toku matsudaira, geezermancer (giri) wrote in emillion,
Vivian & Hashmal - Toku/Jareth/Peony/Lex/Lavitz
Vivian's Scourge and Almalexia's Regen were warring forces, one taking away life force as the other replenished it. There was no time to find out which was winning the struggle, however; every second of wait would come at a high price. Toku readied to cast again, this time weaving Time Magic to speed up his allies, but before he could complete the spell, the beast's Quakeja threw him to the ground, an invisible force attempting to crush him flat.
Breathing was made difficult by the force of the spell compressing his ribcage, yet all he could think of, pressed against the ground and feeling nothing from it, was so this is how you kill the earth. There was no doubt in his mind now that this beast was the cause of the hole in the Nobles' District almost two months ago, but his conclusions would need to wait until the battle was over.
As the gravitational forces receded, through the pain flaring across his nerves (his arm, which had been injured that morning and hastily healed and placed in a sling by a white mage, felt as though the bone had fractured again), he stood up and readied to cast again. His ribs seemed to be digging into his flesh, another fracture to add to the list, but still he chanted the words for Hasteja, to allow his allies to make the most use of their limited time.