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15strangers2017-12-22 08:14 am
strangerpeople) wrote in 15strangers2017-12-22 08:14 am
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FINAL TRIAL
[Soon after the final clue it found, the large set of double doors at the end of the hall finally open.
And beyond is what Nyaf-ya calls the Room of Reckoning. And this room is...]
[...rather impressive. Large, for certain. Maybe a bit too large for the space it would have to occupy beneath the mall, or to have light streaming from the windows, all things considered. But given everything else that the surviving strangers have encountered, this might not be the strangest thing with this situation overall.
There is a wooden throne at the top of the staircase, and at the bottom of the staircase are four large, comfortable-looking sitting pillows - one green, one orchid, one gold, and one pink. The red pillars surrounding the staircase are also decorated with markings that definitely don't look like they fit the aesthetic of the room.
There are also two low hot pot induction cooker tables in the great hall area before the staircase. One table has six spots, all with sitting pillows, each with a name written onto a paper placed carefully on a plate. When everyone sits at their place, they will find that the stove in the center is already heated and ready to go, and every imaginable ingredient for a proper barbecue and hot pot meal is available to them for cooking. A pitcher of their favorite drink is also next to each respective cup.
And, once everyone finds their place, their phone pings with a message.]
Once you've figured everything out, the Boss....wants to talk to you. She doesn't want to fight. Not this time. Please, take your time, but please be careful, ok? The rules of the Game are still in effect.
We're rooting for you. I know you'll find a way!
It's time to finally answer the questions the Titled have about why they are here - and face the Masterminds behind the Game.
Good luck, Titled.]
BOSS: ATTACK?
As for those down below...it lets out another screech. However, this one isn't just annoying to the ears: it makes gusts of wind come out from its mouth.]
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Her legs are strong. Very strong. She can get up there. She can. She believes. ]
Watch out down below!
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We're good! Just be careful up there!
[ Said as he's smiling widely, having full faith in her but they are still teammates so there's no harm in saying it. ]
BOSS: ATTACK
Spinning her body in rapid succession, the bird comes straight at Croix and Karma and plops itself down on the ground...and proceeds to fly back up and slam itself back down several times. The force of the Noise brings a new worry to the team: popping out of strange pockets come boulders tumbling towards them all.]
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Witches, look out! This thing is about as bad as a cockatrice and twice as angry!
[ She's not sure how much longer she can hold on, but you know what, she is giving it her best effort. She is going to try to bring this beast downward. ]
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Chariot, be careful!
[ If the barbed wire barrier holds, she is going to just keep an eye on everything and try to stay out of the way of the damn bird because she is thoroughly useless.
Unless she's allowed to fight fire with fire on the noise front and find some kind of annoying ringtone and amp it up high enough and loud enough to fuck with the bird? Listen, if she's annoyed, she's distracted. ]
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He's able to avoid that initial divebomb, but it's the damn boulders popping out and tumbling towards them that could be the problem. Thankfully he has swift reflexes so he was able to dodge any that would have otherwise hit him, gaze flicking over toward Croix to make sure she was alright. ]
It's kind of making it difficult to get an opening, isn't it?
[ Slightly irritated but raring to go, eyes turning up now to Chariot to see what she'll be able to do. ]
BOSS: CHARGE UP
It begins to glow, and a circle of fiery light begins to form beneath Karma and Croix's feet...]
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[ Chariot is going to take the opportunity of it charging up to begin hacking away at it as much as she possibly can... with the dagger she strapped to her leg... specifically, her ankle. Now's the time to unsheathe it and use it, because her legs are much more agile, powerful, and stronger, and she is going to use everything she's got.
She's also going to use the blade in her good hand a few times for good measure, or attempt to, and then jump off the bird. She doesn't like it charging up and she doubts she wants to stay on it. ]
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That was his opening.
He was close enough that he started to quickly gather some energy in his fists, to the point that the aura around them started to somewhat resemble jaws of some kind of beast. Grinning, Karma bolted forwards the rest of the way and jumped up amidst unleashing one of those fists up toward the bird itself with everything he had.
Let's see how you like THAT! ]
BOSS: ATTACK
And, indeed, admittedly, the creature is slightly distracted, using its water whip tail to lash at Chariot as she stabs. Its not painful. It's simply annoying.
Then, she is hit by Karma's punch. Hard. It staggers her for a moment. But, only a moment.
And one moment later, she flaps her wings, hard, and screams.
It turns out that the glowing circles - now fiery circles on the ground - are in fact the safest spots all around the area. They would still damage the two who stood in them, but probably not as much as the sudden gale force winds, with giant falling rocks being tossed around in completely random directions.
Indeed, the spots with the fire seem to be shielded from the damage of what could only be described as a "rocks fall, everyone dies" attack. Well, more like a "rock are flung around in hurricane-force winds, everyone is having a bad time" attack. But the result is the same.
Injury is not going to be easy to avoid this time. Even if this lasts for only a few seconds.]
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If her assumption is right, all she can do is put some barbed wire around Karma--to try to protect him from the falling rocks. Here's hoping.
Either way she is probably going to at least get a little scorched, at worst get the tail end of a rock. She is making sure Croix is safe no matter what. ]
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The winds picked up and he wasn't blind to the rocks that were being tossed about, causing him to frown and pull back from where he'd been, ducking to avoid a rock and looking over to see Chariot grabbing Croix to take her to one of those flaming circles, followed by wires suddenly materializing around him in a protective manner. It was better than being left completely exposed, and yet it didn't entirely prepare him for one that he hadn't seen coming that collided with his left side.
It felt awful as the force threw him into the other side of the protective barbed wires around him, the thick material of his jacket and gloves stopping him from being injured by them. Not like the awful pain that lanced through his side, leaving his ears ringing and the breath somewhat knocked out of him, his shoulder having took the worst of the hit and there'd be bruising later. ]
...Damn it...
[ No other rocks seemed to be coming close to hitting him, moving and narrowly missing one that scraped across the surface of the wires afterward. ]
BOSS: ATTACK
The bird is just going to follow up with snapping her water-whip tail at them once the massive attack she unleashed subsides.]
FUSION TIME
[ She avoids the tail with ease after that--it's way easier to dodge. And with Croix next to her, and Karma hurt... now seems like the best time. She clutches that blank pin she'd had with her, in her skirt pocket.
She believes in them. They can do this.
She pictures all those smiling faces, Goro, everyone, her students. Pictures the beauty of Akko opening up the Grand Triskellion... ]
Croix! We can do this, it's now or never--extend your hand! Adventure awaits! Noctu... Orfei...
LET'S FUCKIN' DO THIS
[ She sees it, too, in her head. The brilliant future they're fighting for, shining brightly before them. All they need do is hold on to it. ]
Aude... Fraetor!
[ It's not actually the Claiomh Solais. They don't have that here, and it's gone. But to them, that which granted the future two girls prayed for... Of course it's what they visualize, and what they decide to call out. And what they unleash? Is a brilliant barrage of glimmering, green arrows to rain down upon Yotsuyu. ]
BOSS: ATTACK
Flapping her wings, it seems that she may prepare another wind storm. However, she simply turns her body and spins quickly, slamming into the ones on the ground. The phrase 'Hits like a bus' is very accurate.]
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Don't worry about me, I'm fine!!
[ Then there was that impressive attack by the witches, which he would commend them for if it wasn't for the fact that the attack had consequently pissed her off and he didn't have nearly enough time to react as the bird slammed into him around the same time as a sharp, vivid, phantom pain hit him and it was almost too much as he hit the ground, nearly breathless.
That hurt more than he could explain, adding in his pain and what was probably Akira's. He registered that he'd called out to him, too. He was done with playing nice here. There was only one solution and he wasn't about to give up yet. ]
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She hurts. She aches. Being slammed to the ground like that made her vision swim for a minute. But damn it, she is going to hurt this bird if it's the last thing she does. ]
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BOSS: ???
It simply stops.
The floor underneath starts to ripple like water and she dives under. The good news however is that Chariot is not taken with her, instead landing a bit away from her team.
...what just happened?]
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It's doing something. Be careful!