AUBREY'S PALACE

[moodwrecker]

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[fullmoonmutt]

[ Arven helped Eli back up and he's immediately charging after the Shadow again. No abilities, since he's still enraged, but he is going to sock her with a good one-two punch (17). Raaaaah! ]

[moodwrecker]

Mafuyu manages to hit her with an arrow and Eli with his fists, but the other attempted attacks are all deflected successfully by her shield.

“I can’t believe she would bring a weapon in here... How uncivilized...”

While she's beginning to flag somewhat from the damage dealt, she has a spell for that too - casting Dia on herself before beginning her counter attack in full.

With rabbit-quick movements, she darts from person to person with a barrage of attacks - she misses Yoon (9), Eli (10), and Arven (4) but strikes Kaine with a Giant Slice - medium physical damage to a single target! Sou (5), Maika (1), and Jesse (8) also manage to avoid getting hit, although Richard (16) is not so lucky, eating a Homerun Bat (light ice damage).

Mafuyu is ignored entirely for this turn. 2 Uses Left.

[pointzeropercent]

[Watches Kaine get hit. Wow, she could probably use some healing!






He decides to use Heart of the Cards instead. What odds are we looking at here?]

[beathollow]

Snow White-

( once again the princess manifests, offering the party a basket of apples... you can't take them but instead, kaine is healed with diarama for a medium amount! )

[moonshaded]

[She's taking a beating - mentally and physically. WIth her status element cured and the worst of her wounds healed, she at least has the presence of mind to offer Mafuyu what she could not offer Yoon.]

Hey. Thanks.

[strawsandals]

[ Oh. That looks like it hurt! A lot, actually! Time to cast Marakukaja and raise defense for Kaine, Richard, Mafuyu and himself. ]

[ledbythewind]

[This is absolutely not Richard's day. He COULD heal himself, but the damage isn't so great yet that he feels the need to do that, instead opting to cast Tarunda on the Shadow instead.

Less damage means less need for healing and more chances to focus on attacking!]

[supherb]

[Arven heard what Jesse suggested.]

D'you think we can attack them? They might be shadows, but that's basically what we've been fighting anyway.

[While they strategize, he calls upon Hestia to use Media, providing a light heal to a good chunk of the group.]

[moonshaded]

So nobody took the time to understand you, and now you're making it our problem? What're we supposed to do about it?

[Like too many things in this palace, the snide murmurs hit an exposed nerve that sings when struck. Pretty much all of her attention is now squarely on Aubrey's Shadow.]

Tyrann, stop slacking, asshole.

[Freed from the shackles of nothing but physical attacks, Kainé calls her Persona - which looks alarmingly like her, just twisted and shadowy and wrong - and lashes out with a Psio (17) for medium psy damage of her own.]

[privatedomicile]

[Now that his rage blinders are off (somewhere in the distance: Your meth is good, Jesse…as good as mine.) Jesse notices that a whole load of people are getting trashed.]

Yo, Sirius, do your thing.

[Get ready for Media heals from a magic greyhound.]

[fullmoonmutt]

[ He... hasn't been listening to what anyone else has been saying, actually, but the idea of "attack the shadows" comes to him because what they're saying is pissing him off. Even without the enrage effect, he would be pissed, but since he does have it, well... ]

Will you useless assholes shut the fuck up?!

[ He pivots from fighting Aubrey's Shadow, launching himself into the shadows instead to physically fling one of the pews they sit on over (14). ]

[moodwrecker]

SHADOW AUBREY flinches at the psychic damage, meanwhile the shadowy figures gasp in shock as Eli launches his attack on them. While the pew is flung, the only effect seems to be that those shadowy figures who would have been affected appear on other, currently fine pews.

“What do these delinquents think they’re doing? This is a place of worship!”

“Someone needs to stop them... Where are their parents?”

That pressuring gaze upon everyone grows stronger.

Sou may notice that his cards are calculating a number before the answer becomes obscured by wriggling shadows.

Apparently SHADOW AUBREY is just as angry, though - because she's casting another Wage War on everyone. Sou (13), Mafuyu (19), Yoon (15), Richard (18), Kaine (13), and Eli (15) all become enraged.

Arven and Jesse manage to keep their minds this round!

She then casts another Mabufu - Mafuyu, Yoon, Richard, and Kaine all take double damage and are Knocked Down! Sou, Jesse, and Eli are able to dodge, but Arven takes light ice damage and is still on his feet!

[strawsandals]

[ He feels angry again, angry that he feels so violent. He wants the Shadows to shut up and Aubrey to stop. His mind goes back to his friends who are waiting for him at home. He's only been here for a few days but he wants to return so, so badly.

He gets ready to strike again, but then the Mabufu hits, and Yoon is now helpless on the floor. Hm. This feels familiar, and not in a good way. ]

You asshole-!

[ He says it through gritted teeth but he can't get up. ]

[privatedomicile]

[This is getting really creepy really fast. Oh god, now everybody’s freaking out too.]

Hey, guys? How ‘bout we chill out—- [Terrible wording.] —-nah, calm down. Something’s watchin’ us.

[Jesse casts Energy Shower on Sou, Mafuyu, and Yoon as he talks.]

[fullmoonmutt]

Shut up, shut up, SHUT UP!

[ Eli carries on smashing through pews (15), intent on making sure the gossiping shadows have nowhere else to sit. He is... still enraged! Amazing. Guess he's going to keep doing this until someone slaps some sense into him. ]

[supherb]

[Ow.

Arven didn't even get hit with the enrage but he's still more than a little annoyed at those shadows.]

Aren't you supposed to be adults?! You should be helping a kid in need, not talking down to her!

[Given everything he's seen so far, he's getting the impression that Aubrey didn't have many people to turn to for help. No wonder things have gotten this bad.

Staggering a little, he still manages to call for Hestia. The fiery figure bestows an Energy Shower to cure the rest of the group of rage.]

[moonshaded]

[

She's on the floor again and too angry to pull herself up (even if she could do that. The string of curses that starts coming out of her mouth is unbelievably violent and scathing, so much so that it cannot be replicated in text.

Maybe she could use a round to cool off.]

[pointzeropercent]

[Huh. That's an odd reaction. He's never seen that happen to a card before.

But before he can think too much about it he's hit by wage war and now he's enraged and trying to stab (17) Shadow Aubrey with a crazy look in his eyes.]

[beathollow]

( mafuyu's been knocked down!!! and holy fuck these shadows are so- she hates them. how dare they. how dare they- mafuyu hides her face in her hands, only one eye showing as she tries to breathe. )

[moodwrecker]

As Eli flips another pew, the sounds of dissent grow louder. The pressuring gaze begins to feel crushing.

Sou manages to slip in with a stab, and as she raises her sword to strike him on the spot, a swell of whispers distracts her.

“That girl is a threat to this neighborhood. There’s no hope for sinners like her!”

Everyone who was on the floor has an opportunity to get back to their feet! They can take action again this round!

Turning her attention to Kaine, she focuses the brunt of her attacks on her - striking her with two Giant Slices for medium damage (12, 11). Soon after, she darts back and casts Dia on herself, preparing for the attacks to come.

She is beginning to look haggard.

[ledbythewind]

[Ah, anger, his old friend... it's so easy to embrace it, let it wind itself into his mind... it's a good thing that he was immediately knocked off his feet by that Mabufu or else he may have tried to give in to it.

Fortunately, Arven's Energy Shower prevents it from getting a solid hold, and a moment later he finds he can stand again. Ugh. He may not be enraged now, but he sure as heck isn't pleased.]

How dare you...

[That's all the warning he gives before darting in with a Tiger's Prowl (13) to strike at her with his Electric-infused rapier.]

[beathollow]

( with the anger relieved, she can focus again...

wordlessly, she commands snow white to use media, healing three other people and herself. )

[supherb]

You're wrong! [The pressure is getting to Arven, angering him as much as Eli.] If you're not gonna help her, then just get out and let us do it instead!

[He charges to help Eli with knocking over the remaining pews (20).]

[pointzeropercent]

[He's glad to be sane again at least. He steps back and tries to act like nothing crazy just happened and he's completely sane.

He'll go ahead and crush that card from before to send some ice damage (8) at Shadow Aubrey that misses entirely whoops.]

[bloodandstars]

[ Maika's finally picked herself up off the ground by now — and she doesn't need a status effect to be full of rage, but her head is clear of supernatural influences... for the moment. ]

And who the fuck decided she had to be hope for you? Spit on that.

[ She doesn't literally; but with the clumsy swipe (6) she tosses towards the Shadow, she may as well. ]

And you! Are we really the ones you want to be fighting right now?!