"I didn't know time flowed differently there till I got back here, besides, It's not I don't know all that already, while you where busy building your 'ivory tower' I was still fighting in the trenches, remember?! I confronted that evil head on seen time and again how corrupt the system is, experienced first hand just how fickle the people really are. Ether way, those are the words of some one who's been doing this to long, you've become so blinded by what you can't change, you've lost sight of what you can. When was the last time you took the time to just 'be Mina'? Or have you spent this whole time trying to fix the worlds problems."
Mina spat. "You confronted evil head on and lost. No amount of superhuman strength and speed an endurance was going to stop the evils of this world; only a systemic change to give everyone a chance to be a hero while empowering good was going to work. If that's the "ivory tower" you dislike so much, than what's your answer? To hide away in some distant plane learning powerful magic so you can die... again. You say I'm blinded by what I can't change; I say you're too weak to do what is needed to make the real changes needed."
As Mina spoke, she reacted to Karen's onslaught by giving ground where needed but always keeping close to the device. Her barrier held firm against the strange magic Karen had acquired, but even Mina knew her magic was too orderly and too well known by Karen for it to really hold up in the long term. Still, she had a plan and that would do. "Yes I've made sacrifices to build my system... and damned straight one of them was my time to make the world a better place. It's what real heroes do or have you forgotten that in your little paradise?"
Mina kept giving ground. She needed to finish Karen quickly now. Clearly The Crick's secret weapon was already up and ready and who knew when the Specter would arrive. Slipping back one final time to just barely within arms reach of the portal, she dropped the barrier spell allowing Karen to close... and launched an explosion at the base of the portal itself to free it. Grabbing hold of it with her enhanced strength, she pivoted and swung the device at Karen. "If you've forgotten it, you should just go back to your little paradise and let the adults deal with the real problems!"
And with a blast of electrical energy from the suit, she turned the device on.
And that was when her world went fuzzy. God damned crickets. Mina tried to right herself but couldn't quite see straight. She'd enhanced her sense through the suit so the nauseating effect was even more awful. With Karen hopefully dealt with for the moment at least, she drew her wand and gun and began blasting at the Cricks... all 9 of them. "Why won't any of you see!"
Mina spat. "You confronted evil head on and lost. No amount of superhuman strength and speed an endurance was going to stop the evils of this world; only a systemic change to give everyone a chance to be a hero while empowering good was going to work. If that's the "ivory tower" you dislike so much, than what's your answer? To hide away in some distant plane learning powerful magic so you can die... again. You say I'm blinded by what I can't change; I say you're too weak to do what is needed to make the real changes needed."
As Mina spoke, she reacted to Karen's onslaught by giving ground where needed but always keeping close to the device. Her barrier held firm against the strange magic Karen had acquired, but even Mina knew her magic was too orderly and too well known by Karen for it to really hold up in the long term. Still, she had a plan and that would do. "Yes I've made sacrifices to build my system... and damned straight one of them was my time to make the world a better place. It's what real heroes do or have you forgotten that in your little paradise?"
Mina kept giving ground. She needed to finish Karen quickly now. Clearly The Crick's secret weapon was already up and ready and who knew when the Specter would arrive. Slipping back one final time to just barely within arms reach of the portal, she dropped the barrier spell allowing Karen to close... and launched an explosion at the base of the portal itself to free it. Grabbing hold of it with her enhanced strength, she pivoted and swung the device at Karen. "If you've forgotten it, you should just go back to your little paradise and let the adults deal with the real problems!"
And with a blast of electrical energy from the suit, she turned the device on.
And that was when her world went fuzzy. God damned crickets. Mina tried to right herself but couldn't quite see straight. She'd enhanced her sense through the suit so the nauseating effect was even more awful. With Karen hopefully dealt with for the moment at least, she drew her wand and gun and began blasting at the Cricks... all 9 of them. "Why won't any of you see!"