Buggy
I didn't booby-trap it! Those were just - never mind.
(looks back at the now-boiled purse)
(still having her left arm magnetically attached to a door by a metal gauntlet)
Agh, now it's ruined...
Nomura
(hm)
(it seems that this crossbow has something oddly similar to a reinforcement spell applied to it, but at the same time is something distinctly different)
(and given how the system of magecraft is rather energy-intensive, spells can be overturned by sheer volume of energy, meaning it could possibly be overloaded with mana to break the spell)
(at the same time, overloading a reinforcement spell does also break the object in question)
(make of that what you will)
You did.
Neither one of us are very good at this. But I have a bit more experience fighting than you, and I'm faster and stronger than you are. You're at a disadvantage.
Can you think of any way to put me at a disadvantage? Is there something you can do that I can't?
edited 21st Mar '16 5:24:35 PM by WonderSquid
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(Her eyes dart up to Tallis, scanning her form coldly. You'd swear, even in her unfortunate position, that this girl was judging the shit out of you...)
Well, clearly I'm alive, which I guess is something.
(Huffs and starts trying to get back to her feet, having to pull a crutch she dropped closer to herself. Jeezus, her legs are so gaunt and sickly-looking...)
make it through this year if it kills you yet | 2001-2019The you-know-wh—
Oh.
...
-She looks up at Cloud-
Maybe there's something I could try.
What if there’s no better word than just not saying anything?

Basement
Not!Homura: (quickly returns attention back to trying to get the crossbow unstuck while the argument below her rages - maybe a small bit of magic manipulation?)
Roof
Midori: So...what's your story? (closes journal)
The damned queen and the relentless knight.