Leon Vs Neo

Leon has been told of an interesting rumor : Someone apparently stole a pretty powerful magic grimoire from some old ruins, and after some questioning, he has learned of the location of the thief's hideout : A shady back alley in town... Yet it appears as if no is around.

Leon looked around the alley way, trying to sense if there was any magic going on around him.

Something wasn't normal, even if it was not exactly magic. It felt like some form of illusion sorcery was at play, but no there were no changes in the ambiant magic. Not to mention, that alleyway felt pretty short, almost as if it ended earlier than it should.

This feeling disturbed Leon, so he decided to test something. He stepped away from the end of the alley and launched a fireball at it, waiting to see what happens.

The fireball impacted the wall... And it shattered like a broken window, revealing the actual end of the alley behind this illusion. There, the thief stood, apparently trying to pawn off the book to some random thug... Who quickly noticed the mage and dashed out before Leon could stop him, not willing to deal with a fight.

This left only the thief, a short girl with bi-color hair, both brown and pink, glaring at Leon with annoyance for interfering. She picked up the grimoire and tossed it behind her, before drawing her umbrella, and advancing towards Leon
[- Battle Start -]
Leon - [Initiative Roll - 48]
Neo - [Initiative Roll - 13]
Leon acts first at every turn.

"Stay where you are. All I want is the grimoire, not to fight you." Leon says, trying to talk this out before any fighting begins.

She actually stops, raising an eyebrow. She points her thumb towards the grimoire, and then towards herself. The message was pretty clear, she's not giving it up.

"Fine then, just remember I gave you the chance." Leon says as he puts on a pendent and takes out a book, before launching a blade of wind at the lady.

(Cutting Gale)

Leon - [Cutting Gale - 38, success, Bleed - 28, resisted]
Neo - [Theft (Book) - 19, failure]

Neo attempted to dodge the razor-sharp gust of air, but her eyes settled on his book, and she changed directions at the last second, willingly facing the attack head on so she could try to disarm him. Leon manages to keep his book out of her reach, however.

Neo : 20St, 2Ar
Leon : 30Wp, 7Mn

Leon backs away from her, sending another blade of wind.

(Cutting Gale)

Leon - [Cutting Gale - 97!! Complete failure !]
Neo - [Double Scoops- 62, success, Charm - 49, resisted]

Leon misjudges his shot, the blade of wind striking the floor uselessly, sending some dust in his eyes. Neo is quick to take advantage of this, tackling him with her bust. Not only that, but it appears as though another Neo walks out from behind the cloud of dust his spell raised.

Neo : 20St, 2Ar - Phantasms (1/2)
Leon : 29Wp, 7Mn - Disadvantage

Leon scrabbles away from the women, blushing like crazy. Seeing two of her, he assumed it was like the illusion earlier, but he had no idea which was the real one, so he created to spears of ice and threw one at each of them.

(Frozen Spears)

Leon - [Frozen Spears - 10!! 94!!, 76 83, a miss and a crit.]
Neo -[Illusory Delight - 51, failure]

The dust in his eyes cause him to miss his first throw, the spear shattering against the pavement, but his second throw is much, much more effective, going through the illusion and hitting his real opponent as well.

Neo : 20St, 1Ar
Leon : 29Wp, 7Mn

Having identified the real one, Leon quickly sends another blade of wind at her, before she could create another illusion.

(Cutting Gale)

Leon - [Cutting Gale - 82, success, Bleed - 47, resisted]
Neo - [Theft (Book) - 4!! Complete success !]

Once more, Neo tried to power through his spell to go for his book. As the blade of wind struck her, some form of barrier around her body seemed to fade away, but before Leon had any chance to wonder the meaning of it, she slapped his book out of his hand with her umbrella, making it fly off a fair distance. Not only that, but she noticed his pendant, and quickly took hold of it as well
Another phantasm appeared, adding another problem to Leon's situation.

Neo : 19St - Phantasms (1/2)
Leon : 29Wp, 6Mn - Unequipped (Book, Pendant)

Knowing how vital it is for his success, Leon made an attempt to regain his book.

(Rearm(Book))

Leon - [Rearm (Book] - 80, success]
Neo - [Double Scoops - 42, success, Stun - 32, success]

Leon managed to run to the spot where his book landed uninterrupted, and could retrieve it without any issues... That is, however, before he was shoved against the wall by Neo and her copy, who began to shower his face aggressively with kisses, overwhelming him.

Neo : 19St - Phantasms (1/2)
Leon : 27Wp, 8Mn - Unequipped (Pendant)

Leon had hit his head against the wall, which made his a little dazed, but then the kisses made his mind go blank for a moment.

Leon - [Stunned...]
Neo - Free action - [Interrogate]

She used his momentary daze to get some paper, writing a message on it : "Tell me something you're into." Another illusory copy appeared, and forced another quick kiss on him as she showed him.

Neo : 19St - Phantasms (2/2)
Leon : 26Wp, 10Mn - Unequipped (Pendant).

"I-I like the feel of a woman's hair." Leon blurts out for some reason as he attempts to create two spears of ice again and hit at least two of the women.

(Frozen Spears)

Leon - [Frozen Spears - 20, 65, a hit and a miss]
Neo - [Illusory Delight - 72, success]

Throwing spears at such a close range was not an easy feat, but he still manages to land a hit, shattering one of the illusions. As he blinked, however, Neo's hair suddenly looked quite long and pretty, cascading over him, as the remaining two women held him close...

Neo : 19St - Phantasms (1/2), Illusory form
Leon : 24Wp, 9Mn - Unequipped (Pendant)

Leon's body relaxed as the hair draped over him and he tried to take it as an opportunity to grab his pendent back.

(Rearm(Pendent))

Leon - [Rearm (Pendant] - 26, success]
Neo - [Cherry On Top - 63, failure]

Despite what he was surrounded by, Leon managed to snatch the pendant out of her hands. Neo was caught off guard by his resistance, and only had time to make another phantasm by the time she reacted.

Neo : 19St - Phantasms (2/2), Illusory Form
Leon : 24Wp, 11Mn

Leon didn't like the fact he was surrounded by women who he just told his weakness to, so he tried to hit them all with one attack.

(Light Burst)

Leon - [Light Burst - 57, failure]
Neo - [Double Scoops - 40, success]

Leon tried to cast a spell, but before he had the opportunity to, all three of them pushed their bust against him, their locks falling onto him from the sudden movement, causing him to pause in his tracks.
Neo's barrier seemed to return as well.

Neo : 19St, 4Ar - Phantasms (2/2), Illusory form
Leon : 22Wp, 14Mn - Charm (3)