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Post by Deleted on Mar 1, 2018 11:16:18 GMT -5
The Hades CupThe stage is set at Olympus Colliseum. The setting is early morning as the two entrants enter the ring. To signal the begin of the fight, a barrier appears around the tiled arena floor, making the fighters incapable of moving outside of the ring. As a reminder: - You have 24 hours to post.
- If you fail to make a post in that time you will be skipped once per thread. Second offense will be disqualification.
- You are limited to three actions per post.
- Good luck and have fun!
Posting Order Kuja, then Sophia
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Post by Deleted on Mar 2, 2018 4:52:27 GMT -5
A challenge. A true challenge, that is what Kuja desired and this girl seemed to also be magician just like him. A fight of powers, yes that sounded great in his ears. When the barrier moved up, the young genome would lift himself from the ground with his powers, two orbs appearing over his hands, one burning with flames, the other like a orb of compressed light.
“Dance for me, little white rabbit. Dance!”
He wouldn't hold back on the young girl, his hand reaching out to target the girl, the orbs now flying around his body like he was the center of the universe, the orbs the planets moving around him as the king of all beings. His long fingers would flex, electricity loading between his long nails before being released as a strong thunder spell in the girl's direction. After his first spell had been fired, he would lift himself up the ground, floating through the air fast to re-position himself for his next spell to be fired at the girl.
His orbs would split, becoming 6 in total before he would move his hand in the direction of the girl again, the orbs shooting upwards before vanishing and reappearing around the girl in a ring, ready to shot inside and explode.
Kuja laughed in amusement. The girl had no chance of winning. He would be the one standing in the spotlight in the and of this first act.
Kuja uses Thundaga on Sophia [Cooldown: 3 Posts]
Floats up into the air to get a got position over the fight
Uses Remote Flare: Creates 5 flare-orbs around the target that explode. [Cooldown: 2 Posts]
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Post by Deleted on Mar 2, 2018 18:50:32 GMT -5
@tag 000 notes My chosen torture makes me stronger Sophia looked around the arena, sighing a little to herself. What she was doing here, she wasn't entirely sure. The money sounded nice, but she wasn't really one for tournaments and that sort of nonsense. Still, she was going to take this as a chance to show off her abilities. To show these people what sort of feats someone with a bloodline of pure magic was capable of. She didn't even get a chance to greet her opponent, however.
As soon as the barrier went up, she had barely looked at him when the fight began. He floated up into the air, already giving himself an advantage. Next, he fired some sort of powerful Thunder spell at her, taunting the battlemage to dance for him. Reacting quickly, she drew her blade, the flat in front of her face and the point aimed towards the sky. A shimmering, translucent barrier appeared in the space around her just in time as the spell struck her Shell, the lightning bolt splitting around he barrier.
The light shone through it, refracted and creating a burst of beautiful color. Her knees buckled slightly at the impact, but Sophia remained standing. When the spheres of energy exploded around her, however, a crack formed in the barrier, forcing her to her knees with the force. However, her barrier was standing and so was she. As the dust of their initial conflict cleared up, she smirked, looking upwards at Kuja. "Is that really all? That barely tickled." In truth, Sophia was quite impressed with Kuja's magical affinity.
She had seen few back home capable of such magic. 'My turn.' Keeping her barrier up, the veins in Sophia's sword arm glowed a deep crimson before she delivered six quick slashes to the air, six energy blades wreathed in flame rocketed towards her opponent. Then, dashing to the other side of the ring, extending a palm towards Kuja, she unleashed her Thunder spell. "Thunder!" She cried, a bolt of lightning crashing down towards Kuja from the sky.
Actions Used Shell - 1/2 posts duration Inferus Blade - 0/2 posts Thunder - 0/1 cooldown
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Post by Deleted on Mar 3, 2018 10:39:24 GMT -5
The girl was not stupid.. she was capable of magic to stand against his, creating a shield around her that took most of the damage from his attacks. Smart... Kuja however just smiled when she decided to counterattack, using her sword to slash into the air, 6 waves of energy focusing on him. Kuja laughed in amusement and started to move through the air in fast motion, dancing around the attacks. Three of the attacks cut past his clothes, leaving them a little scraped at some parts, his skin having been cut at his one leg, but he didn't pay it any attention. She would get every cut back.
After he had done his dance, he could see she had changed her position and cast a thunder-spell in his direction. Kuja didn't seem very impressed with the electricity coming his way, his hands moving forward, his orbs moving in front, moving in a circle before connecting with each other to create a explosion that destroyed the attack before it hit him.
Now, Kuja moved his hand up, the orbs shooting into the sky to reappear over the girl in form of a ring, orbs of flare-magic raining down onto her without any mercy. “You seemed to be a skilled magician, but you can't win against me. Surrender, white rabbit, before your fluffy tail get's burned.”
Kuja performs a dodge-dance in the air to avoid the shockwaves - gets cut a few times
Kuja Cast's Burst Energy to destroy the thunderspell before it reaches him [Cooldown 1]
Cast's Force Symphony on Sophia [Cooldown 2]
Skills on Cooldown:
Thundaga [1/3]
Remote Flare [1/2]
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Post by Deleted on Mar 4, 2018 10:57:47 GMT -5
Sophia is using her 24 hour extension.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 5, 2018 9:24:01 GMT -5
@tag 000 notes My chosen torture makes me stronger Sophia cursed under her breath as she failed to land a direct hit with either of her attacks. No matter, there was still plenty of time and Sophia was confident she could take Kuja down. He was a skilled mage, that was for certain, but the battlemage had enough grit and determination to make up for the gap in power between the two of them. Sophia didn't get much of a chance to think through her next move, however, as her opponent fired the orbs that floated carelessly around him into the sky.
Sophia knew that this must be some sort of attack, and began to look around her to get eyes on the orbs. Soon after being launched into the air, the bundles of magical energy appeared directly over her, raining powerful magic down onto her. Thankfully, her Shell spell was still up, the magic clashing against the barrier over and over. Lady War looked up at the burst of energy striking the barrier, threatening to tear it asunder. Another crack formed, spiderwebbing outwards quickly. "Damn!" Sophia leaped backwards as the barrier shattered like glass.
Thankfully, her reflexes were quick, allowing Sophia to get out of the way just in time. She was quick to counter, hoping her opponent was still focused on his assault. Her hand engulfed in flame moments before Sophia slung a Fire spell in Kuja's direction, aimed right at the center of his chest. Immediately, she followed up by raising her fist to the sky and opening her hand, a whirlwind appearing directly behind Kuja. Hopefully, if he dodged the spell, he would be forced right into her Aero spell.
As she did so, she responded to Kuja's taunt. "Shut it with the "white rabbit" nonsense! The name's Sophia and don't you forget it!" She narrowed her eyes at the man in the air. "Another thing you shouldn't forget; a battlemage only surrenders when they're dead!"
Actions Used Fire - 0/1 posts cooldown Aero - 0/1 posts cooldown
Cooldowns Shell - 0/2 posts cooldown Inferus Blade - 1/2 posts cooldown Thunder - 1/1 post cooldown
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Post by Deleted on Mar 5, 2018 16:56:04 GMT -5
The shell-spell really was annoying, but it seemed Kuja's attack had destroyed it finally and the girl was open to his attacks now. Kuja grinned, almost ready to perform a new symphony for the girl, when a rather smart counter-attack came. He could see a fire-ball coming his way, but also sense how the wind had picked up behind him. He had to chose what was the lesser evil of those attacks and Kuja's decision was easily made. His body carried him back to avoid the fire-ball, but the wind caught him and scratched over his body, tearing some parts of his clothes before he could set himself free, a few minor cuts on his features now as his body seemed to fall for a moment before his spell caught up again to soften his fall, his feet hovering over the ground again.
“Dead you say...? Don't want it to come this far.. I think killing you would disqualify me from this tournament.”, he mused, seeming to pout, which was nothing more but a fake mask he put on, before the smile would return to his face.
“You have shown some skill... but I think it is time to show you who the real mage in this arena is.”
With that threat spoken out, Kuja would raise his arms, his palm showing up into the sky, all orbs around him suddenly vanishing. Magic build up on him before being released somewhere above the girl, a rain of powerful and deadly magic coming down on her like meteors raining from the sky. “DANCE, little one! Dance to the death!!”
Kuja casts Ultima: Kuja focuses the power he has and shot's his orbs up into the air to rain down on the enemy with immense power inside of them. When hit by the spell, the enemy takes critical damage. [Cooldown: 4 Posts]
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Post by Deleted on Mar 6, 2018 16:28:30 GMT -5
@tag 000 notes My chosen torture makes me stronger "Exactly." Sophia smirked, emboldened by the success of her strategy when Kuja mentioned that killing her would likely disqualify him from the tournament. "You're not gonna win against me, pretty boy." When Kuja mentioned showing her who the true mage in the arena is, the Battlemage scoffed. He was strong, that much was not in dispute, but she was a pureblood mage! Sophia was capable of magic beyond what someone like her opponent could accomplish... oh, how wrong she was.
Once it appeared Kuja was going to make his next move, Lady War prepared a counter. Little did she know, however, the magic coming her way would simply be too much for her. As the magic began to fall from the sky, generating a mass of explosions around the Battlemage, she moved quickly to the front, back, and side, pivoting on her heel to avoid the rain of magical energy. 'Gotta get out of here!' Sophia flipped backwards onto her hands, then onto her feet, repeating the process several times to try and escape the spell.
Unfortunately, it was all for naught. Mid-flip, Sophia's back was caught by one of the meteors of magic, knocking the wind out of her and forcing her to the ground, the rest of the spell hitting home. Sophia cried out in pain as she was pelted over and over by Kuja's Ultima spell, just trying to cling to consciousness so she could stay in the fight. At last, it seemed the spell had stopped its ravages on her. Sophia simply laid there amongst the rubble and dust that obscured her, her clothing torn and sindged from the magic. At that point, she almost considered giving up. That spell... if he was capable of anything else like that, she didn't stand a chance at all. Then, something one of her old masters said to her came to mind.
"When you fall, don't you dare stay down."
'Right... he doesn't know who he's messing with.' Sophia slowly rose to her feet, her scraped knees stinging slightly as she did so. She was a battlemage... and she had not yet used her most potent weapon. What set her apart from the other mages of her world. She blinked, her eyes becoming a glaring amethyst color. Her skin slowly darkened, starting at her nose and spreading out through her entire body, spreading to her hair as well, turning it a raven black. Wisps of dark energy formed around her as she called upon the essence of darkness within her soul. "You damn fool." She uttered softly, pure rage bubbling just below the surface of her tone. She levitated just above the ground, gesturing for her sword, the blade splitting into two and springing up from the ground into each of her hands.
"I'm going to beat you to a pulp." This was said in a very matter of fact tone as she pointed both of her blades at Kuja, her amethyst eyes glowing with her rage. Her Daephilim Full Release was her most powerful ability, raising her magical affinity to new heights... and she was ready to unleash it all on Kuja. Leaping up into the air, Sophia seemed to float on the wind as approached her opponent, her face stoic and her eyes locked on her target. Sophia swung her sword through the air, casting a Thundara spell that struck from above, following up with a Blizzara cast from the swing of her other sword that was aimed directly at Kuja's face.
actions used daephilim full release - duration 1/3 thundara - 0/2 posts cooldown blizzara - 0/2 posts cooldown
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Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2018 13:03:05 GMT -5
Kuja's attack rained down merciless on the girl and at first she did well to avoid, but he knew right away that she couldn't keep this up for long and he was right. She was hit and could not avoid the other blasts anymore, almost being crushed under the force of the ultima-spell. When the dust settled, he saw her on the ground, his head shaking slightly, body still levitating over the ground, his face no longer holding a grin, but a expression of disappointment.
“I told you... surrender before you lose a limb, little one.”, he would say, his arms crossing in front of his chest as he waited for her to say she was going to quit and the shield of the arena can vanish to let him out. To his surprise, the girl slowly got up again, the genomes eyes widening slightly. She still wanted to fight, even after facing his power? What was driving her..? Was the price of this tournament really worth so much?
Her body suddenly transformed, her aura taking over the girl's features. Her skin changed, just like her hair and eyes, her blade splitting to become two as she was ready to face him once more. Kuja was stunned by the determination in the girl's eyes and the transformation she had just gone through. Was this.. some kind of trance?
The girls magic had gained much strength and it showed by the two spells she threw at him. Kuja cursed in his mind when he saw the thunderspell coming his way, his levitation carrying him backwards in time, but he couldn't gain enough control to avoid the fire-spell. He could only shield his face with his arms, the spell hitting hard and sending him backwards, his back hitting the ground and sliding over it for a moment, before his body stopped finally. His sleeves were burned at some parts from the attack and his skin burned as well. The mage growled, getting up from the ground again, taking in the damage before looking at the girl with a displeased expression on his face.
“So... the animal in it's cage is still able to bite.. fine... I will teach you a lesson. You don't want to surrender? Than I just make you unable to fight!”
His body was raised back up into the air, his orbs reappearing around him, his arms shaking slightly from the pain he felt. Kuja was done with playing games... His orbs shot out in the girls direction, trying to hit her directly, before they reformed again into one big orb of holy-magic that targeted Sophia and exploded with power close to her body.
In the meantime, Kuja murmured something before he touched his wounded arm, a green glow seeping in to heal the burns on his skin.
Active Cooldowns:
Burst Energy [1/1]
Cast's Force Symphony on Sophia [1/2]
Thundaga [2/3]
Remote Flare [2/2]
Used Spells:
Strike Energy: Uses his orbs and creates 6 out of them to strike at the enemy from the distance or strike them away from him, should they get to close. [Cooldown: 1 Post]
Seraphic Star: Throws a holy-orb at the enemy that gatheres energy and explodes. [Cooldown: 3 Posts]
Curaga: Kuja uses the holy magic he possesses and heals the target's HP greatly. Can be used on himself and his allies. [Cooldown: 3 Posts]
Kuja healed his wounds.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 8, 2018 11:42:23 GMT -5
@tag 000 notes My chosen torture makes me stronger Sophia's soul burned with the blackest fire, the essence of the Daephilim shined brightly within her, causing her dark aura to grow ever more intense. After her onslaught, she landed on the ground near her opponent, facing him with a look on her face that betrayed no hint of fear or any emotion. There was no pride. There was no fear. All the Battlemage could feel was the power coursing through her veins, her skin becoming so hot that the aura appeared to be mixed with steam as the water on her skin and under her skin evaporated.
As her opponent rose into the air, indicating that he was going to simply render her unable to fight, Sophia narrowed her eyes at him and calmly entered a readied stance. She wasn't going to go down without a fight. As Kuja fired the orbs in her direction, Sophia pivoted out of the way. Before she could lunge in her opponent's direction again, however, the orbs combined into one, exploding with great holy power a mere couple of feet from her. Sophia roared with pain, the blast sending her forward.
She recovered soon after, however, rolling forward on the ground and leaping back to her feet. The pain was great. Her whole body felt like it was on fire from her grand increase in power and heat as well as the spells that had pummeled her just a few seconds ago. Placing a hand on her chest, she breathed heavily as she released a flow of purative magic into her body, some of her wounds beginning to stitch shut and vanish miraculously. Looking up at Kuja, she spoke between labored breaths. "How disappointing."
Her clothing was tattered and she bore many wounds from Kuja's Ultima and Seraphic Star spells, but her will and determination to uphold her pride kept her standing. Riding the wind into the sky, she lashed out with both of her blades, spinning her body around with her Whirlwind Cut and aiming to slash Kuja with six rotations before launching him away on the sixth one. Then, whether that succeeded or not, she would aim her right-hand blade at Kuja and cast Fira, aiming a fireball right at her opponent's midsection.
actions used daephilim full release - duration 2/3 fira - 0/2 posts cooldown whirlwind cut - 0/2 posts cooldown
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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2018 8:17:05 GMT -5
She just wouldn't give up! He almost held some kind of respect for her determination to win this, though he would not speak it out loudly. She was hit by his attacks and her body was very exhausted, that was clear... but she healed herself and even though it seemed she had trouble breathing, the girl would only state that she was disappointing by his attacks. She REALLY must have a death wish...
Though she showed him now what she could do. She went in for a close range attack, spinning around with her blade. Kuja's eyes widened, his orbs returning to him as he tried to counter with a spell to knock her back, however, the moment the first cut came in, he had no choice but to move back, unable to cast the spell in time and that was a mistake... he couldn't avoid all her attacks, the first just passing by his torso, but the other cuts hit. He had not time to defend himself, the last hit knocking him back, a strong fire-spell following, his body cut up terribly, but his hands able to finally form a command, his orbs moving out to just shield him from the fire-attack, all of them disappearing as result. The genome hit the ground, sliding over it a little before his body came to a stop.
He was badly wounded from those slashes and the fira-spell had burned a hold in what was covering his torso with cloth. It was all burned... Slowly, he tried to get back up, using his arm to support himself when he spit some blood out. She had got him good and it made him furious. He had her! He had her and was about to leave this battle without any big wounds and than she went trance on him and cut his body?! How dare she! Does she not know who she is dealing with?
His eyes moved up to glare at her, all the taunting and the smiles having vanished from his face while his hand covered up the burn on his torso. She was not worthy of seeing his true power... this was the first round of these battles and uncovering his secret now? What a disgrace!
“This mockery.. has gone to far.”, he muttered, slowly getting back to his feet, something uncurling under his clothes, a tail moving out under the fabric of his robe. His body started to glow, eyes changing color just like his hair.
“If you would have surrender, than I wouldn't have to go this far, but you asked for it. I will not just burn your fluffy tail... I will RIP it off your being! No one dares to taunt me like this and gets away with it!!”
His body was lifted from the ground before a flash of energy would take over his body, his form changing before the light vanished again, revealing his full trance. His orbs returned to his side, his tail twitching with anger.
“This play will now enter the final stage and you will be blown back to where you belong..!”
He aimed his hand at the girl, darkness spreading out and unleashing on her body, trying to suck away part of the life that was left in her, before Kuja would move his hand up to gesture his orbs to shoot out before again appearing around the girl to knock her essence out of her with the explosion of those orbs.
Kuja is wounded badly by all the attacks Sophia performed - Kuja's emotions go wild
Enters Trance [Cooldownreset for Ultima//Duration: 3 Posts]
Uses Demi on Sophia: A blackmagic-spell that drains 1/4 of the enemies current HP should it be succesful. There is a 40% Chance of this to work. [Cooldown: 2 Posts]
Cast's Remote Flare on Sophia
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Cast's Force Symphony on Sophia [2/2]
Thundaga [3/3]
Seraphic Star [1/3]
Strike Energy [1/1]
Curaga [1/3]
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Post by Deleted on Mar 10, 2018 8:10:50 GMT -5
@tag 000 notes My chosen torture makes me stronger She had done it. Her Whirlwind Cut and Fira combo hit home for the most part, burning a hole in the clothing that covered Kuja's torso. Landing on the ground, Sophia turned back to her opponent with a confident pose. He was down, but he wasn't out just yet. The Battlemage looked down at her arm and the aura covering it. The steam had grown even greater from the heat of her power, but her aura of darkness began to flicker.
She didn't have much time. She had to finish it now. Unfortunately, it wouldn't be that easy. Her display of power spurred Kuja into revealing his true strength, his body changing much like Sophia's, leading the girl to widen her eyes a bit in surprise. 'Is he... a battlemage too?' No. That was impossible. She was the only one. Her pure magical blood was the only one that could withstand the process of melding a Daephilim with a soul. But Kuja had a similar transformation at least. How could this be?
At his threats, Sophia simply took up her battle stance once more. "You aren't even going to touch me." A statement of pure bravado. Sophia knew that this would likely not be the case, but confidence was a powerful weapon on the field of battle. Now in his newly ransformed state, Kuja tried to engulf her in a cloud of dark power, trying a Remote Flare once more. Sophia managed to dodge the brunt of the darkness by leaping into the air, but part of it consumed her leg.
Sophia felt her life beginning to drain away, but held firm, escaping the spell and quickly protecting her body with a Shell spell to defend against the Remote Flare. On her way to Kuja, she slashed the air with blinding speed, using her Inferus Blade again. Six energy blades engulfed in flame rocketed towards Kuja, the battlemage at the same time casting an Aerora, aiming the whirlwind to open up right over the newly transformed Kuja. Sophia was going to give this all she had... and indeed, that was all she could muster.
The second the whirlwind opened, and the second the final energy blade fired forth, the dark aura around Sophia faded, the color draining from her face and hair as her blade's second copy vanished. She was normal again. She hit the ground, quickly getting up to rest on her hands and knees. Her breaths were labored. She would need time to recover... if she could even get that.
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cooldowns thundara - 2/2 posts cooldown blizzara - 2/2 posts cooldown daephilim full release - 0/5 posts cooldown fira - 1/2 posts cooldown whirlwind cut - 1/2 posts cooldown
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Post by Deleted on Mar 10, 2018 17:30:50 GMT -5
Kuja is using his 24 hour extension
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Post by Deleted on Mar 11, 2018 16:31:02 GMT -5
His anger knew no limits right now. He would no longer show any mercy to this woman. She had done it... he had snapped. And with this outburst of emotions, his energy rose to dangerous levels. Levels that could easily destroy more than the arena, wouldn't there be a shield protecting it. She seemed to attack him with all she got now, hoping it would be enough to destroy him. Kuja was wounded just like her, but he knew that she had no chance against him anymore in this form.
Two attacks came his way, one formed into 6 burning slashes, the second a strong Aero-spell that was created right above him. Kuja didn’t have any spells to protect him from magic like a shell-spell, but he could still try to counter with his 6 orbs, each of them aiming at one attack, trying to destroy them before they reached. His orbs took out three, but the other three broke through, cutting into parts of his body, before the Aeroga-Spell would take him and shred part of his still remaining clothes in this form. When the dust settled, Kuja was still in the air, but holding his bleeding arm, gasp escaping from his badly wounded body. He was still standing, eh floating, but he to was reaching his limits.
His eyes looked down at her, seeing that she had transformed back. She was done... but he no longer wanted to show her any kind of mercy after she had hurt him this way. She had dared to stomp on his ego and now he would crush her. He didn’t care it might put her life into danger. She should have given up.. now he is gonna knock her down, back to the hole she crawled out of.
His orbs returned to his body, his aura intensifying, his arms moving up to target the girl. “It is over.... You have fought well.. but you can’t take on an angel of death. Pray for your body to be able to survive this.”
With that said, his orbs once again shot into the air to rain down on her with the strength of Ultimate magic. He didn’t care if the spell hit or not. His body floated to the ground after the rain stopped, his trance coming to an end from the exhaustion he felt before he tumbled to his knees, still concious but sure of his victory.
Kuja cast's Ultima on Sohpia
Returns to the ground and transforms back from exhaustion
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Post by Deleted on Mar 12, 2018 14:14:18 GMT -5
@tag 000 notes My chosen torture makes me stronger Did she do it? Did she win? Barely looking up from her defeated position, she noticed that Kuja was still up. 'Damn, he just won't go down, will he?' Lady War let out a breathless laugh. As he approached, she picked up her sword and stuck it into the arena floor, leaning on it for support and trying to find the strength to stand. She could slowly feel her strength returning, her Shell spell remaining active to shield her from any oncoming magic while she recovered.
Kuja wasn't going to give her a chance to get all of her strength back, however. After stating a few words, the orbs surrounding his body shot into the air, aiming to destroy her with another Ultima spell. "Son of a..." She hoped her Shell would hold out, but she somehow doubted it. As her shield began to be pummeled by the magic Sophia closed her eyes. She almost considered giving up. It would be much easier to just stay down after this spell was finished with her. 'Since when have I ever given up, though?' Sophia thought with a small smile.
'Okay. I guess i'll just remain standing right til the very end.' Her knees shaking, the Battlemage rose to her feet, the shield around her cracking, being torn asunder by the powerful magic that clashed against its surface. Taking a deep breath, Sophia leaped backwards through the spell, her shield shattering into multicolored shards. Most of the remaining magic struck her hard, however, sending her into the arena's far side. Sophia remained still for a moment before slowly rising to her feet.
Looking back at Kuja, it appeared he reverted from his previous form as well. "Hehehe... hehe..." She chuckled at the whole situation. If only she had the strength to deliver a finishing blow. No. Her body was broken. If Kuja hoped to break her spirit, however, he would remain disappointed. "I told ya, didn't I?" She smirked, the scene around her beginning to grow blurry. "I'm not dead yet." Her hands trembled as Sophia placed her sword out in front of her in a defensive stance. "Stand up. This isn't over yet."
Somehow, her voice was still full of confidence. It was almost as though her energy wasn't completely drained. Almost as if she hadn't withstood the beating of her life. In truth, Sophia was no stranger to pain. She had felt the kind of pain that would break others. It would take more than this to make her go down for good... unfortunately for her, however, not much more. ulla
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