#talismike

Mike still wasn't so sure if battling Santana was a good idea. His ego was clearly damaged the last time they dueled and their friendship wasn't exactly in the best position at the moment. The truth was that ever since the New Year's shenanigans, his mind was more focused on getting stronger rather than making friends or taking care of the ones he already made. Working on all those things alone was a terrible decision. Now here they were and he just couldn't keep denying Santana's challenge. Armed with only his talismans, he waited for Santana to show up. Mei was present but she kept quiet and observed precariously. Maybe it was time for Mike to do some real growth for once.

Santana was glad the guy who said she was her friend finally decided to face her at something. She was more than ready for the fight. "The Kitten has decide to stop running away, uh?" She asks Mike when she saw him. "And you bring the big cat with you." She says while Daisy, the brown fluffy cow, appeared at her side for the fight. There was a point she just felt mildly exasperation about it, but she was starting to care less and less about it. "C'mon, hit me with your best shot, Exorcist!"

@Santana 🐮:  1d6+2= (1)+2 = 3

Mike smirked, that comment was well deserved because he really did avoid her for months. He took one of the talismans out of his pocket and whispered softly through the material of the sacred paper "Release!" 

@ Mike Chang:  1d6+2= (3)+2 = 5

Santana recieved the attack, without even dodging it. "My my, is this the best you can do? C'mon, at least entertaint your best friend with a little chat! What the hell do you think friends are for, bitch?"

@Santana 🐮:  1d6+3 = (1)+3 = 4

Mike sighed...not even a scratch? He really had lost touch with his magic. "Don't get cocky." This time he sent the talisman straight to Santana's feet. Mei stayed quiet and waited patiently for her cue.

@ Mike Chang:  1d6+1= (4)+1 = 5

Santana saw how Daisy put herself in front of the attack, still stink a bit, but wasn't much. "C'mon. Mike. What am I to you? What is a friend to you? Answer the fucking question."

@Santana 🐮 :  1d6+2 = (4)+2 = 6

Mike was faced with guilt as Santana kept on asking the same question. But he couldn't answer just yet. He wanted to prove he was worth it. He wanted to show he was more than a weak link. "Release!"

@ Mike Chang:  1d6+1= (4)+1 = 5

Santana was so fucking mad at people ignoring her. At Mike ignoring her. What the fuck, do you think I'm Mei 2.0? A fucking magical animal you use to train? She made an illusory blue fire agaisnt him. "I warn you. If don't answer me, next attack I will have no mercy." She said with cold anger.

Mike 's magic was unstable but his consciousness was not. Santana WAS his friend. And so was Mei. He was just so used to avoid conflict, to give the impression that he had the upper hand but that was just an illusion. "You're my friend. I'm just not sure that this version of me is someone you'd wanna be friends with."

@Mike Chang:  1d6= (5) = 5

@Santana 🐮 :1d6+2= (1)+2 = 3

Santana hold back her attack. "Just fucking talk to me and stop shutting me out!" She says annoyed. "What is this version of you? Do you think I can't make my own decisions about who I like as friends or not, that you have to chose for me?"

Mike was about to throw another talisman at Santana but when she stops, he stops as well. "How could I face you, Santana? I lied to you. I opened up to you plenty of times and yet never told you about the way my family treated people like you, people like Elliott. I could not look into the eyes of whom I considered my best friend here without thinking that I was part of the reason your people didn't feel safe."

@Santana 🐮: 1d6+2 = (1)+2 = 3

Santana tries to make another weak, blue fire illusion to Mike, just so he knows they are still fighting. "Like you are doing it now!" She rolled her eyes, "Oh please, miss me with that witch guilt shit. If your guilt only works to make ME feel worse so you can ignore me, your problems, and drink to cope about me or Elliott being the ones suffering shit, I don't need that guilt at all!"

Mike sends another talisman her way and whispers for it's release. "I guess we could call this a start." He knows Santana is right. He has no say in the way he or Elliott should feel. "I don't drink to forget. I drink because it is the only way I've known how to cope with myself."

@Mike Chang:  1d6+2= (1)+2 = 3

Santana smiled a bitch smile, she was still angry. "It's a start, indeed." She dodges the talisman. "Maybe you should stop looking so much at yourself and look at the world around you, Mike. What is holding you down? What's the thing you can't deal with?"

@Santana 🐮 :  1d6+2= (2)+2 = 4

Mike felt a change in Santana's qi. He dodges her attack. "Those stupid doors and all the things that have turned this place into a hell pit. And not being there to fight for what is right. For you!"

@Mike Chang:  1d6+2 = (3)+2 = 5

@Santana 🐮:  1d6+2= (4)+2 = 6

Santana gets attacked again by Mike. She is so overwhelmed by confidence in herself and her skills she doesn't even care. "Then be here now! Help us to discover what the hell are those doors!" She shouts, making illusions of stakes from the ground to attack Mike.

Mike tries to dodge the stakes but it's useless, he throws more of his talismans to the ground to try and counterattack Santana's attacks. "I will. Just let me get stronger first. I want to fight by your side not against you. Not anymore."

@Mike Chang:  1d6+2= (1)+2 = 3

Santana throws more stakes. "You don't need to be strong to help." Then she prepares an illusion on Daisy to have her wear a spiky cow armour. "Let's finish this! Charge!"

@Santana 🐮 :  (1d6+2)*2= ((4)+2)*2 = 12

Mike is attacked by so many stakes that he is glad he isn't a vampire. He simply surrenders to Santana's attack and smiles. "I know that an apology is just a bunch of words without any real meaning but I really wanna help you guys find what the hell is going on with those doors."

Santana gets closer to Mike, and offers her hand to indicate certain acceptance. "You know I don't care about apologies. But we really do all the help we can have with the doors. So welcome to the Fuck The Doors team, Mike. I'll send you the information we have."