[TheSpatialWeeg]

ESBYdTPip_1d20-4(Well, they almost avoided death...Almost.)

The clones successfully dodged the Ice attack, but they fell victim to the evil frying pan. The final clones dissolved into thin air.

Victory!
Rider has successfully rested.

Feeling rejuvenated, the supposed imp girl put on a compassionate smile. "Thank you two for holding them off for me...E-especially you, Ms. Arle...p-putting yourself in front of me like that was...very brave...!" Rider said, sounding extremely happy. Of course, mentioning Arle didn't meant she took Paula as an unfavorite. She bowed in apology to the blonde. Taking a deep breath, she remembered what she could do to compensate.

She pointed to a big red swirly cloud next to the earth a few miles away.

"Do you see that? That's where the the clones came from..." Rider said. "They came from a weird looking star...Maybe if we yank it....We could make them go away?"

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After attacking a few clones, Paula turned towards Arle to see how she was doing, It seemed she tripped and fell and after the clones mysteriously vanished, Paula floated towards Arle to check on her. "Are you ok?" She said to her partner, who said that she was more dangerous then the clones, she sighed and simply said. "Not really, you would of been badly hurt by now, and I don't want that to happen to anyone In this mission." Paula said to the girl as she landed on the ground...Before quickly turning towards Rider who had finally recovered from her rest.

She thanked the two, but especially Arle, Paula looked at Rider curiously as she spoke. "Oh..." She said before smiling. "It's no problem, I'm glad to see that your ok and full of energy though." She said to the girl as she pointed to a red cloud miles from the trio, saying that was the cause of the storm and that the star was located from Inside the cloud.

Paula turned back to Rider. "Hopefully, we cant leave this cloud floating around Hyrule Crater anyway, It's bad enough there's infected hanging around, It would be more difficult If people were suddenly attacked by clones." She said to the two girls as she turned towards them.

"So, are we ready to go face this threat?"

Damage: 5%

[Mari]

"Wh-What..?"

Arle was stunned. Had Paula not even noticed what had just happened? Was she honestly asking if she was okay after seeing what had just happened to her?

"...Yeah. It'd be a shame if I were badly hurt by anything, like a volley of deadly magic." Arle remarked rather pointedly, shooting Paula a look that said she was rather upset with the other as she struggled back to her feet.

The mage-knight brushed herself off a bit and began to heal herself, taking off some of the edge from her wounds. I'll be okay..." Arle went on to murmur.

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She then turned to survey the cloud in the distance, her wings fluttering gently in the breeze. "Sounds like as good a plan as any." Arle mused aloud, glancing back to Rider. "I can probably get there quickly. Should we..?" Arle went on to ask, trailing off into her thoughts.

Valkyrie Arle
Damage: 24%
Shield Damage: 25%
Status: Normal

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[TheSpatialWeeg]

Arle wasn't the only one a bit miffed by Paula's apparent lack of empathy. Rider just glared at the blonde girl. It wasn't a 'death glare', per se, but a more of a disappointed one. As if she was trying to say 'That's rude, please apologize to her'.

Then again...glares could only get you so far. It's not like she would call her out of this. She was too afraid to do so.

She glanced back at Arle, who was going to say something, but she ended up trailing off. Was she suggesting they fly? Rider wasn't exactly able to fly, just jump extra high due with a simple touch of aerokinesis. Was Arle suggesting she'd carry one of them up? She didn't look in the best shape to do so.

Okay, this wasn't going to cut it. She needed to ask.

"Um...wh-what are you thinking...Ms. Arle?" Rider asked the sorceress-currently-valkyrie-warrior.

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"Right, well, let's go destroy that star!" Paula said happily as she began to float...Before flying towards the cloud. As she was flying she looked back at Arle and Rider, with Rider wanting to talk to Arle and ask what was wrong, Paula shrugged and continued to fly towards the cloud, looking around to see If they were any clones or infected below them that could try and stop the trio from reaching the cloud.

After looking around, Paula looked towards the cloud and smiled, she turned back towards Arle and Rider.

"I think were almost there, how are you two doing?"

Damage: 5%

[Mari]

Arle pursed her lips in response to Paula's words but declined to respond, moving to Rider. She leaned over slightly and spread her wings wide for Rider to observe, giving them a gentle, demonstrative flap.

"Well, I've got wings now. If you're gentle, I can probably fly us up there. It'll probably be faster" Arle offered. Rider seemed light enough for her to carry without encumbering herself much, though she wasn't so sure her strength would suffice if Paula also choose to take that as an offer to herself as well. Both of them at the same time might be a trial. However, she wasn't even sure Paula needed any help flying. On one hand, she kind of doubted levitation could compare to full blown, self-propelled flight. But on the other ... Who knows?

[TheSpatialWeeg]

"M-Ms. Arle, you are too kind..." Rider blushed. Frankly, the fact that she was offering to carry her to the cloud with her own hands (and wings) sounded rather selfless. Maybe a little too selfless? She wouldn't know.
Rider put on her usual weak smile before getting closer to Arle. She turned around to see Paula, and gave her a quick OK sign. Then she faced Arle again, and took a deep breath.

"So....think you could...carry me, Ms. Arle? I dunno if I'm light enough,but...I guess we could give it a try...!" She said.

It wasn't really a time to think and ponder, that cloud could be attacking other people! That star needed to be put out of commission. Rider seemed to try and relax herself so Arle could grab her without any kind of radical reaction.

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"Oh, no thanks." Paula said nicely as she continued to fly towards the cloud, although Rider wanted Arle to carry her since she was a bit on the weak side, although she Is worried about what the cloud will do If left untouched like what Paula said earlier, as Paula continued to fly, she looked at the cloud and looked back at Arle and Rider once more.

"You two doing alright? Were nearby there!"

Paula turned towards the cloud once more.

"Seem's to be getting more dangerous..."

Damage: 5%

[Mari]

"Between you and me, I just didn't want to leave you in the dust~" Arle replied light-heartedly, winking at Rider.

The mage moved to scoop Rider up into her arms. She didn't look it, but one could feel a lot of strength hidden in those lithe arms of hers. A surprising amount, in fact. She didn't seem to have difficulty lifting the smaller girl at all, even given the wounds she'd sustained earlier. All that remained was to see if she could actually fly. Arle spread her wings and pulled Rider close, crouching down slightly and leaping into the air, fluttering her wings rapidly as she tried to offset their combined weight.

...And after a moment, she succeeded. Arle took to the sky and rapidly gained some height so that she wouldn't have to worry about any unexpected drops. Neither she or Rider would appreciate a crash landing. "Alright~! Hold on tight!" Arle rhymed good-naturedly, apparently having fun with this, before diving slightly and quickly picking up a lot of speed. Hopefully, they'd be able to get to the cloud in record breaking time and perhaps avoid some enemies while they were at it.

[TheSpatialWeeg]

Rider felt Arle pick her up and hold her with surprising ease. Huh, guess she really was sort of light after all. Once that was all sorted, then came Arle's attempt to fly with Rider. As much as Arle had that thing almost under complete control, Rider instinctively embraced Arle tight in order to avoid losing any balance, thus making her fall. Granted, it was just speculation at that point, but to avoid imagining it was a real hard trial.

Despite all this, Arle prevailed in maintaining both in the air, even getting a comfortable speed for both of them. Geez, she was really impressive! Now that they were catching up to Paula, the cloud could be seen from a comfortable distance and in it's full...reddish glory. The cloud took the shape of a gigantic dome, the smoke never leaving ground. Even though the smoke clearly looked extremely thick, tiny rays of light could be seen in the middle of it.

"O-oh...! There it is...! S-should we descend on where the light is coming from...?" Rider asked, looking unsure at Arle.

She quickly turned to face Paula Polestar and tried to call her...by waving frantically. "H-heeyy...!! L-let's think a little b-before we go in there...!!" She called as loud as she could raise her voice. Would she hear her...?

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As Paula kept flying towards the cloud, Rider told her to stop...Which she did, before flying back over to Rider & Arle to see what there plans were. "Oh, ok!" Paula said as she landed towards Arle & Rider and waited for them to discuss the plan for what to do with the red cloud.

"So...What's our plan?"

Damage: 5%

[Mari]

A little squeak escaped Arle as she was clutched by the smaller girl. So much for being gentle. It was too late to complain about that, and she was a tad preoccupied keeping her balance and momentum. As they flew, Arle began to relax. Phew. Seemed she could deal with a passenger after all! As they drew closer, Arle returned Rider's unsure glance and nodded reluctantly. "Alright. We'll come down running." Arle would go on to warn, as she didn't quite feel comfortable trying to stop her momentum in the air. Clumsy accidents were fine when you weren't carrying precious cargo, but now was not that time.

Arle dipped down low as they drew closer, pulling her legs out from behind her and fluttering her wings to help herself slow down as she literally hit the ground running, at least for as long as it took for her to reduce her speed. She, of course, held on tight to Rider until she came to a complete stop a good half a dozen meters away from the cloud. Arle didn't move to set Rider down immediately as there was an immediate threat and she didn't want them getting caught off guard if something unexpected happened, but she did loosen her grip so that the other could easily slip away once her land legs came back. Her gaze trailed to the cloud, glancing only briefly at Paula.

"It would be easier to make a plan if we could see what's under all that smog." Arle mused aloud. Now who had wind magic around here? Hmm...

[TheSpatialWeeg]

Rider just found herself holding Arle tight as both came into the ground. Not the best landing, she decided, but still better than having to fall flat on her face. She turned to face Paula for a brief moment, tried to say something, but suddenly Arle went on to comment on the lack of visibility of what's inside the smoke cloud. ...Maybe if she used her wind powers to open a hole...?

"That sounds like a good idea..." Rider went on to comment. "I'll see if I can do something about it..." With that, Rider readied a singular Vento projectile and threw it at the red cloud. To her surprise, the magical wind projectile left a big hole on the cloud, revealing...the star! And...nothing else, apparently. There was not an enemy to be seen from the hole Rider made...which quickly closed.

"Looks like there's nothing creepy inside...I guess we can just quickly get the star..." Rider said.

They would not see it firsthand, but inside the dome-shaped smog, a tiny puff of wine-red smoke was next to the hole them.

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Paula watched as the group discussed what to do, with Arle and Rider deciding that maybe using wind to open the cloud will work, Paula would like to help, but unfortunately she does not have a wind based attack. "Sorry, I cant open the cloud then, unless..." Paula said as she looked In her pocket to see If there was anything useful she can use to open the cloud.

"Annd...I don't have anything." Paula said sadly as Rider made a hole In the cloud where the star was seen from within...Unfortunately the hole closed before the trio could do anything about It, which gave Paula an idea. "Were going to need someone who can do that move again to stay outside while two other people go Inside the cloud to get the star, again, I unfortunately cant do a wind attack, but maybe one of you two could reopen the hole again." Paula said before looking around.

"It would also be for the best, since enemy's could swoop In and attack us If were left with our guards down should we all try and go In."


Damage: 5%

[Mari]

Arle considered their options for a moment. Given that she was still feeling the pain from earlier, she wasn't inclined to ask Paula to watch her back ...But then again, she couldn't ask Rider to stay behind either. How was she supposed to protect them if things went wrong? She was so small and delicate... If they needed to be carried away, could she do it? Probably not.

Then a novel idea occurred to her. "...Actually, why don't you both stay here? If there's a trap, it's probably for the person who enters, so I'll need all the backup I can get." Arle suggested simultaneously moving to set Rider down as she spoke. She then moved towards the edge of the crater and pursed her lips for a moment. Breathing colorful smoke was probably bad, but that was all the more reason not to send two people down there. With only a moment's hesitation, she reluctantly leapt into the smog and attempted to make a move for the star!