linkingup | The City of the Specter, Atem's Palace

[Shalem truly is laughing mad right now, uncaring of the hit he sustained from the girl and continuing on with her companion. After all, why stop when something is working?

Once again, he's sending a Bufula right at Mahaad (17), even he staggers, his face paler than usual. Definitely feeling the cold right now.]

[Well she was stopping because Mafuyu tried to talk it out but-]

Hey, cut it out!

[ hm. laughing mad? bad. ]

[ so consider it friendly fire, but in a split second decision that's going to have Consequences, maybe, joshua's firing a zephyr's elegy at shalem - the bless spell doesn't connect (8) but it's close enough to maybe (?) count as a warning shot. ]

[That just gets Joshua a hiss, complete with bared fangs and tongue.]

Mana's done talking because what the hell Joshua, and Mahaad struggles to remain standing. They place their staves together...

"Black Burning Magic!"

Medium Nuclear Damage is done to everyone (7)! And Shalem is afflicted with Dizzy!

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( FUCK

mafuyu casts media but it's not going to be enough. )

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[ ugh he hates this. he genuinely doesn't want to fight.

he jumps to mana, trying to knock her out via pressure point (10) ]

[Here's a Me Patra on Shalem... Not that it'll help with the. The Shalem,,,]

Stupid-

[Aubrey actually tries to restrain Shalem, but probably fails because she only got an 8]

[I am crying

But she gets hissed at too.]

[Just gonna cast Media on everyone to keep them up.]

[ yeah honestly he deserved that

so he chooses not to attack, and instead casts media.

look, he's not unreasonable, ]

[This... is definitely not good. With Mafuyu trying to negotiate and Mana and Mahaad themselves looking worse for wear, it's starting to seem as though there may be a way to end this peacefully.

That is, at least, until Shalem just decides to go nuclear and keep on attacking in spite of Mafuyu trying to talk them down. And heeeeeee.... does not exactly seem very sane at the moment, either.

So instead of attacking either Mana or Mahaad, Richard is going to aim a rapier strike (18) at Shalem, not intending to injure him severely but rather just snap him out of whatever is wrong with him right now.]

Get a hold of yourself!

Learn to use that bloody rapier properly...

[Except maybe he shouldn't be talking. This happens before Fray's Me Patra because he might have mauled Richard--

Shalem tries to retaliate, but the Dizzy definitely saves Richard right now (9, 7), and the staff swing goes wide.]

[Things said right before I roll a (5) and it's time for Richard's next swing to go wide--]

Stop this! Can't you see they aren't certain about fighting us?

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prozaic - 2024-10-01 02:36 (UTC) - Expand

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ledbythewind - 2024-10-01 02:45 (UTC) - Expand

Hey, dude! Cut the shit!

[Jesse points his gun at Shalem, not looking to actually fire, more threaten. He’s supporting Mafu’s pacifist route and feels bad for the murder.]

Please tell me that was a self defense against cops scenario and that we ain’t gonna kill Atem’s pals for no good reason!

[Ok, just in case talking doesn’t work, he’s gonna cast Tarunda on Shalem.]

If you point a gun at someone, you should be ready to fire. [A taunt, because he knows Jesse won't shoot.]

A threat is only as good as the intent to follow through.

Why do you think I bought the gun in the first place, bitch?!

[It’s clear that Shalem managed to strike a nerve, though.]

Mahaad takes this opportunity to attack Shalem..!

"Black Magic!"

The blast connects for Heavy Nuclear Damage (8)!

Mana can't figure out what's happening... and what Soujuurou did hurt... but she casts Matarunda on the group just in case.

At the moment, they're both confused on what the group is trying to accomplish. Mahaad has sustained heavy damage, and about ready to keel over. Mana is at half HP right now.

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( mafuyu's anxiety is spiking so, so badly. oh god.

shalem is frightening, and- she knows they have to fight the shadows, but... but right now they look like people. did the guards also look like people? ...

they have no credibility. but... )

I won't fight you.

( and her diplomacy/persuasion roll is a 16. )

Please just let us finish the fight! We can handle Shalem by ourselves.

[ how? he doesn't know. but even as he attacks mana, it's a punch to the diaphragm (10) in hopes of simply knocking her out. ]

[ character development means that even if his persuasion is almost there but not quite (17) joshua is also choosing not to attack for once. ]

[ so, while he's unapologetic about it: ] I did what I had to do. I wasn't about to risk getting all of us in that judgment room or whatever your guards were calling it before we even had a chance to talk to that Pharaoh of yours.

[ yes he knows atem's name, no he is Not using it ]

It was just unfortunate that they provoked us first.

[ something something ends justifies the means, all that jazz, ]

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emptyself - 2024-10-01 02:54 (UTC) - Expand

That guy, [nodding angrily at Shalem] does not represent the rest of us.

[But she only rolled a 7 so lol.]

[ Sunrise is just...going to slowly put her hands up by her sides. She is not going to try talking because she knows she sucks at it, though whether this gesture is particularly convincing after she tried hitting Mana a couple of times earlier is a different matter (14). ]

[That doesn't hurt, he tells himself. It doesn't. But no one's healed him (and why would they? they're perfectly justified) after Richard's blow and the previous other Nuclear spell from the two priests.

But you know what? He was trained to handle pain anyway. So he chooses the bigger threat right now, and swipes at Mana with a Giant Slice (20). He may be wobbling on his feet, but that doesn't mean he can't put all of his strength into his arms.]