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*Despite being a fox, she remembers where the combat training center is, and decides to take advantage of this. A new memory has come back, and she needs to make sure that she remembers it properly, lest the memory be worthless.

The room is large, which is perfect; she needs a lot of space. She pulls out the deck of cards she'd found in her room a while back and, pulling a single card out of the deck, closes her eyes -- and then holds it in front of her.*

Shikigami "Banquet of 12 General Gods."

*She sends out her shikigamis, and an absolutely jaw-droppingly gorgeous yet intimidating spell is cast out from them, as they begin to simultaneously fire hundreds of magic bullets at once. It is intricate, and one would hate to be in the midst of the maelstrom, although the way the bullets barely damage the surrounding building indicate a deliberate lack of lethality.

At length, the spell finishes. Ran puts the deck away -- and then looks down at the six paper dolls which had simply fluttered to the ground rather than join the formation.*

Why... why is it so much weaker than it should be? What is this power I am missing?

((OOC: 1% on Ran's spellcards. But without Yukari's power boosting, they're about half as strong as they ought to be.))

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I think you could. You just need to learn how to graze, is all. It's a vital skill in a danmaku battle, that.

Graze? How do I do that?

It's fairly simple, although it can take a lifetime to master. I could always teach you, if you so desire.

One of your lifetimes, or one of my lifetimes?

That, sir, depends on talent.

Well then, let's go!

What's the first step?

Hmm... Well, let's start with this.

*She sends out a shikigami; it glows like a smaller bullet of danmaku.*

Stand as close as you can to that without actually touching it.

[Seems easy enough. He walks towards it until it's a few centimeters away from brushing his arm.]

Like this?

Exactly. Now do the same in between these two.

*She summons two of them, and has them spaced apart. Not too close, but not too far either.*