Faith: 5, Hyper[6]
Minato: 6, Hyper[6]
Noriko: 4, Hyper[6]
Shef: 6
Yoake: 5, Hyper[R]
Yuki: 6, Hyper[R]
Jason Humungus: 6, Hyper[4]
The storm twists and expands, assailed with cutting wind in front, and burning sorceries from behind, a bubble of blinding light being crushed in a vice. Humungus by himself may be stronger, may be faster, may be tougher, but there was no doubt, not even for a second, who the superior mage was. And in the split second before the bubble crumbled, the mere moments before it was consumed, Minato and Jason clashed.
The shield, cracked even now was raised and forced forwards, its edge striking the bottom of the blade, just above its wielder's hand and detonating. And for the first time this fight, the Aramitama staggers backwards, reeling from the blast. Seeing a chance, Minato rushes in for the kill when
catches his throat. Jason's right hand, holding a machete no longer slams into the boy's throat, the momentum lifting him upwards as lightning explodes out from the false god's hand, coursing through his body.
There is a moment after the hit, where your mind is still reeling. You may be trained in combat, you may carry your weapons and hold your pride, but you are nothing more than an ape, a very clever ape perhaps, but an ape nonetheless. In that moment, in the pain and shock, instinct kicks in. Instinct tells you to block, to break stance, to move away from the pain, just like any animal. You're disoriented, still paralyzed from the blow, and so you obey. You backpedal, you block, and they see weakness. They chase you down, you fall, and then, they destroy you. That moment, between the hit landing and your mind recovering, can decide a fight.
That, does not happen here.
A smile.
A hand closes around Jason's arm.
Another drives a sword through his heart.
And where the rippling air and purple blast met, a flash of golden light joined them.
Jason dashes. He can't escape the the attacks, but he can minimize their damage, escape the worst of it, try and regain his momentum from there. He may be unsteady on his feet, he may not be able to stop his dash too well, but he can still dash.
He moves quickly, with such speed that he seemingly teleports... five inches.
There was something blocking his sight. Some sort of obstacle, something that wasn't there before.
It was a butt.
He may have been fast, but Yoake was faster, and she had read him like a book.
You know in anime there's just these massive explosions and when the smoke clears the guy's still standing?
Well fuck that shit, Yuki just charges straight through it chainsaw swinging wildly, and as she came out the other end, she was sure she hit something.
As the train exits the tunnel, a great tempest blooms. Beams of lightning not unlike that of Jason's initial assault erupt from the ground, spiralling outwards, great arcs of electricity lash out indiscriminately, sparks saturate the air, and ball lightning begins to spontaneously precipitate. The entire train is illuminated with St. Elmo's fire as the tempest blooms.
And it, is expanding.
In its center you see Jason, he's well, he's certainly not standing. He's collapsed on the ground, his legs are broken, he's missing an arm, and not much of that mask remains, but he's still alive, still fighting.
How persistent. Pointless, but persistent.
"Nothing I can foresee. Why? Planning on having some 'me' time?"Faith
Status: Fine, HEAVENLY AEGIS
World Line: 3 5 5 5 5 5 2 2 3 3
Alterations: 4
Resolve: 1
Minato
Status: Hurt
World Line: 3 2 6 4 4 3 3 5 3 3
Alterations: 1
Resolve: 0
Noriko
Status: Fine, HEAVENLY AEGIS
World Line: 1 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 5
Alterations: 1
Resolve: 0
Shef
Status: Fine, TRIPLE HEAVENLY AEGIS
World Line: 2 5 3 2 2 4 5 4 4 6
Alterations: 2
Resolve: 0
Yoake
Status: Fine, HEAVENLY AEGIS
World Line: 1 2 2 3 1 1 2 3 2 6
Alterations: 2
Resolve: 0
Yuki
Status: Fine, HEAVENLY AEGIS
World Line: 2 6 3 6 6 6 3 6 4 4
Alterations: 1
Resolve: 0
Jason Humungus
Status: Critical. Nonspecific impairment, he seems a lot less steady on his feet now. Destabilized form, his body has been reduced to a humanoid maelstrom of curses and portents, that from which he had initially arisen. Missing an arm, legs are broken, no longer capable of moving. He no longer has his revolver or machete. Collapsed.
Yoake actually could've struck first, but auto-timing delayed it to maximize the damage the party would've have dealt as if it was used immediately, there was the risk of Jason dashing away and reducing the damage of Faith's attack.
The current Hyper being used by the Aramitama is just the electrical whirlwind hyper, March to the Scaffolds which while initially weaker than it should be, increases in power with each use, resetting after each fourth use. This, is its fourth use.
A grab wouldn't hurt Minato that much normally, but it dealt more damage because he was moving fairly quickly so Jason was able to use that momentum against him because well he's suddenly stopped and all that force went straight to his neck.
I should mention that what Minato did is something only he or Shef could do because their defenses have a focus on willpower, which amongst other things, makes it such that they can immediately react to taking almost any hit, meaning it's much easier for them to turn a hit into a trade. Seeing as Minato has exploding blades and Shef has a powerful gun, that can make landing a hit pretty pyrrhic for their foes if they have no way to avoid the inevitable counter. They're harder to combo as well because of that.
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Topic: Tengoku no Owari SI IC: Yuki Is (Not) Fine (Read 226898 times)