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Oriens Academy [Phoenix Game]

Mel

It'd be a lie if Mel said she wasn't the least bit phased by Riff's new appearance. She was . . . shocked, grasping at her neck as if expecting to find Riff's choker there. They copied this as well?


No. She couldn't let herself get distracted. That "thing" put Vash in critical condition. The kid really was unlucky. Mel shook her head before scanning the "Riff" in front of her. His health was really low but his defense was even higher than before. Luckily, no one else had a weakness for ice, but still, he was dangerous with his new power.


"Vize, do you think you can put him to sleep?"


"Milia. Rose. Attack him with your holy attacks," she said, casting "Ap Corva" on Rose so she'd get an extra boost like with Milia. "Morgana. Tarve. Try to chip off as much health as you can. Remember, magic attacks only. His new physical defense will most likely completely negate any physical attacks."


"Okay," Rose said, acknowledging her orders though still visibly freaked out by Riff's new appearance. "Holy Lance!"


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  • Target: Aberrant Azure


    Stats: Raw


    Remaining/Max: Dying


    Strength: 750


    Spirit: 1000


    Vitality: 550


    Will: 1600


    Speed: 666




    Stats: Calculated


    Standard Attacks: Works


    Outgoing Damage: Normal


    Incoming Damage Reduction: None


    Skills Receive Hit Chance: 20+ (Vize) 45+ (Mel, Rose, Milia, Morgana, Tarve) 50+ (Vash)


    Status Receive Hit Chance: 60+


    Skill Outgoing Hit Chance: 45+ (Vize) 20+ (Mel, Rose, Milia, Morgana, Tarve) 15+ (Vash)


    Status Outgoing Hit Chance: 40+


    Skills: [ !@#*!#@, Error...]


    Arcane Artes: [???]


    Abilities: [Twin Hits, Error...]


    Absorb: [Dark, ???]


    Immune: [instant Death, Death, Expel]


    Resist: [Wind, Fire, Ice, Magic, ???]


    Weak: [Holy]


    Status: [Matarukaja]






Allies


Rose: (3100/3100)


Buffs: Black Barrier (1500/1500)


Debuffs: None


Mel: (2650/2650)


Buffs: None


Debuffs: None


Vash: Dying


Buffs: Iron Defense


Debuffs: None


Vize: (2850/2850)


Buffs: None


Debuffs: None


Milia: (3400/3400)


Buffs: Command: Flight, Ap Corva


Debuffs: None


Morgana: (6600/6600)


Buffs: None


Debuffs: None


Tarve: (4900/4900)


Buffs: Tension Up


Debuffs: None




"I can try..."


Rose shone a for a bit as her magic was buffed


Rose's attack struck him for a weakness, dealing 1500 damage to him.


Riff's ablity 'Final Guard' activated, leaving him alive with 1 HP.


"Ugh..."


Riff feel to his hands and knees, definitely hurting, but trying to remain active in battle, not looking ready to give up, but not before Milia rushed down from the sky, coming at him at a high speed with a leg fully stretched out, bringing it back to swing at him with the full force of her speed, dealing 10 damage to him.


"GET KICKED!!!"


The attack knocked him off his feet, and up into the air a bit, spinning rapidly in a corkscrew fashion before landing roughly, blacking out where he laid...


"Get yo *** whooped! You ain't welcome here."


"....."


"....."


"That was awesome Milia!"





The effect of Xith's dimension ended, everything fading back to how it used to be, with the 3 Aberrants fading away, leaving behind a Virus Core... and a static portal appearing once more... for the 3rd time. Bunny and Riff's Weapons faded away... however the weapon Aberrant Azure was using was sucked into the portal. If last time was any indication, the weapon could be retrieved by going inside.


Virus Core 2 obtained...


"Milia... What would you of done should your attack have done no damage, it may of killed you..."


"Eh... It's fine since he died though, so don't sweat it..."


"...... At least, Its over... for now at the very least... But what is that... Aberration before us?"





"From what I've learned, it is a portal into memories... ones that believe that we are not welcome in. The exact reason why I am uncertain of... but I believed the bound of Azure may have played a part in preventing access... but there is still much I do not know about them, such as why they appear..."





"Are they safe to leave alone?"


Morgana and Tarve began discussing more and more about what they know about conjectures that have no base other than what they believe.


"So you guys are gonna go in again? I don't really care one way or another. Those two will probably try to guess whatever is up with that portal whatever..."
 
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Rose

As the Aberrant Riff, Rose let out a sigh of relief, glad that entire ordeal was over. She took a look around her to see how everyone else seemed to be fairing. Both Milia and Vize seemed rather happy. Tarve and Morgana seemed more focused on Milia, a bit . . . confused by her actions, it seemed. Vash was stuck in ice, near dying yet again, with Mel standing above him. For a brief moment, Rose thought she saw a strange look on her face as the dark-haired girl stared at the place Aberrant Riff had fallen. But her usual calm demeanor was back so quickly, Rose began to wonder if what she had seen was simply an illusion.


But she didn't have much time to dwell on it. The same portal they had seen twice already now had appeared with Aberrant Azure's weapons inside. Thinking it perfectly normal, Rose started her way toward it only to notice Mel not moving, instead sitting by the frozen Vash. "Aren't you going to come?" she asked.


"No," Mel replied. "Azure's memories are none of my business. If you want to go digging in someone's secrets, then go by yourself."


Rose huffed, insulted. She was simply going to grab the weapons. And if she happened to see his memories, well, she couldn't do anything about that, right? Besides, knowing his past would only allow her to help him more. She was doing all this for him after all. "Fine then," she said before entering the portal.


Mel

Meanwhile, Mel sat outside, placing her hand on the ice that had trapped Vash. It didn't seem like he would be able to get out of there on his own any time soon. She looked at Morgana and the others before saying, "How do we get Vash out of here?"
 
"OH I know! Steel Wings"


As Vize approached the crystal, Milia went up to her and flicked her on the head.


"Ow... what was that for Milia?"


"You idiot, if you do that, he'll probably split in half from the cracks you make from cutting that!"


"I suggest we go to Reeza, she should be able to help us with this situation..."


"Er... uh..."


Milia looked at Mel then back at Tarve, knowing that that would definitely not be an option...


"I... don't think that'll work out..."





"I take it that something happened... it would be troublesome to haul this crystal to the volcano as well... I do not believe we should teleport while he is in this condition as well... it is to delicate of a situation..."


"If we had access to lesser fire magic, we could easily thaw him out... but Mel's fire based magic is far to explosive to be safe to free him..."


"Arg... I don't want to just wait for him to get out naturally, that stuff doesn't even look like its close to melting! It looks more like permafrost, or something melt resistant"





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As usual, Rose blacked out in the void of static that she found herself in by entering the portal.


When she awoke she appeared to be indoors somewhere unrecognizable. It certainly wasn't Orien's Academy, that was for sure... The place looked like some sort of underground dungeon... The tonfa's were laying before Rose, resting on a wall near a reinforced metal door. On the other side of the barred door, appeared to be Azure all chained up against the wall fully clothed, with Kylier in the room as well. The two of them look some years older than the last static portal, but definitely not anywhere near where they are present day


"Azure, just do some of the things he wants, it doesn't have to be much, but you can't just defy everything he orders you to do. You're wasting away here, you haven't had anything to eat for days now... please, I really don't want to see you suffer like this."


Kylier sounds genuinely concerned for Azure by the tone of her voice


"Never... I'm not going to just submit to him like that and let him do what he wants with me. It's completely unreasonable."


"Ya, but he's going to beat the will out of you until you end up doing it anyway. Please, just... if you resist, the little amount of freedom I gave you here is going to go away... and what about Vize? What am I going to tell her? She's gonna be sad that she can't play with you."





"... Even so... I can't just let him win like this... you wouldn't understand how I feel, they killed my parents..."





"... please... I don't know if I can protect you... you're more than just my pet you know... you're my friend..."





"I can't just let him win like this... if I outlast him... he'll have to give up on me sooner or later..."


"..."


Kylier hugged Azure, before exiting a little teary eyed. To the other side of the door where Rose was.


"You can't win you know... no one ever does..."


A few moments later, a large man, mostly static came in through the door, holding a series of tools and some weapons, most notably a whip.


"You stubborn ****"


The figure cracked a whip against the wall.


"I'll show you what it really means to be stubborn."


The man began to ravage Azure's body with whip, striking him with its snaps, lashing his body as he let loose several pained grunts and cries. Shortly after... everything reverted back to static, and Rose passed out again, with the weapons...


Prototype Tonfa's Obtained...


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By the time Rose woke up, quite some time had passed, several ideas being suggested about how to break Vash loose... with the plan they settled on with using Milia's 6 Drones's Jets to slowly, but steadily melt away the frosty crystal. For an ice construct, it doesn't act like it is Ice... as it seems incredibly resistant to melting despite using all 6 of the Drone jets all around it to melt it steadily


"Well, progress appears to be made nonetheless. I suppose it is fortunate that you are here to solve this dilemma."


"Ya ya... whatever. We still haven't gotten to the tricky part yet... it might be another half hour or so... Man... I wish Reeza wasn't such a... ugh!"


Quite some time passes, it ending in Vash being freed from the crystal ice, with him soon enough regaining consciousness.


"Man, this guy really can take a lot of punishment, he's already almost gotten himself killed twice, and he wakes up just like that. It's getting a little crowded here..."


"The Aberrants do seem to react to our presence... and strengthen from being in larger groups... Perhaps limiting our group size would be beneficial, it would make travel easier."


"Well, if you're sticking with the group Tarve, I think I'll buzz off back to my domain then. Unless you'll stay here instead, you still have a lot of purifying to hasten."


"It may be best to let them decide, since they are effectively a 3rd party in this matter..."


"Fine, who's sticking it out with you then Princess after you pick, you can head off with however to wherever you're going next"





"Regardless of your choice, I find now a fitting time to bestow a gift to the group to help yourselves against further encounters."
 
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Rose

Rose was unusually silent after she came back from the static portal. Thinking of what she had just seen, she was starting to piece together what had happened, though to be hoinest, she wished she didn't. Azure. His parents were killed when he was just a child. He was then taken in and . . . Rose hugged herself, feeling just awful.


"We'll take Tarve."


Rose's head jerked up, finally brought to the conversation. What were they talking about? She looked around frantically, trying to find any clues as to what was going on. Something about a gift and a choice? Her gaze eventually landed on Mel who was now talking.


"We have no idea what's to come with these Aberrant fights and we're certainly not at the level where we can take these guys on our own. So for now, it'd be best to keep an extra healer with us, right? I mean what are we going to do if the princess over there gets knocked out? We'd be ****** up."
 
"... Fine then, guess I'll go back to my place then, feel free to come or give me a call if you rather have me with ya than Tarve. I'm sure I'll recover enough for us to do some bonding of our own once since Tarve is beating me to the punch"


Tarve went in front of Rose, and placed a hand on her head, looking down at her with calm, focused eyes.


"You may feel a strange sensation, and you may feel pained or strained... But bare with me. By the end you will come out of this stronger."


Rose began to feel an odd full feeling in her, that felt rather nice. Tarve's hand sunk down into Rose, as if she wasn't there, or rather sucked him inside of her. From this, there was a pained, violating sensation, as if she as her whole spirit was being altered somehow to her very core. To follow, it felt as if Tarve's entire being was replacing herself, as if she was losing her individual identity as 'Rose'. Instead, it felt as if everything that was her, became mixed with Tarve, not as 2 individuals, nor as 1, but something completely different.


"...!?!?"


Vize just looked on... gawking at them, freaked out about what this even looked like... What was this even? Fear Factor?!


"..."


Tarve pulled himself out of Rose, his arm exiting the same way it came in. However she was feeling before, was replaced with a purely hollow feeling of nothingness, as if she were dead. Suddenly, she felt incredibly great and full of energy, as if she hadn't experienced this game's torments and just had the best day in the world. It made her feel powerful.


Rose's Stats increased


Rose learned new skills


Rose learned an Arcane Arte


Tarve took a few steps away from her


"How do you feel. It looks as though your form did not change in the slightest"


"I suppose now that that has finished, we are all set to leave now"
 
Rose

Rose wasn't sure how to describe what had just happened. She felt . . .vulnerable. Violated. Just awful. Even after the power boost she felt, she couldn't shake the feeling she had just felt a little earlier. It was . . . wierd. She suddenly found it a bit hard to look Tarve in the eye. "Uh . . . I feel . . . strange. I-I'm not sure what to make of this."


When Morgana suggested they leave now, Rose immediately popped up, relieved to not have to think of what just happened any longer. After a bit, she found herself thinking back to what she saw in the static portal. If she remembered correctly, the young Kylier back then mentioned Vize, didn't she? Rose looked toward the harpy. If she did know Azure, then that would explain why she was here. Rose took a bit to muster some courage before approaching Vize, tapping her softly on the shoulder. "Hey, Vize. You knew Azure when he was little, right? Um . . . Could you tell me anything about what he was like as a kid?"
 
"... I am sorry... It was my first time doing such an act... I have only experienced it being done to me..."


"..."


"If I were to fall however, you now are capable of acting in my steed so that you can reach Azure..."


Vize looked at Rose in disbelief when she said those words. Rose always doubted Vize knowing Azure, even though she told them all


"What did Tarve do to you to make you say that?! Ya I know Azure!!"


Vize began to think hard about back then, when they had first met, and played.


"Well, I think he was kinda stressed out, or maybe distracted is a better word... and wanted to be alone for whatever reason, but I don't know why. He was and is a nice person, and a good listener whenever I came over to visit him in this huge huge building! I'd tell him about cool things I did when I came over to Kylier's home if he was around. We played game sometimes, just me, Kylier, and Azure. Whenever I left though, he always sounded really sad or disappointed though, but he should be happy, because if I left, it just meant I'd be back with more stories and fun things! He always felt a little distant, yet attentive, I don't know... It's kinda confusing"
 
Rose

Rose jumped a bit as Vize yelled at her, somehow saying her question was somehow Tarve's doing. "N-no! It's just . . . I . . . In that last memory, I heard them say your name . . . "


Her expression got darker as Vize described Azure as a child. It seemed to line up with what she had seen in the portal. If the people who took him in . . . If those whipping sounds . . . If . . . Rose felt herself feeling even worse than before. She had always thought herself as some sort of tragic heroine, but it seemed even her darkest days couldn't compare to what some of these people went through. To say that Azure didn't have a happy childhood was understating it by a lot. Rse wanted nothing more than for this game to end already. But there was a part of her, perhaps curiosity or maybe just that busybody part of her, that wanted to see more. She needed to know exactly what happened to him. She could only decide what to do after that.


With a new determined look on her face, she advanced forward, stopping only when she recalled something odd about what Vize had said. "Wait," she said, facing the harpy. "When did I ever doubt your relation to Azure? I've barely talked to you at all."
 
"Uh...... UH!?! What do you mean?"


"Traport!"





Vize alone warped to Tartarus ahead of everyone else, effectively dodging the question completely


"... I suppose she does have the right idea... we should be going..."


"Traport"


Morgana warped the rest of the group back to Tartarus, where Vize was waiting against one of the walls


"Oh uh... so where were we going next Mel?"
 
Rose

"H-hey!" Rose became flustered as Vize blatantly avoided her question and teleported off. That girl obviously knew something, but what? She had said Rose had doubted her relationship with Azure before but when exactly did Rose do that? Did she do that to anyone recently?


By the time Morgana had teleported then back to Tartarus, Rose still didn't know exactly what Vize was talking about but she was getting more and more suspicious of the harpy. She wanted to question the girl, but before she could, Mel had already lead the group to another door, one with an earth symbol on it. "Let's go. We need to move quick. I'd rather get this done sooner rather than later."
 
Mountain Side City: Mettle Crag

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The group appears to have appeared alongside a rather shallow mountain high. The group are situated near the top of the peak, and can easily view a small village appears to have been made upon it... The town appears to be in shambles, and appeared to have been rather industrialized at some point, but the age and disrepair of many of the building materials suggests that such use of this place ended long before whatever had happened here... There are massive scorch marks in random areas littered around the mountain and city, and blobs of corruptive darkness drape off some of the housing material and ground. It's more akin to a sort of ruins at this point, but the smell of blood and death in the air, it couldn't have been more than 5 or 10 minutes since whatever came here took its course.


"This is..... horrible..."


"This means that only Havoc and Wayne have places normal people can thrive left..."


Morgana tried to sense the presence of others in the village, but there was no life left to be found there...


"These scorch marks... Morgana... do you think..."


"I don't know..."


"I'll just uh... go take a sky view of the place"


As Vize began to try to take off in her hurry to distance herself from Rose, she found herself incredibly heavy for some odd reason, and struggling to keep aloft, quickly descending back onto the ground below, crashing down into the city despite her protesting flaps for flight.


"Waaaaahhhhh!!!! Whhhyyyy!!!"





"We should find her quick..."


You can sense someone powerful fighting an Aberrant... From your very high position up on the mountain... you can even see someone in a ravine filled badlands fighting the Aberrant you sense, blocking against its every attack with a massive weapon, and repelling it. Regardless, you are certain that the person is not actually doing any real 'damage'. Something else catches the eye as well... There appears to be a massive filled circle of cobalt colored material very similar to the tower of Tartarus on the ground nearby, there appears to be something else in the center as well... but its hard to tell what it is... but is giving off a rather strange energy...


Making your way back to Vize she's just laying on the ground, having a hard time getting up...


"My body... its so heavy....... why can't I fly...?!"


Vize sounds unusually pitifully sad, yet its almost comical sounding the way it was said despite her words... she managed to drag herself back onto her talons and stumbled about...


"I'm going to search the city to see if anything remains... tell me when us if you wish to set out... we shouldn't be here for to long... this city is done for, and will likely draw the presense of monsters to it before long. We can set out for Saber afterword"
 
Vash

Vash's eyes went wide when they appeared in the next territory. Woah. It was like the scenery of some post-apocalyptic movie, which meant . . . that there were zombies! YES! They were gonna kick some zombie ass! Okay, first thing's first, Vash needed to find a shotgun. Those things are like the Excalibur of zombie movies. Then he needed a motorcycle, some beef jerky and a little girl that may or may not be infected. After that, they'd travel the kingdom, desperately searching for some sort of cure before it's too late. But theywon't find it until the lat minute when she starts to turn cold, sparking some emotional moment where he has to struggle with whether or not to kill her. He'd then throw his gun down in tears, saying how he'd rather die than kill his friend. But no one will die becaus they'll find a cure and would all live happily ever after.


But before all that could happen, Vash needed a shotgun. Which made Vash smile all the wider when Tarve brought up a quick search of the area. Eyes like a pleading puppy, he turned to Mel, silently begging her to allow him on the scavenger hunt. She seemed resilient for a time but his persistance seemed to wear her down. "Fine. We'll spend a bit of time looking around. Everyone, try to find anything useful. You have 15 minutes before I leave without you."


"YAHOO!!!" Vash shouted before practically diving into the rubble.
 
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Despite searches for anything living, or worthwhile, all that is left is rubble, rubble and useless objects, that may serve for a quick laugh at the very least, before being tossed away. The equipment that was recovered is damaged beyond use, repair, or re-purposing... failing to even serve as a proper blunt weapon with how unwieldy it has all become...


"I've discovered something of that may be of value..."


As the group came to see what Tarve has discovered. In the center of the cobalt covered ground, is a large cobalt colored triangular monolith... The text upon it is completely foreign, although a few symbols stand out... On each side has a different symbol, with some text to follow. The first side has a magnificent looking spear engraved upon it, the 2nd has what appears to be the Ice Element symbol, with the last having a Lightning Element Symbol. The monolith has an otherworldly significant feel to it...


"This is fallen knowledge from Azure... has times fallen upon us to such a degree that these would reveal themselves?"


"I do not remember... my memory betrays me..."


"I don't get it... is it... supposed to mean the lance shots lightning and ice or something? Wait, does it say anything about where to find it!?"


"No... I believe I know what this is... I should be able to translate this with my abilities... but this will take a great deal of time..."


"We shouldn't leave Saber hanging against an Aberrant however... even though I doubt it could even get past Saber's guard, someone else has shown up..."


"Monster's can not enter this blessed area, so I should be fine here alone. If I may, I wish to translate this. I may miss out on the battle if you engage the Aberrant fighting Saber, but I can rejoin when I finish..."





You can sense another energy, near the brawling forces.
 
Vash

Aw man. No shotguns. Or motorcycles. Just some rock thingy with drawings on it. What a let down. How were they going to fight zombies now? With claws? A bow and arrow? A sword? No zombie apocalypse movie hero used those.


Everyone seemed really fascinated by the rock thing though. Vash didn't know why. A rock was a rock. They should be trying to find guns and C4 and other stuff for big explosions and such. Why were they fussing over that rock so much? Morgana even wanted to stay behind to try to read it. Weird. Obviously, the ice was going to use that spear to kill the thunder. Or maybe the spear was the ice and thunder's child? This was harder than he thought.


"Fine then. We're off. It'd be wiser to try to join in the fight while this Saber guy is in better shape. Especially if we're going to lose a member now. This translation better be worth it though."


As Mel called the group to go, Vash was a bit hesitant. He really wanted a shotgun or something. But it didn't look like they'd find anything there. Dejected, he dragged his feet after Mel and the others.
 
The group leaves Morgana behind as she began to work her magic on the Azure Monolith

Mountain Side: Crag Steppes

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As the group goes on, fighting and ending monsters in their wake, they come down to a rather segmented area. Down on the ground where the group is, is what could be described as a dusty rocky field that is littered with earthly stone pillars, carved out by nature... Noticeably water erosion from the looks... The water line is extremely high on these pillars but it is hard to tell what that suggests considering that that this area is on the side of a mountain... The massive pillars are supporting a ceiling from the looks of it, the ceiling earthy plates entirely every now and then segmented and features holes for light to come on through... The pillars are massive enough that they could be safely stood upon as one climbs up into the top layer...


"Man... This area looks super fun to fly through... Dodging and weaving everywhere... I bet it'd be a fun place to get chased..."


"That would be a part of how this unique area came to be... This area we stand used to be nothing more than more mountain, maybe half a mile deep."


"Wait what?"


"The top side of this came from the cleaving of the ground... it is why it is so flat up there. The rest was water erosion from dark waters that rent the weakened land upon this mountain... in the end, this entire area came to inception in little less than 6 months... it defy's logic, but it has receded entirely since then..."


As they made their way through... eventually they make their way onto the upper plate part of the field, and come upon the fighting forces... There are 2 people who are clearly un-alike the Aberrants, and give off the same energy as Tarve. The first of which appears to be a girl with long beige hair, partially tied up, but most of it still hanging down, and has rounded, yet pointed ears. She appears to be mostly covered by clothing, and equipment, her eyes being completely covered by some sort of equipment covering her view. She seems to be wielding a massive serrated great sword that rivals the one Reeza had used... and appears to be even larger than her herself. There is something demonic feeling about her weapon however... it has a dangerous feel to its already threatening look. She appears to be currently kneeling on one foot with her weapon somewhat lodged in the ground.


The guy has untamed white hair with red eyes. He is mostly covered in armored clothing, except for a part of his upper chest which is fully exposed, and appears to be darkened... He appears to be using claw gauntlets as a weapon, but also has in his hand an usual weapon that at least Rose and the others haven't seen before. It appears to be a large thick bladed ring that looks like it could easily be used to bash through giant rocks and such, or even people. He has a feeling of Corruption very similar to the Aberrants you have fought, and are in front of...


There appears to be 5 Aberrants... however... 3 of them appear to be incapacitated however. Based the guy being on the other side of the Aberrants from the girl, it looks as though he is on the same side as the Aberrants, attacking the girl, suggesting that she alone defeated 3 Aberrants here despite not having the skill 'Data Drain' somehow... there is static on some of her equipment... but not herself... she appears to be pure like Tarve beside Rose.


"Ugh... who is that fighting Saber? I've seen him before, but... for some reason I can't recall..."


"Give in already, you'll run out of energy sooner or later"


"Never..."


"Well... suit yourself"


(99% -> 100%) Saber now has Protect Break Status.


One of the Aberrants stepped forward and began to use Data Drain on Saber, and lifted her in the air, helpless... however, it appeared that one of Saber's abilities 'Tenacity' activated, and broke out of its invisible grasp. Another ability activated 'Resolve' decreasing the cost of Arcane Artes. The ability Retaliate Activated allowing Saber to act. Saber is using an Arcane Arte and began chanting it to use it.


"Protect the weak from devastation, cover my allies, that I might endure and break through the strife!"


"Soul Shield!"


A massive see through barrier similar to Milia's Omni-Directional Barrier, except hers is far bigger, and is colorless, and not greenish like Milia's, appeared around Saber as she took her weapon and thrusted it into the ground. As the Aberrant shot its blast it Saber, the attack stopped at barrier, beginning to make it bend and cave in at her, and even knocked the entire barrier, along with her inside it, backwards, but still oriented as if she never moved... She grunted hard as she resisted the attack and forced the barrier to remain firm, and completely reflected the Aberrants Attack back at it, striking it with its down destructive energy. (0% -> 100%). The repelled attack was greatly strengthed and devastated the Aberrant, instantly protect breaking it, and causing it to be vulnerable to actual attacks.


"Cull( )"


She took her weapon out of the ground, and charged the weakened Aberrant as the others moved back, the afflicted Aberrant to stunned to move, and swung her weapon around as she approached, and tore into it critically striking the zero defense enemy for 11350 damage, and launching it high into the sky... almost out of view... temporarily removing it from battle... Saber jumped back a bit to give herself space, but nearly collapsed again as she got into a kneel, exhausted from her minor victory...


The Aberrant came back down, landing on the ground back first, dealing an additional 3600 critical damage.


(100% -> 66%) Saber Recovered from protect break, and her defensive stats no longer 0.


Although Saber is clearly exhausted, it looks as though she has the upper hand here... at least for now...


"It is of little matter, I can simply create more, or better yet, put the ones you've defeated back as one unit rather than splitting their strength..."


The Aberrants got sucked back into the one that was still standing, increasing its capabilities, and began to hold its head in pain after the ordeal was over, struggling.


"Obey me, you serve my purposes and will fight..."
 
Vash

As the group made their way toward the battle, Mel put her arm out to hold Vash back, prompting him and anyone else to hide. And once Vash had worked out that he should be quiet, he peeked toward the area before them. It seemed like any other battle they had come across but different. For one thing, there was a person fighting with the aberrants. And it wasn't some sort of copy dude like with the fight in the water place. This guy had the same sort of energy that Tarve and the rest had, which meant . . .


"Why are those two fighting?" he whispered. "Aren't they friends?"


Mel merely stood there, staring at the guy, biting her lip, a sign that Vash learned usually meant that she was frustrated somehow. Or she could be liking something. Vash still wasn't sure how girls worked. But it seemed like he would have to come up with his own answers, and upon studying the battle more, he could only think of one thing. The feeling of corruption from the man. The girl banishing one of the aberrants. The remaining one sucking up dead ones to level up. It all pointed to one thing . . .


The man had eaten the girl's cake.


Of course, it all made sense now. The girl was rightfully angry. You don't go stealing one's cake. Suddenly, Vash felt more fired up to help the girl.


But Mel still held him back, perhaps knowing full well what was going on in his mind.


"Okay, for now it looks like that they haven't noticed us yet. So we have the upper hand right now. We need to be smart about this. Now right now, I think we need to focus all our energy on the guy in the back. He's obviously in charge right now and if he can create more then all the more reason to take him out first. Not to mention that afterwards, we might have to deal with ugly up front if it decides to become a meat shield."


"Vize. You go first. We need you to try to put that guy to sleep. I'll try to get any information with a scan. Tarve, if Vize fails, try to topple him. Rose, use Cascade to see if we can chip off his health even if the aberrant gets in the way. Vash. You may attack but only skills that will keep you on our side. I don't need you gettin gtrapped with the enemy. You've died twice now and I don'tintend for you to do it again."


Vash did as he was told, first waiting after Mel had cast "Enhanced Scan" and Rose used "Silver Cascade" before attempting a "Spark Wave".
 
  • Target: Zahan


    Stats: Raw


    Remaining/Max: Fled


    Strength: 1300


    Spirit: 1800


    Vitality: 800


    Will: 1100


    Speed: 360




    Stats: Calculated


    Standard Attacks: Works


    Outgoing Damage: Normal


    Incoming Damage Reduction: None


    Skills Receive Hit Chance: 35+ (Mel, Rose, Milia, Morgana, Tarve, Vize) 50+ (Vash)


    Status Receive Hit Chance: 80+


    Skill Outgoing Hit Chance: 20+ (Mel, Rose, Milia, Morgana, Tarve) 15+ (Vash)


    Status Outgoing Hit Chance: 50+


    Skills: [scanning...]


    Arcane Artes: [???]


    Abilities: [scanning]


    Absorb: [Dark, ???]


    Immune: [instant Death, Death, Expel]


    Resist: [Wind, Fire, Ice, Magic, ???]


    Weak: [Holy]


    Status: [None]





Allies


Rose: (3100/3100)


Buffs: None


Debuffs: None


Mel: (2650/2650)


Buffs: None


Debuffs: None


Vash: (4800/4800)


Buffs: None


Debuffs: None


Vize: (2350/2850)


Buffs: None


Debuffs: Affinity Mismatch, Tired


Tarve: (3500/4900)


Buffs: None


Debuffs: Low Tension




"Okay..."


"Coma Wings..."


Since Vize wasn't in battle yet, fighting, she had time to set up for another attack.


"Feather Vulcan"


Vize shot several feathers at Zahan, catching him off guard and dealing 150 damage to him, but failed to put him to sleep


Vash's volted shocked Zahan for 600 damage


"Agg! Reinforcements?"


Zahan looked at the enemy group sizing them up...


"Damn... Tarve is with them... I can't win this... unless..."


Zahan appeared to be mumbling to himself before he began talking off the group


"Looks like my reinforcements are here Saber, you're finished!"


"Mystery Miasma..."


The entire field began to fog up with Zahan's field skill, and as it cleared... nothing immediately looked different... in fact, nothing seemed to happen as far as anyone could tell...


"And with that... heheh... I leave it to you to finish off Saber, I see no point in hanging around to help you Fragments finish off Saber"


Zahan is talking as though you were on his side, even though that is clearly not the case. After which, he and the Aberrant beside him fled from the battle.


Saber got up from her kneeling position


"Zahan..."


Saber pointed her massive weapon at the group, taking up an offensive position...


"I can't have these fragments chasing me down... even if they were towns people..."


"Saber, what are you doing?"


There was no response from Saber... She then began to attack the group

Music: The Eternal Sentinel

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Saber is preparing to use an Arcane Arte, but is currently unable to.


"Crash ( )"


Saber ran up toward the group, seemingly unhindered by her weapons massive size. Tarve went up to defend the group, and she attacked him, by slamming the flat of her great sword against him, easily knocking him away hard, sending him into a boulder, and dazing him, rendering him to winded to get up on his own... Critically Striking him to deal 3000 damage to him.


"Damn... this skill... Zahan is using an illusion... to deceive Saber... by altering how we look... because of how similar... you all feel to Fragments... she isn't able to sense... that we are not dangerous foes..."





Tarve's Tension decreased


"What do we do?! Are we fighting or running?"





As time went on, Saber gained 1 Charge


Saber's weapon is absorbing Rose's Silver Cascade Attack, nullifying damage and granting her 1 additional Charge


Rose's Presense is affecting Saber (66% -> 71%)


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Vash

"Come back here and fight like a man you ******* emo-stripper ****!!!"


What? What just happened? They had tried to attack the cookie thief but it didn't work. The thief then did some wierdo hocus pocus and called the group his friends but they weren't friends at all! Vash would never befriend a cookie thief. But now the girl was attacking them, thinking they were cookie thieves too. She had already hurt Tarve a lot.


Mel was biting her lip again out of irritation, the air around her nearly electric. "Tarve," she said, eyes still on Saber. "The skill that the emo stripper used. Is there any way to remove it? Hopefully a way that doesn't involve us getting our asses handed to us."
 


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Target: Saber


Stats: Raw


Remaining/Max: 6,800/13,000


Charge: 2/5


Strength: 1400


Spirit: 1000


Vitality: 1800


Will: 1500


Speed: 300




Stats: Calculated


Standard Attacks: Works


Outgoing Damage: Normal


Incoming Damage Reduction: 10%


Skills Receive Hit Chance: 10+ (Vize) 35+ (Mel, Rose, Milia, Morgana, Tarve) 40+ (Vash)


Status Receive Hit Chance: 80+


Skill Outgoing Hit Chance: 35+ (Vize) 25+ (Mel, Rose, Milia, Morgana, Tarve) 20+ (Vash)


Status Outgoing Hit Chance: 20+


Skills: [scanning]


Arcane Skills: [???, ??? , ???, ???]


Abilities: [Resolve, Retaliate, Tenacity]


Absorb: [???]


Immune: [instant Death, Death, Expel]


Resist: [Earth, ???]


Weak: [Wind, Ice, ???]


Status: [Tired, Cursed, Magi-Charge]
Allies


Rose: (3100/3100)


Buffs: None


Debuffs: None


Mel: (2650/2650)


Buffs: None


Debuffs: None


Vash: (4800/4800)


Buffs: None


Debuffs: None


Vize: (2350/2850)


Buffs: None


Debuffs: Affinity Mismatch, Tired


Tarve: (3500/4900)


Buffs: None


Debuffs: Low Tension




Tarve struggled to speak with out winded he was on the ground, but forced some words out of himself regardless...


"If... we had a field skill..... we could..... override that guy's....."


He coughed some blood out from where he was...


"I believe Reeza has such a skill... as does Wayne... and Zorne.... Milia did have one as well...... before she was weakened..."


"But... none of those names are here... I think?"


It dawns on them... that they have no methods currently... to remove this field skill...


"We may be forced to incapacitate her... but... she is mostly defensive... and punishes those who strike her... and can force foes to attack her... she's a wall of spikes... and that weapon of hers... grants her a punishing offensive arsenal... as well as Arcane Artes... Reeza is the only one who can truly bypass her incredible defense..."


Saber is just standing there... waiting seemingly... or perhaps planning...


"Milia, if she was with us could have imprisoned her... and we could have fled the area with her to regroup..."


"... If Vize could put her to sleep... we take her, and regroup... ugh... but she is tenacious... it may not work..."





"Wait... it falls to me then?"


"That or we force her to submit... or... we could force the Aberrant to use its field skill... if we gave chase... If this skill is still active... It must be nearby... but if we chase..."





Rose's Presence is affecting Saber (71% -> 72%)
 
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Vash

The entire time everyone was talking, Vash was looking from person to person. From Saber to Tarve to Vize and finally Mel. He didn't exactly have much to say. He was never a leader type person. Even back in Crux, he was never in a management position, but then again, what nutjob would put a 15 year old in charge of a construction project, no matter how minor it was. Not that he'd ever want to be. That job was boring. Leaders don't get to have any fun. They had to do stuff like think or act in the favor of the group. Boring.


Right now, Mel seemed to be thinking, though she seemed calmer than before, no longer biting her lip. She glanced toward Saber before turning back to Tarve. Then there was a look of realization on her face. "What if there was something else to keep her focus?"


"I can still feel the emo-stripper and his pet around here. What if we lure her to him? It's not a perfect plan but even if we run, we don't have anyone with a field skill and we don't even know where to even begin looking for Reeza, much less how to get her on our side. Plus, if things do get shitty, we can run without worrying about her chasing us, right?"
 
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Target: Saber


Stats: Raw


Remaining/Max: 6,800/13,000


Charge: 2/5


Strength: 1400


Spirit: 1000


Vitality: 1800


Will: 1500


Speed: 300




Stats: Calculated


Standard Attacks: Works


Outgoing Damage: Normal


Incoming Damage Reduction: 10%


Skills Receive Hit Chance: 10+ (Vize) 35+ (Mel, Rose, Milia, Morgana, Tarve) 40+ (Vash)


Status Receive Hit Chance: 80+


Skill Outgoing Hit Chance: 35+ (Vize) 25+ (Mel, Rose, Milia, Morgana, Tarve) 20+ (Vash)


Status Outgoing Hit Chance: 20+


Skills: [scanning]


Arcane Skills: [???, ??? , ???, ???]


Abilities: [Resolve, Retaliate, Tenacity]


Absorb: [???]


Immune: [instant Death, Death, Expel]


Resist: [Earth, ???]


Weak: [Wind, Ice, ???]


Status: [Tired, Cursed, Magi-Charge]





Allies


Rose: (3100/3100)


Buffs: None


Debuffs: None


Mel: (2650/2650)


Buffs: None


Debuffs: None


Vash: (4800/4800)


Buffs: None


Debuffs: None


Vize: (2350/2350)


Buffs: None


Debuffs: Affinity Mismatch, Tired


Tarve: (1900/4900)


Buffs: None


Debuffs: Low Tension




"That may work... Ugh... Like all of 'us'... Besides Zahan who appears to be creating them... Our goal is to eliminate those Aberrants... She should focus on that before she focuses on Fragments, which if Zahan is defeated, or escapes, would..... Erg... Reveal to her who we truly are..."


Tarve looked around on the ground, locating his energy...


"I am certain she will not chase us if we were to run away at any point from the both of them. Her weapon seems to still be reducing magic damage, and is absorbing some of the energy to charge herself properly... For her arcane artes... Just... Do not leave me here on the ground helpless... Please..."





Saber is waiting, focused on the group... (72% -> 73%)
 
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Vash

Mel seemed to be looking at Tarve with a mix of disappointment and disgust. "***** . . . Fine. Vash. You carry him."


"Huh? Why me?" Vash whined. Shoulders slumped. He didn't want to carry luggage. And this guy looked heavy.


"Well, you are the only boy, aren't you?" Rose asked. "I don't think any of the rest of us can carry him."


" . . . " Vash looked around and saw that she was right. He knew Mel wouldn't be able to carry someone for long. And the others seemed weaker than her . . . So it really was up to him, huh . . . Poo. Pouting, Vash reluctantly hoisted Tarve onto his back.


After making sure everyone was set, Mel wasted no time speeding toward the location where she felt Zahan's energy. Rose followed soon after. Vash tried his best to follow after but ended up lagging a bit behind. He wasn't exactly fast in the first place and while carrying Tarve now, he wasn't exactly as speedy as some of the others. Luckily, he didn't trail behind enough to lose sight of anyone and get lost. And soon enough, he could see Zahan and the Stay-Puff marshmallow man up ahead.
 
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  • Target: Zahan



  • Stats: Raw


    Remaining/Max: 15,000/22,300


    Strength: 1300


    Spirit: 1800


    Vitality: 800


    Will: 1100


    Speed: 360





    Stats: Calculated



    Standard Attacks: Works


    Outgoing Damage: Normal


    Incoming Damage Reduction: None


    Skills Receive Hit Chance: 35+ (Mel, Rose, Milia, Morgana, Tarve, Vize) 50+ (Vash)


    Status Receive Hit Chance: 80+


    Skill Outgoing Hit Chance: 20+ (Mel, Rose, Milia, Morgana, Tarve) 15+ (Vash)


    Status Outgoing Hit Chance: 50+


    Skills: [scanning...]


    Arcane Artes: [???]


    Abilities: [scanning]


    Absorb: [Dark, ???]


    Immune: [instant Death, Death, Expel]


    Resist: [Wind, Fire, Ice, Magic, ???]


    Weak: [Holy]


    Status: [None]









Allies



Rose: (3650/3650)


Buffs: None


Debuffs: None


Mel: (2800/2800)


Buffs: None


Debuffs: None


Vash: (5200/5200)


Buffs: None


Debuffs: None


Vize: (2650/2650)


Buffs: None


Debuffs: Affinity Mismatch, Tired


Tarve: (3450/5000)


Buffs: None


Debuffs: Low Tension





"...?"


Tarve wasn't sure how they gathered that he wanted to be carried, but he struggled getting the words to protest by the time he already had gotten picked up...


The group fled the battle... leaving a confused Saber looking on that event... she saw before her...


"Vash... erg..."


Tarve forced himself off of Vash's back, not to happy that that was how he received help...


"I can still move on my own... all I needed was a hand getting up... Don't carry me again, unless its my unconscious body you're holding..."


Tarve sounded rather annoyed from what had happened back there, and held a displeased look on his face to accompany that.


"Repth"


Tarve healed himself somewhat with weak magic to remain of the move as they were on the run, restoring 1350 hp.


Eventually they came upon Zahan doing something odd to the Aberrant, the Aberrant seemed to be struggling or something


"Stabilize... you aren't getting out... there's far to many for you to exist outside of it anymore..."


Zahan looked back suddenly, sensing the group's approach.


"Hey, don't you have better things to do, get out of here!"


The duo took up an offensive stance against Rose's group...


Saber came upon the entire group from the rear...


"Zahan... this is the end... nothing will get in my way"





Saber appears to be targeting Zahan


"Try it, you'll have to get past these fragments first..."


The positioning of Mel's group is directly between Zahan and Saber, making Zahan's words shift Saber's attention back to the group, until something is done...


"He's trying to use us to draw her attention still... we need her fighting him, not us..."





"Well... uh... lets not get in her way then?"
 
Vash

Vash puffed out his cheeks as Tarve pretty much shoved him away and started yelling at him. Cheeks flushed out of anger, he couldn't believe how rude this guy was being. "When people help you, you have to say 'thank you', remember?"


Other than that little episode, the group managed to make it to their destination. And it seemed their plan worked. Saber had followed them and for a bit, it looked like her attention was on Zahan. But with everyone directly in the middle and the lies the cookie thief was saying, she was now looking at them again . . . Poo . . .


Vize suggested they get out of her way, and Vash didn't need to be told twice, immediately stepping back a few steps. Mel and Rose did the same as well, one a little more urgently than the other.


"No one do anything yet," Mel whispered to the group. "Not even toward Zahan. We can't risk looking like a threat to either side. Let them set their sights on eachother first. Then we can make a move. Got it?"
 
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