Through the haze of the vision, Ren watched it all unfold further.
He was inside Takuma's body now, seeing and feeling everything as if it was happening to him. Something slammed into Takuma's shoulder, pushing him hard into one of the walls. The sudden motion caused his weapon to fall to the ground and roll out of his reach.
He, or Takuma, because it was hard to really tell anymore, caught sight of Shiori attempting to cast an incantation. The spell was already halfway through, snapping shockwaves from within the aura around her, but then a wave of opposing energy surged from the attackers, cancelling hers. And in a matter of seconds, she was being forced to her knees while her arms were being tied back with what seemed like glowing magical restraints. They must have been sealed with some form of voided spell, because her aura died down as soon as she found herself immobilized.
"Shiori!"
