P-Jay

At the front gates of Bangcolt, a pair were drawing close. Both of them cloaked--one in red, the other in black. One tall, broad, obviously earth pony. The other, if one would steal a glance under her hood, would be revealed to be a small-framed zebra. Both of them walked in sync, obviously on business. "Alright Mangle...If I'm not mistaken, Bangcolt has a library on every subject...Even the forbidden spells. Granted, yes, practicing said spells are still illegal, but even so." The larger pony nodded, slowly... "But are you sure...It'll have the information we need, Taikua?" "That doesn't matter, to you, Mangle. Let me worry about that." Without another word, the two marched in. ------------------- Caliber, meanwhile, had found himself at the Training Arena, casually polishing his blade while watching others fight the SparBot...That thing was still too dangerous. He should know. Last time he tried, he overestimated his ability, and ended up with various broken ribs...But whatever. He continued to hang out there. ------------------- Meanwhile, in Bangcolt's park, the destroyed statue (after it had been destroyed the second time, they stopped bothering to fund the money, to keep having it rebuilt) had revealed something interesting...A stairway, partially hidden by the rubble, leading who-knows-where...

They had descended upon her, spreading out thinly, covering a wide area. Considering their increased field of aura, they were able to space out quite a bit, making what looked like a storm to be truly wary of. Due to their spaced formation, it was no longer as simple as shooting fish in the barrel--her attack, missing hugely, only shooting two out from the swarm altogether. Gathering up their charge, they passed it between themselves, multiple bolts bouncing within the storm, before they attacked with several bolts...Resulting in many on their side exploding as a result. The attack arced towards Redwood, each deadly... The wisp stared at him for a long moment. It slowly approached him, it's wide open eyes observing his every move... Before making a small, almost-pitiful shock at the hoof Blitz had presented. It seemed to be disappointed, in itself, for not being able to muster up an attack that would actually hurt, on it's own...But even so, it still tried again. And again.... It's attacks weakened with each attempt, and the wisp itself was steadily slowing down, obviously overexerting itself. Desperately trying to somehow punish one of the ponies committing genocide on it's kind. They were rushing after the falling dragoness, intent on unleashing another strike, before three knives shot through their ranks, taking out two. As a whole, they all turned to focus their sights on Shadow--and they didn't look happy about being interrupted. Gathering a charge that split into three others within it's storm, they fired at him, with every intent to kill. As for Gale, after the bolt had been fired at Shadow, they turned to her again, gathering a single, devastating charge...One that seemed to be difficult to contain, for the wisps. The wisp in his mane seemed to encourage that thought, bouncing a little on his head, with a determined look on it's face. The wisps hiding behind Copper were all but invisible at this point--they could be mistaken for a series of rubber balls spilled on the ground behind him.

indeed. and ill make an opening post for a few pones now, to open them up for interaction. in fact... ...two ponies. and maybe a boss battle.

i didnt say he'd go first. XD

alllllrighty. challenge accepted--what kinda of arena? xD

It hit them dead-on, resulting in a fair amount being blasted away. For a moment, it rained bits and pieces of the wisps...The ones who weren't hit seemed to stop, and stare at the ground. Turning, slowly, towards Redwood, who was surrounded by parts of murdered wisps. The normal blue electrical aura that had been surrounding them thus far was turning a malicious red, crackling outwards. Their buzzing was replaced by what seemed to be a continuous, steady growl...Before a charged was passed between them at an alarming rate--finishing in a mere second, before being fired at Redwood with deadly accuracy...Curiously enough, the wisp that let loose the charge, exploded upon firing it. The wisps had entered a state of do or die. An off evolution trait, to say the least. Triggered by extreme amounts of anger, and fear, they start to hyper-charge themselves, forgetting all safety regulations that they might follow. A last ditch effort to kill the predator--before they all perish. The wisps that were above Gale, getting ready to fire their attack, were about to shoot before the one wisp handling the charge was expertly killed out by Shadow's thrown knife...Disabling the attack altogether. They seemed confused why the dragoness wasn't yowling in pain, before focusing their gaze on Shadow...But only for a moment, as their sight was fixated on the battlefield--ridden with wisp corpses. Just like with Redwood's swarm, they too began to emit a violent red aura, turning back at Gale, building up a charge to fire--once again, the wisp who fired the bolt exploded, sending the hyper-charged attack at Gale...Strong enough to tear apart steel. The wisps that had scattered from the fight either hid behind Copper, or zipped around aimlessly. The ones zipping about were visibly screeching to a halt to stare at a fallen cousin, backing up ever so slightly, and shooting off in a different direction. ...However, a single, lone wisp remained. A specially colored one, much like the one accompanying Copper. It stared defiantly up at Blitz, crackling with it's purple aura. As if judging him. Questioning him. One single demand, unsaid, left hanging in the air. 'Why?' The buzzing steadily grew, as around twenty wisps were now hiding behind Copper. A different defense mechanism in effect--they were smaller then they were at the start. Their aura almost the same color as the air around them, faded. Completely docile. Completely overcome with fear. Complexly...And utterly... Defeated. The specially colored one by now, was nestled in Copper's mane, still shivering frantically.

@@Drago Ryder, sorry, should've been more clear. uh, Redwood's swarm stopped trying to attack her, and instead, fired at Blitz from his back.

i love the detail put into it. especially the last one. very nice, i hope to see more.

*interest is peaked* but, i digress. nice art, i know SOMEone who's getting a new watcher and follower.

some of them are rather suggestive...awesome. nice style--its pretty unique. i might commission something from ya soon.

even though they would've likely surrendered...XD

@@Drago Ryder, you play two characters?? my bad, man! wow, you guys are merciless...XD

They stopped, suddenly, buzzing higher, away from the threat. They almost seemed to converse with eachother--and it was clear what they were thinking. She was a threat. Too much so to try and fight back against...They had already suffered extreme casualties from only a few of her attacks. Looking around for a moment, Redwood's mini-swarm spotted Blitz, launching the tornado at their brethren. Instead of attacking Redwood again, which had proven fruitless by now, they attacked Blitz instead...From their position, which happened to be behind him. A cheap move--but then again, they were only semi-intelligent bugs...And they were out to win. The weakened swarm couldn't have conjured up a fatal strike--but should it hit, it would still cause a fair amount of damage. The wisps that were caught up in Blitz's tornado were swept away; their flying abilities were too weak to escape the vacuum. The few who managed to get out, were easy pickings. Having been separated from the swarm, they were vulnerable...No danger whatsoever. So they fled. The tornado having faded by now, most of the wisps that had been caught up inside it, were battered and bruised from the hurricane. Alongside the wisps that managed to evade the tornado, they scattered away from the fight. The wisps that were cut, fell off, blinded by the pain. A few even dropped dead immediately. Although Shadow was rapidly taking damage, his...Method was proving effective. Enough to intimidate the wisps that remained on him enough, to the point where they let go, backing off warily...Observing him. Docile, for the moment. Her mini-swarm seemed to stiffen, as the flames hit them dead on. Rapidly floating higher, and higher to get away from the burning heat, a few rained down, scorched enough to disable it's ability to fight--but still very much alive. They rolled weakly on the ground...A soft squeak coming from them, as if calling for help. The ones that had flown high into the air were building up another blast--each glaring down at Gale, with revenge in their eyes. Unlike the previous blasts the wisps had launched thus far, this mini-swarm was building it up to be a heavy one. Strong enough for the swarm to have trouble containing it... The small wisp was silent for a moment. Before zooming out, into the fray, at a surprising speed...Frantically dragging a fallen wisp back next to Copper. The wisp it brought back was one that Shadow had cut--and was fading fast. Copper's wisp buzzed around it frantically, before going back out into the battle-field, attempting to drag back another one of it's barely-alive cousins. ...And if Copper was observant, he would hear a mass buzzing behind him start to build up. The damaged wisps that had managed to flee were hiding behind him, looking as if they were scared...Shivering, with dread.

dude, um, no offense, but elaborate. XD

*cocky smile* you can try, my friend.

i...what...? how does that change anything?

hehe. im sure enzo would appreciate that, Discord. and Shadow.................................................. metal conducts electricity.

okay, see, if he's covered by around 30 wisps passing their charge through his body, then its worse then being ambushed by unicorns. Wisps were the original users of electric-based spells, pony-kind just adopted it. right now, 30 wisps is the equivalent of around 10 unicorns who specialize in thunder spells, attacking. i get that Shadow might be stubborn, and hard to put down...but...IM trying to say that wisps are no pushover. any normal pony would be dead by now. ya dig?

wisps have unexplored magical properties.......maybe it'll be more then a pet. and he will. wisps make for great pets, when they find someone they like. XD okay, im gonna ask exactly what he's dealt with. like...whats the worst he's been through?

*Caliber and, well, id have to get a quick recap on Falza. XD

...so does that mean you guys wanna join?