[X] Exaltation time (Plan Alectai)
The cat-demon hissed, but didn't jump. She stared, every detail of the thing burning its way into her memory as it ran towards the main fight.
Exaltation: Enable
Screams echoed from behind her. Half frozen and half panicked, Miki and Su spinning like tops and scanning for danger in every direction, it took an effort of will to make herself turn back to the fight instead of running away, one that only succeeded by thinking of the ones caught up in it. Vaguely, she saw the cat-demon running off towards the fight, even as the person who summoned it threw frequent glances in her direction.
Primary essence link: Stabilised, inactive
But what could she do? Her attack hit the demon like a physical force, the first time that had happened, but it didn't seem like more than an inconvenience.
Secondary essence link: Stabilised, inactive
Run for help? People were being hurt, right now. People were
dying. There's no time, they'd never get here in time, and what would she say?
Priority incarna link failed, no route to destination
Initiating full system check
Fight them?
Which group? She didn't understand, but the way that fight was going… if she pretended it was all a computer game… the uniformed group (Police? Military?) were containing the others, but there was a third person in the middle, one with a far stronger demon. Or just a demon, and no person.
System check complete, shard #60 operational
Entering contingency mode Z3
She didn't know which group was in the right, but she knew which one was hurting people. The smaller demons, which the uniformed group had summoned - that's what it looked like, at least - were focusing on the single larger demon. That one, like some kind of evil dragon, or snake, was slaughtering the people around it.
Primary essence link: Stabilised, active
She couldn't look, but she couldn't look away. It was fighting its way towards her, towards where the defenders were distracted - where she had distracted them - and the people it was killing were also trying to fight their way out. Some did push their way out, which just opened the gap larger.
Violence, in the real world, was…
Nothing like it was on TV…
Primary essence link: Flooding
Exaltation: Initiate
The world abruptly turned golden, and Miki shouted something. "Amu, ju-"
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