Magical Girl Quest - The Fire That Burns

You grab Daiyu by the arm and drag her higher, until you are well and truly out of reach of anything on the ground. She shifts a little as you begin summoning spears, forming a slowly rotating ring around the two of you. Before you have the chance to open your mouth, you feel a sudden rush of warmth. When you turn your eyes to the side, Daiyu's hand is stretched in your direction, and you can just about make out a thin shimmer around you. You give her a nod in thanks as she shifts in front of you.

You flick your radio on, cutting through the orderly chatter. "It's too risky to go down there, I'm going to demolish the site from above." You see more of them creeping through the walls. "I'm nearly out of time here, you've got maybe two minutes before they get too out of hand." The line erupts into chatter as you get back affirmatives from the different group leaders.

You take a long breath as you look down, nearly thirty spears spinning around the two of you now. "Stay close, I don't know how fast they are in the air, but I know they can at least float." Daiyu nods as you finish your ring, a quiet crackling coming to life as armour of fire appears over you. Your ring slows as you divert your attention to forming your newest spell, you feel the massive amount of magic build up inside your chest, compressing it down further and further.

You raise your sword, staring down the top, it's almost shaped like sights. You narrow your eyes at the Incinerator, the building practically crawling as the dozens of skulls shift back and forth. You feel a gentle hand on your shoulder and let it shift your aim slightly to the side, then let the magic loose. There is a rush of magic through your sword, before a wall of magic explodes into existence with a sky shaking bang and races towards the ground faster than you can see. The dim skies light up a blinding blue, flickers of ethereal fire racing along it as the wave of magic hits the rooftop like a meteor.

(Juggernaut Wave: +1000 Base Damage, +47 Dice, +112 Spell Boost = 1159 Total Damage

38 Skull Wraiths: +0 Base Resilience, +0 Dice, -100 No chance to dodge = 100 Additional Damage

1259 Total End Damage

Intangible: 50% Reduction

629 Final End Damage

38 Skull Wraiths: 230 - 629 = -399

Incinerator Integrity: 1000 - 1159 = -158

Secret Underground Storage Room: 200 - 1159 = -959

Gas Storage: +2500 Damage = 2500 Total Damage)

The roof is smashed inwards as your magic levels the surroundings, the edge of your spell catching parts of other buildings and tearing them down with a roar. The wave impacts the ground with a deafening bang and you hear the screeching of metal before suddenly something explodes.

The shockwave radiates outwards from the ground, sturdy brick folding before it. Daiyu throws herself in front of you and a bare second later it hits you like a freight train. Most of the force breaks over Daiyu's shield, but the rest is enough to throw you another twenty metres in the air, your ears popping as they barely manage not to burst under the pressure.

When the dust clears slightly and you can finally see, you blink in shock. The entire area has been completely flattened, even the brick has been ground into fine powder, not a single thing remains standing over a foot. You hear the radio explode with questions as the shockwave reaches the owners, but you narrow your eyes, straining to see through the slowly settling cloud of dust.

When it does, you see roughly twenty ghosts rushing around wildly. They look to be in a frenzy, moving much faster than you've ever seen from them. They turn towards you as one, eye sockets flickering with black smoke as they begin floating up towards you, much slower than on the ground but still fast enough to make you uncomfortable.

Daiyu braces herself in front of you as you reach down, snagging one with a Halt before removing it from existence with a barrage of four spears. You grab another, and another, whittling down their numbers as fast as you can, but by the time you've run out of spears, there are still eight closing in on you.

You push off of a sword underneath you, grabbing Daiyu and dragging her upwards sharply as they close. A ghost floats into your path, Daiyu grabbing your shoulder and slamming her shield into the path of it's attack, claws skittering off of it harmlessly. Her momentum carries her around you, a raised hand guiding two spears to puncture the ghost that just attacked you as she bats another away with her bare hand, fist meeting its body with the sound of cracking glass.

She spins around, pushing against your back with her feet, letting another claw swing between you harmlessly as you drift apart. You Halt the ghost that attacked you as you grab Daiyu by the neck of her armour, dragging her back to you, a silent whisper guiding you to duck as another swings where your head just was. You hear Daiyu smack it away as you rapidly form a ball of plasma, spinning her behind you as you detonate it in bare feet from you.

(Plasma Sphere: +720 Base Damage, +11 Dice = 731 Total Damage

Skull Wraith 1-5: +0 Base Resilience, +0 Dice, -50 Cant dodge explosions = 50 Additional Damage

781 Total End Damage

Intangible: 50% Reduction

390 Final End Damage

Skull Wraith 1-5: 230 - 390 = -160)

The plasma flows off of you like water, Daiyu safely nestled behind you as the Ghosts catch the full brunt of the explosion. The ones within reach simply cease existing, but the plasma falls off before it can reach the remaining two.

Daiyu grabs your shoulder and pulls herself back in front of you, ignoring the heat radiating from your brightly glowing body as she sets her shield in front of her, staring over the top and panting slightly.

The remaining ghosts don't hesitate even slightly, apparently entirely unaffected by the loss of their fellows. One goes down, reaching for Daiyu's legs as the other goes high. You Halt the one below, letting Daiyu deck the other with her shield, sending it flying. You quickly form a set of spears, driving them both through the trapped ghosts head as Daiyu blocks another swing from the last survivor.

You let it close before you Halt it, four spears coming into existence as you stare it down. It manages to shift the barest of a centimetre before your spears tear it apart, the now three pieces rapidly fading away to nothingness as you let out a towering pillar of steam from your mouth. You quickly work to cool yourself down as Daiyu floats back to you, settling a hand on your glowing white hot armour and giving you a nod. You both watch the ground carefully, not seeing anything.

You pant a little as you frown, compressing your magic tightly as you search. Not this time, just level the fucking place. You take a long breath, re-summoning your sword, when did I drop that? Oh yeah, Plasma. You take aim, channel the magic and let it go.

This time, you aim it diagonally and the wave tears through three buildings before finally petering out. You summon a small ring of ten spears as you compress your magic, throwing it down at the camp again and again and again. Eventually Daiyu catches you as you nearly lose control of your flight, spears spluttering out as you pant harshly, barely able to see through blurry eyes. She holds you there as you rest, a minute later your eyes clear enough to see the devastation you have wrought.

The entire camp is gone. The waves of force have buried the brick from the fallen buildings and churned the soil, it looks more like an incredibly muddy field than the site of one of the worst genocides in history. You can barely make out the occasional cornerstone poking out from the ground, or a piece of metal that managed to weather the storm enough to stick up above the dirt.

Daiyu gently holds you as you shakily reach for your mic, moving a hand to stop you and flicking it on herself. You pant into the line for a moment, the frantic questions halting as you catch your breath. "The camp is... clear." You take a harsh breath as you swallow. "It's completely gone. Only way to be sure. Need to have someone check, I'm completely spent." She flicks it off for you as the leader from last weak speaks over the line.

"I understand, can you make your way back to base or do you need a ride?"

Daiyu shakes her head at you as she begins floating back towards the base, pulling you along with her. "I will carry you, now rest, job is done." You tiredly nod as you rest your head against her arm, letting her shift you into a princess carry. You help her out by floating yourself, but you let her carry you all the way back to your base of operations, the two of you setting down on the concrete courtyard. A team of medics rush over to the two of you, but Daiyu waves them off. "Not injured, tired. Need rest."

A taller man, the commander of the base, you assume, nods at you and shouts something in sharp German. The people who were hanging around nearby quickly rush back to what they were doing, Daiyu supporting you as walk towards the briefing room, helping you sit down in a chair to your protest. She just shakes her head and plows through your objections, settling herself next to you as the commander waits for you to sit down.

"Just a quick mission review now, we can do a more complete one later." You both nod. "First, you believe that you have destroyed all of the ghosts?" You both nod again and he writes something down. "Second, you believe that it is safe to investigate the location?" You nod, Daiyu stretching her arms as the commander writes a long something before looking up. "Alright, you are free to go for now, I'll expect to go over a more detailed debriefing after you've had the chance to rest."

Daiyu helps you to your feet, the two of you making your way to the room you've been assigned. You both let your armour dissolve, almost missing a step as it makes your weight shift. Daiyu hits the door shoulder first, knocking it over and kicking it closed behind her, locking it with her free hand. You both make your way over to the bed, dropping down onto it fully clothed.

You barely last ten seconds before oblivion claims you.


When you wake the next morning, you ache horribly everywhere and are buried half underneath Daiyu. She apparently shifted in her sleep, dragging your torso over hers as her arms clamp around your midsection. Despite the fact that you were chest to chest, you were actually pretty comfortable, and it didn't feel weird at all. Still, you sleepily bat at her until she pokes an eye open, sleepily grumbling as she releases you. You roll over, off of her, stretching your spine like a cat as Daiyu sleepily swats back at you.

It only takes her a minute to sit up, stretching her arms and back with a long line of cracking noises. You wince in sympathy, apparently you were kind of heavy. "Hey, shift over." She glances over at you, moving to sit facing away. You crawl over, gently holding her shoulders as you rest your knee against her spine and pull.

Her back arcs around your knee slowly, loud popping and crunching noises echoing out as each of her vertebrae are stretched and the tension released.

When you are done, she lets out a long moan topped of with a blissful sigh, practically flopping back onto the bed as you giggle slightly at her. She opens one eye, smiling at you before closing it again and resting as you shimmy off the bed towards the bathroom.


Your trip back to England was uneventful, apart from an enthusiastic thanks from the team that you had initially entered the camp with, they had received your note and given you a souvenir. One of the patches they wore when in uniform, apparently fighting with them was good enough to be considered a part of their group.

You set it on your mantle place, leaning it upright against the wall, displaying it proudly. You nod at it as you step back. Perfect.

Una calls to you from the other room and you turn, walking to see what she wants, the small patch resting at your back. When you think about the mission, you feel a silent warmth, approval of deeds done. Lips gently smile at you as you hug your sister, letting her tug you towards a particularly interesting entry in her new encyclopedia.


[] Take a day off to rest and recuperate. (No training allowed.)

[] Magical Training
-[] Medical Animal Testing
-[] Write in

[] Investigate Dragon(?) Mountain

[] Help the reclamation of England by killing nests
-[] How many/long?

[] Hunt Powerful Magical Creatures
-[] Unto Heaven and Earth - There have long been tales of some truly ancient creature living deep in the mountains of Switzerland
-[] Do Not Fear The Dark - Check the Concentration Camp is clear.
-[] A French Legend - Kill the Peluda once and for all.

+2900xp Killed 58 Skull Wraiths