Made it. Now I just need to... crap. The elevator's already coming. [Did you happen to hear where those reinforcements were coming from?]
[YES.]
[So where are they coming from?] I found a corner with a good view of the entire room, and started scanning back and forth between all the visible exits. [Are they coming down the elevator, or in the outer door?]
[YES.]
[Oh, ha ha. ETA on front gate reinforcements?]
[UNCERTAIN. ESTIMATE 45 SECONDS.WARNING. ELEVATOR APPROACHING.]
[Yeah, yeah. I saw it.] As the elevator entered the room, I sidled up against the inside wall of the room, out of sight of the elevator itself, and got to charging up a prototype spell of mine. Okay, so I can get in there... how do I beat them once I do?
Heh. Got it. The decision made, I started to charge up two more attack spells.
The elevator locked in place with a satisfyingly heavy kathunk. A bell clanged several times, after which the elevator gate began to rattle its way open.
Showtime.
The instant the gate was open enough to go through, I ran out in front of the elevator, spun to face it, and triggered my prototype spell.
With a ridiculously loud ROAR of displaced air, the area I was standing in- both myself, and the air around me- went barreling forward at ludicrous speed. One soldier, unluckily positioned right in my path, found himself flung bodily into the back wall of the elevator shaft by my cocoon of fast-moving air. The rest dove out of the way, I believe; I was too busy trying not to hit the wall myself to pay too much attention.
My second spell hit the ground, right in the middle of the group of soldiers, and spread out to cover the entire elevator... before yanking everything inside it down into the floor at about 4G. Myself included.
The grav burst let up after only a second- long enough to get me falling instead of flying, and get the soldiers on the ground. Perfect. Everything was in readiness, so I invoked my third spell- a less powerful, area-effect field of inverted gravity.
I was already falling, so the upward pull was just enough to let me land softly and activate my gravity canceller. My opponents, though, found themselves floating up into the air. A few quick Magic Missiles, and they were all unconscious enough that I could let them down safely.
[REINFORCEMENTS INBOUND]
I turned to face the outer entrance, where dozens of heavily-armed mages were charging in from both sides, and gave them a jaunty wave. Too late, guys. A push of a button later, and the elevator was on its way back up into the complex.
My Unitarian Jihad Name is: Brother Atom Bomb of Courteous Debate. Get yours.
I've been writing a bit.
[YES.]
[So where are they coming from?] I found a corner with a good view of the entire room, and started scanning back and forth between all the visible exits. [Are they coming down the elevator, or in the outer door?]
[YES.]
[Oh, ha ha. ETA on front gate reinforcements?]
[UNCERTAIN. ESTIMATE 45 SECONDS.WARNING. ELEVATOR APPROACHING.]
[Yeah, yeah. I saw it.] As the elevator entered the room, I sidled up against the inside wall of the room, out of sight of the elevator itself, and got to charging up a prototype spell of mine. Okay, so I can get in there... how do I beat them once I do?
Heh. Got it. The decision made, I started to charge up two more attack spells.
The elevator locked in place with a satisfyingly heavy kathunk. A bell clanged several times, after which the elevator gate began to rattle its way open.
Showtime.
The instant the gate was open enough to go through, I ran out in front of the elevator, spun to face it, and triggered my prototype spell.
With a ridiculously loud ROAR of displaced air, the area I was standing in- both myself, and the air around me- went barreling forward at ludicrous speed. One soldier, unluckily positioned right in my path, found himself flung bodily into the back wall of the elevator shaft by my cocoon of fast-moving air. The rest dove out of the way, I believe; I was too busy trying not to hit the wall myself to pay too much attention.
My second spell hit the ground, right in the middle of the group of soldiers, and spread out to cover the entire elevator... before yanking everything inside it down into the floor at about 4G. Myself included.
The grav burst let up after only a second- long enough to get me falling instead of flying, and get the soldiers on the ground. Perfect. Everything was in readiness, so I invoked my third spell- a less powerful, area-effect field of inverted gravity.
I was already falling, so the upward pull was just enough to let me land softly and activate my gravity canceller. My opponents, though, found themselves floating up into the air. A few quick Magic Missiles, and they were all unconscious enough that I could let them down safely.
[REINFORCEMENTS INBOUND]
I turned to face the outer entrance, where dozens of heavily-armed mages were charging in from both sides, and gave them a jaunty wave. Too late, guys. A push of a button later, and the elevator was on its way back up into the complex.
My Unitarian Jihad Name is: Brother Atom Bomb of Courteous Debate. Get yours.
I've been writing a bit.