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Subject: Re: To love someone, is to know them deeper and more true then you know yourself. Tue Mar 13, 2018 8:30 pm
Resist Lucian Clarke
It is your nature
To defy and stand.
It is your purpose.
Liber Pathos :
Lucian's Vision clears if: 2
Random number (1,2) :
1
Moonie
Posts : 1157 Join date : 2015-11-07 Age : 24 Location : Yes
Subject: Re: To love someone, is to know them deeper and more true then you know yourself. Tue Mar 13, 2018 10:20 pm
Once the core’s innermost layer had been revealed, a tiny bit of sorrow washed over him as he was launched into a state of Deja Vu. This scene… this nightmarish sight of maggots, sludge and an eye… where the hell had he seen it before? Certainly there’d be no place prior to his arrival on Junction that could have offered him such a sight… right? No matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t pin down why it seemed so familiar. His attention was so divided, in fact, that he didn’t notice the tentacles that had shot out from the lovecraftian horror until they’d already wrapped themselves around him. “Wha- AAAARGH!” Lucian cried out in pain as the sensation of the tentacles burned upon his very flesh. “Get… off... me!” Alice and James, in a trance composed of anger, tedium and panic, retaliated with extreme violence and force in an attempt to protect their assaulted comrade. In the current state they were in, there wasn’t exactly much else they could do but swing their weapons around with extreme prejudice anyway.
“HYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!”
Meanwhile, Lucian had been overcome by a semi-familiar scene. The forest he saw… well, that part was as new as it was disturbing, but the voices ordering him to submit were as much of a familiar pest to him at this point as mosquitoes. He knew, of course, that this was all just another ploy of the enemy to get him to back down, but resisting was easier said than done. This attack on the mind… this violent conquest of one’s own ego… it was all too familiar to him. Now that he felt its effects first-hand, he had finally found the piece of the puzzle he’d been searching for since the beginning of this battle.
Resist, Lucian Clarke Submit, Lucian Clarke
Every day bombarded with subtle nudges and subliminal messages…
It is your nature It is your only escape
…knowing that those he could safely call his allies underwent the same torture…
To defy and stand To control and be controlled
…he was so everlastingly sick of it all…
It is your purpose You have no purpose
…and even if locked in an illusion, there was no way in hell he was letting this monster have its way.
“Team!” Lucian screamed into the depths of the forest before him, hoping his connection to the real world hadn’t been fully severed. “I’ve figured it out! If you can hear me, keep Gaia alive and attack only the core!” His voice was riddled with voice cracks brought from the agony on his skin and on his mind, yet it was also adorned by a solemn determination “Quickly, while we still have the chance!”
Weapon Name: Law Weapon Description: Law is a platinum-colored steel sword with a golden handle, identical in appearance to a standard issue US Naval Officer’s Sword. The handle is 5.25 inches (13 centimeters) long, and the blade is 32 inches (81 centimeters) long. The scabbard is made of leather with brass fittings and sports a fleur-esque design on its cream-colored exterior. The whole thing is adorned by symbolic imagery and weighs roughly a pound and a half (0.68 kilograms).
Side-Arm Name: Order Side-Arm Description: Order is a 1911 Style Pistol “Loaded Parkerized” Handgun with a steel frame and wooden grip. The barrel is about 5 inches (12.7 centimeters) and the overall length is of 6.8 inches (21.84 centimeters). It all weighs in at 2.5 pounds (1.13 kilograms). Side-Arm Image: Side-Arm Attack Type: Gun Side-Arm Style: Revolver - Single Shot - Accuracy is increased by 20%. Consumes only one type of ammo per use. Can shoot only one enemy at a time.
Persona:
Liber Pater - The Aeon
Strong: N/A Weak: N/A Skill 1: Counter | 10% chance of repelling Physical attacks | Passive | Tier 1 Skill 2: Regenerate 2 | Recovers 4% of max HP on each user turn | Passive | Tier 2 Skill 3: Invigorate 2 | Recovers 5 SP on each user turn | Passive | Tier 2 Skill 4: Cruel Attack | Inflicts a moderate amount of Pierce damage to one enemy with even greater power (30% increase) if the target is knocked "Down". | 13% HP | Tier 2 Soul Skil: Death Or Taxes | Recieve 10% more money from combat rewards, shuffle time and demon negotiation. | Tier 1
Persona List:
Liber Pater - The Aeon
Strong: N/A Weak: N/A Skill 1: Counter | 10% chance of repelling Physical attacks | Passive | Tier 1 Skill 2: Regenerate 2 | Recovers 4% of max HP on each user turn | Passive | Tier 2 Skill 3: Invigorate 2 | Recovers 5 SP on each user turn | Passive | Tier 2 Skill 4: Cruel Attack | Inflicts a moderate amount of Pierce damage to one enemy with even greater power (30% increase) if the target is knocked "Down". | 13% HP | Tier 2 Soul Skil: Death Or Taxes | Receive 10% more money from combat rewards, shuffle time and demon negotiation. | Tier 1
Vitruvian Man - The Magician
Strong: Light, Wind Weak: Dark, Fire Skill 1: Kouha | Inflicts small Light damage towards one enemy | 3 SP | Tier 1
Marionette - The Magus
Strong: Dark Weak: Light Skill 1: Eiha | Inflicts a small ammount Dark damage towards one enemy | 3 SP | Tier 1
SL Skills:
Rank 2: Not today! | Users can protect each other from an attack, only experiencing 50% damage once per battle. -Alice Clarke -Cassiel Pendragon -Azul
Strengths/Weaknesses:
—Strength Name: Platinum Tongue —Description: Over the course of his life as a borderline noble and political wonder child Lucian learned the hard way that words can mean the difference between prosperity and ruin. As any skilled president should, Lucian has a remarkable proficiency for weaving words into convincing arguments and speeches, turning even his enemy into his favor. During demon negotiation, Lucian has a higher chance of pleasing demons as long as they can speak verbally.
—Strength Name: Charismatic Leader —Description: The most important part of leading a group of people - be it a handful of heroes or billions upon billions of civilians – is the ability to inspire them and pass unto them every last drop of confidence and innate wisdom that one has acquired over their lifetime. When accompanied by a group of at least one other person besides himself, Lucian passively boosts the luck stat of every ally present – including himself – by 10%.
—Strength Name: Heroic Bravery —Description: When the pen breaks and the sword is the only might that remains, one must be able to bridge the gap in power between them and their enemy by surrounding oneself in lucid focus and rational thought. As the man entrusted with the fate of an entire nation and its people, Lucian has learned to maintain his rationality and composure even when faced with imminent death. Lucian is 15% less likely to be inflicted with the Panic ailment, and recovers from it one turn earlier than scheduled by the skill used to inflict it.
—Racial Strength Name: Liber Gene —Description: The one lucky charm that’s allowed Lucian to come this far; the Liber Gene makes Lucian and all others who carry it immune to all forms of mind control and suggestion, save for those related to the soul, which it still manages to repel efficiently, if not perfectly. In combat, this makes it 15% less likely for the carrier to be inflicted with Charm, and in the case that it does it only lasts for one turn.
—Weakness Name: The Bitter Taste Of Defeat —Description: To a man who relies highly on his usage of words and diplomacy, not being able to communicate properly with another is beyond irritating, it’s downright frustrating, which can cause Lucian to lose a bit of his composure. In demon negotiation, Lucian is less likely to please demons that do not communicate verbally, or simply those who he can’t understand.
—Weakness Name: Astigmatism —Description: Maybe Lucian should’ve listened to his parents when they told him he shouldn’t read while in the dark or stick so close to the TV, as now he suffers from a form of astigmatism that blurs his vision whenever it shifts from one place to another rapidly, as is crucial for him to do while in combat (though maybe not so much outside of it). Whenever Lucian is downed in combat, his glasses will be knocked off. While his glasses are off, his accuracy will be reduced by 30%, and he must spend a turn guarding to put his glasses back on in order to recover his normal accuracy.
—Weakness Name: Immunodeficiency —Description: Though Lucian definitely lucked out in inheriting decent looks and the Liber Gene from his mother, the rest of his embryonic conception was… less than fortunate. Lucian was born with a minor form of immunodeficiency, which makes him particularly vulnerable to disease. Poison deals 5% more damage per turn to Lucian and is 15% more likely to be inflicted upon him.
—Racial Weakness Name: Flesh And Bone —Description: Despite their many redeeming traits and how far they’ve come as a species, humans aren’t exactly known for faring very well against the harmful elements of nature. Lucian especially, being past his biological prime, might need more than average protection when venturing into dangerous places, and is likely to exhaust easily in PvP combat. In PvS combat, however, this means that any elemental ailment lasts a turn longer than usual.
Inventory:
-Handgun Ammo [8] | You put them in a gun, point at a bad and then they go boom. What else needs to be said? -Go Pluck Yourself | Such a delicious turkey leg. Why not take a bite? This item raises all stats by 30% until the end of battle. Not usable in boss fights. -Bites the Breasts [10] | Special Holiday themed bullets that do tier 2 damage and have a 30% chance of turning your enemy into a turkey. Turkey enemies can only peck with dex damage and take 15% more damage naturally. Bosses are immune.
Skill 1: Hack & Slash | Inflicts a small amount of Slash damage twice to one enemy. | Tier 1 | 15% Skill 2: Bewilder | 25% chance of inflicting the Distress ailment to one enemy. 50% chance of landing a critical hit on the distressed enemy for the next 3 turns. | Tier 1 | 15% Skill 3: Ramen Pick-Me-Up | Revives one fallen ally with 50% HP. | Tier 2 | 50% Skill 4: Mediarama | Recovers a moderate amount of HP (40%) to all allies. | Tier 2 | 50%
Action:
Dex Attacking the Core.
Hit 1: Miss on 1.
Random number (1,10) :
8
Crit on 10.
Random number (1,10) :
10
Ankhzul
Posts : 255 Join date : 2017-07-25
Subject: Re: To love someone, is to know them deeper and more true then you know yourself. Tue Mar 13, 2018 10:34 pm
'So now we're saving her...? What a joke...'
"Hey, you. Green Guy's friend. Toss some of that medicine at her. Let's keep her alive I guess."
Decreases chance of having Panic inflicted on him by 10% Reduce Gun damage dealt to Milton by 15%
Chance to be inflicted with Charm increases by 10% Takes 15% more damage from Zio attacks
Action:
Using Medicine on Infected Gaia
Captain Caliber
Posts : 783 Join date : 2017-02-27 Age : 27 Location : On the other side of the monitor
Subject: Re: To love someone, is to know them deeper and more true then you know yourself. Tue Mar 13, 2018 10:39 pm
Edit: Health is maxed, ignore that
Wolfie977
Posts : 1495 Join date : 2015-04-26 Age : 25 Location : About a couple inches from my PC
Subject: Re: To love someone, is to know them deeper and more true then you know yourself. Wed Mar 14, 2018 3:41 pm
Lilly would almost fall backwards as maggots and black stuff began oozing out of Gaia's core, a huge horrific eye seemingly staring the girl down before she'd fully jump as tentacles flew forth and wrapped themselves around Lucian. In the spark of the moment, she'd instinctively try to patch Lucian up. Though her composure was wavering and she was beginning to feel light headed from all this panic.
Skill 1: Dia | Recovers a small amount of HP (30% (45%)) to one ally. | 4 SP | Tier 1 Skill 2: Me Patra | Removes Panic, Distress, or Fear from all allies | 6 SP | Tier 1 Skill 3: Counter | 10% (25%) chance of repelling Physical attacks | Passive | Tier 1 Skill 4: Mediarama | Recovers a moderate amount of HP (40% (55%)) to all allies. | 16 SP | Tier 2
Soul Skill Name: Protective Shield Persona Name: Clover Tier: Tier 1 Cost: Passive Type of Damage: Healing Description: Due to the nature of Lilly’s race being able to form shields to protect themselves and others using the energy of the air around them, Lilly is able to convert some of this energy into personal shields for herself and her allies. When Lilly casts a healing spell on herself or an ally, she can heal people for an additional 15hp over their max health. This 15hp is the representation of the shield she forms to protect them from some damage.
Soul Skill Name: Protective Shield Persona Name: Clover Tier: Tier 1 Cost: Passive Type of Damage: Healing Description: Due to the nature of Lilly’s race being able to form shields to protect themselves and others using the energy of the air around them, Lilly is able to convert some of this energy into personal shields for herself and her allies. When Lilly casts a healing spell on herself or an ally, she can heal people for an additional 15hp over their max health. This 15hp is the representation of the shield she forms to protect them from some damage
Lovers Arcana: +15% To Healing Skills.
—Strength Name: Supportive (Translates to her weapon nodes effects being granted to the whole party.)
—Racial Strength Name: Natural Defenses (Within combat, she uses these shields to protect herself, increasing her counter chances by 10%. Her shields also help her when trying to defend herself or others using a defense buff skill, increasing their potency by 15% as well.)
—Weakness Name: Squishy (Takes +10% damage from all dex attacks.)
—Weakness Name: Inexperienced (Translates to her only being able to use one weapon node at a time instead of the usual two.)
—Racial Weakness Name: Adaption of Fear (Within combat, Lilly is 15% more susceptible to the fear ailment, as well as when the three turns of fear are over, she must take a test and on a 20% chance she stays feared for another round. These additional rounds of fear can last indefinitely if she keeps hitting the 20% chance. On top of this, she's often scared to attack head on with enemies and prefers to stay back in the supportive role, meaning all damage output from Lilly is reduced by 10%.)
Horrified:
The events going on in front of her are simply too much for her to just stand strong fully. Adrenaline has pushed her through most of the way but the sudden shift and frightening event that just took place has freaked Lilly out. Because of this I'm going to roll a 20% chance for her to be afflicted with fear, if it passes, the rolls for it stunning will start next turn.
Feared if 1, 2:
Random number (1,10) :
1
Action:
Casting Dia on Lucian, healing for 45%. (Lilly can also heal you for up to 15hp over your max health due to her racial strength.)
"Wh-What the hell are you all doing! Kill it! H-Have you all been taken by the core?"
Gaia rose to her feet once more, screaming as her body began to give out. The medicine that Milton had given her was working, however she still felt the savage blows from Alice and James on the core. She let loose a soul churning screech as a cloud of dust filled the chamber.
The core failed to react as it turned it's attention to Azul, another swarm of black tendrils attempted to snake their way around him. The dark echos of long gone era creeping into his mind.
Hollow Goddess| Mental ailments may stack.| Tier 0 |Passive
Beautiful Scales | Increases all enemies' susceptibility to mental ailments by 30% for three turns. | 10 SP | Tier 2
Unrequited | Inflicts Moderate Dark damage to one enemy with a 20% chance to inflict Rage, target will go into a blind fury and attack their allies with physical attacks. Cannot summon their Persona or use soul skills, dex stat is raised by 15%. Those affected take 20% more damage. Wears off in 3 turns. | 12 SP | Tier 2
Distant | Inflicts Moderate Ice damage to one enemy with a 20% chance to inflict Distress ailment to one enemy. Plus 50% chance of landing a critical hit on the distressed enemy for the next 3 turns.| 12 SP | Tier 2
Shallow | Inflicts Moderate Fire damage to one enemy with a 20% chance to inflict Charm ailment to one enemy. If successful, enemy will attack allies (with soulbound weapon) or heal user for 3 turns.| 12 SP | Tier 2
Fleeting | Inflicts Moderate Wind damage to one enemy with a 20% chance to inflict Panic ailment to one enemy. Doesn't allow the enemy to summon or use persona based skills if successful. Wears off after 3 turns.| 12 SP | Tier 2
True | Inflicts Moderate Earth damage to one enemy with a 20% chance to inflict Fear ailment to one enemy. 50% chance fear may stop their next attack. Wears off after 3 turns.| 12 SP | Tier 2
You meant so much to me | 30% chance to inflict random mental ailment to each target. Wears off after 3 turns| 18 SP | Tier 2
Shadow Of The Fifth | I never wanted this! You came here… You came to my planet and claimed it as your own! What right do you have to use me? What right do you have to claim me evil when I DO THE SAME!? I will take what is owed to me. 20% chance to inflict the Sigma Ailment, 25% chance to lose your turn, loose 5%SP per turn, including turns lost, lasts 3 turns. If target is already suffering from an ailment, the previous ailment is cured and replace with Sigma. | 8 SP | Tier 0
Rounds completed: 13
Rakunda Turn: 6/6
16-50 Heal= -34 Total Damage
Beautiful Scales | Increases all enemies' susceptibility to mental ailments by 30% for three turns. | 10 SP | Tier 2
Where it hurts| All damage done to the core transfer to Gaia.| Passive | Tier 0
Uif Vpwit Vjcv Lojk | Inflicts Moderate Sigma Damage (Mutated Almighty) To one target.320% chance to inflict the Sigma Ailment, 25% chance to lose your turn, loose 5%SP per turn, including turns lost, lasts 3 turns. If target is already suffering from an ailment, the previous ailment is cured and replace with Sigma. | 15 SP | Tier 2
The Birth Of Hatred | Inflicts Light Sigma Damage (Mutated Almighty) to all targets. 20% chance to inflict Loathing ailment, if successful, target will only target themselves with Dex attacks. Wears off after 3 turns | 10 SP | Tier 2
Rakunda Turn: 1/3
16 Slash Damage+ 10 Slash Damage= 26 Damage total
Exposed.
Uif Vpwit Vjcv Lojk | Inflicts Moderate Sigma Damage (Mutated Almighty) To one target 30% chance to inflict the Sigma Ailment, 25% chance to lose your turn, loose 5%SP per turn, including turns lost, lasts 3 turns. If target is already suffering from an ailment, the previous ailment is cured and replace with Sigma. | 15 SP | Tier 2
45 Sigma Damage
Targeting Azul.
Miss: 5
Spoiler:
2
Sigma: 2,6,8,10
Spoiler:
4
If Azul is effected, He is paralyzed with visions of a deep dark forest if: 3,9
Spoiler:
5
Lucian Is Paralyzed with visions of a flood if: 3,9
Spoiler:
10
Last edited by CWIS on Thu Mar 15, 2018 6:02 pm; edited 1 time in total
Moonie
Posts : 1157 Join date : 2015-11-07 Age : 24 Location : Yes
Subject: Re: To love someone, is to know them deeper and more true then you know yourself. Wed Mar 14, 2018 7:12 pm
"Dad, what the hell are you saying?!"
"Hate to be the Brutus here, but yeah, you haven't been taken over have you?"
"No, I'm fine. After her last attack, it finally clicked in my head. This feeling... this specific pain... it's all too familiar. All I'm doing is saving a life."
"You're going to live, Shiar." "Join us in our eternal celebration of liberty."
Weapon Name: Law Weapon Description: Law is a platinum-colored steel sword with a golden handle, identical in appearance to a standard issue US Naval Officer’s Sword. The handle is 5.25 inches (13 centimeters) long, and the blade is 32 inches (81 centimeters) long. The scabbard is made of leather with brass fittings and sports a fleur-esque design on its cream-colored exterior. The whole thing is adorned by symbolic imagery and weighs roughly a pound and a half (0.68 kilograms).
Side-Arm Name: Order Side-Arm Description: Order is a 1911 Style Pistol “Loaded Parkerized” Handgun with a steel frame and wooden grip. The barrel is about 5 inches (12.7 centimeters) and the overall length is of 6.8 inches (21.84 centimeters). It all weighs in at 2.5 pounds (1.13 kilograms). Side-Arm Image: Side-Arm Attack Type: Gun Side-Arm Style: Revolver - Single Shot - Accuracy is increased by 20%. Consumes only one type of ammo per use. Can shoot only one enemy at a time.
Persona:
Liber Pater - The Aeon
Strong: N/A Weak: N/A Skill 1: Counter | 10% chance of repelling Physical attacks | Passive | Tier 1 Skill 2: Regenerate 2 | Recovers 4% of max HP on each user turn | Passive | Tier 2 Skill 3: Invigorate 2 | Recovers 5 SP on each user turn | Passive | Tier 2 Skill 4: Cruel Attack | Inflicts a moderate amount of Pierce damage to one enemy with even greater power (30% increase) if the target is knocked "Down". | 13% HP | Tier 2 Soul Skil: Death Or Taxes | Recieve 10% more money from combat rewards, shuffle time and demon negotiation. | Tier 1
Persona List:
Liber Pater - The Aeon
Strong: N/A Weak: N/A Skill 1: Counter | 10% chance of repelling Physical attacks | Passive | Tier 1 Skill 2: Regenerate 2 | Recovers 4% of max HP on each user turn | Passive | Tier 2 Skill 3: Invigorate 2 | Recovers 5 SP on each user turn | Passive | Tier 2 Skill 4: Cruel Attack | Inflicts a moderate amount of Pierce damage to one enemy with even greater power (30% increase) if the target is knocked "Down". | 13% HP | Tier 2 Soul Skil: Death Or Taxes | Receive 10% more money from combat rewards, shuffle time and demon negotiation. | Tier 1
Vitruvian Man - The Magician
Strong: Light, Wind Weak: Dark, Fire Skill 1: Kouha | Inflicts small Light damage towards one enemy | 3 SP | Tier 1
Marionette - The Magus
Strong: Dark Weak: Light Skill 1: Eiha | Inflicts a small ammount Dark damage towards one enemy | 3 SP | Tier 1
SL Skills:
Rank 2: Not today! | Users can protect each other from an attack, only experiencing 50% damage once per battle. -Alice Clarke -Cassiel Pendragon -Azul
Strengths/Weaknesses:
—Strength Name: Platinum Tongue —Description: Over the course of his life as a borderline noble and political wonder child Lucian learned the hard way that words can mean the difference between prosperity and ruin. As any skilled president should, Lucian has a remarkable proficiency for weaving words into convincing arguments and speeches, turning even his enemy into his favor. During demon negotiation, Lucian has a higher chance of pleasing demons as long as they can speak verbally.
—Strength Name: Charismatic Leader —Description: The most important part of leading a group of people - be it a handful of heroes or billions upon billions of civilians – is the ability to inspire them and pass unto them every last drop of confidence and innate wisdom that one has acquired over their lifetime. When accompanied by a group of at least one other person besides himself, Lucian passively boosts the luck stat of every ally present – including himself – by 10%.
—Strength Name: Heroic Bravery —Description: When the pen breaks and the sword is the only might that remains, one must be able to bridge the gap in power between them and their enemy by surrounding oneself in lucid focus and rational thought. As the man entrusted with the fate of an entire nation and its people, Lucian has learned to maintain his rationality and composure even when faced with imminent death. Lucian is 15% less likely to be inflicted with the Panic ailment, and recovers from it one turn earlier than scheduled by the skill used to inflict it.
—Racial Strength Name: Liber Gene —Description: The one lucky charm that’s allowed Lucian to come this far; the Liber Gene makes Lucian and all others who carry it immune to all forms of mind control and suggestion, save for those related to the soul, which it still manages to repel efficiently, if not perfectly. In combat, this makes it 15% less likely for the carrier to be inflicted with Charm, and in the case that it does it only lasts for one turn.
—Weakness Name: The Bitter Taste Of Defeat —Description: To a man who relies highly on his usage of words and diplomacy, not being able to communicate properly with another is beyond irritating, it’s downright frustrating, which can cause Lucian to lose a bit of his composure. In demon negotiation, Lucian is less likely to please demons that do not communicate verbally, or simply those who he can’t understand.
—Weakness Name: Astigmatism —Description: Maybe Lucian should’ve listened to his parents when they told him he shouldn’t read while in the dark or stick so close to the TV, as now he suffers from a form of astigmatism that blurs his vision whenever it shifts from one place to another rapidly, as is crucial for him to do while in combat (though maybe not so much outside of it). Whenever Lucian is downed in combat, his glasses will be knocked off. While his glasses are off, his accuracy will be reduced by 30%, and he must spend a turn guarding to put his glasses back on in order to recover his normal accuracy.
—Weakness Name: Immunodeficiency —Description: Though Lucian definitely lucked out in inheriting decent looks and the Liber Gene from his mother, the rest of his embryonic conception was… less than fortunate. Lucian was born with a minor form of immunodeficiency, which makes him particularly vulnerable to disease. Poison deals 5% more damage per turn to Lucian and is 15% more likely to be inflicted upon him.
—Racial Weakness Name: Flesh And Bone —Description: Despite their many redeeming traits and how far they’ve come as a species, humans aren’t exactly known for faring very well against the harmful elements of nature. Lucian especially, being past his biological prime, might need more than average protection when venturing into dangerous places, and is likely to exhaust easily in PvP combat. In PvS combat, however, this means that any elemental ailment lasts a turn longer than usual.
Inventory:
-Handgun Ammo [8] | You put them in a gun, point at a bad and then they go boom. What else needs to be said? -Go Pluck Yourself | Such a delicious turkey leg. Why not take a bite? This item raises all stats by 30% until the end of battle. Not usable in boss fights. -Bites the Breasts [10] | Special Holiday themed bullets that do tier 2 damage and have a 30% chance of turning your enemy into a turkey. Turkey enemies can only peck with dex damage and take 15% more damage naturally. Bosses are immune.
VC: 2904
Action:
Cruel Attack | Inflicts a moderate amount of Pierce damage to one enemy with even greater power (30% increase) if the target is knocked "Down". | 13% HP | Core C
Skill 1: Hack & Slash | Inflicts a small amount of Slash damage twice to one enemy. | Tier 1 | 15% Skill 2: Bewilder | 25% chance of inflicting the Distress ailment to one enemy. 50% chance of landing a critical hit on the distressed enemy for the next 3 turns. | Tier 1 | 15% Skill 3: Ramen Pick-Me-Up | Revives one fallen ally with 50% HP. | Tier 2 | 50% Skill 4: Mediarama | Recovers a moderate amount of HP (40%) to all allies. | Tier 2 | 50%
Action:
Dex Attacking the Core.
Hit 1: Miss on 10.
Random number (1,10) :
2
Crit on 10.
Random number (1,10) :
1
Ankhzul
Posts : 255 Join date : 2017-07-25
Subject: Re: To love someone, is to know them deeper and more true then you know yourself. Wed Mar 14, 2018 7:20 pm
'Wait...this isn't Hyper Brawl Siblings...this is an attack!"
"Hey, Freaky Alien Genotype, take your medicine so we can finish this."
Decreases chance of having Panic inflicted on him by 10% Reduce Gun damage dealt to Milton by 15%
Chance to be inflicted with Charm increases by 10% Takes 15% more damage from Zio attacks
Action:
Dex attack on Core C
Miss Core if 1:
Random number (1,10) :
3
Crit Core if 4:
Random number (1,10) :
5
Wolfie977
Posts : 1495 Join date : 2015-04-26 Age : 25 Location : About a couple inches from my PC
Subject: Re: To love someone, is to know them deeper and more true then you know yourself. Wed Mar 14, 2018 7:59 pm
The screams, the torment, the place she called home up in flames. It was always the damn bugs fault... T-the bugs... They ruined everything. They took most of everything from here. What she had left was ripped away by this cursed city. Lilly would take a step back once again, practically with her back against a wall in the cave now. The young Jurnil was visibly shaking, her eyes unable to be ripped away from the deep, black core. "I-I-I, I... I j-jus-."
"Remember the blossom, Lilly. Don't lose sight yet."
Skill 1: Dia | Recovers a small amount of HP (30% (45%)) to one ally. | 4 SP | Tier 1 Skill 2: Me Patra | Removes Panic, Distress, or Fear from all allies | 6 SP | Tier 1 Skill 3: Counter | 10% (25%) chance of repelling Physical attacks | Passive | Tier 1 Skill 4: Mediarama | Recovers a moderate amount of HP (40% (55%)) to all allies. | 16 SP | Tier 2
Soul Skill Name: Protective Shield Persona Name: Clover Tier: Tier 1 Cost: Passive Type of Damage: Healing Description: Due to the nature of Lilly’s race being able to form shields to protect themselves and others using the energy of the air around them, Lilly is able to convert some of this energy into personal shields for herself and her allies. When Lilly casts a healing spell on herself or an ally, she can heal people for an additional 15hp over their max health. This 15hp is the representation of the shield she forms to protect them from some damage.
Soul Skill Name: Protective Shield Persona Name: Clover Tier: Tier 1 Cost: Passive Type of Damage: Healing Description: Due to the nature of Lilly’s race being able to form shields to protect themselves and others using the energy of the air around them, Lilly is able to convert some of this energy into personal shields for herself and her allies. When Lilly casts a healing spell on herself or an ally, she can heal people for an additional 15hp over their max health. This 15hp is the representation of the shield she forms to protect them from some damage
Lovers Arcana: +15% To Healing Skills.
—Strength Name: Supportive (Translates to her weapon nodes effects being granted to the whole party.)
—Racial Strength Name: Natural Defenses (Within combat, she uses these shields to protect herself, increasing her counter chances by 10%. Her shields also help her when trying to defend herself or others using a defense buff skill, increasing their potency by 15% as well.)
—Weakness Name: Squishy (Takes +10% damage from all dex attacks.)
—Weakness Name: Inexperienced (Translates to her only being able to use one weapon node at a time instead of the usual two.)
—Racial Weakness Name: Adaption of Fear (Within combat, Lilly is 15% more susceptible to the fear ailment, as well as when the three turns of fear are over, she must take a test and on a 20% chance she stays feared for another round. These additional rounds of fear can last indefinitely if she keeps hitting the 20% chance. On top of this, she's often scared to attack head on with enemies and prefers to stay back in the supportive role, meaning all damage output from Lilly is reduced by 10%.)
Action:
Casting Mediarama on all, healing for 55%. (Lilly can also heal you for up to 15hp over your max health due to her racial strength.)
Vel's words were cut short. Though his connection the group could hear the galloping of hooves in the distance grow closer, then stop.
Gaia clutched at her head as her screams grew violent and distorted, flecks of black ichor sprayed from her open maw as a bolt of Black energy fired from the core and struck Lilly. Once again she fell to her knees, her body giving out from the onslaught.
A dull hum rang out from the core
Pulling something from deep within each Seeker to the surface
A vicious, indescribable hate bubbling up from their bones.
Hollow Goddess| Mental ailments may stack.| Tier 0 |Passive
Beautiful Scales | Increases all enemies' susceptibility to mental ailments by 30% for three turns. | 10 SP | Tier 2
Unrequited | Inflicts Moderate Dark damage to one enemy with a 20% chance to inflict Rage, target will go into a blind fury and attack their allies with physical attacks. Cannot summon their Persona or use soul skills, dex stat is raised by 15%. Those affected take 20% more damage. Wears off in 3 turns. | 12 SP | Tier 2
Distant | Inflicts Moderate Ice damage to one enemy with a 20% chance to inflict Distress ailment to one enemy. Plus 50% chance of landing a critical hit on the distressed enemy for the next 3 turns.| 12 SP | Tier 2
Shallow | Inflicts Moderate Fire damage to one enemy with a 20% chance to inflict Charm ailment to one enemy. If successful, enemy will attack allies (with soulbound weapon) or heal user for 3 turns.| 12 SP | Tier 2
Fleeting | Inflicts Moderate Wind damage to one enemy with a 20% chance to inflict Panic ailment to one enemy. Doesn't allow the enemy to summon or use persona based skills if successful. Wears off after 3 turns.| 12 SP | Tier 2
True | Inflicts Moderate Earth damage to one enemy with a 20% chance to inflict Fear ailment to one enemy. 50% chance fear may stop their next attack. Wears off after 3 turns.| 12 SP | Tier 2
You meant so much to me | 30% chance to inflict random mental ailment to each target. Wears off after 3 turns| 18 SP | Tier 2
Shadow Of The Fifth | I never wanted this! You came here… You came to my planet and claimed it as your own! What right do you have to use me? What right do you have to claim me evil when I DO THE SAME!? I will take what is owed to me. 20% chance to inflict the Sigma Ailment, 25% chance to lose your turn, loose 5%SP per turn, including turns lost, lasts 3 turns. If target is already suffering from an ailment, the previous ailment is cured and replace with Sigma. | 8 SP | Tier 0
Rounds completed: 14
107 Core-50 Heal= 57 Total Damage
Unrequited | Inflicts Moderate Dark damage to one enemy with a 20% chance to inflict Rage, target will go into a blind fury and attack their allies with physical attacks. Cannot summon their Persona or use soul skills, dex stat is raised by 15%. Those affected take 20% more damage. Wears off in 3 turns. | 12 SP | Tier 2
Where it hurts| All damage done to the core transfer to Gaia.| Passive | Tier 0
Uif Vpwit Vjcv Lojk | Inflicts Moderate Sigma Damage (Mutated Almighty) To one target.320% chance to inflict the Sigma Ailment, 25% chance to lose your turn, loose 5%SP per turn, including turns lost, lasts 3 turns. If target is already suffering from an ailment, the previous ailment is cured and replace with Sigma. | 15 SP | Tier 2
The Birth Of Hatred | Inflicts Light Sigma Damage (Mutated Almighty) to all targets. 20% chance to inflict Loathing ailment, if successful, target will only target themselves with Dex attacks. Wears off after 3 turns | 10 SP | Tier 2
The Birth Of Hatred | Inflicts Light Sigma Damage (Mutated Almighty) to all targets. 20% chance to inflict Loathing ailment, if successful, target will only target themselves with Dex attacks. Wears off after 3 turns | 10 SP | Tier 2
30 Sigma Damage
Targeting All.
Lucian:
Miss: 5
Random number (1,10) :
2
Loathing: 2,4,6,8,10
Random number (1,10) :
5
Lucian Is Paralyzed with visions of an Arc if: 3,9
Random number (1,10) :
5
---
Alice:
Miss: 5
Random number (1,10) :
9
Loathing: 2,4,6,8,10
Random number (1,10) :
8
---
Azul
Miss: 5
Random number (1,10) :
8
Loathing: 2,4,6
Random number (1,10) :
4
Azul Is Paralyzed with visions of a flood if: 3,9
Random number (1,10) :
2
---
Milton
Miss: 5
Random number (1,10) :
6
Loathing: 2,4,6
Random number (1,10) :
3
---
Lilly
Miss: 5
Random number (1,10) :
5
Loathing: 2,4,6
Random number (1,10) :
5
---
James
Miss: 5
Random number (1,10) :
4
Loathing: 2,4,6
Random number (1,10) :
2
Moonie
Posts : 1157 Join date : 2015-11-07 Age : 24 Location : Yes
Subject: Re: To love someone, is to know them deeper and more true then you know yourself. Thu Mar 15, 2018 3:15 am
//This is your doing, isn't it?//
clip... clop... clip... clop...
//Maybe not directly or even voluntarily, but this all definitely reeks of you.//
clip... clop... clip... clop...
//It's much more likely that I'm just being paranoid, but I truly hope I'm not...//
clip... clop... clip... clop...
//...because after what you've put us through, no inter-dimensional city is going to keep me from hunting you down.//
clip... clop... clip... clop...
//My disappearance was your one and only shot at salvation. You have officially dug your own graves.//
"Your time is up, Gaia; it's Shiar's turn to play. I hope you find true love in oblivion."
Weapon Name: Law Weapon Description: Law is a platinum-colored steel sword with a golden handle, identical in appearance to a standard issue US Naval Officer’s Sword. The handle is 5.25 inches (13 centimeters) long, and the blade is 32 inches (81 centimeters) long. The scabbard is made of leather with brass fittings and sports a fleur-esque design on its cream-colored exterior. The whole thing is adorned by symbolic imagery and weighs roughly a pound and a half (0.68 kilograms).
Side-Arm Name: Order Side-Arm Description: Order is a 1911 Style Pistol “Loaded Parkerized” Handgun with a steel frame and wooden grip. The barrel is about 5 inches (12.7 centimeters) and the overall length is of 6.8 inches (21.84 centimeters). It all weighs in at 2.5 pounds (1.13 kilograms). Side-Arm Image: Side-Arm Attack Type: Gun Side-Arm Style: Revolver - Single Shot - Accuracy is increased by 20%. Consumes only one type of ammo per use. Can shoot only one enemy at a time.
Persona:
Marionette - The Magus
Strong: Dark Weak: Light Skill 1: Eiha | Inflicts a small amount of Dark damage towards one enemy | 3 SP | Tier 1
Persona List:
Liber Pater - The Aeon
Strong: N/A Weak: N/A Skill 1: Counter | 10% chance of repelling Physical attacks | Passive | Tier 1 Skill 2: Regenerate 2 | Recovers 4% of max HP on each user turn | Passive | Tier 2 Skill 3: Invigorate 2 | Recovers 5 SP on each user turn | Passive | Tier 2 Skill 4: Cruel Attack | Inflicts a moderate amount of Pierce damage to one enemy with even greater power (30% increase) if the target is knocked "Down". | 13% HP | Tier 2 Soul Skil: Death Or Taxes | Receive 10% more money from combat rewards, shuffle time and demon negotiation. | Tier 1
Vitruvian Man - The Magician
Strong: Light, Wind Weak: Dark, Fire Skill 1: Kouha | Inflicts small Light damage towards one enemy | 3 SP | Tier 1
Marionette - The Magus
Strong: Dark Weak: Light Skill 1: Eiha | Inflicts a small amount of Dark damage towards one enemy | 3 SP | Tier 1
SL Skills:
Rank 2: Not today! | Users can protect each other from an attack, only experiencing 50% damage once per battle. -Alice Clarke -Cassiel Pendragon -Azul
Strengths/Weaknesses:
—Strength Name: Platinum Tongue —Description: Over the course of his life as a borderline noble and political wonder child Lucian learned the hard way that words can mean the difference between prosperity and ruin. As any skilled president should, Lucian has a remarkable proficiency for weaving words into convincing arguments and speeches, turning even his enemy into his favor. During demon negotiation, Lucian has a higher chance of pleasing demons as long as they can speak verbally.
—Strength Name: Charismatic Leader —Description: The most important part of leading a group of people - be it a handful of heroes or billions upon billions of civilians – is the ability to inspire them and pass unto them every last drop of confidence and innate wisdom that one has acquired over their lifetime. When accompanied by a group of at least one other person besides himself, Lucian passively boosts the luck stat of every ally present – including himself – by 10%.
—Strength Name: Heroic Bravery —Description: When the pen breaks and the sword is the only might that remains, one must be able to bridge the gap in power between them and their enemy by surrounding oneself in lucid focus and rational thought. As the man entrusted with the fate of an entire nation and its people, Lucian has learned to maintain his rationality and composure even when faced with imminent death. Lucian is 15% less likely to be inflicted with the Panic ailment, and recovers from it one turn earlier than scheduled by the skill used to inflict it.
—Racial Strength Name: Liber Gene —Description: The one lucky charm that’s allowed Lucian to come this far; the Liber Gene makes Lucian and all others who carry it immune to all forms of mind control and suggestion, save for those related to the soul, which it still manages to repel efficiently, if not perfectly. In combat, this makes it 15% less likely for the carrier to be inflicted with Charm, and in the case that it does it only lasts for one turn.
—Weakness Name: The Bitter Taste Of Defeat —Description: To a man who relies highly on his usage of words and diplomacy, not being able to communicate properly with another is beyond irritating, it’s downright frustrating, which can cause Lucian to lose a bit of his composure. In demon negotiation, Lucian is less likely to please demons that do not communicate verbally, or simply those who he can’t understand.
—Weakness Name: Astigmatism —Description: Maybe Lucian should’ve listened to his parents when they told him he shouldn’t read while in the dark or stick so close to the TV, as now he suffers from a form of astigmatism that blurs his vision whenever it shifts from one place to another rapidly, as is crucial for him to do while in combat (though maybe not so much outside of it). Whenever Lucian is downed in combat, his glasses will be knocked off. While his glasses are off, his accuracy will be reduced by 30%, and he must spend a turn guarding to put his glasses back on in order to recover his normal accuracy.
—Weakness Name: Immunodeficiency —Description: Though Lucian definitely lucked out in inheriting decent looks and the Liber Gene from his mother, the rest of his embryonic conception was… less than fortunate. Lucian was born with a minor form of immunodeficiency, which makes him particularly vulnerable to disease. Poison deals 5% more damage per turn to Lucian and is 15% more likely to be inflicted upon him.
—Racial Weakness Name: Flesh And Bone —Description: Despite their many redeeming traits and how far they’ve come as a species, humans aren’t exactly known for faring very well against the harmful elements of nature. Lucian especially, being past his biological prime, might need more than average protection when venturing into dangerous places, and is likely to exhaust easily in PvP combat. In PvS combat, however, this means that any elemental ailment lasts a turn longer than usual.
Inventory:
-Handgun Ammo [8] | You put them in a gun, point at a bad and then they go boom. What else needs to be said? -Go Pluck Yourself | Such a delicious turkey leg. Why not take a bite? This item raises all stats by 30% until the end of battle. Not usable in boss fights. -Bites the Breasts [10] | Special Holiday themed bullets that do tier 2 damage and have a 30% chance of turning your enemy into a turkey. Turkey enemies can only peck with dex damage and take 15% more damage naturally. Bosses are immune.
VC: 2904
Action:
Switching to Marionette.
Eiha | Inflicts a small amount of Dark damage towards one enemy | 3 SP | Core C
Miss on 3.
Random number (1,10) :
9
Alice Clarke:
Stats:
HP: 1/3 (messed up last HP count.) Tension: 100% PPStr: 23 PMStr: 16 Dx: 9 Lk: 21 [23]
Skills:
Skill 1: Hack & Slash | Inflicts a small amount of Slash damage twice to one enemy. | Tier 1 | 15% Skill 2: Bewilder | 25% chance of inflicting the Distress ailment to one enemy. 50% chance of landing a critical hit on the distressed enemy for the next 3 turns. | Tier 1 | 15% Skill 3: Ramen Pick-Me-Up | Revives one fallen ally with 50% HP. | Tier 2 | 50% Skill 4: Mediarama | Recovers a moderate amount of HP (40%) to all allies. | Tier 2 | 50%
Action:
Loathing!
Hit 1: Miss on 10.
Random number (1,10) :
2
Crit on 10.
Random number (1,10) :
5
CWIS
Posts : 1019 Join date : 2017-05-09
Subject: Re: To love someone, is to know them deeper and more true then you know yourself. Thu Mar 15, 2018 6:12 pm
The Galloping of hooves echoed through the cave, growing louder and bolder with each step
Gaia’s core trembled and rippled as Lucian’s final assault hit it. From the seams between it’s lenses a faint green light began to shine. Those suffering form the effects of Gaia’s love, or the core’s infection would feel their minds clear, those touched by Sigma would see a final vision as their mind’s eye closed, a vision of a hand not their own, reaching for something in the light. Grasping, pleading, begging for the light. However, soon as the vision began, it vanished. Replaced with the monstrous form of Gaia's main body, as it slowly turned dark, thick black smoke pouring form it's joints in waves of nothingness suspended mid air. The core's light drowning in this opaque curtain call.
No sound escaped Gaia as her body petrified and grew still, instead, through the power of Ego, through the very center of their beings, the Seekers would know that they had granted mercy to a soul tormented by shadows of both the past and present. The Core to, would grow dark and still, it's blue and green shine fading into a black, still nothingness. The various fruits and plants adorning the walls began to fall from their vines as if the last of their life had begun to be sucked away from them. Drawing them inwards to the planet itself. The only light through which the Seekers could see came from the hole left from Gaia's emergence and the last dying light of day.
--- -- -
"M-My god..."
A confused, slightly muffled voice echoed from the entrance of the cave, there, atop a pale horse, was a man in a suit who was naught but a swirling vortex of thick brown gas. To Milton, the man came with a recollection of the events of only a few hours ago, the pail horse a sense of nausea, and his arrival a mixed bag to say the least. To Lucian the man would evoke a feeling of familiarity, as if he had seen him somewhere before, as if he had a kinship with the man, yet for the horse he rode, a different sense of familiarity would take him as the image of Pestilence came to his mind.
"You've... You've done it."
Targiser dismounted in a stunned awe. Taking in the sight before him as he slowly approached the still husk of Gaia, all but ignoring the group around him."She's gone... Isn't she?" In spite of his question, Targiser would not respond should anyone address him, instead he would walk to Gaia and stand before her, placing a gentle hand on the hard shell of the once immortal goddess. "I knew you were here... I knew you were suffering. I-I just couldn't face what I let happen." Targiser's legs quaked under him as he fell to his knees, the despair of a man whoes broken soul carried a people for ten long years dripped from his voice. "And I came here intending to kill you all over again... Shiar... I'm so sorry."
And Targiser Wept
--- -- -
A small crackling sound echoes through the cave.
Flakes of ashen flesh fall upon Targiser's downcast head.
...A small light...
No larger then a pin hole pierced the darkness of the chamber
Poking out from Gaia's chest.
Targiser stood, gazing at the light in an dumbfounded wonderment.
Without a moment's hesitation, and with a flick of his wrist, Targiser summoned forth a large hammer adorned with cogs and gears. With a brutal and savage cry he brought it down on the darkened caucus of Gaia. As the hammer struck true the pinprick of light grew larger. Targiser stumbled backwards in surprise, almost toppling over.
Quickly he turned to the Seekers and shouted. "Please! You must help me!" He turned back to the shell and continued to beat away at it. Should the Seekers aid him, the husk would give way to a brilliant light which blinded, yet invigorated the souls of those who bathed in it.
Until finally...
The shell crumbled to ash upon the cavern floor.
In the center, a young woman bound by the remains of an enviro-suit lay, breathing gently.
"Shiar!" Targiser shouted as he rushed into the remains of Gaia's body. Gently he knelt down and pulled the unconscious girl into his arms. He dared not move, not breath, not speak. He simply held her and looked to her shut eyes, and hoped. As the chamber grew silent once more, all that could be heard was Shiar's gentle breathing.
--- -- -
"If... I hadn't have missed with that second rainbow... I would have won..."
"Ya know?"
"Shiar!" Targiser shouted as he pulled the woman into a tighter embrace. Shiar cringed slightly, wincing form the pain that rocked her body to its core, however slowly, ever so gently, she would return the embrace and nestle herself into the crook of Targiser's neck. Smiling gently and trying not to pass out once again.
"...You killed me..."
"I know..."
"...It wasn't your fault... I forgive you."
"...Why..."
"Isn't it obvious?"
"Yeah... doesn't mean I don't want to hear it."
"You're still an ass..."
...
"But that's why I love you."
--- -- - -- ---
And they lived:
the abyss of man is filled with nothing
The core erupted back into life, all at once bathing the chamber in light, a dark purple hue that ricocheted off the withered vines and rotted fruits at impossible angels forming grotesque and unnatural geometries. The cave shook violently as colems of rock and plant mater fell from the ceiling and the walls crumbled around the Seekers.
"CESHTaking theSSSSSHERT-ection is fai-CRRRRSHTill Gaia? What is hap-ZZRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRTel and I can't get a good re-ZERT"
The core pulsated as the cave collapsed.
"Move! There's no time! Everone out!"
Targiser wasted no time in making for the cave exit, caring Shiar in his arms as he made his escape.
I suggest you do the same Seekers.
Moonie
Posts : 1157 Join date : 2015-11-07 Age : 24 Location : Yes
Subject: Re: To love someone, is to know them deeper and more true then you know yourself. Thu Mar 15, 2018 7:03 pm
After being hit with Gaia's last-ditch attack, Alice could feel the darker side of her lachesismic nature bubbling towards the surface. Where a vision of her past or her inner deep psyche should probably have been induced, all she saw was... herself. All of a sudden, she was painfully aware of herself, and all the opinions she had of her own state of being were increasingly radicalized by the second. In the suffering of the planet, she believed that she found a calling... a purpose... a meaning that gave her comfort... but her heart cried out in seething ire, for finding meaning in another's suffering was... well, in her own previous words, "fucked up". It was only thanks to the quick death of the core that she was able to avoid harming herself in the end. Snapped out of her loathing trance with her beam katana in her hands ready to commit anachronistic Seppuku, Alice quickly deactivated The Patriot and sheathed it. She was glad she hadn't actually hurt herself, but she had a feeling she was never going to hear the end of it from her father.
Fortunately for her, however, Lucian was unable to see his daughter's actions as he was busy with one last vision under Gaia’s effect. He wanted to decipher its meaning, but decided that right now was not the best time to ponder its meaning. Instead he, his daughter and his best friend looked on in close proximity as the core’s last remaining threads of life vanished from existence along with Gaia’s, the three of them panting heavily and barely hanging on to their own physical and mental well-being. For years already they’d known they were involved in a war, but… Lucian and Alice’s war was mental in its entirety, and Fungeon aside James had never faced an enemy larger than a human’s own limitations; for the three of them, the sight of a giant, unstoppable monster crumbling under their actions meant something. Though none of them dared to speak up at the moment, the tone of their heavy breathing and the details of their expressions carried their thoughts to each other far better than words could ever have; for the first time in years, power was back in their hands. Their actions had impact upon the world. They existed.
Despite this joy, Lucian couldn’t help but be awash by a tinge of sorrow as well. Despite his last-ditched effort to change the flow of battle, it seemed the soul taken over by Gaia had died along with her after all. After both Gaia and her core stopped moving entirely, James and Alice yelled in immediate celebration of their victory and shared a hearty laugh – something the two of them had rarely ever gotten to do. Lucian, on the other hand, could only allow his expression to darken in guilt and sadness as he looked apologetically at Gaia’s carapace… that is, until a certain man entered the scene.
This man… just who was he? The president had long since discarded the urge to label anyone who seemed even slightly suspicious and also happened to be on a horse as a potential taunting Horsemen member, but this… this sensation of familiarity was something else. Frankly speaking, Lucian was getting progressively more and more worn out by all these familiar yet unknown things entering his life at Mach speed.
While Alice and James simply stared at the man with caution, weapons ready to be summoned at a moment’s notice, Lucian could only watch him pass them by as he tried to say something… but was ultimately silenced by his suffering. Before now he felt guilty and sad about this outcome, but seeing this man who supposedly knew Shiar weep so openly… well, now he felt awful. His fist tightened, tears threatened to group up in the corners of his eyes and his breathing began to choke as sorrowful silence drowned the cave. Suddenly, however, the mysterious man struck away at Gaia’s corpse and pleaded all else present for help. With a change of mood so sudden, Lucian felt all the physical expressions of sorrow bubbling inside of him be violently swept away… or at least put on hold for now. “R…right!”
Lucian – soon followed by the two closest to him – struck away at the rock solid carapace of the monster they’d just slain until…
“My… so this is what it feels like to have a happy ending.”
All the sorrow building up inside Lucian was erased from existence as a solemn smile perched itself upon his face. It would appear he’d done the right thing after all.
“Hey, Lucy…” James called his best friend’s attention. “Were you about to cry earlier?”
“So what if I was?” He replied, his voice adorned by a slight chuckle.
“Just wouldn’t want the first thing this lady sees of you to be your crying face, is all. Doesn’t really do you any favors.”
“Oh please, even when crying I look ten times more respectable than you.”
“HA! When did you get so good at jokes?”
“I don’t know; when did you get so good at giving yourself cancer mid-battle?”
“Ouch.”
“Says the man who got tenhai’d.”
“…Excuse you?”
“I think he meant ‘Hentai’”
“Yeah, that.”
“And with that, I now wish I didn’t have the Liber gene.”
The group remained in mutual silence for a few seconds before they all erupted into hearty laughter. This was truly a day they would remember for years to come; the day they remembered that above being a president, a soldier, a student and defiers of fate… they were human, and they existed.
Or, well, they would probably not continue to exist for long if they didn’t do something about the supposedly dead core’s violent and destructive outburst.
“RUN!”
And run they did.
If Lilly found herself petrified by fear as she was so prone to doing, Lucian would summon Liber and have him carry her out with them on his shoulder.
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