After grabbing her staff, Megumin makes her way to the roof, and finds Ancano standing in the usual duelling area. Tiffania, Illococoo, and Maria were already present, and the trio walks over to Megumin while attempting to stop her from participating.
"You are far too young to be duelling anyone! Maria states, firmly grasping Megumin's arm to stop her from going anywhere.
Tiffania nods, "I won't let my familiar do something stupid while she's not in her right mind."
"Aw? Are we not going to watch little sis beat that annoying elf guy?" Illococoo remarks from the side but is thoroughly ignored.
"I... Am not too young! I am perffectly good at magic! I'll wipe that ssstupid smile off of that dumb guy's face!" she slurs out.
Maria frowns, "I'm putting my foot down, you will not fight him! Do you understand?"
Megumin sniffs in irritation at her, "You're not myyy mother! And I'm not a chiiild. I'll dooo what I want!" she says while looking over at Ancano, finding him glaring at her with an arrogant and smug expression written on his face.
"So all those words were just blustering then, girl? That's what I thought. Poor Mages should stay in their station, performing magic tricks for children, or on the sides of streets for coin." he states, angering Megumin, especially since she had performed tricks for gold in her original world, when she was constantly on the verge of starving, lacking anyone to help her in her travels.
"T-hhhats it! FIGHT ME!" she exclaims, breaking Maria's grasp on her and stumbling into the duelling ring as everyone watches.
Tiffania attempts to intervene but finds herself face to face with Ancano, "The girl has already accepted the duel, do you wish to offend the Thalmor? False-breed?"
"I won't let you harm her, can't you see she's not in her right mind? She can't possibly accept it!"
Ancano shakes his head, "I've read your College's rules from top to bottom, left to right, back to front, the state of the duelists' matters not, only that they both accept. To interfere in an established duel is cause for immediate expulsion, along with a litany of other punishments depending on the severity of the breach... Please, test me, False-breed." the elf states, already planning out what to do to Tiffania when the girl interferes... He had no doubt that she would, and he'd have the full support of the Arch-Mage to do as he likes.
Tiffania scowls at the man, wondering if it would really be so bad to kill him on the spot right now. Even if she'd get expelled from the College, she refused to let this man hurt Megumin.
"D-don't worry! I gooot this!" Megumin says from the side with an eager smile, sending many obvious winks at Tiffania as she does so.
...
Tiffania decides to stay silent and watch, only stepping in if the situation looks dire enough. Who knows, maybe Megumin could pull one over on Ancano...?
Thus, with Faralda adjudicating over the duel, both Megumin and Ancano stand opposite one another, each waiting for the signal to begin. Though, even now everyone could see just how out of it Megumin really is. Even standing still she was having trouble maintaining her balance...
"You asked for this you muddle-headed simpleton! To stain the honour of the Thalmor is your greatest and last sin." Ancano taunts.
Megumin shakes her head, "nuh uh, the onnnly thing I stained was your boots!" she cheekily retorts, pointing a finger down at Ancano's still-vomit covered shoes.
"Indeed. And you will pay for it with your life."
"With her life? Man, this guy is a huge piece of shit." one of the audience members remark, causing many more to begin commenting on Ancano's conduct. Sure, duelling someone for your honour was something, but duelling a young drunk girl to the death for soiling your shoes? If Ancano wasn't backed by the Thalmor many would have intervened at this point...
Faralda lets out a sigh at having to watch over this farce, reluctantly raising his hand before bringing it down to begin the duel. "Begin!"
Ancano instantly raises a powerful ward with one hand and readies another spell in the other, but doesn't cast yet in favour of observing what Megumin decided to do.
He was disappointed to find her not yet performing any magic, instead twirling her staff around and slurring out some kind of prewritten speech... He couldn't really hear her over the sound of his ward, though, he could catch bits and pieces... What's this about a cataclysmic spell of world destruction?... Is she mad?
"Annnd be prepared to face all of my magic! FOR I AM-"
*Whoosh!*
A pebble shoots over Megumin's shoulder courtesy of Ancano, the Thalmor having enough of her random spiel. "You will take this seriously, or you will die a fool!"
Megumin blinks a couple times before nodding, "FFFine! Fiiiireeee Balll!" she exclaims, thrusting her staff at Ancano... And not doing anything but making sounds as if she'd actually cast the spell.
Tiffania palms her face, wondering if Megumin even knew where she was right now... "Ancano! Stop this! She doesn't even know what she's doing!"
Ancano sneers, "Even so, if a fool ers, a fool must still be punished!" he exclaims, shooting a small shard of ice at Megumin which hits the side of her arm, tearing a good amount of flesh away from it.
"OOOWWW! THAT REEAALLLY HURT!" Megumin exclaims, dropping her staff as here and went to her injury, causing her to groan more as she touches the raw injured flesh.
"And that's much more coming, girl! You chose this!" Ancano laughs, wondering when the girl's friends would step in. Unfortunately for him, his wishes were soon answered...
*THUD!*
Ancano is sent skittering across the ground, tumbling head over foot as the crowd clears a path for him, not wanting to get knocked over by the flying elf's body.
They all look over after the elf lands, spotting Michael with his fist extended and wearing a furious expression...
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Ancano steadily gets to his feet, a hand already channelling a healing spell to the side of his fractured skull. He felt like he'd just been kicked in the face by a giant, and felt like he was being glared at by a Daedric Prince when he looked over to the person responsible.
"You fucking cunt!" Michael growls as he marches over towards him, "Did you think I wouldn't hear about this stunt!? Did you think you could get away with it without consequences!?"
Ancano sends his best sneer at Michael, still healing his head, "No, I counted on it. You've just assaulted a member of the Thalmor and interfered in a sanctioned duel. I'm sure even a fool like you could understand what that means."
Michael continues walking towards him, "Yeah, it means I'm going to have to fuck up the Thalmor after I bury your body." he states, shocking Ancano as he grabs the mage's robes and lifts him off of the ground with one hand.
"Y-you wouldn't dare! You wouldn't push Skyrim and the Empire into another war just for this!?" Ancano frantically questions, while beginning to conjure spells... Only for his spells to peter out into nothing, the elf unable to conjure even the simplest cantrip.
"Michael! Let him go! You'll damn the College if you continue!" Faralda exclaims, though, doesn't approach the duo despite her words.
"W-what have you done to me!" Ancano exclaims as his magic fizzles every time he attempts to use it. He attempts to punch Michael, only for his limbs to be locked in place via Telekinesis.
Michael carries the elf over to where Megumin was being attended to, Collette using Restoration magic to heal her. "Apologise to her, or I'll tear you apart." he demands the elf.
Ancano grits his teeth, weighing his pride against his self-preservation... Despite all his talk about elf supremacy, he relents, glaring at Megumin while whispering, "I apologise!"
"Apprentice! That's enough! The apology should be enough! We'll leave matters be like this!" Savos says as he approaches the group with Saya, wishing to stop anything drastic from occurring.
Ancano shakes his head, regaining some confidence at the appearance of the Arch-Mage, "Leave matters be!? While he's still holding me like a slaughtered hen!? NEVER! The embassy will hear of this! The dominion won't suffer this slight!" he cackles, not noticing the sigh the Arch-Mage was letting out.
"Oh really? Then there's no point in letting you go then." Michael says, casting a Spatial Shatter at Ancano's arm, the spell tearing it completely from his body as the elf begins screaming in agony.
"MICHAEL! LET HIM GO! THE COLLEGE WILL NOT SUFFER FOR YOUR ANGER! Justified it may be! But there are ways to go about things that don't include slaughtering a dignitary in front of the entire College!" Savos shouts, using Michael's name to emphasize his point...
Michael shakes his head, "I've had enough of these stuck-up fucking elves traipsing around like they own the place! Skyrim is a free land! They have no right to claim importance here, even at the Empire's edict!" he states before turning to Ancano and preparing to Laguna Blade his face off...
*Thud!*
Michael abruptly flips upside down as his head collides with the floor, Ancano falling to the side in a pitiful lump. He looks up at Savos with a scowl.
"Just as the elves don't run Skyrim, you don't decide how things are done in MY College, Apprentice!" Tiffania and Illococoo come over and help Michael to his feet, standing beside him as he and the Arch-Mage lock eyes with one another.
"Are you really just gonna let this piece of shi-" Michael pauses as he looks over to where Ancano is... Or was. Finding the spot empty with a now fading light. "Where's he go!?"
"Looks like he teleported? Smashed a mirror and disappeared." one of the nearby Apprentices say.
...
"Now will you calm yourself? He is gone, but the trouble you've already caused the College is irreparable..." Savos says, palming his face as he goes over things in his min to decide what action to now take.
"You let him get away! For fuck sake! Are you really going to say he wouldn't deserve the death he was going to get!?"
Savos frowns, "That isn't the point! The point is-"
"Hey, is that him over there? He's running from-" an apprentice that was looking over the exit to the College starts but is interrupted...
"ExploooooOOoooosiioooonh!" Megumin shouts, slurring her words slightly as she does so.
*BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!*
A huge explosion occurs, one rivalling the one that'd shaken Skyrim months ago... And that was played off as something only Savos was capable of casting...
Everyone runs over to see the damage, all of them gaping as the smoke begins to clear. the bridge leading to the College had all but vanished, and a part of the land that'd connected the College to Winterhold had all but disappeared, with everything remaining looking like scorched glassy stone.
"Hehahahaha! I win! I ammm the victooor!" Megumin maniacally laughs at the destruction she'd just caused as everyone gapes at her.
"W-what of the Thalmor?" Savos manages to get out, asking one of the Apprentices that'd been watching the whole thing...
"Er, well... I imagine he's been scattered from here to Solstheim..."
...
Savos turns and glares at both Michael and Megumin, "Both of you will leave! You are expelled from this College! I will not have you stay another moment!" he declares.
Michael lets out a sigh, knowing that this was going to happen as soon as he heard of Ancano's actions. "How are we going to leave with the bridge collapsed?" he shrugs while gesturing down at the destruction.
...
"I WILL MAKE A WAY!"
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