Jack stared for a brief second, Before pausing. "Sonuvabitch." He growled,releasing his other gaunlet onto the floor, before sprinting, hoping his aura could at least help him against the electricity, He charged straight into the Empress, buffaloing her, If successful, he would try to throw her into the side of the Fountain before dunking her head underwater.
edited 30th Nov '14 10:52:38 PM by TroyandHawk
Good to be back"Oh shit." Ayers grunted as he turned to Empress alongside Hope. "I, uh..." He wiggled his arms. "I ain't gitting through there. Hope, uh..." He looked up at Hope and frowned, then back at the wall of lightning. "Got'n ideer. How y'all think we can, like, herd her? If'n we can git her in a closer space than this we might be able to pull something off."
vs Empress
Yun fired another ice bullet at the incoming fire, the opposing elements negating the other's attack. "Useless." He (verbally) shot back at the Arcana, before directing his attention to his classmates.
"We could try and do what Jack did; get her to attack, and dive throughout the opening. If not, I can try and drive her back with bullets or…" He turned to his fuming girlfriend. "Tori, do you think your boomerang could make it through the lightning barrier?" Yun asked.
Mall Brawl: Empress
Ai leapt out of the range of the Lightning Wall and hopped up and down on one foot. Her boots, which she reinforced to protect her feet and shins when kicking, could probably withstand some fire and perhaps electricity, but she wasn't sure just how much.
Ai came in from the side this time, exploiting the confusion in which Empress dispelled her shield while avoiding Jack to jet forward and kick her in the side with a huge amount of force. This kick was meant to throw Empress towards the fountain. After all, a wet Empress was a conductive Empress.
Vs. Empress
The initial lightning wall caught her before she got the time to back away. Now, sitting in a metal armor while you're shocked is not the best thing that could happen. Before she backed away Hope could feel her teeth clanking like crazy from the voltage as she shook inside the suit of armor. Thankfully it didn't last too long and she was able to walk out of its effective range before being asked the question.
"Well, direct attack won't work since most of us have metal weapons or armor..." She responded to Ayers' idea, shifting herself a bit. "I suppose we can try getting in the way while the others try to score a hit, but she can simply move this field all over the place... the best bet would be to make her drop it altogether... like right now." Hoping that the terrorist is too distracted to react in time, Miss Remington kicked the boosters into motion, charging right at the Empress in a powerful, metal-included shoulder tackle, in unison with Ai's kick. Preferably right into fountain.
edited 1st Dec '14 1:30:16 AM by FergardStratoavis
Vs Empress
"Ooof!"
Ai hit her enemy head on, sending the terrorist stumbling right into the fountain.
Marianne stood up seconds later and cursed. That pretty much disabled both her Fire and Lightning.
Meanwhile
Tartarus, the Arcana's hidden base of operations. Hidden in plain sight in the Kingdom of Vale, Tartarus was slowly growing, amassing power.
Field Commander Richard Fenice, the Emperor, cursed as he waited impatiently for three specific Operatives to arrive at the briefing room.
What the fuck are you thinking, Empress?!
Richard resisted the urge to punch something. Of all the goddamn days to pick to pull off something this idiotic, they had to pick today! Today! When the Leader is completely incapacitated! How the hell was he going to explain this to Judgement?!
Richard breathed deeply. He could still fix this. Judgement, Arcana's Sub-Leader, would not be coming back until at least tomorrow. She needed to tend to the Leader. He was her adopted father, after all.
At that moment, the three operatives he had called arrived.
He got straight to the point.
"I've received notification that Priestess and Magician have activated their armor. This is not suppose to happen. I want you three to back them up. No unecessary damage. No casualties. It isn't our time yet. Just get tgem out of there."
"Devil, you're in charge. Wheel, Star, back him up. Take the airship. And damn it, chew them out for me, will you?"
Vs Empress
Marianne bit back a retort to Ai. She needed to concentrate on the incoming electricity.
For the first time since the Beacon students had seen her, the Empress flared her Semblance. Focusing herself, she took the the Dust effect head on...
... And the lightning was absorbed by her Aura, as she glowed brightly and healed the bruise Ai had inflicted on her.
She grinned at Ai. "You underestimated me again, kitty cat. Did you really think you children stood a chance?"
She then finally activated her armor.
"And she still wet!" Ayers declared in a sudden realization. "Dang, I feel dumb as hell!" He popped off Hrunting and swapped it to blade mode, but didn't activate the electrical current just yet. Instead he advanced, going for a simple overhead swing with Hrunting fully charged. At the last second, and only then, he'd turn off the lightning.
edited 1st Dec '14 8:15:51 AM by Taco
Vs Empress
So she can't use fire or lightning when wet…good. Yun thought, seeing the Empress fire ice rather than the more destructive elements from before. Let's keep her that way then.
Yun loaded a round containing indigo dust, and pulled the trigger. Immediately, a short burst of water shot out of his barrel, and towards Empress with with the speed and power of a water cannon. Even with her armour, the water round would pack enough force to knock her back.
edited 1st Dec '14 5:49:46 AM by SvenOrzoKarkoff
Mall Brawl
Good. She can't use her lightning field when soaked. Then, however, Yun fired a bullet that was absorbed by the Empress' aura. She can still absorb electricity, but can't use it. Well, let's keep it that way.
Without wasting any further time she swung the flat side of Mauler into terrorist's own, hoping to once again smack her into the fountain. If successful, Hope would then hold her there still with the heavy blade, hopefully so she doesn't drown.
Tartarus, The Star
"This is gonna be a good one." Samuel Phantom, designated Star, curled his blond mustache with a devilish grin. "They're at the mall, aren't they? I could kill for a new paintbrush." Putting the helmet of his bomber suit on, he then adressed the other two designated to bail the unfortunate trio out of there. "Well then, ladies and Fauni, let's hit the road! Can I drive?"
Vs. Priestess
Pius dashed backwards with a rocket blast, firing blast of freezing energy that curved through the air towards the High Priestess. Landing on one knee, the Nobel helped his partner onto her feet.
"Something she can do?" He asked regarding the princess' sudden fall behind him a moment ago.
Allurand and surrounding world loading, 28%..."Sorry Pius!" Lori calls out to the poor fellow hit by her bullets. She put away her rifles and tried to think of a plan.
Let's see if he can dodge this... she thought.
She tosses her musical saw. The long, unusual instrument doesn't go a foot before clattering on the ground.
"Aw, poop." She exclamed.
A few minutes later, she thought a better idea. She grab the saw at the edges.
"CHAAAAAAAARGE!"
She's running full force at Mike, using the saw as a makeshift battering ram.
edited 1st Dec '14 10:37:15 AM by Underwood
I'm driving down Highway 40 in my big old pickup truckMall Brawl: Empress
Wordlessly, Ai flicked her wrist, swatting the ice shards out of the air. The movement was fast, but once it was over, it was clear Ai had used her yo-yo to do it. She wiped the frost from the discs, polishing them up and leaving a nice sheen.
Ai licked her lips tauntingly. "Did I make you wet?" she said.
Ai crouched; a tiger preparing to strike. Then, she pounced on Empress, using her jets to leap forward quickly. While in the air, she started frontflipping and let loose one of her yo-yos, allowing it to spin vertically in a circle on the wire with the blades out. A very fast and very deadly aerial "Around the World" trick. Even if that failed, Ai could try to finish with a kick to send her sprawling to the ground.
edited 1st Dec '14 11:22:57 AM by opnerf
Ridiculously Spacious Air Vents.
Al noticed the loose security system to fast for it to reach him as he instantly summersaulted backwards to dodge the bolts, the chains immediately turned back into gauntlet material, but as soon as he gained a steady foothold on the ground it immediately changed again into a long spear, handled by Alfred brutally but efficiently.
Quickly the teenager tried to touch the ground with the small holes in his boots, making two spikes spring from the ground from Mike's left and back towards the Magician. The Spider charged swiftly in the Arcana member's direction, aiming the spear's blade to the hole made in the enemy's armor, hoping the distance the spear weapon gave him would be enough to hit his opponent without projectiles but without being harmed by his security system. All the while completely silent and focused on the fight.
edited 1st Dec '14 2:34:42 PM by LiorVal
Mall Brawl
It looked like the Arcana were pestering everyone yet again. But this came at a rather opportune time. Belle had planned to stay behind at the Dorm to test the modifications she made Gemini, but something told her she should go, and now she knows why.
She quickly got behind a stall and brought out her rifle, and flipped a switch on it. Glowing silvery gray lines appeared, the same color as her Aura, and reached down the barrel.
Taking aim at what she perceived to be the biggest threat at the moment, Empress. "Hope this works..." She fired, an aura coated Dust round right for Empress's torso. If it hit it would be her own Aura against the Aura enhanced armor of the Arcana, followed by a Dust around. She hopped it would give it more penetrating power.
PM box is Closed, Indefinitely Friend Code: 3368-4181-6850TARTARUS-THE DEVIL
A tall gaunt man wearing clerical robes and a wide brimmed hat closed the tome he had been reading from, He decided not to bring his weapon, no casualities was a good deal easier to accomplish when you had little to perform casualties with. He turned to the mad bomber. "Certainly," He drawled. "But remember, we are only here to retrieve our brother and sisters." He turned to the Emporer, "Is this possibly the children you clashed with on the shipyard?" He ask, curiously.
Good to be back

Vs Empress
As soon as the gauntlet hit the Lightning Wall...it fell, clunking, on the floor. The wall seemed to be magnetic as well.
Empress grinned at Yun's attempted attack. "Feeble!"
A gout of flame, and the ice melted. Then, another gout, aimed straight at Yun.