Trial the First

[bootsweremadeforcasting]

Who: Jade Curtiss and anyone who would like to join in the plot! (Fighting will be involved)
When: Late evening the 23rd
Where: Central Plaza
Style: Action or Prose!
Status: Open

[Jade had been somewhat missing from the apartments. After all, the man hadn't been in his right head. Something had just begun to deteriorate. He was still there enough to know that he needed to be around the Coral for now, just to keep himself sane and... well, alive. He was currently sitting on top of the Coral, murmuring to himself and reciting what sounded like some kind of chant. It flitted between what sounded like an equation and just mumbles in some other language.

In his hands was a small glyph, constantly shifting and moving under his gaze. What he was attempting was unknown, but he seemed solely focused on it and it alone, whatever he was saying having some impact on the shining lines floating above his hands.]

Comments

[bootsweremadeforcasting]

[Jade didn't seem to really notice Duke, continuing to focus on the formulaic glyph, which expanded slightly as he continued to mumble at it.]

[radiantwingedone]

[ Well then.

Don't mind him as he tries to listen and see how the muttering and expanding formula are connected. ]

[bootsweremadeforcasting]

έξι από τα επτά συνδυάζοντας δεν έβδομο δεν μπορούν να χρησιμοποιήσουν την έβδομη γιατί εγώ θα τους δείξω εγώ θα το καθιστούν ιδανικό τελειότητα είναι εφικτή μπορώ να το κάνω εγώ, δεν μπορεί να αποδειχθεί λάθος εγώ θα πετύχει ....

[The glyph shuddered and Jade's hands flexed quietly.]

[radiantwingedone]

....?

[ He can't... make sense of any of that. Focusing and not letting the coral translate? Odd, he's sitting on it.

... Will it make sense if he mimics it? ]

...εφικτή ?

[bootsweremadeforcasting]

[The muttering trails off and Jade's head slowly, mechanically turns to look at Duke, staring unblinkingly. The glyph in his hands shimmers a bit before it fades and disappears.]

[radiantwingedone]

[ Well, he got looked at, but the spell faded. Did he disrupt it? ]

... Sorry if caused to lose. Was curious.

[bootsweremadeforcasting]

[With no warning at all, Jade's body seemed to simply launch from its spot towards the still figure. In a bright flash, Jade's spear came to hand, swung harshly towards Duke with no sound from the odd man.]

[radiantwingedone]

[ Oh. Uh.

He must have really pissed you off, or something-

Duke stumbles away in time to only gain a slash across the arm. ]

[bootsweremadeforcasting]

[Jade landed, his boots making a loud noise as the scraped on the ground/ Jade's body twisted, a swinging of limbs as he attempted to thrust the spear at Duke again.]

Μπορώ να πάρω τα δεδομένα από αυτό το ένα

[radiantwingedone]

[ Duke is, perhaps surprisingly, not that good at this defending on the surprise stuff.

Maybe he's lost some of that while here. Not good.

He takes another glancing blow and manages to twist his hand just so to bring Dein Nomos into it, now a little more ready to defend himself. ]

[bootsweremadeforcasting]

[The thrust from the spear was followed by a crack of lightning as it came down hard towards Duke's head.]

[radiantwingedone]

[ That hurt.

That really hurt-

Duke... needs to get his jerking limbs to work, so he's more or less stuck sort of standing. He hasn't dropped Dein Nomos, but Jade can very likely do some serious damage if he attacks again. ]

[bootsweremadeforcasting]

[Which Jade does by balancing himself, then doing a very odd thing in the form of spinning around, one of his legs lifting to kick Duke squarely in the back, heel-first.]

[radiantwingedone]

[ Duke is starting to realize there is something definitely bad about his lack of eating and moving about properly.

Mostly because he's on the ground already. and breathing is somewhat painful.

Obviously he shouldn't have started with blade in hand, as it wasn't in hand and a few feet out of reach. Levitation first, then he'll get Dein Nomos and ... Try to subdue him? Maybe?

.. okay, breathing is first. He'll just.. roll over and focus on that. ]

[bootsweremadeforcasting]

[As Duke rolls over, Jade is standing above him. A moment later, Jade's lips are moving in an unintelligible drivel and his hand produces another glyph. Nothing happens for a moment save that weight seems to press into Duke as energy seems be drawn out of him at an alarming rate. It would feel as though something is nitpicking through his entire system, scanning and feeling about invasively.]

[radiantwingedone]

[ The legs on either side and the weight pressing on him do prevent him from rolling away.

And if this is what him using mana on others feels like he will never do it again. But even so he's fairly sure it isn't because no one made any hint of feeling... drained. And somewhat violated.

So he struggles to get up and toward Dein Nomos for a little bit, but eventually just flops on his side, barely able to send the blade back into its hiding place. ]

[bootsweremadeforcasting]

[A few moments pass and whatever Jade was doing was done. The glyph dissipates and he steps away from Duke and simply begins to calmly walk away.]

It's fine.

[radiantwingedone]

...?

[ Jade has to be talking about something else, because Duke is most definitely not fine... ]

What...?