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"Do be more careful, sir Kaldach."
12-14, heal Kaldach, canto to 14-15

Ennis nods at Henry.
"'Course. Us country girls got ta' stand up for each other, right?"

"Just.....let her go, for now, guys. Make sure she doesn't get in trouble before she gets out of here."

[Now Playing: ~Astalos Battle Theme~]

Now that Agatha has the Zoanthrope trapped under giant maws of earth, you guys attempt to rush it very quickly, going all out to attack the chink in its armor your combined attacks just opened up.

[Now Playing: Yui Manual Theme Override ~God Mode~]

Yui takes the opportunity to strike a chord, playing powerful music that pumps you all up, sending energy coursing through your veins. It makes you feel quite a bit stronger, of course.

Sato is the first to get there, blinking into there as if he teleported, his blade gleaming through the air and slashing at the Zoanthrope's flesh as quickly as he can. He draws blood, quite a fair bit of it; he even hits a few vital parts, judging from the increasingly pained wails of the Zoanthrope. It tries to hipcheck him, but Sato knows better this time and sidesteps the hipcheck by pushing off with a final slash, just in time for him to avoid being rammed....

....as Maki slams into it with a roar, enshrouded with lightning, faster than the eye can see as she slams into the Zoanthrope's wounded side once, twice, thrice and caps it off with a final, ferocious kick, flipping off of it, the smell of fried flesh filling the air as Maki scarcely avoids the hail of pommels Juliet throws at it and the hail of blades that slam into its side, staggering the creature and opening up its side. She lands nearby, her armor sparking with electricity, groaning; the stress of ramming into it repeatedly like a lemming, even through her armor, can't be too healthy. Amelie soars over her, planting her foot directly onto the wounds, eliciting another pained roar before pouncing back and letting her magic do its work, healing Haruko as she flies back out of range.

Haruko and Suzu come next, a bombardment of magic and plasma slamming into the wounds Maki, Sato and the others opened up, searing it and opening it up to more and more wounds. The park's smelling uncomfortably of burnt flesh and burning wood as all the plasma that doesn't hit the Zoanthrope instead splatters all over the now burning remnants of the stage it destroyed.

Viv and Taro are the last to get there, Taro's attack not really doing much of anything except getting his fist dirty. Viv fares better, doing an exaggerated pirouette that a world-class ballet champion would be proud of and lunging forwards with all the grace of a cartoonish swan to stab a poker into its practically ravaged flank.

"Quite a bit stronger", however, is different from "overwhelmingly stronger".

This isn't some typical Zoanthrope that would fall to a concerted effort by magical girls. Indeed, you guys figure that any other Zoanthrope would have fallen to such teamwork by now.

This is a giant, cornered animal. And a cornered rat fights harder than one that has a way of escaping.

[Now Playing: Enhanced Zoanthrope Override ~Taurus Demon~]

And you realise this too late.

The Zoanthrope thrashes around with unparalleled strength, smashing and striking at everything it can, throwing all of you around easily; having gotten so close to it, only Sato manages to get away from it with ease, the rest of you being smashed around like toys in a tantrum-throwing three-year old's playroom. Maki bears the brunt of this one, being slammed into a nearby tree, the wind knocked out of her, though her barrier manages to take most of the damage. Taro, however, is not so lucky and gets even more smashed around, thrown into the side of a brick building with a lot less to protect him than Maki's armor, though he manages to survive well enough. The maws keeping it place begin to crack and groan, beginning to break under the stress of keeping a massive, possibly cybernetically-enhanced whale down for very long.

With a baleful cry, it turns towards Yui, a burst of red energy readying in its mouth, before blasting it at the person who started off the beating. Yui is knocked off her feet, as the beam seems to drag her close enough to be hit.

Which is unfortunate for her, because the Zoanthrope picks this particular moment to rampage again. The maws holding it back shatter, the stresses overtaking it, and it smashes a foot onto Yui to protect itself, associating her song with the subsequent mortal wounds it just took, thrashing about and crushing everyone still in range of the beast.

Most of you have seen better days. Yui and Maki are right in range of the very angry heavily-wounded giant whale, and they're not looking too good, what with both of them being winded from being thrown around like a giant chew toy. Juliet, Taro and Viv are looking roughed up. Of the people who got close enough, Amelie and Sato- good for them- escaped punishment. And all of you out of range are basically fine. On the plus side, all that thrashing seems to have tired the Zoanthrope out.

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O-10, stab the lancer with Henry

Minato rubs the back of his head, blushing himself. Aaaaaand right back to embarrassed he goes as Faith stares right into his eyes. Oh well.

"Well....it's not that I'm dedicated, but uh....well, you know what they say, with great power comes great responsibility, right?"

Thiyr looks amused at the concept that they might lose, more amused than concerned or irritated.
"Their chances of victory aren''t much higher than ours. We have numbers, and they know just as little as we do, if not less. You.....disappoint me with your lack of faith, brother mine. We can make do with what we have, and in any case we are not likely to get more. I will speak with Discord anyway, to alleviate your concerns. It is clear to me I will need to send out some of my own.....flock to assist you.

I already have two people in mind. The goal I wish to achieve anyway will require a far less covert touch, so none of you need volunteer.

And.....if I find that one of you has in fact betrayed us, I will deal with you myself. You are all sheep in the same flock; if a wolf is amongst us, the wolf must be taken out by the shepherd, no? Is there anything else? Discord requests my presence, and I am sure that some of you may wish to recuperate or consider your plans."
His eye is specifically on Scrak as he says the last part.