[TheSpatialWeeg]

Well, the skeleton was stopped thanks to Draco, so she thought it was pointless to give into the chase....at least, for now. Instead, her eyes darted to Arle, her one true rival.

...How helpless she looked right now.

Seeing her like this made her feel pity. While she hated having pity, especially for someone she very clearly had a disdain for 'stealing' her beloved...Arle was in no condition to continue. Whatever she was looking for inside must be valuable to her. Her nobility spoke higher than her envy. She huffed.

"Well...guess that 'legendary' treasure's going to wait." She muttered as she walked to Arle and hoisted her up the Chariot. "In you go, Arle."

She tried to set her up as gentle as she could. Despite having a 'maiden heart' as she claimed, her hands were better for fighting.

Rulue: 0%, no item, Constitution -1 (1 post left)

[Mari]

Arle was honestly shocked that Viridi not only had a chariot, but that it could fit down here. It wasn't impossible by any stretch of the imagination, but it was cramped enough to be somewhat impressive. "Wow, nice ride!" Arle remarked. It certainly had a certain ... flare that a giant flying squirrel didn't. Before she could move to struggle her way into the chariot with her paralyzed body, however, none other than Rulue moved to pick her up.

...Arle looked up at Rulue and promptly choked on her words. For a moment, she was reminded of another time and place where this wouldn't have been an odd occurrence. Rulue's actions hurt her, but not because of the unsolicited handling; this was not a remotely inappropriate time to handle someone. It was seeing Rulue go out of her way to be kind to her like that which hit Arle harder than one of Rulue's punches. Arle moved to sit down in the chariot, her gaze falling as she tried to hide her eyes from the other. If one paid attention to her mouth, however, they would find that she was subtly smiling.

"Thanks, Viridi... Rulue." Arle softly replied, going quiet as she resigned to trying to recover from her paralysis in the chariot, as well as trying to recover her composure.

But wait... Had they lost someone? Draco was nowhere to be seen, and the girls might have difficulty tracking her down in the darkness. The tunnel stretched on for a while before expanding into a larger area. The ball of light would provide them a bit of vision, but without the walls to guide them the girls would soon find that they too were lost, but no less blind. Maybe what they needed was a stronger light..?

---

Meanwhile, Skeleton T was shattered by Draco's attacks--...only for the dragon woman to find that she had accidentally strayed too far from her light source (Arle) and was now consumed by darkness. There was no Arle to be seen. Where was she?

She was... lost.

A solitary white ball of light peered out at Draco from the darkness. "Hehe... I don't see an Arle." Skeleton T's voice mocked. The light vanished. "But I can see your future. You're about to have a bad day." the low level mook mocked. It was rather unintimidating coming from him--but then again...

How was Draco supposed to dodge an attack she couldn't see coming?

CRACK! A bone abruptly slammed into Draco's shins, followed quickly by an equally agonizing blow to the back of her head.

((Draco! These attacks are impossible to dodge and deal a combined 30% damage.))

Awakened Skeleton T
35 HP
Status: Performance Enhancing Tea, Hidden


Arle Nadja
Damage: 21%
Status: Paralysis (3 turns Left)

Draco's Damage: 44%

[Coolshaymin]

Viridi watched as the blue haired woman helped Arle inside of the Lightning Chariot. That will at least help her move and the plasmic horses provided some light... The cave seemed bigger than expected however and the darkness stretched too far for a good sense of direction. The Phosphora Bolt probably would not do much for lighting given it is an instant attack... But the flash may help illuminate their surroundings to get a grip of where they are going as the Lightning Chariot followed. Viridi pointed her finger forward to call down a bolt of lightning to swiftly light up the area a few times.

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Draco got hit by the bones, squealing in pain like a lizard. The dragon girl growled at the now broken skeleton and shot a fireball at him.

GIBtqYakp_1d20-1 (Draco's Fire Breath, 10% damage.)

Draco stood up, roaring. "Don't you mess with me!" She shouted. "I'm a lot stronger than I look!"



Draco rushed towards the skeleton and began slapping him with her tail.

p_1d20+2 (Draco's Dragon Tail, 4% damage)

p_1d20+2 (Draco's Dragon Tail, 4% damage)

Draco Centauros
Damage: 44%
Status: Normal

1d20-1·1d20+2·1d20+2

[TheSpatialWeeg]

Rulue let Arle on the chariot for her to adjust herself. She didn't know why, but that felt...kind of awkward. As if something in itself was missing. She couldn't place her finger on where exactly, but something wasn't right. And it had nothin' to do wit Draco.

"Are you...sure you're gonna be okay?" Rulue asked, a sweet tone coming from her mouth.

Then her mind went back into full thought process. "What am I doing? Why am I being THIS nice to Arle?! She's my rival for Satan's affection! I shouldn't be nice to whoever goes against me and my darling!!" She shook her head vigorously as she put on a smug smile on her face.

"Don't count on that happening again. I just helped you because we can't have a proper duel on your current conditions!" Rulue quickly added, waving her fan.

She said that, yet she couldn't help but to feel like she was lying to herself. Why is this happening all of a sudden? She was so sure about her hatred for Arle...

...maybe she missed those "good old days"...?

....
...Haha, no, that couldn't be.

[Mari]

Arle, Rulue and Viridi

Arle flinched at Rulue's sugary sweet tone, unsure of how to respond to hearing it from this woman's mouth in particular. Luckily, she didn't have to find an answer as Rulue soon appended her comment with something she was far more used to. Arle's gaze rose and she beamed at Rulue, apparently unfazed by her threats. "If you're so eager to get your butt kicked, I know a pretty stadium where we could fight just like old times~" Arle replied in a somewhat haughty tone, though she sounded a little out of breath as she spoke.

Meanwhile, Viridi's lightning flashes revealed that they were in a large oval shaped cavern. More startling than the sheer size of the area they were in was its design. Dozens upon dozens of crude homes were carved into the rocky walls, complete with doorways and windows. Who dwelled in a cave and why did they need windows? What was there to see? If one paid close enough attention, however, they would notice that they weren't alone.

Each time the lightning struck they could catch glimpses of things that weren't quite human lurking in the darkness. Their browned, deformed bodies were standing upright as if they were waiting for something. Were the girls being watched? Were those ... zombies? It was hard to tell.

---

Draco

Draco's fire breath shot forth, illuminating ... the ground! She missed?! Her attempts to slap Skeleton T with her tail also failed, with her last attack even impacting rock instead. Ow! A chuckle was heard from right in front of Draco after her last attack, A pair of bony fingers promptly jabbed Draco in the eyes, a very unpleasant sensation that needed no describing. It was quickly followed up by a powerful strike to Draco's shins, forcing her to the ground. "Must be a bad time to be blinde~" Skeleton T remarked, taking advantage of the fallen Draco and beginning to force'feed' her his tea as he had Arle! "But between you and me, this is no place for a mook like you. It's more of an... undead tea party! Thankfully, that can be fixed." Skeleton T continued in a rather ominous tone.

((Draco! Your blindness is preventing you from fighting back effectively! Worse yet, you're now actually blind--at least for now! Draco takes 20% damage and is afflicted by the poison and paralysis status effects for 8 turns. That means Draco will take 4% poison damage each turn and her dex mod is lowered by 2. She is additionally fully blind for 2 turns.))

"See you on the other side, idiot~"

It sounded as if Skeleton T was once again walking away. Draco could try to chase him, but ... she isn't that dumb, is she?

Awakened Skeleton T
35 HP
Status: Performance Enhancing Tea, Hidden


Arle Nadja
Damage: 21%
Status: Paralysis (2 turns Left)

[Coolshaymin]

Viridi watched as her flashes of lightning illuminated the cave room. It seemed like some kind of bizarre underground village they have stumbled across. It was hard to tell what else was in here but it was definitely something. Some deformed creatures she could not make out the identity of the moment. The Chariot just followed the group in the nightmarish cavern.

"It seems there are others here... Where did that other girl go?" Viridi finally questioned as they still have not seen sign of that girl that ran off earlier.

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Draco froze in fear as she was hit by many different kinds of painful stimuli from the fellow mook, made even worse as her vision was obstructed. It was hopeless. She desperately wanted to fight back, but she couldn't due to the immense amount of pain. All she could do and could think of doing was to drop to her knees and bawl like a baby.



The dragon girl cried as loud as she could, the sound echoing throughout the cave as her tears fell to the ground and evaporated on contact.

Draco Centauros
Damage: 68%
Status: Poison, Paralysis (7 turns left)

[TheSpatialWeeg]

Rulue let out a giggle as she heard Arle's retort. It was basic tradition at this point. Just like Rulue is called 'The Fighting Queen', Arle could very well be called 'The Queen of Sass'. She would opt to ignore the comment were not the mention of a stadium. So there was a place to battle other people? Now, that caught her attention. She was going to ask Arle more about it later.
"Well, I accept your challenge, oh-so Invincible Arle Nadja." She said, poking the sorceress' nose. "...But only rise up when you are in top shape."

As the other random girl was zapping the cave to illuminate it, she got a clear vision what the others were seeing. Yes, including the creatures. She took a deep breath and stayed on the front of the Chariot.

"Arle, stay back until you can recover. I'll clean the house." Rulue said. Part of her said as a command, the other...well...had a 'protectorate' tone on her.

She went into her fighting stance...then heard Draco's cry. Groans came from her mouth.
"Fantastic." She muttered sarcastically. Babysitting Arle was trouble enough...

[Mari]

Arle would have probably had more to say to Rulue, the other girl had the audacity to reach in and ... poke her on the nose, causing Arle to go cross-eyed for a moment. Arle was hushed by the gesture. She simply wasn't dishonest enough to say what she wanted to at that moment. The mage turned a nice shade of red in response, sinking back down to the bottom of the lightning chariot as if to hide from Rulue while she regained her composure. Blushing intensifies!

Meanwhile, Viridi's question would be answered by the sound of sobbing not far off, inside one of the houses. Arle's voice could be heard softly casting a spell from within the chariot. "Diacute." she recited, a magical orb forming beside her. However, it did not stay there. Instead, the magical orb drifted out of the carriage and over to Rulue. It seemed Arle was gifting her a charge of her magical power.

((Rulue! You've been granted a charge of diacute! You can use it as a free action to increase the damage, healing and effect chance of any of Rulue's attacks by 100%))

For now, Arle complied with Rulue's request. As much as she was embarrassed to be babysat, she was having some very conflicting feelings right now and wasn't about to humiliate herself by trying to speak. Still, she felt bad for Draco. Nobody enjoyed listening to suffering like that. The girls would begin hearing footsteps, and the next time they shone light in the room to check they would see three undead warriors moving towards the house Draco was currently in.

ReDead A 30 HP

Mummy 50 HP

ReDead B 30 HP

Arle Nadja
Damage: 21%
Status: Paralysis (1 turns Left)

[Coolshaymin]

As Viridi focused on the enemies she thinks she began to recogonize them. One was definitely an enemy of Link's she would recogonize easily. So that just left the last one... Who was a much bigger issue to figure out. She could definitely tell it was a Mummy of some kind but she did not know what world it would be from... Arle's maybe? Looked the type.

Just then there was the sound of crying and Viridi figured that was the missing girl... And of course it was coming from a house that the monsters were interested in. The Goddess sighed before coming up with a strategy. Viridi first aimed a Phosphora Bolt upon the Mummy to illuminate the area for a better aim. She then gave an uppercut to form a tree to launch one of the Redead from where he was standing. She then called down another Phosphora Bolt in the general location of the Mummy to provide light again so the dark was not overwhealming for long.

"You take them out up front! I will keep the place lit so you are not ambushed!" Viridi commanded Rulue. Her and Arle had her Diacute and Lightning Chariot so they would be fine.

1u15QsS1p_1d20+4(Phosphora Bolt Shine on the Mummy. 13%, 30% chance to paralyze)
p_1d20+4(Tree Uppercut on the Redead. 18% damage)
p_1d20+4(Phosphora Bolt Shine 2 on the Mummy)
1d20+4·1d20+4·1d20+4

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Draco continued crying unable to see and speak as she felt the poison coursing through her body. She dared not move, as she thought that moving would make the situation even worse.

Draco Centauros
Damage: 72%
Status: Poison, Paralysis (6 turns left)

[TheSpatialWeeg]

Well, that was a first. Not only Arle granted her a boost on her abilities, but someone else was ordering her around. Just who the heck was that girl? What did she think, ordering the Fighting Queen around?!

...Then again, the current situation was...problematic. Draco had wandered off on her own--her mistake, as far as Rulue's opinion was concerned--and Arle wasn't in the right shape to fight, so she reluctantly obliged. "Very well, then. I just hope you know what you are doing."

Rulue stared down the creatures. They did not look extremely strong or resistant at all. A good idea was to attack them all at once, but she didn't have any attack that would c--oh wait. That girl attacked them. Bummer, she wanted to think a bit. Oh well. Targeting the other Redead (who was just standing around), Rulue closed in and prepared to throw a punch. As she lifted the fist, the tiny orb around her quickly flew into said fist.

"Ha-Hanganshou!" Rulue stuttered, due to the Diacute effect.

mIvX0DIop_1d20+3(Rulue's Diacuted Haganshou on Redead B. 38% damage!)
1d20+3

[Mari]

Arle's teamwork with Rulue allowed her to immediately take out one of the redead, the zombie just kind of breaking apart under the power of Rulue's fist. It crumbled, it's skeleton apparently shattered. That was one dead, er--...re-dead, zombie. Meanwhile, Viridi was able to harass the remaining two undead with some pretty powerful attacks. Her blows ravaged their bodies, but ...they were already dead! The redead in particular was thrown several meters away.

The mummy got back up after being zapped twice but staggered. His sluggish movements might suggest he was paralyzed. That, or he was just normally sluggish. It was hard to tell with the undead. The mummy abruptly displayed a burst of speed however as he lunged forward and proceeded to go all kung fu on Viridi's butt! A series of rapid kicks were thrown by the stout mummy, attempting to overwhelm Viridi with rapid strikes.

((Viridi, you are being attacked three times by the mummy! Each attack has a roll threshold of 12 to dodge, however if you are hit by an attack the following attacks will have their threshold increased by 2. Each hit does 15% damage.))

Meanwhile, the redead landed not far off from Rulue and pulled itself back to its feet, beginning to stagger towards the fighting queen. It's soulless gaze bore into her as it approached, threatening to pierce Rulue's very soul if she weren't strong enough to resist it. She would hear what sounded like the sound of an unknown creature's scream in the distance, steadily growing louder with each passing moment. Whether it was real or an effect of the redead's terrible gaze was difficult to say.

((Rulue! Roll INT to resist the redead's gaze! The threshold to pass is 12. Failure will immobilize Rulue, preventing her from acting on her next turn.))

The re-dead continued to it's slow gate towards Rulue all the while, attempting to slip behind her and grapple her from behind where it would be difficult for her to hit it from! If it were succesfull... Well, one out to know that re-deads were very touchy feely and loved to try and squeeze their victims to death.

((Rulue! The re-dead just wants a cuddle! If you failed the previous INT check, you cannot dodge or break free on this turn. Otherwise, the threshold to dodge is 6 and the threshold to break free if you fail to dodge is 16. Rulue will take 10% damage if she is grappled.))

Meanwhile, Arle summoned another diacute orb from her place hidden in the chariot. She could hear creepy moaning from the redead outside, but it sounded like the girls probably had it all handled. ...Right?

ReDead A 0 HP Status: Re-Dead

Mummy 24 HP Status: Paralyzed

ReDead B 12 HP Status: Normal

Arle Nadja
Damage: 21%
Status: Diacute (1)

[Coolshaymin]

X_peb7Lxp_1d20+2(Dodge 1)
p_1d20+2(Dodge 2)
p_1d20+2(Dodge 3)

Viridi managed to land all her attacks despite the odds. In addition Rulue managed to take out one of the Redeads. This looked like it was going to be an easy victory when the Mummy was also paralyzed... That is before the Mummy showed a quick burst of speed towards her! How was that undead capable of moving so quickly?!

Well, thankfully Viridi's body just happened to be built for agile movement. She quickly jumped back, ducked, and swerved around every blow the mummy threw at her. And when it seemed his flurry of Martial Arts was over she decided to strike. Viridi threw her fist up in an uppercut as the last blow missed to try and catch the Mummy off guard by throwing him into the air with a tree uppercut. Viridi then called down a Phosphora Bolt to smite the Mummy into the ground and hopefully turn him to ashes as the cave briefly illuminated.


p_1d20+4(Tree Uppercut Counter on the Mummy. 18%)
p_1d20+4(Phosphora Bolt Finish on the Mummy. 13%)

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