This is a sci-fi/fantasy RP. The Players are young Mages who have been brought to the Academy in order to develop their magical talent and protect their city. They will fight monsters that roam in the wilderness, investigate nefarious plots against King and Country, and so on. But that is all in their future. For now, after a bit of general plot setup, let us have the characters meet up, get to know one another, etc. We can feed them to monsters later.
The plot so far:
The students meet their teacher, Professor Yuki Okamoto, and have their first few days of instruction.
About a week into their Academy life, they are unexpectedly sent out on a mission to investigate the town of Normaden. They learn that a Witch, a powerful monster that sometimes grows from humans with magical potential, has developed in the region. Their Professor takes on the role of exterminating the Witch itself, leaving the students to handle some of its Familiars. During the students' fight, though, they are unexpectedly brought face to face with an Angel. After a fierce fight, the students are victorious and return to their homes safely.
Back in Uruk, the plots grow thicker. A massive force of Angels has gathered near Babylon, and the head honchos discuss plans of how to deal with the threat. The Academy's Headmaster learns that the Angel that the students encountered was sent by the Chief of the Galileians. What could Chief Herschel be plotting, and why involve these young Mages?
Completely unaware of these plots, the students are assigned another mission: to resolve an incident over who should possess a valuable research subject. They will be escorted and monitored by Essence Parker, one of the academy's Student Council members...
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This club prides itself on having a very detailed combat and character system. For more information on said system, please refer to the System Info/Extra Lore thread.
To see a list of some detailed NPC sheets, please view this thread.
Attributes
Strength - E
Vitality - E
Willpower - E
Resistance - E
Speed - D
Agility - D
Perception - C
Recovery - E
Effect: Inflict a Level 2 Vitality Debuff [x1.5] upon a single target at a range. Cost: 10 Prana & 10 Stamina Duration: 1 Phase
Reactive Phase "Retaliate!"
As the slimes lashed out with their hands, Suilen's order rang out clearly, and the bees expended what remained of their own stamina to strike out, their spectral stingers popping out like switchblades as they suicide-dived into the slimes' bodies. One by one, between their own contact with the caustic ooze as well as the frenzied blows their foes, the swarms were scattered, destroyed. But the damage they had done was worth it, and if things went as planned, Zeta wouldn't have enough left to sustain their corporeal form.
Didn't change what Suilen was going to do though. As gobs of slime were hurled in her direction again, she booked it off to the side, hitting the ground as the blobs hopefully flew overhead rather than splash onto her back. Her bees were suicidal and her bird couldn't cast again, but it was fine. Her Prana and Stamina were dropping low, dropping fast, and yet, Suilen felt almost completely fine.
She breathed, stood up, and let out a breath.
"Londo, finish it."
And then she leaned against her spear, trying to recoup what energy she could.
Active Phase
Or well, Suilen would have, if not for the fact that, even though they were on the verge of finishing all this up, the world conspired to fuck them over. She had thought that what was running at them was another patrol, but nope! Out from the woods came a carnivorous plant freak, followed by an actual Angel. A gross, disgusting Angel with horns jutting out of a well-shaped face and hair that sagged downwards like a cow's ballsack. An Angel, for whatever reason, mucking around in the territory of a Witch in broad daylight.
What the hell?!
Suilen pushed herself upright again, brandishing her spear against this new threat. Her left leg was really feeling the burden of prolonged combat now, muscles pulsating and numbing from the fatigue that continued to build up and up. More importantly though, her Prana felt drained, that magical energy within her fading despite her attempts to recuperate. Consecutive summonings took its toll; it'd be real nice if Ozy got back up again.
But he wouldn't. Neither would Eliza suddenly bust out some crazy magical attack. Neither would Lavi transform and reveal herself to be a hidden battle prodigy. Nothing like that would happen.
Because this was exactly what she wished for.
Independence, and new sights. A challenge that she could face alongside equals. An obstacle that, when overcome, would grant the gratification of a well-earned victory.
An adventure.
Suilen could feel her cheeks tightening up into a smile.
"Lavi, last chance. Run while the winged bitch's busy with the plant."
The Angel's song finished, the roar of the storm sending spring leaves afluttering.
And in the wake of the storm, the buzz of a hundred bees sounded once more.
Attributes: STR: C VIT: E WIL: E RES: E SPD: D AGI: D PER: E REC: E
Equipment:Valerius Durability:88 Spirit Cores: N/A Additional Properties: It can draw upon Almeida's prana to replenish its durability (this is a lengthy process and thus can only be done outside of combat). As it was created in a mine, where tools must be harder than that which they collide with, it will take reduced damage when one of Almeida's attacks clashes with another attack or a "reflective" barrier.
Aptitude (Passive)
Stamina Cost for Dodge & Evade & EvasionDodge is reduced by 5.
Stamina Cost for EvasionGuard & Counter & ParryCounter is reduced by 10.
Almeida was glad to have finally dealt with the slime, as she was fearing she'd run out of breath to use for backing up the others. It turned out the latter wouldn't be a problem anyhow, as Ryan got rid of another Slime while Suilen and Londo seemed to be doing surprisingly well in dealing with the remaining two. Just as she was starting to feel relieved, however, some odd plant monster came running in. 'Well.. fuck.' With a fair share of luck, maybe they'd be able to take it down, but it'd be really pushing it. Sadly enough, it seemed like there was an even bigger problem at hand, as a a very troublesome foe showed up... 'Oh fuck.. oh fuck...' Almeida was pretty sure these creatures were able to kill a starting mage in just a spell or two. Sadly enough, the situation didn't really allow for her to just panic.
Reaction Phase: I'm gonna time bend the synchronization of their phases a bit, as it's nicer that way in the plot. It was Suilen's call to Lavi that made Almeida settle in on what she had already suspected to be the best course of action. "She's right, Lavi, get to safety and contact someone about the angel here. We'll need to get this information out quickly." Almeida clenched Valerius a bit tighter. "I'm pretty sure we won't be able to beat this thing, so I won't hold it against anyone if they decide to run as well. In fact, it's easily the smartest choice here, as we'll probably going to end up needing someone to recover our souls later on..." However, she also knew that they weren't all that likely to get away fast enough if all of them were to run. What was worse, was that even if they were to succeed, luring an angel into the town was probably a worse option than having some of them die to it. After all, Almeida wasn't sure if the guard would be at the ready to get rid of one before it'd end up making civilian casualties. "That said, I won't stop anyone from joining me in being stupid." [Standby + 10 stamina]
Action Phase: 'Here goes nothing...' Having said all that, while knowing that trying to force all these kids to run was about as likely to succeed as killing the angel, she lifted up Valerius, and told those whom stayed; "Aim for the wings or try to shut it up." It was something she recalled from her army days. With that also said and done, she figured she'd pick the first option herself. Making it over in an attempt to flank the angel from behind, she used the sharp side of Valerius to slash down from top right to bottom left (/) aiming for (mostly) the right wing (from her POV). With some luck, at least the plant monster hadn't left the angel gone unscathed, which would mean they might live long enough for back-up to come. Probably not, but at least it was a fun idea to entertain. [Attack - 5 stamina]
Description: The gunner has 30 prana, 10 stamina, and 11 aura. The gunner has D rank vitality, C rank perception, C rank Dexterity, and E rank for every other stat. The gun is allowed to fire 3 times per phase with 4 bullets fired per shot in a cone. The bullets travel at C rank speed.
Description: Each rifleman is armed with an M16A4 Assault Rifle, they may spend 3 prana to fire the rifle. Every time it fires, it shoots 3 shots in a burst that travels in a straight line at C rank Speed. It may fire once per phase. The rifle has 1 durability. Each Rifleman has E rank stats.
REACTION PHASE:
Ozy had frozen solid in aura shock over the past few minutes (tilting backwards to hit the forest floor), an unfortunate circumstance considering he was capable of providing a great deal of ranged support. Upon waking up he saw a number of the slimes had already been vanquished, however the battle was not yet over. Two new enemies had arrived on the battlefield. One was a giant plant and the other an angel. Both looked deadly and both terrified Ozymandius so much he wished he had fallen over in aurashock again. The angel he had some knowledge of, in fact he had helped engage one such enemy before during his days as a soldier, though they had a number of seasoned mages to help at that time. His hope for the battle plummeted as soon as he saw it. Still Almeida seemed determined and Ozymandius was not one to let children die in a hopeless fight. Standing up and dusting himself off, he was back in the fight again. Gathering his energy he summoned his rifle squad once again. Three soldiers immediately appeared. (-30 prana) "Fan out! Target the angel's wings and fire at will!" Were the only orders provided to them.
ACTION PHASE:
Fanning out, all three riflemen prepared to fight. They moved behind trees near where they were summoned and targeted the wings of the angel. Each fired a burst of rounds (-3 prana to each rifleman). Ozymandius also took aim at the angel's wings, firing four shots in rapid succession. (-4 prana)
STRENGTH: D
VITALITY: E
WILLPOWER: E
RESISTANCE: E
SPEED: E
AGILITY: E
PERCEPTION: E
RECOVERY: D
Londo used his left fist to attack with fist of fury, as that one was less likely to break anytime soon, and could stand the abuse. He managed to help Suilen dodge the attacks, and was even healed by Hibiscus for his efforts!
As the slimes shot goo towards Suilen, Londo moved in front of her, raising his left fist to block the assault as both of them lobbed goo. Londo ran forwards as he did so, towards the slimes, and after the guantlet had taken the abuse, Londo used his left fist to attack the slime that looked more hurt, Zeta, punching it as many times as was necessary to dispatch it, which might have been one, but after it was dispatched, and looked ready to blow, Londo would jump backwards to avoid getting slime on him, then rush fowards once again. If it died quickly, Londo would keep using his left fist to attack the other slime as manay times as he could, until the Angel appeared.
Londo looked in glorious excitement as his next opponent appeared, "Sweet, an angel!!! I'm gonna go deck it in the schnozz! You take care of the last slime, Suilen!" Londo said, running up to the giant angel, who was preoccupied with the other creature.
Londo laughed triumphantly as he rushed towards the Angel, "Finally, a worthy opponent, our battle will be legendary!" Londo said, his fist being covered in a deathly aura, "I told you guys a final boss would appear! Time to use my special technique... Touch of DEATH!" Londo said, Alice's corruption covering his hand, as he yelled, and lightly touched the angel with the attack, Touch of Death, transferring the deathly aura to the Angel. He didn't bother attacking the wings with this spell, as he wanted to make sure he actually hit with his most powerful move.
Afterwards he backed off, posing, as his attack may not have seemed to do much, but it was actually quite powerful, and Londo wanted a chance to show off! He was also trying to hide his wince as he shook he hand free from the decay. It still did hurt a bit.
Whilst in the middle of kicking the second slime off for good, he caught the words of Hibiscus. Odd, since he should be the one saying things like that. Right now, he was too busy to overthink his words, so a quick "Right back at you" flew out his mouth.
As for the slime, it opposed way less resistance than he had calculated, which meant he wasted valuable energy he could've used to resuming his Projection. "Projection... It needs a name..." he thought as he got up and scanned his surroundings. Things were looking good, most of their opponents were struck down... or so Ryan thought, until he heard Lavi's warning...
Reaction Phase
A huge, carnivorous looking plant rushed out from amongst the trees, which was bad by itself, but then what followed was the cherry on top. A bloody Angel. "What..." was all he managed to utter. Ryan was too shocked to react, all he had heard of this nightmarish creatures, how dangerous they were... And he was facing one. Lost in awe, Ryan stayed still, attempting to gather his bearings. Standby: +10 stamina
Action Phase "Come on, Ryan. Get it together..." Ryan mentally repeated to himself multiple times. For now though, despite witnessing Almeida and Londo's efforts to take the monster down, all Ryan could manage to do was taking a battle stance, while slightly shaking. Knowing he was going to barely manage to fend for himself here, he warned Hibiscus "You should look for better cover..." Standby: +10 stamina
STRENGTH: E
VITALITY: E
WILLPOWER: E
RESISTANCE: D
SPEED: E
AGILITY: E
PERCEPTION: E
RECOVERY: E
In the previous turn, Hibiscus decided to heal Londo instead of the group, because I did not know the range of people because Londo was pretty hurt and needed attention.
(Start of Turn: +5 Prana, +10 Stamina)
Reaction Phase:
Londo was really the only one hurt (again), and would just take more damage next turn, so Hibiscus, yet again, dug the blade into her arm, and healed Londo with a Healing Hurt spell while he took the attacks of the slimes.
Hibiscus then stumbled, feeling lightheaded, a sign of anemia. She really needed a bit of time to recover, and of course, the Angel appeared...
"Perfect...." Hibiscus said sarcastically, while Lyka shuddered in her core, "Hibbyyyy, I'm scaaaared..." To which Hibiscus placed a hand over the core, either to shut it up or calm it down, who knew. Hibiscus tried her best to make her way back to Ryan at the same time, while the Angel was preoccupied with the other creature.
Hibiscus then hid behind a tree, taking Ryan's advice, and took a deep breath, closing her eyes and hoping none of the enemies would come to her. She activated her Meditation skill, feeling the blood come back into her own body and her own lightheadedness fading.
Hibiscus then looked back around the tree, towards the Angel. Some of them were attacking the Angel, but Hibiscus could tell just by how hard they were breathing that they had used up a lot of their stamina fighting the slimes. Maybe what Londo said earlier about saving their best spells was a good idea. Now all they had to hope for was that they could survive this encounter.
Hibiscus felt like her own Prana levels were nearly tapped out, that was a bad sign for sure.
Status Effects:
• Mark of Hibiscus (Special Buff)
- Allows the target to receive the effects of Hibiscu's spells
- 30 Minutes
Weapon:
Left Glove
Durability: 40/40
Right Glove
Durability: 40/40
Reaction Phase:
The first sound that Lavi heard was the cracking of wood. Her vision blurred as she was winching in doubt and shaking in indecision. However that wavering expression, the trembling of her body as she wrestled with herself remained no longer. Any sounds she made were silenced. As her face grew perplexed for but a second, because there was only fear with her mouth ajar. She lost her footing in an instant, as she looked upwards even if they height differed only so much, to her it felt bigger then even the floral creature that stood above it.
Her feet giving out from under her, she was unable to even walk properly. As she began to crawl backwards along the ground. Her dressing soiling as it dragged along the dirt floor, yet nothing within her mind even thought of such things. She simply nodded towards Almeida and Suilen without a doubt.
Attempting to drag herself further away a step at a time, only stopping if she could have made it to the tree line of the clearing they were in, in an attempt to nervously tick away at the AMB to send an SOS signal.
2 Mind Slot has been unleashed, start of turn +5 prana +10 stamina (85 prana left)
RP:
The emergence of new foe struck Elisa with a resemblance of terror, though her worries were mostly directed towards Almeida. She really did not want to lose her, so she recklessly used her spell again on her. The air crackled with invisible cracks as she used her Revelation spell . Revelation used, and an empty mind slot was unleashed. -- Almeida gains the effect.-20 prana -10 stamina, +5 prana unleash unleashing more eldritch secrets within the corners of her mind. A regular mind would've been half-full at this point. And her perception of her surroundings started to fill with hallucinations as she had difficulties staying attached to the reality and stay conscious.
AP:
Elisa was unable to cry but when she turned around she noticed Lavi who was even more shell shocked that what she was. Grasping at straws Elisa cast her spell on Lavi as well, giving her the power of her Revelation. Revelation used, and an empty mind slot was unleashed. -- Lavi gains the effect.-20 prana -10 stamina, +5 prana unleash By now the mental pressure that Elisa experienced was that of storing four complicated cantrips. And she experienced an excruciating headache as she had not gotten accustomed to this power.
4 Mind Slot has been unleashed (55 prana left, 80 stamina left)
Aura: ???/250 Prana: ??? -22/350 Stamina: ???/150 Current Effects: None
• STR: D • VIT: D • WIL: A • RES: C
• SPD: C • DEX: C • PER: C • REC: C
[Innate Skill] Corrosive Slime
Description: The slime of these familiars' body is imbued with magic that eats away at anything else it touches.
Effect: All objects that touch or are touched by the slime will receive 5 damage at the start of their turn for two subsequent turns. A greater quantity of slime may result in multiple instances of this damage, while slime being reapplied to the same area will merely reset duration. Those who possess this ability do not take any damage from it.
Type: Passive
Duration: Permanent / 2 Turns
Affinity: Offensive
(Start of Turn: All Familiars +? Prana+? Stamina)
(Start of Turn: Flower Monster(?) +? Prana+? Stamina)
(Start of Turn: Angel +8 Prana+17 Stamina)
(OOC Note: The statistics at the top of my posts will always be as of this line right here, after Start of Turn effects and before Reaction Phase begins.)
Reaction Phase:
Suilen ordered her bees to dive bomb the familiars as the slimes swung for the fences. Though many brave Apidaes perished in their desperate assaults, their sheer numbers still allowed them to do a fair bit of damage. Zeta fell to the relentless assaults, while Epsilon endured but clearly had seen better days. Unfortunately, between the slashing of claws and the corrosive slime of the familiars, each bee swarm was only able to land one attack at most.
With Zeta having fallen to the bees, only Epsilon remained to try and hurl slime towards Suilen. As Suilen was dodging, Londo decided to go hero mode and intercept the slime himself, using his left gauntlet to shield himself somewhat.
Londo's Left Gauntlet: -10 Durability Londo: -10 Aura
(Corrosive Slime on Londo's Left Gauntlet has been renewed)
Since Zeta was no more, Londo had no reason to try and attack it, instead focusing on Epsilon. Londo closed the distance and began jabbing away with his left fist. Epsilon in turn raised its arms above its body and crossed them to guard against the incoming punches. Epsilon: -7, -6, -7 Aura
However, Londo was evidently easily distracted, as he didn't even consider whether or not the familiar he was attacking was dead before trying to rush off to fight the Angel. As such, Epsilon graced him with a parting slash to his shins as he took off to fight the winged demon. Londo: -10 Aura
(1 stack of Corrosive Slime has been added to Londo's legs)
With Londo now departed, Epsilon would return its attention to its previous target: Suilen. The slime rushed back closer to her to try and slash vertically down her legs. Hopefully she wouldn't dodge this time.
(Epsilon: Parry + Attack x2 -25 Stamina)
The oversized vegetation attempted to continue fleeing from the Angel, but it wasn't fast enough to escape the fierce storm that carved away at it. However, once the winds died down, it continued running as fast as it could, heading away from the Angel and towards the vicinity of Ryan and Hibiscus.
(Evade: -20 Stamina)
The Angel was slightly miffed about its salad continuing to run, but something more meaty was coming its way, shouting at the top of its chuuni lungs. The Angel slowly rotated towards the approaching Londo, apparently caught off guard by his sudden rush. Londo rushed in with fist, coated in dark energy, cocked back and ready to strike the Angel's torso. As he made contact though, the Angel suddenly sprang into action. Its sluggish movement before had been a deception; now its arms wrapped around Londo in an embrace to prevent him from escaping easily. Another note emanated from the Angel's mouth, as balls of flame gathered in the space between its wings before raining down firey destruction on Londo's head.
However, it released Londo a moment later as it felt a stinging pain from behind; Almeida had slashed across its back with Valerius. This was accompanied by a number of impacts on the front of its wings as Ozymandius and his soldiers unleashed a hail of lead. Quite unpleasant, that. Distracted as it had been with trying to assault Londo, it didn't bother trying to protect itself from these attacks. After its own barrage had finished, the Angel would let go of Londo and use its levitation to drift out to its left and pivot back towards the others. Angel: -19, -15, -5, -4, -5, -4, -3, -3, -2, -3, -3, -2, -4, -2, -3, Aura + Cursed
(Flame Barrage: -25 Prana-10 Stamina)
As Lavi scrambled away to the edge of the forest, she found the AMB setting clearly labeled "Distress Call" and pressed it. After a brief confirmation screen warning people not to use it for pranks and the ilk, a loud beeping began to emanate from every AMB and other communication device (e.g. smartphones) on their persons. Strangely, a muffled beeping seemed to be coming from within the plant monster as well.
Action Phase:
Epsilon had lost all its brethren. Only it remained. But it wasn't nearly smart enough to have concepts like affection, revenge, or common sense. There was only the prey before it. It would try to clamp down on Suilen's left leg, using its claws like pincers to trap her. Once it (hopefully) had her in its grasp, it would try to use its sticky slime to crawl up her body and position itself on her torso so it could slash at her head more effectively.
(Epsilon: Attack x? -X Stamina)
As the Plant continued to rush for the far end of the clearing, it sprouted a small vine off of one of its main vines. At the end of this vine, a flower abruptly grew, bloomed, and began to ripen into a fruit in a matter of seconds. Once it was fully ripe, the small vine dropped down to deposit the fruit in the plant's maw. (Skill usage)
The Angel, having pivoted back to face Londo and Almeida again, decided it would have its main meat course before its salad. Yet another note sounded, this one causing lightning to grow in between its wings before shooting out at high speed towards Londo. Almeida was the only one in danger of being potentially struck by chained lightning from the first.
(Chain Lightning: -25 Prana)
(Touch of Death deals 5 damage to the Angel, 4/5 phases remaining)
After only a short moment's delay, Lavi's AMB received a response to its distress call. "Lavi, what's wrong?" Professor Okamoto's voice sounded clearly through Lavi's AMB, though accompanied by the sounds of steel striking on stone and of explosions rocking the surroundings on the other side of the communication.
Angel Aura: ???-82/250 Prana: ??? -72/350 Stamina: ???-10/150 Current Effects: Touch of Death (4/5 phases remaining)
• STR: D • VIT: D • WIL: A • RES: C
• SPD: C • DEX: C • PER: C • REC: C
STRENGTH: D
VITALITY: E
WILLPOWER: E
RESISTANCE: E
SPEED: E
AGILITY: E
PERCEPTION: E
RECOVERY: D
The Corrosion on Londo's right gauntlet was now gone, so it would no longer take any damage. Thank goodness! Now Londo had less things to worry about. fortunately, Hibiscus had healed Londo, so he would worry about less things! Right?...
(+10 Aura)
(Actions: -5 Aura, -0 Prana, -30 Stamina)
(Start of Turn: +3 Aura, +5 Prana, +15 Stamina)
(Corrosion: -20 Aura)
(Right Gauntlet: -10 Durability)
(Left Gauntlet: -5 Durability)
Reaction Phase:
Unfortunately, Londo was not able to pose while grappled, and while he would have loved to, the Angel was just as strong as him. However, he DID have a plan! Londo lifted his legs and pushed against the angel, while also pulling his arms out of the angel's grip if they were locked against the angel's arms. While this was happening, fire grew in the angel's wings sections, and Londo decided to smirk and taunt it, "Oh yea? Gonna hit me with that fire? Better make sure it hurts. Better make sure it kills me in one shot!" then Londo gave a final strong push with his to break free, while at the same time reeling back his right arm and punching with a Fist of Fury, just as the fire was launched.
Assuming he had actually escaped, Londo would dodge some, if not all, of the fire, and he would have attempted to block, had he had the stamina to do so. Instead, he just hoped his tactic had worked, and breathed heavily, landing on the ground shakily on his feet.
As Londo stood there, wondering just how much he had to punch the angel to win, it made another sound, and Lightning appeared between its wings. Londo realized this was a bad thing, and immediately unbuckled his gauntlet with a quick flip of the buckle. If his left was still unbroken somehow, he would unclasp that. If his right was the only one remaining, he'd unclasp that, say, "Sorry Alice!" As he threw his right hand upwards towards the Angel, then hid his left hand behind his back, hoping the chain lightning wouldn't hit him. If it did, oh well, he could still survive it, assuming Hibiscus healed him.
Attributes: STR: C VIT: E WIL: E RES: E SPD: D AGI: D PER: E REC: E
Equipment:Valerius Durability:84 Spirit Cores: N/A Additional Properties: It can draw upon Almeida's prana to replenish its durability (this is a lengthy process and thus can only be done outside of combat). As it was created in a mine, where tools must be harder than that which they collide with, it will take reduced damage when one of Almeida's attacks clashes with another attack or a "reflective" barrier.
Aptitude (Passive)
Stamina Cost for Dodge & Evade & EvasionDodge is reduced by 5.
Stamina Cost for EvasionGuard & Counter & ParryCounter is reduced by 10.
Almeida could do little but sigh at seeing Londo charge the angel head-on. Although he was a welcome distraction, as it meant she got a free strike on it, she wondered how long this attitude would last if he'd end up experiencing death as a result. It also seemed like Elisa was working her magic again, as a similar and familiar yet strange and entirely unknown and unrecognisable feeling crept over her. Leaving the remaining slime to Suilen, and hoping the plant wouldn't be too big of an issue, Almeida figured it'd be best to focus on the angel. Maybe they could even tame the plant if they'd end up saving it.
Reaction Phase:
Although the angel was floating in another direction, Almeida would do her best to move along with it so she'd keep facing the angel's back. It was the easiest way to try striking the wings without having too fear too much of a retribution. Considering Londo seemed kept facing the angels front (from what it seems), they'd likely end up on opposite sides of the angel. Being unaware of the spell that the angel was going to use, she'd probably take the hit if that still kept her in range despite the angel itself being in-between the primary target and her. On the other hand, she would be able to hit the angels wings again from the back, even with some added strength. She'd slash at the angel from top right to bottom left once more. (Revelation +2 strength 1/3) [Attack - 5 stamina]
Action Phase:
Having slashed at the angels wings, Almeida figured she'd try another tactic next. Using the flat side of Valerius, she'd try to hammer the angel from the left side, seeing if she could knock it out of balance, considering it was levitating instead of being firmly rooted to the ground. If the latter was successful, it'd hopefully disorient or disturb the angel for just enough time to give the others a bit of a time-frame to do something, regardless of what that'd end up being. (Revelation +2 strength 2/3) [Attack - 5 stamina]
Things weren't looking pretty, as the angel started attacking Almeida and, more deserving of it, Londo. On the flipside, Ozymandius resumed his firing, though the angel didn't seem that phased by it. What concerned Ryan the most at the moment, was that plant thing running from the angel. The possibility of it turning to him or the part of the squad behind him put him in a concerning situation: Should he help Almeida and Londo, or Hibiscus, Elisa, and Lavi (and whoever that thing swallowed, based on the beeping)? Well...
Reaction Phase
Ryan went for sort of a middle option. Slowly walking backwards in order to not trip, he kept an eye on both monsters, and was more in range to attack the plant, should it decide to make such a move. However, he didn't move much, in order to keep regaining stamina and avoid suffering a panic attack. Standby: +10 stamina
Action Phase
Now that it gave the plant monster enough time to pass them by if it so wanted, so Ryan either: A) Would rush to whoever the plant attempted to attack, and when in the right range, he would plant his left foot on the ground firmly. Now with proper footing, the rest of his body spun to deliver a mighty round kick to the back of the plant, with a downward trajectory after hitting. With a quick twist of the hips, Ryan switched his kicking foot and thrusted his right foot towards the monster as he was looking back. When he finished his spin he switched his balance again and planted his right foot once more before kicking with a frontal thrust plus the remaining energy of his spin "Back off, monster" B) Seeing as the plant was too scared to fight, Ryan turned his attention to the angel. Ryan made a quick sprint towards it, feeling confident that its attention wasn't on him. Once Ryan got close enough, he would propel himself off the ground with all he got with his left foot, while attempting to kick (but his body will do if he can't reach it) the angel's wing with his right one from the side. Using the mostly upwards momentum he got, Ryan twisted his body midair. The twist helped him strike with his left heel towards the same direction of the first kick. The remainder of his momentum was used in another right leg kick but slightly downwards in order to not land on his face. Once his feet touched the ground, Ryan would hop slightly backwards, to have some room to react to any sudden movement. Attack x3: -15 stamina
Status Effects:
• Mark of Hibiscus (Special Buff)
- Allows the target to receive the effects of Hibiscus's spells
- 30 Minutes
- Butterfly's Tenacity
- Reduces damage received by 6.
- Five Phases
- Revelation
- Allows the target to choose one attribute and heighten it by two ranks
- 1 turn to choose the attribute and then 3 phases of which it is buffed
Weapon:
Left Glove
Durability: 40/40
Right Glove
Durability: 40/40
Strength - C (E) Vitality - E Willpower - E Resistance - E Speed - E Dexterity - E Perception - E Recovery - D
Reaction Phase
As the call connected a cacophony of sounds would come out from Lavi's end. The heavy sounds of her short, heavy breaths were accompanied by the sounds of lightning crashing, the horrendous noise of instantaneous gunfire as each instance was deafening almost at this range and crackling fire which was burning and scorching the forest as the barrage was let off. Lavi's voice itself was quiet and irregular as she spoke between frequent breaths and was accompanied by a significant amount of distress. ''An angel! Angel encountered!'' Before she screamed with her entire body, eyes widening in horror for but a second.
Yet then it stopped. The irregular breathing instead become a regulated and deep, standing up on her feet the others could see Lavi looking over the glade and the fighting, for but an instant. A voice uttered from her right gauntlet. ''That was unexpected. Without the same cause, what was the cause this time? Well then Tenacity activated my dear.''
''Alter.'' As she uttered the word, she transformed. Her physical appearance brought not much change, yet her outfit changed greatly. Her outfit became something that looked similar to a gymnastics outfit. As a tight swimsuit or corset like outfit of black and white clad her from the waist till her neck over which she wore a white packed from which the inside was pink. The outfit itself bore a floral pattern of sorts on various spots.
As she lowered her central mass and body position for but an instant, before her form rose up quickly as in a blitzing sprint she rushed forward. Using the force behind her run as she swung her right arm pulled back behind her shoulder as she executed a short and brutal jab at the thinner portion that connected its lower body and central mass as she swung her body together with. Before it could react she quickly turned her fist as she opened it and gripped onto it.
Yet her brutal assault did not stop yet, as her grip was used in a forceful pull towards her, using the momentum of the right side of her body from the pull to deliver an heavy blow below its throat and another as it recoiled from the first. Using any additional opportunity within its daze to brute force it down.
Attributes
Strength - E
Vitality - E
Willpower - E
Resistance - E
Speed - D
Agility - D
Perception - C
Recovery - E
Effect: Inflict a Level 2 Vitality Debuff [x1.5] upon a single target at a range. Cost: 10 Prana & 10 Stamina Duration: 1 Phase
Reactive Phase
Why won't the slime die?!
Probably because Londo didn't finish it off, really.
Though the Angel was terrifying and the plant monster was troublesome, Suilen didn't miss the sharp 'caw' that her ever-watchful bird gave, alerting her of the slime that rushed at her once more, its gelatinous form heavily damaged but still definitely capable of being annoying.
"One, distract."
Summoning what fragments of strength she had, Suilen kicked off the ground, leaping sideways away from the slime's outstretched claws as one of her bee swarms rushed in. The vertical blow was easier to avoid than a horizontal one, but she still didn't want to risk it. Londo's predilection for putting himself into danger meant that Hibiscus had to constantly bleed herself out to save his butt; if Suilen did stupid things too, she just be a burden on their only healer.
She landed once more, coiling her legs and clenching her spear in both hands.
Active Phase
"One, attack."
Leveraging the superior length of her weapon and maintaining her distance, Suilen thrust her spear into the slime as another bee swept in to sting the creature. These creatures had long overstayed their welcome; she honestly didn't want to spend more energy on them than necessary.
But she'd do it if she had to.
Slime coated her spear as the wispy-haired girl punched more holes into the stubborn familiar.
Reactive
One Bee Swarm Inflicts a LVL 2 Perception Debuff on Epsilon.
Bird Standbys.
Suilen Evades.
Active
One Bee Swarm attacks Epsilon twice.
Suilen attacks Epsilon once (will attack twice if the first attack doesn't kill).
Bird Standbys.
STRENGTH: E
VITALITY: E
WILLPOWER: E
RESISTANCE: D
SPEED: E
AGILITY: E
PERCEPTION: E
RECOVERY: E
(Start of Turn: +5 Prana, +10 Stamina)
Reaction Phase:
The enemy was now encroaching fast on their position. It was a shame Hibiscus didn't have any kind of teleport magic move, that'd be really helpful right now.
Right now, however, Hibiscus had to tend to a certain teammate who was currently getting pelted with fireballs. From her position, she could still see Londo, so for the umpteenth time this fight, she stabbed her arm, then shot a Healing Hurt towards Londo, hoping he could survive until the next time she could poke out from behind the tree.
As it was, Hibiscus stayed behind the tree, which was thick enough to withstand a cargo container in a hurricane being launched towards it, and hoped that the plant creature wasn't nearly as heavy or as strong as a hurricane coming towards them.
Action Phase:
However, if the plant creature could actually topple the tree, Hibiscus would run, and dive in the direction opposite of the plant monster's position around the tree, making sure to actually avoid the tree toppling over if it did as well.
Otherwise, Hibiscus would wait behind the safety of her tree, and wait for the angel or her allies to help her, as she wasn't fast enough to outrun this thing, or strong enough to cause a distraction.
Description: The gunner has 30 prana, 10 stamina, and 11 aura. The gunner has D rank vitality, C rank perception, C rank Dexterity, and E rank for every other stat. The gun is allowed to fire 3 times per phase with 4 bullets fired per shot in a cone. The bullets travel at C rank speed.
Description: Each rifleman is armed with an M16A4 Assault Rifle, they may spend 3 prana to fire the rifle. Every time it fires, it shoots 3 shots in a burst that travels in a straight line at C rank Speed. It may fire once per phase. The rifle has 1 durability. Each Rifleman has E rank stats.
START OF TURN +5 prana to Ozy
AMB MODULE REDISTRIBUTION -9 prana to Ozy, +3 prana to all riflemen
REACTION PHASE:
It was in Ozy's opinion naive stupidity that the rest of the kids were still here. In his option they should have run when they had the chance, at least then they could have escaped death. Then only Almeida and himself would have had to sacrifice themselves. Still, he wasn't in charge and if the rest didn't want to go? That was their choice. It was basic knowledge that angels weren't to be trifled with. They were dangers even to more experienced mages. A bunch of rookies had no business taking it on, but as long as they were... Ozymandius stepped out from behind the tree and used his remaining prana to fire his pistol. (-2 prana). His soldiers unleashed another hail of bullets, barrels barking out sharp automatic reports (-3 prana to all riflemen)
ACTION PHASE:
Looking at his AMB, Ozymandius felt drained, like he had no prana left. He realized his soldiers were pretty low, but he needed to set the prana output on his device again. (AMB module adjusted, 5 prana will be redistributed next turn)
Aura: ???-82/250 Prana: ??? -64/350 Stamina: ???/150 Current Effects: Touch of Death (4/5 phases remaining)
• STR: D • VIT: D • WIL: A • RES: C
• SPD: C • DEX: C • PER: C • REC: C
[Innate Skill] Corrosive Slime
Description: The slime of these familiars' body is imbued with magic that eats away at anything else it touches.
Effect: All objects that touch or are touched by the slime will receive 5 damage at the start of their turn for two subsequent turns. A greater quantity of slime may result in multiple instances of this damage, while slime being reapplied to the same area will merely reset duration. Those who possess this ability do not take any damage from it.
Type: Passive
Duration: Permanent / 2 Turns
Affinity: Offensive
(Start of Turn: All Familiars +? Prana+? Stamina)
(Start of Turn: Flower Monster(?) +? Prana+? Stamina)
(Start of Turn: Angel +8 Prana+17 Stamina)
(OOC Note: The statistics at the top of my posts will always be as of this line right here, after Start of Turn effects and before Reaction Phase begins.)
Reaction Phase:
As Epsilon tried to strike Suilen with a vertical blow, it suddenly found itself with a face full of bees. Amidst the ensuing confusion, it was unable to land a good strike on Suilen, who had leapt out of the way. Its strike did carve a trail through the swarm though, wiping them out of existence.
Epsilon swiveled around to locate Suilen, and locate her it did. The pointed spear heading directly for its face definitely helped with identifying her. But as it began rushing towards her again, a second bee swarm dived in and gave its lives to penetrate the familiar's corrosive body and finish it off. Epsilon: -10, -9 Aura Familiar Epsilon has perished
(Two bee swarms perished)
(Suilen's spear has received 1 stack of Corrosive Slime)
"Shit." Professor Okamoto continued her battle on the far end of the call as she replied. However, whatever she was going to say after had been cut off by Lavi starting to scream and change. "Lavi, retreat. I'm going to try to get in touch with Almeida." The call cut out there.
The plant creature gave a sigh of relief as it swallowed the fruit from its vines. There didn't seem to be any more attacks coming its way from the Angel. However, some kid had suddenly started attacking. "Eh? Hey, what the hell, kid? The Angel's over there!" Despite the strange shape of its mouth, it seemed to be speaking fluent Uruk Common with a slightly feminine voice. As it spoke, it created some smaller vines to block the attacks of Lavi, with varying degrees of success. Perhaps due to its size, or perhaps its durability, or something else altogether, it didn't seem to be budging much under her assaults.
(Plant Monster?: -X Aura[/b])
(Guard)
While the Angel was preparing its Flame Barrage, Londo attempted to escape from its grasp by pushing against it with his feet. Though he found it somewhat challenging both to push against a floating creature with both feet and to then also punch at the Angel from his partially horizontal position, both he did to some extent. As Almeida had been slashing at the Angel's back (as mentioned in the previous post) though and because the punch had been from a poor stance, the Angel was not knocked back more than about a meter before the momentum from Londo's punch dispersed. In turn, as Londo's position relative to the Angel had not changed very much and the fireballs came in a rapid barrage rather than all simultaneously, it was a simple feat for the Angel to correct its aim as it was moved, only missing a single shot in the process. Angel: -9 Aura Londo: -16, -16, -16, -16 Aura
Shortly after the fireball attack, the Angel released a bolt of lightning. Unfortunately for Londo, while taking off his gauntlets might've helped with avoiding being struck by the chaining of lightning, it wouldn't help him against the initial strike, as the first strike was targetable (only the follow-up chains are "random" targeting). As he made no other attempts to avoid the attack, the lightning struck him with devastating force. Its impact was accompanied by a sound not unlike that of shattering glass as Londo's Aura reached its limit and burst. The healing from Hibiscus received a moment later unfortunately was for naught, as it lacked the power to revitalize a broken Aura. Londo: -60 Aura Londo's Aura has been broken Londo: +0 Aura
The lightning then attempted to chain towards Almeida, who was trying to lurk behind the Angel. Seeing the lightning coming its way, the Angel frantically darted to its left to evade the approaching bolt, just barely making it out of the way in time to avoid the bolt. It may not have had eyes in the back of its head, but this maneuver unintentionally also helped it partially escape Almeida's attack on its back, as she was swinging while the lightning was chaining their way. Attracted to the metallic Valerius, the lightning struck, causing some damage to the Spirit while the metal also conducted a mild shock down its shaft and into Almeida's body. Angel: -22 Aura Valerius: -8 Durability Almeida: -7 Aura
The hail of bullets from the soldiers once again rained down on the Angel, who screeched in frustration. Those bastards shooting from over there had their last laugh. A note was sung, one that had been heard but a short moment ago, and a glowing green rune appeared (approximately) in the center of the soldiers + Ozymandius. This rune would unleash torrential winds to try and slice through the soldiers just a moment after. Angel: -5, -4, -3, -3, -3, -3, -3, -3, -3, -3, -3 Aura
While the Angel was busy focusing on the soldiers, Almeida snuck up behind once again and attacked, this time swinging her hammer into its left side. The impact sent the Angel careening off to the right. It could've tried to use its levitation to slow itself down, but honestly, the Angel had no objections to being able to gain some distance from the one who had been attacking it so much. In fact, if anything, it wanted to use its levitation to move even farther, traveling nearly 10 meters away from where it had been previously before slowing itself down. Because of this additional distance produced, Ryan would find himself unable to move in close enough to line up a good strike. Angel: -28 Aura
(Touch of Death deals 5 damage to the Angel, 3/5 phases remaining)
(Counter + Whirlwind: -30 Prana-40 Stamina)
Action Phase:
Hopefully, Lavi would've stopped attacking the plant by now, but just in case, the plant would continue running for the trees while using its vines to try and block any more incoming attacks. If the attacks had stopped, it would also call out "What are you guys doing? RUN!"
The Angel decided some retribution was in order for the one with the giant pickaxe thing. Well, if it was a pickaxe, lets see how it liked stone. The Angel let out another note, this one manifesting a sizable boulder in the air before launching it towards Almeida at extremely high speed.
(Crushing Boulder: -10 Prana-20 Stamina)
(Touch of Death deals 5 damage to the Angel, 2/5 phases remaining)
As the boulder was hurtling towards Almeida, she might notice her AMB chirping a notification for an incoming call from Professor Okamoto.
Meanwhile, Lavi's AMB (which was still emitting a Distress Call) would receive a text message. Included in the message was a link to open a call and an option to reply via text message. "This is the West Wind. We have received your distress signal. How may we be of assistance?"
Angel Aura: ???-187/250 Prana: ??? -104/350 Stamina: ???-60/150 Current Effects: Touch of Death (2/5 phases remaining)
• STR: D • VIT: D • WIL: A • RES: C
• SPD: C • DEX: C • PER: C • REC: C
Description: The gunner has 30 prana, 10 stamina, and 11 aura. The gunner has D rank vitality, C rank perception, C rank Dexterity, and E rank for every other stat. The gun is allowed to fire 3 times per phase with 4 bullets fired per shot in a cone. The bullets travel at C rank speed.
Description: Each rifleman is armed with an M16A4 Assault Rifle, they may spend 3 prana to fire the rifle. Every time it fires, it shoots 3 shots in a burst that travels in a straight line at C rank Speed. It may fire once per phase. The rifle has 1 durability. Each Rifleman has E rank stats.
START OF TURN +5 prana to Ozy
AMB MODULE REDISTRIBUTION -5 prana to Ozy, +2 prana to riflemen 1&2, +1 prana to rifleman 3
REACTION PHASE:
Ozymandius could see that the situation was deteriorating. Almeida might not have been tactically aware of the situation but Ozymandius was. He had been out for a while after all, and if he was now out of prana, that couldn't mean anything good for the others. He was about to call out to the others to retreat, when a great green rune appeared right next to him. Both he and his summons attempted to dodge backwards to avoid the attack, with rifle man number 1 dodging to the left, rifleman number 2 (who was closest to the rune and opposite Ozy) dodged backwards, and rifleman number 3 dodged to the right. Ozy dodged backwards as well. He didn't want to get turned into a magic marble by the angel after all. [-10 stamina to Ozy and all his summons]
ACTION PHASE:
After dodging any surviving riflemen would attempt to shoot the angel once more (-3 prana to all surviving summons). Ozymandius on the other hand was now out of prana completely. Instead of attempting to attack the monster more he would shout to everyone in the vicinity. "We need to pull back now! Everyone needs to run!" (Standby Phase+10 stamina)
Attributes
Strength - E
Vitality - E
Willpower - E
Resistance - E
Speed - D
Agility - D
Perception - C
Recovery - E
Effect: Inflict a Level 2 Vitality Debuff [x1.5] upon a single target at a range. Cost: 10 Prana & 10 Stamina Duration: 1 Phase
Reactive Phase
This was the chance the bird had been looking for.
Above the canopy, a spectral blur shot down, wings tucked around its body as it dove straight into the Angel's mouth. Cutting off the arcane song by worming itself into the back the celestial creature's throat, the Preying Bird scratched and bit as much as it could while inside, all for the sake of disrupting the creature's spellcasting. If it worked, it was fine, if it didn't, Suilen planned on resummoning it anyways.
At a distance, the wispy-haired girl flicked what corrosive slime clung onto her spear away, before turning her attention upon the Angel. Lavi had returned…at least what she thought Lavi was. Ryan lived too; Almeida was hacking away. Ozymandias looked very impressive, calling for a retreat. Londo was…damn. Even from where she was, Suilen could see that he no longer had any Aura cushioning him; the barrier had broken with a thunderous crack of lightning. Could they do it still?
They'd have to. It would absolutely suck if they turned and ran, only for the Angel to snipe them from afar, huh?
Readying her spear, Suilen whispered a couple words to her Swarm, and they flew off, preparing for a renewed onslaught, another death.
Active Phase
A cloud of hornets descended upon the Angel as it crushed the bird within its mouth. Swirling around its head, they delivered a string of stings and bites, ramming themselves into any orifice they could. Such a thick mass they were, that for brief moments, the Angel's head was almost completely covered by the swarms. In that momentary distraction, Suilen dashed out, slipping behind a tree as she tried to catch her breath. She had gotten closer to the monster now, and her own Aura was still untouched, unmarred. If they couldn't end it now, she could still go on a bit longer.
A whispered chant, a quiet prayer.
An aquamarine strand, plucked from her head, entwined and weaved, before the Preying Bird rested on her shoulder, a slender simulacrum of her Spirit. It was a comforting weight, even as her shoulder slumped under it. Hidden as best as she could, Suilen watched, waited, and prepared. Just a bit longer, just a little more...
Reactive
Bird dives into Angel's mouth, attacking twice.
Suilen Standbys.
Active
One Bee Swarm inflicts a LVL 2 Perception Debuff on Angel.
Two Bee Swarms attack the Angel twice (4 attacks total).
Suilen Summons the Bird.
Attributes: STR: C VIT: E WIL: E RES: E SPD: D AGI: D PER: E REC: E
Equipment:Valerius Durability:72 Spirit Cores: N/A Additional Properties: It can draw upon Almeida's prana to replenish its durability (this is a lengthy process and thus can only be done outside of combat). As it was created in a mine, where tools must be harder than that which they collide with, it will take reduced damage when one of Almeida's attacks clashes with another attack or a "reflective" barrier.
Aptitude (Passive)
Stamina Cost for Dodge & Evade & EvasionDodge is reduced by 5.
Stamina Cost for EvasionGuard & Counter & ParryCounter is reduced by 10.
Almeida got a hit in on the angel, which was neat. Sadly enough, the angel seemed to bring Londo down to the brink of death (aka getting rid of all his aura). Sadly enough, Almeida was soon hit by lightning going through Valerius. "Fuck!" The suddenly shock startled her, despite how it didn't hurt as much as she feared it might. "I concur." It seemed Valerius was, in his own way, equally startled. Almeida also managed to knock the angel away, which meant now was the time to try to come up with a way to get Londo out of death's range. "Londo, I need you to get the others to safety!" With some luck, that'd make him leave the immediate vicinity of the angel, now that it was knocked away. If it didn't, well... at least he could be brought back to life...
Reaction Phase:
For now, Almeida has another issue to deal with. A boulder was heading right at her. Considering the speed at which it was going... Almeida would do her best to block the projectile with Valerius, which would still be in front of her and would hopefully only need minor readjusting. If she was able to knock it back towards the angel, all the better, but considering she hadn't played baseball all that often, simply guarding against it seemed the safer option. She'd also make sure to brace for impact, bending a bit forwards so she wouldn't be knocked over. Considering the remanding of Revelation, she was at least somewhat confident in her strength to push back against he impact. (Revelation +2 strength 3/3) [Guard]
Action Phase:
Having made Valerius go through the mining he was made for, albeit in a bit of a more damaging fashion, Almeida had time to quickly push the button of her AMB while trying to cross the distance put between herself and the angel. If Ryan (or possible Lavi) was also closing in on the angel, she'd put some distance between them while sticking to the other side in a flanking manoeuvre, both to avoid another chain lightning and to not be in each-others way. She'd make use of the attack by Suilens bird and bees (as that'd at the very least distract the angel) by using that time to finish crossing the distance and slashing at the angels right wing going from top to bottom in a / pattern (or the left, if others already aimed at the right wing). Afterwards, she'd back up to be out of the way of others' potential attacks. [Attack - 5 stamina]
