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[Kansa]

"Glad you appreciate me" she said with a wink. Her staff was still pointed towards Kendall's stomach.

[Empiricist]

Kendall darts into her range and prepares to dart out, attempting to bait an attack.

[Kansa]

Clover stepped to the side and then thrust forwards with her staff, trying to hit him in the gut.

[Powder Miner]

"Ahh, yes, THERE we go! I was waiting for you to do that!"
And Lidia goes on the offensive, copying his power, attempting to dispel the shadow at her feet, and trying to trip him up with a shadow extending from the ground to tie around one foot and lash it to the ground in a flurry of activity she'd clearly been preparing for from the start. She doubted she'd succeed on all fronts, but she only needed to succeed on one to make her escape.

[TheBiggerFish]

Well.  It's kind of hard to tie someone's foot to the ground when they're in midair and flying at you.

Ray crashes into Lidia, probably knocking her over, and starts whacking her with the bat.
_"Noticed!"

[Empiricist]

Kendall swings his blade to intercept it while angling it to point more upwards. It's far too gentle to be a parry, it was more akin to guiding the attack away than outright repelling it, with only enough force to keep the attack from slamming into him. He performs a cross-step towards Clover, turning while doing so and letting go of his weapon with one hand. With his now free arm, he keeps it level with her arm and weapon so that when the blade leaves contact, he can ward it away from him body. When as the rotation comes full circle, he lowers his blade horizontal aiming, though not expecting, to catch her torso. He follows, what he expects to be his soon-to-miss attack, with a quick thrust, aiming to maintain pressure while allowing him to return to the guard he started this in.

[Kansa]

((I'm gonna assume the blades are magically blunted.))

Clover's attack just missed Kendall, flying above his shoulder. She quickly withdrew it, trying to fall back into her stance as her opponent attacked. She just managed to take a step backwards making the swing miss, she tried to side step away from the next attack but winced as it brushed her side. The force sent her backwards, using her power with the momentum she was sent back skidding 25 feet before she finally came to a stop.

Her smile was not gone, she got a running start and then jumped. She slid towards her opponent, her slide unhindered by the friction on the ground. She raised her weapon getting ready for an overhead swing.

[kj1225]

Dave looks towards Esi.
"Wanna spar while you wait?"

[Powder Miner]

Lidia does get knocked over, but without the shadow around her feet she can get herself into a decent enough position, knees up to keep him from totally sandwiching her to the ground. An arm catches the bat (drawing a pained "ngh!"), and though it's visible to all that she can't hold it forever, a grin stretches across her face. "H-heh... I have an unfair advantage Ray!"

And then Lidia revealed that Ray's shadow wasn't the only power she'd copied. The power Yuri had used during his fight with Aine sprung from her hands, and three figures appeared on the battlefield. One between her and Ray, taking the bat hits and trying to grab at him (giving Lidia the chance to roll away) and one in between him and her new position... and a third behind Ray. Three copies of comrades, far fewer and far more ethereal than Yuri's summons.

But the summoned facsimiles weren't AK-wielding Soviet soldiers, not at all. They were figures in what looked like a mix between a cloak and a jumpsuit, with a short hem coming from the hip area and thick collars and hoods above the shoulders, and all teenagers. The one grabbing at Ray was an unarmed sleepy looking fellow, the one in front of Ray was a furious looking fellow with a blade grafted to one arm, whereas the one behind Ray was... A little bit more thinly dressed than the other two, holding a wicked-looking dagger and wearing a wicked smirk.

By the looks of it, though, the FORM the ability took surprised Lidia as much as it did Ray. She got up and looked at them, eyes widening as she gasped. "_{O-oh shit.} Oh shit. Those aren't Russians, ohhh shit." This could perhaps be what was needed to tip it back in Ray's favor: Lidia's utter shock.

[SOLDIER First]

"Allow me to alter my form to prevent harm."
She glows brightly, form becoming indistinct for a moment. She appears completely unchanged except the lack of any edge on her blade.

She then assumes a combat... Position?

[Empiricist]

((I'm gonna assume the blades are magically blunted.))

((Yeah, it was stated they were most likely enchanted to not cause harm. Otherwise Kendall would've just turned his scabbard into a blunt, and lightweight claymore and used that for the sake of safety.))
Kendall stands his ground, changing to an overhead guard. Should Clover actually attack overhead, rather than doing something else, his mind goes completely blank and he quickly swings his blade horizontal above his head, aiming to clip Clover and, more importantly, jam her attack.

[TheBiggerFish]

Ray, clearly not comfortable anywhere near edged weapons, drops through his own shadow and pops out behind Lidia, tapping her on the back of her skull with the bat in passing but more focused on making sure that whatever just happened doesn't go wronger.
"Drop it!  Droppitnow!  I don't even know but just drop it!"

[Kansa]

As Clover got to around 5 feet, she dropped forwards onto her knees. As she slid past Kendall she used her momentum to try and sweep his legs out from under him.

[kj1225]

Dave unzips his jacket to reveal that he has concealed a... well, it's a pretty small machete, thought the thread work to attach the sheath to his jacket is pretty impressive. He takes out the machete and gently sets the jacket off to the side before stepping into the ring.
"Am I right to assume that you're not going to be damaged doing this?"

[Empiricist]

The hit connects but is quickly dampened by, something, it seemed like the very air had slammed against her attack, limiting its effectiveness ((Conceptual Injection of the air near his legs, followed by Auto-Parry)). Though whatever it is he did, it's exhausted him further judging by his panting. He's also still staggered from the impact and hasn't been able to turn around to face her either.