Private find a friend on the other side

Naisis had no idea what this 'islets' was, but from Marian's expression, it was not a nice place, "then we just have to make sure you do not go there."

As for a plan, Naisis was at a loss. Yes, she studied what a magical cascade was and the means to end it, but all that was a theory since nobody, at least as far as she knew, has ever done anything like that. Well, now, it was no theory. She has gone and done it. She should be taking notes, but at the moment, she had more pressing matters to deal with.

She looked at the mask of Marian and ran her fingers through her hair, "Since, as far as I know, this has never happened, I have no real idea what to do. The most obvious is to separate the power sources, you and me. You stay here while I go to Earth or the Subliminal. That should snap the link. Although the backlash will not be pleasant."

Hearing about Marian's magic brought Naisis hope, "My magic can make illusions real but only in my - dream bubble."

An idea began to form, "Is your's linear, that is, has a beginning and an end? My magic is cyclic in nature. If so, then we can let it play out. We have to keep the use of magic at a minimum. Which means keeping him at bay." She peered around the corner at Azure.

Naisis sighed. It wasn't so much the cascade, but that she trapped Marian in it. And from the looks of it, she was getting the worst end of it.

When Marian commented about Naisis's magic, She gave a dry chuckle, "Ya. Others can see anything inside my bubbly, but the stuff outside, like Azure, is - well - painted on the inner surface. So you must be inside to see it. Regrettably, I can not shut down my bubble."

Naisis listened to Marian as she explained the situation with incredible clarity. When she described her situation, Naisis bopped her head as she realized how the mix was happening and knew how to stop it.

"You are more in control than you think. You are the motivation behind it, which is why I can not control it, but I am the power behind it overwhelming your control. But if I..."


She dared go no further. She did not want Azure to know her plan, which was simple, to drain off Azure's magic without adding any more. Hoping drain off enough so Marian could take control. But, to do so, she had to get him very angry. She grimaced, knowing it would mean getting hammered, but that was the price she had to pay.

Stepping out from behind the building. Flaring her horn, she was encased in a battle-armour exo-suit she saw in a movie (Matrix Reloaded) with a pair of chain-guns on each arm.

Yelling, "Hey! Shithole! EAT MAGIC!"

With that, all four chain-guns came to life, sending bullets flying to Azure and pouring out brass casings onto the street. Azure roared in pain and rage as he was engulfed in dark smoke. Naisis strode forward with the chain-guns blaring knowing she would soon be out of ammo.

She yelled over her shoulder to Marian, "stay in the shadows and remember this is all an illusion!"

Naisis chuckled at Marion's retort, which also showed Marion was still with it. With what was going on, that was very important. Naisis hoped Marion did not get overwhelmed by what was happening.

Although she was still pouring it on, he did get a few good hits. One knocked out one of her chainguns, so she was down to three. Dodging and keeping up the pounding, she could sense Azure's magic levels dropping, but not fast enough.

She roared over the sound of her guns, "Is that the best you can do! You claim to be this all-powerful being an ex-Set, and you are getting your butt whooped by a female Anacorn, no least!"

Azure roared in rage. A set of rocket launchers formed under his wings, which caused Naisis to blink. She was not expecting that, But everything he does draws on his magic reserve, which should be a significant draw. Now, if she could survive the onslaught, they might be able to take him down.

While she was dodging and firing the guns when silent, she discarded the outer exo-suit revealing an inner one. Azure grinned as he launched a volley of rockets. She rushed ahead just under them. She was knocked forward by the blast as the building behind her was turned into rubble. All except the wall Marion was hiding; she made sure it was outside her bubble and not affected by the illusion.

With each volley, she could sense his magic plummeting. This volley found her and sent her flying. Although the attacks hurt, they cond no damage her; it was the real stuff in the area could. She was wearing a suit designed to absorb a lot of the impact, but not all.

With the next volley, she could sense another magic in him, Marian's. As the rockest hit, she yelled while flying through the air, "Marian, NOW!"

When she finally landed, she just sat there a bit dazed and exhausted. Although it was done with dream magic, it was still quite exhausting.

Muttering more to herself, "let us never do that again!"

She chuckled at Marian's bitch comment, "He was a bitch in real life!" Naisis mused a bit, "I could never get him right, but, between the two of us, I think we finally got him right."

Groaning as she got up and limped over to where Marian was. She plopped down on the pavement, making sure she did not sit on her.

Flaring her horn, she returned everything to reality (Although not without some regret since this was one of her better scenes).

She looked down to where she suspected Marian was and asked, "Are you ok? You are not hurt?"

She sat back and sighed, "I could really use a beer now. How about you? My treat."