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Who: All Draftees
What: Killing Third Party members and taking names
When: 7/26 - 7/31
Where: Sirry Crags
Summary: Mass-interaction for those out on the battlefield. Feel free to make team threads along with individual ones or however you wish. Action tags are fine here along with prose. For those plotting mischief, this is the place to do it.
Rating: R for the likely violence since killing will most definitely happen, but this is more for interactions during the battles.

[And early on the 26th everyone gets sent out. Thanks to Caesar's organization, most everyone has been placed in groups, even if some people plan on leaving their groups at some point. Check out this post for the details. If you haven't posted to this post and want your character on a team, please do so.]

Special note: Ignore the comments that said there would be 400, that has been retconned and we were told 1200 Third Party members from the start. Enjoy killing them off and taking names.

Special note 2: I asked Akai if any of the Third Party will be coming and dealing with their incapacitated allies, and they will. So assume that unless something is done to prevent this, those injured Third Party members may come back later healed and ready to attack again (though possibly not as effectively).

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[Rydia flashes him a quick grin.]

You know the feeling is mutual, right?

[Though willing and able to keep talking, she doesn't let that distract her from their surroundings. The green-haired woman takes care to remain alert to their surroundings, ready to fire off a spell at the first sign of enemy approach.]

I'm glad to hear it nonetheless.

[Movement from the right and left simultaneously registers, and Golbez's head snaps to the left side.]

Pincer movement! Rydia, the right! [He lifts his hand to charge a spell against the attackers coming from the left.]

[Rydia immediately whirls to her right and begins spellcasting. She'll need some cover from the physical fighters, since magic is hardly instantaneous. Still, it's worth the wait. A wide bolt of lightning descends, striking all opponents within range.]

Blizzaga!

[The icicles slam into the wings of the two coming from the left, pinning them down, and Golbez moves to shield Rydia from the three on the right, punching one back and taking a pair of blows from the others on his shoulder guards. When the lightning bolt strikes, all three fall to the ground.]

[Rydia doesn't savor that victory for long. Immediately afterward, she glances around for sign of further approach. Turning to Golbez, she's about to say something when movement is spotted past his shoulder. Her eyes narrow as she notices a group of four headed their way. Taking a moment to concentrate, she then sends a Firaga in their direction.]

[The fireball consumes two of them and catches the wing of a third, forcing her to land. The last one brings up his spear, lunging at Golbez, but he moves aside at the last second, allowing it to pass him, and seizes hold of it with his left hand. His right bunches up into a fist and slams into the attacker's ribcage, resulting in a series of sickening wet cracking sounds. The man drops to the ground, coughing up blood as the last one staggers to her feet with rage in her eyes and smoke still coming from her wing.]

[That look of rage doesn't go unnoticed, and Rydia knows she'll have to be swift if she wants to do anything before that woman takes her revenge. She tries to cast a spell, but it doesn't have a chance to go off before the woman charges her. Rydia tries to sidestep, but she's a little too late and loses her footing, falling to the ground as the woman swings her sword.

Closing her eyes, Rydia goes for one last-ditch effort to save herself and attempts to cast Death, hopefully before it death claims her.]

[The speed of the woman outstrips Golbez's by a severe margin, and she's closed to melee range with Rydia before he can stop her. Desperate, he reaches out and seizes hold of the wing closest to him, squeezing with all of his strength to try to distract her with pain enough to halt her swing.

Whether his plan worked or not, though, he'll never know, because it's at that moment that Rydia's spell finds its mark. Eyes bulging in shock, the Third Party member stares dumbly at her for a few seconds before silently dropping, with Golbez's grip the only thing keeping her from hitting the ground.]

[For a moment, a stunned Rydia can only lay there, breathing heavily. She knows she needs to stand, to get ready for the next wave and help Golbez pick off as many of the enemy as possible, but her body doesn't seem to want to cooperate. The green-haired woman shudders, pale.]

I was lucky....

[She fumbles around, reaching for the whip that she had dropped.]

[Golbez tosses the woman aside and holds out a hand for Rydia. If he's as affected as she is, he's doing a damn good job of hiding it.]

Sometimes, luck is all that saves us. Though I should have been able to be in between you and her... I apologize for my negligence.

[Shaken as she is, Rydia's also quick to bounce back. She takes the hand and stands up, brushing herself off. Upon straightening, she appears to be a good deal calmer. The apology is met with a head-shake.]

It's not your fault. You can't anticipate everything. Let's move on, shall we?

[She tries on a smile that doesn't exactly reach her eyes, but it's at least an attempt to show him that she'll be alright.]

[His look is focused after that, as if trying to determine if she's okay or not. But it doesn't last long before he just nods.]

Alright. Steady yourself, we seem to have a little lull now.

[Rydia nods and checks to see that she didn't drop anything else. Once assured that all is as it should be, she rejoins him.]

Right. It never lasts, but I'll take whatever we can get....

Indeed.

[He settles, arms folded, meditating a little, deliberately steadying his breathing as he attempts to regather his resources.]