Magical Fracas, Episode 5: New friends and enemies?

[Teal Mage]

Summary: A complicated attack post. Daichi's laser sets Ayame's net on fire, and almost fries Ayame. Panko saves her, then Ayame sicks her burning Scarlet Bind on the Tapeworm Voltron, summons Miranda, and then double attacks a Mudman.

A white casting array expanded beneath Ayame's feet as she hovered inches above the ground, green eyes intent on her improvised defense. Four rapid impacts, then the net sprang back, throwing the mudmen away. Taking the cue, Ayame raised her arm, white magic ranging along it. Another triangular array blossomed before her palm. "Sacred-"

A heat ray scythed through her net. In its wake, the magical fabric burst into flames, links weakening and then snapping. Her spell collapsed into a mass of lank ribbons.

Eyes wide, an expression of horrified disbelief on her face, Ayame stared at the approaching spell. Too fast! She cut her casting off, dodging desperately-

And was tackled by a speeding cat-girl.

"Sorry," Panko said a moment later, hopping off her, "didn't want you to get hurt. You're the only familiar face here, ya know?"

Ayame pushed herself to her feet, idly dusting herself off. "Thanks Kid." The priestess said gratefully. Seriously, that was quick thinking. She telepathically added, before turning her attention to the immediate situation.

A charging giant was not what she wanted to see.

Better move. Miranda intoned, to both Panko and Ayame.

Ayame leapt to the side, flight magic boosting her jump. She gestured sweepingly toward the giant, as Nicia unloaded a salvo of her everso effective summons. Her ruined defense spell flashed, the fire at the ends flaring purifying white. The smoldering scarlet bind tensed, before springing like snakes to entangle the giant. Burning snakes that is.

A distance away, Ayame landed lightly, bow forming in her hand. She raised it, taking aim at the nearest mudman. Beneath her, a white cross shaped array expanded.

"Summoning," Ayame murmured, drawing back her bow's invisible string, "Miranda!"

Light exploded around the priestess, obscuring her from view. Then, a blurred shape burst out of the radiance, climbing high into the sky. Miranda unfurled her wings in a shower of white feathers, a bow of white flames crackling in her hand.

"Lotus-" An arrow of red magic appeared on Ayame's bow.

"-Arrow!" Miranda loosed her newly formed arrow of piercing white magic.

The twin arrows flew toward one unfortunate mudmen. If all went well, the red magic would blow apart its outer shell and reveal the vulnerable control unit beneath. And that was the target of Miranda's attack spell.

It'd be nice to kill one.