Dumanios

'That power of his...it seems he can control it with no problem. The ability to switch that dark power on and off is interesting.' Nanye and Lilith would both be excited about facing such an opponent... Raina preferred caution against these sorts of opponents... Caution... something else was bothering Raina. Invoking the powers of gods was something that she'd never had trouble with before she'd found herself here. Had whatever entity that sent her here removed or sealed away that ability? Or was she so far from home that even the gods of Fantasia were out of reach? 'Thinking about this won't lead to anything changing. Maybe talking to someone else might help' Raina moved from the screen showing the fight. There were other people here, presumably moved from their homes by some unexplained phenomenon. Maybe they might've had prior experience?

'That aura... auras like that tend to mean bad news...' Raina didn't want to assume too much. He seemed to have that dark side under control, but obviously Raina needed to know more about that fighter.

By now, the fight had only intensified since Raina had seen the screen. It was clear that a lot had occurred during her trip. "Hey kiddo, how's the fight?"

"Thanks!" Raina exclaimed. 'I guess 1000 gil is a big deal, huh? Come to think of it... Raina heard the calling sounds for the next fight. Fighter 4 had shown up, but not Fighter 3... hadn't it been that guy with the beard earlier? She heard cheering once again and saw a viewscreen of the arena. Facing Hyde was a different bearded man, older and more experienced. He almost reminded her of Sophos, the Havenray God, at least in appearance. And even through the screen, Raina could tell he was calm. And powerful. It may be best to view this directly.

Raina took Anwalt's hand for a firm shake. "That was pretty exciting. It's been a while since I fought someone who preferred to go up close." Once Raina left the arena, she proceeded towards the receptionist. "I heard there was a prize, right?"

Anwalt went down. That was his second knockdown by Raina's count, but he seemed to be making no moves... Raina was prepared to defend, but made no attempt to attack.

Making voicepatches isn't hard my dude.

'That darkness!' Raina tossed aside the orbs she'd been preparing. Perhaps some normal orbs would've repelled it, but Raina didn't feel like taking any chances. "Havenray Seal!" Raina shouted, bringing several red white and blue orbs to match Anwalt's appropriated attack.

"Hyah!" Raina threw her orbs towards Anwalt, preparing another set to toss his way.

'That worked.' Wordlessly, Raina spun several orbs around her, preparing to toss them at Anwalt. If previous trends were taken into account, he'd probably be even faster than before....

Fourthing.

Raina got up. It wasn't normal for her to be distracted like that, but these were hardly normal circumstances, were they? She summoned several large orbs around her, before tossing them towards Anwalt. "Explosive sign, Fourth of July," Raina said, and then the orbs exploded.

Raina saw the incoming attack and how he'd let the smaller attacks hit him. He'd been getting faster and stronger the entire fight. A Freedom Seal could do strong damage, but probably not enough. The Havenray Barrier might be able to block the attack, Fourth of July could be strong, and Raina did have some tricks for up close. If things got too crazy, Evocation could be- That was sealed away. whatever brought Raina to this realm also sealed that ability away. This was not a great time to find that out. To Raina's credit, she did block the attack. With her stomach. Anwalt scored his first knockdown as Raina flew back. Fourth of July it'd have to be.

Those rocks were larger than the projectiles Raina was used to. Still, she could still dodge them. Raina tossed a set of card-like bullets toward Anwalt, before preparing a couple more orbs. She guessed that the pincer hadn't been a knockdown.

The cloud of dust shot up from Raina's attack, telling her that something had happened. Was it the first knockdown? Raina stayed at her distance, cards filling her hands. As the dust cleared...

Seeing the spellcard blocked, Raina decided to create two large orbs, sending them around the sides of the newly-formed outcropping.

'We've been matching each other pretty well so far. If he can up his output, then so can I.' "Havenray Art - Freedom Seal!" Raina shouts, as several large orbs pop into existence around her, before heading towards Anwalt.

'Another boulder?' Raina moved out of the boulder's path, firing needles as she moved further right.

"Black Doom Spear, I better watch out for that..." Raina began to create a second such orb, but soon noticed the first orb beginning to come back. Raina tossed the premature orb, less than half size, at the larger first orb. Raina opted to move to her right, out of the path of the returned orb... 'He feels stronger, that's for sure...' She tossed a few energy blasts his direction, her mind turning toward some of her more serious techniques...

"Now how about this?" Raina asked, before creating a rather large orb and sending toward Anwalt.

'That charge of his was pretty tough, but it's told me that he either has strengthening abilities or isn't entirely human... time to attack then.' Keeping the advantage of range would be important. Raina unleashed several projectiles shaped like needles and cards towards Anwalt, followed by two larger orbs aimed to his right and left.

Raina prepared for the shoulder charge, expecting one from a normal human. Anwalt's boosted strength caught her off guard, however, knocking her back.