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[Twinwolf]

Yuki looks around, sees bleeding out teacher, and then remembers she's a healer.

Alteration to take the 5 in the second-to-last position, use SALVATION OF THE GODDESS with the 4 in the third to last position on Mr. Honda.

[Empiricist]

Spoiler: Rolls (click to show/hide)

Faith: 6, Hyper[4]
Minato: 5, Hyper[3]
Noriko: 1
Shef: 6
Yoake: 4
Yuki: 5, Hyper[4]

Unidentified Aramitama: 4, Hyper[4]
Storm Mind 01: 1
Storm Mind 02: 5

Yuki keeps the students out of the way of the fight, which, isn't too hard seeing as they're staying the fuck away from it, she also manages to stabilise Hr. Honda. The reduced effects of her healing on those who are not Awakened doesn't help but while the wound doesn't fully heal, the bleeding slows and she sees a flicker of consciousness return to him as a pair of students work on stopping the bleeding.

Meanwhile...

With blinding speed, the Aramitama moves... straight into through Shef's open portal and out the other end, slamming into the floor. The ceiling drops down, Minato riding it down, but the figure dashes out of the way into Faith's beam. The beam was only a grazing hit however as, in her attempts to minimise damage, Faith had managed to somehow curve the beam back around and trick shot it through the window Yuki came in through, which while miraculously causing no property damage, gave the Aramitama a hole to rush through.

It catches Shef with its blade, the heavy upwards strike sending him flying. Before he can collide with a wall, the classroom shifts, becoming a familiar arena as he skips across the water that encircled the platform, stopping several meters out from it. While it was striking Shef, Yoake was striking the Aramitama, her butt impacting it, and while she's certain she's caused some damage to it, it still refuses to even flinch. It's not like she's striking a rock or something, not that even rocks can withstand her attacks of course, but she does feel that there's something like flesh beneath, she can feel some bare flesh even, bare but with some kind of harness(?) muscular as well. Definitely muscular.

Now without the building in the way, two more figures come into view above the arena. They must've been positioned on the roof.

They are formed of liquid glass with crystalline plates of black metal covering just about everything save for their heads, giving their body a predatory and mechanical appearance. Their heads are hollow with a large hole open where their face should be, inside resides a dim mote of like. Those points of light flare and arc, kugelblitzes crackling to life within their heads, tendrils of lightning striking the insides of their heads. With that, the pair begin to move.

One of them, the one with 02 inscribed upon its pauldrons in grey halts in mid-air, a dull silver great sword twirling in its talons. A great beam of energy, the color of a dying star wreaths it and erupts forwards, coincident to the length of the blade. With a swift stroke, it sweeps it down the centre of the platform, and further into the water. In its path are Minato, Yoake, the Aramitama, and Shef. And when the beam halts, explosions race down where the beam traced along the the ground and water. Before the explosions will have even run their course it would aim a second sweep across the platform aiming at Yuki, and third aimed at Faith before it slowly begins to descend.

The other, marked 01, accelerates down with a burst of speed, aiming to slam its gatling gun into Noriko before making another burst through 02's explosions as they clear to try and catch Minato with a flying spinning kick and follow it up with a spray of rounds at near point-blank range.

The Aramitama finally, makes another instant dash out of the beam's path, readying its revolver to blast anyone trying to halt 01's attack on Minato.

Spoiler: World Lines (click to show/hide)

Faith
Status: Hurt
World Line: 1 1 5 4 3 3 3 5 3 2
Alterations: 1
Resolve: 3

Minato
Status: Fine
World Line: 2 3 5 3 1 4 1 4 4 6
Alterations: 2
Resolve: 3

Noriko
Status: Fine
World Line: 4 5 2 4 2 2 1 3 1 5
Alterations: 2
Resolve: 2

Shef
Status: Badly Hurt
World Line: 5 3 1 2 5 4 2 1 5 2
Alterations: 2
Resolve: 3

Yoake
Status: Fine
World Line: 5 3 2 3 5 6 4 6 5 3
Alterations: 4
Resolve: 3

Yuki
Status: Fine
World Line: 2 4 6 3 5 2 5 6 2 5
Alterations: 2
Resolve: 3

Unidentified Aramitama
Status: Unknown

Storm Mind 01
Status: Fine

Storm Mind 02
Status: Fine

Spoiler: Notes (click to show/hide)

Shef is stated to have poor reflexes, so that portal trick would normally be significantly harder to pull off, but thanks to Noriko impaling it, it could only really move forwards, so it became trivial for him to determine where it would dash to and thus intercept it.

Minato's attack had quite a few factors impairing it, for starters, he can't actually see the Aramitama, so he has to rely on sound and it wasn't making too much noise. His attack itself is also relatively slow since he has to cut out the floor which gives it a delay wherein the target can dodge as the Aramitama did, plus he has limited options to correct it when his foe moves after he's commenced it.

Faith's overshot didn't cause exhaustion this time because overshot results can vary even with the same technique. They're context sensitive. And yes, even the negative effects of 1s and 6s are affected by stat differences.

Shef has more time than the other three to get out of the way of that first beam sweep as he's further out. Also I should note that the beam explosions just far beneath the water that the explosions are completely submerged if only just. Also "Badly Hurt" means that his clothes are a bit torn and he's wincing and he's probably got a few singe marks on him, he's still completely uninjured so he's not in danger of death or even actual proper injury right now.

[IamanElfCollaborator]

Minato senses them coming for him, the unnatural allies of the Aramitama. He immediately whips his hand out, roaring as he braces himself to take the force as well as he can.
"Hit them from behind, I got this! Rho Aias!"
Perfected False Replica: Rho Aias and block all incoming attacks.
Alteration Used.
[2 3 5 3 1 [4] 1 4 4 [6]]

[Strider03]

Shef shook the water from his eyes, and with a groan, saw that two more hostiles had joined the battle. Allies.
After trying to move a few feet to escape the oncoming beam, Shef took his own pistol, and fired a shot at the Aramitama's gun, attempting to either knock the pistol from its hand, or at least prevent its shots from hitting. He then created a portal to drop the enemy marked 01 into the path of 02's beam.

Shef shoots at the Aramitama's gun, and then uses "Hey look over there!" (using the 3) to drop 01 into the path of 02's attack.
(5) (3) 1 2 5 4 2 1 5 2

[spümpkin]

Well, at least now the innocent bystanders were out of the way... But come on, more?!? Where do these things keep coming from!!

Crouching, Yoake's eyes glint as she leaps into the air, briefly fading into a pocket of space, before coming out on the other side right next to 02. She slams her butt against it with the added momentum from gravity.

[Resolve Hyper used, Resolve -1]
[5 3 2 3 5 6 4 6 5 3]

[Chevaleresse]

"Nice work, Minato!" Noriko had other plans for the man's shield, though; she leapt atop it, then kicked off of it, blasting herself forward on a trajectory that'd carry her almost directly into 01, aiming to impale the thing with her momentum and its own combined. Regardless of whether it worked, she'd then flip back behind the shield, using her wind to toss the spear into 02 and then back to herself.

[Powder Miner]

"Haha, nice! Now I don't have to worry about collateral damage anymore! I can really go all out!" Grinning, Faith lets the new feeling of liberation and confidence flow through her, drawing power from her very being to produce a ball of bright mana that pools and then comes together into a perfect sphere in her hands -- before being thrown forcefully at Storm Mind 01.
Faith uses A Hit For Hope on Storm Mind 01, burning her last alteration to use a 5!
1 1 5 4 3 3 3 5 3 2

[Twinwolf]

Because currently having a 2 and thus probably not being very helpful for anything, Yuki shall duck behind Minato's shield.

[Empiricist]

Spoiler: Rolls (click to show/hide)

Faith: 5, Hyper[R]
Minato: 6, Hyper[4]
Noriko: 4
Shef: 5, Hyper[3]
Yoake: 5, Hyper[R]
Yuki: 2

Unidentified Aramitama: 4
Storm Mind 01: 5, Resolve
Storm Mind 02: 5, Resolve

From behind Rho Aias, Faith unleashes her ball of energy, the singes fading from her as it, the projectile rushing forwards as the Aramitama's round shatters Rho Aias, forcing Minato backwards. Faith's ball meanwhile plows into 01, blasting it backwards, fragments of broken armor scattering, guiding Noriko to her target. Its limbs have taken some damage and its torso had its amor blasted clean off, revealing the liquid glass beneath, and the black roiling clouds that bleed from its wounded form. However, it had placed its weapon between itself and the blast, avoiding a direct hit and use a speed burst minimise exposure to the blast and now that it was sailing backwards, Noriko no longer could use its momentum against it. So as she rushed through the blast she finds her spear clashing with its gatling, the two trying to manoeuvre their locked weapons in midair as they fall, her aiming the tip of her spear, it trying to bring the roaring barrels to bear upon her. And like that, in another instant, they disengaged, Noriko flying backwards as she hurls her spear, 01 bursting back towards the ground only to be caught by Shef's portal.

Meanwhile 02 finds itself crashing back down to the platform after Yoake seemingly teleported above it and impacted onto it at ludicrous velocities. The kugelblitz within its head flares and with a horrific shriek, it swings its weapon still, managing to still perform the first beam sweep even as it is impaled by Noriko's spear and crashes down onto the platform, the force so great the entire platform shakes and tilts. Its amor is basically gone and from the shifting fissures now running across its liquid form and the hole in its chest, it bleeds storm clouds.

01 is portaled over into the way of the second sweep, but there is no second sweep for 02 just ate shit courtesy of a certain "PE teacher". Minato and Faith meanwhile get caught in edge of the first sweep, sending them tumbling backwards, both somewhat hurt. Minato had taken the brunt of the hit, having placed himself between the beam and Faith as it exploded down upon them. They land in a tangle with Minato onto of Faith, his hand on her breast. Thankfully, while her clothes have been blasted and torn by the attack, there was still her armor-like Regalia in the way.

Shef meanwhile is unharmed, he managed to swim out of the way in time to avoid the beam. He however never did get his shot off, the Aramitama having fired while he was still swimming. And now since its gun isn't being aimed he lacks a clear shot at it.

And while all of this carnage just unfolds around her, Yuki kind just stands there. She had been meaning to take shelter behind Minato's shield, but his shield was destroyed near-immediately and the attack aimed at her didn't end up actually happening. So, yay for her?

01 moves with another burst of speed, tackling 02 in an attempt to keep it out of the way of incoming attacks as it sweeps its blade downwards as cover its rescue with explosions, apparently subscribing to the Michael Bay school of camouflage, if one were to look closely, they would see that as they do that, 01 takes possession of the greatsword. The Aramitama meanwhile, points its gun out at Shef in the distance. It will pull the trigger, and whoever tries to intercept the bullet or stop it is going to find it dashing right over to them and assaulting them with a series of swift blade strikes.

Spoiler: World Lines (click to show/hide)

Faith
Status: Hurt, clothing damage
World Line: 1 1 5 4 3 3 3 3 2 5
Alterations: 0
Resolve: 2

Minato
Status: Hurt
World Line: 2 3 5 3 1 1 4 4 4 2
Alterations: 2
Resolve: 3

Noriko
Status: Fine
World Line: 5 2 4 2 2 1 3 1 5 5
Alterations: 3
Resolve: 2

Shef
Status: Badly Hurt
World Line: 1 2 5 4 2 1 5 2 4 4
Alterations: 3
Resolve: 3

Yoake
Status: Fine
World Line: 3 2 3 5 6 4 6 5 3 1
Alterations: 5
Resolve: 2

Yuki
Status: Fine
World Line: 4 6 3 5 2 5 6 2 5 3
Alterations: 2
Resolve: 3

Unidentified Aramitama
Status: Unknown

Storm Mind 01
Status: Non-crippling damage to limbs. Torso armor gone. Bleeding from fractures to torso.

Storm Mind 02
Status: Severely damaged. Armor destroyed. Severe bleeding from hole in chest and severe fractures across its entire body.

Spoiler: Notes (click to show/hide)

Just as a note, for the sake of avoiding confusion, I'm describing 02's movement as bursts and the Aramitama's as a dash. The main difference is that 02's is slower and has less range. It's still very fast and can cover a fair bit of distance, but the Aramitama is able to move so fast that it appears to teleport, and can extend theirs to go pretty damn far.

Out of the two Excel Hypers made this turn, Yoake's dealt more damage. This is because, aside from 01 and 02s stats which you'll have to figure out for yourselves, circumstances did not 02 to avoid Yoake's attack. While 02 could see Faith's attack and could react to it in time, using its weapon to block and speed burst backwards, 01 couldn't really react as it was already performing a beam sweep which obstructed its own view delaying its reaction, and also meant that it couldn't really use its weak to block it like 01.

Just using an Excel Hyper is no guarantee an attack will actually hit. A Hit for Hope actually only hit because 01 was executing a burst at Noriko, meaning Faith could predict its path and intercept it, if it wasn't for that, it could've used a burst to dodge it entirely. Interstellar Butt can be harder to avoid in certain situations such as this one since it more often has an element of surprise unless the foe notices Yoake vanishing (though A Hit for Hope can be harder to dodge in other cases since it violently detonates on impact). Tracer is probably the most accurate attack-based Excel Hyper the party has right now since it's fluffed as a persistent explosive shot that uses portals to home onto and hunt down its prey.

Shef basically got fucked by timing. Because he had to swim out of the way of the sweep and Faith was immediately attacking, the Aramitama was firing while he was still swimming. You guys need to be careful with how your actions interfere with one another and with timing. Also please note that if no timing/condition for an action is given I will assume it is to be executed ASAP.

Minato would've been hurt more, but Durandal was in play. He and Faith will need to take time to stand up, and Faith can't do much without him getting off if her first. It doesn't take too long but it does mean there is a bit of a delay for any action that involves having to be upright and not on top of one another.

One last thing, Resolve expenditure would normally be more spectacular, but Storm Mind don't get as much as boost from it compared to PCs.

[Chevaleresse]

It was a bit frustrating -and nerve-wracking- that her attack hadn't worked as well as she'd hoped, but it could have gone much worse. "We need to coordinate better! Cover Shef!" Noriko followed her own advice, to a point; "covering" wasn't something she was particularly suited for doing, but what she could do was try and blitz the Aramitama. She charged at it at high speed, only skimming the ground. She wanted to force it to engage her in melee, where she could exploit her agility and reach and at the very least.

[Powder Miner]

Despite being in the middle of a high-stakes battle, a blush arose on Faith's cheeks thanks to the position they'd landed in and the way his hand had happened to land. "Ahaha, um, well, wow, that was unfortunate, wasn't it? Uhhh... 'scuse me for a moment..." With the redheaded boy (somehow conpletely accidentally) straddling her, she wasn't exactly in the best position to be moving and fighting, so she just tried to wriggle her way out.
Faith just gets out of her little tangle
1 1 5 4 3 3 3 3 2 5

[IamanElfCollaborator]

Minato grins behind his mask.
"And I haven't even taken you out to dinner yet."
He does try to get off of her and pull her to his feet while shielding himself.
[[2] 3 5 3 1 1 4 4 4 2]

[spümpkin]

Woohoo! A successful attack! Well, mostly. But since she was currently in a fairly open position, she needed to get down to the ground.

Ooooor, she could finish these damn things off! Propelling herself by spinning in mid-air, Yoake somehow manages to chase after the Storm Minds huddled together and smash into them with her butt (which had gathered speed by spinning).

[Alteration used; 4 instead of 3.]
[3 2 3 5 6 4 6 5 3 1]

[Strider03]

"Thanks." he shouted to Noriko. Faith and Minato seemed to be in an...awkward situation, so they could probably not help. He reminded himself to congratulate Minato sometime later. Back to the somewhat perilous task at hand. Shef began to concentrate for the series of portals that would be required for this task. He fired. The bullet performed a u-turn, aligning itself next to the Aramitama's bullet. From there, the portals would guide both bullets back to strike the Aramitama.

Shef uses tracer shot by burning resolve, and attempts to capture the Aramitama's bullet in his portals to redirect it back. Use alteration to take the rightmost 5.
1 2 5 4 2 1 (5) 2 4 4

[Twinwolf]

Yuki, still staying back, decides it's high time everyone gets a heal, and does so.

HEALING FIELD