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rip in pis

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wrong satan

adragis is smash satan, basically

Before the fights start proper for each group, Sachi’s voice can be heard in everyone’s heads.
Okay, good, I can hear all of you. I hope you can all hear ME, anyway. I-I’m still on the ship, and I have a good view of all the fights. If you need me to, I can analyse the enemies for you, but try to keep it to a minimum; I need to concentrate to be able to analyse properly.
Sachi’s Analysis is now available as a party action, allowing the party to call upon her help to analyse the enemy’s health, weaknesses, stats and moves.. However, if Sachi has been requisitioned to analyse something else, none of the other groups may use Sachi to analyse until she has completed her analysis.

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Mio walks up to the Taurus Vertex and the two Bovus Vertexes, as the two Heroes fighting it land near her, nodding to her. Both are blue-haired girls, with one with a light, white halter and a large round shield, with short, boyish hair, and the other with a long, blue robe with an incense burner in her hand.
The shieldmaiden is the first to greet her with a curt nod. ”Mio. Good to see you around.”
”Huh. Thought the Taisha sent you on that mission thing.” The other girl inquires.
”My mission sent me back here. Shall we take care of this thing?”
”Probably a good idea. We can properly introduce ourselves later to your friends, who we’ll hope can actually fight.

I’m Ayane Takeba, and the other girl is my sister Yuki. You probably know what a Hero is already. Save your admiration for later, we’ve got a Vertex to kill.”
”Excuse Ayane. Ayane, keep us topped up. Yuki, defend anyone who looks hurt and mark Ayane so she doesn’t get too badly hurt.”
Yuki, the girl with the shield, nods, and raises it, ready for battle.

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Meanwhile, Periw and Tink arrive with their respective robots at the place where the giant Vertex looms over them, with its single, orb-like eye glaring down at them. Before it can blast them with a ray, however….

”Dragon Lotus BURST!”
A blast of lotus petals, shaped like the head of a dragon, slams into the Vertex from below, causing it to emit a loud screech. In front of them, a blonde girl, clad in nothing but a semi-translucent black leotard and tights lands, clutching prayer beads in her hand. The blast is immediately followed by several arrows, as a black-haired girl with pigtails, wearing a green halter and wielding a bow with a ‘string’ of green energy, lands behind her.
”Good shot, Chizuru.” The archer nods to the mage Hero, presumably Chizuru.
”How dare you doubt me, my dear Hikari?! My magic is unparalleled in all the world! I’ll show them the power of a true Hero!”
Hikari, presumably the archer, suddenly turns behind her. ”It seems we have company.”
She turns to Periw and Tink.
”.....you don’t look like Heroes….but it doesn’t matter. Just try to keep up with us two and help us kill that giant thing.”
With that, she leaps upwards, firing arrows at the Vertex.

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Battle Start!
Turn 1
((In the absence of actual Yuki Yuna music because YouTube’s taken down all of them except the OP, some image songs and the Forestize Warning alarms, have some Shin Megami Tensei music instead.))
~Battle Theme (Domain Boss)~
Party A:
Player Turn:
Mio wastes no time in delivering a God Hand to the nearest part of the Taurus Vertex, as she manages to leap straight into the air, slugging it in the featureless ‘face’. She deals 20 damage straight away.

Eirika stabs the nearest Vertex; one of the smaller Bovus Vertex, dealing 10 damage.

Anna swings the halberd-form Vindicator, propelled by recoil, into the nearest Vertex; one of the smaller Bovus Vertex, dealing 9 damage. The attack doesn’t seem to have stunned it at all.

Yuki follows up Anna’s attack by throwing her shield at it with a mighty yell! She deals 10 damage as the shield bounces off and swerves behind the Vertex, with Yuki awaiting its return, her defenses lowered by the disappearance of her shield.

Idou, posing magnificently, summons Mint Gale into the fray, and makes a three-point landing next to where Ayane is standing. Mint Gale defends itself.

Ayane swings her censer, releasing a heavenly scent towards the Taurus Vertex. Where the burnt incense smoke makes contact, it begins to burn, as the creature is now marked, damaged per turn by the holy herbs within the smoke.

Enemy Turn:
The Taurus Vertex attacks Anna in turn, slamming one of its arms into her! This attack deals 15 damage and stuns Anna with the force of the blow! It then punches Yuki, dealing 6 damage.

The first Bovus Vertex strikes at Eirika, but Eirika dodges the blow with ease. Its partner then turns to strike at Idou, but Mint Gale steps in the way to defend Idou, and its defense negates the damage entirely.

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~Battle Theme (Boss)~
Party B:
Player Turn:
Chryssa is the first to move! With a veritably heroic leap into battle, Chryssa slams into one of the Mus Vertex, slugging it twice with Jaiko for 30 damage. The Vertex is badly injured, but still alive.

The Primordial of Embracing protects the spear-toting Hero and enshrouds her in a warm embrace. The spear-toting Hero’s next attack is boosted by 10 damage, as her weary body is reinvigorated by the warmth of the Primordial’s embrace. She also sets up Gaster Blasters, as the tiny skulls blast white rays through the crowd. She manages to separate a small group from the main horde, including that which Chryssa already struck, but misses actually doing any damage.

Alria taunts the mindless Vertex creatures approaching her as she sets up her shield to weather the tides. While it entirely fails to deter the aforementioned mindless creatures, it DOES increase the morale of her allies, adding 2 damage to the next attacks of all her allies.

Ian rushes to the spear Hero’s side, planting his claw into the arm of the closest Vertex he can reach. His claw leaves a rending wound in the side of the creature, dealing 11 damage.

The spear-wielding Hero rushes up behind Ian, delivering an elegant series of attacks with her spear towards one of the Mus Vertex, clearly having practiced each stroke. The attack does 49 damage, as the Mus Vertex explodes into star-like dust from the Hero’s blade.

Alanis attempts a wormhole! It succeeds…..for all of three seconds before some of the Vertex jump over the Gaster Blaster rays and form a makeshift wall in front of the wormhole portal. The rest of their comrades begin jumping over the wall in front of the portal and towards the group and the Shinju tree.

Big Daddy, towering over the rest of his party save the Primordial, swings its titanic drill towards the nearest Vertex, dealing…..8 damage. The Vertex he struck doesn’t even seem bothered by the attack.

Motya waits for an injury to be dealt before he administers his help, surveying the enemy calmly.

Enemy Turn:
The horde continues to advance inexorably towards the Shinju tree, unhindered and undaunted by the attacks.

Two of the Mus Vertex catch Chryssa and hold her down, beginning to wail on her with their free appendages, dealing 17 damage in total from the wailing. Chryssa is unable to move until she can shake off the Vertex, and will take damage every turn.

Another two of the Vertexes throw themselves at the Gaster Blasters, swinging them away onto the other roots of the tree. The Primordial is unable, despite Her god-like will, to swing the Blasters back, and She is forced to watch as two of her weapons are rendered useless. The Gaster Blasters have been removed from combat, along with the two Vertexes.

Alanis is assaulted by one of the creatures, being hit for 9 damage, as the attack bounces off of her breastplate. However, this breaks her concentration, and the wormhole disappears from the field.

The spear Hero is accosted by another two, who deal 18 damage to her. She suppresses a squeal of pain as she moves back, bracing herself to strike back.

Motya is beset by three of the Vertexes! However, due to his advanced anatomy, he is capable of striking back at them when they dare enter his range. One Vertex is killed instantly by the strike, as Chryssa had already injured it severely in her charge. The other two are injured for 14 damage each. However, they are not deterred by the loss of their comrade, and strike at Motya in tandem, dealing 21 damage to him.

Another two attack the Big Daddy by throwing themselves at his body, dealing 17 damage.

Alria is the next to be targeted, as the remaining two on the field tackle her roughly to the ground, dealing 27 damage as they pummel her repeatedly. Alria is unable to move until she can shake off the Vertex, and will take damage every turn. Alria is now in critical status!

Sachi interjects. Her voice is quite shaky, but she’s managing to remain calm.
Alria, watch out. You’re badly wounded, you need to start defending.

Motya and [It That Embraces], please make sure everyone is topped up on health.
I also detect two more waves of these….Vertex things coming up. This may be bad.

Good luck, everyone..

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~Battle Theme (Fierce Battle)~
Party C:
Player Turn:
Hikari is the first to move. She aims a powerful shot at the Pisces Vertex and fires an arrow of pure light into it, dealing 15 damage.

Tink orders his robot to attack the Vertex, before attempting to construct his Fell Cannon. He is successful, as the construct stands before him, ready to fire under his command.

Chizuru is next. With a proud yell of ”Dragon Lotus Burst!”, she hurls yet another blast of dragon-shaped petals at the Vertex, dealing 23 damage, her yell seeming to lend her attacks more power.

The Overclocker rams itself into the Vertex in an attempt to damage it. However, just as it makes contact, a rainbow-tinted barrier flickers in front of it, and the attack only deals 1 damage.

Just then, Garnt arrives, ready for action, surveying the area for danger. Seeing the Vertex and spotting the quick flickering of the barrier, he reflexively throws a Great Lightning Spear at it, dealing 13 damage. The barrier does not flicker at contact. Following quickly behind him is Sandra, who looks around for people who need healing.

Periw is next, summoning her Robonoid. Pointing at the Vertex, she commands her robot to destroy it. It does its best, blasting it with the Metal Blaster and dealing 11 damage as the blaster ignores the natural defenses of the Vertex.

Enemy Turn:
The Pisces Vertex retaliates by emitting some sort of dizzying beam, firing it towards Tink. It lands, dealing 9 damage. Tink is also confused by the lights, as he tries to shake the lights from his mind.

It then turns its gaze towards the Overclocker, blasting it with a short, kinetic burst. It deals 10 damage and stuns the robot, locking it in place!

Finally, it simply blasts Chizuru with a single laser, dealing 13 damage in all.

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((No, they will NOT all activate Mankai and end the fights easily. Do you think I’ll make it that easy for you? :3

Also, if I missed anyone, please feel free to poke me.))

Woo.

((Also Eirika should totally post an action in Trespassers.))

Ao melts Issan into slush with the concentrated hatred seeping through their visor.

((no *throws tantrum*

On a serious note, turn up soon. I've been lenient on the latecomers to the fights, but the horde fighters are going to have a bad time.))