Argenti (12) and Joshua (20) deal a good bit of damage with Mapsio and Makouga on one of the guards. The other remains unscathed and retaliates with Mazio, missing Argenti (4), Joshua (4), but lands on Haruka (15).
Haruka has given up. It's time for fire, though his cast of Imperial Chain (6) isn't very strong, at least the guard who zapped him isn't unscathed anymore.]
[Shalem's tongue flutters out. What a mess, isn't it? Except he feels absolutely alive, the blow he sustained has gotten the blood pumping-- and quite a bit. He wants a little bit of murder in the chaos he's orchestrated, because chaos, too, can be art. Especially as a precursor to tragedy.
He's always been a performer, never the producer or director, but he could get used to this! He pulls the tunic up over his head and off, and tosses it down onto the floor. However, the Nagas did ruin his shirt, so he sheds that as well, all he has now on his shoulders is the jacket.]
Is that it? You should have killed me when you had the chance, but I am still here and I've a mind to decorate this mural with your blood.
[He's, of course, addressing the Naga. They're his targets after all, and everyone else might as well have become background noise. He swings his staff more like a sword with a Giant Slice towards the Naga (8, 18).]
Haruka would expect a sight like that to be more disturbing than it actually is—it's not really surprising that Shalem is capable of ripping off the hinges after seeing how he was raised, eah, but...! This sort of thing in real life should, like, be scary! And Yet. And yet...
He is not going to unpack this right now. Maybe he can get out of this palace with his dignity intact. (lmao)]
[ he's prioritising the one that got away from him last round but he's firing off another makouga (15, 9) and honestly he probably has to dodge to avoid getting hit by his own attack when it richochets off a wall or something this is why he hates fighting in enclosed spaces! ]
With Argenti's Mapsio (19), one Naga is down for the count! Shalem and Joshua's first hit misses because there's nothing left to strike.
One Naga remains! Argenti, Shalem, Haruka, and Joshua's combined attacks has left him pretty beat. I'd say he's on his last legs... but he's a snake guy...
The other fights for his fallen friend, and casts another Mazio, landing a critical on Argenti and hit on Joshua (13), barely zapping Shalem (7), and missing Haruka (5) all together.
[ Thankfully it isn't his elemental weakness this time, but that still hurts for a moment that his movements seem to halt, and a look of pain is on his face because criticals, man.
But, he has still felt worse.
Argenti immediately lashes out hard in response with a Great Slice (18) ]
[Maybe he's a bit too high the bloodlust, because his staff almost seems so heavy in his arms, so he decides fuck it. His Lunge connects (7) even if it might not be much.]
[ argenti's giant slice does most of the heavy lifting, so joshua follows up shalem's attack with one last zephyr's elegy (7), dealing a bless spell at the final naga to (hopefully) finish it off? ]
[He hisses at the corpse, and throws his hair out of his face. Then walks off in a random direction, dragging his staff behind him. But it's not really random since he's going to end up with Jesse and Soujuurou anyway.]
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Sunrise, Yoon, and Jesse have escaped!
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Haruka has given up. It's time for fire, though his cast of Imperial Chain (6) isn't very strong, at least the guard who zapped him isn't unscathed anymore.]
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[ Argenti himself is still raring to go!
If it ain't broke, don't fix it. He fires off another Mapsio at the guards (19, 12)! ]
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He's always been a performer, never the producer or director, but he could get used to this! He pulls the tunic up over his head and off, and tosses it down onto the floor. However, the Nagas did ruin his shirt, so he sheds that as well, all he has now on his shoulders is the jacket.]
Is that it? You should have killed me when you had the chance, but I am still here and I've a mind to decorate this mural with your blood.
[He's, of course, addressing the Naga. They're his targets after all, and everyone else might as well have become background noise. He swings his staff more like a sword with a Giant Slice towards the Naga (8, 18).]
Bloodless art is never finished!
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Haruka would expect a sight like that to be more disturbing than it actually is—it's not really surprising that Shalem is capable of ripping off the hinges after seeing how he was raised, eah, but...! This sort of thing in real life should, like, be scary! And Yet. And yet...
He is not going to unpack this right now. Maybe he can get out of this palace with his dignity intact. (lmao)]
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One Naga remains! Argenti, Shalem, Haruka, and Joshua's combined attacks has left him pretty beat. I'd say he's on his last legs... but he's a snake guy...
The other fights for his fallen friend, and casts another Mazio, landing a critical on Argenti and hit on Joshua (13), barely zapping Shalem (7), and missing Haruka (5) all together.
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He's going to cast Media, patching up some of the damage for Argenti, Joshua, Shalem and himself.]
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But, he has still felt worse.
Argenti immediately lashes out hard in response with a Great Slice (18) ]
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Congratulations! You've defeated the guards!
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[time to BOOK IT]
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But it's not really random since he's going to end up with Jesse and Soujuurou anyway.]