destinystrings | The Underground Bull: Taurus Battle

"Water, Ice, or Light," Latooni mumbled, shaking her head to clear it. "Water, Ice, or Light..."

She'd have been perfectly set up to take down Taura herself if her attacks weren't limited to Earth - even in her confusion, she could hear Vasilisa and Skogsra refusing to use their other elemental attacks.

As it was, she tried to tell Vasilisa to use...which skill? The power-up one. Which one was that...?

With one member hurt and another muttering to herself Elzam reached into his bag and pulled out the propane tank from his cooking cart. Taking a breath he ejected the spent clip from his pistol and took a breath.

"Now is the time to storm the battlefield my friends!"

With that he charged the monster moving to slide under it as he dropped the tank and continued to roll out of the way.

"Target in sight!"

With that he started firing at the tank to let the propane explosion do its worst.

After a barrage like that, and with no barrier up, Fumi knows it's important to keep up the health of the party so they can finish this fight without any casualties. Since it's been working so far and she's probably the best outfitted for the role at this point, she decides that a healing spell is likely in order.

"I can keep this up for a while longer. The rest of you, finish it off as quickly as you can."

Not that they weren't planning to anyway, of course. Fumi casts a quick Mediarahan, returning everyone to full health in anticipation of Taura's next brutal assault.

Xellos peers at Sora when he makes that call. Light isn't generally his domain, but the young girl had said to wait until the barrier was down before using ice, and now it is.

The dark energy he's struck with is absorbed by Black Spy - who has come forth of his own accord. Xellos isn't exactly excited by the strange thing's intervention, but the thing is useful. The earth damage does cause some pain, however. The healing spell counteracts that, thankfully.

Fumi and Ratsel both get a "Very well, then," in answer to the request to finish things, as Xellos raises his staff. Far be it from him to call on the power of a different retainer than Zelas, but the situation calls for a bit of variety that his direct superior doesn't quite have. "Supreme King with the frozen soul! Grant me the power of your icy rage! Dynast Breath!" An icy blue spell circle draws itself in the air in front of Xellos, and unleashes a powerful blast of frigid energy.

The attacks on it become much more calculated as this battle goes on, and with Sora's Physical attack, Taura kneels again, just in time for Elzam's...uh....unique theatrics to light up the sky and fill the air with the smell of roasting metalic cow hide.

Then the ice attack from the Mazoku afterwards freezes the entire thing up, as it pathetically stands there, unable to move at all. All four arms are barely holding up and its movements seem much more heavy and hard.

Completely frozen, it's time for another group attack!

[OOC: Same as last time, only this time you pick a number between 1-20 as the tag's subject, along with an IC tag of them as they rush towards the monster.

As an additional note, everyone from now on will reply to the monster tag and not each other like we do with the all-out attacks. That way, there will be no waiting to tag with each other and once all five have replied, I'll post a reply to the last one and order up the attacks myself in the best optimal result for everyone.]

"Looks like it's working. Shame I'm out of laptops."

Smirking a bit, Fumi turns to her Persona, which has been standing ready the entire time.

"Have at it, I suppose. You've been waiting long enough."

The ethereal grey brick wall that's been standing next to her throughout the fight grows an anguished looking face in response to her command, screaming and sending out a shockwave toward the crippled boss.

(ooc: Not actually a Persona attack since it's an all-out, but she doesn't really have any weapons to attack with personally. Just for flavor's sake here. :))

"Thanks." Came the appreciation for the healing spell along with a nod. When the beast froze he didn't hesitate. With the Keyblade tight in his grip Sora dashed out to met Taura head-on, jumping at the last minute to aim his attack at her body. That blade began to spin in his grasp hitting the creature several times.

Dropping down to the ground Sora darted away from the feet and back towards the others. "This guy's tough."

"Creatures like this usually are, but the amusement is in wearing them down!" Xellos quips in response to Sora's comment. He's having a terrible bit of fun, quite evident by his open eyes, malicious grin, and an obvious bloodlust. There's a wave of his staff, and small black cones materialize and rush toward Taura at high speed.

Rolling to his knees Elzam quickly swaps out clips and starts unloading at the monster again as his goggles twinkle slightly in the dim light in an almost sinister way.

"It looks hurt."

Latooni was still confused, but she knew enough to be able to just fire forward at a prone target, and she did, hoping this would be over soon.

The forces from the combined attacks hit the monster straight and true! Just as the freezing spell began to subdue, the Wall's attack sent it flying into the nearby stone pillar, and the rest of the attacks finished the job.

Letting out a scream of agony, it fell down...and didn't rise again.

However the entire underground chamber began to shake and groan, as pieces of rock fell over and tumbled, threatening to overflow the tunnel they were in. If it was dying, Taura was taking them with her!

Perhaps it was now a good idea to make a run for it, and get out before it was too late.

[OOC - As mentioned above, simply tag here instead of in order and I'll tag again once everyone has tagged. That way it will speed up things. Hope you guys are ready to escape >B] ]

Edited 2013-04-28 19:17 (UTC)

(ooc: Per the event description, Fumi's Soul Persona has its Mutation Skill unlocked only during the 13th Hour, which is when this battle took place. It has the capability to teleport herself and three allies back to her apartment instantaneously. That's enough to get all but one of the characters out. I'm thinking she'd leave behind the character she judged to be the most capable of getting out under their own power, who in this case would be Xellos. Would you guys all be okay wit this? I didn't want to just do it without checking with everyone first.)

[OOC: I'd be fine with her either taking or leaving Sora. \o/]

((I'm find with this.))

((Works for me.))

[Very okay with this, as Xellos would likely vanish of his own accord once everything appeared to be taken care of.]

"Hmm... it seems this was a load-bearing boss."

Even in a dangerous situation like this, Fumi's cool-headed enough to crack jokes. Of course, there's a reason she's able to be so calm. Smiling confidently, she dismisses the Wall and calls out her Soul Persona.

"Thankfully, my Persona is ideally equipped to get four of us out of here."

She turns her attention to focus on Xellos.

"From all the strong magic you've been casually throwing around, I trust you're quite capable of getting out of here on your own. As for the rest of us... Vapula, Terminal Uplink. Get us out of here."

The griffin-winged lion nods its head, glowing with an unearthly energy that envelops Fumi, Sora, Latooni, and Elzam. With a cursory nod to Xellos, there is a great flash of white light, and the four vanish from the battlefield.

Did you really think it would be that easy?

Edited 2013-04-29 02:17 (UTC)

"Quite observant, miss - I must admit I do appreciate your offer - it does save me quite a bit of trouble," Xellos answers with a faked smile of gratitude. After all, had they not had an escape plan, well. He was quite content to leave them here.

Once they vanish, Xellos does as well in a flash of sparkling violet ~~fabulous~~ light.

...and reappears in a place he did not intend to appear at.

"Oh dear."

It as huge. Huge and angry and annoyed and a lot of other things that wouldn't be fit to write here about the creature's temperament. You'd beaten it once, but it wasn't going to let itself just be destroyed that easy! If it was going, it was going to do as much damage as possible.

What did you do with something was as big a a skyscraper? At least it didn't look like it could move, but that didn't mean it couldn't attack. The beast did a hand motion and a spell enveloped it inside a protective sphere.

Your move.

[Same deal as the first form, I'll need 6 numbers from 1-10 and I'll be using them for all the roll counts this time. if I need 3, I'll use the first 3 and so on. And again, everyone replies to this post, and I'll do the next tag after everyone has replied and put them in an order which makes it the most advantageous for everyone.]

(ooc: 2, 5, 7, 1, 9, 3)

"I'm going to have to have a talk with that Philemon character about this defective Persona he gave me," Fumi complains, frowning in irritation as she glances back at Vapula, still floating behind her impassively.

With a sigh, she shakes her head and prepares another defensive spell of her own.

Edited 2013-04-29 02:57 (UTC)

[1, 5, 7, 3, 4, 9.]

It had been a bit confusing when suddenly he'd been underground and then not. There hadn't been a Corridor anywhere near him. Fumi's ability certainly wasn't what he'd been expecting, that's for sure.

On top of that Taura was not yet down for good. She'd risen from the ground and was changed. Of course it had been too easy and now she was massive!

"Not good!" There's no hesitation from the Keyblade Wielder.

Up he jumped, higher then before and when he reached the limit of his Super Jump Sora brought that blunt weapon into a downward slash that was strong enough to create a shockwave.

Latooni stares up at Taura's mutated form. This was getting out of hand quickly.

"Maybe we should have brought our PTs, Major..." she commented as she tried to focus and see if this new form had inherited Taura's weaknesses.

PSST I need the 6 numbers plz

stringmods - 2013-04-29 19:59 (UTC) - Expand

PERSONA SKILL | MATARUKAJA

Attack - Physical (possibly fire? Overly dramatic?)

UNIQUE SKILL | MEDIARAHAN (MIND)

UNIQUE SKILL | DYNAST BREATH (ICE)

WEAKNESS | ALL OUT ATTACK!

17

20

15

3

8

MONSTER CLEAR!

OOC - question for the group

OOC

Re: OOC - question for the group

no subject

Re: OOC - question for the group

ACTUAL ACTION - Mutation Skill: Terminal Uplink

VIDEO | THEN XELLOS TAG | THEN MOD TAG AGAIN.

no subject

ATTACK | SPELL (MIND, SELF)

UNIQUE SKILL | SHIELD ALL (MIND)

ATTACK | PHYSICAL

ANALYZE

UNIQUE SKILL | MAGIC BLAST (DARK)

Persona Skill - Kouha