Maki: 5
Ito: Alteration [5]
Ragnar: Alteration [6], Skill [5]
Haruko: Alteration [4]
Yamato: Alteration [6], Skill [5], Will Point
Kiyo: 1, Skill [6]
Amelie: 5
Ophiuchus Zoanthrope: 3, Skill [6], Will Point
Kiyo positions herself as far from the beast as possible, seeing Maki being grabbed by the Zoanthrope. Directing all power to her weapons, Kiyo unleashes the mother of all plasma barrages. She practically turns the entire parking lot into a light show with how much she was hitting the thing with; blast after blast of plasma and light, centered all entirely on the giant snake monster.
......now, the problem with that, is that, though it's a fairly big target, many of the shots go very wide as a result of unloading literally everything and anything she possibly could on the snake. Also, because it's such a big target, even a death of a thousand cuts isn't quite enough to cut it. Amelie, however, takes the opportunity of an opening provided by Kiyo's barrage to smash a kick directly into the Zoanthrope's head, followed by Ito slashing at the creature's joints, his trained eye and keen blade slashing across the creature's shoulder. With a scream, the creature lobs Maki out of its grasp into Ito to push Ito away, patting its cut as its skin and blood vessels begin to knit themselves back together, the cut a faded yellow already. Meanwhile, Maki and Ito are sent flying into a nearby car, the armored girl tumbling over the hood across the other side and managing to spare Ito most of the pain.
A lance of superheated nuclear fire smashes into the beast's side as Haruko takes the opportunity to assault the Zoanthrope. The giant lizard screeches in agony as the plasma covers its body, an arm up to protect itself from the sun crow's attacks instinctively as its eyes recover from previous injuries, an opening left for Ragnar to sink his spear into the beast's side, insects already crawling away from the construct and into whatever crevices they can find.
And one more opening for Yamato.
A blazing, long blade shimmers in the night, slashing directly into the beast's side, the flames within Yamato's blade scorching the Zoanthrope's side even worse than either Kiyo or Haruko have combined, the force staggering the Zoanthrope, hurting more than anything else yet.
But the Zoanthrope is tougher than it looks, fiercer than it looks. You sense it won't fall so easily. Not yet. Not even with a thousand suns smashing into it.
And it's infuriated.
A savage rampage ensues, the reptile lashing out with the full force of its muscles against everything in reach, hits that miss you smashing asphalt and concrete like a child crushing potato chips. Ragnar and Amelie are too close, too slow, and fists smash directly into them with the force of a truck, smashing Amelie into the ground hard enough to leave a crater and Ragnar into a nearby ambulance, crumpling the metal like paper. Yamato manages to dart away before he takes too strong a hit, but the pure force of the blows throws him off balance, staggering him somewhat.
The giant reptile remains standing, its eyes now clearer, not hurt anymore. That was round one, and it's ready for round two.
Allies:
Maki Kisaragi
Status: Moderately Wounded
World Line: [5 2 6 5 2 2 6 2 6 4]
Will: 3
Alterations: 3+
Hideyuki Ito
Status: Moderately Wounded, Center (6), Beast-Hunting Method (Ophiuchus Zoanthrope)
World Line: [2 1 4 4 4 1 1 5 4 2]
Will: 2
Alterations: 3+
Ragnar Lodbrok
Status: Badly Wounded, Winded
World Line: [4 3 6 2 2 4 6 1 2 2]
Will: 2
Alterations: 2
Kiyo Akaiheiya
Status: Healthy
World Line: [2 2 5 2 1 3 6 6 2 3]
Will: 3
Alterations: 5
Haruko Karasu
Status: Moderately Wounded, High Criticality
World Line: [1 4 2 2 4 2 4 3 2 3]
Will: 3
Alterations: 2+
Yamato Sato
Status: Badly Wounded, Staggering
World Line: [4 1 1 6 1 3 6 5 2 2]
Will: 1
Alterations: 3
Amelie Kurosawa
Status: Moderately Wounded, Grounded, Winded
World Line: [5 5 6 2 1 4 4 3 5]
Will: 3
Alterations: 5
Kamijou Ai
Status: Healthy
World Line: [4 2 1 2 2 4 3 4 3 4]
Alterations: 3
Will: 3
Enemies:
Ophiuchus Zoanthrope
Status: Fairly Wounded, Lashing out blindly, Stuck with insect spear
Spica
Status: Healthy
A support-type ally who specialises in creating barriers and providing healing.
- Ice Barrier [3]: Places a barrier that absorbs incoming damage made of magical ice. Allies and enemies can use this as terrain.
- Mending Spring [3]: Heals an ally.
