Rating Game Field

[Bloodedge]

The Rating Game (レーティングゲーム Rētingu Gēmu) is a competition between two Devils with a peerage. The Rating Game shares many similarities with the board game Chess. The Game Field is where all Rating Game matches take place and is located inside a section of the Dimensional Gap, protected by a barrier. This field was created by Ajuka and the technicians who work under him. The field itself provides a simulation of any environment or scenery for a game to take place in.

Rules

The game takes the form of a strategic battle between the King and his/her pieces. It is fought on a map of their choosing, and can be created to be a perfect replica of any location they desire. Only matured Devils are allowed to participate in official Rating Games. Aside from the normal rules, there are two more special rules for the Rating Game, the first being the Dice Figure Game and the second being the Scramble Flag Game.

Dice Figure Game

A variant of the Rating Game with different mechanics. Instead of long, full-team battle, it will be a blitz (short battle) with limited members. Both Kings will roll a six-sided dice (one each) and the number added up from both Kings will determine the value of Pieces (servants) to be sent. However Kings are not forced to completely use all the points (with the total value of eight, Kings can send two Knights and have two left over), which will be wasted and not added to next roll. Servants that consumed two or more Pieces of its kind will have the added-up value of the Piece (a servant that has consumed two Pawn Pieces will have the value of two, or a servant that have consumed two Knight Pieces will have the value of six). The value of each pieces are as follows:

• King = ranges from 1 to 12 Pawns depending on the estimated value given by the judging committee (based on the strength of the King themselves, value of their servants and comparison with the opponents).
  Queen = 9 Pawns
  Rook = 5 Pawns
  Knight = 3 Pawns
  Bishop = 3 Pawns
  Pawn = 1 Pawn (Base value)

Scramble Flag Game

A variant of the normal Rating Game where the goal of the game is to collect flags that are scattered around the battlefield. Unlike the rules in the normal Rating Game or Dice Figure Game where victory is achieved by defeating the "King", the Scramble Flag Game's victory is determined by the number of flags that are collected during the game.

Object Break Game

Another variant of the normal Rating Game where the goal is to break the 'objects' (Shape of a woman with Fallen Angel & Devil wings) scattered around the battlefield. There are a total of thirteen 'objects' and the first team to break seven of these 'objects' within the twelve hour time limit wins the match and just like in the normal Rating Game, victory can also be achieved by defeating the opposing team's "King". The field the players are transported to has the layout of a chess board and the areas are designated A1, C2, B4 etc. The 'Objects' scattered around can either be stationary or can be moved around by the players. They are either left in their original state, are placed in less noticeable places or are hidden in obscure places. When an 'object' is destroyed, the area it was located in is no longer allowed to be entered by the teams "Kings", narrowing down the areas the teams can move in. If both teams have destroyed equally the number of 'objects' when the time limit exceeds, then the match is a draw.

• Imprisonment: Tactics that can only be used if the object is movable. A team directs the enemy's "King" to the corner of the field, and contains objects transported by destroying them in the three surrounding areas. In order for the King to escape, special movement means such as casting with a "Rook" etc. must be used.

Lightning Fast Game

A short variant of the standard Rating Game. In the rules of the Rating Game, it is the rules utilising the shortest time limit and narrowest playing field. In simpler terms, it is a quick match (a blitz). Within the one hour time limit, whoever defeats their opponent's "King" wins. In the case that neither players can defeat the enemy king, a winning team is decided by the number of points calculated by the number of pieces each side has claimed from the other.

Board Collapse

A variant of the normal Rating Game. Both ends of the venue will collapse at the same time, where only the center will remain at the end. The narrowing of the field makes it so that places to hide and escape decrease and by the end, battle will be unavoidable. Confined spaces make it easier for there to be friendly fire, or being hit by a stray attack so setting up an advantage while the field is still wide will be a key point.

[Apollymi]

On the day of the Rating Game between Roxanna Phenex and Eira Gremory, both sides would be showing up to the Game Field. This space was one which several dozen sets of stands and had on either end a place for both Peerages to gather. In the center at the top a viewer box and within said view box was a woman. She looked relatively you with three shades of hair, two different forms of pink one magenta, one light and blonde streaks at the rear. This woman appeared to be dressed in a long dress which was green at the bottom and white at the top. It opened over ample bosom and was accented by strange black bands which appeared at various intervals on her person. She had startling green eyes and wore a smirk of knowing. She looked out at this crowd and found it strangely massive for an amateur match-up, but Roxanna Phenex hadn't shown up for a Rating Game in quite a while and the people were curious. And Eira Gremory was an aloof person who should be worth seeing so this wasn't very surprising. "Ladies and Gentleman! I'm your host, Marceline Cimerius~ What an exciting match up we have today. The Amateur Bracket shows us two fairly popular individuals going head to head. Roxanna Phenex and Eira Gremory? What challenges will the Rating Game present? My co-host for the evening should be able to cover that one... Satan Beelzebub!" this particular announcer seemed to be just as excited as the fans who cheered along. Some of them wondering why Satan Beelzebub would be spectating and commentating on a match so far down on the totem pole. Even so, there was a ton of excitement built up in this moment and it seemed to be spreading just a bit.

[Bloodedge]

Indeed, the other officiator of the Rating Game was the Satan Beelzebub, Szavelneas. He sat beside the woman with multi-colored hair with a grin upon his face that could be considered lecherous depending on one's outlook. Alas, his reason for being here for this Rating Game was the same reason he jumped at the last opportunity between Eira's incomplete peerage and that of her brother the Crimson Satan: science. During Marceline's announcement, Szavelneas sat and chuckled to himself at the thought of many, many possibilities. This was going to be entertaining, but even more enlightening. "Today's match will be one for the ages. At long last, we see the return to the stage by Roxanna Phenex and her members, and we also get to see the first official match of Eira Gremory and her group. For those who weren't able to witness the incredible scrimmage match between Eira and our Crimson Satan Lucifer, subscribe to DeviTube Red to see the full game. For today though... we have a special game of Board Collapse! This is a new and exciting type of Rating Game created by the up-and-comer Nymphia Belial! Our contestants will have to deal with the field itself fighting against them on both ends, crumbling from the outside in to force them into closer quarters as the game goes on. Depending on the stage, there may also be... other obstacles as well. If you would be so kind as to unveil the stage," he concluded, directing his final clause to Marceline herself.

[Apollymi]

Marceline saw the look upon Satan Beelzebub's face, and though the two weren't directly connected, she knew enough about him to know that the look was something she was glad was no longer directed at her. The words spoken by this man about Eira Gremory and her Peerage made Marceline a bit curious she had her phone up on the table and logged into DeviTube Red so she could watch the match she'd missed, and become more informed about one of the participants sides. Moreover a completely new kind of match would be seen this day, invented by Nymphia Belial who was a direct descendent of the Satan beside her. All of this news was quite a lot to take in, but she still needed to do her part. "Here we have it, the Game Field designed for this first instance of the Board Collapse!" said Marceline.

This field was a mysterious purple with a large moon in the middle of it shining over the entirety of the battlefield. The ground was far below any starting place so far in fact it wouldn't be safe to travel down to it as it was covered in a deeply misty miasma which would paralyze those who fell into it. Beyond all that, the main feature of this field were giant mushrooms. Various sizes shapes and different embodiment which could be seen across this field. Some were large enough to be considered fields themselves and some where small. And when they disappeared or were damaged they would release spores with various effects. In the middle one large mushroom larger than the others remained. This would be shown to the crowds as well as each of the Kings and their Peerages while they waited in their particular rooms. "This completely new game type is one which will require thoughtful use of strategy on the parts of the Kings and their pieces. The players will be transported to the field in three minutes the kings and their Peerages should come up with their strategies now!~ Good Luck to you all! Everyone else, wait for the exciting start... while I watch the highlights from the previous scrimmage, on DeviTube Red!~"

Meanwhile, on Eira's side she sat in a straight backed throne, which wasn't her usual one, but wasn't bad. "Nym got herself an official new game, huh? That's great for her, her special games are always fun to play..." she said having been used as a bit of an experiment for a couple of Nym's question and answer sessions which led to these sorts of developments. The female members of Eira's Peerage all had varying degrees of happiness or excitement on their faces as the planning periods of their Peerages began. "That's gonna be a bit dangerous... This game field is more hazardous than they possibly can be, especially knowing Nym. You'll have to fight as if you don't wish to break the ground around you. Disturbing the mushroom caps or falling off into the miasma are likely both dangerous. Of course, you could use that to your own advantage a bit depending on what it will end up doing..." she mused thoughtfully. "Besides that, if the board is collapsing from the outside in, then the easiest strategy would be to try and trap everyone at the back end of their field and get them disqualified. And the one who holds the midfield gets the largest advantage. So the simplest way to ensure victory would be to claim the middle, but it obviously can't or won't be that easy..." she aloud as she began to formulate a strategy and very easily analyzed the potential pitfalls. Her eyes glowed with crimson light and the smile on her face was something close to villainous but that wasn't it really. Eira was beyond excited about something like this, because it favored no one innately. It was all strategy.

[Bloodedge]

The type of Rating Game these two peerages were soon to have leaned quite heavily on strategy. To Izuna of Eira's peerage however, there was something else to be taken from this battlefield. Following Eira's assessment, he made his own assertion from beside her. "I don't think they've got a lot of strengths over any of us. We could probably blitz them before the stage shrinks and take out at least half," he said, doing his best to keep his own distaste for some members of Roxanna's peerage from clouding his judgement. Hiroki stepped up after hearing this, and surprisingly, he wasn't too bothered by the idea. "I... actually don't dislike that. I could easily heal anyone who manages to take damage early on if we did that sort of thing," the blonde added. Sairevil was the final male to speak on this topic, and he didn't seem to care one way or the other. "Whatever we do, we'll win! I'm gonna retire more people than anybody else!"

[Apollymi]

"Blitz huh?" Eira said, considering seriously the suggestion. It was true that given Roxanna's own personality they weren't likely to encounter anyone who could in a straight forward way overpower any singular member of Eira's own Peerage. Strangely for Eira herself, she heard the agreement of Hiroki who agreed to heal up anyone who managed to get hurt in the quicker part of the battle. "Kawaii!~ Hi-ro-ki!~ I didn't expect you to agree with something like that..." Eira said aloud. She chuckled as Revil mentioned that he planned to take out more singular targets than any other individual. She supposed he should be trying to win as much as possible at anything. And she trusted him to make reasonable decisions in battle at least. Maiko looked up while pulling those red gloves onto her hands. "Hell yeah! Sounds like we get to blitz!~" she said slamming her now gloved fists together. Eira had that slightly sinister smirk spread across her face once more. "Hai hai... a straight blitz is a disaster. It wins physically, and outright demoralizes," Eira said firmly, strangely using the word disaster to apply to what the other team would feel it as. "I do have one thing to ask of you though Miyuki..." she said to the purple eyed girl who managed to look a bit stunned. "Hai, Eira-nee!" the girl said willing to take any order. There was one thing which Eira considered happening which Miyuki would be perfect for, so she leaned in to give the girl a special whispered order.

On the other side of the battlefield though, there was a different kind of discussion happening. One in which orders were begin given and no opinions being taken. Such was about normal for their group of people. "Ugh, new game huh... still though it would be pretty easy to cut them off at the pass... Nexis... when we go out make a flame wheel around their side of the field. We can keep them locked in that way, and likely have a few of them fall off before they try to take us. And we straight up outnumber them already so... it should be really easy to take them out. Two to one if you have to." she said giving this order to everyone else. "They'll be fish in a barrel and I'll take the middle. That way, any stragglers have to get past me," she said calmly. She thought herself the strongest regardless of the status of her other members. "Inuyasha, Helga that Knight of hers will probably take both of you. Stark and Lily, one of her bishops doesn't even fight, but I am not sure about the little girl, but she should be easy enough to take out regardless." she said to all of them. "Pawns out front taking all comers, until its clear which other pieces are which. Once it is, find your match and take them out." This was the overall strategy of Roxanna Phenex and would be the last thing announced before both groups were alerted to the timing of their planning period. "Alright fans. Teleportation in 10 seconds. Everyone at the ready!~" this was the announcement of Marceline as she watched with wide eyes.

[Bloodedge]

"I didn't expect to agree myself, but I honestly can't find a fault in the plan. You know, assuming Roxanna Phenex doesn't have something stronger than Senpai," he said in jest. Izuna huffed upon hearing this, believing this couldn't possibly be the case even while he refused to use his true power. Regardless of what happened with their going strategy, it seemed as if they were all confident in their ability to emerge victorious. There was also a hint of something else beneath the surface, and in none more than Izuna... though a strong second to the former Youkai was Takumi, who stood behind the others with a great fire burning in his eyes. At the call of the last ten seconds, he looked up and sighed, being more than ready to move on to the battle.

Meanwhile on Roxanna's side, one of her members who appeared to be a man in his mid-to-late twenties opened an eye from his sleeping position behind the others. "What's even the point?" he asked rhetorically, sounding as if he was midway through a yawn as he spoke. A much younger-looking girl with a strange helmet and hardly a thing to cover herself jumped atop him, knocking the wind out of him briefly. "Sutaakuuu~! Wake the hell up; we've got to show them what we're made of!" she exclaimed whilst tugging on the man's face. "Ugh! Fine, fine. Whatever it takes for me to get back to sleep."

[Apollymi]

A grin came to Eira's face as it was mentioned that the plan was solid so long as no one on Roxanna's Peerage was stronger than Izuna. Truly Eira didn't imagine the Phenex heiress being able to tame someone stronger than Izuna, more went into placing pieces in the bodies of people than most would be aware of, taming someone like Izuna also likely wasn't supposed to be possible. But that was an entirely different matter. As the countdown to teleport them began and after 10 seconds, they'd disappear and appear atop a mushroom on the far left side of the field all together. Meanwhile, the same would occur with the entirety of Roxanna's Peerage albeit from the right. The announcers looked out over the battlefield. "Everyone at their places. Remember, taking a King ends the match!~ And show us what you're all made of~" said Marceline. "GO!" such would start the match up between Roxanna's Peerage and Eira's and it would start strangely on Roxanna's side.

In the front of Roxanna's group was a young woman with light blonde hair clad in layers of red stood before the group. She had in her hand a large staff with a candle at the top and it began to glow rapidly and fire began to erupt from it. Five glowing balls of fire would erupt and immediately spread about, her target of course the first mushroom that the entire Gremory Peerage was now standing on. All the flames would surround the group and she'd simply step back after giving a minor bow to Roxanna, who had a smirk of sheer arrogance on her face. Eira might have been in good with people, but Roxanna felt like she had the edge in battle experience and that meant she could win this. Strangely, Eira didn't move to react to this, instead a small girl with black hair and large purple eyes stepped up in front of Eira. "Sou ka... Eira-nee..." she said happily. After she spoke she began growing between her hands a long white sword, doing so she stood in front of the group. "Juhaku..." she said sticking the sword into the top of the mushroom, she caused ice to spread outward from herself and all around them, this quickly overtook the flames causing a mass of steam to build up in front of them, blocking Eira's group from the vision of those directly in front of them. "Take them out!" she gave the order. Youmu immediately took off at a high pace her only aim to find and immediately conquer both the knights currently owned by Roxanna. Maiko also took off immediately taking an outside position to the far left as she aimed to move forward but not directly into the middle. Miyuki after clearing what was in front of her, headed off to the far right to do the same thing. And Eira was content to leave everyone else to blitz and choose their own targets.

[Bloodedge]

Roxanna's peerage made the opening move, though it wasn't very effective at all thanks to the efforts of a Bishop belonging to Eira. The lazy Bishop of Roxanna and the girl who most often associated with him moved forward when it appeared Eira's team was intending to assault them directly. The former had half of a masquerade mask appear over his left eye, seeming to work something like a scope as he looked across the battlefield and through the steam at Miyuki. A long and ornate pistol appeared in his left hand, and within a single breath of Eira's blitz order, he unleashed from his gun a deep blue beam of energy that tore through the air and moved along a perfect lead into Miyuki's path, aiming to engulf her full body as she moved. "That's the Bishop," he said. The girl referred to by Roxanna as Lily spoke up in response while checking the others who were mobile. "Hmm. I wonder where the one who doesn't fight is."

Izuna sighed when he realized Eira's plan for Miyuki was something so simple. "Really? I could've dealt with that and made an epic entrance, y'know," he said. Still, he made no moves just yet. He knew what he wanted to do in this fight, but first, he had to see what the Bishop from their previous meeting with Roxanna would do next. "I'm taking out that fake fox. Then... I think I'll take Roxanna's head. Those three should be able to clear out a good number of guys before then."

[Apollymi]

Eira smiled at Izuna's assertion that he could have handled the opening move and had a much better opening. "Iie, Miyuki is still skittish, she needs to feel comfortable making her own decisions in battle post the last two games. I notice when I give her small tasks at the start she focuses a bit better and doesn't spend too much time thinking on her next move. She gains better reaction times if she already has something in mind," Eira mentioned as after the opening move a blast of energy was fired off in Miyuki's direction. Even so there was the matter of what Izuna was referring to as far as his claiming of certain individuals. "I agree. I don't know how good of an idea it will be to go for Roxanna while she's comfortable. So, go ahead and take your fake fox, by my own approximation they don't move unless they were ordered to and that one failed a little so she'll be trying to make it right," Eira concluded while Fennexis moved forward. Though she recognized the Queen of Eira's Peerage as 'stronger' by right, she still didn't believe in the mismatch. Besides that the Queen of Roxanna's Peerage never did anything.

The raven haired Yuki-onna had her own eyes widen for just a moment as she seemed to be incapable of dealing with this energy. Eira seemed less concerned about this than most would assume given how affectionate she was with her Peerage in general. And Miyuki's whole body seemed to be engulfed by the blast as well, only instead of such a thing retiring her, a puddle appeared where she would have landed and her body floated above by use of her devil wings. She seemed a bit flushed and blue in the face but beyond the singe applied to her garments she seemed to be alright. Instead below Lilynette and Stark two separate large glowing white circles formed and with the rise of her hand aimed to encase both of these individuals in ice, it would take only second to happen. Such a spell would shatter with a person inside of it if that person was weaker than Miyuki herself, causing their 'death' or in this case retirement. While the stronger opponent might be able to free themselves. If they were trapped she would exhale a cold chill, causing crystals of ice to reform on her person in a barely visible way. While she lowered herself to her intended platform towards the right and close to the front, ready to see what came of her spell.

[Bloodedge]

"Huh? Are you dumb or something? Obviously he's somewhere not fighting," Starrk replied to his companion. While doing so, he watched his target be engulfed in his shot, though the girl emerged nearly unscathed soon afterwards. He sighed at this sight. "Yare yare. I hate fighting Bishops," he said while setting his gaze upon the water puddle under the contact point of his blast. "Well I hate fighting with a Bishop! Make a stronger shot next time!" Lilynette added, much to her partner's annoyance. As the glowing white circles formed beneath this pair, they were both alerted to something being formed against them. Though they couldn't tell what member of Eira's peerage had created such a thing, Lilynette managed to use her small figure to her advantage and hop out of the ring before it triggered its freezing effect. Starrk however, had been bothered enough by Lilynette's ramblings to be a bit slower on the uptake.

Two pillars of ice rose, and both Starrk and Lilynette seemed to be out of harm's way beside the ice, looking toward Miyuki while pinning her as the culprit. "Mendokuse. This one fights at range too. This is gonna be annoying." Starrk raised his gun and set Miyuki in his sights again when she landed. He and Lilynette were free of the ice, and now knew what to look out for. However... "Damnit Starrk! Pay attention!" the girl yelled, drawing his attention away from his would-be second shot. In avoiding Miyuki's attempt to freeze him, he had jumped back by leading with his upper body. His left leg was firmly atop the mushroom cap beneath him, but it seemed his right leg had been trapped within the ice pillar from foot to mid-shin. "Eh?" he muttered. Right away, Starrk began banging his gun against the ice, while Lilynette grew more visibly annoyed by the second. "Damn Bishops and their tricky magic..."

Meanwhile, Izuna set his gaze upon Fennexis. True enough, she made no further moves quite yet. Izuna was content to await such a thing, but he felt something was more and more strange about this battle as a whole without having a clue what it could have been. Either way, his attention remained on the Bishop he intended to take down. "Hmm. Well, if she tries to fix her own screw-ups... I'll be waiting. Know anything else about these guys being worth any salt? You've probably seen a lot more of their games than I have, since... you know... I haven't watched any of them."

[Apollymi]

Miyuki knew she hadn't properly captured both of her intended targets. There were no faces in the ice and no telling sign of their disappearance. Her ice armor had fully reformed so she was safe to continue her assault still holding on to her Yuki-onna form as a trump card in case things got a bit too hairy. In the meantime, now that she was on the ground and she saw at least no more shots coming her way, and the banging of the males gun against the ice that was the pillar which hadn't shattered she got an idea. "Juhaku." The spell she'd used to disrupt the flames earlier spread out from the tip of her blade touching the pillar of ice and aiming to spread the binding further up his leg, aiming to freeze gun arm and torso to the pillar she'd created already. By her approximation his ability to shoot from a distance was a real problem they should be trying to get rid of as quickly as possible. Strangely ice would continue crawling toward Lilynette as well aiming to entrap her from the bottom and grow ice spikes beneath her as well.

Meanwhile, Eira and Izuna continued a battlefield planning conversation, as the blitz continued before them. She thought about the games of Roxanna's she's watched on DeviTube and she'd come to a few conclusions about the lass and her Peerage before the onset of this battle. "As far as I can tell, Roxanna is probably the strongest person on her Peerage, given who and what she is and how hard it is to get around her actual ability. The guy that Miyuki is fighting is a bit more likely to be a problem if he actually decides to do something, his aim is impeccable. Sköll your new friend from yesterday is incredibly strong and in the matches I saw, she usually doesn't lose a one-on-one. I don't know what kind of pup she is, but... whether she's just always being underestimated or not... she's definitely worth way more than Roxanna gives her credit for," Eira said of this group at large, putting her analytical skills to the test. There was however one more person, she'd seen do something only once. "She has a white haired girl as well... I only saw her active in one match, and she only faced one person... but that person almost died. She doesn't seem to act unless she's given orders, so I can't really say how much of a problem she's going to be. But I went pretty far back in Roxanna's matches to see her, she's been on the Peerage the entire time, and we've never met her," Eira said calmly. "Inuyasha is your friend from before, he seems to be a bit problematic, but Youmu enjoys things like that. Given the enchantment on that necklace of his, he's probably also a one of the strongest on that Peerage. Everyone else seems to be normal, but I noticed in all of her other matches they don't move until ordered to, they lack fast pacing and the ability to make their own decisions, but they follow orders to the letter," Eira concluded. This was about all the battle information that she could give, soon after this another ring of fire came to engulf this particular duo as Fennexis aimed to trap King and Queen of Eira's Peerage atop a single mushroom as the one behind them and the ones at the farthest right disappeared.

[Bloodedge]

"Baka!" Lilynette yelled to her partner. "Just shoot it off!" During this time, just as Starrk was given the realization that his battering tactic was getting him nowhere with this ice, his gun struck it again. The ice began crawling up his leg, and his gun stuck to it and began taking this spread at the final impact. Lilynette, too, was captured by ice from beneath her while she yelled at Starrk. For whatever reason, Starrk seemed far, far more distraught by the idea of his partner being consumed than he was about his own potential freezing. "Lilynette!" he called out, reaching for her with his right hand instead of making an effort to stop the ice nearing the end of his limbs. Lilynette reached out as well, bringing their hands together as a result. She had but one thing to say. "Baka! Get off your lazy ass!"

Something strange occurred during this meeting of hands. The ice around Lilynette shattered as she disappeared, seeming to convert herself into the form of a second gun which matched Starrk's original copy. Starrk's expression became something a bit more focused as he aimed the barrel of this gun toward the ice pillar in front of him and blasted it away, leaving him free aside from the ice encasing his left arm and leg, as well as the gun held in the former. "Mendokuse. Oi, ice girl. Stop being so damn annoying," he said as his gaze set upon Miyuki again.

Izuna listened to Eira's assessment of Roxanna's peerage and their abilities, and he wasn't at all impressed. There were a few things here and there, such as his knowledge of Inuyasha's natural capabilities before acquiring whichever weapon he knew the lad was likely to have. There was also the matter of Sköll, whom he knew a bit more about by virtue of his own understanding as a canine who lived in this world for so long. Sköll in particular was one he took issue with in this group, and his explanation of this would soon come. "I don't have all the specifics, but that Sköll is one of the strongest Pawns I've ever seen. She's Norse, no doubt... and she's got the smell of something that's probably stronger than me on her."

[Apollymi]

Miyuki found herself still trying to capture this duo of people, and her efforts seemed to be getting somewhere. Though Miyuki was friendly in general she'd gone without speaking for the duration of this, mostly because her mind was too busy thinking of ways to properly abuse the magic she was thinking of using. Strangely, when Starrk took hold of Lilynette's hand the latter turned into another gun to also be wielded by the former. Miyuki's eyes widened at this sight and she spoke her first word as she shot away her ice and she discontinued her efforts to conserve a bit more energy. "S-su-sugoi!" she said with wide eyes. She'd never seen anything like what had just happened before and wondered why this sort of thing had happened. Of course, by the time the man finished freeing himself and stood up he was looking at her, and apparently had some less than friendly words for the lass. "Ryuume Miyuki desu..." she said giving her name to avoid being called 'Ice Girl' for the duration of this fight as such terms were associated with bad times in her mind. "Su-su-mimasen... I don't mean to be annoying," she said seeming to be truly apologetic. Even so she had a job to do, and as always, for Eira she'd do her absolute best. As such she made several slashes casting off ice based crescents at this man in rapid succession three in total aiming to further add to the ice and maim him while seeing exactly what this new form of his was capable of.

Meanwhile, Eira heard out what Izuna had to say and watched as flames surrounded them and Fennexis came into view just over the edge of this current mushroom. She didn't say anything immediately but the circle of fire created around this duo began to close in a bit, still Eira seemed less than perturbed by this, enough that she continued her conversation with Izuna as if it was wasn't happening. "Norse huh? That energy is pretty different from any I've felt before..." Eira thought aloud, having a strange idea about snagging a small taste of it just to see what it was like, which was strange considering how little she generally used abilities like that. She bashed herself in her own mind. 'I gotta stop thinking like that... people aren't snacks,' she reaffirmed her own thoughts on the subject before going back to the topic at hand. "If she was fighting of her own accord she'd be a lot more dangerous. Regardless her place here bothers me as well, but... it looks like our chat is over for now... care to show off a bit. I have a resting temperature I like to maintain unless I am taking a bath," mentioned Eira about the encroaching flames. She chose specifically not to do anything about because she knew that Izuna had marked this one as one of his targets. "Feel free to continue talking... I would rather wait a bit longer and make you both fall, I have no desire to fight two people at once..." Fennexis said calmly that serene smile on her face becoming even more annoying to Eira than it had been the first time she'd seen it.

[Bloodedge]

Starrk referring to Eira's Bishop as 'ice girl' seemed to be taken with a dash of salt, given her expression and tone when offering her proper name. Starrk, though not exactly concerned by his own appearance, responded in kind. "Ryuume. Sou ka. Starrk," he replied. Following this, Starrk's ears were assaulted by the stammering of his opponent. For one who produced ice as her presumable primary offense, he wondered why she would have such a tick, and for what reason. However, it was neither his place nor concern to ask. "Mendokuse." He stared down this girl, observing with light curiosity as she raised her weapon of ice, and raising his free gun in the face of it. His eyes grew wider as he watched the waves of ice emerge from Miyuki's blade. He had time to react to this, but not time enough to avoid pulling something he considered a bit of a trump card. So, he lowered his gun while firing another beam that unleashed itself without hesitation... from his chin. The blast was long-lasting enough that he was able to cleave through the trio of slashes by turning his head slightly. He seemed to hate having to do this when he did, but he couldn't risk having the ice take more of him before he recovered. Now that he had what he believed to be a good example of his enemy's ability to fight at range, he decided to form an offense, thinking she had to at least be kept on edge to avoid having her pull any more tricks. His right gun rose again, and it seemed to fire one incredibly massive and continuous blast compared to what he made previously. In actuality though, this was the rate of fire Starrk boasted. He had released so many consecutive normal blasts so quickly that their density and grouping appeared to make them one.

Eira and Izuna continued discussing Sköll and her position on Roxanna's peerage versus the power she likely wielded. During Eira's speech, an interruption brought itself to them. If nothing else... it was a very welcome interruption for Izuna, as it was just the person he wanted to eliminate more than anyone else. "Don't like it too hot unless it's water, huh?" he asked rhetorically of Eira. With that, his attention turned to Fennexis. At this point, Izuna also had no concern for the ring of fire surrounding Eira and himself, though he did have some amount of care to offer to Fennexis' opening statement. "You're some special kind of stupid, aren't you? Everybody on this field right now knows... you only get to fight me today," he said as his left hand rose enough to sweep horizontally and clear the ring of flames from around them. "Eh? This isn't even Fox Fire. That's pretty boring, ya'know?"