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[OVER VARIOUS COMPETITORS' PDAS, EXCLUDING GENSOKYO RESIDENTS]

All right, competitors. We will be fighting against each other in the ring, but until that moment, I am still your ally, and I wish to see you all fighting your best. Therefore, I am offering a quick crash course in creating and using your own spellcards. I would highly recommend taking this, as I will not be offering an other opportunity. Feel free to swing by the Simulation Chamber in the next few hours, and I will do what I can.

[ACTION]

One competitor, at least, has already joined up; Kitaro can be seeing trying out some patterns, though they're still obviously not very high quality. Observers might note he's slightly tense around Ran, though Ran is doing her best in spite of it as far as coaching him.

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Well, I guess first I should learn about how often, or I guess how powerful the moves for them are supposed to be. I... couldn't really figure out from what I read about the tournament about how often the attacks were spell cards or not...

And oh, I'm Vivio Takamachi! It's nice to meet you!

It is nice to meet you too, my dear!

Well, you should space them out to a certain extent. You can only use each card once per battle, after all. Use standard bullet sprays otherwise. That said, it is better to use them and win than to not use them and lose, if you understand what I mean.

Some spellcards are very powerful, some not. The most basic rule of conduct is that they should at least provide a chance for the opponent to dodge, but beyond that anything goes.

[Vivio blinks.]

Oh, I see... I guess this card may or may not be good then. I mean, they should be able to dodge it if they're not hit by the magic binds first, but after that...

Hmm? Let me see.

Okay, sure!

[And here's Vivio, showing the card that will basically do this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_Tfiij3Opw#t=5m30s).]

Oh my stars and garters.

Ah... well, the binding is absolutely out; you can't prevent movement, although you can limit it by fencing them in. Other than that... well, it's actually not that much different from a Master Spark. If you could narrow the beam just a little, and supplement it a bit with some other bullets...

...my goodness.

Yeah, when you mentioned that I kinda figured that the bind would be out. Need to figure out some other way to make the beam actually able to hit... But I'm not sure narrowing the beam might be a good idea... but I wonder, maybe without the binds I could try something stronger... Nanoha-mama had a variation of that where she fired five at once...

F-five at once...

*ahem* Well, as I said, it may help to add a few extra projectiles. Sometimes you can hit them in the confusion those cause.

[Vivio grins at that.] Yep!

... There's no way I'd be able to do that many, but... hmm... that would work.

[And there Vivio goes, working on changing the card to get rid of the binding and add a few smaller homing magic blasts to it... like, say, 25 of them.]

I think I need to lie down for a bit...

What's wrong?

Er, nothing. Keep practicing, my dear. I'm sure you'll do just fine.

Okay! Thanks for the help!

You're welcome, my dear.

~~Ho boy.~~

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