I didn't mis-read, but I DID forget to put in a sentence, which made it seem like the Director never did stop shooting instead of the intended Director starting to blast at Mern as he approached closer. My apologies. Edited. Sorry again.

I'll PM you in the future regarding actions I feel like doing to your own creations, before putting them doing something else in my post.

Oh, there is a sense of urgency in her, and I'm guessing its slightly her lighthearted mood in some of the earlier parts right? Because I'm pretty sure she's been intent and focused for a good bit, at least through a couple posts of mine. I think that you've probably looked at the earlier stuff, because she gets more focused the farther in, and the more she realizes the danger of the situation. ((Or did the entertainment thing in the last post trigger that? Well, its simply that she's finding she likes aiming and using her powers, and that she's too focused on the situation to worry about things.))

True, but in my case it's actually the main feature, and it means literally what it says. I'm not limited by elemental alignment or a type of effects I'm focused on, I can heal, buff, shield and fight at the same time just as good as someone specialized in one of those, granted you'll let me come in possession of required components, and I won't die while chanting the spell.
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The battle seams to come to an end. May I ask how will the events go after it? A timeskip to the first day of school, or maybe something else?

I mainly wanted to get my stance on that out in the open, seeing that touched on it. Still asking me in advance about anything reasonably major is generally a good idea.

To be honest, its hard to feel very dramatic when, say, crazy shadow monsters are going after your little orb spell and having to dance it around slashes from laser scythes is described as "Demi mentally grinned as she focused on moving her star out of the way of the swings, getting hit every now and again, causing some of the magic to disperse, though a bit od that got sucked right to Demi again via her aura."

The price of being a jack of all trades is that you're a master of none.

So no, the generalist can not outdo the specialist in their area of expertise, due to the fact the specialist has specialised there!

Ahahahaha. No. I've been quite upfront that we've been building to a major confrontation between the two sides.

Hmm, I hope I got the tone right for Picky.

Eh, close enough.

Alex didn't actually teleport, but he did try to have a flashy and mysterious exit.

He just moved really quick to the area, as commanded by the little pig-thing.

So, how's that for trying to put us back on schedule?

Akari's solution is probably "Well, we'll shoot through the shields", but then again she's got the bombardment mage tutor using Lunar Flare to crack the thing long enough to seal it.

Suffice to say this spell is pretty long the first time she does it, but it'll probably be two posts in the future once she's shot a few of these things in practice. All drama for the Verda if they show up before the next post.

I knew I was forgetting something.

Well, looks like the grand battle is just beginning. Mwahahahaha!

Right, I finally feel like asking about this. I've been trying to put Panko's thoughts into my prose instead of doing the whole italics thing, since it's closer to standard English. Does it give you guys a good enough idea of how she thinks, or should I go more toward RP-style than novel style? Though, honestly, it'll take a good argument to push me back toward normal RP-style representations of her thoughts.

EDIT: No! Wait! I have actually important stuff to ask about! So, we're in highschool, and we're all 2nd years, right? So, is that 2nd year like real Japanland, meaning we only have one year left, or is it like Murica 2nd year high school, meaning we have two years left? 'Cause everybody but Arhra and PF are 16 and 17, but you guys are both 15, so it could be a little problem. Either way, I'm gonna say Panko's older because her birthday is between January and March (I gotta check up on star signs before I commit to anything), but a little clarification might be in order. Things should work out anyway, but it could be worth clarifying why two characters are a year younger than anyone else.

I'm not having any trouble with Panko's thoughts being shown that way. I tend to only use italics myself if the character's actually having an internal conversation.

Alos, yep, one year left.

The average age would be sixteen. However, people born earlier/later in the year could be within one year of this. Partially because people born extra early or late in the year also may have started school a 'year' later or earlier.