Tom D01s11

TheTale: Day One - Evening. Out into the snows of the Glozenfeld.
TheTale: There's a carcass of a great monster hero, ferocious of fang and sharp of spine, frozen to the rock it died making its last stand on.
TheTale: It's said that it's sacred to the monsters. That great warriors make their pilgrimage to it.
TheTale: That the Boreal Hound, the terrible foe that threatens whole ships with its ice -
Eris‘ hops down from the ship and onto the snow, taking a moment to make sure the others are with her, before heading for the dead monster in search of bigger prey.
Linlea whistles quietly. "That was easy to find, at least."
Eris: "Well, we were given directions."
TheTale: - Is, well, but a pale shadow of its glory.
TheTale: You can see it there, on the lows. There’s fires burning beside it, which means that the monsters were near.
TheTale: Little shrines.
Zen walks quietly towards the giant formation- no, body- looking around carefully
Linlea glances over at Zen. "You were talking about wanting to set up a trap for this thing earlier, right?"
Zen: "Becautious, our target is dangerous enough to strand ships. Yeah, that's the plan"
Eris: "That might be difficult with small fry around." Eris gestures towards the fires.
Zen looks at the snow around them "Not a fan of the snow, but even here there are tracks, and hints. Snow is also easy to make flow and it, well, snowballs with ease"
TheTale: The fires are left burning - there don't seem to be any monsters keeping them, right now.
TheTale: Clusters of tracks suggest that patrols oft visit this place.
TheTale: …But don't linger for long.
Zen looks to the side, and starts heading that way, first a vantage point, observe the surroundings, see whom their target might be accompanied with, and set up a possible trap [Survivalist]
Linlea chews at her lip. "We just have to lay low and ambush them when they come to pray or whatever it is they do here, right?"
Maria: "Something like that."
Eris‘ stands near one of the fire pits while Zen does his thing. "Seems like."
TheTale: There’s only one set of tracks big enough to belong to the Hound - it seems to travel on its own, and its paw-prints each leave a sheet of frozen solid ice beneath them.
TheTale: Judging from the age - the way the snow has poured into some with the wind, worn over and over…
TheTale: …It should be back soon, approaching from the west, passing through the shadow of that hill.
TheTale: The frozen, silent eye of the long-lost hero watches over you.
Eris‘ nods towards Linlea. "You might as well get to higher ground before it doubles back."
Zen looks at the hill, nods, returns to the party "Alright, signs show he’ll be coming by here. Let's stay low and in cover, a little ways up the hill so we can strike from above once he comes into view, not too far you can't reach the bottom in a few paces"
Maria: "Sounds like a plan."
Zen nods at Eris, who had basically the same idea. He goes set up some cover, this is going to be great
[OOC] Zen: Peter I forgot, using a Special requires a point of luck, right?
Charlotte: "Simple plans are usually the best."
[OOC] TheTale: If your special says it requires spending a point of luck, yes! I think yours does.
Eris‘ debates killing the fire before heading up, then decides against it.
Charlotte: "Or at least the easiest to not mess up."
[OOC] Zen: Then this is a Vicious Ambush for one luck
Linlea gets into position. For once she’s relatively quiet eyeing her surroundings.
TheTale: You dig in.
TheTale: Even wrapped against it in furs, it cuts deep. It's quite the wait.
TheTale: You might stop and wonder, whether the thing is really coming…
TheTale: …And there it is.
Eris‘ waits for Linlea to fire the first shot, then leaps from her hiding spot and at the beast in a flash!
TheTale: A tremendous wolf, its fur-coat spiked in long shards, intermingled with shining ice-shards. Rainbow-like shimmers flow along it. When it steps, there’s a hiss - water flowing out from its pawprint, only to refreeze in an instant.
Maria bursts out of her spot right after Eris does, heading for the wolf!
Linlea has plenty of time to aim a shot at the beast while its standing about.
Zen waits until it's not paying attention to the party's general direction… Then directs the party to assault
Charlotte charges after the others, scythe at ready, her shadow flickering even more in the firelight than the others's.
TheTale: The arrow strikes true - piercing the beast in the eye. It snarls and spits, thrashing, falling into the shrine-fires for a moment.
[OOC] TheTale: Taking +20% Damage!
TheTale: Battle order: Boreal Hound [F]:0 Maria [F]:6 Charlotte [F]:7 Linlea [B]:8 Zen [F]:8 Eris [F]:9 Boreal Hound [F]:15 Boreal Hound [F]:30
TheTale: Status for Boreal Hound : [<span style="color: #008000;">====================</span>] Eyeless [+20%](U)
Linlea: "Uhh…"
Eris: "Yes?"
Zen: "Sorry, Hound, but you're going to have to find a new body after this"
[OOC] Zen: Single target with the triple-act ability
[OOC] Zen: It's a boss, it's going to be a fucking pain
Linlea: "Was kind of hoping for a one shot wonder, but this will do."
TheTale: "Hfnk…." It paws at its eye for a moment, before leaping back - it slashes at the ground, and a sheaf of ice goes flying for Linlea!
TheTale rolled 1d100 and got 98 ( Total: 98 ) for C80
TheTale: But it misses!
Eris: "Against a super? You're so adorable, Linlea."
Charlotte: "Well, at least there's twice as many of us this time."
Linlea ducks. "Hey! I can always dream, right? And god, you'd think the monsters would give up hitting me by now."
TheTale: Battle order: Maria [F]:0 Charlotte [F]:1 Linlea [B]:2 Zen [F]:2 Eris [F]:3 Boreal Hound [F]:9 Boreal Hound [F]:14 Boreal Hound [F]:24
TheTale: Status for Boreal Hound : [<span style="color: #008000;">====================</span>] Eyeless [+20%](U)
TheTale: Maria!
Maria charges at the wolf, leading the charge! [Forward Strike, 50D]
Maria rolled 1d100 and got 89 ( Total: 89 )
TheTale: "Fighting in the shadow of the great hero…"
[OOC] Maria: spending 1 luck to hit unless it has evasion
TheTale: …It's quick - Evasion 10!
Eris: "I'm pretty okay them missing you, honestly."
[OOC] Maria: never mind….
TheTale: "…There's no better place to die."
Eris: "You know."
TheTale: The Hound swats at Maria as she approaches, glaring her down. [Cold as Ice: Dangerous vs. targets that miss!]
Eris: "It's still weird having monsters talk."
TheTale: Charlotte!
TheTale: "Would you rather I keep my mouth full?"
TheTale: Battle order: Charlotte [F]:0 Linlea [B]:1 Zen [F]:1 Eris [F]:2 Boreal Hound [F]:8 Boreal Hound [F]:13 Boreal Hound [F]:23 Maria [F]:49
Maria: "Okay, it's not only quick on its feet, but you better hit when you attack. I don't like how it's looking at me right now!
Charlotte concentrates. [Mitigate, 15 CT]
TheTale: Linlea, Zen!
Eris‘ rolls a shrug. "It’s not a problem! Just odd - they don't talk where we're from."
Zen chuckles "Then think of them alse something else, Eris"
Maria: "You're definitely not from around here."
Linlea readies her bow and fires off an arrow at the Boreal Hound. [Out of Your League | Overdriver | 60D]
Linlea rolled 1d100 and got 97 ( Total: 97 ) for 80
[OOC] Linlea: Spending 2 luck.
[OOC] Linlea: Wait.
[OOC] Linlea: Evasion right. Guess I missed!
[OOC] TheTale: Takes 3 luck!
TheTale: Zen!
Zen runs towards the Boreal Hound "As for you" delivers a single sharp kick straight to the Hound's nose, turns to the side and offers him his shoulder, now being much closer [Beat Parry, 40D]
TheTale: It glares at Linlea. [Cold as Ice]
Zen rolled 1d100 and got 52 ( Total: 52 )
TheTale: It's a hit!
TheTale: The slash rings true. It bleeds shining ice.
Zen rolled 1d8+90 and got 7 ( Total: 97 ) for Physical, Melee, -30% damage against not-Zen on next action
Linlea: "That thing. What's that thing it's doing?"
[OOC] TheTale: 116]!
Charlotte: "We'll probably find out when it tries to murder you two."
TheTale: Eris!
Eris: "I want to say it's a property of shooters, but it seems more like a melee unit…? I suppose we'll see when it rips Maria a new one."
Eris‘ follows up after Zen with a quick slam of her hammer. [Attack Assist]
Eris` rolled 1d100 and got 20 ( Total: 20 )
TheTale: Wham! It’s a hit!
Eris‘ rolled d12+160,120% and got 2 ( Total: 194.4 )
[OOC] TheTale: 194]!
TheTale: The Wolf grits its teeth. [Aurora Shine] [Quickened!] [+1 MP]!
Eris` spins in place once, twice, then swings the hammer up and towards the beast’s mouth. [Kingpin] [70D]
Eris‘ rolled 1d100 and got 67 ( Total: 67 )
TheTale: It’s a Super!
Eris‘ rolled d12+320,120% and got 7 ( Total: 392.4 )
Eris: While also glowing briefly. {High Spark] to herself.
Eris` rolled d10+150 and got 10 ( Total: 160 )
TheTale: Wham! [392]!
Eris: As she whistles for Linlea. [-9D]
Linlea: "Since we’re resting after this can't you just keep doing that?"
Eris: "I don't know if we'll be resting, but I fully intend to go all out." Eris grins, slightly.
Linlea: "I thought we were going to play card games and then go to bed? Sortee isn't until tomorrow!"
Eris: "We'll see!"
TheTale: The Hound swats at Zen with its claw!
TheTale rolled 1d100 and got 84 ( Total: 84 )
TheTale: But can't catch him!
Zen just steps slightly to the left "Focus on the fight"
Zen looks at the Hound "At least someone in this fight should be doing that"
TheTale: It hops up onto a rock and turns its side, firing off shining ice-missiles at Maria, Eris and Charlotte!
TheTale rolled 3d100 and got 16, 66, 98 ( Total: 180 ) for 60 each
TheTale rolled d8*1.5+90*1.5 and got 4 ( Total: 141.0 )
TheTale: Hitting Maria for 141 physical damage!
Eris‘ slams her hammer into the approaching ice missle! "Tut tut, Zen. I am paying attention."
Linlea: "I’d say this thing can't hit very well but I did take out its eye. Sorry!"
[OOC] Maria: HP: 528/550, MP: 550/550, LP: 4/10, SoS: 137 - SAs deal +0% damage (U)
TheTale: It pounces down and slashes the ground, sending a sheaf of ice at Linlea!
TheTale rolled 1d100 and got 88 ( Total: 88 ) for 80
TheTale: But can't catch her!
[OOC] Maria: whoops recalcing that
Linlea side steps again. "Please stop throwing ice rocks at me!"
[OOC] Maria: HP: 439/550, MP: 550/550, LP: 4/10, SoS: 137 - SAs deal +0% damage (U)
Eris: "Well, you did shoot its eye out."
Charlotte hops to the side, letting the one coming towards herself miss. "It does kind of have an issue with you, yes."
TheTale: Battle order: Charlotte [F]:0 Boreal Hound [F]:18 Zen [F]:26 Boreal Hound [F]:27 Maria [F]:34 Linlea [B]:37 Boreal Hound [F]:38 Eris [F]:57
TheTale: Status for Boreal Hound : [<span style="color: #008000;">================ </span>] Eyeless [+20%](U)
TheTale: Charlotte!
Charlotte nods her head, shadow primed for healing. [35D, will go off if anyone takes 170+ damage]
[OOC] Zen: also right [Magical] footing
TheTale: The Hound concentrates and howls, and ice spikes go shooting up into the air! [Finishing Barrage]!
Eris: "Hmm…"
Linlea: "How can they call an attack 'Finishing Barrage' when they haven't even hit with one yet? If I don't get to do a one shot wonder they don't either!"
TheTale: Battle order: Zen [F]:0 Boreal Hound [F]:1 Maria [F]:8 Charlotte [F]:9 Linlea [B]:11 Boreal Hound [F]:12 Spikes:12 Eris [F]:31 Spikes:32 Boreal Hound [F]:52 Spikes:52 Spikes:72 Spikes:92
TheTale: Status for Boreal Hound : [<span style="color: #008000;">================ </span>] Eyeless [+20%](U)
TheTale: Zen!
Eris: "Low-HP seaking missles, dear."
Maria pouts. "I was hit."
Charlotte: "That's a lot of time cards."
Eris: "Mmhm."
Linlea quietly sighs to herself. "I miss time cards."
Eris‘ glances back at Linlea over her shoulder.
Zen looks up at the missiles midair, looks at the hound, spins around once more and kicks it in the nose again before putting himself in front of Maria [Covering Strike, 45D]
Zen rolled 1d100 and got 56 ( Total: 56 ) for 80 CoS
Zen rolled 1d8+90,120 and got 8 ( Total: 117.6 )
[OOC] Zen: also covering Maria
[OOC] TheTale: 117]!
Eris: "Don’t forget to chain, people."
Linlea follows up with an arrow of her own! [Forward Artillery]
Eris: "Thank you."
[OOC] Linlea: What's the bonus at atm
[OOC] Maria: 0 from me, 20 from ambush
TheTale: The wolf snarls! [Aurora Shine!] [+1 MP] [Quickened!]
Linlea rolled 1d12*1.2+140*1.2 and got 7 ( Total: 176.4 )
[OOC] TheTale: 176]!
TheTale: The wolf fires a broadside of ice at Eris, Charlotte, and Maria!
TheTale rolled 3d100 and got 50, 34, 45 ( Total: 129 ) for 60
TheTale rolled d8+90 and got 8 ( Total: 98.0 )
TheTale: Hitting all three for 98 physical damage!
Eris‘ pauses for a moment, then knocks the iceshard out of the air once more. [-1LP]
TheTale: It swishes the other way, firing again!
TheTale rolled 3d100 and got 89, 8, 2 ( Total: 99 ) for 60 each Eris Charlotte Maria
Zen steps in front of Maria, he was already there anyway
TheTale rolled d8+90 and got 5 ( Total: 95.0 )
TheTale: For another 95 physical Undine damage!
Zen: "Sounds like I chose the right target"
TheTale: Battle order: Maria [F]:0 Charlotte [F]:1 Linlea [B]:3 Spikes:4 Eris [F]:23 Spikes:24 Boreal Hound [F]:34 Zen [F]:37 Boreal Hound [F]:42 Boreal Hound [F]:44 Spikes:44 Spikes:64 Spikes:84
TheTale: Status for Boreal Hound : [<span style="color: #008000;">============== </span>] Eyeless [+20%](U)
TheTale: Maria!
Maria slashes at the hound again! [Forward Strike, 50D]
Maria rolled 1d100 and got 23 ( Total: 23 )
Maria rolled d10+120,120% and got 6 ( Total: 151.2 ) for +64 HP and +20% damage to SA following this
TheTale: Slice! It’s a hit!
Zen watches as Maria runs past him, he flips backwards in a roll and suddenly propels himself upwards, feet against the jaw of the wolf [Rolling Crash - S.A.]
Zen rolled 1d100 and got 77 ( Total: 77 )
TheTale: It evades!
[OOC] Zen: A luck on this
TheTale:
TheTale: But he still catches the hound!
[OOC] Charlotte: HP: 437/550, MP: 390/550, LP: 6/7, SoS: 137
Zen rolled 1d8+110,140 and got 2 ( Total: 156.79999999999998 )
TheTale: Charlotte!
[OOC] Zen: HP: 418/700, MP: 560/600, LP: 2/8, SoS: 175
Charlotte concentrates again. [Recover, 15 CT]
TheTale: Linlea!
Linlea readies her bow again this time taking better aim. Hopefully. [Out of Your League | Try And Stop Me | 60D]
Linlea rolled 1d100 and got 76 ( Total: 76 ) for 70
Linlea connects the hit! [-1 Luck]
TheTale: It's a hit! [L2]
Linlea rolled d12*1.5+182*1.5 and got 1 ( Total: 274.5 )
[OOC] TheTale: 274]!
TheTale: The Hound snarls and spits, the arrow in its neck leaking rainbow light.
TheTale: "Ah…"
TheTale: "So this is what it feels like…"
TheTale: It hacks up a bit of water as it coughs, laughing.
TheTale: "To be prey."
Eris: "Mmhm."
Zen closes his eyes for just a moment "We are all hunter and hunted both at some point in the battlefield, friend"
Zen: "It's just a matter of time"
TheTale: "…Yes, absolutely."
TheTale: And then it sits up on its haunches, and leaps - shining, blotting out the evening sun -
Linlea: "Hopefully when you go to your new body you won't keep harassing the folks camped nearby."
TheTale: Four crystals drop from its hide, embedding in the battlefield, leaving deep fissures -
TheTale: From which water begins to surge and flow, flooding the lowing.
Linlea: "Since y'know, that's why we're doing this, right? We aren't just hunting you because you're there."
TheTale: "I know."
TheTale: "This is war, after all."
TheTale: It lands on the claw of the enshrined monster. And it starts to howl.
[OOC] TheTale: Aurora Universalis in 120D!
TheTale: Battle order: Spikes:0 Charlotte [F]:12 Eris [F]:19 Spikes:20 Zen [F]:33 Spikes:40 Maria [F]:46 Linlea [B]:59 Spikes:60 Spikes:80 Boreal Hound [F]:119
TheTale: Status for Gem Mite A : [<span style="color: #008000;">==========</span>]
TheTale: Status for Gem Mite B : [<span style="color: #008000;">==========</span>]
TheTale: Status for Gem Mite C : [<span style="color: #008000;">==========</span>]
TheTale: Status for Gem Mite D : [<span style="color: #008000;">==========</span>]
TheTale: Maria, do you have the lowest health?
[OOC] Maria: HP: 439/550, MP: 550/550, LP: 4/10, SoS: 137 - SAs deal +0% damage (U)
[OOC] Charlotte: HP: 437/550, MP: 390/550, LP: 6/7, SoS: 137
[OOC] Zen: HP: 418/700, MP: 560/600, LP: 2/8, SoS: 175
Eris‘ is going to leap in to take the hit, regardless of who it’s aimed at. [Guard Assist] [=%0HP to Charlotte, Zen, Linlea, Marie and myself]
[OOC] Eris: +50HP, that is
TheTale: A falling ice shard hits Eris for 70 physical damage!
TheTale: Battle order: Charlotte [F]:0 Eris [F]:7 Spikes:8 Zen [F]:21 Spikes:28 Maria [F]:34 Linlea [B]:47 Spikes:48 Spikes:68 Boreal Hound [F]:107
TheTale: Status for Gem Mite A : [<span style="color: #008000;">==========</span>]
TheTale: Status for Gem Mite B : [<span style="color: #008000;">==========</span>]
TheTale: Status for Gem Mite C : [<span style="color: #008000;">==========</span>]
TheTale: Status for Gem Mite D : [<span style="color: #008000;">==========</span>]
TheTale: Charlotte!
Charlotte primes her second healing. [35D, for SoS]
[OOC] Charlotte: HP: 487/550, MP: 330/550, LP: 6/7, SoS: 137
TheTale: Eris!
[OOC] TheTale: Oh sorry, I'm missing a lot of init markers
Eris: "Hrrrm. Bothersome."
Linlea: "So uhm. That is so not cool. Jumping literally after I make my attack."
Linlea: "I'll be able to get in one shot tops now. Good luck!"
TheTale: Battle order: Gem Mite A [F]:0 Gem Mite B [F]:1 Eris [F]:2 Gem Mite C [F]:2 Gem Mite D [F]:3 Spikes:3 Zen [F]:16 Spikes:23 Maria [F]:29 Charlotte [F]:30 Linlea [B]:42 Spikes:43 Spikes:63 Boreal Hound [F]:102
TheTale: Gem Mites A and B begin casting [Blind!]
TheTale: Battle order: Eris [F]:0 Gem Mite C [F]:0 Gem Mite D [F]:1 Spikes:1 Gem Mite A [F]:8 Gem Mite B [F]:9 Zen [F]:14 Spikes:21 Maria [F]:27 Charlotte [F]:28 Linlea [B]:40 Spikes:41 Spikes:61 Boreal Hound [F]:100
TheTale: Eris!
Eris‘ gestures to Zen as he glows, briefly. [Spark], then slams her hammer into Gem Mite A. [60D]
Eris` rolled 1d100 and got 48 ( Total: 48 )
Eris` rolled d8+100 and got 4 ( Total: 104 ) for heal / damage
TheTale: Wham!
d12+160: 2 [Total: 162]
[OOC] Sugarlips: Grand Total: 266
[OOC] TheTale: 162]!
TheTale: Gem Mites C and D begin casting [Shield Crack - CT10]!
TheTale: Spikes hit - Eris, I think! - for 70 physical damage.
Linlea: "That armor must really help against small hits like this, huh?"
TheTale: Shimmering rainbow lights appear around Linlea and Eris - They’re Blinded(4)! [Techniques at -20 CoS.]
Eris: "Yup!"
Maria: "It sure does."
TheTale: Ice forms on Linlea and Eris! - They're Deprotect(4) [Taking +30% Physical Damage.]
Eris: "That is going to be quite irritating however."
Linlea groans. "Shoot out an eye. Enemies blind me. Great. Not that I could act for a while anyways."
TheTale: Battle order: Zen [F]:0 Spikes:7 Maria [F]:13 Charlotte [F]:14 Gem Mite A [F]:24 Gem Mite B [F]:25 Linlea [B]:26 Gem Mite C [F]:26 Gem Mite D [F]:27 Spikes:27 Eris [F]:46 Spikes:47 Boreal Hound [F]:86
TheTale: Status for Gem Mite A : [<span style="color: #008000;">====== </span>]
TheTale: Status for Gem Mite B : [<span style="color: #008000;">==========</span>]
TheTale: Status for Gem Mite C : [<span style="color: #008000;">==========</span>]
TheTale: Status for Gem Mite D : [<span style="color: #008000;">==========</span>]
TheTale: Zen!
Eris‘ tilts her head back towards Linlea, then giggles. "’An eye for an eye', as it were?"
Zen takes a deep breath and runs towards Gem Mite A, delivering a shoulder strike, he takes a step back pulls back both of his hands and drives his claws deep into it! [Execute, 44D]
Zen rolled 1d100 and got 52 ( Total: 52 ) for 80
Charlotte: "You could certainly say that, I think."
TheTale: Slash!
Zen rolled 1d8+200,120 and got 1 ( Total: 241.2 )
[OOC] Zen: Or wait no 20%
[OOC] Zen: 201 actually
[OOC] TheTale: Nah Ambush is actually vs. all targets
[OOC] Zen: Oh!
[OOC] TheTale: 241]! It shatters!
TheTale: Spikes hit Eris for 91 physical damage!
TheTale: Battle order: Maria [F]:0 Charlotte [F]:1 Gem Mite B [F]:12 Linlea [B]:13 Gem Mite C [F]:13 Gem Mite D [F]:14 Spikes:14 Zen [F]:31 Eris [F]:33 Spikes:34 Boreal Hound [F]:73
TheTale: Status for Gem Mite B : [<span style="color: #008000;">==========</span>]
TheTale: Status for Gem Mite C : [<span style="color: #008000;">==========</span>]
TheTale: Status for Gem Mite D : [<span style="color: #008000;">==========</span>]
TheTale: Maria!
Zen steps back and is facing his front towards the mites [Direct Footing]
Maria slashes at Gem Mite C! [After Me, 57D]
Maria rolled 1d100 and got 34 ( Total: 34 )
TheTale: Slice!
TheTale: Cracks feather through the gem-spire.
Maria rolled d10+120,120% and got 10 ( Total: 156.0 ) for +30% to next attack against C
Linlea chews at her lip. "I can't see right now but if my gut is right I should be able to fire another shot and then defend right as our friend comes crashing back down on me."
[OOC] Maria: HP: 489/550, MP: 550/550, LP: 4/10, SoS: 137 - SAs deal +40% damage (U)
TheTale: Charlotte!
TheTale: Battle order: Charlotte [F]:0 Gem Mite B [F]:11 Linlea [B]:12 Gem Mite C [F]:12 Gem Mite D [F]:13 Spikes:13 Zen [F]:30 Eris [F]:32 Spikes:33 Maria [F]:56 Boreal Hound [F]:72
TheTale: Status for Gem Mite B : [<span style="color: #008000;">==========</span>]
TheTale: Status for Gem Mite C : [<span style="color: #008000;">====== </span>]
TheTale: Status for Gem Mite D : [<span style="color: #008000;">==========</span>]
TheTale: The water's rising, sloshing around your feet.
Charlotte follows up on Maria's strike to C! [Follow Through, 60D]
Charlotte rolled 1d100 and got 48 ( Total: 48 ) for 85
TheTale: It cuts through!
Charlotte rolled 1d12+175,150 and got 4 ( Total: 268.5 )
Eris: "Worried it might hit for once…?" It's not that she's not paying attention, Zen, it's that she sounds far too amused by everything. Especially with that faint bell sound echoing her voice.
Zen was reffering to the fact the wolf was not hitting a single thing with the attention comment, actually
[OOC] TheTale: 268]! It shatters!
TheTale: Gem Mite B begins casting [Shield Crack]!
TheTale: Battle order: Linlea [B]:0 Gem Mite D [F]:1 Spikes:1 Gem Mite B [F]:9 Zen [F]:18 Eris [F]:20 Spikes:21 Maria [F]:44 Charlotte [F]:48 Boreal Hound [F]:60
TheTale: Status for Gem Mite B : [<span style="color: #008000;">==========</span>]
TheTale: Status for Gem Mite D : [<span style="color: #008000;">==========</span>]
TheTale: Linlea!
Eris: "Hmm."
Linlea readies her bow and smiles. "I'd brag about this for a while, Eris… but neither of us are about to see me shoot a bow completely blind and hit a tiny Gem Mite (B)." [Out Of Your League - 60D]
Linlea rolled 1d100 and got 38 ( Total: 38 ) for 60
[OOC] TheTale: It's Level 1!
Linlea rolled d12*1.2+210*1.2 and got 7 ( Total: 260.4 )
Eris: "A pitty, really."
[OOC] TheTale: 260]!
TheTale: Gem Mite D begins casting [Blind]!
TheTale: The final set of spikes hits Eris for 91 damage!
TheTale: …Oh no wait, there's one more after that.
TheTale: Ice clusters around Charlotte - She's Deprotect[+30%](4)!
TheTale: Rainbow lights swirl around her, too - she's Blinded[-20](4)!
TheTale: Battle order: Zen [F]:0 Eris [F]:2 Spikes:3 Gem Mite B [F]:21 Gem Mite D [F]:23 Maria [F]:26 Charlotte [F]:30 Linlea [B]:42 Boreal Hound [F]:42
TheTale: Status for Gem Mite B : [<span style="color: #ff8000;">==== </span>]
TheTale: Status for Gem Mite D : [<span style="color: #008000;">==========</span>]
TheTale: Zen!
Charlotte: "…oh, joy."
Zen just goes towards Mite B and delivers a straight kick at it [Attack, 40D]
Zen rolled 1d100 and got 77 ( Total: 77 ) for 80
Zen rolled 1d8+90 and got 7 ( Total: 97 )
TheTale: It's in SoS! [97]
TheTale: Battle order: Eris [F]:0 Spikes:1 Gem Mite B [F]:19 Gem Mite D [F]:21 Maria [F]:24 Charlotte [F]:28 Zen [F]:38 Linlea [B]:40 Boreal Hound [F]:40
TheTale: Status for Gem Mite B : [<span style="color: #ff0000;">= </span>]
TheTale: Status for Gem Mite D : [<span style="color: #008000;">==========</span>]
TheTale: Eris!
Eris: "Linlea!"
Eris: "It's finally happened!"
Linlea: "I know!"
Charlotte follows after Zen! [S.A]
Charlotte rolled 1d100 and got 32 ( Total: 32 ) for 85-20
Linlea: "And I can't even see it!"
TheTale: Slice! It shatters!
Eris: "HAAAAaaaaahahahaha."
Eris: "Nevermind~"
Linlea droops her shoulders.
[OOC] Maria: HP: 489/550, MP: 550/550, LP: 4/10, SoS: 137 - SAs deal +60% damage (U)
Charlotte rolled 1d12+135,150 and got 1 ( Total: 204.0 ) for -15 delay to Charlotte
Linlea: "One day, Eris. One day!"
Eris‘ steps in front of Charlotte, taking up an aggressive stance. [Bodyguard] [40D]
Zen: "Are we talking about the kind of thing that would be fun when it happens but you’d rather not happen?"
Eris: "Oh, just a trick shot that bounces off of nearly dead enemies."
TheTale: The really-final set of spikes hits Eris for 91 physical damage!
TheTale: Battle order: Charlotte [F]:0 Gem Mite D [F]:8 Maria [F]:11 Zen [F]:25 Linlea [B]:27 Eris [F]:27 Boreal Hound [F]:27
TheTale: Status for Gem Mite D : [<span style="color: #008000;">==========</span>]
TheTale: Charlotte!
Charlotte tries swinging for the last Gem! [Attack, 60D]
Charlotte rolled 1d100 and got 8 ( Total: 8 ) for 65
Charlotte spends a luck to crit!
TheTale: It's a critical strike!
Charlotte rolled 1d12+135,220 and got 1 ( Total: 299.20000000000005 )
[OOC] TheTale: 299]!
[OOC] Charlotte: HP: 487/550, MP: 330/550, LP: 6/7, SoS: 137 - Deprotect[+30%] (3),Blinded(-20) (3)
TheTale: The Gem Mite skitters up to Eris and bumps into her!
TheTale rolled 1d100 and got 11 ( Total: 11 ) for 80
TheTale rolled d8*1.3+72*1.3 and got 8 ( Total: 104.00000000000001 )
TheTale: For 104 physical damage! Conditions are extended +(1)!
Eris: "Rude."
TheTale: Battle order: Maria [F]:0 Zen [F]:14 Linlea [B]:16 Eris [F]:16 Boreal Hound [F]:16 Gem Mite D [F]:37 Charlotte [F]:49
TheTale: Status for Gem Mite D : [<span style="color: #ff8000;">=== </span>]
TheTale: Maria!
Maria takes up a defensive stance. [30D]
TheTale: Zen!
Zen jumps into action, he delivers a couple of slashes at the last Mite, does a spinning kick and ends with his left foot back- Suddnely he surges forward driving his shoulder into it [Covering Strike, 52D]
Zen rolled 1d100 and got 88 ( Total: 88 ) for 80
[OOC] Zen: Spending al uck!
TheTale: It's a hit!
TheTale: Who ya covering?
Zen drives his shoulder into it, and jumps back standing in front of Eris
Eris: "Linlea, be a darling a give me some medicine, won't you?"
Zen rolled 1d8+110,120 and got 7 ( Total: 140.4 ) for Physical, Melee
[OOC] TheTale: 140]! It shatters!
TheTale: The rainbow light, the surging water, they drain away!
TheTale: The Hound snarls and leaps back down for the battlefield, when -
TheTale: A strange voice rings out.
TheTale: "U-fu-fu-fu…"
TheTale: "I spy…"
TheTale: "You."
Linlea: "Y'sure? Sounds like the thing is back."
Eris: "Well, depends."
TheTale: A rocket screams down and smashes into the wolf for [200] damage, leaving a crater in the shrine to the hero!
TheTale: The wolf, drooling rainbow light, snarls out of the wreckage.
Eris‘ hops back a few paces.
Eris: "The fiend…?"
Linlea: "I mean, if you really want me to blindly fumble over to Char, grab some medicine and then somehow administer it to you I can. I’ll probably look pretty dumb though!"
Linlea: "Is anyone not blind and can tell us what's going on?"
Zen: "There was a rocket tht just hit the wolf"
Charlotte: "That would be nice to know other than laughing and explosions."
TheTale: Battle order: Linlea [B]:0 Eris [F]:0 Boreal Hound [F]:0 Maria [F]:14 Boreal Hound [F]:15 Boreal Hound [F]:30 Charlotte [F]:33 Zen [F]:50
TheTale: Status for Gem Mite D : [<span style="color: #ff8000;">=== </span>]
TheTale: Linlea! Eris!
Zen: "Apparently our artillery fiend decided to help"
Eris: "You looking dumb while blindly groping in Charlotte's general direction is probably more of a bonus than a demerit, really."
Eris: "But yes, medicine."
[OOC] Maria: HP: 489/550, MP: 550/550, LP: 4/10, SoS: 137 - SAs deal +70% damage (U)
Linlea does exactly that. She eventually gets the [Medicine - 40D] to Eris. [+98 HP]
Eris: "Thank you dear." Eris then positions herself in front of Linlea, with her hammer held in an odd grip. [Bodyguard] [40D]
Charlotte makes sure to hand the medicine to Linlea before she can touch anything inappropriate.
TheTale: The Hound kicks up a swathe of ice at Linlea!
TheTale rolled 1d100 and got 31 ( Total: 31 ) for 80
[OOC] Zen: Also, right, [Technical Footing]
TheTale rolled d8*1.3+90*1.3 and got 4 ( Total: 122.2 )
Eris‘ brings her hamemr up swiftly, smashing the block of ice in two - half of it crashes into Eris, while the other half flies back into the wolf.
[OOC] Eris: 46] [46
Linlea smiles. "Thanks, Eris!"
[OOC] Eris: well really 23 in my case but »
Linlea: "I think that one would have hit me."
Eris: "That is why I was protecting you, yes."
Eris: "Although that was far less dangerous that expected,"
TheTale: The Hound pounces atop Maria, inflicting 100 physical damage! She’s delayed! The Hound's vulnerable!
Eris: "I'm really not sure why we thought that was a CT and not, you know, just the cool down from summoning mooks."
Maria reels from the blow.
[OOC] Maria: HP: 433/550, MP: 550/550, LP: 4/10, SoS: 137 - SAs deal +70% damage (U)
Linlea: "I blame being blind."
Charlotte: "Probably the ominous rainbow light and surging water."
TheTale: The hound fires a broadside of missiles at Maria, Eris, and Charlotte!
Charlotte: "Though I'm only assuming they're both gone now since I don't hear the latter anymore."
TheTale rolled 3d100 and got 76, 26, 79 ( Total: 181 ) for 60 each
Zen is still covering Eris
TheTale rolled d8*1.3+90*1.3 and got 2 ( Total: 119.6 )
TheTale: Hitting Zen for 92 physical damage!
TheTale: Battle order: Maria [F]:0 Boreal Hound [F]:4 Boreal Hound [F]:14 Charlotte [F]:17 Linlea [B]:24 Eris [F]:24 Zen [F]:34 Boreal Hound [F]:49
TheTale: Status for Boreal Hound : [<span style="color: #ff8000;">========== </span>] Eyeless [+20%](U) Vulnerable[+20](2)
TheTale: Maria!
Maria points at the Hound. "Alright, time to resume swarm tactics!" [Turning Point, Slice, 50D; Everyone that attacks the Hound before my next turn boosts Slice's damage by 20% each, and gets their SA back after.]
[OOC] Maria: HP: 433/550, MP: 490/550, LP: 4/10, SoS: 137 - SAs deal +70% damage (U)
TheTale: The Hound claws at Charlotte twice!
TheTale rolled 2d100 and got 45, 24 ( Total: 69 )
TheTale rolled d8*1.3+90*1.3 and got 1 ( Total: 118.3 )
TheTale: Hitting her twice for 118 physical damage!
TheTale: And then it pounces her for [130] physical damage - she's delayed!
[OOC] Charlotte: HP: 251/550, MP: 330/550, LP: 5/7, SoS: 137 - Deprotect[+30%] (3),Blinded(-20) (3)
[OOC] Charlotte: HP:<span style="color: #ff8000;"> 121</span>/550, MP: 330/550, LP: 5/7, SoS: 137 - Deprotect[+30%] (3),Blinded(-20) (3)
TheTale: Battle order: Linlea [B]:0 Eris [F]:0 Zen [F]:10 Boreal Hound [F]:20 Charlotte [F]:21 Boreal Hound [F]:25 Maria [F]:26 Boreal Hound [F]:30
TheTale: Status for Boreal Hound : [<span style="color: #ff8000;">========== </span>] Eyeless [+20%](U) Vulnerable[+20](3)
TheTale: Linlea! Eris!
TheTale: It's vulnerable after pouncing!
Charlotte shadow ripples, healing herself. [Recover triggers]
Charlotte rolled 1d12+162 and got 2 ( Total: 164.0 )
Linlea readies her bow before firing off a shot at the Boreal Hound. [Out of Your League - 60D | Overdriver | Mop Up | Eyeless | Vulnerable]
Linlea rolled 1d100 and got 77 ( Total: 77 ) for 50 lol
[OOC] Linlea: Spending 3 luck!
TheTale: The arrow strikes true!
[OOC] Charlotte: HP: 285/550, MP: 330/550, LP: 5/7, SoS: 137 - Deprotect[+30%] (3),Blinded(-20) (3)
Linlea rolled d12*2.1+182*2.1 and got 6 ( Total: 394.8 )
Eris‘ lunges forward, swinging her hammer in an upward arc. [Kingpin] [70D]
Eris` rolled 1d100 and got 75 ( Total: 75 )
[OOC] TheTale: 394]! It howls!
Maria follows up with a slash of her own! [Follow Up - SA]
[OOC] Eris: -3LP, jesus
Maria rolled 1d100 and got 2 ( Total: 2 )
Eris` rolled d12+320,120% and got 9 ( Total: 394.8 )
[OOC] TheTale: 394]!
Eris` then gives a whistle to, uh … Charlotte? Yeah. [-9D]
Maria rolled d10+120,310% and got 10 ( Total: 403.0 ) for 20% vuln 20% eyeless 100% crit 70% boost to SA
[OOC] TheTale: 403]!
TheTale: Battle order: Zen [F]:0 Charlotte [F]:2 Boreal Hound [F]:10 Boreal Hound [F]:15 Maria [F]:16 Boreal Hound [F]:20 Linlea [B]:50 Eris [F]:60
TheTale: Status for Boreal Hound : [<span style="color: #ff0000;">=== </span>] Eyeless [+20%](U) Vulnerable[+20](3)
[OOC] Eris: oh wait there was another +20% on that so uhhh
TheTale: Zen!
[OOC] Eris: +65 more I guess
[OOC] TheTale: 65]!
Eris` ALSO spreads lazy damage around to the entire party. [18] to herself, Linlea, Zen, Charlotte and Maria.
[OOC] Maria: no ARM right?
[OOC] TheTale: nah
[OOC] Eris: yeah my arm was already factored in
[OOC] Maria: thought so
Zen runs up to the Hound, delivers a series of short, rapid slashes with his claws, closes in extremely close and shoulder slams it [Attack, 47D]
Zen rolled 1d100 and got 56 ( Total: 56 ) for 80
Zen rolled 1d8+110,140 and got 1 ( Total: 155.39999999999998 )
TheTale: Charlotte!
TheTale: Reap what you sow!
Charlotte goes after Zen, slashing! [Follow Through, 60D]
TheTale: Battle order: Charlotte [F]:0 Boreal Hound [F]:8 Boreal Hound [F]:13 Maria [F]:14 Boreal Hound [F]:18 Zen [F]:45 Linlea [B]:48 Eris [F]:58
TheTale: Status for Boreal Hound : [<span style="color: #ff0000;">= </span>] Eyeless [+20%](U) Vulnerable[+20](3)
Charlotte rolled 1d100 and got 10 ( Total: 10 ) for 65
Charlotte spends a luck to crit
TheTale: It’s a critical blow!
[OOC] Zen: Is it "Zero or below" or "Lower than zero"?
Charlotte rolled 1d12+175,240 and got 9 ( Total: 441.59999999999997 )
[OOC] TheTale: 441]!
[OOC] Charlotte: I have Crit 5 so it doesn't matter anyway
TheTale: The wolf's head is lopped off by Charlotte's final stroke.
[OOC] TheTale: Got 14 EXP
[OOC] Charlotte: HP: 267/550, MP: 330/550, LP: 4/7, SoS: 137 - Deprotect[+30%] (2),Blinded(-20) (2),Mitigate (170+ damage) (U)
[OOC] Eris: HP: 361/600, MP: 540/600, LP: 3/6, SoS: 150 - Blind (-20 Tech CoS) (2),Shield Crack (+30% inc phys) (2)
Eris: "Phew."
[OOC] Zen: HP: 509/700, MP: 560/600, LP: 1/8, SoS: 175
[OOC] Maria: HP: 415/550, MP: 490/550, LP: 4/10, SoS: 137 - SAs deal +0% damage (U)
TheTale: From atop the hill… the gargantuan fiend that watches over the Glozenfeld…
TheTale: Grins, gives a thumbs-up, and laughs noiselessly, stalking away.
Maria waves back to the fiend!
Charlotte kneels down and taps her own shadow, her remaining healing washing over herself.
Charlotte rolled 1d12+162 and got 7 ( Total: 169.0 )
Zen looks at fallen hound, takes a deep breath. He gets down to it and a little messily removes one of it's fangs "My favorite thing about human foes is that it's way easier to get proof of defeat"
Eris‘ returns the thumbs up. "Fiends being on our side… is ALSO odd."
[OOC] Charlotte: [SHP: 80] HP: 436/550, MP: 330/550, LP: 4/7, SoS: 137
Charlotte: "Very."
Maria: "If you say so."
Eris: "They’re usually directly at odds with us!"
Maria: "Your guys' homes are weird."
Zen: "Either way, mission accomplished" he looks at the shrines nearby for a moment "Haven't worked with fiends before, but I hear they're good to have around"
Charlotte: "Even after one of you gets a bronze arm."
Zen looks at Maria "Given how weird they are"
Maria: "Well, the Institute is a bit strange…"
Eris‘ claps her hands together, giving a smile to Maria before nodding in turn to Zen and Maria. "Well in any case, it was nice to have you both along for the ride. In a fight like that it was much easier to see your worth."
Maria: "I didn’t even get to show off my final attack. Your backup was too strong!"
Charlotte cleans the blood off of her scythe. "I'd say 'one more for the reaper' after that, but it'll just come back in another form, anyhow."
Zen grins "Teamwork is the base of any unit" me chuckles at Maria "That was an amazing finisher, in general"
Linlea: "Everyone did a great job, really!"
Eris‘ frowns slightly at that. "Why DO the monsters get to cheat like that…? Well I suppose it not much different from respawning." Eris rocks her head from side to side.
Zen: "Well, everyone comes back, Charlotte. That’s the beauty of this world"
Charlotte: "The problem with it is that it means you can't count on someone never coming back for revenge."
Linlea: "Honestly it kind of creeped me out that people could come back at all elsewhere."
Linlea: "You get some really sad stories as a result."
Zen looks at the path back "Then we just need to grow up, isn't it, Charlotte?"
Zen: "Revenge really doesn't do anything"
Linlea: "If everyone can though there's no reason for the others to get freaked out by it. I think it might actually be better for everyone?"
Eris‘ tilts her head towards Linlea.
Zen: "I like this world as it is"
TheTale: The shrines are tipped over, in disarray.
TheTale: The smoke of offerings burnt for the lost hero slowly fade.
TheTale: Whatever thoughts this tremendous beast might have had on such matters…
TheTale: …It isn’t voicing them.
Charlotte tilts her head. "Maybe we should set them back up?"
Zen looks at the fallen over shrines. He thinks… He goes over to put them back up
Charlotte nods and goes to help Zen with that.
Eris‘ kicks some snow into what remains of the fire pit, then begins walking back towards the ship. "I definitely don’t care enough to repair things I just broke."
Maria rolls her eyes but doesn't interfere.
Zen: "I used to come here when I was small with my mom"
Linlea: "Huh. The war is that recent?"
Zen: "It was always a nice pilgrimage, the whole unit would be around"
Maria: "It's…ongoing."
Linlea: "I kind of assumed it was a long lasting feud the way people were talking about it."
Zen: "It's been going forever"
Eris‘ pauses, stops and waits for Charlotte. Probably best not to leave the meido behind.
Maria: "There are lulls though."
Maria: "And sometimes monsters don’t immediately kill people. But, they still eat humans. All of them."
TheTale: Little stone piles set back up.
TheTale: Incense-sticks relit.
Linlea: "We've got a pretty big day ahead of us tomorrow morning. Taking a fortress down isn't going to be easy."
Zen looks at Maria
Zen: "What are you talking about?"
TheTale: Zen, are you going to make a wish this time, too?
Zen thinks… He makes the simplest wish. To get to meet D2. Okay so it's not a simle wish at all, but for now… This is what weighs on his mind
TheTale: …That's your wish…?
TheTale: …Well, that's easy to arrange.
TheTale: Idiot.
Eris‘ tenses up all of the sudden, looking around.
Zen just wants to talk, c’mon
Eris: "Charlotte dear, please heal me."
Charlotte walks over to Eris, her shadow tapping the other girl's.
Charlotte rolled 1d12+162 and got 12 ( Total: 174.0 )
[OOC] Charlotte: [SHP: 80] HP: 436/550, MP: 270/550, LP: 4/7, SoS: 137
Zen: "Hrm… This is new." he stands up
TheTale: There's a shuddering in the snow.
Eris: "(And feel free to taks as much herbal blend as you can -)"
TheTale: Blue-stone pillars, jointed, ending in hands, burst up from beneath it, cracking the ice.
TheTale: Blue-stone brambles arc up from the horizon, entangling the sun.
TheTale: They wrap around the fallen monster, too, working it like a puppet.
TheTale: D2 speaks: "Look at this ugly lug."
Zen looks up at D2 "Oh, I didn't expect you to just show up"
Zen: "Hey there, man. How's it going?"
Eris‘ narrows her eyes slightly. "(A Puppetter…?)"
Maria: "….so that’s D2? Um, hi?"
Linlea blinks a few times before glancing at Eris. "(What do we know about this guy anyways?)"
TheTale: The corpse inspects its claws.
TheTale: "Nine days left…"
Eris: "(Not a lot. Just that Alice hates him. Stay on your toes.)"
TheTale: "Well, 'how's it going' for you?"
Zen: "I'm aware… Doing pretty nice, thanks"
Zen: "I just wanted to say hi, meet you, you know. I'm a fan of your work"
Zen: "Was hoping we could discuss it a little?"
TheTale: "…I'm a fan of my work too."
Zen: "It'd be odd if you weren't!
TheTale: "Every single worthless soul signing the ledger on their own defeat… Ah, shit, it's so beautiful!"
Zen: "Hrm? That's an odd way to place it"
Linlea chews at her lip. "(Should we just ask it why it wants to keep us here, or…?)"
Zen: "I wanted to figure out, though… Is there anything you're particularly trying to attain?"
Charlotte: "Ledger?"
Eris‘ rolls her head around, shrugs, then nods to Linlea.
TheTale: "Trying to attain…? I mean, I’ve already got it."
Zen: "Oh? And what is it?"
TheTale: "The end of the world! Like… poetic justice, without the justice."
Zen: "Just that? It sounds… Rather simple"
Zen: "Is it just one of those beauty of destruction things?"
Eris‘ snorts, then laugh out loud, a real, full laugh.
TheTale: "I got to see humans and monsters kill eachother for all eternity…"
TheTale: "Sniveling fools and mindless beasts…"
TheTale: "…And now it’s time for them to go away, isn't it?"
Zen: "Hrm… Not really"
Eris: "Like… ahahaha."
Zen: "I mean, unless there's some reason aside from being bored"
Zen: "You could just go find something else to do"
Eris‘ leans against the shaft of her hammer. "Like world really need help ending, hahah."
TheTale: "Hmph. I don’t need to explain myself."
Zen: "But isn't it fun to do that?"
Linlea: "That's a nice speech you two are having. Really, it is. But why are you keeping ME here? We were just passing through."
Zen: "I mean, I personally have a lot of delving into reasons and motives"
[OOC] Zen: lot of fun*
Linlea: "And in case you didn't look to the north I don't see winter waiting more than a week or two."
Maria: "Nine days, he said."
TheTale: A pillar reaches over and picks up Linlea by her collar, holding her in front of the corpse, dangling her there.
TheTale: "What, did you think I was gonna leave your pathetic little caravan alone…?"
Eris‘ straightens herself up, regripping her hammer. "I’m going to have to ask you to put her back down."
TheTale: D2 shakes Linlea in the air.
Linlea flails in the air. She's staring daggers though.
Eris‘ gives D2 a flat stare.
Eris: "Are you itching for a fight…?"
TheTale: "Yeah."
TheTale: "Bring it."
Zen: "By the way what does D2 mean, before we do anything else?"
Zen: "Is it like just a name like that or does it mean something?"
Linlea coughs a few times. "Put me down already, geeze! And while we’re at it give the spirits back too. I haven't seen a single one. Did you do something in the mana lands?"
TheTale: D2 shakes Linlea up and down. "Or what?"
Eris‘ exhales slowly, taking a step back before running forward and slamming her hammers into the pillar grabbing Linlea with all her might. [Strength]
TheTale: The pillar -
TheTale: Shatters, exploding with a clatter into -
TheTale: Junk.
[OOC] Eris: Muscle? w/e
TheTale: Cymbals, a harp strung taut, a red eye emblazoned on its strings.
Zen looks as Eris is now equipped with a Linlea "I suppose this is out time to leave, then" he turns and starts to leave. He will not give D2 a fight
Linlea hits the ground before wincing. "Ow, ow, ow. Geeze. You can be gentler you know, Eris! And I have a lot of friends that probably won’t like what you're doing, obviously! You're dragging a lot of people into this fight that you really shouldn't be dragging."
Eris‘ skids in front of Linlea, defensively placing herself between her and DS.
Linlea: "If you keep travelers from leaving you’re going to add to that list of people after you pretty fast."
Zen looks at Eris and Linlea "Suggest you follow me"
TheTale: The junk climbs up. Sprouting little legs. The harp gathers up little black arms with white gloves.
Maria starts backing away slowly, axe at the ready.
TheTale: Stupid, right?
TheTale: Battle order: Zen [F]:0 Maria [F]:1 Charlotte [F]:1 Linlea [B]:5 Eris [F]:5 D32 [F]:5 D64 A [F]:6 D64 C [B]:7 D64 B [B]:8
TheTale: Status for D32 : [<span style="color: #008000;">==========</span>]
TheTale: Status for D64 A : [<span style="color: #008000;">==========</span>]
TheTale: Status for D64 B : [<span style="color: #008000;">==========</span>]
TheTale: Status for D64 C : [<span style="color: #008000;">==========</span>]
TheTale: Zen!
Eris: "You offhanded expressed your desire to meet him. He suddenly appeared, looking for a fight. Does that really seem like the kind of thing you can just run from, Zen?"
Linlea glances back at Zen. "The problem to everything is RIGHT here, though! Do you really think you can call yourself a Minstrel D2?"
TheTale: "…I wasn't who called me that."
Zen looks at Eris "Yes, it does. I wanted to explictly deny him this fight"
Zen: "But if you insist…"
Linlea: "You're going to let the caravan through before winter destroys all of us. And while we're at it you're going to tell me what's going on with the manalands right now here since I'm pretty sure you're involved!"
TheTale: "Hahaha, you're gonna take the first swing and then run…?"
Eris: "Which is admirable, I'm sure, but I suspect that would only cause him to throw a tempertantrum and chase after you."
TheTale: "What's going on with the manalands? You're gonna destroy em. Next question."
Zen turns around "It'd be fun to make him follow me deep into winter" he delivers a [Covering Strike, 45D] on D64 A
Zen rolled 1d100 and got 20 ( Total: 20 ) for 80
Zen rolled 1d8+90 and got 7 ( Total: 97 )
TheTale: It makes a cymbal-type noise. Tsh tsh!
[OOC] TheTale: 97]!
Zen covers Eris
TheTale: Battle order: Maria [F]:0 Charlotte [F]:0 Linlea [B]:4 Eris [F]:4 D32 [F]:4 D64 A [F]:5 D64 C [B]:6 D64 B [B]:7 Zen [F]:44
TheTale: Status for D32 : [<span style="color: #008000;">==========</span>]
TheTale: Status for D64 A : [<span style="color: #008000;">======= </span>]
TheTale: Status for D64 B : [<span style="color: #008000;">==========</span>]
TheTale: Status for D64 C : [<span style="color: #008000;">==========</span>]
Eris‘ lets out a breath. "Well as long as you’re having fun, Zen." Eris seems to relax, a bit. "Anyway, the first move was yours, D2. I can't be held responsible for the consequences of you not listening."
Maria strikes at D64 A. [Forward STrike, 50D]
TheTale: Maria! Charlotte!
Maria rolled 1d100 and got 85 ( Total: 85 )
Maria spends 1 luck to hit.
TheTale: Tsh tsh!
Maria rolled d10+120 and got 2 ( Total: 122 ) for +20% to SA and +64 HP following this
[OOC] TheTale: 122]!
Linlea: "Char, do me a favor and don't finish off the first one. I've got it I think!"
TheTale: It's not actually in SoS yet!
[OOC] Maria: HP: 415/550, MP: 490/550, LP: 3/10, SoS: 137 - SAs deal +0% damage (U)
[OOC] Eris: Actually can I get an HP check from everyone before I act too? thnx
[OOC] Charlotte: [SHP: 80] HP: 436/550, MP: 270/550, LP: 4/7, SoS: 137
Zen delivers his [Rolling Crash - S.A.] because why not
Zen rolled 1d100 and got 82 ( Total: 82 ) for 80
Zen is just going to miss, saving that luck for something else
[OOC] Linlea: [SHP: 60] HP: 540/600, MP: 400/600, LP: 1/8, SoS: 150
[OOC] Linlea: Err 80 THP
TheTale: Linlea & Eris!
TheTale: Battle order: Linlea [B]:0 Eris [F]:0 D32 [F]:0 D64 A [F]:1 D64 C [B]:2 D64 B [B]:3 Zen [F]:40 Maria [F]:46 Charlotte [F]:46
TheTale: Status for D32 : [<span style="color: #008000;">==========</span>]
TheTale: Status for D64 A : [<span style="color: #ff8000;">=== </span>]
TheTale: Status for D64 B : [<span style="color: #008000;">==========</span>]
TheTale: Status for D64 C : [<span style="color: #008000;">==========</span>]
[OOC] Charlotte: Uh, I didn't do anything yet?
TheTale: Oh, Sorry.
TheTale: Charlotte!
TheTale: I… mix you and Maria up sometimes.
Charlotte prepares a heal, though. [Recover, CT 15]
TheTale: Battle order: Linlea [B]:0 Eris [F]:0 D32 [F]:0 D64 A [F]:1 D64 C [B]:2 D64 B [B]:3 Charlotte [F]:11 Zen [F]:40 Maria [F]:46
TheTale: Anyway.
TheTale: Linlea and Eris!
Linlea sets 4 arrows into her bow before firing a volley at the enemies. "It's [All Over] D2!" [Out of Your League - All Over | GT Attack | 60D]
Linlea rolled 4d100 and got 58, 87, 34, 41 ( Total: 220 ) for 80
[OOC] Linlea: 1 luck for A
TheTale: Four hits!
Eris‘ slams her hammer down into D64 C, before Linlea acts, this is important. [Divert] [D60]
TheTale: That is extremely important yes.
Eris` rolled 1d100 and got 59 ( Total: 59 )
Eris` rolled d12+160,140% and got 11 ( Total: 239.39999999999998 ) for because of PRIME LOAD
[OOC] Eris: -50% damage when it attacks the same target with multiple actions (4)
[OOC] TheTale: 205] vs. Back Row!
[OOC] Linlea: Level of enemies?
TheTale: 64 is Level 2, 32 is Level 3.
TheTale: …So I mean, you can do some math.
Linlea rolled d12+190 and got 10 ( Total: 200.0 ) for 64 32
d12+154: 7 [Total: 161.0 (High), Avg: 7.00]
Total: 361.0, Avg: 8.50
TheTale: When the hammer hits the D64 in the back row…
TheTale: It starts to reverbate…
TheTale: And there’s a ringing noise, like an alarm clock.
TheTale: And then it explodes.
[OOC] TheTale: Big Bang
TheTale: Everyone on the field takes 205 magical damage!
Eris: "Shiiiiit!"
[OOC] Maria: HP: 240/550, MP: 490/550, LP: 3/10, SoS: 137 - SAs deal +0% damage (U)
TheTale: When the dust clears, all the other cymbals are gone.
[OOC] Charlotte: HP: 311/550, MP: 270/550, LP: 4/7, SoS: 137
[OOC] Maria: HP: 240/550, MP: 490/550, LP: 3/10, SoS: 137 - SAs deal +30% damage (U)
Charlotte: "…Wishing I had Mitigate up before you did that."
Zen: "I wasn't quite expecting that"
[OOC] Zen: HP: 398/700, MP: 560/600, LP: 1/8, SoS: 175
Zen: "This appears to be my eternal curse, however, following me wheresoever I might go"
Eris: "…Hm, well. Okay."
TheTale: The D32 begins casting [D2 Gate]!
TheTale: Battle order: Charlotte [F]:0 D32 [F]:4 Zen [F]:29 Maria [F]:35 Cymbal Crash[50]:39 Cymbal Crash[50]:39 Cymbal Crash[50]:39 Linlea [B]:49 Eris [F]:49
TheTale: Status for D32 : [<span style="color: #008000;">====== </span>]
TheTale: Charlotte!
Charlotte primes her SoS healing. [35D]
[OOC] Charlotte: HP: 311/550, MP: 210/550, LP: 4/7, SoS: 137 - Recover (SOS trigger) (U)
Zen: "Is it going to keep doing that?"
Eris: "Not if everything dies fast enough."
TheTale: D32 calls up a [D2 Gate]. Glowing red numbers appear in the air: "00150"
[OOC] Zen: What kind of action is that
[OOC] Zen: Like is it a Spell
Linlea: "I really wish someone would give us a straight answer on whats up with the spirits here. This place doesn't even have elements!"
[OOC] TheTale: It is a spell!
Charlotte: "I distinctly remember getting hit by Undine damage last battle…"
TheTale: The D2 gate makes a buzzing, failure noise, the numbers flash bright red, and a burst of violet energy shoots out, searing Linlea for
TheTale rolled 1d12+108 and got 1 ( Total: 109.0 )
TheTale: 109 magical Shade damage.
TheTale: The numbers roll over: 00150.
Eris: "They exist, they just don't seem as… volitile…?"
Linlea: "Why can't WE have them, though?"
TheTale: Battle order: Zen [F]:0 Maria [F]:6 Charlotte [F]:6 D32 [F]:10 Cymbal Crash[50]:10 Cymbal Crash[50]:10 Cymbal Crash[50]:10 D2 Gate 00150:15 Linlea [B]:20 Eris [F]:20
TheTale: Status for D32 : [<span style="color: #008000;">====== </span>]
Eris‘ jumps in front of Linlea. [Guard Assist]
TheTale: Zen!
TheTale: Sure, it’s all yours.
TheTale: Zen!
[OOC] Eris: +50HP to Zen, Maria, Charlotte, Eris and Linlea
Zen grols "Enough, let's end this" he runs forward, crouches low to the ground in front of D32- He shoulder slams it up in the air "Finishing strike…" as it falls he brings his claws upwards "Zornhau!" he drives his claws on D32, then tears it apart dragging his claws apart until his claws break [Zornhau, 67D]
Zen rolled 1d100 and got 66 ( Total: 66 ) for 80
[OOC] Charlotte: HP: 361/550, MP: 210/550, LP: 4/7, SoS: 137 - Recover (SOS trigger) (U)
Zen rolled 1d8+330 and got 4 ( Total: 334 ) for Physical, Melee
Maria follows up Zen's attack with one of her own! [Follow Up - SA]
TheTale: Slash! Slash! [334]!
Maria rolled 1d100 and got 28 ( Total: 28 )
Zen then steps back, facing the enemy [Direct Footing]
TheTale: As the strike hits home, the D2 gate flashes, and the numbers start rolling down…
[OOC] Maria: Spending 2 luck to crit
TheTale: Until it reads "00000" , where it turns green.
TheTale: It's a critical hit!
Maria rolled d10+120,230% and got 1 ( Total: 278.29999999999995 )
[OOC] Maria: HP: 290/550, MP: 490/550, LP: 1/10, SoS: 137 - SAs deal +30% damage (U)
[OOC] TheTale: 278]!
TheTale: It's slain!
Linlea follows up with an attack of her own. [Forward Artillery - Attack Assist!]
[OOC] Linlea: Oh.
TheTale: Now get out of there before the cymbals blow.
Maria starts running.
Charlotte: "I think that's enough for tonight."
Eris‘ jumps backwards, grabbing Linlea as she does so. "Yup."
Zen starts running in fact "I was not expecting this at all, just so you know"
Linlea: "It’s not over D2 we'll be back!"
Eris: "Well, obviously."
Charlotte twirls her scythe and gives D2 a curtsey before running after the others.
[OOC] TheTale: Got 12 EXP
Maria: "Next time, don't flirt with fate!"
TheTale: …The brambles fade, the pillars tunnel back, the carcass falls silent.
TheTale: …As if there was never anythng here at all.
Eris: "Goddess, what a twat."
Eris‘ lets out a breath.
Zen: "Hrm… A disappointment he was…"
Zen: "I was expecting him to be… Different"
Eris: "What… exactly were you expecting, out of curiosity."
Linlea groans. "Ughhhhh. The fact that THAT is stopping us from passing through really grates on me."
Eris` nods to Linlea before releasing her.
Zen: "Someone with a bit more… Interesting purpose. Someone who saw the destruction of the world as a necessity for some reason"
Zen: "I like what it did to… Travellers. Given how dangerous they are"
Zen: "But still it wants to destroy the world, so I thought, maybe it has a reason. Maybe even if it is a bad reason I could talk him out of it"
Zen: "But either he… Has about as much reason as an animal without mind"
Eris: "You… like that it trapped Travellers in your world… given how dangerous they are…?"
Zen: "Or is unwilling to share"
Maria: "You’re an idiot. That thing needs to die and there's nothing else."
Eris: "That sure is some kink you have, Zen."
Maria: "Also what it did to them is terrible."
Zen: "Well, they work by the same rules as everyone else in this world now, isn't it?"
Zen: "That's the important part"
Zen: "I'd love to let you through"
Zen: "Or better, to have a nice place you could settle here and be happy"
Linlea: "… this isn't our story, Zen. Trapping us here is forcing us to get involved. We can't just stay in the background anymore and let the tale be told and winter come."
Linlea: "If we had been able to pass through it would have been a lot different."
Eris‘ laughs to herself, then smiles to Maria after her comments.
Zen: "You’re right, and wrong. This isn't your story, and were you passing you'd still get involved, and play by the rules of your story, not of this story"
Zen: "Or maybe not you, b ut others like you"
Charlotte: "Like we weren't going to get involved one way or another anyway."
Eris: "Oh, no."
Zen: "But some travellers are born here, like me"
Eris: "This is definitely my story. Now."
Eris‘ laughs to herself again.
Zen: "Just…"
Zen: "D2’s an asshole that made himself worth killing"
Charlotte chuckles softly. "With the way you are now, yes it is."
Zen: "I wish he hadn't done that"
Maria: "You're right. If you guys hadn't been trapped, I would have been killed by a giant wolf along with Mr. Armoured-In-My-Own-Hair after Mysterious Monk disappeared on us."
TheTale: You're right, Zen is a kinky fucker.
Eris: "I'm sure he'll be very disapointed he missed the party."
Linlea: "Seems that way, Maria! That said, we're at least all on the same page about D2 right?"
Zen is no kind of fucker, I will have you know that! That is perhaps not to his merit
Zen: "It's gotta be gone, yes"
Maria: "I agree with Alice wholehartedly now, it needs to be broken. Into very little pieces."
Eris: "Smash with abandon, aye aye."
Linlea: "Great. You help us with D2. We help you with the monster war. Everyone wins, right?"
Charlotte: "It needs a date with the reaper."
Maria nods. "Sounds good to me."
Eris‘ pauses.
Eris: "Do people actually call you that, Charlotte…?"
Charlotte: "I was talking about the actual god of death. But maybe."
Linlea pauses before glancing between Eris and Charlotte. "… I kind of like Char better."
Maria: "Well, she does wave a scythe around, and plays with shadows a lot…"
Eris` chokes back a laugh.
Linlea: "And uhh… the god of death isn’t in this story. Nobody dies."
Eris: "Hence the need, apparently!"
Zen: "Incorrect, Linlea"
Zen: "People die, they just come back"
Charlotte: "Yes, I've had the comparison at least a few times. But that nickname is better, Lin."
Linlea scratches her head. "I guess I don't really see that as anything but a lengthy KO? I mean, you don't even go back to your home point."
Zen: "If the reaper exists, he keeps his doors wide open"
Maria: "But nobody comes to reap them. Hence her point."
Eris‘ purses her lips together, then grins mischeviously.
Eris: "Maria."
Maria: "Yes?"
Eris: "Take a moment to consider how you even know what a reaper is, given the world you live in."
Linlea: "I’m hoping the captain will do something though about tomorrow. If we storm the fortress like this we're going to be in a lot of trouble and we DID get rid of that thing for them."
Maria: "Stories?"
Maria: "People had to discover the fountain first."
Zen looks back, starts heading back to the ship "A tleast some medicine"
Eris: "Hmm…"
Eris: "I guess stories could survive from before that. Boo, no fun."
TheTale: …You head back to the Narthelius.
TheTale: For slaying an enemy of the kingdom and freeing the ship to voyage further, the Palazza Vita officially (by this writ) licenses you to further expeditions.
TheTale: For Queen and Country… or something like that.
[OOC] TheTale: Resupply
Linlea fist pumps. "See. Nothing to worry about!"
Linlea: "Anyone know any good card games? We should have some fun before we go to bed."
Eris: "Everything's coming up Team Eris, yes."


Peter: …Long ago,
Peter: The monsters were killing the humans left and right.
Peter: Blood-mad. Battle-frenzied. Idiots.
Peter: And then…
Peter: I mean, that's pretty good, right? Stupid society swallowed up by beasts?
Peter: …But then they got that stupid cheat code.
D2: So now it has to end a different way.
D2: …Not that I can blame the stupid kid.

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