The Event

Everyone else was so serious about the fight to come. Naomi couldn’t understand why they were so focused on the fight. Honestly, she wasn’t having a hard time with any of this, and she was the one who took a pillar to the face. Actually, she though everyone was being silly. Whatever came, she knew they could handle it. She had faith in the four of them. As the blob seemed to get ready to form, she would call to the rest of them, “It’s alright. We can take this thing out with our own strength.” She would cheer and clap her hands. Intertwined would join their hands together and jump like a cheering squad. As long as they had the will and the power to fight, they would be alright. She could feel it.

Her eyes would widen as the blob began to take shape. She could see what was happening, and it caused her legs to freeze underneath her. Her mouth would gape open slightly as a small squeak escaped. It was tall and slimy and repulsive. As the snake hissed, Naomi would let a high-pitched scream escape her lips. Her legs would finally buckle under her, causing her to fall to her knees. She huddled herself into a small tight ball on the ground. She knew there was only one snake in front of her, but when she looked back up at it she swore she could see dozens and dozens of them. They were all curling around each other, bodies twisting into one mangled mess. As its hiss rang in her ears again, she would tighten herself even more. They were right next to her, making that noise straight into her ears. They were so close that she could feel them rubbing against her, “Make it go away.” She would mutter under her breath. That noise was stuck in her head, constantly replaying and only getting louder. Her eyes were burning from the tears beginning to pour out of her. She wanted to disappear and leave no trace of herself. She wanted to be anywhere but here. Sobbing could be heard from her as Intertwined seemed to vanish from her side. It didn’t look like she was going to be moving anytime soon.

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Sentinel watched the creature form into a snake creature with wings sprouting from the back of its neck. Could it have poison too? That would be more than troubling to deal with, but it had no fangs. It was a phantasm or some super natural being....granted that didn't mean it couldn't have poison. He observed this creature when Naomi screamed really loud. When he looked down to her, she was curled into the fetal position and her power had disappeared too. Evidently she had an extreme phobia of snakes, which made the groups problem much more difficult. Her evident display of weakness may only encourage the creature. He couldn't block the creature by standing in front of her, and the noise was too snake-like. Her senses would know it was there regardless.

That left one option.

"You heard her. Bring that thing down, show her there is nothing to be scared of." Sentinel ordered and Odysseus drew a spear and rushed forward. The old man had fought a creature similar to this, it was called Scylla. He kept behind his shield as he charged until he was in range. The spear in his hand became a blur of attacks as it unleashed the first skill Sentinel used earlier. The spears sought the vital organs of the snake, and would strike around the neck area. Hoping to destroy its voicebox, perhaps if they kept it from making noise then Naomi would regain some of her nerve.

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Hyde quickly turned over to Naomi with a concerned look on his face. “Naomi! You can’t just stand there like that, it’s dangerous!” Why did this have to happen? He wanted to rush over there and comfort her, but this was neither the time or the place. The worst case scenario happened and the rest of the males would probably have to beat the snake by themselves. “Naomi, just hold on. Everything is going to be ok, were not going let anything happen to you. That’s what you have friends for. Don’t cry….” After the scan came in, Hyde smiled and looked over to Raku and his weapon. “Hey, Raku! Looks like this one is your ideal dance partner, its weak to ice. Everything is on you, I’ll do the best I can but you’re the focal point right now. “ There was a fact that Naomi and Sharaku were friends for a longer period of time, so maybe he knew what to do to get her up. “ Look Naomi , Sharaku is going to take care of the bad snake for you! Ok?!” Hyde was trying his best to sound uplifting and cheerful. Moral support was needed, but this enemy didn’t seem like it was playing around. In the meantime, Codas rushed in for Kill Rush.

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After their short waiting time, the remaining blackness turned into...a snake with wings? Reptiles were annoying, but Sharaku would give it points for creativity. Just then he was distracted by a scream. Golden eyes would flicker over to Naomi, who was curling into herself, completely out of it. Which must have meant she was scared of snakes, or at least scaly things. That wasn't good...though he wouldn't blame her, everyone had something they feared. It was just really unfortunate in this situation.

Sentinel was determined on taking it down, and Hyde was quick to gush out some words for comfort, before turning to him and saying he was to do the offense. Great, and he didn't even sign up for this. But it wasn't like he mined that much. ''Awesome, so let's go!'' Sharaku would only sigh, this was currently the number one reason why he wasn't as enthusiastic as he should be. And they were talking about helping Naomi, weren't they? 'Eh?' He would give Hyde a pointed look when the redhead called to Naomi, practically deciding for him. Oi, he didn't even say he was going to do it yet. Well, yes, he would, but that wasn't the point. Oh well... ''Why, of course, with pleasure.'' Giving a mock bow, he would turn towards the hissing snake. After a quick lookover, he would bend down, pressing the weapon against the ground, making sharp icicle spears from it, attempting to pierce the snake from below. Hopefully, that would at least busy it for now.

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Naomi stayed huddled on the ground as Sentinel assaulted the snake. It only made her clench up tighter as she heard him hit the thing. It had to go away. She would only start to come out when Hyde began speaking to her. She looked up at him from the corner of her eye. Had he just called her a friend? That was right. She was here with these people and right now they needed her to fight with them. She still couldn’t stand on her own two feet and she couldn’t stand to look at the thing, but she was now fully aware that there was only one and it wasn’t near her. She could feel the rage boiling inside of her as the snake attacked Sharaku, “You, big, scaly, and ugly! Leave him alone.” Her voice was still trembling, but it was clear that she was angry. She called forth a boomerang to her hand and threw it at the snake. As it came back, she would throw it one more time, just for good measure. She couldn’t sit here and do nothing, [color=#ffcc00] “I’m sorry, guys. I’ll do my best, I promise. Let’s take this thing down!”[/spoiler]
 

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((Excuse me for I am an idiot who forgot a Soulbound could Crit))

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Sentinel watched the snake take the blows from Hyde and himself with little concern, however the moment it saw Sharaku's ice attack it take evasive maneuvers. It went out of its way to avoid the attack, it didn't take a genius to figure out what that meant. Not to mention the fact that it struck at Sharaku first before any other. Reflecting on the data he received from Hyde he would make sure to log this in his database before making his next move. Naomi had stood and thrown her boomerang at the creature, but Sentinel doubted its effectiveness given the blunt damage that the weapon did, and how Hyde's attack seemed less effective. Though he could not know for certain, he watched the creature's reaction to be sure. When it was his turn he would look to his Persona who received his order without a word.

The warrior rushed forward spear in hand, which seemed to grow a bit larger. Odysseus would leap forward unleashing a flurry of stabbing attacks, hoping one would find its mark and pin the creature in place. Sentinel glanced toward Shakaru, "It doesn't like your ice attacks, I'm going to try and pin it in place. When I do, you should take advantage and strike with your ice." He would say turning his analytical eyes back toward the Shadow to see what happened next.

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Hyde cheered on Naomi as she regained her will to fight again; she also got some good hits on the snake as well. “That was great Naomi; I knew you could do it! Just remember, there’s so much more we can accomplish if we work together! You are not alone; we are all here for you. “After a reassuring smile, Hyde turns to Raku once more after Alphonse finished his assault. “Well, looks like the pretty lady strengthened her resolve after seeing you get hurt. See? There’s proof right there that your friendship with her means something, and I hope the snake didn’t hit you too hard. Once again, our survival also depends on you. I’ll try to soften him up along with Alphonse and Naomi; you know what you have to do.“While Hyde continued to console his members, Codas continued to mercilessly attack.

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Sharaku made an annoyed face when the big snake flipped to avoid his attack. Guess it really didn't like ice, eh? That didn't mean he was going to give up though. It could jump around all it wanted, but there was no way it could keep evading forever. He would hit at least once, right? Speaking of moving somewhere, what was the thing---'!..Hey...Ow' That hurt, damn it. After getting literally bitchslapped in the face by the snake's tail, he skidded backwards about 2 meters, before coming to a stop and standing up. ''That wasn't very nice...'', he would mutter, holding his left hand against his face. It stung like hell...Oh well, he was still alive at least. Right now, he could actually sort of agree with Naomi's words. The snake could go to hell.

He would nod briefly when he heard Sentinel address him. It wouldn't hurt to try...well, unless he got slapped again. When Hyde spoke up, he would look over at the redhead, putting his hand down. Geez, it almost sounded like Hyde was happy about him getting hurt, because it made Naomi stand up. Not that he wasn't glad she was feeling better now, but he could have done without being attacked. Although he did say his sympathies. Meh, understanding Hyde was hard, at least in his book. What was funny, was that Hyde thought he was good friends with Naomi. In all honesty not only he met her after Hyde himself, he had seen her much less than the redhead. But, he didn't care enough to go out of his way to clarify that. As long as everything went well, it was fine. ''Right. Let's try once more.'', he would say, walking a forward a little, this time trying the same tactic as he did against the first group of shadows, sending an array of icicles in the Shadow's way.

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“I’m sorry, Sharaku.” She somehow felt that her being afraid was the cause of him getting hurt. It probably wasn’t, but she still felt that way, “Let’s kill this thing. Okay?” So her boomerang was basically useless. Naomi couldn’t find it in her to do that one more time, so she needed a different way to attack. Her card would appear before her again as she used it to call out Intertwined. The two teddy bears would look up her as if they knew that inside of her, she was still ready to fall apart. She would cover it with a smile and laugh it off, “Sorry I haven’t been very useful, Guys. Let’s finally help out with this thing so they don’t have to bear the brunt of it.” She would blink for a second, realizing, “Hey, that was a pun.” She would chuckle under her breath as Intertwined went with their standard strategy of throwing rocks at the snake. If anyone looked over, Naomi would appear to be standing on her own two feet by now. If they could see even closer, however, she would be shaking a little.
 

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Sentinel observed how Hyde's and Naomi's boomerang were less effective, yes it appeared as though the creature was rather immune or strong against those types of attacks. However, when Sharaku's ice struck home the creature was rendered immobile. "It appears that the creature adapt at taking blunt attacks in stride. Keep that in mind." He would say aloud so the others could hear them. Naomi apologized for her weakness, and said that she was more than ready to make up for it, and proved it by striking the snake creature with an earth based attack. Granted, it was evident she was still afraid, but anyone would be when they face something they fear. "You've made a great start of overcoming your fears by facing it head on. I forgive you, and I'll help you out. Odyessus, it is your turn."

The Greek hero moved forward toward the snake with a bronze sword in hand. Normally the hero would take a more cunning approach to the downed beast, but for now it would strike in an area that would injure the creature's mobility. The blade came down on the creature's wings with haste as Sentinel's Persona struck them multiple times in order to limit any aerial maneuvers the creature may try later on.....assuming it survives.

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“Don’t worry about it, the schematics came back not too long ago. Were almost done here, I’m actually expecting this creepy snake to kick the bucket in a minute or two if we keep this up. After this is all done, we all can go eat at that Italian place you talked about before. Sounds fun?” Would it be wrong for Hyde to be mentioning his stomach at a time like this? Maybe so, but the threat was becoming less relevant as its health started to dwindle. Besides, Hyde decided to pursue this route of conversation for the sake of Naomi’s physique, he couldn’t have her faltering with thoughts of letting them down. That’s not what happened here, and he was only doing his best to comfort his friends. “Hey Al, you’re pretty good at this! You too Raku, I knew we can count on you!” For whatever meaning that his words had, with any kind of emotion he had to back them; Hyde would continue to persevere. Sometimes people don’t like it when someone turns out to be “That Guy” , but it doesn’t hurt to surround yourself with positive energy.

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