IN THE FOREST OF THE LOST

[beathollow]

it's all too perfect.

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[goei]

[The curtain's hiding the things Mafuyu isn't allowed, huh? What if Izou simply tries to just cut one of the curtains down? (11)]

[beathollow]

All the servants SHRIEK. But it reveals what's been hidden!

Bags of sugar cookies, hot cocoa, apple tea and... Arven's cooking? all wait behind the curtain. Instinctually, you know that they're different from the food here.





Oh, also you're now facing Leanan Sidhe, Oberon and a Bugbear.

ROUND 1

[beathollow]

Bugbear casts Marin Karin on Soujuurou, inflicting him with BRAINWASH!

Oberon casts Mazionga, missing Soujuurou (4), hitting Izou (20), Arven (16), Richard (14) and missing Joshua (7).

Leanan Sidhe decides Soujuurou has it too good though and casts Psio for... nothing because she misses.

[emptyself]

[ soujuurou takes the spell with a silent gasp…

and then falls still.

he turns towards the crowd, staring listlessly at them. the intruders who darw wreck the careful balance that the queen has set for the perfect princess.

he settles his eyes on the main perpetrator—izou—and quietly launches himself to land an open-palm punch at his back (18) ]

[goei]

[OUGH NOT AGAIN!!! After the lightning, this bowls him over]

Oi, Soujuurou, snap outta it!

[emptyself]

[ in a dull voice: ]

She doesn’t want to be saved. How selfish can you be?

[goei]

Yer lucky I know ya got yer head monkeyed with or I'd kick yer ass fer sayin' that!

[emptyself]

[ while still brainwashed: ]

What do monkeys have to do with my head?

[ there's only so much brain that can be washed. ]

[finalmix]

[ oh for fuck's sake.

he is not saying it but he is definitely thinking it rn. ]

[ anyway, he's casting media on izou, richard and arven. ]

[supherb]

Th-Thanks…

[ledbythewind]

Thank you...

[He appreciates it, really.]

[supherb]

[What the FUCK happened here—oh shit there goes Soujuurou brutally attacking Izou.]

Hestia!!

[His cry is a bit more desperate than he’d like, but Soujuurou needs to be stopped quickly. An Energy Shower is just the thing to get rid of that brainwashing!]

[emptyself]

[ soujuurou seems to snap out of his dulled self with the energy shower, and stares at arven with an expression which could possibly be described as mute horror.

he'll at least get a nod in appreciation. ]

[supherb]

[The horror is hard to miss.]

It’s okay. You’re good now.

[At least he could be stopped with a simple energy shower this time.]

[emptyself]

Mm.

[ he'll give arven a quiet nod. he'll get over it for now and deal with it later, but this is definitely going to be hanging on his shoulders for a while. ]

[goei]

[Even with the heal, Izou looks pretty ragged, but that's not going to stop him because he's very good at muscling through the pain.

Medea guides his sword as he goes in with a Giant Slice (19) on Oberon]

Get outta our way! We're here ta get Mafuyu back!

[ledbythewind]

[Since Josh has the heals for this round covered, Richard is going to instead aim a Tiger's Prowl (13) at Oberon as it seems determined to be particularly annoying!]

ROUND 2

[beathollow]

Oberon isn't looking too good... But he can still fight. He casts Nocturnal Flash, missing Soujuurou (8), hitting Joshua (12), Arven (19), Izou (12), and Richard (17), as well as inflicting DIZZY upon those he hits.

Bugbear casts Life Drain on Soujuurou (17).

Leanan Sidhe casts Marin Karin on Joshua, inflicting BRAINWASH.

[supherb]

[OOF. That one hurts, and now Arven is staggering from getting hit with Dizzy. He almost stumbles into the banquet table.

That dizziness is going to be a pain, so he has Hestia cast Me Patra to cure himself and the others inflicted with it.]

[goei]

[I'm getting real sick of this dude (Oberon). But Izou isn't able to do anything about it, since his sword swing just barely misses (9) as he stumbles, vision sparkling from the flash.]

[finalmix]

[ with both brainwash and dizzy in effect honestly it's a wonder that joshua is functioning tbh,

but anyway, he's lunging at soujuurou to deal a giant slice that barely misses (10, 14) ]

Why fight? You should stop now~

[emptyself]

Joshua!?

[ oh thank god for his reflexes. he jumps out of the way with a yelp, assuming a defensive position. ]

They.... they messed with his head!

[ he's not bringing monkeys into this equation. ]

[goei]

Yeah that's what I was talkin' about!

[emptyself]

[ soujuurou is still reeling from the moral implications of the events during his brainwashing, which means that he takes that life drain head on. he stumbles back, gasping, before throwing himself at the bugbear and narrowly missing a punch to the head. (10)

[beathollow]

Oberon tries to use Nocturnal Flash again, but. He really only hits Richard (14). ... Enjoy being dizzy again, Richard.

Bugbear laughs at Soujuurou. It then proceeds to just whap him with it's big spikey plush arms for 17.

Leanan Sidhe casts Psio on Joshua for... nothing! She misses.