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[ Mercilessly, the Parvati seems intent on lashing out at him with regular physical hits (11, 11)

It seems to be good at being a pain in the ass, if anything. At least Eli raised his defenses!! ]

[ Raised defenses cut down on some of the damage, but his next try to hit the Parvati misses, too (7). This is bad. Can he call out? Will anyone even hear him?! ]

Hey! Could a guy get a little help in here?!

[ Devastating to call for back-up when there's only one opponent, but... ]

--Hang on one second!

[It's when Sayaka comes back down the stairs that she hears him, and--okay CLEARLY it's okay to rush when someone's actually asking for help--

Either way, have a Dia cast, Eli! Holy shit what the fuck--]

I should've known there'd be some kind of creature down here--are you going to be okay?

[And Aaron's here for backup too, launching a Garula (7) that whiffs rip because Parvati just attracts all the bad rolls apparently.]

Tch. Thought it was too quiet around here. Let's get this over with quick!

[ So. About this Parvati.

It laughs in Eli's face when he misses, and laughs again at Aaron. Wow, it's getting REAL cocky now.

Then it turns its attention towards all of them and lashes out with a Mapsio (20), hitting all of them for hard-hitting medium psy damage. Then it throws an extra Bafula (11) at Aaron for ice medium damage as well. ]

[OW OW OW OW OW--]

Ohhhh, now you've done it!

[WOE. AGILAO (18) UPON YE, PARVATI.]

[ Thanks for the heal, Sayaka. He'd been looking rough when the two arrived to join the fray. ]

Yeah, I think I'm—— [ look at that nat 20 lol, Eli is right back to look ragged as fuck from the Mapsio. He actually does fall this time, landing hard on a knee. ] Fuck...

[ But he'll just use that angle to lunge forward again with another GIANT SLICE (17), lashing out to mess the Parvati up with his brass knuckles directly. ]

...you!

[ The creature screeches once getting hit for the first time during the battle and those hit HARD.

It's pissed but anything it does is supremely ineffective (1), (3)

Seems SOMEBODY was getting too cozy about having not been hit before!! ]

Not so tough now, are you--

[Sayaka says this, but promptly whiff the Agi (2) she sends out so like. Balance is restored.]

[Seriously, what is going on here. He's going to try slashing (3) the Parvati but that doesn't lead anywhere either, oops!]

[ Don't worry, Sayaka. Eli is making up for lost ground. He keeps up the barrage of Giant Slice (20), going hard not to give the Parvati a chance to recover. ]

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[ It lets out another cry after getting hit pretty hard. From everyone's teamwork, it is already on its last legs...

...evidenced by the fact apparently it is missing again and again (3) (6)

The pride comes before the fall, eh? ]

[It sure does.

But Avrae has unfortunately decided that the fall will be a bit longer before it hits the ground, because Sayaka attempts to rush down the Parvati (10) and promptly misses it entirely. DAMMIT STOP MOVING AROUND--]

[After that string of misses, Aaron is Mad apparently, so there's nothing fancy in this move, because the only thing he's going to do is run up for a roundhouse kick (18) straight at the Parvati's face.]

[ Things are going great now that he has others to help. This is a lesson he should remember in the future (will he tho). With a triumphant laugh and a, ]

Yeah, that's right! Eat shit, lady!

[ Eli attempts to finish it off with Bufula, his biggest ice attack (17)! Only to learn that Parvatis... reflect ice. His icy strike is turned back on him, and he gets knocked the fuck to the ground with way too much gusto. ]

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[ It reflects ice at Eli and then gets crushed by getting kicked in the face.

YAY YOU DID IT!!

Once they achieve TOTAL victory in the battle, bright lights shine on all three of them alongside an applause with a bounty of falling petals, before the light disappears.

The petals stay, though.

They are free! ]

[ From the floor, now covered in petals, ]

...'m going to punch Argenti so hard after this.

[Watching that Bufula slingshot right back into Eli was... something?? It was something. And so are the rose petals, not that Aaron seems to appreciate them because he's brushing off as many as he can although there's probably still some stuck in his ponytail, let's be real.]

Tell me about it. Can't she at least drop money like the ones in Feathers' place?

[Dear lord, what a mess that was. Eli, you can have a Dia--she'll get Aaron with one too on the way back.]

Money would at least have been nicer, though maybe greed isn't as beautiful. Should we go see if we can find everyone else?

[...Sayaka does pick up a few rose petals and keeps them in her skirt pocket. Because. Pretty.]

[ More heals! Thanks! ]

Yeah, let's get back to the ballroom before something else jumps us.

[There's a 'thanks' at the Dia, and he's just going to resign himself to having these rose petals everywhere.]

Yeah, we should. Maybe one of them found something that we can use to move on from here.

[ Eli gives a snort. If only. ]

Hey, greed ain't beautiful, old man.

[ Anyway, he's getting up, he's getting up. ]

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fullmoonmutt - 2024-09-15 21:27 (UTC) - Expand

Shit!

[Okay wow that hurts, so he's gonna just toss around a Media because if he's going to heal himself, then he might as well heal everyone else. Can't believe he's playing healer!!]

Thank you, Wei-san!

[SHE OWES HIM ONCE WE BEAT THIS FUCKER TO DEATH]

[ Aaron just gets a grunt of acknowledgment. Thanks, mate, but he's busy punching right now. No words are needed. ]