Faith: 4, Hyper[6]
Minato: 4
Noriko: 4, Hyper[6]
Shef: 3, Resolve
Yoake: 6
Yuki: 4
The Man of Steel: 6, Hyper[5], Resolve
Literally Forty Million Zombies: 3
A rippling purple wave. Everything it touches dies. They die brutally, violently, as if cleaved in twain. Though that, is a bit cleaner than the truth. The attack was no blade, the wave bore no edge, no, what obstacles lay in its path, it simply blasted through, as if they weren't there, as if they never existed. As the wave fades, something else rushes out from its shadow, unseen save for the havoc it wreaks. A great gale compressed to a razor's edge the zombies it passes simply fall to pieces as they run, collapsing into neat little piles. For a moment, the wave recedes, not so much pushed back so much as just being erased from the area. But then, it surges back once more. Zombies trip and trample over their fallen comrades, Yuki's saw leaving streaks of red with every swing, Satoshi covering her blind spots with staff and cleaver, the pile around them growing higher and higher, a palisade of corpses to break the desperate charge. Out of this, Shef strides forwards and before him, the horde recedes. Comrade turns upon comrade, the raging rapids of blood and corpses parting before him, revealing his target.
You got a clear shot now. No idea how long it'll last, but you best make the most of it. Because right now, Minato's mech is nonfunctional, and Yoake is tumbling away, badly hurt.
What happened? Well Minato and Yoake both just exploded forwards at Stalin, and in the ruckus that followed, claimed his ursine arm with a tail of fire. Unfortunately well, remember how the guy was readying to meet your attacks head-on with those arcing weapons? Yeah uh, that was no joke, the man fucking steps diagonally, letting Yoake take the arm as he brought the hammer against her and the sickle against Minato. So the vials and stakes get launched straight up, the hammer grazes Yoake, and the sickle bites into Rho Aias. Thing is, those arcs weren't just for show, the attack wasn't just physical, hell they weren't even
primarily physical, no, this attack was magical through and through.
Yoake? Your Regalia seemed to flicker where it touched that hammer. There was no physical damage here at all, but whatever it did, it hurt, it hurt like a bitch, and you find your lunge turning into a tumble. It's a magical assault, something that directly alters its target, like what Mary used against you. This is more powerful however, but of course, this one has to touch you, and between the telegraphing and arcs, you can at least see this coming and doge right out of the way.
Minato? Rho Aias breaks,
violently. The exoskeletal arm holding it? That breaks too. Practically explodes, takes a small chunk of the frontal plating out with it; an explosion devoid of all heat and light, just broken pieces flying through the air. The impact forces you backwards, you've lost a stockpiled unit too - the impact snapped it. So that was his trick then, a destructive transmutation, a powerful one at that. Enough to short out Yoake's Artifical Regalia even if only for a moment. At the current difference in raw output, clashing with that will destroy any summoned weapon short of a True Invocation. Trading blows is out of the question when those weapons are arcing, but so long as he cannot touch you or your attack... Error warnings flash across your interface, mech's a write-off, its systems are all failing. Fine, looks like you'll just have to do it the usual way.
Compelled by Shef, the horde around the Aramitama begins to recede away, leaving him standing alone. From the stump of his left arm, another hand of blood and shadow begins to form, reaching up to catch a vial as it falls back down. He is not preparing to attack. He is not preparing to counter. He is not preparing to dodge. Eyes are beginning to peer out from the wounds running up his chest. He stares you down, as if daring you to attack.
Faith
Status: Fine, HEAVENLY AEGIS x2, minor shielding, Negative Emotion mode
World Line: 1 4 1 2 4 5 2 3 4 1
Alterations: 2+
Resolve: 0
Minato
Status: Slightly hurt (but his mech's head is slightly damaged, missing an arm, its frontal armor is partially melted and a chunk has been blown out of it, actuators in one of its leg are completely gone, and some of the integration mediators are fried, the systems are failing), Durandal, 8 stockpiled units, furious, staggered
World Line: 1 2 1 4 4 2 1 5 5 2
Alterations: 0+
Resolve: 1
Noriko
Status: Fine, HEAVENLY Aegis, minor shielding Requiem disabled for two more turns
World Line: 4 5 1 1 6 1 6 6 3 6
Alterations: 3+
Resolve: 2
Shef
Status: Fine, HEAVENLY AEGIS, minor shielding, 8x Cache
World Line: 5 1 4 1 3 2 2 4 1 5
Alterations: 1+
Resolve: 2
Yoake
Status: Very badly hurt, 9x Heat Butt, tumbling
World Line: 5 3 3 2 4 3 5 4 1 2
Alterations: 2+
Resolve: 1
Yuki
Status: Fine, decent shielding, naked, berserk
World Line: 6 5 4 3 2 4 3 4 2 4
Alterations: 5
Resolve: 3
Satoshi
Status: Fine
The Man of Steel
Status: Left shoulder and arm have been blown off and replaced by a bear-like mass of blood and shadow which has been severed once more, light spear wound to the left side, right metallic arm is is severed, great bloody rifts have been torn into his torso and exploded open, bullet wound to the right shoulder, right side is battered, there's a massive wound going from his grown to his upper chest, his chest has been blown open, Piercing Insecurities
Literally Forty Million Zombies
Status: Not many remain, around one million at most, sparse, infighting
Satoshi
The 26th President of the United States of America, armed with kinetically enchanted flagpole that can alter its own dimensions. Well-versed in multiple martial arts and possessing willpower so strong it crystallized into a Godforged Regalia.
Godforged Regalia - The Strenuous Life
Godforged Relia of Theodore Roosevelt, increases relevant parameters of its wielder and all their allies to counteract all negative factors against them.
Yoake's bias towards physical defenses lead to her taking a fair amount of damage this time when combined with the 6's overshot effect causing her to neglect her evasion to an extent. Minato in this case was simply outbid, 6 + Resolve on a Hyper[5] direct attack.
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Topic: Tengoku no Owari SI IC: Yuki Is (Not) Fine (Read 227169 times)