OC: Actually, I am not exactly sure whether or not Ariel was targeting the self detonating doll, or the one shooting fire at Tempest. Now that I've thought on it, I'll treat it as if she were targeting the one launching fire towards Tempest.
Also you went snowboarding tuck? How was it? I've never snowboarded before, so I wouldn't know.
IC: Mika let out a surprised yelp as she felt herself flung unexpectedly, her body disappearing within the fireball. However, as it rapidly dispersed, she flew out of the other side of the fireball, entirely unharmed as her body melted away, reappearing on a nearby ledge, although teleporting didn't seem to have helped much with her acceleration, as her body subsequently rammed against the wall with a dull thud. Mika winced, before cracking a dry smile. "Did you really think something like that would injure me?" she asked Tempest, placing a hand on her small chest. "It'd take flames of a way heavier caliber than that to even remotely affect me!" (Mika is/was a porcelain doll, so she's resistant to flame damage). She pressed her other hand against the wall to balance herself, careful not to fall. Gotta be careful not to let myself get slung like that... she thought, eyes narrowed. The tradeoff here was that Mika was a bit more fragile than the other puppets, which meant she was more geared for hit and run attacks. Mika promptly reeled back nd slung her knife at Tempest, and then with another swipe of her hand conjured several small beads of arcane energy, sending them hurtling towards the Zephyr all at once, the beads homing in on him.
Meanwhile, Ariel's blade hit the Porcelain doll and shattered it, the doll instantly falling lifeless. However, it's pale white skin began glowing white hot, before another explosion occurred as it's core ruptured, sending a wave of magical energy right at Ariel.
Syed's attack proved to be rather effective as he swept the mannequin's feet from under them, wood cracking under the impact of his supernaturally strengthened kicks, which subsequently sent both puppets downwards. The one Syed was facing rapidly recovered, however. Unfortunately for the puppet, it's off balance meant it couldn't block effectively, and Syed's knives brutally tore into the doll, the knives gouging flecks and shards of wood out of the puppet, which subsequently burst into flames from the sheer heat. One of the knives must have pierced its core, as the doll immediately fell to the ground, limp and lifeless. However, the one behind Syed struggled to it's feet, unsteadily advancing towards Syed. At that moment, the porcelain doll running towards him accelerated rapidly, it's body a small blur as it cannonballed itself towards Syed, intent on detonating explosively and catching him in the blast, ignoring the fact that the three other dolls near Syed would be within range. Evidently Connor didn't particularly care about collateral damage.
The other and last porcelain doll also flung itself at Marcus, who had dispatched the two dolls targeting him, turned to face wooden mannequin, only to yelp as he took an explosion to the face, blood splattering the ground as shards tore into his face. Marcus staggered back, stunned by the explosion, half of his face drenched with blood. He quickly recovered however, her lips curling up in a snarl. He wiped blood out of his eye, wining a his hand brushed against several deep cuts on his face, which was also burned. To be frank, it hurt like a bitch. The two wooden mannequins that had been targeting Tempest were now in range and mindlessly swung their swords at Marcus, who parried the blows. Another strike, and the wooden doll before him fell to it's knees under the impact as he cleaved it right in half. The two halves struggled to continue to attack him; but a quick curb stomp to the right half's chest put an end to that. However, Reno had caught her breath and launched herself at Marcus, who now had to contend with what was essentially the holy equivalent of a whirlwind, sparks lancing the ground around him as he struggled to parry the hail of blows Reno launched at him with renewed vigor, her swords crackling and glowing with holy energy.
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Connor watched the battle with watchful eyes, constantly checking Reno, although he had to admit keeping an eye on her was detracting his ability to effectively manipulate the dolls. He supposed it couldn't be helped- they were merely trying to buy time, after all. One might've been angered by how easy the wooden mannequins and porcelain dolls were destroyed, but it was no issue. They were cheap to make, and little more than meat shields. He wasn't committed enough to send out the puppets that would at least be some level of challenge for the dragon children. He had to admit the Magestry's equipment was exceptionally high - his trained eye noticed that even though several of the dragon children had high quality weapons, and even a few had legendary ones, the standard celestial equipment was capable of holding it's own against them, if only for a bit.
