Oriens Academy [Phoenix Game]

[amdreams]

Rose

Location: Decayed Forest


With: Skyia, Mel, Vash and Stehanie


This day was terrible. First she had to follow the orders of a freaking murderer. And she didn't have any choice in the matter. Wherever Mel walked, Rose's body was compelled to follow no matter how much she tried not to.


And secondly, now another person was added to their party, Stephanie. The girl who defended that kidnapping harpy. When Rose first saw her, the princess made sure to voice her own opinion on the matter. Mainly by yelling at Stephanie and complaining that she didn't want to work with her. Not that most of the others seemed to care. Vash had held her back, saying that it wasn't nice to yell at others. Despite that's how Mel was always treating him worse from what she could see. And Mel. Mel walked on without even acknowlwdging Rose's complaints. Even saying that she didn't care for her "*****ing".


It seemed like Rose was surrounded by enemies. Almost none of these people were her friends and because of this, she didn't feel safe exactly. The entire trip to the next area, Rose inched closer and closer to Skyia, the only person she felt was actually on her side.


After a seemingly endless chain of walking and fighting, Rose noticed the group stop. Peeking toward the front, she saw a colorful harpy lying there unmoving. Rose watched as Mel walked over to the figure. And kicked her. "What are you doing?" Rose shouted as she watched Mel kick the harpy a few more times.


"Seeing if she's dead or not? Duh."

 

[DemonicPrincess]

Stephanie didn't really say anything after what Rose said to her. She didn't think she needed to,she was here to help. For all Stephanie thought Rose should be thanking her. She didn't have to help.


She stood away from them and watch,with an raise eyebrow. She wasnt gonna involve her self with them unless it had to do with saving Azure.


While getting lost in her thoughts she looked to see what they where doing. She made a face of confusion to see one of the girls kicking someone. Moving closer too see,her eyes widen at the sight of her befriend getting kicked.


Letting out a small growl she pushed Mel away,giving the girls a glare she picked up her friend holding her bridal style.


"Do you have any f***king makers. You don't kick someone while they're hurt." Stephanie practically growled at them holding the harpy close to her.

 

[Advent Azure]

As Mel kicked her, she was eventually kicked over onto her front where, there appeared to be a large slash mark on her stomach's lower right, stretching all th way to her chests upper left. The slash mark itself though... Looked exactly like TV static. Her face was somewhat bloodied, and had a surprised look to her, but offered no resistance to what anyone did to her. She truly was a dead weigh... However, she still felt warm.


Kylier Transmission Begin


When Kylier's Transmission began, there was a very noticeable static noise in the background.


"Hey..... Something is wrong with her, whatever she's got wrong with her isn't something native to this game, try scanning her. Unlike me, your scan skills can target each other..."


Kylier Transmission End


It was rather difficult to hear her, none of her words came out clear. It still was possible to listen to exactly what she said, but it was like listening to someone talking on a radio with a terrible signal reception.


Shortly after, some persons scream could be heard in the distance, followed by what sounded like him being cut down. The source of the sound sounded rather close, not too far away at all, and where the sound came from could easily be located

 

[amdreams]

Mel

This *****. This ************* *****. This bloody ************* *****. Sitting on her ******* high horse like the ******* queen of justice. This self-righteous *****. It wasn't like Mel kicked a puppy. She just kicked a person. If that feathered brat was dead, Mel didn't want to touch the body with her hands. Plus, they were just in a fight with a ******* shapeshifter. One that could easily take this girl's form and lay in wait to attack them when their guard was down.


Mel glared intensely at Stephanie as the ***** pushed her to the side, making her step back with little consequence. "I could spit the same words right back at you. Or is it polite now to shove people away instead of asking them to move?"


Looking over at Vash, Mel brought her thumb across her neck, signalling to the demon not to help the girl. Her "manners" were just going to get her killed and Mel would not have Vash get caught up because the prissy *****. There was no room on the battlefield for courtesy. There never was.


Mel rolled her eyes as Kylier's voice came over the transmission, telling them to scan Vize's body. She'd have to do it, wouldn't she? Judging by what she had seen of the others so far, she seemed to be the only competent one of the bunch. She looked at the harpy's body, now carried by that *****. "Enhanced Scan."


(Sorry so much for Mel's language but that's the way she is. Cussing worse than the hardest of sailors when she doesn't like someone.)

 

[Advent Azure]

Vize was rather quickly scanned, but a few error messages prompted, before showing what her stats were

Ta#get: Vize


Stats: R@w


Lev&l: 45


R()))!@#ining/M@x HP: 237/2300


R()))!@#ining/M@x MP 385/550


Strength: 36*


!@#%*: 360


Defense: #00


W&^l: 240


Speed: 560


Spo%tan$ousn$ss: 89%

Stats: Calculated


Sta*!#ard @ttacks: !&$#@


*utgoing Damage: Normal


Inc*ming Damage Re!@*#919on: 0%


Skills #!ceive Hit Ch@nce: 80+ (Mel, Rose) 85+ (Vash) 70+ (Skyia)


Status Receive Hit Chance: 40+


Skill Outgoing H*t Chance: 30+ (Mel, Rose) 25+ (Vash) 35+ (Skyia)


S!@tus Outgoing H%# Chance: !@#$*0+


Skills: [Vize's Skills]


A(!lities: [Vize's Abilities]


Imne: [Vize's Immunities]


Resist: [Vize's Resistances]


Weak: [Vize's Weaknesses]


Status: !#%&!@#*

Vize's personal data and stats is currently corrupted or something, and is very difficult to read. A lot of it doesn't make any sense, however, at least her name is readable, and identifiable as Vize. Because of the nature of the skill Enhanced Scan, this was without a doubt the person they were looking for


Something sounds like it is approaching the party slowly

 

[Advent Azure]

Eventually, something stumbled out of the thicket of trees. It appeared to be some sort of mass of shifting darkness that looked humanoid in shape. Despite its shape, it lacked any real distinguishable features, except several blue and orange slashes upon it, which appeared to have been left on it by Azure, and looked like it was one solid mass of dark energy. Along with its form, there was a swirling darkness that circulated around it, as if it were giving off ashes that continued to orbit it.


It gave off some sort of demonic, ghoulish-ghastly moan, that had some sort of strange echo to it, and looked toward the group. After a few seconds a pure featureless yellow color appeared onto his face, as if to represent eyes and a mouth. It extended some sort of weapon, which had some sort of terrible energy floating about it, and continued making its way toward the party.


It appears to be attacking the party, but is not in that much of a hurry to make his way over to slay them, regardless, its only 15 meters away and closing in.


Kylier Trasmission........ Error


"zz"


There was nothing but pure static from the transmission, not so much as a decibel of her voice came through the transmission


Kylier Transmission End


~~~~~


"What the hell...?"


Kylier looked on in a confused anger unsure why her monitor was nothing more than pure static now. At this current point in time the screen she was looking at was no better than a TV that has no signal to a satellite receiver and transmitter.


"Stupid TV static, go away... ugh..."


There wasn't really anything Kylier could do except wait and hope that it cleared up at some point... this was rather annoying however, as she doesn't even know what they could be doing right now, as far as she still knows now, they aren't being confronted by the 'thing' that is coming upon them

 

[amdreams]

Rose

Rose was one of the first to hear something approach and so one of the first to see the . . . the thing heading toward them. She wasn't sure to make of it. A . . . shadow of sorts? It unnerved her enought o make her stumble back, falling onto her behind. She tried to alert the others but not much came from her mouth other than a few muffled squeaks.


"Get off your ass," Mel said as she stepped ahead of Rose. The girl seemed to be calmly staring ahead at the creature approaching them. "Enhanced Scan." Her body seemed to tense after uttering the phrase.


"What are you doing?" Rose asked.


"Are you ******* daft in the head?" Mel snapped back. "I'm scanning this thing. We need to know how strong this thing is before planning our next move. We can't have you guys charging head first like some suicide bombers." Still looking forward, she addressed the rest of the group. "Pay attention. If this thing ends up too strong, prepare to run."


Hearing this didn't exactly do much to calm Rose down. But it did do enough to get her to stand up. Her knees were still a bit unsteady but if they had to run, she was at least more ready than she was on the floor.

 

[Advent Azure]

Scan... Successful

Target: !@(#&!@#$ (Aberrant)


Stats: Raw


Remaining/Max: 0000/!@#$(!@#%^


Strength: !@#%*


Spirit: !(#@%


Defense: !#%)*$#


Will: )


Speed: !@#%)!@#%

Stats: Calculated


Standard Attacks: Works


Outgoing Damage: Normal


Incoming Damage Reduction: ???%


Skills Receive Hit Chance: 20+ (Mel, Rose, Steph) 35+ (Vash) 10+ (Skyia)


Status Receive Hit Chance: 60+


Skill Outgoing Hit Chance: 40+ (Mel, Rose, Steph) 45+ (Vash) 30+ (Skyia)


Status Outgoing Hit Chance: 40+


Skills: [shadow Tag, Extreme Speed...... System Error]


Abilities: [Power Balance, Corrupt Body, Corrupt Attacks Dat........ System Error]


Immune: [........ System Error]


Resist: [......... System Error]


Weak: [.......... System Error]


Status: Corrupt Data

Skills being Scanned.....

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Shadow Tag= All targets in an area are prevented from escaping the user if it connects until user is defeated. No Damage


Extreme Speed= Attack a target with unrivaled speed. Always Hits


........ System Error


Abilities being Scanned






Power Balance= Once Battle commences, the user equalizes its stats with its surrounding foes


Corrupt Body= !@#%!)* )!@ #*%!@# %@#! @#%@# )@#%*) !*#@%!@)#*%


Corrupt Attacks= !$@^ !*@#!@#) !@#!$# !@#*!@# *!@#


....... System Error


Status being Scanned.... Error


Scan Name Catalog Change... Target !@(#&!@#$ = Aberrant


The target's name has been changed to 'Aberrant'


The Data Concerning its exact stats is constantly changing into various different symbols changing at least 5 times per second, impossible to determine stats. Despite its corrupted appearance, it is somehow more stable than. It attempted to display what it could...


The Enemy Stops and starts swaying where it stands, and growls with an increasing intensity, and soon becomes ear piercing as it begins to shake the very ground violently .


"!@#%(&@!#%"


A display showing the words Shadow Tag came up


A dark purple energy began to collect around the enemy until it was rather difficult to see it clearly, and suddenly, all the energy burst around it, coming over towards Mel's Group quickly, and washes over them all


You are not under attack by... it


As the Energy washed over the group, the energy enveloped Rose, Mel, Vash, Skyia, and Stephanie are no long able to run away. The energy dissipated afterwords, but its effects could still be felt. The energy brushed off the others (Vize), and nothing came of it.


Only Vize was spared of Shadow Tag's Effects





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[amdreams]

Mel

"****," Mel muttered as this "Aberrant" thing seemed to have roped most of them into a forced battle. Or at least that's what the skill description seemed to say. Luckily, it seemed the unconscious bird wasn't. Can't see her as being much help. Then again, Mel was still stuck with a pacifist, a ****** princess and some high preaching moron. Not exactly better.


The situation was made worse by the fact that the thing's stats weren't clear. However, according to one of its abilities, it'd be around the same level as them, which was . . . decent news. It didn't make it easier to kill the thing but at least they weren't that overwhelmed. Still, looked like they weren't going to get out of this anytime soon. "Looks like we're going to have t fight this thing. Anyone who gets int he way or ***** this up for us, I'm going to properly kick your asses once we get out of here!"


The first thing Mel did was step back, enough to place a hand onto Vash's shoulder. "Ap Vorv."


Vash already had his game face on, striking a pose before shouting, "Lightning Blade!"


In front of her now, Mel saw Rose compose herself. Locking her knees and looking straight ahead though it also looked like she was waiting for an opportunity to step tot he back of of the line. "Photon."


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[TenaciousTinkerer]

Skyia's reaction upon seeing the being was to just raise up her hands and try to flee, though the game's combat System made this incredibly impossible to do so, so instead Skyia was forced to watch at the Aberrant, letting out a bit of a screech as she feels the toll of the ability afterwards. Skyia began to start shaking her head as she didn't want to fight, was there really no way out of this? She began to regain a bit of her composure, as she reacted the best way she could "H-healing stream!" she called out trying to help as she could, trying not to get directly involved with the combat just yet!

 

[Advent Azure]

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Target: !@(#&!@#$ (Aberrant)


Stats: Raw


Remaining/Max: $@#& / !@#$(!@#%^


Strength: !@#%*


Spirit: !(#@%


Defense: !#%)*$#


Will: )


Speed: !@#%)!@#%

Stats: Calculated


Standard Attacks: Works


Outgoing Damage: Normal


Incoming Damage Reduction: ???%


Skills Receive Hit Chance: 20+ (Mel, Rose, Steph) 35+ (Vash) 10+ (Skyia)


Status Receive Hit Chance: 60+


Skill Outgoing Hit Chance: 40+ (Mel, Rose, Steph) 45+ (Vash) 30+ (Skyia)


Status Outgoing Hit Chance: 40+


Skills: [shadow Tag, Extreme Speed...... System Error]


Abilities: [Power Balance, Corrupt Body, Corrupt Attacks Dat........ System Error]


Immune: [........ System Error]


Resist: [......... System Error]


Weak: [.......... System Error]


Status: Corrupt Data

Skyia's Magic focused onto the ground, as a massive deep blue circle appeared around everyone including the Aberrant. It's effects are ignoring enemies, and is periodically healing allies.


A harsh light surrounded the foe, crushing it with solid light as it caved in on it and bursted itself upon it, hitting it 2 times.


Aberrant took !&@!* Damage...?


He reeled back a bit, keeping its feet perfectly still on the ground as if it were connected to it, but the top half of his body bent backward far more than any normal spine would allow, and quickly whipped itself back upright, before continuing on forward a bit, looking like some kind of half limp zombie. It did not appear to take kindly to this... as it roared violently, causing even the ground to shake.


You can feel it charging up for something devastating... (Charge 0% -> 25%)


It's presence is making Rose, Mel, Vash, Skyia, and Steph feel a little odd... (??? 0% -> 10%)


A display showing the words "Earth Power" came up. The Aberrant crossed its arms across itself and a bit behind itself, and quickly flung its arm toward Rose and Mel. Mel and Rose could feel the ground under them shifting, before violently exploding from underneath them.


Mel was blasted by the attack and launched a bit by the attack, and took 720 damage (1230/1950)


Rose was CRITCALLY blasted by the attack, and sustained major damage, and was launched and hard, and was toppled by the attack, and is unable to get up on her own and took 1400 damage (900/2300).


Skyia's Healing stream is continually healing, and healed Mel for 320 (1520) and Rose for 470 (1470/2300).


As Rose was healed by Skyia, she regained enough to be able get up on her own.


"Enhanced Scan"





You hear someone faintly from the direction very far down the road Mel's group was traveling before they began fighting


The Aberrant, Mel, Rose, Vash, Skyia, Steph, and Vize were visibly scanned by someone

 

[amdreams]

Rose flew back as she was launched into the air, landing hard on her behind. Going by the pain and how much hp she had left, that last attack seemed to do quite a bit of damage. Luckily, Skyia's healing spell replenished a good chunk of that but still, this didn't look good. The thing seemed to be charging up for something, obviously something big. From the looks of it, whatever the Aberrant needed to charge 3 more times before it could pull off what it wanted. So it'd probably be best to try to take it out before it could, right?


"Holy Lance!"


Looking toward the others, Rose could see that at least Vash was thinking along the same lines as her, firing a "Shrapnel!" attack at it. Mel, however, was a bit hesitant, staring ahead at the Aberrant with a serious look on her face. Rose caught her looking through her skills before biting her lip in an irritated manner. She seemed to swear underneath her breath before casting "MeAni Zot."


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[Advent Azure]

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Target: !@(#&!@#$ (Aberrant)


Stats: Raw


Remaining/Max: $@#& / !@#$(!@#%^


Strength: !@#%*


Spirit: !(#@%


Defense: !#%)*$#


Will: )


Speed: !@#%)!@#%

Stats: Calculated


Standard Attacks: Works


Outgoing Damage: Normal


Incoming Damage Reduction: ???%


Skills Receive Hit Chance: 20+ (Mel, Steph) 35+ (Vash) 10+ (Skyia, Rose)


Status Receive Hit Chance: 60+


Skill Outgoing Hit Chance: 40+ (Mel, Steph) 45+ (Vash) 30+ (Skyia, Rose)


Status Outgoing Hit Chance: 40+


Skills: [shadow Tag, Extreme Speed...... System Error]


Abilities: [Power Balance, Corrupt Body, Corrupt Attacks Dat........ System Error]


Immune: [........ System Error]


Resist: [......... System Error]


Weak: [Holy .......... System Error]


Status: Corrupt Data, Toppled, Bind

Skyia's Magic is continuing to heal her allies.


All around the Aberrant Spears of pure light appeared embedded in the ground in the 4 cardinal directions around it, with some sort of rainbow-ish spell circle surrounding it. The spears slowly lifted upward, and suddenly stopped, aiming themselves at it, and one by one, skewer on through it completely. After the 4th one went on through, a somewhat larger 5th spear roughly about Jayus's height came on down into it, upon reaching the ground, the spears exploded in a flash of light onto it CRITCALLY striking for a WEAKNESS.





The enemy took a devastating !@#*)!#!#% Damage...? The attack felt like it did a substantial amount... but...


You discovered that Holy Lance has Holy Damage properties.


You've discovered an enemy weakness


Rose's intensive effects on the enemy has increased her battle tension greatly, improving her morale and buffing her stats somewhat.


Rose now has the High Tension Status


The enemy now has the Topple Status


The brutality of the attack ended up making it fall to its knees, and then fully down on its front as it collapsed. As it did so, you could sense that it's charge was broken. The enemy is unable to dodge in its current condition and is having trouble getting up


Vash's thunder shoot out several mini bolts of itself at the enemy several times as if it were a gun, quickly filling it up with thunder shards. Once the last of his attack was unloaded into it, the shards reacted with each other, and all over its body, the shards had a line of lightning connecting to each other by their tips, and unloaded several bursts of lightning into it.


The enemy took !@#!#* Damage...? Despite taking the attack it doesn't feel any weaker...


As Mel launched her attack, a bubbling good of darkness erupted under the enemy in an area, creating an isolated death swamp under it that is rending it continually for as long as it is there. Rose toppling the enemy is making the attack far more damaging since it is unable to move off


The enemy is taking !(@# Damage continually... But it hardly seems to be reacting...


"Hardlight Arrow!"





From far away, a bit up toward even beyond the trees something was shot at the enemy. As it passed though the trees and came into view, it collided with the enemy, hitting it dead on in its center, binding it to the ground, causing it to screech in frustration and likely pain. The arrow itself seems to be made of some energy, but physical construct and is rather large for an arrow. It appears to be pure white, with a thick blue line borders surrounding itself shape.


The enemy now has the Bind Status


The enemy took !@#(!@%!@#) Damage... The attack felt several times stronger than the rest of everyone else's attacks combined...


The enemy is still bound to the ground, and is unable to get up, or move and let out an demonic sounding almost ear piercing screech, and still appears to be quite lively.


From directly above where Mel and the others are fighting, someone is flying incredibly high, beyond sight to make out clearly who that may be, and even further away beyond means of so much as targeting whoever is above the group. Regardless, the being is using the group as a basis to attack the Aberrant, and likely would have to be on the ground to fight it without Mel's group fighting it head on. All that can be seen is a tinkle of light as if she was a star in the night sky that moves around as it will to signify the person, visible due to the dusky sky at the very least.


Somehow, Mel and Vash get a sense that someone else besides the person who attacked the Aberrant is coming this way...


It's presence is making Rose, Mel, Vash, Skyia, Steph, and Lacuna feel stranger.. (??? 10% -> 25%)


Skyia's Healing stream is continually healing, and healed Mel for 320 (1840/1950) and Rose for 470 (1940/2300).

 

[AngeliclyAwesome123]

Lacuna continues to stand back from the fight, completely unsure of what to do, or if he should even do anything. He has no idea how to do.......whatever the others were doing.

 

[DemonicPrincess]

Stephanie stood next to Lacuna,when the fight broke out she completely froze. She didn't know what to do,yeah she should start to fight but in all truth ; Stephanie was scared to use powers that she had no idea how to control.

 

[amdreams]

(I'm just going to apologize in advance for Mel.)


Mel

Mel stood her ground as the Aberrant fell down, unsatisfied at the damage she was able to deal. She was conflicted by the attack from above though. It may have done a great deal of damage, but was this person friend or foe? From their vantage point, it'd be all too easy to just kill them all from up there. She'd have to keep an eye out for that.


At least they learned that it was weak to Rose's attacks. But only having one person able to deal massive damage was not exactly a good thing. She glanced over at Rose, who now wore a large smile on her face. Idiot. It was too early to celebrate now. If that ***** dies because she got overconfident, Mel was going to kick her ass when they get back.


But she was better than the two just standing there like ignorant statues. Seeing them standing there, Mel was getting angrier and angrier. Typical ******* lazy punks leaving all the work to others while they twiddle their ******* fingers doing ******* shit. ******* *****.


"Rose, can you fire more of those lances?" Mel yelled.


"Don't tell me what to do!" Rose shouted back. "Holy Lance!"


Vash ran forward, trying to attack the thing directly. He had more hp than the rest of them, so hopefully he wouldn't suffer too much. If he did, they might have to make him stay in the back for a bit to heal up.


Mel herself spent her turn fortifying Skyia's defence with "Ap Vorv." Judging by how the aberrant's weakness was holy attacks, her dark ones shouldn't have too much effect. Her energy would be more well spent trying to keep the healer alive.


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[Advent Azure]

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Target: !@(#&!@#$ (Aberrant)


Stats: Raw


Remaining/Max: $@#& / !@#$(!@#%^


Strength: !@#%*


Spirit: !(#@%


Defense: !#%)*$#


Will: )


Speed: !@#%)!@#%

Stats: Calculated


Standard Attacks: Works


Outgoing Damage: Normal


Incoming Damage Reduction: ???%


Skills Receive Hit Chance: 20+ (Mel, Steph) 35+ (Vash) 10+ (Skyia, Rose)


Status Receive Hit Chance: 60+


Skill Outgoing Hit Chance: 40+ (Mel, Steph) 45+ (Vash) 30+ (Skyia, Rose)


Status Outgoing Hit Chance: 40+


Skills: [shadow Tag, Extreme Speed...... System Error]


Abilities: [Power Balance, Corrupt Body, Corrupt Attacks, Dat........ System Error]


Immune: [........ System Error]


Resist: [......... System Error]


Weak: [Holy .......... System Error]


Status: Corrupt Data, Toppled, Bind

Skyia's Magic is continuing to heal her allies.


Rose's Lances came down upon the Aberrant once again, striking it for a Weakness





The enemy took a great deal of damage, totaling to #@!%#& in that strike... but even still it feels no weaker than before


Vash's attack drove into the enemy with ease, piercing its darkness, and violently shocking it in the process for !#!@#( Damage...


In its current condition, it is unable to retaliate against close its close encounter with Vash.


Skyia's Body Shone as Mel casted her buff onto her, and made her feel covered.


"Glorious Meteor!"


The person who was flying from way far above suddenly turned into a nose dive toward the enemy and appeared to have some barrier surrounding her from every possible angle. At a high speed, the person crashed violently into the Aberrant, causing a shock wave that crushed the ground under her, and blew back Mel's group ever so slightly if they were to brace themselves. As she crashed, she forced the massive arrow from her earlier attack into the, causing even more damage to the enemy. The resulting combo forced a Critical





The enemy took a devastating !!!@#%(!!( Damage... even still, it feels just as strong as it did when Mel's group started fighting the thing


She leapt off the enemy, placing herself in front of Mel's group, and right in front of Vash, having her back facing him as if to put herself first.


The person looked to be a human girl with rather short blonde hair, and deep blue eyes. She appeared to have some intricate armor that also appeared to work as a weapon equipped on her. The armor looked to be made out of Mythril, and covered most of her body, leaving her midriff and upper thighs exposed. Under that was thin looking clothing that covered her arms, chest, waist, and legs in all desperate pieces. She appeared to have 6 orbiters floating behind her as if they were physically attached to the armor, and matched the armor in looks, 3 of which were leaning toward the left of her, and the other toward her right, and appeared to serve as her wings somehow.


"Damn huh... Whats your deal? Why do you gotta be invincible all the time, that's cheap stuff! Why won't you ever take damage or anything!"


She turned back toward the Mel's group with a happy smirk.


"Ya know, I know you wanna feel all big like heroes or whatever, but you guys are pretty stupid for fighting this guy... No matter how hard you hit this guy, it never takes damage."


She closed her eyes and folded her arms as she continued to smirk at them


"Not even Azure can do anything, except hold him off. Why don't you just run away and leave this to the professional... is what I'd like to say, but you guys gave yourselves the death sentence. Now you're stuck with him unless you can make it take a hike, and I mean that thing is a war machine!"


She turned back toward it


"So... I think I'll just keep you Fragments company till you die, hope your fine with that "


Mel and Vash are getting some sense of sizing the girl up. Compared to the rest of them, she feels rather powerful and could easily defeat Mel and the rest without them being able to do much back to her. She has a friendly easy going vibe however, and isn't taking the situation seriously deep down. Innately you can tell her level is....... 124. You aren't able to read whatever else may be up with her


Mel and Vash can feel their new Ability coming closer to fully awakening.


An ability of her's activated due to Rose's Presence and Affinity, and a slightly visible link of energy has appeared between her and the girl has shown up. Rose is now healing massively and has been healed for 5600 HP (2300/2300), and has has had her stats boosted


Another abilities of hers appeared to have activated, and some of the HP Rose has healed has surpassed her Max HP (3450/2300)


The girl's abilities has forced another status upon Rose, and has her focus incredibly increased with the Full Sync Status with the new Girl. Rose's Attacks will now Always Crit.


The girl turned back once more to Rosd rather surprised


"Wow... You got an incredible potential for light to make use of my abilities like that, what's the name ya got? I think it was Rose or something"


The enemy has grown massively stronger due to the girl's presence, and exploded with energy, cancelling all of the other's debuffs on it. This earned the girls attention back into the Aberrant, as she took a step back from it


The enemy appears to be charging up for something devastating (0% -> 100%) The enemy has finished recharging from when it last used a special skill


The enemy's presence is causing greatly and adversely affecting the enemy party (??? 25% -> 100% [Mel, Skyia, Lacuna, Steph, Vash]) The enemy presence has made them all feel vulnerable, and given them the Protect Break Status (Protect Break 25% -> 95%% [Rose]) (P.B. 0% -> 15% [???])


Some sort of computer data is floating around them, and a barrier appeared around them, as if it was always there, but then violently shattered.


Mel, Vash, Skyia, Steph, and Lacuna's Defense and Magic Defense has been reduced to 0. All Defensive Buffs have been nullified on them. All Defensive Skills and Abilities on them have been Disabled. Their Resistance's and Immunities have been Nullified. Their Dodge and Evade Chances are now 0% against 1 Skill...


"Man... it's gonna start offing you 1 by 1 already... Maybe I should just leave before it offs me once they're all through"


It sounds like the girl has already written off Mel's group to certain doom. She turned back toward the group with a somewhat sad, but not really face.


"Hey... I don't mean to be that girl... but you guys did put up a good fight I guess while it lasted... so..... see ya... Wish I could take ya home with me Rose, I'd give ya the princess treatment all the way there."


Something was muttered loudly from the enemy


"Milia..."


The enemy took its hands and aimed it at the girl, and following, something appeared around its arms. It looked like some sort of massive strangely colored wicked shaped glass looking material. It bent back around its arm as if it were making some sort of cannon in front. As the girl prepped to take off, she suddenly stopped with an expression as if someone was violently choking her, the Aberrant pointing at her with its unaltered arm, and lifted its arm up, causing her to float up as well, restrained somehow. The girl began trying to thrash around violently with her body, but it looked as if her body was bound still by an invisible force.


"No... No no! You haven't inflicted me with protect break yet, I won't let you end me!"


A text box appeared show it using the skill ' {%^{ ^*+}[}==%} '


As it continued, what appeared like computer code appeared around the girl, and some sort and all of a sudden it fired... Something, several streams of something at the girl, and as it collided with the system barrier covering her, she screamed as if someone was brutally chopping her body parts off with an axe. The lasers deflected off her barrier and hit several areas on the ground causing the same static patterns that were on Vize earlier.


One of the lasers headed directly toward Rose, and just as it was about to hit, the person Mel and Vash detected earlier leap out to try to get in between Rose and the attack. The person did not appear to look like anyone they ever met.


She wore a dress that started only waist down, and completely covered her, feet and all, and looked blackish and red, which appeared worn rather at the bottom. From where the dress is connected is a armor that appears thin, and serves to keep her dress where it is. The entire top half of her body is bare, exposing all her skin, EXCEPT her breasts, where one armored purple bra was in place, covering the one place that really mattered mostly. Her hands appeared singed black all the way to where her forearm begins, and her skin was notably tinged purple. Her hair was moderately long, reaching down to her breasts, and was a deep purple. She had rather large and noticeable wings, however they were in complete tatters and were purple in color, and looked completely unfit to serve as wings. Along with pointy ears, her eye color appeared to be purple as well. She appeared to be of the Fallen Angel Race.


"Black Shield..."


A barrier of protective darkness completely covered Rose as the laser came in, but as it reached her, it shattered the barrier as if it was not there, and violently struck Rose. The pain was unimaginable, it felt as if she was dying, and then suddenly, felt her strength draining and is slowly going numb.


"I will not allow this..."


She went over to Rose's side and stood in front of her.


"Data Recursion"


The skill seemed to erase whatever was causing the intense pain, and the attack was seemingly absorbed into her, and almost immediately felt better... If strange, and healed from the traumatic event... However, as some of the attack was altered, it rebounded out of Rose and struck the woman was then attacked by it, and felt incredibly altered by it.


Rose Gained a new Skill


Rose Gained a new Ability


"... Ugh..."


The woman got up and turned toward the enemy. She felt herself drastically weaken


The woman lost several skills...


The woman lost several abilities...


The woman's level decreased drastically...


"Can you still fight? There is no time for rest..."


The attack was still continuing on the first girl, she appeared to have gone silent, and perhaps unconscious, but still alive. The attack finished, and sent her flying quite a distance into the ground.


The girl lost several skills...


The girl lost several abilities...


The girl's level decreased dramatically


The two people who joined the battle felt that their stats were more or less similar to Mel's group.


The Aberrant roared as it felt empowered... from its attacks


Rose's Body is feels very strange, yet fully responsive again, as if it were back to normal...


Skyia's Healing Stream Magic faded as it healed everyone one final time. Everyone that Mel came to the fight with is at full HP


Rose's Ability nullified The parties's Protect Break Status, restoring them back to before they were in the state.


Rose is making the Aberrant feel odd... (P.B. 0% - 15% Aberrant)


~~~~~


"Hmm... well... the flow of data appears to indicate that Vize is still actively playing... but at the same time, it suggests the exact opposite... this is rather hypocritical of the data..."


Another warning came up for Rose for a while, and had the same error condition as Vize... but seemed to fix itself from what she saw...


"..... What is the cause of this..."

 

[amdreams]

Rose

Everything seemed to happen in a flash. The appearance of someone new. The new arrival's presence powering up the Aberrant. The big slap in the face that all their hard work was doing absolutely nothing. In a mere moment, the tide of the battle changed to one of no hope. It seemed obvious that they were going to lose. They had failed.


As the Aberrant's attack came toward her, Rose didn't think to move. Though given the power difference between the two, maybe she wouldn't haave been able to even if she had wanted. Resigned to her fate, she closed her eyes. The pain made her eyes shoot open as she screamed, preoccupying her mind so much that she couldn't bring herself to critique the horrendous outfit worn by the person helping her. Like seriously? Was this woman some hooker? Why was she dressed like that?!


But whoever this woman was, she helped Rose. The half-elf's pain subsided and was replaced with a different feeling. She felt stronger, sort of. She had gained a new skill and ability now it seemed. Rose didn't know how they'd help with the aberrant but at least their protect break status was gone.


Now, according to the purple woman, they had to fight. Fight? Really? Wasn't this a losing battle? Why would they fight? They should run. There was no way they could win this fi-"


"Spark Wave!" "PhyAni Zot."


What? Rose looked over toward Vash and Mel. Both were staring ahead at the aberrant, neither wavering in the slightest. They seemed dead intent on fighting this thing. Clenching her hands into fists, Rose somehow found a new resolve. After all, she couldn't let those two show her up, right? She had to prove that she was better than some selfish princess.


"Prism Stars!"


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[Advent Azure]

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Target: !@(#&!@#$ (Aberrant)


Stats: Raw


Remaining/Max: $@#& / !@#$(!@#%^


Strength: !@#%*


Spirit: !(#@%


Defense: !#%)*$#


Will: )


Speed: !@#%)!@#%

Stats: Calculated


Standard Attacks: Works


Outgoing Damage: Normal


Incoming Damage Reduction: ???%


Skills Receive Hit Chance: 10+ (Mel, Steph) 25+ (Vash) 0+ (Skyia, Rose)


Status Receive Hit Chance: 60+


Skill Outgoing Hit Chance: 30+ (Mel, Steph) 35+ (Vash) 20+ (Skyia, Rose)


Status Outgoing Hit Chance: 40+


Skills: [shadow Tag, Extreme Speed...... System Error]


Abilities: [Power Balance, Corrupt Body, Corrupt Attacks, Dat........ System Error]


Immune: [........ System Error]


Resist: [......... System Error]


Weak: [Holy .......... System Error]


Status: Corrupt Data, PROTECT BREAK

Rose has a strange feeling coming from Vize for some reason... like some sort of synergy


The woman grew concerned for Rose as it appeared that her heart was wavering from what she was capable of actively sensing from her. She payed her little mind knowing she was rather distraught.


"Do not sign yourself off to defeat, even if it appears certain. The moment you give up, is the moment all is lost..."


Regardless of whether Rose would improve or not after what had happened to her, the woman stepped forth to assist in the attack Mel and the others were going on with.


"Debilitate..."





The enemy dulled in color as the magic affected it, decreasing its Attack, Defense, and Speed


Vash's Attack engulfed the enemy in a sphere of lightning which continually persisted around it, shocking it several times over 10 seconds as it was trapped within it until it dissipated.


Vash's Attack did !#@!#@( Damage... And made the enemy felt even stranger... (15% -> 35%)


A Sphere of darkness, dark red in its center formed from the seemingly out of the air, and began letting loose a barrage of small dark blasts which all shifted over each other as it went toward the enemy, and brutally collided with it.


Mel's Attack did *%@)* Damage... And made the enemy feel vulnerable... (35% -> 55%)


As Rose stepped up to attack once more shotgun bursts of stars came from Rose, and was it washed over the enemy, the attack forcibly critically struck the enemy due to her Status thanks to the unconscious girl.


Rose's Attack did a great $!#*!@# Damage... And made the enemy feel exposed (55% -> 90%)


Rose's Presence is making the enemy feel exposed (90% -> 100%)


The barrier that once appeared and shattered around Mel and such, then appeared around the Aberrant, before shattering like thin glass rather loudly as streams of data appeared around it. The enemy now has the PROTECT BREAK status.


Rose is feeling incredibly strange... however, the feeling feels more like it is coming from herself somehow, driving her to use one specific skill.


The enemy appeared to be acting strange, and looking like it was going to focus on only the woman who appeared as well, speaking in some sort of ghastly demonic distorted voice.


"Morgana..."


As the enemy prepared for an attack, a text box came up displaying the attack "Extreme Speed" and appeared to be single mindedly targeting the woman who had helped Rose. It disappeared out of sheer speed, and appeared all around the woman, slashing at her from various angles. She braced herself with what little she had, but the attack remained brutal, and was as unavoidable as it was ruthless.


The woman took 1800 Damage.


"Ugh... Rose... you must be the one to do it... the earlier attacks stripped me of..... ugh..."


The woman was forced into a kneel as she grew exhausted from the continuing attacks and fell down on her front, still conscious, but unable to continue fighting.


"Use the Skill... use Data Drain... on it... and brace yourself..."


A short while after the enemy went under the Protect Break Status, Rose's right arm began feeling incredibly strange.


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[amdreams]

Rose

"D-data Drain?" Rose looked through her skill list to find that she really did have that. Maybe that was the new skill she gained from before. Looking at the skill's description, unsure of why the woman wanted her to use it. In fact, she was unsure of what it did exactly. Some of the characters weren't legible. But something did catch her eye. To cast this, a protect break status was needed. Well, the aberrant had that now . . . Well, might as well see what it can do.


"Data Drain!"


"Hell Pyre." "Metal Claw!"


(So . . . lazy . . . Sorry.)


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[Advent Azure]

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Target: !@(#&!@#$ (Aberrant)


Stats: Raw


Remaining/Max: 4100/4500


Strength: 600


Spirit: 350


Vitality: 200


Will: 55


Speed: 210

Stats: Calculated


Standard Attacks: Works


Outgoing Damage: Normal


Incoming Damage Reduction: None


Skills Receive Hit Chance: 10+ (Mel, Steph) 25+ (Vash) 0+ (Skyia, Rose)


Status Receive Hit Chance: 60+


Skill Outgoing Hit Chance: 30+ (Mel, Steph) 35+ (Vash) 20+ (Skyia, Rose)


Status Outgoing Hit Chance: 40+


Skills: [shadow Tag, Extreme Speed...... System Error]


Abilities: [Power Balance, Corrupt Body, Corrupt Attacks, Dat........ System Error]


Immune: [........ System Error]


Resist: [......... System Error]


Weak: [Holy .......... System Error]


Status: Corrupt Data, PROTECT BREAK

As Rose began to use the skill, blue green stained glass looking materials materialized around her arm in a halo formation. The resulting creation took up most of her arm, and made a cannon out of her arm. The weapon charged up, and the enemy appeared locked in place.


Static formed upon Rose in patches all over her and quickly condensed into the cannon until it appeared ready to burst, and shot out laser at the enemy


As it collied with and began to scream in pain in its distorted voice. The static then began forming on the enemy.


Mel and Vash could feel the enemy drastically weakening rapidly.


The enemy appeared to do try to do something. As the enemy was suffering where it stood, it appeared to split itself in half, as what appeared to be a replica of it was knocked out of the enemy that was hit by it. Unlike the first enemy however, the patches of darkness on the enemy appeared rather spotty in places, showing purple clothing that didn't appear recognizable as anything


The new enemy however collapsed immediately, and slowly got up before fleeing the battle scene.


The enemy Rose had data drained suddenly burst with energy as it was reformatted.


The enemy has 'normalized'


Rose Obtained 'Virus Core 0' item


A weapon appeared to have been created from the endeavor, and fell onto the floor.


The weapon 'Mantra Bow' was created.


Rose's Infection Rating has increased (0% -> 2%)


The enemy is recovering from the ordeal it had undergone. Protect Break has worn off due to the target being Data Drained


Fiery Energy formed in Mel's hand, which as she chucked it at the enemy, upon landing, burst into a soft explosion that washed over the enemy, failing to knock it down unfortunately.


The enemy took 400 damage from the attack.

 

[amdreams]

Rose

Rose wasn't sure what she was expecting Data Drain to be but a giant static shopoting lazer cannon was certainly not it. But it seemed to work, right? Something had come out of the aberrant. It looked like a second aberrant, something that worried Rose until the newer one simply fled the scene. Odd.


After that, something, a bow, appeared on the ground. But Rose chose to ignore that now. She was more preoccupied with Mel. The girl had launched an attack on the thing and Rose could've sworn she saw acorner of her mouth twitch. It almost seemed like it could form a smile or smirk if it had lasted long enough. But why? Why could she possibly be bappy about this? According to that blonde girl, they were fighting a senseless battle, despite what the purple woman was saying.


But then she saw it. The health bar above the aberrant's head. It had shrunken back some. Not very much but there was some damage. Which means . . . that it could be defeated. Whatever had happened, they could defeat it now. A new sense of confidence started filling her as she straightened her posture. Now she'd have to hit it with everything she had. "Holy Lance!"


Vash seemed to have the same idea, shouting out a "Shrapnel" attack. Mel seemed to have taken a more defensive route, casting "Ap Vorv" on Vash.


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[Advent Azure]

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Target: !@(#&!@#$ (Aberrant)


Stats: Raw


Remaining/Max: 0/4500 Defeated


Strength: 600


Spirit: 350


Vitality: 200


Will: 55


Speed: 210

Stats: Calculated


Standard Attacks: Works


Outgoing Damage: Normal


Incoming Damage Reduction: None


Skills Receive Hit Chance: 10+ (Mel, Steph) 25+ (Vash) 0+ (Skyia, Rose)


Status Receive Hit Chance: 60+


Skill Outgoing Hit Chance: 30+ (Mel, Steph) 35+ (Vash) 20+ (Skyia, Rose)


Status Outgoing Hit Chance: 40+


Skills: [shadow Tag, Extreme Speed...... System Error]


Abilities: [Power Balance, Corrupt Body, Corrupt Attacks, Dat........ System Error]


Immune: [........ System Error]


Resist: [......... System Error]


Weak: [Holy .......... System Error]


Status: Corrupt Data, PROTECT BREAK

The attack Rose had performed was forced into CRITICALLY striking the enemy for a WEAKNESS, dealing a devastating 3300 damage to the enemy. The critical and weakness attack toppled the enemy, rendering it unable to move on the ground.


Vash had shot out razor shot shards of metal at the enemy, spearing it through the body multiple times, dealing 650 damage.


The enemy is spending a large amount of time getting back up on its feet, to long to be able to act before Mel and co. To Get another round of strikes in.


"Full Revolver"


Multiple laser blasts came from the girl who was devastatingly blasted away earlier... And rapidly blasted the enemy several times.


The Aberrant took 600 damage.


As the Aberrant was defeated, something strange happened, it began sparking out with static as it roared in pain. Soon enough, it began to become completely enveloped in the static, and then suddenly exploded, the explosion that occurred seemed to freeze as the wave of static was shot out, and then began to implode on itself, until suddenly, it came to a calm state... And by the end, all that remained was what seemed to be a portal that appeared to be completely comprised of static. It is impossible to tell where it leads.


The party gained 3 Levels


Mel and Vash have finished learning the ability, Energy Sense


The battle has ended...


The portal and Vize's presence seems to still be cutting off communication with Kylier.


"You ****... Gotcha..."


The girl staggered on toward the group weakly toward the group as much as she could, before collapsing, panting hardly. The woman appeared to be struggling a bit as well, and unable to get up At the moment.


"This........ Sucks........ I wish Tarve... Was here. What the hell... Was that that you did Rose? We've been fighting... That thing for months... If you could call a one-sided brawl fighting."


"It's the skill I recently... Obtained to combat him. Even if I am less effective to Azure, it does not mean I will simply stand by... However, the saving of Rose imprinted the skill onto her it seems. You don't appear to have been corrupted Milia..."


"It'll take more than that thing to corrupt me..."


She had a proud look on her face as if she beaten the Aberrant all on her own, but then grew quiet and looked concerned over something."


"I'm sorry for the intrusion... But it was nessisary..."


The woman slowly stood herself up


"My name is Morgana... And the one who had interjected herself into the fight earlier, is Milia. I'm sorry that I forcibly learned your names earlier, but there was not time for proper introductions..."


She looked toward Vize who laid on the ground lifeless...


"Would that happen to be your friend over there... If you would like Rose, you can fix her easily with the same skill you had used earlier."

 

[amdreams]

Rose

Rose breathed a sigh of relief as the Aberrant was finally defeated, but tensed up again when Milia started drilling her on the Data Drain skill. How was she supposed to answer that? She had no idea what had just happened. Luckily, the purple woman, or Morgana as she had introduced herself as, took over. Rose looked around, thinking she didn't have to listen to the conversation between the two now, but her ears perked up when she heard Morgana mention "Azure".


"Azure?! You know him? Do you know where he is?!" But before answering her, Morgana brought up the unconscious girl. From everyone's reactions earlier, Rose could infer a few things. Mainly that this bird girl was a student in Oriens and the one they were looking for.


Rose looked between Morgana and Vize. She could help her with the attack from earlier? It seemed a bit farfetched, given what she knew of it albeit a little, but Morgana had been right about using it on the aberrant. So maybe . . .


"D-data drain?"

 

[Advent Azure]

"Azure is now recovering and maintaining the seal upon the pinnacle of Tartarus, now that it has been fully brought into this world. That tower would be just farther ahead..."


Upon using the skill on Vize, it appeared to react rather similarly in what had occurred to the Aberrant. As it shot out at Vize, it shattered the static off of her, looking like it splattered off of her as if it were blood. The static was then absorbed and completely nullified.


From the occurance, a weapon was created.


The Jack Claws were created.


Vize seemed to return to looking completely normal. And woke up shortly after...


"Wa... Waaaaa...?"


She looked around seeing everyone around her.


"Huh... Did something happen?"


"Ya you idiot, you tried to fight the Aberrant alone despite what Azure said didn't ya?!"


"I was pretty sure I was winning, he couldn't even hit me, he never got a chance to hit me... But then... Well, all I remember is it using some skill, and I felt... Like"


She shuttered as she held her head. She then got herself up.


"Judging from the trace energy on Mel and Vash, they came into contact with Azure it seems."


She then turned toward Mel


"I wish to come with you, I can show you the way, and help you against the beasts that stand in your way. I can make myself useful in many ways if you do not mind"


"... I guess I may as well too... It's not like I can really fight the Aberrant in my domain either... Besides..."


She got up to Rose and patted her once on the back.


"It'd give me time to get to know Rose maybe"


She turned toward the static portal a bit confused.


"But what are we going to do about that? I can't go in there because of my bond with Azure Morgana, and you..... Well..."


"It is alright... But without his protection, I doubt my chances to survive the area in there. Perhaps Rose and the others could go in, due to her ability. It does not look like it will fade away or move. I will leave the decision to you as it seems inert in its current state, and will likely remain there forever if left untouched... If not, we may head out toward Azure."





"... I don't really get what's going on, but I'm feeling ok enough to keep going"





The Portal's presence is completely disrupting communications with Kylier for some reason