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Post by SummerCrow on Feb 16, 2018 2:05:23 GMT -6
George goes to help Elise. He tries taunting the monster. It smashes him with a tentacle, then swings wide and hits all of them at once. Grey unleashes a burst of flames at the Dark Young. It shrieks and shudders from the flames. Barbatos carefully aims its rifle and takes a shot at the thing. The bullet barely does any damage. After the battle, George uses his magic to heal himself.
Sara shifts back and switches out her demons. She takes out Basilisk, to let her attack from range. Since she and her demons can't use magic in battle, she decides on Afanc for the other. She tests out her expanded range, healing Kira's team from a distance. She can't heal up all the damage that bat creature's doing. Fortunately, the monster is starting to look a bit worn down.
The bat darts around to attack Sara instead of Kira. Sara and her two demons all attack together, punching and mauling it with great force. The bat jumps at them, slashing the giant beaver-like Afanc several times. Then it turns and does the same to Sara.
Kumiko stays safely between Sara, Kira, and George.
The Dark Young releases Elise. She tries to twist or turn in mid-air, but it's useless. She enters the massive, gaping maw and it snaps shut. Dozens of fangs impalie her like a iron maiden. Blood oozes from its mouth as it opens slightly, just enough to show everyone its work. Its injuries heal slightly, but it's still gravely wounded.
Kira attacks the winged creature again. She and Lailah unleash a wave of ice spells, while Thor smashes it with a hammer. The creature retreats, roaring as it does. It flaps its wings and strikes them all with a powerful gust of wind. The monster's badly injured, even worse than the Dark Young.
The Dark Young writhes and pulses, Elise's still-bleeding corpse on full display, as it slithers forward, joining the other monstrosity to attack Sara. Sara leaps forward and kicks it, her demons doing the same. The creature doesn't even react to the minor inconvenience, flailing a tentacle to whip Sara across the chest. Sara's knocked onto her back, winded. While she's stunned and exhausted from her injuries, a tendrils coils around her leg with an almost apathetic motion. The Dark Young hoists her into the air. It forms a new mouth next to the one holding Elise. It's Sara's turn to dangle helplessly over her death.
An icy chill grips Kira's heart.
Kira - HP: 65% MP: 20% Thor - HP: 40% MP: 70% Lailah - HP: 60% MP: 35%
George - HP: 60% MP: 45% Grey - HP: 55% MP: 70% Barbatos - HP: 60% MP: 100%
Sara - HP: 20% MP: 55% (restrained) Basilisk - HP: 100% MP: 100% (disabled) Afanc - HP: 60% MP: 100% (disabled)
Elise - HP: 0% MP: 100% (KO) King Frost - HP: 40% MP: 85% Pyro Jack - HP: 20% MP: 100%
Kumiko - HP: 100%
Stock Ikusa - HP: 30% MP: 100% Moloch - HP: 30% MP: 100%
(A) All in on rescuing Sara! (B) All in on the bat and the escape path! (C) Split up!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2018 23:27:54 GMT -6
Fudge.
So on B, where we go all in on the Bat and Escape path, does that include saving both Elise and Sara?
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Post by SummerCrow on Feb 16, 2018 23:53:34 GMT -6
Nope.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 17, 2018 8:01:43 GMT -6
Hmm, definitely not A.... If it comes down to it I will abandon Sara because Elise>Sara and Waite>Sara. Though it would make Kira look like a bitch.
Splitting up would be the ideal option to try and grab both, but our chances aren't really, uh, great, though...
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Post by Deleted on Feb 17, 2018 9:44:50 GMT -6
Bad digi bad. Sprays with a water bottle
Abandon Sara. No no bad Digi. We have to redeem Kira. I already caused Uncle Crow to give up on WD once by ignoring his warnings.
For now hell yeah I vote A.
We will save Sara and somehow pull this out of our asses or everyone will die trying.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 17, 2018 11:37:08 GMT -6
Bad digi bad. Sprays with a water bottle Abandon Sara. No no bad Digi. We have to redeem Kira. I already caused Uncle Crow to give up on WD once by ignoring his warnings. For now hell yeah I vote A. We will save Sara and somehow pull this out of our asses or everyone will die trying. B-but, Elisa-chaaaaaan! ...ok, fine. But only because I realize death is an inevitability in a game like this and I can't think of any way with our current roster to save both without getting one killed.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 17, 2018 12:09:12 GMT -6
Uncle Crow what happens if there is a party wipe? Is it an automatic game over end of cyoa?
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Post by SummerCrow on Feb 17, 2018 12:10:16 GMT -6
Nope. You've got 2 strikes left. The fourth (non-scripted) party wipe/Kira death is game over.
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Post by SummerCrow on Feb 17, 2018 12:13:59 GMT -6
To clarify a point. Kumiko can't fight because she doesn't have a phone. But as long as she's close (within the battlefield) to someone with a phone, she still benefits from the Harmonizer effect. That thing that lets people get hit by demons that can lift cars without just straight-up exploding. In other words, she can afford to take a hit or two. She just can't afford to trigger the Dark Young's insta-kill condition.
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Post by SummerCrow on Feb 17, 2018 12:17:14 GMT -6
Well, Kumiko can fight. She's just limited to basic attacks.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 17, 2018 13:43:54 GMT -6
Well, we could possibly split up and have Kira take on the task of rescuing Sara and have George and Kumiko focus on Elise...
I think Kira could handle things on her own eith her magic, it's actually the other two I'm concerned about.
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Post by SummerCrow on Feb 17, 2018 22:05:25 GMT -6
Really important sub-vote. What should Kumiko do?
(1) Try to run past the gargoyle thing! If nothing else, she'll be a good distraction. (2) Try to distract the Dark Young! (3) Get in the fight! Even if you can only punch, punch this thing before it kills Sara! (4) Stay somewhere as safe as possible!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 17, 2018 22:08:10 GMT -6
Hmmm, 4. Punching won't help much...
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Post by SummerCrow on Feb 17, 2018 23:14:02 GMT -6
Kira tells Kumiko to stay safe, then attacks the Dark Young. Like Hell is it taking Sara...!
She unleashes a fire spell, and the creature shrieks. It whips a tentacle through her and her demons. Thor uses lightning, and Lailah uses an ice spell. Kira and Thor get a second attack. Thor smashes the thing - hard. Kira siphons some of the creatures magic into herself.
George heals himself, then attacks the Dark Young. He taunts it, and the monster smashes him with a giant tentacle. His demons take the opportunity to attack with their gun and a fire spell, driving the monster back further.
The bat attacks next. It hits George in the back, clawing him several times. George turns and fights, hitting the monster in the snout and taking away its momentum before it can attack again. Barbatos takes a careful shot and deals heavy damage. Grey attacks with fire, forcing the monster back. George's team presses their advantage. Barbatos fires again, and Grey summons more flames. The gargoyle-esque stalker collapses with a pained shriek. It leaps into the air with a sudden, powerful flap, then goes flying and slams into a tree. It drops dead.
"I can escape!" Kumiko says. "But..."
The Dark Young drops Sara into its mouth. She screams as it bites into her. Kira stares at the blood leaking through its lips. She feels... cold.
The Dark Young pulsates as it moves forward and attacks, but Kira can barely work up the heart to fight back. She gives it a weak punch. The beast goes berserk, striking Thor, Lailah, Kira, then Lailah again. Both her demons fade away, and Kira drops to her knees. This monster is desperate. It's on its last leg. But Kira's too weak to resist as it grabs her ankles. It lifts her into the air where she finds herself staring meekly into that same spike-lined mouth. Just like Elise and Sara.
Kira tears her eyes away from the dozens of blood-specked teeth waiting below. She catches a glimpse of something white glowing in the trees. Her mind snaps back into action. Waite is sitting on a branch. Her elbows are resting on her knees, her fingers laced to support her chin. There's a faint smile on her lips. She stares at Kira expectantly. Excitedly.
Kira - HP: 5% MP: 15%
George - HP: 45% MP: 35% Grey - HP: 55% MP: 40% Barbatos - HP: 50% MP: 100%
Sara - HP: 0% MP: 55% (KO) Basilisk - HP: 100% MP: 100% Afanc - HP: 60% MP: 100%
Elise - HP: 0% MP: 100% (KO) King Frost - HP: 40% MP: 85% Pyro Jack - HP: 20% MP: 100%
Kumiko - HP: 100%
Stock Ikusa - HP: 30% MP: 100% Moloch - HP: 30% MP: 100%
(A) Show her what you can do! Attack! (B) George! Help! (C) George! Kumiko! This is an all-out attack! (D) Is Waite... hoping you'll have to ask her for help? Do it.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2018 0:06:35 GMT -6
C and D.
Screw this piece of crap.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2018 7:27:45 GMT -6
True this thing has had enough time and has pissed us off enough.
D fine Waite wants to help give her the okay or ask for help.
C everyone else just beat the crap out of this this thing. Bite claw slap scratch whatever this thing is dead one way or another.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2018 7:30:57 GMT -6
Uncle Crow does KO mean permadeath or just unable to fight.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2018 8:49:03 GMT -6
Uncle Crow does KO mean permadeath or just unable to fight. Their HP is at 0, X. They were KOd before, but now...
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Post by SummerCrow on Feb 18, 2018 12:57:19 GMT -6
Kira's not too proud to ask for help.. "George! Kumiko! Waite! S-save me!"
Waite sighs. "Guess my little baby bird isn't ready to spread her wings quite yet, hm? My, my. Whatever will I do with you?" She sounds annoyed, but it's pretty obvious she's only pretending. She points at the weakened Dark Young. With a loud snap, the tentacle holding Kira starts to harden and freeze before it can drop her.
Kumiko runs up and punches the monster. "L-let Kira go! Sh-she's- ngh!" It smashes her back with a cluster of tentacles.
George runs in to attack, but Waite stops him. "You don't need to do anything, dear." She summons a few balls of water to float in mid-air. She uses them like stepping stones, walking forward with a sassy saunter, giving the illusion that she's walking through air as she approaches the Dark Young. The monster recoils at her approach, but it can't escape. She jumps on top of it, ice spreading from her feet as she lands. "Now, then... How shall I punish you for causing my dear, sweet Kira such trouble? No, no. Trash like you isn't worth the effort of a painful death."
Waite raises her hands and spikes of ice shoot from the ground to impale the monster repeatedly. It lets out a hideous shriek that forces everyone to cover their ears. Even Waite winces. The monster starts to fall apart, the various tendrils unraveling as they shrivel. Sara and Elise fall to the ground, still very dead.
Waite looks over at them, then to Kira. "Well... Since Sara's dead right now, I don't have to feel guilty about claiming a fee for saving you." She walks over and steals a kiss. She looks disappointed as she pulls away. "Hmph... Not very satisfying. I suppose you're a bit heartbroken right now, so I'll forgive the lack of passion."
Waite turns to Elise and Sara, casting Recarm on each in turn. The two revive, gasping in surprise and looking around in a panic.
"Kira... Ugh. First that tentacle guy, then this. I really don't know about helping you anymore," Elise says.
Sara doesn't say anything. She just runs over and grabs Kira, lifting her into a hug. She looks over at Waite, obviously surprised to see her here.
Waite shrugs. "I saw my cute little pupil was having trouble and I can running. Just in time, too. Another few seconds and she'd have ended up the same as you."
Sara sets Kira down and walks over to Waite. She takes her hand and shakes it, then pulls her into a hug, too. "Thank you. Truly."
Waite looks... surprised. "Y-yes, well. Of course I was going to protect my investment," she says sheepishly.
Sara lets her go... and laughs. "Of course. I... I'm glad to see my beloved found such a doting teacher. It really puts my mind at ease. So... Again, thank you. So very much." Sara covers her mouth. "Just make sure you don't spoil her too much, OK?"
"Of course. Well... We have another lesson at midnight, so... I need to go get prepared." Waite gives a flippant wave and strolls off into the dark forest.
Kumiko drops to her knees. "Ha... Haha... I'm alive? I'm... alive..."
(A) "Where were you?" (B) "What was that thing?" (C) "What happened when you got separated?" (D) "Are you OK?" (E) (hug)
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Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2018 13:06:55 GMT -6
E.
It's official. I love Waite. Even more than before. She's too good.
This did debunk my theory but things are alright for now regardless. Yay!
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