The Lunatic Pandora
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Characters: Lufene, everyone who wants to go after her
Progress: Ongoing
Summary: The intrepid heroes of Gaia seize their chance to board the Lunatic Pandora and attempt to stop its progress.
Location: Lunatic Pandora (over Fum)
Date: 19th April, 1805
Warnings: Violence
Since it began its journey two days ago, the Lunatic Pandora had made its way slowly but surely across the Outer Continent, nearing its final destination with every passing second.
The sky around it was soon dotted with airships, come to track its progress. But none could yet halt it. To even make such an attempt, a party would need to get inside - and in the heart of the Pandora, Lufene was waiting.
[ooc: See this post for plotting! I will put up threads for the different groups. Feel free to start your own subthreads - and please, threadjack away! No posting order, let's do this party style. \o/]
Progress: Ongoing
Summary: The intrepid heroes of Gaia seize their chance to board the Lunatic Pandora and attempt to stop its progress.
Location: Lunatic Pandora (over Fum)
Date: 19th April, 1805
Warnings: Violence
Since it began its journey two days ago, the Lunatic Pandora had made its way slowly but surely across the Outer Continent, nearing its final destination with every passing second.
The sky around it was soon dotted with airships, come to track its progress. But none could yet halt it. To even make such an attempt, a party would need to get inside - and in the heart of the Pandora, Lufene was waiting.
[ooc: See this post for plotting! I will put up threads for the different groups. Feel free to start your own subthreads - and please, threadjack away! No posting order, let's do this party style. \o/]
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Date: 2011-04-21 11:58 pm (UTC)Without waiting for a response, the paladin immediately charged the T-Rexaur, aiming to divert its attention. The size of the beast did not intimidate him in the slightest; he'd fought plenty of dragons and dragon-like creatures in the past. It released an earsplitting roar which made the ground itself shake, and snapped its jaws at Cecil. He raised his shield and deflected it, Rosa's Protect spell absorbing the brunt of the hit. Cecil retaliated, attempting to lunge for the creature's eyes before it lifted its head away, but only managing a shallow wound to its neck.
Already, he could tell: this was to be a long and difficult battle.
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Date: 2011-04-22 02:01 am (UTC)As he retaliated, the beast roared, recoiling - not in pain, but in anger, ready to lash out in response to its attacker - she saw the moment she had been waiting for, and Frimelda took it. Speed was usually not the greatest asset of a paladin, but hers was uncanny, and she lithely dashed between the dueling pair, raising one sword to block its attack, blade meeting the bared teeth of the beast, and the other to slash across its torso. Frimelda wasn't called Blademaster for nothing.
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Date: 2011-04-22 02:09 am (UTC)As Frimelda and Cecil moved for the beast, Rosa back up towards the door, bow and arrow in hand, as she kept an eye on her companions. She was the White Mage and she knew her part, but she also had her weapon and she wasn't afraid to use it if she needed to. Picking her shot carefully, she took a few blessed seconds to Aim and loosed an arrow that soared straight into the creature's side. Another arrow was pulled out, but she held back, waiting to find her next opening.
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Date: 2011-04-22 03:04 am (UTC)He turned to the control panel and let out a long, drawn sigh. "... figure this out. Here goes nothin'." Grimacing, he squinted one eye shut and reached out to pull the nearest lever. It looked pretty important. Maybe even important enough to stop the structure.
... no. That just made an annoying klaxxon sound. Well. Onto the next button, then.
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Date: 2011-04-22 09:17 pm (UTC)Dazed by the force of the hit, he gritted his teeth as he staggered and pushed himself back upright. There was going to be bruising, but he'd fought alongside his wife enough times to trust her completely to keep up with healing.
"Frimelda, let's try a pincer attack! Go for the flanks!"
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Date: 2011-04-22 10:03 pm (UTC)Its howl of irritance was all she could hear as she stood upright, finding herself bruised, but not unable to fight. At Cecil's voice, she looked over to him, calling back. "Right. Let us do it!"
She backed up two steps, before rushing towards the thing, blades clearly on the offensive, matching her speed to Cecil's.
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Date: 2011-04-23 02:25 am (UTC)She couldn't blind it, per se, but she could do a myriad of other things to it. Concentrating hard, she cast Slow on the creature, hoping to cause its speed to lower. If that held, their Haste status would make the battle much, much easier.
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Date: 2011-04-24 01:31 am (UTC)"Urgh!" He dropped to one knee, cringing. "L-leg cramp! Too much pressure! I don't think these buttons are doin' us any good, folks!"
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Date: 2011-04-24 02:57 pm (UTC)The beast gave a howl of pain and staggered, but quickly spotted the vulnerable member of the group and fixed on its new target: Laguna.
"Run, Laguna!" Cecil called, barely having time to pull his sword from the beast's side before it charged.
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Date: 2011-04-24 03:10 pm (UTC)But it didn't topple over; it headed for Laguna.
Grimancing, Frimelda held both blades to her body, as she sprinted from her side of the room to where Laguna was, making it there mere miliseconds before the beast made contact, drawing both her swords up in defense to cover both her and Laguna, as it threw its whole body weight at her.
This time, she really did wince as pain shot through her arms, making her double over as the monster pulled back for another go. She was strong, but there were limits. "Laguna... how do you fare?" she tried. She then looked to Rosa and Cecil. "It is still dizzy! If we attempt to knock it off balance, it will give us time to end this!"
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Date: 2011-04-24 05:14 pm (UTC)Remaining silent, Rosa thought through what else she could do to help. She offered a nod to Frimelda. The other woman had a valid point, but Rosa didn't dare get any closer. Though it was a long shot, she attempted to cast Hold on it. At the very least, she might be able to trip it up a bit before it broke free.
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Date: 2011-04-24 05:46 pm (UTC)He reached to pull his machine gun from the holster at his back, immediately fixing it on the T-Rexaur. "Let's take care of this guy, then we can smash it up!"
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Date: 2011-04-29 01:20 am (UTC)"Frimelda, now! Join your powers with mine!" He levelled his holy sword at the beast and readied to move in and strike once more. If it worked, the two of them would be able to Band and defeat it.
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Date: 2011-04-30 03:59 pm (UTC)"My powers with yours?" she queried, but only for a moment; it was clear what to do. And somewhat of a blessing the T-Rexaur was still: the knock she had had sent her balance a little off ways, but it was improving the more she focused. Doing so, she pulled back a step, like a tiger readying to pounce, both blades held up together in front of her, ready to strike.
She ran forward, in one fluid motion, slashing, and slashing, and slashing, the beast roaring with each blade making contact, as she spun them around her, almost effortlessly, momentum increasing. Whenever she was to duck out to the side, the way would be clear for Cecil to deal the finishing blow.
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Date: 2011-04-30 04:05 pm (UTC)Cecil's call was not lost on her. She knew what that meant, though she was honestly surprised such a thing would work here on Gaia. But if so, maybe the others she knew would work, as well. For now, she had to hope this final blow would be enough to kill the beast.
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Date: 2011-05-02 05:13 am (UTC)"Alright, Tiny's lookin' a little worse for wear, guys!"