A matter of urgency ~ [ Yona]

The cold ocean water slapped hard against the wooden sides of the West Fiore Trading Company Ship as it raced through the sea towards their targetted destination. Amalie stood on the deck, arms crossed over her chest.  A multitude of boatmen milling about behind her running the boat and preparing for the task at hand. Her Icy-blue eyes stared hard at the water ahead trying to find any sight of the catastrophe that awaited them. She was aware that one of her guildmates was on the boat too, but she wasn't in the mood to keep her company. Amalie was too focused on the task at hand.

When she had come to the guild today, her only intention was to collect her reward for the job she had most recently done. The slaughtering of a pack of werewolves that were terrorizing villagers, she had the blue-haired guy shark guy had made quick work of it. She had been looking forward to receiving payment and heading home to add it to her finances. She had planned on spending time going through her income and review her financial progress. A task she thoroughly enjoyed, knowing she was on her way to accumulating wealth always put Amalie in a good mood. After collected her funds, she had initially been about to leave the guild when the emergency call out rang out. Having overheard it, her mood immediately dropped and all thoughts of heading home vanished.

Amalie had rushed back and volunteered herself for the rescue. Usually, she would not be so eager to sign up for emergency jobs, they were usually high-risk and low reward. But this one was different, this wasn't about making money or about building her slowly amounting reputation in the guild. Taking this job had been instinctual for her. Children at risk of drowning due to an amusement ship going down near whirlpools, or potentially eaten by the monstrous creatures spotted near the incident. Such mania was unheard of. Yet, she wasn't about to ignore it. Children were the most innocent type of human, so mouldable and so weak. They needed protecting, and Amalie was ready to do just that.

She still couldn't see anything, she growled in frustration before turning away from the edge of the boat. Her black heels clicked against the floor as she briskly approached one of the Boatmen. "This is taking too long!" She barked irritably, he looked up at her, wincing as the cold hard wind whipped his face. "We're going as fast as we can, Miss West." He replied, only to receive a stare of cold fury, she resisted the urge to break his nose, knowing it would not benefit the situation. She pushed past him. "Not fucking good enough." She retorted, heading towards the back of the boat. The ship was already going at full speed, she was well aware of that. Unfortunately, they hadn't had time to track down the fastest ship in the port, therefore they were stuck with one of their regular trading ships and these weren't known for speed.  

She reached the back of the boat in a matter of moments, her pale blue hair whipping about in the wind, she held out her hands with her palms facing outwards. Summoning her magic, she felt it climb up her throat before released in the form of a spell. "Burn." She called, the spell reverberated loudly through the air. Fire shot from her palms immediately forced outwards in the direction against where the boat was heading. She was attempting to use the energy from the fire to boost the speed of the boat. After a moment, she could feel the speed of the boat, pick up slightly. She gritted her teeth, holding the flames in place. It would not be ideal to use up all her magic before she got there, but she was determined to get to those children as fast as possible, the longer they soon, the more casualties there would be. Amalie didn't want to go to bed tonight with the conscious of a drowning child on her mind. She would succeed, she just hoped her accomplice would be able to provide a decent amount of support.

WC: 703 / 7000
Total WC: 703 / 14000

Amalie couldn't help herself; she was rattled. Her fire blew furiously from her palms, a significant reflection of her internal state. She was usually so calm, so collected, but today she couldn't be. She couldn't settle, knowing the lives of children were at stake. She would hear a woman address her, glancing over. Ah yes, the guildmate. A young girl, several years younger than the Articulation mage. With green hair and light green eyes. The girl was telling her to 'play nice' with the Boatmen, the incompetent fools who clearly weren't taking their mission seriously enough. She said nothing, looking back at her flames, it was a pointless remark — one that didn't require an answer. She had no intention of listening to such advice. The girl would comment on the fire, continuing to advise her not to use up too much magic. "I'll be fine." She replied stoically.

She would hold the magical flames up consistently for a little longer, pushing the ship towards its targeted location. It wasn't long before she would hear Yona summon her to come over. She ceased the fire, turning away from the edge of the boat. Quickly stalking across the ship, she saw it before she even got the ships edge, the chaos that lay before them. The wreckage from the amusement park ship, floating around in the rocky waters, bodies of adults and children trying to stay afloat scattered amongst the debris. The sight that lay before Amalie only seemed to fuel her anger. How could someone allow this to happen? Surely they should have better safety measures in place other than just lifejackets. Seeing of all those children, terrified, attempting to stay afloat in the turbulent waters. It made her blood boil.

She joined the green haired girl on the other side of the ship, scanning the area. She turned her head around, pointing to one of the passing boatmen. "Lower the lifeboats!" She ordered, before looking back to the carnage in front of them. "Let's try to get the children safe first, I heard reports of monsters in the area. If you see anything, shout Amalie, and I'll rush to aid as soon as I'm able." She told her guildmate, it was rather a crude introduction of her name, but the only sort she had time for. The girls didn't have time to exchange pleasantries, not when lives were at stake. Amalie would hoist herself up, lifting her foot onto the rail of the ship, she would push herself up to stand on its edge. Magic would soar from her core, up through her throat as she called her first command. "Flight."

The air around her body would shift, as though she was all of a sudden, as light as a feather. Her body would levitate off of the edge of the boat, and she would soar out over the rocky seas. She could feel the harsh winds attempted to push her off course; she fought against it. Lowering herself to so that she was hovering closer the sea, she counted as many bodies as she could. Trying to work out how to work her next spell. She didn't have a lot of magic that helped others, most of her magic was offensive, so she would need to get creative. The magic rose up through her body once more, pouring out of her as she spoke. "Globe." The words reverberated through the air loudly. Spheres of wind magic would appear around her, multiplying in mass to match the numbers she could see. Then they would float down towards those in the water, enveloping any adults and children she could see. Surrounding them and one by one, the air bubbles would lift them up into the air. Amalie felt the strain, using her magic to carry so many wasn't easy. She directed them over to the lifeboats and the main boat. Attempting to distribute as many as she could safely.

It wasn't long before several of the children were already safely moved to the lifeboats, and the boatmen were quickly going about handing out towels to dry them and checking them over for any injuries. Things were going acceptably so far; they still had a number to get out of the water yet though. Amalie noticed in the distance the water seemed, disturbed, she looked over it she saw a horde of shadows making their way towards them. It appeared that the sea monsters were coming. She would fly ahead, instructing her orbs to continue their work. In her mind, she reviewed her magical options. She was in truth, somewhat limited, what with all the people still floating in the water she had to make sure she didn't accident assist in any casualties. "Something's coming." She called over to the other girl.


WC: 802
Amalie's Total: 1505
Overall WC: 2345 / 14000

Amalie was glad that the girl didn't decide to escalate the matter, the last thing Amalie really wanted to deal with right now was bickering with her guildmate about something so insignificant as her being a little harsh to the boatman. Frankly, she often found that people reacted a little too zealously to her sometimes, for a girl who didn't exhibit a great deal of emotions, her responses and reactions generally seemed to get under people's skin. Even from a young girl, people used to she noticed she was more often loathed rather loved. From those petty schoolgirls who detested her so much, to the wives and mistresses that slipped in and out of the Corvin household. Even her own family showed little care for her; she had never felt true affection, at least not until she met Wyatt. Perhaps that's why she fell so easily for his charms, his wild and eccentric nature and those handsome features. She had been mesmerised, which is why she never saw the hell that awaited her. How could she? It didn't come to light until sometimes after she had whispered those words. That sweet 'I do', that essential led to some of the toughest years of her life. She was frankly quite tired of all the aggressive behaviour, how easily people would overreact to her lack of care. Why should she care for anyone? When no one cared for her. She saw no need to exhibit such emotions, people were fickle and being distant was much easier. The fact that this girl had decided to accept Amalie's ignorance rather than throw a tantrum over it was welcome to the blue haired mage. Some peace for once, was a blissful change of pace, especially considering the nature of the situation they were in. Bickering while children's lives were at stake, didn't seem very beneficial to Amalie.

Following her having left the boat and working on saving the children. Amalie strained against the weight of the work she was under. Never had she used her magic in such a way before, in fact, it was most likely the first time she had used her magic to help anyone. Her magic was always designed for the offensive, to use it actually to help people was a real first for her. It was strange, to actually want to help people, but still, these people or rather these children had succumbed to a disaster as a result of the neglect of adults. And Amalie's had just about had enough of children suffering due to the neglect of adults. Not today, today she would save these children, and change their alleged fate.

Upon sensing the approach something menacing, Amalie had called out to the green-haired girl. Looking around, she spotted her in the water; it seemed she had dived into the water. A little risky, but Amalie could only assume that she had her reasons for doing it. Amalie's eyes fell on the plant-based mats that some of the stranded were now clinging to. They hadn't been there before. Amalie quicked figured that this had to be the girls doing. Good. She was being useful after all. Amalie knew she had to work quickly, with all her might she pushed the air bubbles to move towards the boats faster. Each bubble popping as a child or adult was safely landed on a lifeboat. The boatman quickly set to work, getting some of them on board the main ship.

Amalie heard the green-haired girls shout, and whipped around. Eyes widening as her gaze fell on the incoming snake-like beast. "On it." She barked back, lowering herself down towards the water. Appreciating the girls warning, Amalie rolled her shoulders slightly. Now, this was where her skills came into play, rescuing people was something she was familiar with — but killing things, not that she was really good at. Her magic crept up through her throat, pouring out of her as she called her command. "Empowerment." Her body pulsated with magical energy, and it's strength increased. She parted her lips and followed it with a second command, "Torpedo." The air around her would shift slightly, above her right shoulder a torpedo of light manifested. She locked onto the first small Leviathian spawn. She nodded, and the torpedo shot out. Shooting into the water, it flew after the first snake. The snakes reeled at its approach, attempting to dart out of the way. Only for the torpedo of light to turn in the water and follow it's path. This wasn't some aimless spell; this spell was designed to make chase, to follow a target until it was eliminated. The light bolted through the inside of the snake, before turning and struck it against. The second blow was enough to take it out. The light did not fade. Instead, it moved through the water, moving at over sixty metres per second, the snakes had no chance at avoiding its attack. Amalie watched, keeping an eye on the location of each snake as the torpedo hunted them down one by one. She saw a snake darting towards some stragglers; she flew over. "Shards." She roared, suddenly the air around her glimmered with broken shards of glass. Amalie waved her hands, and the shards moved into a snake-like formation of their own. Flying through the air, they made their way towards the snake. Diving into the water, the glass wrapped inside round the snakes. Piercing its body all over, and slowly dragging the snake down into the depths of the ocean. Amalie turned to the two stragglers, summoning a bubble for them, she lifted them up with a grunt, before moving them through the air onto the main boat.

She turned to see how her torpedo was doing, pleased to see it had dealt with over half the small snakes already. She soared ahead of the snakes attempting to flee the torpedo and target the children. She stopped in front of them, waving her palm through the air, summoning more of her shards, she set them out. They darted into the water, at her command slicing away at the snakes. Amalie heard a crashing in the water further away, glancing up. She noticed several more snakes, some larger than the ones she had just dealt with. She glanced over to the green haired girl and saw the snake wrapped around her, it was much bigger than the smaller ones, she was dealing with, and it was curled around the girls head. "Shit." She muttered, flying over, she summoned a shard of glass, and cut away at the already dying snake. Trying to at least expose the girls face so she could breathe. Amalie hacked away at the remains of the snake until its corpse fell away. She grabbed the girl by the arm, "Hold on." She said before attempting to lift her out of the water and onto one of those plant-mats she had made. "Steady yourself, worse is coming." She said, looking out across the ocean and more bigger and more menacing snakes made their way towards them.

WC: 1183
Amalie's Total: 2688
Overall WC: 5229 / 14000

She wasn't really sure what had gotten into her today, maybe it was just the fact she had already helped the kids and the adults along with them. She had never, in her entire life, felt the urge to help another person. Mainly because no one had ever helped her. Surviving to this point had always been something she had to do on her own. Meaning that she never reached out for help and in return, she never aided anyone either. Because, the moment you helped someone, and put your faith in them. They took it for granted, the only people she had ever done anything for other than herself was Wyatt and her Mother. Both of them had done exactly that, taking it for granted. Occasionally she would do tasks for Wyatt or his brother that required aiding others, but not because she chose to. But because she was told. Which generally meant refusal wasn't an option. Helping others wasn't exactly common ground for Amalie. So that made this particular moment was extremely rare, the fact she had seen someone who needed help and acted upon it. Admittedly, it did tick her off that this girl had gotten into this state in the first place. Wasn't she supposed to be strong? She had sensed that about her just standing next to her earlier, so what was the deal. How had she been caught up under a snake so easily and trapped to the point of nearly drowning? Something wasn't adding up, either this girl was holding back or Amalie's senses were off. Still, she did have some justification for helping her, this task was bigger than she was capable of dealing with on her own. Even she wasn't arrogant enough to assume she could save all these people by herself as well as fend off a horde of giant sea serpents. No, she needed an extra set of hands on this one. Not to mention, this wasn't just another mage, but someone from the West Fiore Trading Company. The very company, she had worked so hard to become a part of. She was pretty sure if she let this girl die on the job, it probably wouldn't go down very well with her superiors.

Fortunately, the girl was light enough that it wasn't too hard to lift her out of the water, at least not with the aid of her flight magic. The girl knelt down on the plant-mat she had created. Amalie watched as she thanked her, her icy-blue eyes falling to her elbow. She was injured? Great. That just made this even more complicated. Amalie hadn't quite learned how to heal others yet, so this time the girl would just have to deal with it. Amalie could hack away a giant snake, and lift her out of the water, but she couldn't perform feats she hadn't mastered yet. She made a mental note to work on her healing spell and see if she could transfer it to another being. However, that wasn't something she had time to practice right now. Following her remark, she had turned her gaze to the ocean and was scanning the water. She could see dark shadows making their way towards them, some bigger than others. The green haired girl would speak, confirming the total that Amalie had seen. That was good, at least they were on the same page. However, she would have to keep in mind, that there might be more lurking deeper underwater. For now, she could only assume this was it. Still, some of those were exceptionally large, and wouldn't be so easy to take down.

Amalie was hovering next to the girl when she climbed to her feet, Amalie looked around. There were still a few people getting out of the water, so using her 'Discipline' spell was out of the question. It was a shame, electric was an ideal weapon to use against such creatures. But exposing those electrical currents to the water created the risk of electrocuting the very people they were rescuing, as well as her partner too. Her fire-based spells were out of the question unless she could somehow get the creatures to emerge from the water long enough for her to hit them, her 'Burn' spell was basically redundant, and there wasn't any point attempting 'Firestorm'. It was a waste of magical power. Which was increasingly frustrating, not being able to use her most powerful spell. Alas, she would have to eliminate those three as combat options and work with the rest. She still had Torpedo, which being light-based was able to move around underwater without issue. Her shards of course, which never failed to provide aid.

The girl spoke again, drawing her gaze back to her. She would listen as she explained her fighting capabilities, and how she excelled on land. Amalie nodded, understanding, that explained why this woman had fallen so easily earlier. The plant-mats, of course, she had some kinda of connection to the earth. Amalie eyed the flowers protruding from her hands, she was clearly working on some kind of spell. Amalie bit the inside of her cheek, this could've been good to know earlier, but still, they hadn't exactly gotten to know each other before this mission. They're hadn't been time, plus Amalie wasn't exactly good at ...communicating with people. A flaw in this situation. But one she would just have to work with. "Fine, I'll remain focused on the battle from here on out. However," She turned away from the girl, "I would prefer it if you didn't die on the job." She said, before flying off towards the oncoming monsters. She created a fair amount of space between them, watching as the snakes moved, four of them seemed to have focused on the green haired girl. The bigger ones were still farther out, but they were clearly trying to get to the boats. They were going to be a problem, and ideally, Amalie needed to make sure they didn't get too close to the boat. Amalie took a breath, raising her palm, she released another torpedo. The beam of light shot into the water. She coaxed it towards one of the bigger creatures. Flying after it, as she attempted to get closer to the beast.

This one was over sixty feet long, it's a body was thick too, with spikes protruding from it's back that had to be just under two metres long. Impaling yourself on one of those certainly wouldn't be a pretty sight. Amalie wasn't sure why, but she had a hunch this was female. She had read a little bit about monsters and remembered some brief information about sea serpents. It wasn't that clear, it had been back during her school years when she used to lounge in the library by herself. She hadn't been one for kicking it in the playground, if she hadn't been attempting to pick-pocket someone, she was spending time by herself, reading. Mainly because the library at her school was free, so it was something she could enjoy without fear of it adding to the cost of their livelihood.

She watched as the torpedo slammed into its side, a little way past its neck. The creature reeled from the attack, the beam of light turned away moving around to make its next strike. For the moment, it had done what she needed it to. The creature's head seemed locked on Amalie, it had noticed her and was now making its way towards her. "Come on mama." Amalie said under her breath, the closer she got, the more intimidating the beast was. To think this wasn't even the biggest out of the bunch. But still, it was somewhat thrilling to face off with such a creature.

She snapped her fingers, the shards would reappear. Spreading around her, more... She thought, and the number of them doubled, and they doubled again. Until she was surrounded by hundreds of pieces of broken glass. She raised her hand, this was enough for the moment, she needed to test how strong this thing really was. She raised her right arm and flicked her palm outwards, the shards flew forward, towards the water. It was a good thing she could sense every piece of glass, else she wouldn't have a clue where they were. Disappearing into the water, made them pretty much impossible to see. She directed them to the beast before her, they ripped into her. Slicing away, the pieces would carve away at the snake, attempting to bury themselves apart. The sea serpent thrashed, her skin was much tougher than the one Amalie had carved up earlier. It would take much more to bring her down, more waves of glass began to form around Amalie. Ready for another attack.

However, there was a screech that rang through the air, Amalie's gaze darted towards it, the other giant snake, the same size as this was was nearing the boat. "Fuck." Amalie snapped out loud, turning she soared towards the boat, when did that one get to so close. She could have sworn it was much farther back when she last looked. Unless it used the time Amalie had taken to attack its fellow snake to get close to the bottom. "It's going to try and capsize the boat!" She shouted at the green haired girl. As she flew as fast she could in their direction. She felt her momentum dropping as her spell began to lose its effect. "Flight." She commanded, she grew lighter once more, narrowly avoided sinking into the water as she continued on after the giant snake.

WC: 1608
Amalie's Total: 4296
Overall WC: 8117 / 14000

How could I be so foolish?

Amalie thought this as she chased after the snake that was rushing towards the ship. Bitterly scalding herself, she should've paid more attention to all of the snakes, not just the one she had taken on. She had been so focused on taking one of them down, that she hadn't noticed what was going on around her. They were big beasts and handling them all at once seemed too grand a feat. But had she focused more on holding them all back then maybe they wouldn't be at such a risk of failing the mission. If the snakes successfully managed to capsize the boat, that would be it for all of them. There would be no one they could save all of these people; people might drown, some would get eaten. Even if more help were on the way, it wouldn't be enough; they would arrive too late. They couldn't rule out the possibility of more monsters nearby that might possibly join the fray, even without any additional beasts. The behemoth snakes that they had yet to deal with were dangerous enough as it was. There was just too much at risk, losing the boat meant that Amalie had failed, and she wasn't ready to deal with that.

As she called out to the Green-haired girl, it seemed she had gotten the message from her reaction. Amalie continued towards her, watching as she seemed to activate her magic once more. Amalie wasn't close enough to see it clearly but watched as she made her way towards the giant snake. Whatever she had planned, Amalie just had to trust that it would effectively stop the beast; in the meantime, the smaller ones were closing in. Amalie had to focus on stopping them from getting the Green-haired girl and getting in her way. She couldn't allow it; in this circumstance, she needed to eradicate the smaller snakes. To protect her guildmate and buy the girl more time.  Amalie quickly scanned the water, where were they? She turned her head back and forth, trying to locate the smaller snakes. She spotted the swift erratic movement, There!.

Shards erupted into the air around her, firing towards the snakes speedily. They pummelled into the water, striking the snakes flesh, the water around the snake pooled with red. Amalie felt each shard as it connected with their flesh; she made sure that the shards were embedding themselves in deep enough so that she could track the snakes. At least now she would be able to feel their movements in case they tried to get away. She spread her palm open and fired off another torpedo of light; it drove into the water after the snakes. It went after the closest first, slamming into its side. The light bounced off its body and rounded off to the next one. It wasn't enough; she needed more. She blasted off another wave of glass at the snakes. They could do it; they just needed to keep slicing away, dealing that damage. Even  if these snakes were bigger than the average, even they couldn't survive being hacked to pieces. She looked up at where the Green-haired girl was, seeing the way she had trapped the giant serpent in a cocoon of vines and plant-based material. Amalie smirked, now that was more like it. Trapping a giant beast like this, was much more representative of the power she had sensed from this girl. She could only fathom what she might be capable of on actual land. "Nicely done." She yelled, Amalie wasn't normally one for handing out praise, but even she hadn't to acknowledge the impressive feat. This was good, the smaller of the remaining snakes would be pretty much dead in a matter of minutes, so the next course of actually was handling the other Leviathian female, before taking down the big boss.

Amalie began to turn in the air, "Right now to find-" Her words were cut short as her eyes fell on the sight behind her. Too fast for her to move out of the way as the second female Leviathian burst out of the water behind her, it's humongous jaws stretched open before her. She watched as the mouth closed down on her; there was no time. She couldn't escape it; it was going to swallow her whole. She did the only thing she could think of; her magic crawled up through her. "Harden." Within that moment her skin would begin to transform. The mouth slammed shut over her newly hardened body, trapping her inside its giant jaws. She fell against its slimy tongue; the beast threw it's head back, trying to swallow her down. Amalie's body slid towards the back of the throat of the serpent. She had to stop herself from being swallowed; shards began to appear around her. Shooting past her as she slid further down, the shards formed a wall of glass, burying into the tongue of the serpent. Amalie body slammed into the wall roughly; it wasn't exactly a clean method of breaking her fall if her skin hadn't taken on the physical qualities of a diamond that her own shards would've torn up her body. She took a moment to think; this was beyond a shitty situation. For a moment they had almost been granted the upper hand, but now this thing was near ready enough to swallow her. Not only that but it was pitch black. If she hadn't been able to stay calm and react instinctively, she would've already been dead by now. Fortunately, her cognitive link to her shards told her how much space she had to work with, in this case, the creature's ridiculous size was actually working in her favour. Its mouth was huge even on the inside if it had been significantly smaller Amalie would've likely been caught under those teeth, a horrible end if there ever was one.

It was ok; she wasn't dead yet. She just had to think smart and get out of the mouth of the monster. And she could think of only one way to do that. She gripped onto the glass wall tightly, adding more glass to it, the tongue was thrashing around brashly, she was barely managing to stay where she was. The glass buried inside her was clearly causing the beasts pain; it was attempting to dislodge whatever it was causing the pain. She felt the creature's movement change, pulling her forward slightly, she held onto the ridges in the wall to stop herself from falling to the front of its mouth. She didn't want to get too close to those teeth, at least not yet anyway, she felt water splash against her shards hovering closer to the front of the beast's mouth. This wasn't good; the creature must have dived back underwater, which meant even if Amalie's risk of being eaten had been dealt with, she could still end up drowning in the creature's mouth. She summoned an air bubble around her head in preparation; she needed to get out of the mouth of this creature. The air bubble was only a short-term fix; If she dove too low the pressure under the water could burst the bubble, and she would drown regardless. There was one thing, something she remembered from earlier when she was on the boat. If she could use her fire to turn herself into a projectile, she might be able to smash her way out. But there was something else; she needed to cause enough trouble for the beast so that it wouldn't be able to catch up with her as she tried to make her way to the surface. Distract it with enough pain so that it would buy her a few seconds to get away. She didn't have a lot of time. If too much water got into the mouth, her fire wouldn't work. There was no more time; it was now or never.

She summoned her magic back through her throat; this was a real risk. If she didn't launch this right, she could end up killing herself. It was crazy, but she didn't really have a choice. "DISCIPLINE!" Her hands began to crackle with electricity, Amalie let the shard wall disperse just as the electric whips formed in her hands. She launched them with all her might into the creature's throat, the moment the whips were no longer in her grip. She summoned a fierce burst of fire from the palm, allowing it to explode outward forcefully, the sudden blast threw her backwards. She braced herself for the impact. Fortunately, her hardened skin would help, but this was still going to hurt. Seconds later her body crashed against the closed teeth of the beast. Smashing into one of the incisors, it crumbled under the force of her accelerating slam. It gave way, allowing for Amalie to break out. Moving out of its mouth into the water, thrust herself out of the way of the creature maw. It thrashed in the water; she could only imagine that it was reacting to the electric waves that were writhing around itself of it. She turned towards the surface, looking up. She manipulated the bubble around her, spreading it from her head and widening it, so it covered her entire body. Once she was completely enclosed, she manipulated it to carry her to the surface as quickly as the spell would move. She heard a roar beneath her, the Leviathian was coming after her, and she was pissed.

Amalie burst out of the water, lifting herself back into the air. She dispersed the air bubble, hovering there panting. A momentarily look of shock on her face, she did it, she actually did it. To the Green haired girl, she would look different from before, all of her physical features were still somewhat similar, yet everything from her skin, eyes and hair would have a clear appearance, sparkling like a diamond statue of herself. She scowled angrily, she had escaped being eaten but barely. Even so, it hadn't exactly been a pleasant experience; her body hurt all over and then there was a matter of her dignity. Her demeanour shifted, her usually cold, calm nature completely gone, her body began to shake with anger. She was reaching the end of her patience, she blank face contorted into a cold fury. "I've had just about enough of these fucking snakes." She yelled ferociously. She looked down at the oncoming Leviathian, and it seemed more determined than any to kill her. Its body was probably seriously damaged internally due to the electric whips it has swallowed, but still, it had enough energy to still come after her. "Come on bitch, I'll turn you in sushi!" She screamed, shards appearing around her once more, with a furious cry she directed them into the waters, aiming for the monster's eyes. "It's about time you died already."

WC: 1,825
Amalie's Total: 6,121
Overall WC: 11,480 / 14,000

Amalie focused her energy on moving the shards in the direction she sorts before she had been aiming for general areas of the beast body. But this time, the sharps were moving specifically towards the creature's head. The shards darted past its snout, before splitting into two groups, each group targetting the beast eyes. The shards delved directly into the soft tissue that, hacking away until its eyeballs were torn beyond repair, ultimately blinding the female snake. She let out a piercing screech in the water, her body flailing around erratically. Now unable to see who and what she was attacking. Amalie fired more shards, commanding them to move in a more streamlined manner; the layers of shards glass almost appeared like a snake itself. A chain of broken glass, curling above her before shooting down directly into the water. The glass chain began to wrap itself around the body of the giant snake; it's sharp jagged edges cutting away at it, squeezing tighter and tighter. There was nothing to the creature could do, without the ability to pull out or knock away the glass. The spell would just keep digging and digging, burying its way deeper into the beast. The satisfaction that Amalie felt from the contact of the shards burying their way into the creature's flesh would calm her slightly. As angry as that situation had made her, she remembered why she couldn't lose her cool. The woman needed to stay calm and focused, so she could maintain control and ensure her decision were not made rashly. She had to remember she wasn't just fighting these creatures, but she was ensuring the safe return of the children and adults they intended to save.

Amalie floated in the air above the ongoings beneath her; she had been too busy concentrating on the task at hand to pay much attention to what had happened to her guildmate. It was only when she heard the voice that was speaking to her, and looked up at her guildmate for the first time since escaping the creatures mouth, did she notice the transformation that the girl had undergone. The green-haired girl was gone and in her place was someone...or rather something else. This being had long matted pale hair, their eyes had turned black and their teeth replaced with rows of sharp fangs. Her body now had spikes protruding from it, including wooden branches from her shoulders. Her demeanour was different somehow, Amalie felt herself grow cautious. When this new being spoke, it sounded different from the girl had, its voice was gruff, perhaps somewhat masculine. Was Amalie dealing with a different entity entirely? Or was this some layer of the girls magic she hadn't shown yet?

The words spoken by the creature would cause Amalie's eyes to narrow slightly. The witch remark didn't actually phase her; it wasn't like the insult meant anything of substance to her. As being a female mage anyway, it wasn't exactly an offensive nickname, but just another means for reference. Even if the term was being used in a disrespectful manner. However, she did not appreciate the association of blame that they were attempting to put on her. Was she supposed to be grateful that they tried to help? Or feel bad that this attempt had put them at risk? No, that didn't quite add up to her. Not in Amalie's mind. She was not at fault for the decision of others, nor would she take the blame for the risks induced by them. She had simply done what she needed to survive. She wasn't a damsel in distress that would lie inside the creature's mouth hoping to be saved by someone else. Amalie learned a long time ago that the most efficient way to escape a 'shitty' situation, was to save yourself. "Avoid killing you? You're alive are you not. Besides at no point did I ask for your assistance, nor could I rely on the possibility that you would offer it. I had to assure my own survival, as should you. Placing yourself at risk for the sake of another is no one's fault but your own." She replied bluntly, before looking back to the beast below to see how her shards were faring. Ignoring the 'sparkles' remark that came from this new being she appeared to be working with. She had no time to be bothered by such pitiful attempts at getting under her skin; there were still monsters to kill after all.

"Globe." She said casting the spell once again, the air bubble formed in her palm, shooting in the water and expanding as it made its way towards the snake. It grew wider and wider until it enveloped the giant serpent entirely. Separating the creature from the water, and trapping the creature inside. She had to work fast, the creature's movements were contained for now, but the more in thrashed, the weaker the bubble would get. Concentrating, she would manipulate the oxygen inside of the bubble, restructuring it into a poisonous miasma. The air in the bubble would turn a putrid green; the serpent thrashed wildly as the poison as it infiltrated its body. Breathing nothing but poisonous fumes, it's would grow sluggish, weakened as the poison entered its bloodstream. Quickly making it's way to its vital organs, they would begin to fail one by one. Until finally it's stilled, the life leaving its body. Amalie waited a moment, making sure she was certain the creature was dead. Before bursting the bubble in the water, the creature's body slowly rose to the surface. It's corpse floating there lifeless, there was no doubt; she had actually managed to kill the creature.

This little success, compiled with the green-haired, now tree-like-beast that her guildmate was having successfully killed the other female serpent that had been trapped in the vines — which meant that there was only one target left. The biggest snake, Amalie turned in the air, eying the behemoth which had been holding back until this moment. The creature slowly brought it's head up out of the water, revealing to them it's a massive body, which had to be over a hundred foot in length. It swished its tail back and forth behind it; each movement would create great currents. Amalie eyed the ship; it was still to close to be entirely safe. But at the very least she was in between them as long as she and her guildmate were able to stop the beast before it got to the ship. Then that would be enough. "I don't know what your deal is right now, but you're still the person I was assigned to do this mission with. So I'll just say this, if we have any hopes of surviving, we'll have to take this thing out together." She explained. "I have a spell in mind, my strongest at current but it'll be useless if this creature dives underwater. I have a plan on immobilising it, which I do just before I try the spell it's a little rough around the edges but it won't hit you, I'll make sure of that. At that point hit it with whatever you've believe will be effective. No matter what happens however, we cannot let it get close to that ship." She stated finally. Without further comment, she shot forward, aiming her body to the base of where the body of the giant monster was emerging from the water. She reached out, skimming the water with her hand, she began to circle the creature while casting her next spell. "Frost." The air around her began to grow cold; snow would fall suddenly, escalating into a blizzard. The frost would spread across the water around the beast, covering a circumference of one hundred and fifty metres around the creature. It's moving became significantly slowly. As the water grew colder and began to freeze, the ice that formed would trap the base of the creature's body in place. It would likely still be able to break out of it should it work hard enough. But it would still slow it's movements regardless, and buy her enough time to use her next spell. She rose upwards, soaring along the body of the beast. She cast her Shard command once more, before unleashing another wave of glass along the creature's body and manoeuvring around the creature as quickly as she could to avoid its body smashing into her. She could only presume that if a body this large smashed into her, it would likely knock her out of the sky completely. She needed to be swift, to keep an eye on the way it was thrashing its body to make sure she could avoid it. She stopped a little way short of its neck, before soaring backwards to get a better look. As she suspecting, her shards had done minimal damage. Its body was just too great in mass; it was time for that.

She hadn't practised using this spell much, and while the times she had, she had done so in vast open uninhabited lands. Areas built for practising such dangerous magic without putting others at risk. On top of which she was able to let the spells release with little control, knowing it didn't matter where they landed as long as it wasn't on her. This time it was different, not only would she have to avoid the ships, but she would also have to avoid hitting her guildmate. But this seemed like the only option she really had, and now that the beast had over half the length of its body out of the water, it was the ideal time too. She stretched her palms; each hand would once again crackle with electricity. Spreading out and forming into whips, the whips split further into five electric ropes in each palm. It was then she launched herself forward, pulling the whips back, she thrashed them forward. The ropes flung themselves around the beast, crackling with electricity, they tied themselves. The length of the whips began to extend, growing longer and longer, curling around the creature, holding it in place. Amalie took a breath, closing her eyes she called out her next spell.

"Firestorm."

The air above them would rumble thunderously, there was nothing for a moment, and then from the clouds, they emerge. Great balls of fire flew down from the sky. Amalie grit her teeth, steering them towards the creature as much as she could. Making sure that they would dodge her guildmate wherever they were, and stay far away from the boats. One by one the balls of fire slammed into the body of the beast. All the while Amalie gripped onto the whips as much as she could, the electric currents were stopping the creature from escaping. But they would only last so long. She could only hope that her guildmate could step in, and finish the job.

WC: 1826
Amalie's Total: 8047
Overall WC: 14,472 / 14,000