melodiesofeternity | The Final Loop

Teraflare tore through them and for one terrifying moment, Uendo thought they'd somehow messed up. But then he woke up, and Alexander stood firm under their feet and above them was...

Phoenix. He almost laughed out of relief. His dream from an earlier loop had been real, after all. The Legendary Eidolons had answered their call. Thank goodness!

'Don't just stand there gawking, focus!' Uendo got on his feet and had his staff ready -- but Bahamut was so far away, so towering, he wasn't sure even their ranged attacks could reach the dragon, let alone leave a scratch on the tough scales. Would it be enough to leave this fight to the Eidolons? Was there anything they could do?

He took out his iMog slate. Phoenix didn't need him anymore; he could swap to Bard and get ready for another inevitable confrontation.

"Kuja's right. She won't let this stand." He didn't know how or when Ramaa would retaliate, but she'd surely act soon. With the outfit change from Summoner's robes to a performer's garb, Uendo had his shamisen at ready to begin playing Aria of Narayana. A proper battle needed some music, after all.

"Let's prepare a welcome worthy of an Empress, shall we?"

> Final Eclipse

Suddenly, Bahamut itself starts twisting in pain in the skies above Sen Riqeaux as it gets entrapped by a sphere of darkness, seemingly unable to escape it. Forming near the sphere is an Eidolon that looks tiny compared to Bahamut. But soon it deploys gigantic wings that wrap around the sphere, large enough to nearly cover Bahamut in its entirety, thus revealing Zodiark.

> Feymarch's Wrath

Emerging from the ocean to the east, a four-faced Eidolon appears, four-armed and wielding four swords. Dashing toward the entrapped Bahamut, Asura readies its sword and pierce the dreadwyrm with them one after the other. Bahamut's shrieks of pain can be heard resounding all over the place—

So long as the Legendary Eidolons are allowed to continue doing their work, Bahamut shouldn't have long left.

"What do you think you are doing?"

Suddenly appearing before the Heroes of Light on Alexander's back, is the Empress herself. She looks radically different from last time they'd seen her. No smile, no bemusement. Only a mixture of anger and sorrow. She has a black crystal in hand, and without any other word in the way of words or warnings—

> Calamity Corruption
Kuja, Adrien and Corrin are surrounded by a purple aura and their eyes change hue, becoming purple. They will now fight against the Heroes of Light at Ramaa's side.

> Summon Bahamut
Bahamut-Egi appears behind Ramaa. This smaller version of Bahamut is 1.5 times the size of a regular human.

> Gift of Crystallis
Bahamut-egi and the three Corrupted Heroes get the following effects: Barrier, MBarrier, Regen, Haste (two attacks per turn) and Aura (melodies are usable even at full health). Ramaa was already under the Gift of Crystallis effect upon arriving.

> Time Kompression
All of Ramaa's skills used during the next two turns will be stocked. They will be unleashed at once in three turns.

The following effects are applied the Heroes of Light:

Blessing of Vaikuntha EX: +100% to all stats
Melodies of Life: Regen 15% of maximum health per turn.
Zodiark's Gift: Immunity to Time and Gravity attacks.
Alexander's Gift: +50% Defense
Asura's Gift: +50% Attack
Phoenix's Gift: Phoenix Downs are raining upon the battlefield. They will raise dead characters with 40% of their health. A maximum of three can be used each turn. A total of twenty can be used across the entire battle before they stop working. Picking up and using a Phoenix Down counts as using a turn.

Corrupted Heroes of Light are also affected by these effects. If all the Heroes of Light die, the four Legendary Eidolons will withdraw and be unable to finish their job.

Ramaa's Health: 100%
Bahamut-egi's Health: 100%
Calamity Kuja's Health: 100%
Calamity Adrien's Health: 100%
Calamity Corrin Health: 100%

The real battle begins now.

[Please use this form when posting your attack and what its effects are. You can RP normally in prose as usual, but appropriately using the form will make it easier to keep track of what's going on.]

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"If you must know, Ramaa my dear, we were just thwarting your-"
And then the violet energy struck him. Despair. Hate. Rage and misery enough to scythe a planet clean, building in his gut, not the fire of a supernova but the terrible, all-consuming darkness of a black hole.

What was the point? What had they been fighting for, anyway, to prolong the inevitable? To stave off the end? Kuja knew what awaited, lurking within the darkness of eternity. If not Narayana, then Necron. If not Necron, then perhaps some other ancient horror, waiting for the opportunity to snuff out existence. "She's right, you know. I never thought about it- refused to, more like. But what are we even doing? A few pathetic, mortal men, struggling in vain to stave off entropy?" He speaks, now, with a cold, detached melancholy he hadn't felt since before Vaikuntha. Dimly, a part of him realizes that he can't remember something- something important, what was it? Someone had said something that was important to him, had shaped him into who he was today...

Do you think a defect like you could last forever?

All he can remember is Garland. Garland, father, maker, tormentor, enemy- and he'd been working for him the whole time!

You'll be dead, soon. Even as you die, you'll have died without ever leaving your mark on the world.

For a brief moment, Kuja watches dispassionately as his body changes, silver-white bleeding into crimson- as the Silver Dragon beneath him changes too, tainted by the Calamity's Violet in the eyes- and it takes off into the sky. "Once, they called me Reaper. An angel of death, come to cleanse the world and make way for a new one. A better one- and here Ramaa intends to do the same. Her victory is as inevitable as the dying of the stars- and you all seem to think you can fight it. How? Just by believing you can? It's time, I think, to dispel some delusions that you've all been laboring under. Now how did that line go, it was one of Avon's best, I thought- ah, yes." It's almost like a dance, the way he soars through the air, dozens- hundreds of orbs collecting around him, around the Silver Dragon that screams its rage at the rabble collected below.

MELODY LEVEL 3
TRANCE

"Cower now, brief mortals! For I am Death, 'gainst whom no lock may hold, nor fastened portal bar!"

> Shockwave (The Heroes of Light | AOE)
Deals Medium Non-elemental Magic damage.
> Focused Ultima (The Heroes of Light | AOE)
Deals Extreme Non-elemental Magic damage, doubled.

Corrin sees the purple vortex beginning to surround her. "What's going-" but then she begins to feel the change coming over her. "NO-" Is the only thing she has time to yell before it takes hold of her. That's right...she remembers now; the lessons her father taught her. Cull the weak, crush all who oppose you, and let no one, not friends or family stand in your way. There is only conquest; nothing else matters.

She is quick to pick her first target. It would have been that mewling fisherman's son, but the coward vanished before Corrin remembered herself. So she'll settle for the annoyingly peppy girl who seems to think herself Corrin's friend. Conquerors do not have friends; the very thought of it offends her to her core. [Selphie] will suddenly feel her strength begin to sap as Corrin hits her with a [Draconic Hex] before following it up with a surge of lightning from her fingers as she attempts to hit the girl with a [Mjölnir] to the back. "Thank you, my lady, for reminding me who I am." Corrin laughs, but it is a cold, arrogant, domineering one, devoid of her usual warmth and kindness. "I am a conqueror. Let the battle be joined."

> Draconic Hex (Selphie | Single Target)
A draconic curse that lowers a single target's parameters by 1 rank each; recover 1 rank per turn.

> Mjölnir (Selphie | Single Target)
Moderate lightning damage against a single foe; critical hits deal 4x damage.

Calamity Noble Stats
Physical Power: B
Magical Power: S
Attack Potency: C (Reduced to D for this turn by previous turn's Ragnarok)
Healing Potency: D
Physical Defense: C (Boosted to B by Shadow Yato)
Magical Defense: A (Boosted to S by Shadow Yato)
Speed: E

Black Shadow Yato also boosting evasion

When Tyzias charges Ramaa, there is no defiant yell. No proclamation of victory. Just pure, raw, undiluted hate in her eyes. The sheer animosity Tyzias emanates almost has a physical force, wrath and determination rolling off of her in waves.

Despite the skill displayed in [Redglare's Wrath], what the troll does next can't be described as "beautiful" or "elegant," as so many master fighters strive to be. It's efficient. Brutal. Blades that are almost too fast to track arcing towards Ramaa at precise, geometrical angles. Two entire clips of pistol ammo unloaded into the Empress. Even a series of brass-knuckled and steel-toed strikes, all aimed at nerve centers to inflict the maximum amount of pain possible and to cause internal bleeding. And she finishes off with a single, cruel slice of Redglare's Blades, aimed to cut off or cripple the Empress's arm.

She's so caught up in the troll battle frenzy that she almost doesn't notice Corrin's betrayal. "CORRIN!" she yells hoarsely as she executes the final strike, whirling around to face her friend. She didn't know that her hatred of Ramaa could go any higher, but here they are. Shooting one last glance at Ramaa, she curses and dashes forward to intercept Corrin, placing herself between the noble and any of her potential targets.

ATTACK
> Redglare's Wrath (Ramaa | Special [Single Target])
Inflicts the studied status on all enemies, then may remove studied status of any target to attack them with a severe physical combo that inflicts severe bleed damage for five turns. The caster can choose to only target one enemy instead to double damage with the option of permanently maiming the target (i.e. taking an arm and an eye).

ACTIVE BUFFS
> Stats Lore (Cast by Rutile | AOE)
Doubles the effect of buffs applied to allies and debuffs applied to enemies. (Note: I already applied this to every buff to save the mod team some math.)

> Camouflage (Cast by Tressa | AOE)
Increases party evasion by 20%.

> Brotherhood (Cast by Castor | AOE)
Increases party Attack Potency by 20%.

> Protect (Cast by Madhuri | AOE)
Increases party Physical Defense and Magical Defense by 10%.

> Succor (Cast by Rutile | AOE)
Places a shield on all allies that will absorb damage up to 14% of their max health.

> Aria of Narayana (Cast by Uendo | AOE)
Increases the stats of all allies by 100% when fighting an enemy using the powers of the Calamity.

> Blessing of Vaikuntha EX (Cast by Vaikuntha | AOE)
+200% to all stats.

> Melodies of Life (Cast by Vaikuntha | AOE)
Regen 30% of maximum health each turn.

> Asura's Gift (Cast by Asura| AOE)
+100% Attack Potency.

> Alexander's Gift (Cast by Alexander | AOE)
+100% Physical Defense and Magical Defense.

> Moonsetter Scales Stance (Tyzias | Single Target)
Quadruples* evasion chances, but halves Physical Defense and Magical Defense. When Tyzias evades an attack, she can use Deduction Cutter on her next turn without spending an action.

> Sunslammer Gavel Stance (Tyzias | Single Target)
Quadruples* the chance of a critical hit, but halves Physical Defense and Magical Defense. When Tyzias lands a critical hit, she can use Deduction Cutter on her next turn without spending an action.

*I'm uncertain whether Stats Lore would increase the doubling from Moonsetter and Sunslammer to tripling or quadrupling. Up to the mods' discretion.

Klonoa blanches under the massive damage inflicted in just a few moments, but it's... not as bad as it could have been. All the eidolons seem to be strengthening him, or some other kind of force. But that doesn't mean it wasn't extremely potent. And he knows the source a little too well. What Kuja did.

If he had been there, it would have been his job to stop him.

Klonoa runs towards him at an angle, and hops up onto Bowser's shoulder, jumping off of him into the air directly towards Kuja as he holds the Wind Ring out in front of him and--

> Wind Bullet (Kuja | Single Target)

Frisk on the other hand, was prepping their victory speech as soon as they saw that Bahamut had been contained. They practically had this in the bag now, th--

--and then everything goes to shit. Again. Despite knowing that something like this was bound to be coming, seeing Kuja--Kuja, of all people--be targeted for the Empress's bullshit mind control move was infuriating.

But you know what?

Screw it.

Saving the world could wait.

They were going to save their friend first. Time for some good, old-fashioned ACTing.

With their [Soft Prescience] and frankly quite ludicrous speed, Frisk flashsteps out of the way of both of Kuja's spells and onto the head of silver dragon.

He probably wouldn't appreciate cliches, so... got it. Frisk opens with a quote from the book they'd given Kuja such a long time ago. "'What are the affairs of mortal men compared to gods?'" they yell over the clangor of battle, activating [Transience] "'What indeed, except more valorous, more glorious? For we, mere ants on this physical plane, accomplish great feats of heroism without immortality or eternal youth to cradle us. Some say that our deeds are limited by our mere mortal lives, but I must argue the negative. It is because we are mere mortals that our lives have meaning! Our spark will eventually die out, yes, but the pages it burns into history will be ever more meaningful because of it! And so is kindness and goodness too valued, because we are limited, because our sacrifices and our empathy mean something!'"

They grin a wild, desperate grin as they walk down Opalescenece's neck, towards Kuja. Time for the big punch. Quoting their own commentary, they say, "'Okay, yeah. Some of the stuff this guy thinks in the book is pretty crappy? But this is some real shit here. Kuja, I know you're scared sometimes of... of, well, a lot of things. But if you did live forever, what would be the point? You can moan and grumble about not needing friends all you'd like, but the kindness me, Snow, everyone has shown you... you can't deny that it's made you better. It's helped you recover. And no matter what, you can't abandon that.'"

SKILL
> Transience (Frisk | Single Target)
Automatically evades next attack, then retaliates with a powerful physical combo.

ACTIVE BUFFS
> Stats Lore (Cast by Rutile | AOE)
Doubles the effect of buffs applied to allies and debuffs applied to enemies. (Note: I already applied this to every buff to save the mod team some math.)

> Camouflage (Cast by Tressa | AOE)
Increases party evasion by 20%.

> Brotherhood (Cast by Castor | AOE)
Increases party Attack Potency by 20%.

> Protect (Cast by Madhuri | AOE)
Increases party Physical Defense and Magical Defense by 10%.

> Succor (Cast by Rutile | AOE)
Places a shield on all allies that will absorb damage up to 14% of their max health.

> Aria of Narayana (Cast by Uendo | AOE)
Increases the stats of all allies by 100% when fighting an enemy using the powers of the Calamity.

> Blessing of Vaikuntha EX (Cast by Vaikuntha | AOE)
+200% to all stats.

> Melodies of Life (Cast by Vaikuntha | AOE)
Regen 30% of maximum health each turn.

> Asura's Gift (Cast by Asura | AOE)
+100% Attack Potency.

> Alexander's Gift (Cast by Alexander | AOE)
+100% Physical Defense and Magical Defense.

> Soft Prescience (Frisk | Single Target)
Allows user to see 0.5 seconds into the future.

> LOVE (Frisk| Single Target)
Increases Attack Potency by +100%, decreases Healing Potency by -50%.

> Bravery (Frisk | Single Target)
Increases Speed by +100%, decreases HP by -5% of maximum every turn.

> Integrity (Frisk | Single Target)
Increases Physical Power and Magical Power by 100%, decreases Physical Defense and Magical Defense by -50%.

> Blank File x3 (Frisk | Single Target)
Increases maximum health by +60%.

> Smokescreen (Frisk | Single Target)
Frisk is "invisible" while they want to be for 2 more turns.

It all happened far too quickly after Selphie's spell missed its target. First Ramaa was there with a black crystal and then someone that she considered a friend was hit with a spell that the SeeD was familiar with, but not in its current form. She felt the power from the Eidolons filling her body with light just as a sickening lurch caused the brunette to stagger.

She heard Corrin speaking in a manner that was far from her usual character. Falling to one knee as the Draconic Hex hit her, Selphie felt the sensation of lightning running through her body. There were sparks flooding her vision briefly before she felt another presence before her. Looking up, the brunette saw someone blocking part of the attack as she shook her head in disbelief.

"You shouldn't have done that, Corrin..." Selphie muttered as she got back on her feet as fast as she could.

Staring blankly at Tyzias's back, Selphie gripped her staff tightly before readying Fire Mastery to retaliate against her friends' sudden betrayal.

> Fire Mastery (Corrin | Single Target)
Power to control the fire element and focus it into single-target attacks.

Well, this wasn't good. Not only did Ramaa cast spells much faster, but now three of their own had turned against them? And just when things were starting to look up, too.

Uendo didn't know the corrupted Heroes well enough to try talking them out of it. The best he could do was to grant everyone more protection against the incoming onslaught, as well as give an edge to their attacks. Hoisting the shamisen in his arms, he took a deep breath and began to sing.

> Aria of Narayana (All allies | AOE)
Mythical song that increases the stats of all allies by 50% when fighting an entity using a Spawn of the Calamity or an entity using its powers.

Adrien doesn't have much of a chance to yell because he knows what the purple aura is before he's affected too. He doesn't want to turn against... Turn against who now? He's properly serving his Lady Ramaa and his allies.

> Enchaned Counter (Adrien | Single Target)
Passive skill. Buffs potency of the next skill by 10% and automatically respond with a weak sword combo when hit by an attack.

> Eye for an Eye (Tyzias | Single Target)
Reply with a powerful sword combo whenever an ally is hit for a turn.

> Eye for an Eye (Klonoa | Single Target)
Reply with a powerful sword combo whenever an ally is hit for a turn.

> Eye for an Eye (Selphie | Single Target)
Reply with a powerful sword combo whenever an ally is hit for a turn.

He moved rapidly to retaliate against every single individual who attacked his Lady and allies, sword and body a blur until the assault finished. It's apparent to those too that his swordmaster style was different - that of a fencer using a blade, making sure to keep each strike precise before returning back to his friends' side. Green eyes swirling with purple haze, he grinned.

"Hahaha, wasn't that fun? Come at me..."

> Flurry (Uendo | Single Target)
Medium sword combo on a single-target, reduces their defense by 10%. Cannot be stacked with another Swordmaster's Flurry.

> Eye for an Eye (Adrien | Single Target)
Reply with a powerful sword combo whenever an ally is hit for a turn.

The changed look in their eyes is more than enough to give Red a halting pause-- a moment of hesitation in winding up what would otherwise have been an easy attack to make. But when that sickening violent hue struck them and took over their eyes, there was no such hestiation to be found from his former allies--

No. They were still his allies. His friends. Was he any different when he heard those blaring, mind-warping words in his head? They were just twisted by that foul magic. By Ramaa.

He had tired of seeing her fifty loops ago. But now? He was starting to hate her.

All the same, he knew what he had to do. He wasn't going to try and attack them-- they'd be hurting enough from what they were made to do. Red would simply have to hold his ground and choke down his anger through the attacks that Kuja threw his way-- he was never that good at talking to people at times like these. Not even Corrin.

But if he couldn't cut the strings, he'd go straight for the puppet master. And with his indignation mixing with the adrenaline of fifty deaths inside him, DAHAK was all but aglow with energy he was itching to release. Its hand was raised. A whine of energy and a flash of blue light swelled out from the palm.

He didn't have any words to speak he hadn't spoken a few dozen times already. •Magitek Judgment would be the only answer Ramaa would get out of him.

> Magitek Judgment (Ramaa | Single Target)
Inflicts powerful non-elemental damage to an enemy. (Under effects of Magitek Armor = 200% Damage)

Existing buff synopsis:

> Sentinel (Madhuri | Single Target, prior phase)
Raises defense by 10% (on Red) and takes all damage aimed at a single target (Madhuri)

> Magitek Armor (Red | Single Target, prior phase)
Transfers to a Magitek Armor and shields the user with it. Skills can be used either by the pilot or by the Magitek Armor's weaponry. Skills used by the Magitek Armor have doubled efficiency.

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Finn had already switched to Calamity Knight in anticipation of Ramaa showing up, but he hadn't expected all of this. He should have, though. They knew she had Calamity Knight mastered, and he knew this was one of the skills. They should have... prepared for it? Something! He should have done something!

It was a bit late now, though. "If she could control more, she would!" he tried to tell the others. "Subdue them! If we break one out, she'll take someone else!"

He didn't really know if that was true, seeing as how her abilities were different. Still, they needed to fix this as soon as possible. He sprinted forward and attacked with Hell Judgment, well aware that he likely needed to stay alive to keep Zodiark on the field.

> Hell Judgment (All Villains | AOE)
Summon dark energy and focuses it into a powerful blast hitting all targets.

It was hard to believe that before the loops even began (just four days ago, even), Ena had been so ready to die. She had accepted her fate. She was ready to go in that first battle with Bahamut, and she would have been satisfied in whatever afterlife she might have ended up in.

But they came back. Again, and again, and again.

And so when they rose again after that first attack, she found herself more ready than ever.

What didn't kill her just made her stronger.

When Ramaa appeared, Ena remembered how she felt when they first went to her palace and dined with her so many moons ago: impressed, admiration, understanding.

But that was gone now.

Instead, along with the strain and stress of reliving the same three days for cumulative months, she was disappointed. Ramaa would be a lesson for her - she must never follow in her footsteps, or allow anyone else to control her with absurd power.

And so, her newfound strength stamping out her instinct to flee, she decides to do what she can to free at least one of their companions from a similar fate. With her Draconic Sorcerer equipped, Ena casts Dispel Magic on Corrin. Considering how great of a foe they were up against, the chances of it working was slim, but if it worked, it would be a huge boon for them.

> Dispel Magic (Corrin | Single Target)
Remove source and effect of magic. Efficiency depends on level of spell being targeted and skill level of original caster.

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Marinette was tired of this. Of the fighting, of the looping, of just everything. Dying and being revived again was unnerving, but there were more important things to think about right now. There'd be plenty of time to worry about what all of this meant later.

The appearance of Ramaa and the purple energy enveloping their friends was certainly enough to snap her back to the present. And sure, she knew she should be trying to focus on Ramaa or Bahamut or whatever, but to be quite honest, none of those things mattered to her as much as Adrien did.

She'd come with Summoner equipped, and Egi-Titania hovered just behind her shoulder. Up until this point, she'd just been standing by to see what happened while everyone else did their thing.

Now, though, her focus was solely on the blonde. "Adrien, stop. This isn't you!"

[OOC: She's not actively attacking or using skills, so I didn't use the form, but I'll absolutely come back to edit this if it's necessary. c:]

They had everything in place. Even if Ramaa would turn some of their friends against them, they still had everything in check. It was time to hit, and hit hard.

With nothing holding him back, he focused on Ramaa and tapped into frustration that had been building over and over onto itself no less than fifty times. He sheathed his weapon and the cold died down. His eyes burned yellow as he gave a primal roar.

> Berserk
Gains the Berserk status but loses controls of oneself. Doubles attack power and gains resistance to status ailments, resulting in attacking the target mindlessly till the battle ends. Cannot use skills. Can be cleansed with Esuna.

> Spellblade (Elemental) Type: Ice (Used prior turn)
Imbues weapon with the power of one of the four elements.

> Martial Arts
Enables the use of basic martial arts when no weapon is equipped. Skills can be channeled through attacks using the basic martial arts.

Everything else bled into red. The tunnel vision was on Ramaa as he rushed forward with an icy punch, humanity gone.

> Skill? There is only FIST (Ramaa | Single Target)
He doesn't need fancy tricks to renovate your ass, lady.

Watching some of their own number turn against them almost immediately is... Disheartening, to say the least. Plague Knight doesn't even laugh once as he weathers Kuja's attack with everyone else, "Now would be the time to do what you all do." he says, simply, tossing a vial up into the sky where it shatters, raining healing light on the Heroes wounded by their own.

> Mega Potion | AOE
Expensive group hp restoration

"Thank you, dear," she called to Plague Knight with a nod, before she gave the staff a twirl and initiated a Job Change.

Job Swap: White Mage -> Spellbinder

"Preparing for inspiration! I thought you'd appreciate some backup." A smile to Uendo, and she quickly began tuning up...

"Oh..."

Shit. This was bad. What was he supposed to do if three people on their sided betrayed them. Or were they mind controlled? He had no clue. Who was doing this? Ramaa? Tiny Bahamut? Which one did he have to kill first?

Easy. Both of them. They gotta take down thie Empress and the dragon at the same time.

"Yo! Ugly lizard!" He taunted the Eidolon and ran at Bahamut to Tackle him. "Go back to where you came!"

Tackle (Bahamut | Single Target)
Deals low damage to a single target but closes the gap with them, up to 15 feet. Unlocks the first and second Chakras upon use.

The first thought that comes to Minimus is "I have to put myself between them and the others". The next is a retort that he is not wearing the Magnus suit and his tiny true self makes for a poor barrier of protection. Either way, they were against powerful foes, even though Bahamut was greatly reduced in strength.

He held his spear to the sky to enact Wrath of Heaven on their opponents, even to buy them a little bit of time. "Keep together, everyone! Don't get reckless!" The latter order was probably not going to be completely followed, but he hoped they all listened to the former.

> Wrath of Heaven (AOE)
Summons a blinding pillar of golden light that stuns and temporarily blinds foes. The effect is greater against demonic forces and those who use black and illusion magic, dealing moderate damage.

Naoto doesn't change jobs, but continues to observe and guide Asura. Damn Ramaa for doing that to Bahamut, and damn her for taking control of their allies. It's like Kunino-Sagiri all over again, but worse given the variety of attacks their opponents have. They needed to take Ramaa and Bahamut out, but attacking her or the others triggered Adrien to attack.

... Or, not every attack. He didn't respond at attacks that hit them all. He did attack Red and he was going for Kanji, but - what was that? He stopped? He still went at Okuyasu.

Her eyes flitted around and noticed Marinette. She had yelled at him...

"... Keep talking to him!"

Meanwhile, she raised her staff.

> Runic (Naoto Shirogane | Single Target)
Protects self and reduces damages from the next attack by 25%.

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> Enhanced Counter (Self | Single Target)
Passive skill. Buffs potency of the next skill by 10% and automatically respond with a weak sword combo when hit by an attack. (Applied last turn, in preparation)
> Eye for an Eye (Self | Single Target)
Reply with a powerful sword combo whenever an ally is hit for a turn. (Applied last turn, waiting to be proc-ed when next ally is hit)

As Ramaa appeared, Sephiroth couldn't help but begin to split a sardonic grin as he held his stance ready for the first attack. So it did work; all four legendary eidolons were out in the battle with Bahamut, now it was time to see if they were really all prepared for the final showdown. It had taken months; now or never.

Ever as three of their number immediately succumbed to Calamity corruption, Sephiroth's grin only wavered a touch, it makes no difference to him who the enemy is, only that he personally must be allowed to endure to see the World at the end of this battle. It's very much a case that he's spent already way too many months tolerating the Heroes of Light as a collective, where if a few sacrifices needed to be made, then so be it.

Sephiroth leaps into action against one of the corrupted heroes, with no intention of holding back.

> Shooting Star (Adrien | Single Target)
Medium sword combo on a single-target, reduces their attack power by 10%. Cannot be stacked with another Swordmaster's Shooting Star.

Prescience is very, very nice.

Look, it's not that he wasn't trusting him, or that he was expecting something else, it's just that

...Asriel did not need Prescience to know to dodge way the heck out of the way of Kuja's giant explosive death attack. He has been staying way the heck away from him, and to be honest, most people that he recognizes, ever since this thing started. Asriel recognizes the look of a musician trying to gear up, and to be perfectly honest, he's feeling the rock and roll magic right now. The rock and roll magic that literally causes effects on reality. That, and he's not close enough to Kuja to--help him, so he throws magic out onto Madhuri.

"HEY CAN YOU MAKE US NOT DIE A BIT MORE THANKS"

> Haste (Madhuri | Single Target)
Take an extra turn.

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