."![[Image: zjQ0y.gif]](https://i.imgur.com/zjQ0y.gif)
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