[Invading Alexandria, OPEN]

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Characters: Rinoa, Garnet, OPEN
Progress: Ongoing
Summary: Rinoa attacks Alexandria. Garnet cops it. SeeDs and others save the day. Check here for more details. OPEN to anyone who wants to come help defend the city.
Location: Alexandria
Date: 30th-31st August, 1804
Warnings: Violence and death.

The Alexandrians were more resourceful than Rinoa had anticipated. It was such a backwards country that she thought it would be easy: a fun distraction while Ultimecia laid waste to bigger threats elsewhere. But a squadron of airships had found them en route from the ruins of Midgar and proceeded to harry them all the way to the city.

The good thing was that it became easier to convince some of the students that Alexandria ought to be invaded. The rest were bewildered and scared; the entire Garden was in disarray. Rinoa didn't really care at this point. Garden was merely a vehicle.

A small squadron of students had been instructed to attack the city. But that wasn't Rinoa's destination. Under cover of darkness, she flew into the city, moving from rooftop to rooftop and casting fire spells as she went. Very soon, smoke and flames filled the air, along with the screams of panicked citizens. As the city burned and confusion took over, the SeeD students moved in to begin the battle. Rinoa didn't stop to watch them.

She moved on, staying too low for the airships to safely reach her, until the castle walls loomed before her. Here she abandoned stealth and flew straight up, her wings flashing white in the darkness. Shouts of startled guards followed her, but they couldn't chase her into the sky. The first Flare smashed into a turret, killing two soldiers and reducing half the turret to rubble. Rinoa was exhilarated. This was everything Ultimecia had promised her, and more.

There would be more deaths to come.

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As the group of heroes neared one of the larger chambers, they'd begin to notice the increased number of bodies piling up around them. Most were castle guards who had been dispatched when Seifer and Rinoa had first arrived at the palace, but there were others among them; would-be heroes who had fallen before they had ever been able to make a name for themselves.

Although Seifer didn't have any magic to rely on outside of a simple fire spell he used to distract his enemy before setting up a much more powerful attack, Rinoa had been kind enough to cast aura on him prior to the impending battle. While Celes' runic ability may have absorbed the initial fire spell before it could catch the group off-guard by blasting them all in the face, it didn't stop the energy discs--one for each of them--that came arcing toward their group immediately afterward.

If they hit their marks, perfect. If not, the resulting destruction to the castle proper would likely engulf them in so much chaos that they would be open to the next volley of discs, as Seifer was already beginning to charge his gunblade with another round of the aptly named attack: No Mercy.

[ ooc; For those unfamiliar, attack reference is here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAPS_XXJ2D0). ]