Week 3 Mini-Event

[killerwaves]

MINI-EVENT

Congratulations, you've won the lottery this fine execution day!

Though, perhaps it really isn't an execution day, given the kittybots don't seem to be rousing people to go to the sandbar yet again -- but you're given no peace, because four of you will be beset by an absolutely infernal beeping noise. It would be familiar, if anyone but Zelkov and Haruka had heard it before, but no one has.

And now you're the proud successors of auditory cue hell: the insistent noise will lead you all the way to Kingfisher's Retreat, pointing you towards the waterfall side of the island. As you get closer to the crystal pool, you may start noticing disturbed sand and dirt, foliage... Almost like something large and not particularly delicate crashed its way through the growth and the footpaths, shoving everything out of its way...

Hmm. Surely there's nothing amiss here! But you may want to make sure you have your weapons on hand and your eyes and ears peeled.

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[dupiety]

[This is so gross to watch, ew. But hey, maybe the debris-filled globs will come in handy later?

Anyway, he was planning to concentrate on its head, but it seems like there are multiple targets to worry about now. Time for some AOE.]

Oh no you don't!

[After chanting a prayer, what was once one concentrated ray of light becomes many smaller rays centered around the Nomu and the globs it's hurling. Hopefully that can make dodging a little easier for Moravia.]

[dancing_flames]

[Yeah, Shuda's with you on the "change of plans" part here, Temenos.

He may not be able to immobilize anything with his spheres here, but you know what he can do? Target some of them in between the glob and Moravia in the hopes that the backdraft from the explosions will slow it down at least a little bit and give her some more time to get out of its way.]

[divector]

[ Thanks for the assists! The larger debris still aren't a problem for her to keep moving—it's the globule that's an issue with her weakened powers. With the interference, she manages to dodge the bigger pieces of goop without dropping the debris she was levitating.

One ball, however, does clip her right elbow. Which is unfortunately enough to stick, but on the bright side, it wasn't her feet. Or bare skin. Because, seriously, ew. ]

—Not very fond of that move.

[ She's grossed out, but has enough presence of mind to start trying to add to her ball of debris, making sure to keep a few pieces out to throw at their eyes. While she can't move it as fast as she can before, it can't hurt to start building it up. ]

[chosenwang]

[ He can't really stop to shift gears, but he will pull out the two sets of kunai he has and hold them up. ]

Want another kind of projectile?

[ He'll plop them down just in case she does uses them.

Anyways, it's LEROY JENKINS TIME. Before it can start charging again and to kick off the final blow, he's going to use his super speed once again to run at the creature. Aiming for his head with all of his strength. ]

[killerwaves]

[Thanks to Temenos and Shuda's timely interference, only one or two of the globules make it through, to stick to the debris and Moravia respectively, but it's not too bad...? Hopefully. A couple of them drop wetly down into the shallows around them and fasten there impressively despite the water. Please watch your feet, once again.

As for the Nomu, it has stopped shaving itself, at the very least, but any debris hurled at it is either swept aside or crushed in its hands; unfortunately, when it comes to most things that aren't energy attacks or explosions, it's fast enough and strong enough to intercept.

That said, it's enough of a distraction for Wang Lu to get in close -- but the Nomu is still agile enough to brace itself and go back a step, because it's going to try once again to grab him before he can get to it.]

[dupiety]

[Temenos is quickly running out of skill points energy to keep up his light magic, but he's going to try to get in one last Holy Light at the Nomu's face to give Wang Lu an opening for his Super Special Awesome attack.]

Everyone, trap it and focus it down now!

[dancing_flames]

[Hey Maxeta, how do you like explosions centered right around your legs, because that's what you're getting right now

In the meantime, Shuda is also going to race in, hoping to just parkour right up the thing's body so that he can get better access to that (ew) brain.

WHY IS THIS HIS LIFE, HE HATES THIS]

We'll strike at the same time!

[divector]

Thanks, it'll come in handy.

[ She'll swiftly collect the kunai just in case. Could come in handy if yet another ball attack happens.

After the explosions, Moravia throws the two sets of vaguely sphere-shaped katamari debris and sticky ball combo she put together at Maxeta's feet. She's deliberately aiming in a way that tries to maximize the amount of exposed sticky ball area towards the feet and ground. And avoiding friendly fire, of course. Wild guess, but maybe their feet are not immune to its own powers? ]

[chosenwang]

[ With the Nomu bracing against the attack and taking a step back, he's going to take a step forward and keep that closeness. He is used to having plot protection or some bullshit that means he'll come out on top, so he isn't going to disengage or try to block from the creature reaching for him. Just going to try to keep pushing against it with his sword while everyone else joins in. ]

[killerwaves]

[Perhaps the Nomu is getting more used to the attacks to its face -- this time all it does is try to duck, even if it doesn't manage to avoid the attack properly; still, the attack doesn't make it roar the way it did before. Either that or Temenos really needs an SP potion at this point. Face smoking, it does run right into Shuda's carpet bombing for yet another one-two combo!

The bombs don't stagger it, but they do slow it down and make it crash right onto Ibuki's... should we call them sticky traps? Sticky traps! Alas, it was a good idea, but all that happens is that the Nomu... somehow bounces a bit off its own hairballs, so Shuda is going to have to like, use his full height here.

Since both Wang Lu and Shuda are trying to tank the Nomu tanking them... that's a lot of closeup targets. The Nomu closes its hand on whoever is closest, with a grip that can crack both armor and bone. Yikes. You may need a bit more firepower in here.]

[dancing_flames]

[This is absolutely NOT Shuda's day. It really has not been his week at all, honestly, but this is probably the most pressing (ha ha) concern of all. Good thing he is wearing actual armor at the moment, because otherwise this would be a lot worse than it is! It takes at least a little of that pressure off his poor ribs, but he definitely feels a couple of them crack there anyway. Good thing he's so used to pain by this point that even that isn't enough to ruin his focus for more than the briefest moment.

Immediately he targets its eyes again with a pair of explosions, trying to get it to let go of him.]

[dupiety]

[Temenos is so fucking tired of this thing by this point. He needs to conserve whatever SP he has left to heal with, so he starts looking around to...]

Very well. If brute force isn't the answer...

[...the deeper depths of the pool.]

Moravia, ready the boulder. I have an idea.

[He looks over toward the others.]

Try to lure it into the deep water if you can!

[chosenwang]

[ Oh yikes.

Time to move to swing his blade at the arm to help break Shuda free ]

Let him go!

[divector]

—Got it.

[ It doesn't take her long to realize what Temenos is getting at. Good thing she didn't splinter it earlier!

She steps closer to the boulder's general area, ready to move it at any signal. As much as she wants to move it now, there's only one huge boulder, and she'd rather make it count. What she's looking for are two main conditions: a free Shuda and a Maxeta close enough to the deeper end of their not-so-kiddie pool. ]

[killerwaves]

[The eyesplosions still make the Nomu roar, like clockwork -- but it's got a free hand, so instead of letting go, it tightens its grip as it staggers a little between all the struggling and attacks levied at it. It is pretty close to the edge of that crystal pool still, the soothing light blue depths darkening to deep turquoise and then to black water just over there.

And it doesn't seem as though it has the power of levitation beyond the tiny bounce it just did. Small mercies.

Wang Lu's attack shakes its arm a bit, but just like before, most attacks are only able to either shallowly cut its body or deflect off and mess up its aim. It might be a good idea to concentrate some firepower if you don't want Shuda swimming with the fishes.]

[dupiety]

[Shit.

This only way this is going to work is if they can free Shuda too. Temenos is going to have to use more magic. Hopefully it's enough.]

Release him!

[Here comes another Holy Light on the Nomu's arm!]

[dancing_flames]

[More explosions from Shuda, but notably, they're NOT focused on the Nomu's arm, but rather aimed at its head-- if this is distracting it long enough for the others to get some good hits in, then so be it.

He has no regrets.]

[divector]

[ All right, immediately throwing away yet another energy preservation plan. Which sucks because she's starting to feel the fatigue, letting Shuda die here would be a major, probably unrecoverable setback.

So Moravia places her hand forward. For a second, red hexagon-like shapes appear out of thin air in front of her. The next moment, she sends forth a shockwave, confident enough in her aim that she'll miss the other three. ]

[chosenwang]

[ Whacking with his sword isn't doing anything, so it's time to shift gears. Once again, he's powering up his sword and it'll glow with a warm light. Leaping backwards as he brings the blade down and sending the energy in a shockwave at the arm in hopes it'll let Shuda go. ]

[killerwaves]

[Luckily for Shuda, it's not yet the time for a 10-chapter shounen flashback arc.

The Nomu does its weird roar-squeal, so that was definitely effective, along with the attacks directed at its arm; its grip loosens just enough to allow Shuda to slide free, bumpity-bump down on the rocks before the really deep water, even as the Nomu itself starts actually windmilling its arms like a cartoon villain (watch your head, everyone).

Almost in comical slow motion, Moravia's red hexagons score a direct hit, just enough to push the flailing creature back into the water from whence it came (not quite the right water, but close enough!). It's debatable whether Nomus can swim, but this one is still just waving its arms around.

It's a good opening, before it remembers how to do anything else.]

[dupiety]

[Thank the gods, for whatever worth they have.]

Moravia, now!

[BOULDER TIME BOULDER TIME]

[dancing_flames]

[REALLY, they didn't all have to waste their MP on him...

But's he's not unconscious yet, which means he'll be targeting a group of explosions to try to herd the creature even closer towards the deeper water so that Moravia can knock it in with that boulder.]

[chosenwang]

[ Shuda has no rights after doing what he did!

Anyways, since he's been let go, Wang Lu is going to move quickly to grab Shuda and make sure he's out of the way of stupid creatures. No more canned beef for bad monsters ]

I got him! [ Even if he's still pew pewing away with his explosions ]

[divector]

[ BOULDER TIME ]

Here goes!

[ Time to burn a lot of energy on this attack! At the signal, she immediately stops what she's doing and yanks the boulder off the ground with a gesture. Even during liftoff, she's aiming towards the Nomu, calculating the angle she would need to force boulder and grape into the deep end. ]

A present for the trouble you've caused.

[ A warning for the others to get out of the way and do whatever else they need to do. And so she starts the boulder's sharp, slightly diagonal descent. ]

1/3

[killerwaves]

[Between the lack of swimming lessons, the last flurry of explosions, and its own too-bulky weight, the Nomu takes another direct hit from the Moravia Special: Bouldering with Grape Juice. The creature completely disappears beneath the boulder, though Moravia with her telekinesis will be able to tell that there's still struggle going on.

She's going to need to hold that boulder down for a good few dozen seconds, but luckily the Nomu isn't quite as imposing underwater as it would be anywhere else. Moreover, once it's completely out, any leftover globules will lose their adhesion, so Moravia is free and Temenos can probably retrieve his shoe, if he still wants it. Perhaps their choice of battlefield was both a blessing and a curse, this time.

Congratulations, Maxeta the Nomu is dead.]