Re: The Grand Battle [Round 2! Free Falling!]
07-30-2009, 02:07 PM
Originally posted on MSPA by Draykon.
Amethyst's eyes went over the cash register. Simply looking from the material plain, it seemed completely normal and unharmed. But the material plain was never enough with such devices.
Three of Amethyst's black crystals floated forth, and surrounded the machine.
"Run Preset; Sonar IX"
From each crystal, a burst of white light shot forth, slowly expanding, before fading away about 2 meters from the crystals. Then, the light shot forth again, repeating the sequence.
As each light passed over the register, it cast a strange shadow. Almost forming the shape of a stake of some kind, wedged into the device.
There was a small grin on Amethyst's face.
"No doubt the source of the leaking gravitational energies. A puncture has been formed in the device's magical 'shell,' resulting in the current phenomena."
She giggled a little.
"So this is your plan Mr. Director?"
She quickly turned cold again. She wasn't facing Eximo, rather her words were directed at someone else. Not so much attempting to tell anyone anything, but simply to say 'I know.'
"An intentional sabotage to these devices is present. If I understand the likely culprit's motivation correctly, we can estimate an explosion large enough to fill the space a short period after the detonation of the other explosive device."
She paused,
"ETA is approximately 7 minutes. Not enough time to execute any plan of escape from this space. No doubt, this is intentional."
She looked again at Eximo. The solution, to keep the Weightmaw arm in tact, and survive the inevitable explosion was so obvious.
In fact, it well exceeded the boundaries of too obvious.
This method of sabotage was incredibly easy to spot if one possessed any sort of magical senses. Specifically, the magical senses Amethyst had been recklessly using the entire round. Likewise, it was clearly a method to hinder her escape. There was, almost certainly, a trap.
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Amethyst's eyes went over the cash register. Simply looking from the material plain, it seemed completely normal and unharmed. But the material plain was never enough with such devices.
Three of Amethyst's black crystals floated forth, and surrounded the machine.
"Run Preset; Sonar IX"
From each crystal, a burst of white light shot forth, slowly expanding, before fading away about 2 meters from the crystals. Then, the light shot forth again, repeating the sequence.
As each light passed over the register, it cast a strange shadow. Almost forming the shape of a stake of some kind, wedged into the device.
There was a small grin on Amethyst's face.
"No doubt the source of the leaking gravitational energies. A puncture has been formed in the device's magical 'shell,' resulting in the current phenomena."
She giggled a little.
"So this is your plan Mr. Director?"
She quickly turned cold again. She wasn't facing Eximo, rather her words were directed at someone else. Not so much attempting to tell anyone anything, but simply to say 'I know.'
"An intentional sabotage to these devices is present. If I understand the likely culprit's motivation correctly, we can estimate an explosion large enough to fill the space a short period after the detonation of the other explosive device."
She paused,
"ETA is approximately 7 minutes. Not enough time to execute any plan of escape from this space. No doubt, this is intentional."
She looked again at Eximo. The solution, to keep the Weightmaw arm in tact, and survive the inevitable explosion was so obvious.
In fact, it well exceeded the boundaries of too obvious.
This method of sabotage was incredibly easy to spot if one possessed any sort of magical senses. Specifically, the magical senses Amethyst had been recklessly using the entire round. Likewise, it was clearly a method to hinder her escape. There was, almost certainly, a trap.
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