Alisa had ice skated before. Actually one of her favorite hobbies as a child too, though she hadn't practiced it in a while. She must be rusty after all this time, but every now and then she still got the urge to hop back onto the ice ring and see what she could pull off... Even under the searing summer sun, the itch and appeared and wouldn't go away for a long time. But this time, it would. Why? Because Alisa planned on indulging that itch.
She had heard disturbing rumors about an incoming attack on Blue Pegasus, and though those happened a lot for just about every light guild and the Magic council itself, something about these rumours felt worse... Eerie... Like whoever issued threats planned on carrying them out. Oh well, Alisa still tried to take a deep breath and stay away from the blinding trap of hatred and focus on protecting her guild first, beating the attackers second. If some of them died in the process, too bad for them, Alisa didn't really care so long as she put a stop to it.
Either way, she needed power. Now more than ever. And though it might appear Alisa's power had nothing to do with Ice skating, appearance can often decieve you. After all, the crystal mage was fast. She'd never met a faster runner in Blue Pegasus save perhaps for Snowflake with her cybernetic upgrades - who likely had the potential to everything Alisa could and then more - but she was defenitely the fastest among organic species such as humans and neko. She only remembered one other time in her life when she'd been faster than this, long before she ever trained: With Ice skates strapped to her feet, atop a frigid ring in the winter.
She needed that speed back, nay she needed the ability to reach that speed once again, combined with the body she had now.
"This looks deserted...", she'd point out, looking around the indoor ice ring as she arrived. Of course, it's hardly a popular place at this time of the year, "As expected. All the better."
With this, she'd sit down on the nearby bench, but instead of slipping on Ice stakes, she channeled her magic and coated her feet with a pair of crystalline ones.