Going to see Kaosu (inn people)

[Genshuku]

Tanis seems to have given up for the time being, but it's not like he could really exit the room, and would still have to at least dodge things. Perhaps he could figure out a different method of attack.

Kyoujin noted the plants, which reminded her of some plant thing she met in a different Netherworld...but that was her only reaction to them.

What she had more of a reaction to was the combined force of Yuugen's lightning bolt and Shiro's knives. The black powder also spread across the room, though it wasn't effecting anyone but Shiro's own aiming at the time, but it was the combination of the two attacks that broke the barrier with a loud shatter, which also broke the spell, causing the wind and ice to vanish (and the other objects to fall from where they were, allowing them to be retrieved once again, along with the powder not being blown around anymore, though it would probably still be in the air). Kyoujin knew what she was going to do next, and so jumped to the end of the room that had no one on it...

(Let's use some RNG. Above 50 means she crashes into the wall, under means that she lands successfully, out of 100.)
(I got 4. Wow, she's skilled.)

...and even with all the powder in the way, manages to jump there flawlessly, and cast a new spell immediately on landing:

"Lunar Gale: Shooting Stars"

What followed was another windfest, but this time it went towards everybody in a one way direction, and it was some pretty fast wind, making it hard to advance, along with a horizontal barrier stretching across the room right in front of her, leaving no gaps to go through.

Kyoujin then raised her staff in the air, which was followed by a large number of huge star shaped bullets from this barrier (with an extra motion blur effect included), which moved straight forward at her enemies. Said bullets came from the barrier fast, and the wind made them go even faster. It was pretty much a blinding speed, and when they came in contact with the wall (or you), they give off a large explosion. The goal seemed to not get too close to any of the walls without getting hit by the large comet shots, being unable to use most projectiles as they would probably be blown away right back at you.

Incidentally, the wall was covered in black powder and feathers now, along with pretty much everyone else. (Kyoujin seemed to have the least, and didn't even notice she had any. )

The spell seemed nigh unbreakable due to it being nigh suicidal to advance to attack her. However, it looked tiring to cast.

(Time Out/Survival spell, 2 post cycles remaining)

[Schala]

(OOC: I know this screws up the posting order, but Cross hasn't posted in forever, so I'm just going ahead~)

Schala was surprised that the flowers and all had not even swayed the insane girl, but she was also relieved when the barrier broke.
Relieved, that is, until the stars came.
Wanting to protect her friends, she decided not to try and counterspell but instead grabbed Yuugen's arm and pulled her to the ground under a huge bright green leaf*.
"It's okay Yuugen," Schala said. "We'll be okay."

*(No one ever said the plants were gone )

[Augen]

Yuugenmagan closed her eyes as she was pulled to the ground. She opened her more humanlike eyes and realized that she had been pulled under a giant leaf by Schala. "It's okay Yuugen," the prophetess said. "We'll be okay."

Yuugen smiled, and couldn't help but blush a little. "Yes. Thank you," she said. It was good to see that at least some people could be kind torwards demonfolk, even after seeing their true forms. This made Yuugenmagan feel warm inside.

[Five-minute Cat Nap]

Shiro, having pinned himself to the floor, looked up as Kyoujin's attack sailed over head. Looking around, he noticed Schala and Yuugen seemed to be alright under a large leaf. Tanis was... somewhere it appeared. Hopefully he wouldn't get destroyed by the attack. Twirling one of the knives he had left- he really hoped he remembered to pick them all up- Shiro looked at Kyoujin. The attack may as well have said "Don't even try it", because of its intensity.

So, Shiro didn't. Instead, he checked the various other pouches he had at his waist. Most were filled with materials for doing a prank or whatnot. Of course, there was the off chance there might be something useful, which would be good. Rummaging around in them, it was only a few moments before all the pouches returned to his waist. "Nothing, awwwwwww" Shiro stated, slightly pouting as he reconsidered his options. Taking a piece of candy out from a pouch- rock candy, cherry flavored actually- he popped it into his mouth and began sucking. "I'd best prepare myself, I suppose, in case this gets worse." Shiro muttered, before positioning one of his hands on one of the knives stuck in his cloak, ready to pull it out if need.

[Genshuku]

Tanis's will was lost in here. It seems...eh? He seemed to be glowing?

He seemed to be...fading.

If he decides not to will himself out of this situation, he'll probably appear outside the castle in a random area, free from the task that he got himself into. And what a shame it would be. Or, he could, and the glowing would cease. In either case, one of the starry meteors seemed to be coming at him anyway, so he'd probably vanish in that. No one would even have time to react in order to get out of the way save himself. And when it hit, he was out of the castle for more than one reason.*

But for now, they had to brave the storm.

They weren't going to get far with the leaf. Matter of fact, the bright green sheen of it attracted Kyoujin's attention, and for a second, all the spawned stars went in that direction, and would a short time afterward blow it the hell up along with most of it's surroundings.** Everywhere else got a momentary very very short break. Afterward, the barrage resumed as normal (and the first ones shot just so happened to be in Shiro's general direction).

What's more? Another barrier thing much like the one covering Kyoujin decided to just cover the entire ceiling, which also began to shoot the attacks at a smaller density, but small or not, made it easy to get hit. Things were getting rather dangerous. Taking cover was futile when the attacks could and would go right through it.

Kyoujin seemed to be exerting herself a great amount now. It wouldn't be long before she simply got tired.

(1 more post cycle. Meaning, one more post of this and next card.)

*(He's out of the posting order for now. If he hasn't posted at anytime between my next posts, he's out for good.)

**(Staying there would instantly wipe you out

[Schala]

Schala, who had the added advantage of being clever as well as skilled, saw a shadow fall over the leaf.
Still holding onto Yuugen, she crawled away as fast as she could and sat in one of the darkest corners.
"Shhhh!" Schala whispered to Yuugen. "We don't want Kyoujin to know we're here."
After that, she was silent.

[Augen]

Yuugenmagan nodded, trying to be silent as well as still. She looked upwards at their concealment, wondering if it would really be enough to keep them safe.

[Five-minute Cat Nap]

Shiro noticed the attack headed towards him, and did the smart thing- he removed the daggers pinning him to the ground. Clutching his weapons by their hilts, he began to struggle against the wind, heading towards his left, and hopefully, find somewhere with cover. Schala's spell had made stuff grow, but bright and shiny plants tend to make people notice them, for being either an eyesore, or pretty. Shiro decided he'd try something less risky, as he finally left the immediate range of the attacks.

Quickly, he began to visualize a normal piece of dungeon, blank, nothing there. After seeing the illusion, he quickly applied it to the area around him, maybe an 8 by 10 foot area. "I hope that works" Shiro muttered, as he dropped to the floor, sticking one of daggers in between the stones in the floor so as to anchor him in place. Of course, if it failed, he could always flee again.

[Genshuku]

And with a brilliant flash, like every other explosion, Tanis was met with the heavy blow. And then, he was gone. Dead? No. Gone? Yes. Gone forever? Perhaps. He wasn't anywhere nearby, anyway, perhaps he would never be anywhere nearby ever again. Who knows, who knows...however, for now, the group continued to fi--er, hide.

Speaking of hide....where'd everyone go?

Tanis was gone,, Yuugen and Schala managed to find a corner in a circular room (reality distortion in the castle led to some weird things, in this case it made them completely invisible), and Shiro managed to make himself invisible as well, albeit the more manual way.

Kyoujin was simply confused. Not in a good way for herself, either. She was just...confused. Did she win? But, the door wasn't opening, so they couldn't have been defeated. But where were they...AHA~

And that's when she decided on the next part of the spell. Just because she couldn't see them didn't mean she couldn't home them out, right?

Suddenly, a large amount of small glowing spots on the floor (this didn't include the reality distorted corner) appeared, and 5 seconds after the glowing spot existed, some sort of magical missile shot out of it, upwards. There was plenty of time to dodge that bit, but after they got 10 feet in the air, they went towards the recorded location* with a blinding speed. This location happened to be the location of the nearest living being that was not Kyoujin. That included plants.

The plants from earlier were utterly destroyed, being the most frequently targeted location until they were all blown up and completely dead (quickly), now having served a use as a valuable distraction. However, the rest were targeting the other things that fell under living beings, the party (and this included the invisible corner that doesn't exist yet the two were in it anyway). Now, they were forced to move, there was no such thing as hiding anymore. It became a dance of survival among the wind and the shooting stars.

*(The one they registered before taking off, they don't home but instead get the location of where you were as they locked on and crash into that with a remarkable speed)

[Schala]

Tanis and Shiro both vanished, and Schala's hero instinct kicked in.
She leapt to the spot where Shiro had disappeared, and not knowing he was invisible, she was quite shocked when she tripped over something* and fell to the ground.
It was then that she saw the missiles.
"Yuugen!" she cried. "Get out while you ca--"
Wait a minute. There was no way out. The only thing left was to try to reason with Kyoujin.
Being still on the floor, she jumped up over some missiles and landed back down hard. It hurt. Especially since she had been whammed by a falling plant stem, it was now on top of her.
"K...Kyoujin," she said, "Please stop this. I only came here to speak with the goddess, nothing more."
For now, she was stuck.

(*Invisible Shiro)

[Augen]

Dammit... Missiles. Tons of them... And Yuugenmagan was in a corner. What could she do?

Fly forward, that's what! Yuugenmagan made a dash forward towards Kyoujin, tossing daggers along the way. Plant matter and missiles exploded around her as she flew, and a few of them almost got her hitbox.

And then as she closed in, she thrust herself at the mage girl, hoping to bind her with an embrace. "Die, bitch," she yelled, trying to hug Kyoujin.

[Five-minute Cat Nap]

Shiro pouted slightly, as he felt the pain from Schala tripping over him. "Jeez! Dumb lady doesn't think I can take care of myself!" Shiro muttered, before seeing the incoming attack. Leaving his knife embedded in the floor, he began to dodge the attacks. "Maaaaah! This isn't fun at all!" Shiro shouted, dancing amongst the field in a blur, avoiding the attacks. Unfortunately, it seemed the young prankster moved a bit too slow, as a star collided with some of the floor near to him, causing Shiro to be thrown into the air.

"Blargh!" Shiro exclaimed, as he picked himself up from the floor after the attack. "Well, Crazy Lady, that wasn't very nice... at all" Shiro muttered, his voice slightly edged. Searching around in his pockets, he looked for something he could use. Of course, his looking around was impeded by the resumed dodging, who would stay still in this madness? That would be like asking to be killed.

Shiro's hand closed around an object, a small container filled with Oil. However, another star was incoming, so Shiro jumped in order to dodge. As he jumped, the container spilled out and cracked, causing Shiro to slip as he came back down. He skidded forward a few feet, before once again landing on his face, though he did dodge another attack. Wincing as he stood up, his knees now slightly bloodied from the stone floor, he wiped some oil off his face.

After a few moments, Shiro had a bit of a respite. The stars were coming towards hm a bit slower, though that was probably because Schala didn't seem to be moving, and Yuugen was engaged in a mad charge. Grasping one of his few remaining weapons, Shiro decided he'd move around from the side. At any rate, Yuugen would occupy her main attention. Shiro once again activated the illusion of an empty room around himself, though it was a bit harder, since he tethered the enchantment to his very being, so as not to lose it as he moved. Now technically "invisible", Shiro began to move forward again, still having to dodge Kyoujin's assault.

[Genshuku]

(Thus the spell timed out, finally)

After this madness, Kyoujin could no longer keep casting the spell. To avoid getting mauled, she cast a spell (the last normal one on her list) as the spell faltered. The huge barrier was replaced with a smaller spherical one, as she cast the spell. With it, all of the projectiles instantly vanished which turned into point items. Moving forward suddenly got a lot easier to do.

"Fire In An Iceshell: Ice Grenades"

And at that instant, about 7 spheres of (somewhat thick, but not very) ice came from the ground, one near everyone's current location and the rest in Kyoujin's general area. For a second after they came up, one could see a fire, fueled my what was probably magic, but it was quickly blocked by the resulting steam.

If you've ever microwaved something in a closed container, you've seen what happens. This seemed to be replicating it.

Kyoujin was far too into the battle now, and words of reason from Schala weren't working. The best way to knock sense into people is by KNOCKING it into them, and she could either do that or help out the team. With how she was, helping out the team seemed like the best option.

Had the spell lasted any longer, the mad dash Magan would have been suicide. But it wasn't, and Yuugen successfully got to her and proceeded to do hugging damage on the barrier, which did seem to do something.

Shiro was also approaching at a high speed, but with this spell she didn't even have to pay attention to where they were. If they didn't know how to stop this spell or at least know how to avoid it, they would have a rude awakening VERY quickly.

[Schala]

Reasoning wasn't working, so Schala decided she had to fight.
With all her strength, she wriggled out from underneath the dead stem.
Balls of ice seemed to be melting. This was easy...Schala didn't have a hard time staying out of their way, what she wanted to do was pierce Kyoujin's barriar. The katana was back on the ground, so Schala picked it up.
Yuugen was hugging the barriar, so Schala tried her hardest to find a place she could break it without harming Yuugen or Kyoujin.
She put the edge of the katana against the barriar, hoping it would have some effect.

[Augen]

Yuugenmagan's eyes were shut tight (even her normal ones) as she latched onto something. It didn't feel like a Kyoujin, but whatever it was it was something, and that meant she wanted to kill it. So she sent a long current of electricity through herself, practically covering her entire body (which was fortunately immune to her own electricty) with lighting.

After a moment of that she opened her eyes and turned to see Schala slashing in with the sword... But more concerning was the steaming ball of ice right next to Yuugen... Whatever it was about to do, Yuugen didn't like it, and so she let go of the barrier and flew backwards, trying to get as far away as possible.