The Underground Bull: Taurus Battle

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▼ Let's go!

 

Who: The chosen five (Sora (AU3), Latooni, Elzam, Fumi and Xellos)
Where: Taurus Ward
Summary: Boss Battle in Taurus Ward Underground
Warnings: Boss Battle

OOC BATTLE NOTES HERE

Comments

Persona Skill - Trombe Override | ★ ROYAL HEART BREAKER

[trombeoverride]

"Heh.... Sanger and I are familiar with the move, I will fill in for you and Raidese's princess... Pattern RHB, correct?"

He closed his eyes as everyone for some reason heard Trombe playing loudly in their heads (mutation skill has his theme music trump all, even boss music, TAKE THAT Pokemans low HP music) as he adjusted his goggles and gunned the throttle on his robot as he had Trombe fill in the place of the princess' red unit.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wz0nBQyWOsA - Sanger and Ratsel Version
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4W-laWSvdas - Latooni and Shine Version
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82kMiZrOA9w - TROMBE!

((Royal Heartbreaker is physical definitely, I may argue physical/rainbow but I'm not sure rainbow is an attack class))

PERSONA SKILL | ★ HOMO HOMINI LUPUS EST

[darkens]

Luckily, despite the fact that Hoshi has had very little time to adjust to the whole Persona summoning thing, the process isn't too different from the calling sequence she uses for her Magical Hunter attacks. She inhales deeply, squeezing her eyes shut and steeling herself, and her Persona appears behind her, rearing its head back and howling at the moon.

"Here we go, Hotaru!" she cries out, leaping high into the air, and she seems to be collecting shadows as she goes. Before long, she is encased in darkness; where most people would feel lost, she feels like she is in her rightful place in the world. When she hits the peak of her jump, she and the black and purple wolf launch themselves back down toward Taura, the shadows swirling and shifting, leaving their place at Hoshi's side to strike at the demon. "Homo homini lupus est!"

((that's dark damage + equivalent healing to Hoshi, yup))

PERSONA CHANGE | THE WALL -> PERSONA SKILL | ★ HAMMER! HAMMER! HAMMER!

[terminally_clever]

Fumi muses for a moment as the boss' new set of weaknesses are exposed. While it would be tempting to summon Tao Tie again and set loose another Megidolaon, the order of the day seems to be Personas and Mutation Skills. Letting the demon sheep sleep for the time being, Fumi once again calls out the shrieking white-bricked wall from the Pink Floyd album of the same name.

Off in the distance and echoing in from all around is the sound of a large crowd of people chanting 'HAMMER! HAMMER! HAMMER!' The sound gets louder and louder, accompanied by the rhythmic sound of marching. Once the noise has reached a crescendo, a large group of goose-stepping hammers appears to trample over Taura's immobilized form.

The visual effect is somewhat lessened accompanied by hot-blooded mecha themes instead of the guitar stylings of David Gilmour, but Fumi seems pleased with the result all the same.

(ooc: Medium Physical damage 2-4 times with a 20% chance of Fear.)

PERSONA SKILL | ★ MAD BOMBER

[trollsdragons]

"A music change? How peculiar - though I suppose every world has an equivalent to Prince Philionel to bring comedy to the serious moments," Xellos says with a shrug. He chuckles, then takes to the air, eyes wide and filled with malice as he swings his staff. "Come forth, Persona! Rain down destruction and terror upon this foolish beast!"

...he says that, but given that his Persona is a cartoony spy, it loses some of the impact. However, it does deliver - an initial barrage of black, spherical bombs falls out of his jacket upon pulling it open, then several more are lobbed in by hand, the Persona cackling madly all the while.

MONSTER CLEAR

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With each hit, the creature is unable to do anything but scream in anger and soon even those scream turn into silence. There is so much smoke from the bombs that it is impossible to see anything, before a large head appears above.

It seems it's back for more...

Or actually perhaps not, for when the air allows the smoke to clear from their combined attacks, all that is left is the bull monster's petrified head floating in the air, the rest completely obliterated into a fine dust. The disembodied head falls as gravity calls it back, right into the large water pool, splashing them with the water as it enters, steam pouring out as it slowly sinks.

The entire body of water turns red as it becomes lava then into hard rock, leaving nothing of the crater but a bad memory and the destroyed landscape around them. On the top, they can find five large scales, as big as an open hand, gleaming and noticeable in the reddish moon's glow.

MONSTER CLEAR!


With only five minutes left before the 13th hour is over, they had cut it quite close.

[exceedinglydramatic]

"They did it?! THEY DID IT! I KNEW IT! OUR FOE HAS BEEN RETURN HENCE WHERE IT CAME AND--"

[suppliesgadgets]

"...Why are you touching me?"

[exceedinglydramatic]

"....I was caught in the moment."

AND NOW BACK TO OUR REGULARLY SCHEDULE TAGGING ORDER

[suppliesgadgets]

"Right, now ignoring that outburst, I believe that congratulations are in order. We've survived yet another of these monsters, but that doesn't quite solve the issue of why it exists as all. Regardless, the rest of the night is a cause for celebration,as the main danger has been neutralized." He let that sink in for a few seconds. Q wasn't the type to congratulate so freely.

"Go get some rest if you can. After tonight's contribution, you've certainly earned it. There will certainly be a lot to clean up tomorrow..."

[OOC : Tagging order is back to normal! This is post-boss talk, you can talk between yourselves, leave when you can, and talk with Q or Orpheus if you'd like! Thank you for being in the boss battle, it's been loads of fun and I hope you enjoyed yourselves!]

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OOC - Boss Data Notes you didn't get to see

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I figured some of you might want to see my notes for the boss battle. There were a few more attacks added during the battle, these are my first notes. This post is just for informative purposes.

Taura is a typical normal battle. Nothing special here.

TAURA
Destiny Strings Original

LVL	Arcana	Heart	Alignment	Traits	HP	SP
Max	The Hierophant	Dark	Law	Forceful, Gloomy, Snappish	Large	Medium

Fire	Lightning	Earth	Water	Ice	Wind	Dark	Light	Physical	Mind	Almighty
-	-	Ref	Wk	Wk	-	Null	Wk	Str	-	Abs

List of Skills
Skill/Spell	Element	Effect
Sexy Dance	Mind	(30% chance of inflicting the Charm ailment on all targets | all allies.(2 turns))
Sandy Lover	Earth	Deal high Earth + Dark damage to all targets. 30% chance of charm.
Stone Rampart	Mind	Blocks one Water and one Ice attack (2 turns)
Terra Punch	Earth	(Inflicts a medium amount of Earth damage on all enemies with a 20% chance of Confusion .)
Spilled Blood	Earth	(User becomes covered in rocks for 3 rounds causing large earth damage added to attacks. Destroyed with a wind/ice/light attack)
Bull Charge	Physical	(Large Physical damage to one target)
Bull Charge	Physical	(Large Physical damage to one target)
Element Zero	Mind	(Nullifies all positive affinities for three turns on both sides.)
Demon's Kiss	Dark	(Inflicts a medium amount of Dark damage on one enemy with a 20% chance of Fear.)
Mind Charge	Mind	(The next Fire, Ice, Water, Earth, Lightning, Wind, or Almighty magic attack will be 2.5 times greater in power. Self.)

Rewards
Rare (1/100)	Piece of Taurus Hair (Permanent Strong Bonus against Earth Types)
Rare (1/20)	Marble (Massive Earth Attack (usable once))

No one won any of the prizes in that round when I rolled for them.

TAURA PRIME
Taura Prime, being the 2nd form has a unique boss quirk that its weakness changes when the character with the birth element uses the attack, and the others nearby use a similar attack. If 3/5 people use the same element, it will still work and combine together. Once it has done a 4 element rotation, mutation skills will be unlocked for all, and the creature will be weak to everything but those four elements, allowing for a final attack.

Otherwise it goes into a 3,2,1,0 countdown and resets its health to full after causing a massive attack, turning all targets into either children or seniors. No matter how powerful the attacks, it is essentially unbeatable if the pattern isn't found as its health is too high.

If other characters that aren't the birth character use that attack, the effect will not cause a weakness. Only the birth element character and pierce that weakness even if she has a wall up for that particular element. The others using it will boost that power.

The extra character (Xellos) needs to be the final one to attack when all the weaknesses are given, otherwise the final attack will fail.

If players cannot figure this out, Q and Orpheus will come in to enlighten / give clues / help / keep the flow of the battle intact.

TAURA PRIME (GIANT)
Destiny Strings Original

LVL	Arcana	Heart	Alignment	Traits	HP	SP
Max	The Despot	Dark	Law	Forceful, Gloomy, Snappish	Insane	Insane

Fire	Lightning	Earth	Water	Ice	Wind	Dark	Light	Physical	Mind	Almighty
Str	Null	Abs	Wk	Null	Str	Null	Null	Str	-	Abs

List of Skills
Skill/Spell	Element	Effect
Sexy Waltz	Mind	(50% chance of inflicting the Charm ailment on all targets | all allies.(2 turns))
Mamagnadyne	Earth	Deal high Earth damage to an target group.
Sandy Lover	Earth	Deal high Earth + Dark damage to all targets. 30% chance of charm.
Taurid Shower	Earth	Large Amount of Earth Damage (All)
Stone Rampart	Mind	Blocks one Water and one Ice attack (2 turns)
Terra Punch	Earth	(Inflicts a medium amount of Earth damage on all enemies with a 20% chance of Confusion .)
The Child	Mind	Turns characters into children for 1 turn
The Crone	Mind	Turns characters in an aged-up version of themselves for 1 turn
Spilled Blood	Earth	(User becomes covered in rocks for 3 rounds causing large earth damage added to attacks. Destroyed with a wind/ice/light attack)
Bull Charge	Physical	(Large Physical damage to one target)
Bull Charge	Physical	(Large Physical damage to one target)
Element Zero	Mind	(Nullifies all positive affinities for three turns on both sides.)
Demon's Kiss	Dark	(Inflicts a medium amount of Dark damage on one enemy with a 20% chance of Fear.)
Mind Charge	Mind	(The next Fire, Ice, Water, Earth, Lightning, Wind, or Almighty magic attack will be 2.5 times greater in power. Self.)
Please smile for Me...	Mind	(40% chance of inflicting the Happy ailment on all targets.(2 turns))

Rewards
Rare (1/100)	Silver Tear (Permanent Reflect Bonus against Earth Type)
Rare (1/20)	Birth Stone (Revive ally with 50% of HP (usable once))

Everyone wins a Marble by default if they don't roll for the Tear (which no one did). Two characters won the Birth Stone.

[ineedthemforanalyzing]

Latooni lets out a panting breath and slumps over her controls. Her head hurts, and not because the out-of-place bull horns just fell off of it. She feels woozy, slightly nauseous, and deeply confused about why she'd been trying to defend a giant bull demon.

[trollsdragons]

Xellos stumbles as the odd sadistic streak that's been lingering in him fades. Or in his case, goes back to normal. There's a moment of him holding his head, reflecting on what's happened here before he shakes the fog off, and steps back away from the group.

"Yes, there's been enough embarrassment and acting out for a very, very long time," he mutters, then fades off into nothing, taking his leave quite abruptly.

[terminally_clever]

"That was actually far more challenging than I'd anticipated," Fumi comments, smiling in self-satisfaction. "And this has opened up several new potential avenues of research. It looks like I'll be busier here than I'd first anticipated."