Draconian at the Door

[PhoenixFlame]

*Phoenixflame yelps as a couple of the bits of fire lands on her arms, causing blisters to form where they land, she glares at Addis even as she murmurs a healing spell, then looks at her arms ruefully as they fade a little, but not completely*

"I always forget some of these spells don;t work well with magic from another realm! Still it could've been worse!"

*She turns back to Addis and glares at him*

"Trying to kill me is one thing, but trying to burn down the town is is just positively rude! And so what if you survived in the lair of the White Dragons, is that supposed to make me want to run away?!"

Phoenixflame laughs then raises her hand and begins to murmur softly under her breath*

[Addis Hellfire]

*Addis casts a quick glance upward and notices that the fire is...small. There are no fiery meteors and mass destruction. What the hell!? Addis thought as he saw his spell not effecting the town itself. Seeing PheonixFlame casting a spell of her own, Addis spins around, in what seems like a drunken dance. WHile he spins, he has a arm outstretched and chants.*

[OOC: Globe of Invulnerability, protects against magic.]

[Robin]

[ModNote: Continued from this point in Drinkers, Linkers and Thinkers.]

*The door opens a fraction, and Robin's head appears around it. It takes him a few seconds to take in the full scene.*

[PhoenixFlame]

*Phoenixflame has her back to the door, and doesn;t see Robin's head, she does see Addis doing what looks toher like a very random danc. The gold light from her hand surrounded her and her face relaxed for a second, then a bolt of ice shot straight at Addis. As it headed towards him, it smashed into his Globe, not causing any effect. Phoenixflame raised her eyebrows and looked at Addis*

" An anti-magic shield? Interesting..."

[Addis Hellfire]

*Addis, his spell complete, snifs the air, oblivious to PheonixFlame.*

"It smells so...dull around here. What this town needs is more fire...."

*Addis starts chanting words to a spell. What was 1 Aurak is now 10, each in the air, each spread out, each one chanting another spell, each with a hand outstreatched towards their target. Suddenly, pillars of flames erupt from each Addis, and each head straight towards PheonixFlame and the Heiffer.*

[OOC: First spell is Mirror Image, a illusion that makes copies of yourself. They disappear when struck or dispelled. The second is Flamestrike, modified a bit. Flamestrike is normally a pillar of flame from the heavens that smites the target, but I modified it's origion, now coming from Addis's hands. Luckly for the Heiffer..that won't be effected lol]

[Robin]

*Robin stares. He was sure he wanted to see what was going on, but now he's not so sure he wants to be here any more. How could his sword or arrows compete with magic? Furthermore, what does he do to which combatant?*

Give me advice, somebody...

*Prayer. The last refuge of a scoundrel.*

[Robin]

*Epic fail of a confidence roll.*

[OOC: Back to Drinkers, Linkers and Thinkers for now.]

[Addis Hellfire]

*Addis raises a hand and is about to cast another spell, when an arrow passes him and hits a "Addis" that flew by, causing it to vanish. He looks around and spots a little gleam. His a eyes narrow, and he waves a hand over his robes, activating one of the spells on his robe's runes. *

"Hey, two on one isn't fair!!"

*He points at where the arrow or bolt came from (he can't tell which) and hisses a word. A red beam shoots from his claw.*

[OOC: Addis' runes casted Protection from Normal Missles, which protects from any non-magical projectiles. He just casted Scorching Ray, aiming at the shooter (Robin). The ray is just like Superman's eyes, or Cyclops from X-Men, however you want to look at it.]

[PhoenixFlame]

(OOC: Sorry, sorry, sorry for the disappearing act, am back now, lol, meant to post in the absence thread, but never got round it Oops! )

*Phoenixflame glances round at Addis' comments, but doesn;t see anyone else, as she doesn;t look upwards*

"What are you babbling about, there's only me here, or have your copies of yourself addled your mind so that you think there's more than one of me?!"

*Phoenixflame smiles slightly at him, then gestures towards one of the copies. There is a split second where nothing seems to happen, then a beam of blue light strikes one of the copies*

[Robin]

[[OOC: Okay, a battle in two threads doesn't work, so Robin will continue in combat here.]]

Whoah!

*Robin ducks just in time as a scorching ray of what seems like red light shoots directly towards him. It makes his hat flap backwards, but misses him, crashing instead into the Heifer's roof. Fortunately, no fire actually comes from it.*

What the... what happened?

*Robin narrows his eyes.*

Two on one may not be fair... but there appear to be more than one of him...

*Praying it's the right one, Robin selects an Addis from the ground outside, and nocks another normal arrow.*

Let's even up the odds!

Shoonk...!

[Addis Hellfire]

*Addis glances and sees yet another of his copies are missing. 8 out of 10 Addis's remian, and Addis just got a wake up call when he sees a arrow going right at him. The arrow, instead of striking his arm like it norma,lly would, instead flies around him and hits a wall. That one has some skill, and the woman is good with spells. Damn it, I gotta pay more attention, my brothers aren't here to back me up. Addis scolds himself as he raises his hands.*

"Wind, become my power!!"

*The wind starts to pick up and become oddly strong...in certain areas. It would be like the wind were...moving. Suddenly, the wind around PheonixFlame and Robin becomes very thin.*

[OOC: Addis just summoned a couple Air Elementals - creatures born from the air around. Normal weapons have no effect on them, and they are invisible, since they are air afterall. All of Addis's clones are doing the same motions and saying the same words, but only Addis himself is actually casting the spell.]

[Robin]

*Robin begins to choke slightly. Not being particularly au fait with summoning or any other forms of elemental magic, he's not quite sure what it is... but he can take an educated guess at what's caused it, judging by Addis' previous words.*

I'll be damned if I have an appropriate arrow to deal with whatever this is; my stuff is based on science, not magic...

*He coughs again, and starts taking deeper breaths than before.*

I hope that lady has something up her sleeve...

*Robin starts rooting through his quiver frantically, just in case it comes around to him...*

[Julian Lapin]

[[OOC: Jules and Ken are joining the fray here.]]

The two academics ran to the open window and quickly took in as much as they can from the melee.

'I hope you've got some kind of a plan, mate. The way I see it, we don't have ANY weapons, and this guy's gearing up to make Hiroshima look like a bit of light drizzle.'

'I have, but you're not going to like it. I need you to cast something.'

'Cast what?'

'Anything! Anything that comes to mind!'

'Jules, without my spellbook, any spell I DO manage to summon will be completly out of focus and impossible to control-'

'Precisely! You saw what happened with that invisible cat thing! If we can just destabalise his grasp over the energies, then he'll have no way to attack - and more importantly, no way to defend himself!'

'But that means she'll be affected too!' he yelled over the sudden wind, beckoning to Phoenix. 'Plus we have no idea what will happen! For all we can guess, he'll lose any control whatsoever and completly level this entire street!'

'We need to end this fight and FAST, Kenji! If we take down his magic, he'll be defenceless! Can you do it?!'

[Addis Hellfire]

[OOC: .....erm...eh....crap. Obviously, somebody has either been playing D&D or studying mages lol.]

*Addis looks around, taking in the scene and resisting the urge to laugh meniacly. My elementals are taking care of those two. Everything is going well. Perhaps I don't need Flaccus at all....don't get over confident here, something usually happens when things go so well.... Addis thought to himself as he refocused. Intending to finish this fight as soon as he could, he suddenly held two Fireballs in each hand and threw them at his two targets (PheonixFlame and Robin).*

[Julian Lapin]

((OCC: The latter in Jule's case, probably the former in mine ))

'Come on, think!' muttered Kenji inaudibly to himself. Something that could become chaotic for him, but unlikely to harm anyone else. Zemdor (turns original into triplicate)? Umboz (alleviate need for dusting)? Nikmo (cause urge to initiate a temporary relationship)?

'I don't mean to pressure you lad,' Julian muttered through clenched teeth at the sudden appearence of two fireballs, 'but if you're going to do something, now's the time!'

'I can't concentrate! Without my spellbook, ANYTHING can happen!'

'Good! Anything beats almost certain incineration any day!'

The mage flexed, preparing to throw his deadly payload.

'NOW! ANYTHING!'

Kenji screwed his eyes shut, held his palm out, and screamed:

'GIZGUM!'