Beuce had been taken out of the fight with the Bloticle temporarily due to being somewhat swarmed by blotlings. They weren't overly threatening to him, but they were enough of a hindrance as to keep him from participating in the battle. "Out of the way!" He delivered a roundhouse kick to the body of one, sending it flying. He might not have been as strong as Karina, but he still took pride in his physical prowess. In addition to that, he was adept at one other thing. A white light began to glow around Beuce, as he poured out magic. Raising his keyblade toward the sky, he called down the most powerful magic he knew. One after another, four enormous columns of blinding white light pierced the clouds and assaulted the tentacle. The Faith spell seemed to burn away a bit of the earthen armor shielding it, but this was probably one of the most durable things he'd ever fought. They were only now starting to make a dent in the armor. "Keep it up, it's working." His brief assistance given, he returned to the enemies surrounding him. Quickly enough, he cut down the one directly in front of him. Turning around, a brownish energy cracked along his keyblade. Holding his keyblade toward the sky once again, five large mines appeared in front of him, one of which detonated immediately as a blotling had been standing on it, incinerating the unsuspecting creature instantly. The rest seemed intelligent enough to not immediately step on them. Spoiler: Count Blotling: 977/1000 Bloticle: 10/10 Bloticle 1: 727.5/1000
Beuce had been waiting to be able to hurt these things for a while. Running forward with the other wielders, he took a swipe at a nearby blotling, obliterating it instantly. It showed no sign of regenerating any time soon. "Finally." It felt good to be able to kill these things. Although, Beuce looked on the sheer size of the army and immediately had war flashbacks to the thousand heartless battle. He was hoping this wouldn't be repeated any time soon, but their luck wasn't so amazing as for that to happen. He just hoped he didn't lose any more limbs in the process. Although, if this was going to be a massive scale reenactment of the battle before, then he was glad of one thing, if nothing else. "Stratos! You look like you could use a hand with that thing!" He called out to the dark haired boy as he sprinted toward Billy. As he approached, the tentacle of ink seemed to slam itself against the ground, causing a massive piece of earth to fly upward from the ground beneath him, propelling the white haired man high into the sky. The dark blue mantle Ananta had given him fluttered above his head as he descended back down, toward the bloticle. Spellbinder keyblade in hand, he dove for the thing. It looked like it had a hard outer shell, made of earth. Seemed like this one had an earth theme, with how it had been performing so far. No wonder it was called The Ruler of the Ever Shifting Sand. The real question was how he knew that. Plummeting toward the monster, he let his power flow through the keyblade. Clouds began forming in the sky, and a torrential rain began pouring down onto the area. While the rain wasn't enough water to actually wash away any of the ink creatures, it accomplished two things. One, it wet them, and made them more vulnerable to follow up attacks. And two, it made the battle look much cooler. Everything looked cooler in the rain. "Rain down!" Beuce performed the next two actions nigh simultaneously. A massive bolt of lightning struck across the sky, down at his target. It was a flash that would be missed with the blink of an eye, and Beuce rode along side it to match the speed. A red and blue blur was all that could be seen, slicing through the bloticle and chipping away some of the shell. In the same spot, the lightning exploded onto it, creating a massive boom of thunder. He rolled onto the ground, next to Stratos. "An ink tentacle that uses earth. Well, it's not nearly as weird as Shac the Clownmoth." After a slight shiver at the name, the wielder ran back at their foe. Spoiler: Count Wasteland: 99% Left Living -Blotlings: 990/1000 -Bloticle: 10/10 Injured: Bloticle 1, Ruler of the Ever Shifting Sand - Billy: 940/1000
The yellow dog whimpered slightly, as his friend was running out of steam fairly quickly. At this rate, they wouldn't last too much longer. Though, it didn't have to stay at that rate. Pluto began sniffing the air. There was something around that would help them. Why it was there was anyone's guess, but that didn't matter right now. He pressed his nose to the ground and began sniffing out something of use. Finally, he found it. His paws dug into the dirt as he sent it flying behind him at an incredible rate. Buried beneath the dirt were healing orbs, which immediately sprung out and were given to the group.
Hm? Oh. Oh right i was supposed to be working on that uh... I mean... Yeah! Man i am beat after all that hard work i've been doing to prepare and improve them. A hand would greatly be appreciated!
Ra was surprised by Sagittarius' words. "An enemy? So quickly? Surely they can't have found them already...." Nevertheless, if the spirit said there was an enemy at the gates, then an enemy was indeed there. They'd have to deal with it. He walked to the entrance with the rest of his group. The sight that met them was a horrific one, to say the least. Some kind of...gaping dragon. He turned around to find that the dragon had sealed the entrance...somehow. "It seems we can't expect any help aside from one another. Let us show this beast the power of Sapphire Eclipse." A golden magic flowed from Ra, turning into sand as it reach the ground and flowing forward, toward the dragon. "Arise!" A tall armored figure stood, formed from the sand, with a long golden lance in his hand. Yet, the sand kept flowing. Beneath the man, a stallion, plated in gold, with sand flowing from its mane and tail. "Charge forward!" With the order given from Ra, the stallion took off into full gallop, with its rider extending the lance toward the dragon. Ra used Arise! (Horseback MP enhance) and commanded the soldier to use wishing edge. Well, the tree was just about dead. It would probably be finished this round and then they could proceed on with this godforsaken mission. Honestly, why did she come on this mission? There were much better choices. Like...Hm. Well maybe city of ember. But then she'd have to deal with Thea and her explosions and tantrums and explosive tantrums no one wants that kind of trouble. In any case, she used sliding dash and prayed for a good roll to end the fight.
She had been the first to take an attack from the tree. Which kind of sucked because ow. However, she was in luck because Meido-chan had taken the task of friend blocking for her. Man, those spirits were handy things to have around. Beucette's attack hadn't seemed to do an overwhelmingly large amount, but once the poison had fully run its course, then that hit would be up there with the most damaging. In addition, the poison had...corroded it's...protective bark or something i don't ****ing know. It reduced it's defense. Thematic reason why that works is your job. Yes. You. You in particular. You know who you are. You're the stat debuff thematic reason finder, that's who. But i don't have to tell you that, because you already know. Got it? Good. Beucette heaved Ego up onto her shoulder, and with a good swing, she threw it at the tree in such a manner that it hit it, went completely through it, and then just kind of reversed its course midair and came back to her. Tldr; strike raid. Ra nodded at Thomas' suggestion to go out and find the hunters, as well as Gaius' agreement. "Indeed. Victory to he who strikes first, after all." Ra thought over the situation briefly. There was still the problem of where they were. Searching the entire area would take too long, and if they were separated to cover more ground, one person may encounter the hunters without anyone else being nearby enough to help. So, searching the entire area at once would be the best course of action. "If they're only touching her hand, they ought to be done with Cassandra by now. I need to speak with them about the hunters." One of the golden keys that hung from Ra's staff began to hum with power. It levitated until it was completely horizontal, rather than dangling down. "Open, Gate of the Archer!" In a puff of smoke, the oddly dressed man appeared. "Sagittarius. I need you to go to the highest point of this castle, until you can see the entire surrounding area. I need you to look for someone. I'll meet you there briefly to give you the specifics as to who you're looking for. In the meantime, be waiting." Ra turned toward the door. "Come then. We've spent enough time here. Let us go and speak with the brothers." Ra strode off toward Cassandra's room. Even if they weren't finished, all they were doing was touching her hand. At least, he hoped that's all they were doing.
Aias felt no sense of dishonesty from the woman, so it wasn't as though she were deliberately lying. He looked at the house before them with his usual stoic expression. He'd sensed an air of sin around it. Perhaps that was why. "As of now, we've no way of finding this Beadle. We'd be wasting time searching around aimlessly. Instead, why not follow up on the lead in front of us? I believe we should visit the judge."
Beucette looked as four people managed to be stupid enough to walk off the same cliff together. "Hah." Was all she said. "No but seriously though that's probably where the plot is. Let's mosey." A hop, skip, and a jump later, (Literally as it was an impressive display of acrobatics) they were at the sawmp. Their leaders were confronted with some kind of tree monster. Beucette took a brief glance at Ezekiel, who looked as though he were annoyed with his inability to use magic. She briefly considered trolling him, but remembered what the oracle had told her. In order to strengthen her weapon, she needed to kill shit. So, she'd put it off until after the fight. She let her magic flow into the blade of her weapon. A dark purple smog covered Ego, and a frightening liquid ran along it. Yet, she strengthened it further with her magic, until it was at it's full capacity and swung it at the creature. Beucette used Poison Dragon's Fang (MP Enhance)
Jeffery the Voidling
He's the top player in like, three stats, and is pretty decent in the ones he isn't
Is it an illustrated poem about the tragedy of not posting?
Nominating Hikaru because he's just objectively the best player stat-wise. Karina because we need the damages D'Daear because my god he's tanky Kel because we need the damages again And Base because we need more mystics
Aias' brow furrowed as she spoke. They had no reason not to believe her, but something about what she said left a bad taste in his mouth. One that made him look down on her, feeling as though she were lesser. As though the words were offensive to his very existence. He realized, he knew she was lying. The unpleasant feeling from her, she had sinned. The part of him that was now an angel could feel the wrongdoings of a person. No one was without their sin, and so he could feel a slight unpleasantness from most people, but he'd quickly learned to tune it out. Though, it was more apparent when it was fresh. Like, when someone lied. The worst of it, he'd gotten from Ezekiel. The blood on that man's hands had nearly made him sick. "Thank you for your time. We must be going now." Aias stood after she'd shrugged in regards to the beadle's location, and hurried out the door along with the rest of them. "She lied. When she told us what happened to the family, I could feel it. She wasn't entirely truthful about what happened. Nevertheless, it would still be best to find the Judge." Aias said, informing them of her dishonesty.
Ra listened to their story, staring at them with a skeptical expression. As Charlotte said, demons weren't known for being the most trustworthy of beings. Though, Malkira and Calxiyn seemed to have bought their story immediately. "Simply because there are exceptions does not make it less valid. Because you are trustworthy does not mean that all undead are friends to us. Orpheus proved that beyond doubt." He said to Malkira, then sighed as he turned to Calxiyn. "It is not my decision alone. If the rest of my team believes we should help them, then I will not object." Charlotte didn't trust them, but seemed to be in favor of helping them, if nothing else than to watch out for Calxiyn. He himself was of a similar opinion. So, he turned to the other members of Team King. Gaius, Veilen, and Thomas. "What will it be? Their fate lies in your hands." He offered the decision of helping them or not to his team.
Aias sat quietly at the table. Without a word, he nodded his head when offered a pie. Delicately, he dug his fork into it, tore off a piece and stuck it in his mouth. Expressionless, he set the fork down and sighed. "It's terrible..." It didn't seem like he'd be finishing it any time soon. Though, pies were far from the reason they'd come here. "If I may, how long have you lived in this building? Did you know the people that lived here before you?"
Ra had been standing by the job board, looking through the listed ones when the doors shut, on the opposite end of the guild hall. He turned around just quickly enough to see a brown-haired man kiss Calxiyn. Without a moment's warning, sand rushed across the bottom of the floor. Before the soldier had even finished forming, a stone fist collided with Sam's lower jaw, and the soldier decayed back into nothing. Shortly after, Ra finished walking over to the group. "I would like an explanation as to who you are, and what you're doing here." He said angrily, staff ablaze with fire. Calxiyn then seemed to burst out in anger as well, causing them to quake with fear. Well, she certainly knew how to use her new power for intimidation. Then it occurred to him. "Devil Slayer is a lost magic. Even in mine and Ezekiel's studies, we'd never heard of it. So, how do the five of you even know what that is, let alone be able to identify one on sight? There's no way you're even ordinary wizards. Now, why have you come here?" One didn't need to be able to see through his mask to know there was fire in his eyes. He glared intently at the one called Sam. The thought of testing out Caelum briefly crossed his mind.
Ra stared at the girl for a moment, before clearing his throat. "It's quite alright. We are glad to have you." He was glad to have his mask on to hide his expression of embarrassment. As long as he could keep his voice straight, he was alright. He was too prideful to be seen in a state of embarrassment, especially in front of the team he lead. Though, something about that girl was able to fluster him. It wasn't long before Thomas complained about them testing their magics, and said they should start their mission. "Yes, I agree. We should start. Thomas, why don't you and i go and choose a job?" He said to the boy, before walking toward the job board. "Come along then."
Ezekiel chuckled quietly to himself. "Elephants, Peacocks, and now trampolines? This island is almost beginning to seem like a circus." The blonde wizard muttered. Beucette ran and began jumping on the trampoline with Johanna. "Man, i love trampolines! Wonder who made it? We haven't seen anybody else since we got to the Island, but people obviously live here. Jo, maybe you could turn into a bird or somethin'. Do a quick scan of the area and see if there's any people 'round these parts. If not then i guess we could just continue goin' around the Island." Ra shook his head. "I will not throw this key away. One way or another, I will find a use for it." He replied to Thomas, agreeing the Charlotte's advice. The red-haired girl then playfully asked how he expected her to destroy the table. Though, she seemed to imprint some form of seal onto it, before causing it to catch fire and explode, reducing what remained of the rubble to ash. "I suspected your magic would be powerful, but not like this." Ra said, slight surprise in his voice. Though, that wasn't nearly as surprising as a warmth against his arm. He glanced down to see her brush her arm along him, before taking his hand. She was unnaturally warm, but that was to be expected of the wielder of magic like that. "Alright Ra, it's your turn. You better impress me!" The man was slightly caught off guard by the comment. One couldn't see his face through the mask, but he turned his head away from her slightly, likely in embarrassment. Quickly enough, he regained his composure. He extended his hand once more, and sand began to flow. "Return!" It collected together, changing shape, then texture, then color until it was a perfect replica of the table and vase he had destroyed a moment ago.
Ezekiel knelt down to look at the tracks on the ground. "I agree that the spears were likely used for defense, if not for hunting. And these larger tracks would support that." "But look around at the tracks. There's somethin' missing, ain't there? Other than ours, there ain't no human tracks." "That's correct. And outside of the ones right here, there aren't any tracks of the birds either. Only the large lines leading away. There's no sign of any remains or meat, so I doubt this monster of ours made a meal of the birds. If something large came through here, it's possible it took whatever was at this camp with it." Hm. This was getting interesting. Whether it was by force, or for a means of travel was impossible to say. That man just might have been onto something about them controlling the monster. At the very least, they couldn't rule out the possibility. At that point, Beucette chimed in. "Hey, if we're wonderin' whether they could use magic or not, didn't someone say on the boat that no one had ever seen this Island, and that there might've been some kind of curse causin' it? If there's someone on this Island who could pull that off, it's not too far out of question they could control a monster." "So then, what does this all mean as to what happened?"
Beucette stumbled off the boat. She felt like she was about to puke. Dragon slayer magic apparently came with its down side. "I'm still pissed we didn't get to kill any sea creatures, but god damn I'm glad we're off that boat." She sighed, then looked around the island. Just then, a vision flashed before her eyes. She...No...It's not possible. There was no way it could be happening again...It had nearly killed her the last time it happened. Yet, her fortune telling didn't lie. There it was...A giant blue splotch from Microsoft paint in the middle of the vision aside, she could see the area around it. She heard Ander talk about going to the mountain, the location of her vision. "NO!" She blurted out. "No. Ander buddy I know we've had our differences, but i wouldn't wish that on anyone. Just, whatever you do, promise me you'll stay away from the mountains, okay? All of you. There's something horrible in the mountains. Something you don't want to face. We should be alright if we stay away from it. I don't think it'll spread to the rest of the Island. Fortune telling...It's a curse. There are some things you just...You don't want to know. You know? Anyway, just...Don't go near the mountains." The horror played again, over and over in her mind. She could scarcely believe it, but it was undeniable. The way everything looked...That...round, plastic feel. They were on another fucking Barbie mission. Ezekiel gave a worried look to the white haired girl, warning them of the mountains. That was certainly ominous. He turned to Aoki, offering to go to the southern peninsula. "Well, i suppose you chose a good place, then. I'll accompany you there." He gave another look at the mountain. Perhaps he'd ask Johanna to remove his limiter and he'd explore there. It may be a good lesson for the girl. He leaned in and whispered to her. "After we've searched the area, what do you say the two of us explore this horror in the mountains? It may be a good lesson. I'll be there in case anything goes wrong, so you don't have to worry about danger. It would be a good opportunity to get a feel for your magic."
