The Four Mirrors - Fire

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Characters: Celes, Tifa, Relm, Ramza
Progress: Ongoing
Summary: Defeating the Fire Guardian, Maliris, and placing the Fire Mirror.
Location: Fire Shrine
Date: August 1, 1804
Warnings: Violence
Notes: Particulars for the event may be found here.

Breaking the snowy landscape of the Lost Continent, Mount Gulug jutted up into the sky. An active volcano, simmering with the heat and fire of the inner earth, it continually belched smoke and ash into the air, while filling it with the acrid stench of sulfur. A truly horrible and protected location for the Fire Shrine, and yet fitting.

As the airship grew closer to the center of the mountain, the engines started shaking, threatening to explode from overheating. "We can't get any closer! She's gonna blow!" one of the knights shouted to the team set to conquer the shrine. "We'll drop you off here." Hovering as close as they dared to the rocky path leading into the mountain wall, they lowered the airship for a party drop, then took to the sky, a safe distance away.

The path into the shrine was perilous, narrow and rocky, and surrounded by swirling magma.

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Relm managed, for once, not to giggle at Malaris' misaking thier companion for a girl. Mostly because she was holding her brush between her teeth. She nodded at Ramza's instrctions, making sure to stay behind Celes, and started to prepare a Blizzard spell in case Ramza or Celes wanted to use Magic Sword.

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Tifa nodded and didn't hesitate to launch herself at Maliris, despite the fact that those blades looked really sharp.

She ducked under the creature's guard and managed two hits before a blade caught her shoulder and she was flung back. Gritting her teeth, Tifa darted around Maliris, hoping to have better luck attacking her from behind.

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Celes was expecting something to attack them, but even she didn't like the sound of whatever it was aiming at them. Being a general though, she didn't hesitate to leap in with her sword and shield, providing cover for anyone who needed it, especially Relm.

"I'm not getting left behind," she shot at Ramza, making sure that Relm could follow her before she launched herself around. Flank attacks always did more damage because the enemy's attention was split. "Someone get on the other side!"

-And that someone would be Tifa. Wonderful. They were thinking on the same wavelength.

Once she saw what Relm was doing, she nodded and waited for the ice to attach to her blade before aiming a quick slice at Maliris's head.

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Relm was, once again, amazed by how natural the black magic had felt to her. There had always been something natural to her about magic, it was in her blood, but actual spells had never come this easily. Was this how it had been for Terra all the time?

"'ilizarrer-" She shouted, paintbrush still between her teeth. It was meant to be 'blizzara' and the magic seemed to agknowledge that, even if her attempts to actually say the name of the spell left much to be desired. Ice shot up from the ground beneath Maliris almost immediatelty after Celes' attack, leaving the monster little time to recover.

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Tifa charged with a flying kick, sending the creature off-balance and stumbling forward towards Relm. Maliris let out a scream of rage and flew straight at Relm with her blades scything through the air-

"No!" Tifa cried. But she wasn't in the best position to defend her; either Celes or Ramza would have to do that.

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Celes darted back towards Relm at just the right moment to catch Maliris' attack. Unfortunately, her aim was off due to the whole movement thing. She did manage to catch two arms on her shield and one with her sword, but the other ripped right into her shoulder, dragging a bloody gash down her body.

The general inside her wouldn't let her scream, but her teeth gritted together as she shoved the creature back using every ounce of strength behind her shield. Once Maliris had moved back, she let herself cast a healing spell, which she knew wouldn't do nearly enough to help, before aiming her sword at the thing's head again. She was not going to lose this battle.