[ at least claude seems to have some control of the situation, to a degree, but seeing those tentacles coming for them even with the light field that lux has set up...
ari and i rolled badly. ("snow you rerolled for a lower number" we'll split the difference between the 8 and 19, if we must) kon grabs at the sword to bring it up, but he's only doing it with one hand - the other one he's trying to use his arm to shield futaba with that side of his body. ]
futaba's not moving as fast as she could, still addled despite the weed aid. a hand slaps for the spear, to at least attempt to bring it up but- it's heavy and her stamina's in the red.
She's being hurt right now. The tentacles are easily sliced by the swords. Claude manages to get at one and slices clean through! Lux gets one, and the hold on Yamato loosens up enough that if she's quick, she can get him free.
Blood spills from the tentacles, and then the drops of blood seem to fly and be absorbed by Weiss, who is still floating around here but I refuse to rp him because I am not as good or as talented as Hei. Hm!
Kon can manage to block it but just barely! The weight is strong and heavy against his arm.
The thing is, they've angered her. They've hurt her, and her eyes flash red. She grows to an unimaginable size, and the ship can't contain her. As she grows, so does everything about her, and her tentacles smash into each and every one of them.
She can't see as she grows, and one slams into Claude, right over where he was pierced in chest, and it reopens the wound, breaks a couple of his ribs, and he goes flying into the ocean behind Claudia. Lux is hit onto the beach in a light arc, and the sand somehow cushions her to some degree. Yamato and Maya drop like dolls near her. Kon and Futaba are not as lucky and they are smashed down by tentacles onto the shore, onto compacted sand. One tentacle strikes across them and somehow reopens the cut that goes across Kon's face. Futaba can have another broken bone of Ari's choice.
Whenever they gain their bearings, the three not in the ocean can see a large mound that looks like a hand resting on the sand with a long winding tentacle that leads up towards where it looks like the head can be.
No one can see her face, but they can hear her high-pitched panicked wails.
[ To be fair, I also wouldn't really believe the group of people trying to stab me.
In any case, Claude's chest is basically mush at this point, and between the blow breaking his ribs and the water he accidentally swallows upon impact, he's desperately trying to stay afloat, exhausted and desperate.
Can't breathe. Stop.
His sword goes sinking down into the ocean, all his effort going to keep himself from drowning. He can hear her calls of his name, but it's hard to focus on it over the voice of his own panic. He still doesn't want to hurt her. Still wishes that this wasn't the path they had to take, but ultimately, he'll always prioritize his own survival over anyone else's.
Anyway, Claude doesn't realize that you don't need to say this spell out loud, so he's going to mutter a very broken, ] dark... execution...
[ lux scrambles over to maya and yamato who - she knows are just illusions, but - she has to check if they're alive. just in case?
but to be honest, whether they are or not, lux is going to move to attack. she's going to rush over to use her sword on that hand in the sand. sorry claudia, would have loved to save you, but... she's with claude. she isn't really the self sacrificial type. ]
[ i also would not believe the people trying to stab me, so claudia is valid.
however, kon is probably struck across the face for that to reopen, so that's fun? or smashes his face into the ground when they hit sand, and it's not a pleasant experience altogether. they're going to be walking bruises, at the end of this - if they get out of it, anyways.
his free hand reaches out to try and find futaba, make sure she's still with them. the other drags the sword closer to him - only once he's sure that she's at least breathing does he get himself upright, wheezing. okay. this is fine.
› use strength drop, because he bought it just in case he had to beat the shit out of something. now it's time to beat the shit out of something. ]
[ futaba gets tossed and with a crack! whoops, there goes a rib. she's just having a great time today.
it takes far more time than she knows is safe, to focus, to observe, but to be fair, she's not safe out of harm's way for this battle. man, if there was ever a time to miss her persona.
at least she's got a walking stick in the shape of a spear, even if it's getting stuck in the sand ever so often. she's just hanging out in the background, trying to dig out a weed for each of them ]
[ The sun burns Claudia, but her regeneration heals it over at a rate that it's negligible.
It takes her a while, but when Claudia finds Claude, and one of her tentacles picks him up to deposit on the beach until he uses Dark Execution. Red spears erupt from where he is in a line, emerging across the ocean and piercing the tentacle holding him with ease. It damages Claudia, and he is dropped back into the water but much, much closer to shore, enough so he's no longer in danger of drowning.
Yamato and Maya are alive but barely. They can die any moment. Lux's sword sinks into the hand easily, blood spilling everywhere. A tentacle comes from the side to try to pierce her through the arm, if Cola doesn't have her dodge soon enough
Strength drop doubles Kon's strength and physical damage! Tentacles wind together to create a fist, and it comes to smash down on him. If he can hit it back with his doubled strength, it will rebound right back to the Shade. If he doesn't hit it right, he can be knocked over the head for his troubles with a nice concussion.
Futaba is doing her best and can have it easy for one (1) turn after being traumatized the entire time.
Everyone is working so hard, but what hurts the most is Claude's choice to use the spell on Claudia, and when the weight of it hits her, the huge body trembles and starts falling apart and it falls to the side, hitting the ground with a large crash. Limbs unwind, and the large head unravels to show where Claudia sits, cocooned. Her arms are wrapped around herself, and she's crying.
Why...? I just wanted to be with you. You were the only who was kind to me. You were the only who tried to help me. I wanted to see the world with you. I wanted to speak like you. I wanted to read like you. I wanted to eat more snack bars with you...
[ Whoever stabs her, is not going to be Claude. Technically, he has an attack pet coupon that he could use, but instead he's just going to lie on the ground in the throes of a very embarrassing breakdown. Normally he would do that in private, but apparently he doesn't have Futaba's mental fortitude right now.
So he's just going to lie there, staring at where her small body is exposed, ] I'm sorry.
[ It turns out that Claude really doesn't like Nier the game! ]
[ i rolled a 9 so i think lux tries to dodge and very nearly does - so instead of being pierced in the arm it just knocks against it real hard and painful. is it broken? i'll decide later. but that does mean she's going to have a hard time doing any more damage with this two-handed sword...
so instead she angles the sword against whatever she can reach - the hand or a tentacle - and stomps on it to drive it down. she's wearing armor boots, it's fine. ]
[ :unamused: i rolled a 13 so kon probably hits it better than he was expecting. but regardless, he's going to swing and hope for the best, because their lives sort of depend on it at the moment. and he is nothing if not stubborn, because even with the way that they've been rattled around - mentally and physically - and everything is bloody...
he wants to go home. he wants her to stop suffering. he wants them to go back to wiwaldi. he wants to make sure lalli, yamato, taichi, and maya are really okay.
but he probably can't get to her where she's vulnerable, because he's either concussed on the sand or he's not able to get closer on this round. ]
[ futaba finishes her vibe cooldown and weakly shoves a weed or two into claude's face. i'm leaving it up to spoon if he chokes on it or not. ]
Go to her, you fool.
[ he's (probably) the key to ending this without them getting turned into monster paste! get to it!! have a nice and proper breakdown when they get home like the rest of them! ....and try not to die while you do so! ]
[ Claudia may be a sobbing mess, but that doesn't mean she can't or won't still attack. Shades are predisposed to violence, and it's instinctual for a baby girl to throw a tantrum when she feels like the love she's been shown has been torn away.
Lux does the most and destroys that hand. It dissipates into shadowy wisps. Kon actually manages to hit the hand back, and it makes some of the large body sink back, but he is still lightly concussed for his good stubborn deed. Futaba noncons some weed into Claude, and he is 30% x 2 healed, if Spoon decides he chokes on it.
A number of tentacles sweep across the beach, hitting each and every one of them, throwing them across the sand, adding new bruises and scrapes to their growing litany of injuries.
Because she is baby who can't see past her sorrow, she isn't looking where she hits them, and they all land closer or farther away from her by player choice. ]
[ Thanks for the weed, Futaba. He was really looking forward to being a useless blob on the ground.
But the weed patches him up pretty well, stopping his chest from bleeding and maybe taking his ribs from broken to bruised. But he doesn't get to enjoy that for long when a tentacle is suddenly slamming into him, yeeting him away from Futaba and sending him crashing closer to Claudia's casing.
He's still a little delirious from the pain and drugs, but a moment of quiet comes and goes, where he apparently resigns himself to what needs to be done, shakily pushing himself up onto his feet so that he can stagger to where Claudia is sitting.
Assuming that he makes it without being eaten, he's going to try and put a hand on her head, patting her and guiding her to look up at him. ]
I know, I know... I'm sorry. Maybe next time will be better?
[ He might be crying a little, no one look at him. And luckily, even though the sword fell out of his hands, he always has his hidden dagger with him, the blade sliding out from under his sleeve into his hand so that he can plunge it into her chest. ]
[ having destroyed the hand and then been bodyslammed by a tentacle, lux is going to just lay in the sand and think about her horrible horrible life for a round. seems like claude has this. ]
[ claude will need emotional support, after this is over.
kon cannot offer that just yet, as he is concussed and laying on the sand, reflecting on how much wiwaldi sucks. maybe next time will be better - maybe claudia won't have suffered as much, next time. maybe she'll get to see the sky without being afraid of the light. maybe kainé and nier will use their wishes to make their world less terrible.
› eat a weed, because they need to be able to walk back somehow. ]
[ futaba, flung into the middle distance, lands with a painful thump on her broken rib and, oooooh no. that was not a good feeling. is another one or two bruised? most likely.
she will be sitting out the last minutes, partially to give claude have his moment privately- (wait, what was her name again?), partially due to her entire existence spinning like a washing machine.
god. what a shitty field trip. why couldn't they just go on a nice city visit or something? ]
Claude makes it to her because Claudia couldn't consciously harm him when he's in her field of vision. He sinks the dagger in her chest, and she gasps from the pain and shock. Heartbreak and sorrow consumes her, and the huge Shade body, tentacles and all, shiver and fade, as if they're glitching out.
What's left is her small body, and she reaches into a pocket on her dress, takes out a piece of crumpled paper, and stuffs it into his hand with the last of her energy and will. It's a letter she wrote him, barely legible. If he chooses to read it, let me know.
She looks more human now than she ever has. With one last look at Claude, she says her final words:
You showed me how beautiful the world was.... so why was I so ugly.....?
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ari and i rolled badly. ("snow you rerolled for a lower number" we'll split the difference between the 8 and 19, if we must) kon grabs at the sword to bring it up, but he's only doing it with one hand - the other one he's trying to use his arm to shield futaba with that side of his body. ]
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futaba's not moving as fast as she could, still addled despite the weed aid. a hand slaps for the spear, to at least attempt to bring it up but- it's heavy and her stamina's in the red.
uh oh spagettio's ]
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You're lying!
She's being hurt right now. The tentacles are easily sliced by the swords. Claude manages to get at one and slices clean through! Lux gets one, and the hold on Yamato loosens up enough that if she's quick, she can get him free.
Blood spills from the tentacles, and then the drops of blood seem to fly and be absorbed by Weiss, who is still floating around here but I refuse to rp him because I am not as good or as talented as Hei. Hm!
Kon can manage to block it but just barely! The weight is strong and heavy against his arm.
The thing is, they've angered her. They've hurt her, and her eyes flash red. She grows to an unimaginable size, and the ship can't contain her. As she grows, so does everything about her, and her tentacles smash into each and every one of them.
She can't see as she grows, and one slams into Claude, right over where he was pierced in chest, and it reopens the wound, breaks a couple of his ribs, and he goes flying into the ocean behind Claudia. Lux is hit onto the beach in a light arc, and the sand somehow cushions her to some degree. Yamato and Maya drop like dolls near her. Kon and Futaba are not as lucky and they are smashed down by tentacles onto the shore, onto compacted sand. One tentacle strikes across them and somehow reopens the cut that goes across Kon's face. Futaba can have another broken bone of Ari's choice.
Whenever they gain their bearings, the three not in the ocean can see a large mound that looks like a hand resting on the sand with a long winding tentacle that leads up towards where it looks like the head can be.
No one can see her face, but they can hear her high-pitched panicked wails.
Claude? Claude? She can't see where he landed. ]
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In any case, Claude's chest is basically mush at this point, and between the blow breaking his ribs and the water he accidentally swallows upon impact, he's desperately trying to stay afloat, exhausted and desperate.
Can't breathe. Stop.
His sword goes sinking down into the ocean, all his effort going to keep himself from drowning. He can hear her calls of his name, but it's hard to focus on it over the voice of his own panic. He still doesn't want to hurt her. Still wishes that this wasn't the path they had to take, but ultimately, he'll always prioritize his own survival over anyone else's.
Anyway, Claude doesn't realize that you don't need to say this spell out loud, so he's going to mutter a very broken, ] dark... execution...
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but to be honest, whether they are or not, lux is going to move to attack. she's going to rush over to use her sword on that hand in the sand. sorry claudia, would have loved to save you, but... she's with claude. she isn't really the self sacrificial type. ]
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however, kon is probably struck across the face for that to reopen, so that's fun? or smashes his face into the ground when they hit sand, and it's not a pleasant experience altogether. they're going to be walking bruises, at the end of this - if they get out of it, anyways.
his free hand reaches out to try and find futaba, make sure she's still with them. the other drags the sword closer to him - only once he's sure that she's at least breathing does he get himself upright, wheezing. okay. this is fine.
› use strength drop, because he bought it just in case he had to beat the shit out of something. now it's time to beat the shit out of something. ]
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it takes far more time than she knows is safe, to focus, to observe, but to be fair, she's not safe out of harm's way for this battle. man, if there was ever a time to miss her persona.
at least she's got a walking stick in the shape of a spear, even if it's getting stuck in the sand ever so often. she's just hanging out in the background, trying to dig out a weed for each of them ]
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It takes her a while, but when Claudia finds Claude, and one of her tentacles picks him up to deposit on the beach until he uses Dark Execution. Red spears erupt from where he is in a line, emerging across the ocean and piercing the tentacle holding him with ease. It damages Claudia, and he is dropped back into the water but much, much closer to shore, enough so he's no longer in danger of drowning.
Yamato and Maya are alive but barely. They can die any moment. Lux's sword sinks into the hand easily, blood spilling everywhere. A tentacle comes from the side to try to pierce her through the arm, if Cola doesn't have her dodge soon enough
Strength drop doubles Kon's strength and physical damage! Tentacles wind together to create a fist, and it comes to smash down on him. If he can hit it back with his doubled strength, it will rebound right back to the Shade. If he doesn't hit it right, he can be knocked over the head for his troubles with a nice concussion.
Futaba is doing her best and can have it easy for one (1) turn after being traumatized the entire time.
Everyone is working so hard, but what hurts the most is Claude's choice to use the spell on Claudia, and when the weight of it hits her, the huge body trembles and starts falling apart and it falls to the side, hitting the ground with a large crash. Limbs unwind, and the large head unravels to show where Claudia sits, cocooned. Her arms are wrapped around herself, and she's crying.
Why...? I just wanted to be with you. You were the only who was kind to me. You were the only who tried to help me. I wanted to see the world with you. I wanted to speak like you. I wanted to read like you. I wanted to eat more snack bars with you...
It would be so easy to stab her right now. ]
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So he's just going to lie there, staring at where her small body is exposed, ] I'm sorry.
[ It turns out that Claude really doesn't like Nier the game! ]
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so instead she angles the sword against whatever she can reach - the hand or a tentacle - and stomps on it to drive it down. she's wearing armor boots, it's fine. ]
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he wants to go home. he wants her to stop suffering. he wants them to go back to wiwaldi. he wants to make sure lalli, yamato, taichi, and maya are really okay.
but he probably can't get to her where she's vulnerable, because he's either concussed on the sand or he's not able to get closer on this round. ]
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Go to her, you fool.
[ he's (probably) the key to ending this without them getting turned into monster paste! get to it!! have a nice and proper breakdown when they get home like the rest of them! ....and try not to die while you do so! ]
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Lux does the most and destroys that hand. It dissipates into shadowy wisps. Kon actually manages to hit the hand back, and it makes some of the large body sink back, but he is still lightly concussed for his good stubborn deed. Futaba noncons some weed into Claude, and he is 30% x 2 healed, if Spoon decides he chokes on it.
A number of tentacles sweep across the beach, hitting each and every one of them, throwing them across the sand, adding new bruises and scrapes to their growing litany of injuries.
Because she is baby who can't see past her sorrow, she isn't looking where she hits them, and they all land closer or farther away from her by player choice. ]
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But the weed patches him up pretty well, stopping his chest from bleeding and maybe taking his ribs from broken to bruised. But he doesn't get to enjoy that for long when a tentacle is suddenly slamming into him, yeeting him away from Futaba and sending him crashing closer to Claudia's casing.
He's still a little delirious from the pain and drugs, but a moment of quiet comes and goes, where he apparently resigns himself to what needs to be done, shakily pushing himself up onto his feet so that he can stagger to where Claudia is sitting.
Assuming that he makes it without being eaten, he's going to try and put a hand on her head, patting her and guiding her to look up at him. ]
I know, I know... I'm sorry. Maybe next time will be better?
[ He might be crying a little, no one look at him. And luckily, even though the sword fell out of his hands, he always has his hidden dagger with him, the blade sliding out from under his sleeve into his hand so that he can plunge it into her chest. ]
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kon cannot offer that just yet, as he is concussed and laying on the sand, reflecting on how much wiwaldi sucks. maybe next time will be better - maybe claudia won't have suffered as much, next time. maybe she'll get to see the sky without being afraid of the light. maybe kainé and nier will use their wishes to make their world less terrible.
› eat a weed, because they need to be able to walk back somehow. ]
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she will be sitting out the last minutes, partially to give claude have his moment privately- (wait, what was her name again?), partially due to her entire existence spinning like a washing machine.
god. what a shitty field trip. why couldn't they just go on a nice city visit or something? ]
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Claude makes it to her because Claudia couldn't consciously harm him when he's in her field of vision. He sinks the dagger in her chest, and she gasps from the pain and shock. Heartbreak and sorrow consumes her, and the huge Shade body, tentacles and all, shiver and fade, as if they're glitching out.
What's left is her small body, and she reaches into a pocket on her dress, takes out a piece of crumpled paper, and stuffs it into his hand with the last of her energy and will. It's a letter she wrote him, barely legible. If he chooses to read it, let me know.
She looks more human now than she ever has. With one last look at Claude, she says her final words:
You showed me how beautiful the world was.... so why was I so ugly.....?
She fades into nothing in the light of the sun. ]
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