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"I judge she appears to be injured," Takeshi responded. "As for what was happening, Legion had obtained a one-shot Shadow-based teleportation device through some negotiations with some other demons. I used it to ambush a convoy of Hunters. I approached them mundane, popped up and grabbed their 'sensitive cargo,' and then hopped out as fast as I could. It got me this." He reached into his coat and pulled out a yellow spike with black lines running along it, roughly the size of his hand. "It's the tooth of some greater demon, pumped with Necromantic energy; it's an inherent boost to my abilities. Legion pumped another object of mine before I left to help you guys, but its power is already consumed. This sucker, though, has no limit." He tucked his prize away.

"Sadly," he continued, "All I could manage before having to run was this and, ah... damn it, I know I have it somewhere around..." he rummaged furiously through pockets inside the trench coat. "Ah! Here it is. This." He held his hand out to Joe, offering him a glass sphere that appeared to be filled with thin smoke. Joe took it and inspected it.

"It's a mana cell," Takeshi explained. "You can pump your magic into it and then yank it out later. It helps you avoid the Evoker problem of running out of juice in the middle of a taxing fight. Speaking of that..." he trailed off. The smoke disappeared, leaving it clear. Takeshi sighed. "Much better. There wasn't too much left anyway."

Joe took the mana cell and spun it expertly across the backs of his fingers. "Mana cell? Sounds like a worthy investment."

Joe shook his head and grinned. "Thanks Takeshi. I imagine this is worth a good something." He stopped. "Hey, you said it's a mana cell, right? So, I use my mana, the magical energy that I can focus and release. Siber used his...chakra, right? Something like that. What about you? And does everyone use different methods, like me and Siber? Sorry for all the questions, it's just that ignorance is extremely frustrating for me."

"Mana is a catch-all term," Takeshi answered. His sentences came choppy, one at a time and obviously being given to him by Haru. "It's a general word for all magical energy. It's naturally emitted from our bodies in larger quantities because we utilize it. Uh, let's see. Evokers can shape magic freely at any time, limited only by their capacity for mana, while thaumaturges give their mana its form and function, then store it. When actually casting, they simply have to make up the difference of the inefficiency and power lost in the process and use whatever mana is necessary to sustain it. Siber's chakra are a method of giving form to his mana. It allows him to shape it more easily. I use the "pump mana into it until it works" method because that's all I've had time for. If I get a chance to choose a method more precise and less wasteful, I intend to learn it."

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((Responding to Siber in a few hours. >_<))

She sighed, holding up one glove to turn it and look at her glyphs. She needed to put some more there, perhaps entwine some elements. Se might not be able to stop the titans fister, but damn was she going to do everything she could, even if it meant blowing his eardrums and melting his shoes to the pavement or setting his hair on fire. The thought made her lose a slight amount of tension, as Apolline snickered.
She may think that this Takeshi seemed really good, and Joe seemed rather comfortable with him, but well. She head been too many years being stubborn as it was, she didn't trust anyone this quick. Lengthening her strides somewhat she sidestepped to put a bit of distance between them, not liking being in arms reach of him. Remembering her earlier thought, she figured it as good a time as any to ask now.
"What happened to the others? And what exactly are we going to do now? Apparently we didn't get anyone back on our side so...", Aurelie trailed off uncertantly. She wondered if thier whole mission had been for naught, and from the answering looks on thier faces, she bet it had.

"Oh, that's too bad. I pulled off a Chameleonic once, and I didn't really know what I was doing." He gathered his thoughts as he finished his snack. "I guess I can tell you what summoning move it was, considering you can't exactly replicate it. The girl Kayla- I don't know if you met her- is a demoniac, too, but she actually channels dæmons, instead of just summoning them; they become a part of her body for a short time. It apparently means her energies are different from everyone else's, so I was trying to accomplish the same thing with my own energy. I figured if I could summon one dæmon through another, that meant that the first could summon the second into me. When I tried it, though, the strain snapped both dæmons back against me, which would have killed me without Sindhlot's help, but it did somehow jab a hole in my mana source, and I started losing energy like a sieve. I think it has to do with the amount of demonic energy that had to go back through me in such a wierd way."
Siber was still a little worried about what would happen if Leviathan decided she wanted a turn in the real world, because she was clearly stronger than him, but he couldn't summon her, yet, to ask her and find out, and Keldan had no ideas.
"I knew some evocators on the other side, and Keldan has a little bit of experience with it, if you want to learn. You'll have to help me with Shadow stuff in return, though- Keldan spent most of his time perfecting summons."

Takeshi laughed.

"I barely held him off with a shotgun, a Scorpion, and a team of zombies. Legion wants us to learn a team method of attacking him."

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"I'll do what I can," Linda responded, a little downcast. "I'm better with the Elements, though."

After he had wandered the city for what seemed like a couple days worth of site seeing, Ted finally managed to find his way back to the mansion. He was covered in scratches, and was bruised as well. Who knew that the Hispanics in the area were so volatile? {Well, you did insult them. What were you trying to do, anyways?}

Tryin ta greet them with something I heard one guy tell another. 'Oy, pendejo.' Didn't know that it was that. I mean, the two guys were laughing after the one said it, so I thought it was a friendly comment.

Hideki was bashing his head into the ground, or he would be if he had a body. Ted was a moron, and an all-around loser.

"Shotguns and more zombies sounds good, but I doubt it," Takeshi replied. "I'm hoping for some way to work around his shield magic. He hasn't told me yet, either. He just had me do the shotgun and zombie mob thing for lack of time."