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[IamanElfCollaborator]

Ai
"U-unharmed? Uh...my neck's sore....but apart from that I'm...fine. What happened?"
Ito concentrates on the next opponent, his armor returning to wherever it resides when not in use. Yamato absorbs the nuclear fire that comprises Haruko's power, his sword flashing with the pulsing red of the flames of the sun itself.

[Now Playing: Ophiuchus Zoanthrope Theme ~White Fatalis~]
The ground before you trembles. Lapis seems to sniff the air, look around for their target, waiting for whatever Zoanthrope they sensed to appear, waiting and lurking. Wounds are healed, as Spica tends to Yamato's injuries. Not much time for anything more concrete. Not much time at all.

Wait. Is it....no. It's....the Zoanthrope is....inside....

The first sign you get that the Zoanthrope has arrived a subtle, cracking noise. Stone, cracking under the weight of a beast. Behind you, you hear the screaming noises of people running out of the hospital; nurses carting patients on wheelchairs out, Eden Foundation troopers aiding the doctors and trying to get the highest risk people out of the area. Ambulances are being manned already; you hear sirens in the distance, presumably the police and whatever other hospitals in Touto can be rallied. Something has gone deeply, horribly wrong inside the hospital.

Before you can react, however, a shower of concrete and metal debris smacks into you all, forcing you to dodge to avoid being clocked by stones and shattered glass. The roar of a massive beast fills your ears.

In front of you stands a towering, reptilian beast, about the same height as the whale-like monster you faced before. Its gargantuan body is rippling with muscle barely held together by silvery-white scales, the skin tearing apart in areas to reveal the sickening, pulsing musculature beneath, the wounds weeping a fluorescent, yellow liquid across its massive thighs and forearms. Its eyes are a pale, glowing red, resembling that of an insect's rather than a reptile's, the moon's light shimmering on the giant, metallic fangs barely fitting into its mouth. A giant tail flickers behind it, twitching and shaking as if a current were running through it.

It has set its sights on you as its next victims.

Zoanthrope Engaged

Spoiler: Status (click to show/hide)

Allies:
Maki Kisaragi
Status: Moderately Wounded, Charged Capacitors
World Line: [5 5 5 2 6 5 2 2 3 6]
Will: 3
Alterations: 3

Hideyuki Ito
Status: Slightly Wounded, Center (5)
World Line: [4 2 1 4 4 4 1 1 5 6]
Will: 2
Alterations: 3

Ragnar Lodbrok
Status: Slightly Wounded
World Line: [4 4 3 5 6 2 2 5 4 6]
Will: 2
Alterations: 4

Kiyo Akaiheiya
Status: Healthy
World Line: [3 1 2 2 5 2 1 3 6 6]
Will: 3
Alterations: 4

Haruko Karasu
Status: Fairly Wounded, Moderate Criticality
World Line: [3 1 4 2 2 4 2 4 3 2]
Will: 3
Alterations: 2

Yamato Sato
Status: Moderately Wounded, Fire Absorbed
World Line:  [2 4 1 1 6 1 3 6 5 5]
Will: 2
Alterations: 4

Amelie Kurosawa
Status: Slightly Wounded
World Line: [4 5 5 5 6 2 1 4 4 3]
Will: 3
Alterations: 5

Enemies:
Ophiuchus Zoanthrope
Status: Healthy

Spoiler: Allies (click to show/hide)

Spica
Status: Healthy
A support-type ally who specialises in creating barriers and providing healing.

[USEC_OFFICER]

Kiyo is flying high enough to avoid the worst of the debris and her plasma rifle is already swinging around to target the Zoanthrope before it opens its mouth to roar. With her rifle being configured for long-range combat and the creature so massive she hardly has to worry about missing but she still takes the fraction of seconds needed to focus on her targets. A barrage of high-plasma shoots out of her rifle, aimed at the creature's eyes, open mouth and other vulnerable points.

Try and shoot the Zonathrope's weak points.

[Chevaleresse]

A wave of plasma burst outwards in a shell from Haruko, the force of the superheated air warding off most of the shrapnel and turning the rest too soft to strike with any impact (though it was a good thing she was fairly heat-tolerant.) Haruko herself was already gaining even more height, an orb coalescing in one hand and another at the end of the rod mounted over the other. A heat haze trailed her, along with motes of plasma, until she finally turned with another burst to keep her aloft. "This is what happens when you do that in front of a god!" She hurled the sphere in her hand at the creature, then took aim at it with the rod as if it were a cannon. The orb gained an accretion disc that spun faster and faster, until finally the energy stored within, bursting forth at the Zoanthrope's weeping wounds.

[Mistwing]

Ai was, as ever, straight to the point:

"You were turned into a Zoanthrope." She rose to her full height and held out a hand to the doctor, to help him to his feet."As I'm sure you can tell it's a complicated situation, and may not be a conversation you want to have right now."

The not too far of explosion of the emerging Zoanthrope busting up the hospital makes Ai turn her head in that direction. "If you want to know more... Well. I was going to suggest continuing this in your office but I think that might be impossible at the moment. You could always just ask for me -- That's Kamijou Ai if you missed it the first time, doctor -- at the Kisaragi Grill not too far away from here." She smiled reassuringly at the doctor, assuming he was back on his feet.

"If you'll excuse me, I think I'd best go make sure some acquaintance of mine restore the humanity of another Zoanthrope safely. Good evening, doctor."

And unless stopped, Ai simply turned and wandered off towards the hospital. Doing the opposite of what you normally do when you hear roars and explosions.

[kj1225]

Watching the more ranged fighters unload into the zoanthrope, Ragnar wisely decided to wait for the nuclearly inclined bird woman to fire. After her attack was less likely to give him cancer (Probably a non-concern for him. Probably.) Ragnar lept forward, wings boosting him so that he was more than able to get into the Zoanthrope's face. He followed this up by slamming the side of his shield into the aforementioned face, leaving a coating of constructs which swarmed towards it's eyes, hopefully blinding the snake creature.

Flight of the Bumblebee. 4 Alter to 5

World Line: 4 4 3 5 6 2 2 5/s] 4 6

[ragnarok97071]

Ito begins to stalk the serpent, circling around it while allowing the others to engage it, focusing intently as he attempts to flank it.

Beast-Hunting Method on the Snake, Defend/Evade.

World Line: [4 2 1 4 4 4 1 1 5 6]

[BlitzDungeoneer]

Yamato nimbly steps slightly to the left to the dodge the debris, though any impression of grace is wiped away when he is forced to wipe away the resulting dust. No doubt about it; someone was up to something at the hospital.

And goddammit the snake was as large as the giant whale. Yamato cursed. It hadn't been one of his better showings then, and the scales looked just as tough as that thing had been. However... This thing apparently came with premade weak-points, huh? He could work with that.

For now, Yamato waits out the others' barrage on the great snake, keeping an eye on its movements. As well...
'Spica. Heal Sun Crow, please.'

[2 4 1 1 6 1 3 6 5 5]

[Twinwolf]

Healing magic on Maki. Then get some distance - can't get a strong kick without some momentum.

[IamanElfCollaborator]

The doctor simply stands there, completely dumbfounded, as Ai saunters away towards the site of her next fight.

Spoiler: Rolls (click to show/hide)

Maki: 5, Skill [3]
Ito: 4, Skill [6]
Ragnar: Alteration [5], Skill [4]
Haruko: 3
Yamato: 2
Kiyo: 3

Ophiuchus Zoanthrope: 4, Skill [5]

Turn 1
[Now Playing: Ophiuchus Zoanthrope Theme ~White Fatalis~]
The party wastes no time dealing with the monster before them, none at all.

Good. You'll need it.

Kiyo manages to land several hits first, several laser shots sinking into the Zoanthrope's tough flesh. The snake roars, but Kiyo is un-intimidated by the roars, taking the time to sink some more shots into the beast's open mouth. But whether through sheer bulk or just sheer adrenaline, the creature is about as fazed by Kiyo's attacks as the average human is by the movement of an ant by its foot. As if taunting Kiyo, the beast waits for Kiyo to run out of shots, realising her barrage isn't significantly hurting the beast. Once the barrage stops, however, the beast moves swiftly, its heavily muscled legs crouching, winding up like a spring, before blasting off of the ground, shattering the asphalt beneath it as if it were but glass to the Zoanthrope, clinging to the nearest wall, orienting itself to leap towards Kiyo. Calculating how fast that creature leaped, you figure that if it pounces towards you, you're going to need to be as fast as possible to just barely evade it. This thing is more than large, it's fast. Amelie takes this opportunity to heal Maki somewhat, retreating behind the others to rev up for a powerful kick.

Before it can leap towards Kiyo, however, Maki's lightning-infused fist smashes into the snake's side, Maki letting out a courageous yell as she lands a massive punch on the creature's side, taking out chunks of the hospital's walls as she smashes it into the side with their combined momentum. The beast, however, takes the opportunity to grab Maki, who is unable to get away in time, and begins crushing her against in its large fist, causing her to yelp in pain as the Zoanthrope entraps her. Maki will take damage every turn until she is freed from the grasp of the Zoanthrope.

Ito takes this time to retreat with Yamato, Ito steeling himself for the fight ahead. By now, Ito's used to fighting these things, if only a little bit. Tough bastards, Zoanthropes were, but mortal nonetheless. And this one might have been big, but that meant it would just fall harder.

A horde of insects blinds the beast temporarily as Ragnar advances and smashes his shield into its face; the Zoanthrope, in its blind rage, lashes out and smashes him with the hand it has Maki held in, throwing him aside but otherwise mostly fine. However, it leaves the Zoanthrope open for a burst of plasma from Haruko; unable to dodge, it takes the full force of the blast, screeching in agony as the fire seems to do more than most of the others have. A cooling breeze blows over Haruko, Spica doing her best to keep her topped up.

The beast, however, thanks to Ragnar, is now lashing out randomly, hitting whatever and wherever it can, while Maki is taking the brunt of most of its rage. Someone might want to do something about that.

Spoiler: Status (click to show/hide)

Allies:
Maki Kisaragi
Status: Moderately Wounded, Trapped
World Line: [5 5 2 6 5 2 2 6 2 6]
Will: 3
Alterations: 3+

Hideyuki Ito
Status: Slightly Wounded, Center (5), Beast-Hunting Method (Ophiuchus Zoanthrope)
World Line: [2 1 4 4 4 1 1 5 4 2]
Will: 2
Alterations: 3+

Ragnar Lodbrok
Status: Moderately Wounded
World Line: [4 3 6 2 2 5 4 6 1 2]
Will: 2
Alterations: 3

Kiyo Akaiheiya
Status: Healthy
World Line: [1 2 2 5 2 1 3 6 6 6]
Will: 3
Alterations: 4+

Haruko Karasu
Status: Fairly Wounded, Moderate Criticality
World Line: [1 4 2 2 4 2 4 3 2 3]
Will: 3
Alterations: 2+

Yamato Sato
Status: Moderately Wounded, Fire Absorbed
World Line: [4 1 1 6 1 3 6 5 5 2]
Will: 2
Alterations: 4+

Amelie Kurosawa
Status: Slightly Wounded
World Line: [5 5 5 6 2 1 4 4 3 5]
Will: 3
Alterations: 5

Kamijou Ai
Status: Will arrive next turn!

Enemies:
Ophiuchus Zoanthrope
Status: Slightly Wounded, Blinded, Lashing out blindly

Spoiler: Allies (click to show/hide)

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.

[Chevaleresse]

Haruko's "enthusiasm" didn't seem to be too dampened by the Zoanthrope's rampage; at the same time, she definitely seemed to notice its grasp on Maki. She stretched her arm out, it and the device on her arm forming a straight line. The wind and the hot air surging about from the sheer heat Haruko gave up tossed her hair about, casting strange shadows about her face as the light of a star grew brighter and brighter in her grasp. It burst forth from her arm, briefly making it impossible to make anything out of Haruko's figure, a lance of stellar rage flying out towards the Zoanthrope's elbow.

Alter to 4

[ragnarok97071]

At this point, Ito charges in forward, letting Haruko deal with the arm since... yeah not having anything to do with that kind of fire nope.

He charges up to the snake, slashing at its body and trying to deal as much damage as he can, aiming primarily at where the arms join with the main body.

Center, Alter to 5

World Line: [2 1 4 4 4 1 1 5 4 2]

[kj1225]

The Zoanthrope was lashing out randomly, this was by a certain definition good. After all, if it was waiting to lash out at any noise that stands out from the cacophony would probably easily reveal him as he stalks up closer to the beast, his spear at the ready. He waited for it's wild swings to bring a vital part closer to his reach... before like a mantis he lashes out quickly impaling into the monster and leaving his spear there to degrade. He could have been more on the mark, or more prepared for further attacks, but it would do for now.
Stick it to 'em 5, Alter to 6

[USEC_OFFICER]

Kiyo continues to climb and put distance between herself and her target. Her Unhittable Core Booster Module is quite fast and equipped with long-range weapons, so the further away she is the safer she is as well. Once she's far away enough the robot turns around and focuses her weaponry, preparing for a massive barrage of plasma and missiles.

Activate Full Power to Weaponry and blast away at the Zoanthrope.

World Line: [1 2 2 5 2 1 3 6 6 6]

[BlitzDungeoneer]

Nothing to learn that he hadn't already just by looking at the thing, then. Big, strong, vulnerable to fire apparently, and currently squeezing the life out of Sparki, yeah, no.

Yamato takes a moment to consider the best angle of attack, searching for one of the many tears in its flesh. He rushes for it, plunging his sword deep into the muscle, holding the flames that enshroud his sword in until the very last moment, when-

The payload is blasted directly into the Zoanthrope.

Alteration to 6, Will Point spent, Prediction Cut.

[4 1 1 6 1 3 [6] 5 5 2]

[IamanElfCollaborator]

Spoiler: Rolls (click to show/hide)

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

Turn 2
[Now Playing: Ophiuchus Zoanthrope Theme ~White Fatalis Theme~]
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.

Spoiler: Status (click to show/hide)

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

Spoiler: Allies (click to show/hide)

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.