Logan Starbright
SLEIPNIR ~ Flight Deck (South)
Monday ~ Morning
Artificial clairvoyance.
To create an image of the future through analyzation and compilation of enemy purpose, trajectory, and speed amongst other factors is not something impossible for modern Day COMPs; indeed, the use of even artificial premonition is quite a boon against those that would have otherwise overwhelming speed or skill when compared to your own, but in this case, it's not closing the gap between you and an overwhelming opponent that you desire, rather-
"Oh, going all out from the start, huh?"
-You desire to defeat all of your opponents in a single strike. There are a number of reasons for doing so of course, reasons that extend beyond wishing to gain an early lead; analyzation of the enemy movements and circumstances made it seem like there was some sort of bizarre trick to their assault, something that lay hidden behind the guise of a full-frontal attack, so choosing to get rid of these small fry now before something else happens is a wise choice, even if it might come across as overkill to others.
---And indeed, when faced with your premonition, those that would have ordinarily managed to evade their doom -purely through flaws in your base calculation ability- find themselves completely in the line of the fire for the sweeping, whip-like arcs of the black flames.
When faced with such a thing, their existence as weaker entities becomes clear. They don't seem to possess any defensive abilities to protect themselves from any sort of strike -be it physical or magical- and indeed, while tracking a higher number of opponents through Eye of the Fates would naturally increase the mental burden that comes along with it, the weakness of the many enemies is enough that you are able to tear through sixteen of them in the same series of motions, the only reason you failed to get the group as a whole being that Astra had destroyed a few of them in the opening moments as they rushed her, reinforced fists dealing four decisive strikes that serve to cement how 'hopeless' the case of the mass-produced enemy was...
"That puts me a bit behind, but-!"
...Of course, the sheer quantity of enemies makes it clear this isn't actually over; while a segment of the robotic storm had certainly stopped to accost you, the group as a whole seems to realize you're momentarily clear, and others begin to fly over to take the place of the fallen... With such simplistic abilities this is about the best amount of resistance you could expect from them, if they have been 'alive' in a manner similar to a COMP A.I their approach would have definitely been more intimidating, but they seem to be following a simple script, and so the 'first method' of destruction would likely work just as well a second time, although you would have to rest your COMP for a moment to avoid over-heating, of course...
While this is all true...
---In this moment, it's actually not what you're thinking about. The mass of information that had come flooding through both you and Amelia at the activation of your spell was such that even a Tamer would have difficulty compiling it all in the span of a second, so it's only after a heartbeat or two that something more concerning reveals itself in the predicted "next five seconds," namely...
-right at the end of the fifth second, a green light fills the projected mental landscape of your future vision.
Having only devoted enough power to the spell for this first five seconds, it is difficult for you to make out the shape of what attacked you -although you are certain it is not one of the drones- but the sheer speed with which the light appears right at the end of the premonition, as well due to the additional 'second' it takes you to really comprehend what it is you're seeing amongst the many determined futures, gives you but a second of warning to step out of range and-!
"An invisibility formula?!"
---Heat.
The 'light' that swings down before your eyes is radiating an intense heat, something that Amelia can conclude is a form of plasma even as you nudge your body out of it's path.
---It was a good thing that you had taken this seriously enough to activate Eye of the Fates.
Much faster than the drones, another opponent had apparently been lurking atop the surface of the ship, cloaked in what must be a sort of -high ranking- stealth formula, the warrior that reveals itself only upon the absolute destruction of it's nearby allies is likely the 'trick' that both you and Astra had considered upon first sight of the swarm, namely...
The purpose of the swarm was seemingly a distraction, a way to force everyone to look one way, while a much more powerful opponent approaches cloaked from below...! It's ruthless, and an undeniable escalation from the much weaker drones, but it seems one of this stealth formulas drawbacks was that one had to reveal themselves shortly before attacking, and so your own spell had managed to 'catch' a flash of it in it's projection but-!
"Logan-!"
It was still close-!
The light had not been purely from the glow of the opponent's sword, but rather a tangible spell formula of it's own, one designed to replicate the light and sounds commonly associated with a flash grenade- likely to capitalize on what it had believed would be the ambush factor- but a combination of reflexes and future sight turns the step back into a leap back, head tilting for a moment to avoid the worst of the flash of light as you reorient yourself, scrambling to put up a more stable defense against a much more powerful opponent, but-!
"Hah-!"
Figure blurring into view as she uses phantasm step to come to your defense, Astra's leg slams into your opponent's chest and it goes flying back, body flipping in midair to recover, and-
"..."
-for a moment, you can see his face.
---Just a glance is enough to tell this is an Anti-Spirit Suppression Weapon, especially because you're used to working alongside them, or rather, working alongside Genesis, who was a slightly more unique case, yes...
If there's one person that jumps to your mind at the sight of this figure, it would be Genesis, but-
Pinpricks of light appear around it's figure, hovering motionlessly in the air without signs of any further movement.
---Ordinarily, COMPs are able to more or less identify most spells on sight, but Amelia's attempt to do so in this moment reveals another distressing factor, namely...
---It's either using encrypted data, or a different 'source code' entirely-!
Regardless of the matter, it's body rocketing towards you with blade in hand, reveals that it doesn't intend to really give anyone time to think about it's existence.
...From the start, it had seemingly planned to finish you before you had even known it was there after all-!
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Originally Posted by Namasaki Shuichi
