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Post by ShadesofGrey18 on Nov 30, 2017 18:50:49 GMT -5
Jakob just sighed. "Try not to let your guard down next time." His expression, however, said otherwise; he seemed concerned for the Maid... in his own way.
Azura shook her head. "Fret not. This is best left to those three, anyway. Allow us to patch you up." Now sufficiently far away from the combat, Azura began singing a gentle song, letting the healing aura around her start getting to work while Jakob began to use the rod he had to help the process along.
Corrin nodded, evading another bolt and leaping into the air. "I make my own fate!" His blade was brought down in a critical strike, felling another Warrior. "We're almost there! How're you holding up, Silas?"
"I'm managing; I can handle a few more shots!"
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Post by DanteMGalileo on Nov 30, 2017 19:10:36 GMT -5
"Looks like this room wasn't that populated, either." Corrinne contributed a slash of her sword. "I can almost see the next floor from here!"
Kaze tossed out another round of poisoned shuriken, causing the remaining Warriors to fall back. "Yes, but I'm getting a strange feel from it..."
It wasn't too long before the remaining Warriors fell to Corrin and Silas's blades, and after Felicia was back up to strength, the group of seven took a moment to take a breath. Corrinne picked up one of their weapons, one that hadn't dissolved with them. "Let's bring this back so Robin can study it..."
And then, the next room was in sight. "What are we up against, Kaze?"
"... How strange."
"What?"
"It seems as though whatever is in that room is completely and utterly still... And... They're on the ceiling??"
Corrinne blinked. "... That's... kind of weird... Maybe we can get past them without a fight?"
[Pit of 100 Trials: Floor 18]
"... Is something wrong or is it just m- argh?!"
Everyone would feel the world around them rotate 180 degrees, and the sensation of being upside-down. "... Pinch me," Corrinne said. Felicia complied. "Ow! ... Looks like this is real..."
"I've got a bad feeling about this..." Felicia said, feeling oddly weighed down.
"... Nrgh?" Kaze noted a heavy feeling pushing him down...
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Post by ShadesofGrey18 on Nov 30, 2017 19:16:07 GMT -5
Corrin drew his blade, picking himself up off the... ceiling... with a groan. "What in the world is this?"
Silas didn't feel as much of a weight on him, which surprised him; the Paladin looked around, taking a few steps forward, intent on being the first in combat, given his durability. "...They still don't seem to be moving... what's-"
He was quickly proven wrong. In almost an instant, an Oni Savage had cleared the distance between them, faster than he could blink, slamming the club down on his head. Silas screamed out in a rather high pitch from the shock, reeling back as another strike staggered him backwards.
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Post by DanteMGalileo on Nov 30, 2017 19:28:11 GMT -5
"... Oh, you have GOT to be kidding me." Corrinne sheathed Yato and took out her Dragonstone, transforming, although having to dig her draws into the ground to stay on the ceiling initially. "Looks like speed is more of a hindr- augh?!" Another Oni Savage had crossed the distance in the time it took to blink, and struck twice with its club, causing the dragon to recoil.
"... I don't think I can move much at all. Looks like Kaze is in the same boat." The heavy feeling on Felicia and Kaze rendered the pair uncharacteristically slow. Tossing out her Flame Shuriken, a Fighter was intercepted mid-charge, returning to the rigid stance for a moment. "Looks like our power level isn't affected, at the very least..."
Kaze mumbled something indistinguishable and began lacing shuriken after shuriken with toxins.
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Post by ShadesofGrey18 on Nov 30, 2017 19:34:30 GMT -5
Corrin had attempted to swing Yato at an Outlaw he went after... but it felt like he was moving through water. Or something even more viscous. By the time he'd swung his blade, the Outlaw was already out of the way, and Corrin took two arrows to the back, though they didn't do much damage. "Augh! Damn it all, this is annoying!" He took his Dragonstone out, roaring in frustration as he transformed.
Jakob didn't seem as affected, pulling back his Barb Shuriken and carefully throwing it, burying it into the skull of that Outlaw with a critical strike. "Haah... we will need to rethink our strategy, I believe..."
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Post by DanteMGalileo on Nov 30, 2017 20:09:28 GMT -5
"It seems as though the slowest of us are less affected... And whatever this place is doing to our speed- nrgh?!" Corrinne was struck by an arrow, and could only hiss at the offending Archer. "... It isn't affecting our power. Brother, do you think the sleep attack will work ag- AIN?!" The Oni Savage struck her twice, but Corrinne was able to deliver a low claw sweep in return.
A Flame Shuriken narrowly intercepted an incoming Fighter, its axe mere inches from Felicia's head. "Eep... Looks like if we hit them hard enough while they're moving, they freeze up..."
A toxin-laced shuriken was (slowly) tossed, its owner not exactly enjoying the strange effects of the room. The Outlaw that had attacked Corrin recoiled, feeling the toxins sink in. "There has to be a way to reverse this effect... I doubt it lasts indefinitely."
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Post by ShadesofGrey18 on Nov 30, 2017 20:15:35 GMT -5
Corrin swung his tail outward, knocking over an Archer that Jakob had dazed. "I'd need to get close enough to do it, and they're too fast for me to get close."
Azura closed her eyes a moment. "Just try to endure for now. I think the room is enchanted. Hold on and it should go away for a little while."
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Post by DanteMGalileo on Nov 30, 2017 20:33:09 GMT -5
"... Well! If this is an enchantment, this could give Zola a run for his gold, loathe though I am to say it." Corrinne had lowered herself to the ground, claws and tail lashing out at anything, although damage was sustained. "Nrgh! Please tell me it's going to wear off soon!"
Felicia yelped as she took an arrow to the arm, although she barely managed to avoid the follow-up. "I'm with Lady Corrinne... This is tedious..."
[Felicia's HP: 25 -> 14]
A toxin-laced shuriken kept Kaze from experiencing the sensation of an axe in his shoulder. "... Hang on. Something's-"
Before the ninja could complete that sentence, everyone present once again felt the room rotate one hundred and eight degrees, and they would experience the feeling of a weight being lifted from their shoulders. Corrinne stretched, enjoying the lightness. "Ahhh... good to be back to normal..."
"Hey, Kaze, is it just me, or are the enemies all... Not moving?"
"It's not just you." Kaze was actually smirking at this. "But I'm not complaining."
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Post by ShadesofGrey18 on Nov 30, 2017 20:43:44 GMT -5
Azura nodded with a smirk as she prepared her weapon. "Let's make this quick. I don't know if this enchantment will return."
Jakob didn't waste time taking out a Fighter with a critical strike. "I agree; let's not take that chance."
Corrin shifted back immediately, drawing Yato and charging into the fray. "Go!"
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Post by DanteMGalileo on Nov 30, 2017 21:16:42 GMT -5
Corrinne followed her brother, unshifting and charging at the oddly-immobile enemies, Yato drawn. "Jakob and Azura are right. Let's get as many of these things dispatched before it comes back." She slashed twice at an Archer, which only showed signs of movement when it began to dissolve.
"Not so tough when you're practically frozen, are you?" Felicia said to the now-stuck Fighter before her. "Don't worry; I'll defrost you!" And in a way speaking, she did, with two strikes from her Flame Shuriken.
A pair of toxin-laced shuriken found its home in an Oni Savage's skull, followed by two more before it could even consider retaliating. "It's not going to be gone for long," came Kaze's voice from somewhere in the room. "It should return any minute now..." A Wyvern Rider, on the ceiling, fell when its legs were struck with multiple shuriken in succession.
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Post by ShadesofGrey18 on Nov 30, 2017 21:20:44 GMT -5
Azura impaled an Outlaw with her naginata, nodding. "Be ready, I think it's about to..."
She was right; in a moment, the room flipped again, and the weight came down upon the group. The one remaining Oni Savage prepared to move... but was boxed in on all sides.
"Well then," Corrin said, grinning. "...Shall we finish this?"
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Post by DanteMGalileo on Nov 30, 2017 21:26:28 GMT -5
"Proceed! Everyone, ready, and... attack!" Despite the weight, Corrine brought down Yato on the Oni Savage...
At the same time, this was joined by multiple other attacks. From another side, Felicia tossed her Flame Shuriken, burning at the club-user.
And from... the floor or ceiling, came a pair of poisoned shuriken.
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Post by ShadesofGrey18 on Nov 30, 2017 21:29:05 GMT -5
Silas and Corrin's blades struck in an instant, backed up by Azura's naginata and Jakob's Barb Shuriken.
The Oni Savage didn't even realize what had happened before it dissipated.
"And there we go!" Corrin cheered. "Let's keep going.
(Pit of 100 Trials: Floor 19)
There was only one figure in the room as the group entered... but it was large, in a decently open space, and mounted. A Great Knight.
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Post by DanteMGalileo on Nov 30, 2017 21:42:42 GMT -5
"... Is that a Tomahawk?" Corrinne asked, noting the weapon's design. "... Well! I was actually worried for a second. Looks like all we have to do is get in close and..."
"Lady Corrinne, that is a Tomahawk, but there's something off... about... it..." Before Kaze could fully vocalize his warning, Corrinne was already at the armoured rider, head shifting into her dragon form's.
[Dragon Fang!]
"You won't stop me!" Her free hand morphed into a grotesque javelin, reaching to impale the Great Knight... But the Vallite soldier simply jumped back on its great horse, effortlessly avoiding the attack. When Corrinne's hand shifted into a set of jaws and fired an orb of water, it jumped into the air, avoiding the hit, and threw its weapon.
"What?! How'd that miss?" Panicking slightly, Corrinne prepared to roll to the side to dodge... Only for the Tomahawk to strike her mid-roll, tearing her shoulder sleeve and causing her to cry out in pain, blood flowing.
[Corrinne's HP: 29 -> 12]
"You should have let Kaze finish, Lady Corrinne..." Felicia said, gesturing towards Azura. "Coming from me, I would say that this Great Knight knows the Swordbreaker art..."
Taking Felicia's hint, Corrinne shuffled towards Azura. "And the weapon?"
"It's a Tomahawk of some sort, but the design seems modified to allow for melee strikes..." Kaze stated.
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Post by ShadesofGrey18 on Nov 30, 2017 22:24:53 GMT -5
Corrin grit his teeth, running up and shifting into his dragon form. "Then we'll have to fight this the old-fashioned way."
Silas kept his blade handy; even though Swordbreaker was in play, he didn't want to risk fighting at a disadvantage with his lance. "This is going to be rough, I think..."
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