[RP] Final Fantasy IX: Scars of Terra

Hearing her sis caling out to her, Vanessa emerged from the side of the house, since the air attack began she didn't want to be in the house in case it was hit. Her hands were still shaking from earlier so she hid them behind her back as she walked towards her sis "I-i'm here, i'm safe"

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Holding back the enemy soldiers Ricard gradually noted their numbers decrease, was this just a distraction? Cutting through the few that remained he prepared to leave the now corpse filled room when he heard Eiko call out. Perhaps this was what their intention was, take her while she had no protection. Sheathing his katana he ran through the deserted corridors and eventually encountered a mysterious man with Eiko in hand. Running in front of his intended destination he blocked the man's path "I don't know what your intention is with her but i'm afraid I can't allow it to proceed!" Edging his thumb forward on the guard of his katana he edged the blade slightly out, ready to bring it out if the man became hostile.
 
He got over to Annelise, as Lan ran off. Annes face looked distraught and sad as she looked over and asked.

"Do you think...I did the right thing...letting him go?"


"Killing a friend is never easy, you did your best. I think we got our message across to Lan anyways... Let's just have a back up plan in case he can't do it."

He offered his hand to help her up.

"Come on, I'm sure the others need help as well." He gave a smile trying to cheer her up some.
 
Lan Ester

Lan soon reached the extraction zone as a few of Cyril's Soldiers waited for him.

"Sir. How fairs the mission?" One of the Soldier asked.

Lan sheathed his unbroken claw and grabbed the mirror that his tail unfolded.

"Success. We begin extraction and leave Lindblum. That includes the ships bombing." Lan commanded.

"What about Commander Brandish, Ninja, and Bishop?" Another soldier asked.

"We wait for them. Now get me a room on the ship as I will guard the mirror and I alone." Lan commanded as the Soldiers saluted him.

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Remilia Oveilia

Remilia saw Brandish fly off the edge due to the Aero sent at her by Chaos. Running to the edge with Chaos in tow, the summoner saw Brandish scaling down the way at a fast and controlled rate by her sword.

"Shoot. It's too far for Chaos to attack properly." Remilia muttered as she desummoned Chaos. Looking over to Robert, she walked over to his general area.

"Brandish got away. Anne and Aaron is chasing after the mirror." Remilia called out.
 
Robert Crescent​

There was no way to guard against the explosive blast. Robert was sent flying backwards. With some quick thinking and quick action, he used his lance to spear into the mast post to stop his otherwise out of control flight. He flipped himself around on the lance like a gymnast to slow himself down before pulling his lance out and falling to the deck.

He landed on his feet and found himself crippled in pain. Most of his upper body leather armor was destroyed and he had suffered a number of burns over his body. While he did see her fall, she was a summoner. He knew she would use that thunderbird to catch her or something. He knew he would end up fighting her again.

He used Reis Wind to start mending his body of the damage that was caused to him, though he would need to find a top to replace the black leather top he was wearing before it got incinerated. He was lucky it too the brunt of the attack, or his injuries would have been far worse.

Once his flesh had healed fully, he would look over at Remilia as she approached the recovering Burmecian, the draconic energies subsiding after their healing effects wore off. "Bishop is in freefall, though we can safely presume she's gotten away. She's a summoner like you, so she's probably summoned an eidolon to save her." he spoke to her. "We cant' let the mirror fall into their hands. I know Grisale has a plan to try and bring Cyril to his senses, but it's far too risky. Regardless of the situation, we can't allow any of the mirrors to fall into their hands." he spoke before going to walk down and off of the airship and onto solid land.

"I'm going down to help protect the civilians. You can come with me, or you can help Anne and Aaron out." he spoke to her. He felt like Anne and Aaron could handle themselves, but he was worried about Vanessa and her sister who were both still down in the city.

He cast a second Reis Wind to continue healing his body and help him to regain his strength. Once he felt confident enough and painless enough, he would start making his way down to the city below and start heading off over the rooftops towards Vanessa's house. He'd also take the opportunity along the way to take down any enemy forces he came across en route.
 
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The Bishop and The Brandish

As the Bishop began to free fall, she would feel a pair of energy wings glow before they dissipated, allowing her to slow her descent. The Brandish eventually stopped her descent with her blade. Putting both feet on the wall she pulled out her sword and somersaulted down to the surface, looking up at the airship.

"Hmph, Silver-Eyed Witch, you've gotten soft!" The Bishop yelled out, looking at Gisale as her arms started to bleed from the multiple cuts. "You could've easily taken down that girl and her pathetic Eidolons easy. What say you?"

Gisale however started to think of what Robert said, She wanted to save Cyril...but what if he was right? She never did consider the possibility of killing him, and the one time that they did fought it ended with her seriously injured. Even Lan was considering to kill him off. But what would that accomplish?

"Hey, I'm talking to you." The Bishop yelled out, and Gisale calmly said, "Be quiet." She began to walk off to a side exit. "Where are you..."

",,,I'll meet you back at Cleyra, my objective is complete." Gisale said as she walked through the passageway.

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Annelise Steiner and The Twinsword

"Killing a friend is never easy, you did your best. I think we got our message across to Lan anyways... Let's just have a back up plan in case he can't do it. Come on, I'm sure the others need help as well."

Anne nodded and took Aaron's hand as he helped her up, the Alexandrian Knight and the mercenary was spotted by roughly a dozen and a half Oeilvert soldiers. "There they are, get them!!!"

The moment they raised their swords for battle, they quickly turned their heads as they saw the aircab come down through the window, smashing the brick walls and crushing all underneath the wrecked ship. The door fell off completely as Twinsword crawled out from within. "What was that?!" Anne said, so surprised of all the events that just happened in a matter of seconds. "I'm not flying a ship ever again." Twinsword said as she stood up, dusting herself off. As she looked at Anne without a sword she asked, "What happened to your blade?"

Anne blushed in embarassment, she didn't want to tell Twinsword that she lost her blade when she surrendered it to Lan..."I..think I misplaced it."

"Honestly, going out there without a weapon is suicide, unless Gisale taught you unarmed fighting"

"Unarmed fighting?" Anne looked at Twinsword curiously, she must most likely mean fight like Lan, but she has not had not much beyond the base knowledge for that.

"Well yeah, all of the Lord-Generals know unarmed hand-to-hand combat to a certain degree, I learned it from my master, many of the Lord-Generals know from Gisale. He said one time that it so to defend yourself better even without a weapon."

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The Ninja

"I don't know what your intention is with her but i'm afraid I can't allow it to proceed!"

The Ninja turned around and saw a Samurai with his sword drawn. Most likely he was working with Lindblum. Dropping the unconscious Princess on the ground beside him he said in a soft tone. "The Shadows of War are unkind to all. Yet is necessary to bring a new order...Die."

The Ninja drew his own sword, a Ninjato, much shorter than his opponents Katana, and prepared himself for battle.

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Atalanta Palaiologos

"I-i'm here, i'm safe"

Atalanta hugged Vanessa as she saw her move out of her hiding place. "Oh thank god you are safe." She said, her face full of worry as the surrounding buildings were in flames. "Come on, we need to get out of Lindblum." She grabbed Vanessa's hand and took her outside the house. Fortunately, she was able to escape in time before a bomb was dropped on their house creating a large explosion that put the house in flames. "Oh no...NOT MY HOUSEEEEE!!!!!!" Atalanta screamed out in shock.
 
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As Annelise stood back up onto her feet, it wasn't but a moment later that the Oeilvert Soldiers spotted them.

"There they are, get them!!"

Before a fight could start a large crash happened, a Aircab crashed through the castle wall and crushed the soldiers, The door fell off and out crawled the Twinsword.

"Geez... She doesn't do anything half-assed does she.." He said whilst shaking his head in amazement.

The Twinsword and Annelise spoke calmly, when the question of her missing sword came up Aaron kept his silence, He walked over to one of the fallen soldiers and picked up a Sword closely resembling Annelises sword.

He walked over to Anne and handed the sword over to her.

"Here, This is close to the same type you use.."

"Anyways, Where do we head off to now.. Our path is kind of blocked in one direction.." He looked over to the Aircab that the Twinsword came in.
 
Remilia Oveilia

"Bishop is in free fall, though we can safely presume she's gotten away. She's a summoner like you, so she's probably summoned an eidolon to save her. We cant' let the mirror fall into their hands. I know Grisale has a plan to try and bring Cyril to his senses, but it's far too risky. Regardless of the situation, we can't allow any of the mirrors to fall into their hands. I'm going down to help protect the civilians. You can come with me, or you can help Anne and Aaron out."

"I'll help you out Rob." Remilia called out as she followed him out. Once outside, the summoner called out Ultima as she leapt into the summon's arms.

"Fly over the theater district and send Holy into any Olivert Soldiers you see." Remilia muttered as Ultima nodded starting to float over to said district.

Soon enough, Ultima reached the theater district when a loud explosion was hear. Ultima steered toward the explosion and Remilia saw two people out infront of the place. Ultima flew down and lowered Remilia to the ground as she ran up to the two people. The red haired summoner recognized one of the person as Vanessa.

"Vanessa! Are you ok?" Remilia called out as she ran over to the little girl in the arms of a tall lady.
 
Robert Crescent​

Robert ran across the roof tops. A wave of worry washed over him when he saw the explosion hit the area where Atlanta and Vanessa lived off in the distance. When he arrived on the scene, Remilia and her Eidolon were just touching down.

Robert landed in front of the small group of ladies, seeing Atlanta freak out about her home. As difficult as the thought was, they couldn't stay in the area. "Vanessa, Atlanta, we need to go to the castle. It'll be safest there. If you could, I'd like you to help us in getting the citizens to the castle. My friend and I will protect you along the way." he spoke to Atlanta and Vanessa.
 
Annelise Steiner and The Twinsword

"Here, This is close to the same type you use.." Anne took the dead soldiers sword from Aaron's hand. It was a similar Broadsword, not unlike the one she had, but it appeared to be of poorer quality steel, as if the blade was going to break upon significant use. However Anne was not one to be picky, not at this moment at least. Twinsword also thought, "Well, I guess she must've taught her differently from us."

Anne nodded, "We need to clear the castle of Oeilvert's soldiers, so we can get the people inside." Anne breathed in and nodded, "We need to split up."

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Atalanta Palaiologos

As they saw their house in flames, she looked away angered at what the enemy did.

"Vanessa! Are you ok?"

"Vanessa, Atlanta, we need to go to the castle. It'll be safest there. If you could, I'd like you to help us in getting the citizens to the castle. My friend and I will protect you along the way."

"Hold up, you're asking Vanessa to go out and help rescue civilians? Are you nuts?" Atalanta barked, standing up and letting Remilia hold on to her. "Look, let your friend take her to the castle. I can see about the civilians, but only if you ensure Vanessa's safety."
 
Remilia Oveilia

"Look, let your friend take her to the castle. I can see about the civilians, but only if you ensure Vanessa's safety.

Remilia walked over and placed a hand on Vanessa and she looked at the lady.

"I can't promise anything but I'll be sure to get her to the castle with the least amount of damage on her." Remilia replied as Ultima floated up behind her.
 
"The Shadows of War are unkind to all. Yet is necessary to bring a new order...Die."

"So, the princess is this important to your mission, all the more reason to stop you"

Unsheathing his katana Ricard stared down his opponent, he had to take care that Eiko wasn't harmed in the exchange yet he couldn't let his guard down with any opponent. Rushing towards Ninja he deliberately interlocked their blades, trying to force him away from Eiko so he didn't have to worry about her safety.

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Seeing her house get destroyed in the attacks, Vanessa just looked down in sadness, they didn't have a home again, so where could they go? Before Vanessa could think too deeply on this, the man from earlier and Remilia from the castle appeared as they all began fighting, at least to her, over where she should be going.

It didn't take long to come to a decision, one Vanessa was relieved by as Remilia was chosen to take her to the castle, following her lead to return to safety, Vanessa needed to calm down somewhere anyway after finding out that she could use magic. Though as a giant creature appeared Vanessa fell back in shock, it seemed to be under Remilia's control but... What was it?
 
Remilia Oveilia

The red haired summoner looked at Atalanta, then over to Rob before looking down to Vanessa who was staring at Ultima. Grabbing her hand, Remilia smiled.

"Let's go."

That was the only warning she gave to Vanessa before she picked her up bridal style and ran up to Ultima, who picked her up and placed her on it's shoulder.

"Ultima. Get to the Lindblum Grand castle. Use holy to shoot down any attacks heading our way." Remilia commanded as the summon took off into the sky.

Once up into the air, Remilia decided to let Vanessa know about Lan's intentions.

"Vanessa. I heard about the wish Lan wanted if he won the Festival of the Hunt. He told me to tell you that he never intended of going through with the wish at all. His true wish is to stop this war and to that end, he wants to do it by his own hands. So don't think so badly of him." Remilia muttered.
 
"Split up huh..."

He figured that would save the most time but, he was still worried about Annelise she still looked kinda shaky from Lans words and Her sword wouldn't last long.

"Would you mind if I tagged along Annelise, I know splitting up would save time but your blade wouldn't last too long."

He didn't normally show such concern for people this much, but he finally made some friends and doesn't wish to lose them like Gafgarion.

((OOC: Sorry for the short post Dx))
 
Robert Crescent​

Robert looked over at Atlanta as she complained about his suggestion. "I'm sure you might already be aware, but your friend can use magic. I saw her defending herself. She might be timid, but there's potential there." he spoke before nodding to Remilia as she took Vanessa with her summoned eidolon. "However, any help to minimize the casualties here is appreciated. The generals have been all but driven off, and Cid's airships should be ready to fend off the Olivert forces. Chances are there's also ground forces outside of the city gates to prevent people from escaping. So right now the safest and most fortified place for people to be is at the castle." Robert explained.
 
Atalanta Palaiologos

"I'm sure you might already be aware, but your friend can use magic. I saw her defending herself. She might be timid, but there's potential there."

"What?" Atalanta said surprised. She didn't know or expect Vanessa to learn magic. But if what Robert said is true, then she would have to see what Vanessa knows about magic. But even then, she is too scared to really be of any help.

"However, any help to minimize the casualties here is appreciated. The generals have been all but driven off, and Cid's airships should be ready to fend off the Olivert forces. Chances are there's also ground forces outside of the city gates to prevent people from escaping. So right now the safest and most fortified place for people to be is at the castle."

"That only depends on if they arrive in time, or else there may not be a city left to defend." She said, looking up to the sky. "Come, let us get the people out of danger. Let's hope the enemy hasn't taken the castle yet." With that Atalanta drew her sword and began walking towards one of the collapsed buildings, using her strength she began to try and lift up the rubble. As she lifted she saw a few survivors trapped underneath. "Go, Go!!!" Atalanta said as she held the rubble up as much as she could, signaling Robert to tend to getting the wounded out.
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Annelise Steiner and The Twinsword


"Would you mind if I tagged along Annelise, I know splitting up would save time but your blade wouldn't last too long."

Anne did indeed feel shaky after all of what happened and this did make both Aaron and Twinsword concerned. "I say that's a bad idea myself." Twinsword said on Anne's plan. "In fact, it's better we stay together, who knows what kind of crap you get into." As much as she would love to have her out of the way when it comes to Ricard, even she had to admit that she has grown attached to Anne as a friend and comrade.

Annelise sighed and nodded, "Well...okay." She said calmly.

"Come on, let's kick the enemy out of the castle." Twinny said to reassure her friends before moving off to find the enemy.

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The Ninja and The Bishop

"Fuck!" The Bishop said as she clutched the side of her abdomen, still suffering from injuries from battle against Robert. As she was limping, holding onto the wall, she saw a Samurai locking blades with the Ninja. The Ninja threw a hard fist aiming for Ricard's face as he noticed the Bishop get down on her knees, coughing up blood.

The Ninja of course paid her no mind, instead walking up to engage and eliminate Ricard.
 
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Robert Crescent​

Robert wasted no time once the wreckage was lifted. He began pulling the people out as carefully yet as quickly as he could. He had to act quickly enough so that Atlanta wouldn't be strained in holding up the rubble, yet cautious enough to avoid causing further injury to the survivors. He could see blood from underneath part of the wreckage, the proof of those who weren't as lucky.

Once he had pulled out the survivors from the wreckage, the Burmecian used what little remained of his draconic magic energy to cast Reis Wind on the survivors and those within the spell's radius, including himself and Atalanta. It wasn't exactly the best in the way of curative magic, but it would help hasten the natural healing abilities of the bodies.

"No need to worry about the castle yet. My friends and I just finished giving the Olivert generals the boot. We just have to hope Cid's airforce is able to do the same to the Olivert airforces. And at worst, there's a Gigant tunnel deep underneath the castle to escape through." he spoke as he before leading picking up one of the survivors, a young human boy who's leg was all but crushed by the debris that he pulled the boy out of and handing the boy to his father, who seemed to be in much better shape out of all of the survivors. With his lance at the ready, he would wait for Atlanta before starting to lead the currently small group towards the castle, his eyes keeping a look out for other survivors, the overhead airships to try and anticipate where bombs might drop from so they can alter their course, and to keep an eye out for ground enemies.
 
Vanessa tried to calm herself on the flying Eidolon, while she had been in the air before, it wasn't on something that didn't feel safe, like an Airship. As she tried to get a somewhat safe grip she heard Remilia speak to her.


"Vanessa. I heard about the wish Lan wanted if he won the Festival of the Hunt. He told me to tell you that he never intended of going through with the wish at all. His true wish is to stop this war and to that end, he wants to do it by his own hands. So don't think so badly of him."

Vanessa looked down after hearing this, it wasn't the deception of the act that bothered her, more the act itself, she didn't like to be reminded of the objectification she held when she was younger, it seemed simply being with Atalanta couldn't erase it's influence from her surroundings completely. Choosing it as better not to reply she simply waited for them to arrive at their destination, as much as she was adjusting she really didn't like being on an Eidolon for transport.

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Predicting the Ninja's poor choice of attack Ricard stepped back to avoid the punch as his eyes were temporarily distracted upon seeing someone small, presumably a child bleeding heavily. Though he was normally against ignoring all but those important when it came to life and death for some reason he couldn't bring himself to leave her to die. Cursing his softness he redirected himself towards the Ninja as he performed another attack, using his katana to reflect the blow off himself he swiftly ran past, grabbing Eiko under his arm in the process and quickly approached the girl. Being largely unfamiliar with first aid, particularly to such an extreme there was little he could do to ease the pain.

Quickly coming up with something to hopefully stop the bleeding for the time being he tore off the right sleeve of his arm and used it as a makeshift bandage and tied it as tightly as possible before speaking to the girl "Sorry it's not much but it should hopefully work out, least till someone better at healing arrives" remembering that the Ninja was still behind him he quickly grabbed his sword and turned around, laying Eiko down beside the girl "This might be asking a bit much but could you take her somewhere out of the way? I'll watch your backs"

Ricard then readied his sword toward the Ninja "Sorry about the hold up there, guess I have a soft side after all. Now where were we?"

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Lucia continued to have a poor handle over her anger, in particular while focused in this Trance as she began to practically tear up Lindblum's streets and use them as projectiles, tearing through the Oeilvert airships. Right now the only thing she wanted was to see them all burned and destroyed for attacking her home, at this point she had complete disregard for anyone around her and wouldn't let anyone come between her and her objective. Flying towards the next Oeilvert airship to come into view she began to tear through it's underside with her claws.
 
Remilia Oveilia

Remilia looked at Vanessa and sighed a bit.

"If you want, you can ask him yourself the next time we meet up with him. Your big sister Remilia will be there to watch over you." Remilia muttered as Ultima reached the castle's airship yard.

Ultima lowered both girls to the floor before disappearing as Remilia looked around the area. It was clear for the most part and citizens were starting to pour into the castle.

"Stay close to me Vanessa."
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Lan Ester

Lan quickly got into the grounded airship that Oeilvert had and quickly ordered everyone to prepare for a quick liftoff and getaway. Once everything has been set, Lan retreated into a room where he placed Anne's sword on the table along with the mirror.

"Soon. It'll be very soon." Lan whispered looking at both items.
 
((OOC: Sorry for my late post was gonna post sooner but kept skipping my brain D: ))

"I say that's a bad idea myself." Twinsword said on Anne's plan. "In fact, it's better we stay together, who knows what kind of crap you get into."


She had a point, the castle was crawling with Soldiers if Anne and Myself got ambushed, We'd probably be in deep trouble if Annes sword broke. With three people we'd stand a chance even against a horde of these Oeilvert Soldiers.

"Come on, let's kick the enemy out of the castle."

"Right, Though we should keep our eyes open for Survivors as well, with this kind of assault I'm sure theres alot of injured as well..."

He walked over to a cleared path and looked forward, down the hallway there were some more soldiers.

"Well we're not out of the woods yet.. Looks like there's a few soldiers down here, not many so if we take them out fast they may not have enough time to call for backup.."

He looked back at the 2 women waiting for their response.
 
Annelise Steiner and the Twinsword

"Right, Though we should keep our eyes open for Survivors as well, with this kind of assault I'm sure there's alot of injured as well..."

"Right, right..." The former Lord General said as she drew her swords and followed Aaron down the hall. Annelise followed suit looking at her rusty sword. "Hmph, even the Oeilvert nation is too cheap to properly arm their soldiers."

They would stop by a corner, where at least 3 Oeilvert soldiers were coming down the hall. "Well we're not out of the woods yet.. Looks like there's a few soldiers down here, not many so if we take them out fast they may not have enough time to call for backup.."

"There is 3 of them and 3 of us, we can take them easy." Twinsword said as she moved in to get in position in front of them.

"Is this girl ever so eager to fight?" Anne said before taking position beside Twinsword, watching the Lord General charge towards the leader of the trio, quickly disarming and then stabbing him in the chest before slumping to the floor. The other two individuals closed in on Twinsword, but Anne was able to rush in and block the one coming from behind while Twinsword held off the one in front. Anne would then swing her blade downward, striking her opponent down on the shoulder, and letting him bleed to death as she pulled out her blade.

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The Ninja and the Bishop

The Ninja moved to deflect the Samurai's attack, the force pushing him back a few steps while he moved over to the Princess and another wounded individual. As he moved back he noticed that the one that the man was tending too, unwittingly...was the Bishop.

Feeling that cloth wrap around her wounded arm the Bishop looked up at Ricard with a shock. For an enemy who she had fought before, he was...actually nice...Perhaps he didn't see her in the last battle...but...

"Sorry it's not much but it should hopefully work out, least till someone better at healing arrives"

"T-Thanks." The Bishop said, struggling to get on her feet.

The Ninja moved to deflect the Samurai's attack, the force pushing him back a few steps while he moved over to the Princess and another wounded individual. As he moved back he noticed that the one that the man was tending too, unwittingly...was the Bishop.

Feeling that cloth wrap around her wounded arm the Bishop looked up at Ricard with a shock. For an enemy who she had fought before, he was...actually nice...Perhaps he didn't see her in the last battle...but...

"This might be asking a bit much but could you take her somewhere out of the way? I'll watch your backs"

As the Bishop looked at Eiko, she tried her best not to smile on how easy the man was fooled. "Y-Yes sir." She said in a tone that would convince the Samurai of his trust in her. Taking Eiko's arm, she helped up the unconscious princess and helped her out of the battle.

The Ninja looked at Eiko with pity before turning towards Ricard. "Sorry about the hold up there, guess I have a soft side after all. Now where were we?"

The Ninja prepared himself in a defensive stance, saying nothing of the matter.

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Atalanta Palaiologos

As soon as the last civilian left under the collapsing building, Atalanta finally lifted it upwards, knocking the building down on the other side. The powerful mercenary looked exhausted... "This..is just...not my day." She said solemnly as she turned towards Robert and the Civilians that escaped. "Come on, let's go." As soon as she began to take up the rear, a damaged Oeilvert airship began to come down in their direction. "Ay, get out of the way, you too Robert." She said as the ship began to descend to her position. Atalanta would say as she ran back, trying to out pace the ship as it crashed onto the surface, the female mercenary pushing against the bow to avoid any civilian casualties. As she held it back, Atalanta saw a woman with tattered clothes and fur like body tearing up Lindblum and attacking ships, it was upon looking closely she realized who she was.

As soon as the damaged ship stopped, Atalanta yelled out. "Robert, get the populace out to safety without me, I'm going to try and stop this woman from hurting her own people. Go!" The woman looked at the woman, her fist clenched together.
 
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