Opal Unit's Run in with Witch Jean.

***Date Finished***: 1st, October 22

***Setting***: Diamond Kingdom

***Characters Involved***:
	+ John Vespar
	+ Pam J.
	+ Loretta Suerius
	+ Windy **Perun**
* Unaffliated:
* Jean Trionfi Marseilles
* *Minerva Demeter Kosmos*

***Synopsis***: We finally get to meet a few members of the Opal Unit. Those being Loretta and her odd curse, John Vespar, and Pam Peramore. This also being the first instance where Minerva Demeter Kosmos directly effects the story, and where we also meet another witch, this being Jean Trionfi Marseilles. Jean's debut puts her strength at a astounding resolve, having beaten Pam, while not fighting Windy Perun. Speaking of Windy, this is windy's debut. Having Windy show off a high class/Noble level mana threshold from the Diamond Kingdom.

## The Morning Walk

The forest was rich with magic today. It was everywhere the trees the grass and even the sky. Everything was in perfect order as a young dark-haired witch moved through the forest as in synch with the mana zone as anything that lived there.

Sooner than later, a squad of three walk through the woods. With a lilac sky flourishing over the horizon, the maple red leaves crunching under their feet and game running all around. The three seemed quite the excited folk as they were ordered to find a old house in the forests, which wouldn't be a problem if they wouldn't stumble upon a dark-haired maiden, bouncing around the forests with a iridescent flow. The three composed of John Vespar, a fairly short white haired male with the spunk of a theater boy. Pam Peramore, a maiden with white hair, and a pale white battle dress with roses on the waist. Finally with Loretta Suerius, a young black haired soldier with twin swords and a annoyed look on her face. John continued to walk, as his eyes would soon track across the area in confusion.

Loretta would finally take action on the moving witch and release one of her swords. "Since you want to be a dumbass, John. I guess I'll have to find out whats going on."

"Hey, I dont fuck with witches, they scare me!" John argued.

"John, shut up and be ready to fight. Loretta, it is a witch. One with a good sense of Mana, better than mine," Pam mentioned, release a large sword from her Grimoire. Named in full, Purification Blade - Naymore: Sword.

Loretta would swing her sword in the direction of the movement and release black burning flames that somewhat folded into itself and violently chewed into the bark and trees around them. This was no spell, just a release of magic from her sword.

Jean kept walking even as she noticed the signatures of three powerful magic users. '*Maybe their nice?'* she thought hopeful before one of them unleashed an attack of blistering black flames. She reacted by controlling the mana of the forest tapping into the veins throughout the mana zone and swallowing up the mana unleashed the forests magic devouring it with a hiss.

She walked up to the mages close enough so that they could see the gold curse marks across her face and unleashed a bit of her mana disconnecting from the forest enough so that any one with a bit of magic could sense it.

"Why are you here!" she said in a booming voice.

John's eyes filled with glee, as his childish nature flowed violently. This was stifled by Loretta's glare.

"State your business in these woods. My name is Pam, Pam Peramore. You are?" Pam asked.

"Be careful, I heard witches true names give curses," Loretta proclaimed.

"Thats only if you're not a witch," Pam explained.

"Okay first things first answer my question before giving another one." she proclaimed. "But I am in this forest because unlike *you* I live here."

"Unlike *you,* we dont see you here often," Loretta objected.

“I answered your question so answer mine before accusing me.” Jean said not giving an inch

"We need some things from the forest. I threat not you would attack us?" John asked.

"I will," Loretta warned.

"Tell me what you want first and apologize for attacking me unprovoked I have seen every possibility of a reality where we fight and none of them end with you all alive." Jean said still salty.

"I dont believe in fortune tellers," Loretta exclaims.

"Oh, I believe their skill true and bold," John rejects.

"Shut up, the both of you. We're retrieving some items, like we told you, but I'm not apologizing," Pam agreed.

"What are these items?" she said her voice low.

"Alcoholic Objects," Pam answered.

"Unless, there's more than just Alcohol in these woods?" Loretta asked, stepping forward.

"Aside from a cute girl." she pointed to herself. "And my mine-by-default cottage then nothing much."

"There's gotta be more," Loretta proclaimed.

"Umm...trees I guess?" Jean said, obviously hiding something.

John had vanished.

Pam would keep Jean's attention with small talk, "So, Jean. Where are you from? Are you from the Witches forest, or were you born in a separate country."

John would appear, from behind and raise his fist in a leaping motion. Aiming to slam his fist down and pummel Jean to the floor, with his Berserk magic showing around him arm.

Jean managed to dodge the brunt of the blow noticing it a second before it hit but the berserk magic still hurt her. *'Why did I try to be nice'* She thought. She activated her Fortuity magic and she twisted fate around her mana before letting it out in a blinding blast at John that seemed uncannily focused.

John's arm was slammed into the ground, with the floor and everything around him destroyed. Then with a few seconds to react, Loretta would whip her chain blades around and throw John out of the way before sending a extending black burning slash towards Jean. Loretta's Abyss Blaze Magic is a much sinister form of Azure Flame magic, burning with much more precision than most would expect. Pam would release a sword from her grimoire, it was holy white with a black blade. Readying herself as she caught John.

Jean saw this and tried the same trick she had last time controlling the mana of the forest to try and get it to swallow the spell up. This only burned up half and Jean twisted fate as quickly as she could to try and minimize the damage she was still hurt her arm gaining a burn wound. She then attacked Loretta with another blast of magic calling upon more of the forests magic after a second to make another smaller beam as well to the side.

Loretta would whip her snake blades around and cause a constant rotation of her blades that would make a shield, this was called **Abyss Blaze Magic: Black Dragon Coil**. When finished, Loretta would release two slashes of black flames from her blades and move back, creating a margin of distance. All this happened as John would flee and Pam would appear above Loretta, sending a graceful slash downwards at Jean that would separate only a foot away, this was **Saint Blaze Magic: Ruin Arrows**.

Jean opened her grimoire deciding to pull out the big guns. "**Fortuity Magic: Fate Spiral**!" she said controlling the mana around her until the entire clearing was full of mana. She held the spell until she knew the right time and then let it go, the mana whipping into the opal unit not even refined but still damaging them.

Loretta would be shielded by the large sword of Pam, with Pam directly biting the bullet to see what Jean is capable of. Pam would spit on the floor, as she ripped her dress and tightly gripped her sword in one hand, the annoyance of her damaged dress would drive her, as she had no intent to not be violent tonight. Pam would raise her massive, buster sword and released a devastating slash downwards straight towards Jean, named "**Saint Blaze Magic: Grand Opening**".

Jean sidestepped the attack but was caught of guard by the afterimages with one of her necklaces getting ripped off and the large possession mark on her neck becoming even more visible. "WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE!" she said channelling her own mana this time to use her powers over probability. "**Fortuity Magic: Glimpse of the End."** she was caught off guard by the effects of it she always was by the sheer weight and depth of it but she knew that the others around her were too watching the thousands of futures and ways they could die no matter how improbable. She had experience with this though as uncontrollable as it was it was her spell and she used the mana around her which was buzzing and humming in response to fire a beam of light at one of the distracted soldiers.

"They tell me that I'm special, I smile and shake my head. I'll give them stories to tell their friends, so they can laugh along with their friends. After all these years, even if I die, I had nothing more to gain." Pam would raise her sword again, rushing forward for a direct blow, this time, with her dress lighting up in a bright flame and jetting her forward. the great part about Saint Blaze Magic, is was its mobility. Able to create reversed after images that are hard to dodge because you think they're doing something else, thats danger of it. **Saint Blaze Magic: Queen's Spiral.** Pam released a spiraling vortex of flame around her self, hoping to scatter it into **Saint Blaze Magic: Grand Opening**.

Jean got hit with the blast quickly using her magic to choose the future where she got hurt the least and mitigating the worst of it. She then used the trick she had with the black flames and directed the mana of the forest to eat the flames lowering it down. "Screw that!" she said "You have thousands of things to gain, thousands of places to meet and people to see. Even the most content person in the world has more to gain just by living in the moment!"

"**Saint Blaze Magic: November Air.**" Pam said, aloud, with a annoyed expression. Pam summoned heavy amounts of Saint Blaze around her sword and around her body. releasing a assortment of fast moving and direction changing slashes down upon Jean.

"Why do I even talk?" she thought out loud. "**Fortuity Magic:Fate Spiral!**" She used the same trick with the mana releasing her spell much quicker, the mana attacking the slashes instead counteracting the spell.

Pam would raise her blade in a arch, allowing for better protection. Pam would raise her hand and send a fireball of fire that would consistently race after Jean, despite her movements. This would leave a opening for Loretta to use her snake blade, allowing it to shoot out like a gun and strike Jean with Abyssal Black Blazing Fire creeping onto the blade. This was called "**Abyss Blaze Magic: Black Dragon Spit Shot**".

Jean got hit by the fireball and winced from the pain. She saw the blaze magic race down the blade and used another spell. "**Fortuity Magic: Luck and Pluck**" her blade hit her the flames only barely being doused by her using the mana trick but she smiled due to the knowledge that she had cursed Loretta with some concentrated bad luck. She sent a blast of light towards Loretta and one towards Pam hoping that they wouldn't catch on.

With the blast, Loretta would fall out of the tree and fall to the ground as her grimoire would burst into a heap of dark abyssal flames. With two arms coming out of it, grabbing Loretta and instantly knocking her out. Loretta would go limp, but wouldn't be able to help as the spirit from her grimoire would magnify its voice and cackle. "*I'm so sorry, Jean. But this body is already cursed.*" Vanishing right after.

"Well, thats not helpful. Guess its off to square one," Pam said, moving out of the way from the blast and got into close quarters combat. Using her sword in fast slashing and strikes from up, down, left, and right directions.

Jean was hit by the slashes but still kept moving closer to Pam as she kept getting cut until she got close enough to blast Pam with a beam of light that seemed uncannily accurate.

Pam would tumble back, before rolling off her sword and raising her blade up into the air. Bringing it down to release a straight line of **Saint Blaze Magic: Roaring Straight**. A line of blazing fire would seep out of the ground infront of Pam's sword, which mounted itself through the flooring. Causing the air to grow damp and a attack that was easy to dodge.

Jean simply sidestepped the attack not getting hit by the blast this time. "Finally that worked!" she said to herself celebrating her success before launching another beam of light at Pam.

Pam would smile, following up Jean's Dodge with **Saint Blaze Magic: Rising Roar**, ripping the sword from the ground and causing the ground heavy damage, making Saint Flame move from the cracks at murderous speeds.

Jean used her mana skin to protect her still taking heavy damage. "**Fortuity Magic: Luck and Pluck"** she said pointing to Pam and cursing her. She then sent ten beams of light arcing towards Pam.

"**Saint Blaze Magic: November Air - Punisher**," Pam said, releasing Saint Blaze all around herself. Burning the arcing light into dust..? Pam would swing forward, releasing a slash of a couple dozen little firestrikes roaring around at deadly speeds. Hands down one of Pam's stronger moves. While also being the hardest to deal with, there seemed to be around 50, but they all moved like their own being.

Jean was still winded from Rising Roar but she managed to tap into what was left of the mana in the forest even if most of it in this part had hidden away and exhausting the mana left in the clearing devoured the firestrikes turning them back into mana. She then felt like someone had punched her in the gut as the effect of taking control of the forests magic started settling in.

Pam, right after the flames have been devoured, slipped straight through the flutter of the dying Saint Blaze with another Spell **"Saint Blaze Magic**: **November Air - Silencer"**. Pam would raise her blade in a swift motion with no notion of changing the angle by her hands. Using the Saint Blaze to move the sword quickly, Pam would bring down her massive buster sword with great determination.

Now this was something Jean had seen coming. In half of the futures it was the thing that killed her but in this future it would not be so. She sidestepped the buster sword and getting closer up to her opponent then she ever had during the fight she whispered a spell. "**Fortuity Magic:Fate Spiral.**" She used her own mana this time for the spell.

Pam, with the slightest bit of recoil from the flames, causing Saint Blaze leak up into the air. With one phrase, "**Silencer**", the trap Spell activated. Causing a masive explosion of Saint Fire to release all over the area without reason. This wouldn't kill Jean, as it wouldn't kill Pam. This trap magic failed, not because of the reason you'd think... it was because of another Witch Joining the Battle. The same was said about Fate Spiral, neutralized.

The smoked cleared, revealing a Maiden in a leather coat. Her hair is short and brown, with eyes of Hazel. This woman was the very mysterious Minerva Demeter Kósmos, raising her hand up to Jean and fingering "No, no, no." All before vanishing into the abyss of a portal. With aggression of Pam, she would be back up to one knee and raise her sword from her Grimoire. Yet this would dissipate as a new challenger stepped forward, this was no slouch, as her name is Windy Perun. Windy would raise her sword towards Jean.

"I'm surprised you haven't killed her yet."

Jean knew that there was something going on as her spell was neutralized and she saw the maiden point the sword at her. "Not my fault I'm to cute to kill." she joked feeling the strength of Windy's mana and panicking internally.

Windy's mana was on a different level from Pams, not at all as controlling as someone in a higher rank than her. Yet, with the breeze of mana in the area. It crawled up Jean's back and let her know who she faced. With a tone of a brute and swords stance of someone who trained against masters, Windy's Mana formed into a bird, a thunderbird of sorts. Standing above Windy in this personification as her mana would form the bird.

"I'll let you leave if I'm allowed some answers for my questions, trust me, I wouldn't run. It doesn't get better from this point forward," Windy warned.

"Okay?" she said not letting the fear seep into her voice but still allowing herself a look into the variables and panicking inside when she saw what happened if she ran.

"You're scared, but I'll give you my pity. Your name is Jean, a Witch of unknown origin. Tell me, what alignment do you have, and whom might have taught you such a control over mana in the area? Could not be Ventare, the Dragon Slayer, nor would Bluebell hold this skill to such a lesser margin. What is your alignment?" Windy asked, lowering her sword and releasing her guard. Like it would matter to her health, for her opponent was horrified.

"I am aligned with myself and the Marseilles Forest as it's guardian and protector, that is how I have such amazingness." she said going back into the comfortable behavior of snarking. "Who are you then and what is your alignment then?"

Windy would sight, "I am Windy **Perun**, of the Opal Unit. Normally just being their accountant and taking part in special balls as such, I normally dont do this. Now, you just fought Pam to the point of exhaustion, and almost killed John's little bitch ass. Which follows up my next question, a woman so strong and skilled, what do you on day to day here?"

"I usually just look around the forest, practice magic, get food from the village nearby and look into the future." Jean said. "Also in my defense they did attack me first."

"They're stupid, let alone ignorant. Never the less, you can go Jean. I'll deal with these dumb asses."

"Okay?" she started walking back to the old guardians house a small building with a thatch roof.

"The devil doesn't bargain... so I guess I'm better than my family. Who knows," Windy said, putting her sword away and getting the beer. Walking off to Pam and taking her away. Having taken double the amount of alcohol for herself. Windy is a strange one... oh well.