melodiesofeternity | Player Plot: Let's Explore Mad'ni Shrine!

"Let's see what we've got!"

Dylas slithers into the room, making sure to give himself plenty of space. The last time he used this spell, he was stuck in the body of a doll. This time, he's glad to be casting it with his hands. He chimes the bell he carries thrice and then reaches into the air with clawed hands, mumbling under his breath as he mimes tearing something open. Right in front of him, to match his Incantation, a hole in the rift appears and a monster appears. The muscular, purple man lands next to Dylas and takes a defensive stance, eyeing the situation, preparing.

"Hell yeah! This one looks great." He slams the hole shut when his incantation is over. "You guys might want to stay away from this guy. Who knows if he'll listen to me right away?"

The Medusa did, in fact, see Frisk poking their head in earlier and has been patiently waiting to strike the instant it caught movement. As the door slams open, it immediately surges forward with startling agility, each snake head poised to sink their venomous fangs in their target.

It was not expecting to run smack into Kanji's hammer. Though the force of the collision sends Kanji tumbling back, the same goes for the Medusa; the monster staggers backwards with a shriek, teetering at the edge of falling over.

This gives everyone more than enough time to file into the room. There's plenty of space to maneuver as well -- just don't wander too close to the walls, or you'll find the water is not as shallow in the corners as it is in the center.

When it becomes clear that the party is moments from rushing in, Frisk begins frantically manipulating their SAVE stars to apply as many buffs as possible before the battle begins. Thankfully, they’re still ludicrously quick even as a SOUL Mage. “No objections? Alright then, here we go!” they yell as the party prepares to sprint into the boss arena. "Here come the buffs!"

FILE LOADED: Kanji (Patience)
Health up +5% every turn!
Speed down -20%!

FILE LOADED: Madhuri (Love)
Healing up +20%!
Attack down -20%!

FILE LOADED: Azusa (Love)
Healing up +20%!
Attack down -20%!

FILE LOADED: Adrien (LOVE)
Attack up +20%!
Healing down -20%!

FILE LOADED: Frisk (Bravery)
Speed up +20%!
Attack up +20%!
Health down -5% each turn!

While everybody else rushes in, Frisk hangs back for a moment, fishing out their iMog slate and switching their Job to Ninja. As good as SOUL Mage was, it had little use in combat unless they were on dedicated healing duty.

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While Frisk utilizes their unique skillset, Papyrus barrels in after Kanji. He made the first blow, now it's time for him to work his magic. Thrusting his arm out, he unleashes his Blue Attack, sending a barrage of bright blue bones straight at the Medusa. The stunning effect should add a little extra time for the others to pummel the pest.

Sure, he won't be able to use it again for a while, but it doesn't matter. That's what friends and comrades are for!

As soon as Sephiroth had entered the room properly, he wasted no time in putting distance between himself and the others. He spread out towards the edge of the room with every intent to get himself into a decent flanking position first-

"-ngh!" The last foot he put down behind him sank significantly into the water compared to the apparent floor that made up the rest of this room. Thankfully Sephiroth had the good sense to abruptly shift his balance forwards to prevent himself falling back.

"Watch out for the edge!" He called out a sharp warning, yet knowing he'd undoubtedly reveal his position to the enemy in doing so, he'd hang back defensively for this round.

More space to maneuver thanks to that initial attack, Adrien's quick to follow after the others, keeping close, but not too close after his fellow swordmaster, just catching his warning.

"Right! Thanks for the heads up!"

Even if they were both outed, it didn't matter. Darting in, he'd help Kanji with lowering the Medusa's defense with his boosted strength going into a powerful Flurry combo slicing into her scaly hide.

Snow was one of the last to run in, wanting to keep his distance as more of a caster than a melee fighter here. As he passed the threshold, he shot a Tenebres the medusa's way, followed by Cyanure as he ran to the side. Following Sephiroth's lead, he mirrored the swordsman's path, trying to keep the medusa's sight divided, trying to make himself less of a target --

"Ah!"

He stopped short of the edge as Sephiroth called out the warning, arms waving slightly to help him keep his balance. "Got it!"

Klonoa notices the medusa staggering back, but more importantly, Kanji getting shoved the other direction. Onwards come the buffs as the fuzzball sends a bright wave of Regenerative magic to wrap around him, healing injuries as he takes them!

"Everyone's doing great! Keep it up!" He calls out.

Castor ducks and weaves between the other fighters, dancing out of range of the Medusa's blows until she sees an opening and Tackles in, opening a Chakra and closing the space between her and the creature. It's dangerous here and she knows it, but she's in a good position to follow up assuming the others can keep the attention away from her.

Keeping her focus on Kanji, Azusa reaches into her deck of cards and focuses her energy again. Good luck, good luck...she needs to focus on good luck. She casts Major Arcana and flips the card, revealing the Balance to boost Kanji's attack by 25%.

Unfortunately for Azusa, she decided to keep too much distance between herself and Medusa. Before she can shout some words of encouragement, she cries out instead, finding no ground beneath her next step.

"Ah!"

She tries to pull back, but it's too late. Using her magic, she shields her cards from getting wet, but there's no helping her. They hover around her and then above her, coated in a thin layer of light-purple magic.

"Why me—I'm sorry everyone—"

Splash! She leans forward and falls right into the deeper water surrounding the edges of the room. Her cards float where she fell.

Azusa will surface on her next turn.

With the Sword Dancer at his side, Dylas now turns his attention to the Medusa. "Alright. That one's our enemy. Got it? Just follow my lead."

Dylas starts casting his magic again, opening with his darkness spell, Dark Savior. It only does medium-level darkness magic, but with his job maxed he's hoping it will do more than leave a little mark. He turns over his shoulder to make sure his 'hired' help is paying attention, but the sword dancer has instead turned his attention towards the furry rabbit thing making a lot of noise.

That doesn't like it's going to end well.

"No! Not that one," he yells, but it's too late. The Sword Dancer runs towards Klonoa (the seventh reply after Dylas) and starts to dance around him, fully intending to inflict the Zombie status on the Cat-Rabbit with Danse Macabre. But the Sword Dancer doesn't attack—once he's done casting, he races back to his summoner's side.

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Klonoa is all focused on the battle, his eyes held forwards as he watches Kanji and the others tousle with the monster. He could not possibly be paying less attention to accidental friendly fire from his allies. He calls out as he watches the astrologian fall over. "Azusa! Hey, someone go--" Klonoa turns his head to look for someone who might be able to help.

...Why is there a dancing skeleton next to him?

He chokes, feeling a coldness in his chest that slowly spreads out over his entire body. He wavers on the floor, the world spinning as the creeping darkness overcomes him. Twirling around on the spot one last time, Klonoa falls to the ground, lifeless and dead as a doornail.

...before slowly rising up, arms stretched forwards as his sunken, sallow eyes survey the battlefield, ears lifted partially in the air and kinked as if tensed aloft by some sort of unnatural force. "Graaao..."

"Klonoa!" Ashelia had hung back a bit, waiting to see if anyone needed some healing or for a better opportunity to jump in for a quick Contre Sixte, but her attention is now shifted towards the rabbit. She looks from him to Dylas' thrall and back again, anger starting to make her face hot.

"You imbecile! Send it back!" She reaches out a hand, instinctively going to cast Esuna...but of course, she can't.

He skidded back on a boot and swore under his breath. But with a rush of recoveries and protective magic, he found himself doubly bolstered once more.

"Thanks, guys!"

Shit. There went Azusa. Somebody had to get her, but...!! He took a breath and turned his back on the group. Safest that way. Rather than call a threat to the Medusa, the sound that came from him was a booming roar, more animal than human. What did his Asterisk do best? Go Berserk.

Eyes gleaming a malicious gold, he raced forward, hands twisting the handle of the hammer toward its pointed end. If anyone could catch the license plate on that warhammer-shaped truck that was hurtling for the Medusa's primary head, that'd be just lovely.

O-oh, that poor little thing...! Fortunately, she had Esuna. She swept the staff in an arc, sending a stream of restorative magic in Klonoa's direction. She'd learned that the infliction of undeath was a tricky one. Hopefully it'd help?

Meanwhile, with recoveries soundly seen to, she hurried to help retrieve Azusa.

Papyrus' Blue Attack works as advertised! The Medusa, already unbalanced to begin with, trips on the bones and falls. It won't be in any position to try dodging their attacks until it gets up again.

All attacks on Medusa will have an increased chance of dealing critical damage for the next turn.

The enemy is not entirely helpless, however. Though the Medusa itself can't attack, the snakes sprouting from its head are still moving just fine and angrily Bite at the ones they perceive as the most immediate threats: Kanji and Adrien. Luckily the poison doesn't take and Kanji's injury is almost immediately healed by the Regen effect, but one snake's sharp fangs sink painfully into Adrien's sword arm, dealing medium damage.

The Medusa is preparing to stand up...

Ashelia runs towards the Medusa when she sees it fall, sword at the ready. She delivers a quick Contre Sixte combo before dancing away, not wanting to be anywhere near the creature when it rights itself. She takes a deep breath, surveying the scene. All things considered, things aren't going too badly at all.

"Alright, let's do this!" Frisk shouts at the top of their lungs, channeling their inner anime protagonist. They could practically see the action lines around their dramatic profile shot. A wild, manic grin on their face, they bound forward, taking a flying jump high into the air just before they would've hit the water, then ricocheting off the wall for even more height.

As Frisk reaches the apex of their arc towards the medusa, their hands frantically twist and turn into complicated gestures, and in a belch of brimstone a red Hellfrog manifests beneath them as a ridiculous airborne steed. "Yee-HAW!" Frisk whoops as it belches severe fire damage at the medusa, disappearing just before Frisk hits the ground rolling behind the monster.

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Okay, that hurts - and now, there was a fang detaching from his arm after that. Not good for his light armor, even worse to his skin below, but he hasn't been poisoned...

Seeing Ashelia get a quick combo in, Adrien's back at Frisk's shout and avoids the flames of the Hellfrog summon. Still - still - he's not out of the fight yet. And as the fires fall around and he ignores his bite wound, he holds his sword's grip. While the enemy's down, he'll take advantage too. He hasn't really done this attack before, but was this was a good enough time.

Back into the battle he charges, storing power until he's close enough, and then pulls, making to crossing slashes as he strikes with Midare Setsugekka. "Stay down!"

Klonoa wavers on the spot, moving jerkily as he raises his hand... and graowrs, a rush of Cure washing over Adrien as he focuses on offense. Evidently being among the legions of the damned isn't going to stop Klonoa from helping.

Not that he has long to worry about that anyway. As the revivifying energies flow through his body, he takes a deep breath in again and exhales, his ears draping back down loosely and the rest of him losing its stiffness. "Phew.. Thanks, we're not done here yet!"

Castor hollers in excitement as the Medusa teeters over, and Dragon Kicks it in the face. It's not the most powerful skill on it's own but with luck, she can hit something sensitive, and with Four Chakras open now, her next attack is going to sting.

Edited 2018-11-11 21:41 (UTC)

"What the hell, Dylas?!" Snow yelled, seeing Klonoa zombified. "Control your pets!"

People shouldn't be summoning things that didn't listen, tsk. Stupid.

Now was the time to take advantage of the medusa's vulnerability, though. The Gourmand in him tempted him to bite the thing, though he didn't know where it had been. Snow settled for another Dualcast of Cyanure and Tenebres, hoping the poison effect would stick. He'd prefer to use Foudre, but he wasn't sure if it would spread to everyone else with the room as wet as it was.

Huh, that was new. He didn't know summoners could bring up things that wouldn't listen... he had to talk to the summoners he knew about that just in case.

Of course, that would be a thought in Kanji's head if he currently wasn't wailing on the Medusa with the business end of that hammer like the creature was steak waiting to be tenderized.

"I'm switching out of White Mage!" Madhuri called as she hustled to where Azusa fell. Her palm swept over the iMog slate nestled at the beltline, initiating the job change.

There was enough support here, no need to step on any toes... and she really wanted to put the hurt on a thing or two. She had her damage reduced, but there were a few extra things she could do to help turn things on their head a bit. But first, the lovely idol...!

She lowered into the water to fetch her.

Fortunately for Madhuri, Azusa isn't too hard to reach. By the time the idol's help arrives, she's already managed to get her arms back above water and onto the damp floor in an effort to pull herself up.

"I'm sorry," she starts, shivering from the cold. "I thought it would be safest if I stayed close to the walls," but the room had clearly not been designed with Azusa's best interests in mind. Once she's pulled out of the water, she' able to collect her cards with a wave of her hand, but she's too cold and soaked to do anything else with her turn.

Aside from apologize profusely to Madhuri. Hopefully, Kanji is still making use of her buffs.

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HEALTH: 95/100

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Dice result from player plot server: 1d4 > 1

1d7 > 7

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yikes i need to tally EXP

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