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As you arrive in the Brightwing Lane central plaza, as scheduled, storm clouds of unusual size brew in the distance, and that same man stands before you, he watches your every movement. He strokes his facial hair, laughing as you approach. A little fraulein, a small girl. How was this a threat to Master Aki's grand scheme? People stood inside their homes as lightning struck the pavement near their homes, threats of destruction if she ran away. The air is rife with static, and the man finally calls out, speaking in a tongue you understand. The other man, of course, is bound to a telephone pole, gagged and squirming. He's trying to break free. Rain begins to start light, dotting the landscape around you...



"Mein leader vould have me kill you. You are but a small fraulein. So I give you zhis ultimatum. You vill die here and save zhe men and vomen in zheir homes, or you vill run, and zhey all shall die by mein Astral Guardian. Mein other self. Mein spirit camarade."
He starts, pacing back and forth, with those weapons readied. A golden energy resonates in his body, before a doppelganger in armor rose from behind him. Sparks dance across the armored figure... That thing just jumped from his soul! It was an Astral Guardian..!


As the Vessel, that man himself, points his weapon out, the armored Guardian raises his sword high..! Lightning strikes all around you, raising your hair as a threat..! The lightning dances back into the machine's frame, being conducted from the wet ground, as that arm gun spins up when the lightning touches him! You have a turn before Blitz Bombardier opens fire! Strike fast or he'll strike hard!

"HORRIDO! FOR MASTER AKI!"

Hanz Ohm
HP: ??
Status: None
Guardian Status: ACTIVE

[alchefire]

Sea Draco stepped tentatively into the square, her eyes looking over the scene before her. Her gaze landing on the man who was bound and gagged, and then the lightning struck. The bolt caused her to jump, the aquatic woman nearly falling over as she watched a bolt that could have destroyed a tree crash just a few feet from someone's home. He was serious about killing all of these people...

"Your leader...? Why? Why does he want me dead and why are ya listening to him!? Sea Draco shouted as the lightning struck. The woman looking over to one of the houses that were being threatened. The rain pattering down, soaking her hair and clothes. as her attention turned back to Ohm.

"You don't need to do this... Eeep!" The dragon covered her head as the lightning blasted down on the ground around her. Her tail stiffening as she began to shake. ...She wasn't ready for this kind of thing, not on her own.

She needed to flee, she needed to get help, she needed too...

"N-no... I can't just run off..." The shaking seemed to stop, the dragon reaching into her dress and pulling out a strange looking dumpling which she promptly ate, her throat bulging out as she swallowed it. Suddenly her form seemed to erupt with a bright silverish glow.

(Sea Draco has used Special Iron Dumpling! She gets to reroll a single failed dodge this turn and takes 3% less damage this round.)

"I'm not... just gonna let ya do what you want!" She seemed to almost roar that as she grabbed several plates from her dress and began flinging them at Ohm!

(Anything but the Kitchen Sink! A light, ranged combo attack using Dex! Inflicts 8% per hit
IXee5aFqp_1d20+2
p_1d20+2
p_1d20+2)

As the flurry of plates shattered through the air, Ohm would see Sea Draco taking a deep breath. Her cheeks flushing outwards before a heavy stream of pressurized salt water shot straight for the german warrior.

(Sea Dragon's Breath! Another ranged Dex attack that inflicts Soak if it hits.
p_1d20+2)

Sea Draco
HP: 180/180
Shield: 65/65
Status: Steeling herself for battle.
Buff: Special Iron Dumpling (1 turn)
Cooldowns:

1d20+2·1d20+2·1d20+2·1d20+2

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(Threshold found! Anything above a 10 in roll hits! Statuses do not affect them traditionally, but will evoke special reactions or changes in the moveset of the target!)

"GAHK! BOMBAHDIAH! TO MEEE!"

All but the last hit land, and the German man moves his hand out, as Blitz Bombardier charges in, static moving beneath his feet to levitate..! His gun raises, and fires off several shots..! The shots are magnetic, and travelling fast..!

"RAUS, MEIN GUARDIAN! RAUS!"

(Roll DEX twice! If it's below 10, you'll take 15% damage each time, and be inflicted with a debuff called Overloaded for two turns. Overloaded reduces your total actions by 1 for the ENTIRE FIGHT, until you have 1 action. Every Overload stack after this causes you to take 5% damage per instance.)

The Guardian charges through, and if Sea Draco can't move out of the way, the Guardian would phase through her body..! It was intangible to some extent..! The thing sweeps its blade out and charges back in..!

(Roll DEX once! If its below 7, you take 30% Damage. Yes, 30. No it's not fair.)

That unusual strength would pulse outward, even the shockwave itself breaks the rain for a second, only to charge back towards its owner. The German man laughs, putting his hands to his hips, as though he'd already won.

"YOU HAVE CHOZEN DEZH! GYAHAHA! ZHIS IS VHAT HE WAS TELLING ME, MEIN MASTER!" He calms a bit... "Zhis strengzh. Show me your resolve!"

Hanz Ohm
HP: 21%/??
Status: None
Guardian Status: ACTIVE

[alchefire]

(Sea Draco's save against the shots
3_leC2UMp_1d20+2 Success!
p_1d20+2 Success!)

The sound of bullets whizzing by filled the dragon's ears as she managed dash out of the way of the shots. Her tail barely dodging the electrically charged bullets as she skidded out of the way. Her feet slipping out from underneath her, causing her to slide away from the second salvo as she scrambled back to her feet. That's right the rain was soaking the ground, maybe she could use that to her advantage...?

(Sea Draco's save against the the slash
p_1d20+2 Success!)

Sea Draco would then quickly use the slippery ground beneath her to slide under the slash of the Guardian. Her eyes locking on to Ohm, she didn't know anything about these Astral Guardians, hell she hadn't even heard of them until this guy showed up and started threatening her and all of these people. But she was perceptive enough to notice that he wasn't the one throwing out all of these attacks, but he was commanding the one who was... She needed to take him out!

The cajun chef took a deep breath she leapt onto her feet. Her cheeks bloating as she filled her mouth with water and fired a stream of pressurized water right at Ohm. The spray aimed right at his face!

(Sea Dragon's Breath! Deals 12% and Soaks on hit!
p_1d20+2 Hit!)

As the water finished slamming into Hanz's head his vision would clear to see the dragon flying at him... butt first... what? If one were really perceptive they'd notice that the rain would be coalescing into a large bubble that coated the drake's bottom. Forming a large sphere of water that exploded on contact with the german fighter's face. Sending the cook into the air above him, where she then proceeded to rain more dishes upon him!

(Water Dragon Rump! Deals 16% and inflicts Mind Melted on hit
p_1d20+2 CRIT!
Crit Confirm p_1d20+2 Hit, damage has been doubled!
Total Damage Dealt = 32%)

(Anything but the Kitchen Sink!
p_1d20+2 Hit!
p_1d20+2 Miss
p_1d20+2 Miss)
Total Damage Dealt = 8%)

Sea Draco found herself stumbling a bit as she landed on the ground. The dragon nearly falling as she slipped for a few moments on the rain soaked ground. The dragon panting a bit as she looked down at her hands, almost as if in shock that she'd managed to even hold her own in this fight. How was she even doing all of this...? Prior to showing up on Li, she hadn't fought a day in her life.

"H-how am I..." She then shifted her gaze back to Ohm, she couldn't keep her eyes off him and his Guardian for long...

She never really thought about it before, she'd just assumed it was the Draco blood in her. I mean, the rest of her species was able to fight like this, but... maybe she wasn't supposed too... W-was this why she was being targeted? Because she had these skills that she'd never even known she had...? Was this why all of these innocent people were being threatened...?

Sea Draco
HP: 180/180
Shield: 65/65
Status: Having a minor existential crisis in the middle of combat.
Cooldowns: Special Iron Dumpling (3 turns)

1d20+2·1d20+2·1d20+2·1d20+2·1d20+2·1d20+2·1d20+2·1d20+2·1d20+2

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(All Hits land aaaand- You already hit the threshold. Congrats.)

The soldier-man surprisingly staggered back at the barrage of blows, feeling his body reel with agony as he was struck down nearly instantly..! Though, he had an ace in the hole. Drawing his arm back, he forms an electrical bow..! Firing a singular arrow, it moves at light speed, and even if Draco managed to dodge it the first or second time, it eventually would burrow its head into her stomach, piercing her body..!

"Guten nacht, fraulein. Hyeheheeh..."

The soldier leans over her, and Draco's vision begins to slow. Stopping almost. The raindrops slow down, and before long, halt entirely. Whenever things came to, and Draco were capable of sitting up, she would quickly realize that she wasn't where she had been shot, and hell, maybe not on Planet Li even. It was... some sort of spirit world..?




A shrine, old beyond time, drawing her closer. No matter what she'd do to try and escape. Jumping from the edge? Back on the island. Drowning? Too bad! You can breathe underwater. Starve? Nope! You never grow hungry. The only way to escape is to enter that central shrine, to which the doors are open, and inside...



"Look what the cat dragged in. A Draco, one of many. A chef, no less... You'd whet any appetite with your skill. Mystery clouds you, little one, the world swirls around you like a dust storm, drawing you into situations you were not prepared for. You poor thing... Come, take a seat on my tails. Let's chat. Maybe we can... get you back home, right? I am Kaiyurei, God-Creator of my own world. Let me embrace you child... Rest your head. Dying is a hard thing, after all."

Kaiyurei lays his tails out...

Kaiyurei, that was this thing's name...

He was so warm, so... fuzzy. Maybe that wasn't such a bad idea?

[alchefire]

Sea Draco had barely managed to snap out of her minor existential crisis when she was her foe pulling back a bow. The electricity crackling along that strange arrow as it fired... far faster than she'd expected. SSSSSSSHUNK! The dragoness's eyes dilated as she felt the shot push into her stomach. Piercing her stomach as the force pushed blood up her belly and out of her throat. The cook falling back with a loud thud. The light in her vision slowly fading as she stared up into the sky.

Words refused to leave her mouth sat there in silence. The world slowing to a crawl around her as her mind wandered off. Was this... really the end?

---

Sea Draco found her vision returning in a very unfamiliar location. Her eyes fluttering as she sat up, her hand reaching down to her stomach. Which was strangely whole again. No arrow stuck in her gut, no pool of blood pouring out of it, and no incredibly sharp pain. Was she somehow back home? No, this was too nice to be her house, or anywhere else in the Life Sphere. Was she back in her own world...? No, nothing back home looked or well... felt like this.

Tentatively the cook turned to the shrine and began to very steadily make her way inside where she was immediately greeted by a massive Fox God. The dragon stepping back as he addressed her. Her tail wrapping around her own leg as he spoke. She... really was dead?

Just like that, it had all hit her at once. Her hand reaching down to her stomach to make sure she that wound still wasn't there. T-there was no way she as dead. You can't just die on Li. You turn into a trophy, right? Just like Vessel did during the Dharkon fight... Oh god, Vessel... "L-little Ghost..." She found her other hand reach up to her maw as she seemed to freeze up. Her eyes gazing over at Kaiyuri. He was telling the truth, she was dead... She'd left Vessel behind, she'd died before she could even start to keep her promise. They were going to be alone again, all because she'd failed...

That last thought had sent the dragon's mind reeling. What sounded like glass shattering in her mind as her eyes began to water and she collapsed onto Kaiyuri's tails. The cook sobbing as she held herself. Her form shuddering as she cried, her eyes closing as she seeked comfort in the fluffy tails of the god before her.

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As she sobbed, cried and wept, Kaiyurei sat patiently, awaiting her grief and sorrow to finally cease. Once she relented this emotion, he speaks up, trying to illuminate Draco's situation. Perhaps there was a way, a way to not only get her back into the world, but... to get revenge on that cheating bastard! Normally, Kaiyurei didn't take sides, but...

"That ass. Pulling such a cheap trick. I'll tell you what. You can honor that promise to the Little Ghost, but there's a challenge - you must pass the trials I set before you. If you can? I'll give you the tools you need to defeat this guy, and even better, to protect your friend. If you fail, you remain dead."

He perks upright, sitting Draco up alongside him. He seemed to be positive of both situations. Perhaps he felt it wasn't so bad to be dead here...

"Besides, I've been meaning to hire a chef. So it's a win either way! What say you? Care to try your hand at my trial?"

[alchefire]

Sea Draco sniffled as she wiped her eyes. Her ears perking up a bit as the fox spoke. She... had a way back!?

"W-whatever it is, I'll do it! I can't... I can't leave him alone..." Sea Draco felt something well up inside of her. A fire that hadn't existed previously. Was it anger, passion, madness? Whatever it was, she felt energy return to her limbs. Slowly she got back to her feet. The chef standing confidently as she looked up at Kaiyuri. Her tail swishing out behind her as what looked to be steam started puff from her body.

"I'll take on your challenge, and when I win it... I'll teach that jerk a lesson!" She was fired up now, but one had to wonder how long that'll last when she was told what the challenge actually was.

[Deleted]

"THEN IT SHALL BEGIN! We will first delve into your heart, find your reasons for how you came to be, what you are now, and... well, what reasons you care about the world around you. I know you're... oblivious to much of it. Do your best, but I still hold my end of this eternal bargain. Fail, and you'll be cooking meals here for eternity. Endless kitchen and all."

(Here's the first piece of your test! Kaiyurei will ask you a series of questions, if you are worthy, and explore your memory carefully, you will be rewarded with going to the next area. Failure results in... well, death. Not permanent, just trophification. Don't lie to him.)

Kaiyurei waves his tails out, the doors to the dojo slam shut, and to either side of the two, they are flanked by identical sliding doors, many of them shift and fade in and out of obscurity to detail and back again. 

"Firstly... what drives you?"

A door opens beside Draco, shifting landscapes looking... familiar. It may not provide any details to her origins, but... it was at least a snippet. An idea of what drove her to do what she did in the Life Sphere.

"Second. What is your greatest strength?"

A second door slides open, equally alike. A place where she found her strength. It... was it a kitchen? or was it something more..?

"Third. What is your greatest weakness?"

A third slides open, unknown as well. A place where Draco found her greatest downfall. Was it recent? Distant?

"Finally... Why should I let you live?"

The last question poses no door, but the fox glares down at Draco, before softening his gaze to the little one. He wasn't cruel, just playing by the rules.

"If your memory is hazy, then simply... guess. I will understand."

[alchefire]

Sea Draco stared down the first door, initially she thought it was just going to open up to reveal a kitchen or a buffet. The first time she'd ever seen a properly cooked, gourmet meal. Instead she saw something else... A small beach in the middle of night, the full moon shining down over the ocean. Causing it to sparkle as the waves gingerly crashed against sand. A small towel laid out a short distance from the shore. In the perfect spot to overlook the whole view. For a moment, the dragon felt her voice hitch in her throat before finally saying to him.

"It's... love... I want to get people to love me."

Sea Draco saw the second door open next. Her eyes staring into it. She'd find her answer there, she knew she would... The dragon found herself staring at her kitchen. She should have expected this, her cooking was what she was known for after all... But then she saw something strange. The kitchen seemed to blur before shifting too... Vessel drinking a glass of her tea, and then it shifted to someone else eating a cookie she'd made, and again, and again. The dragon felt her own hand pressing against her heart a bit as the answer came to her.

"It's... my kindness. I'ma good cook, but the only reason I got so good is because I wanted to make people happy."

When the third door opened, Sea Draco found herself staring at an all too familiar sight. The golden statue depicting Blue Vessel. The flames from Dharkon's creations burning around it, her own reflection staring back at her through the warped metal. Her heart started racing as she saw the massive monstrous eldritch creature floating behind the statue of her dear friend.

"I-I'm a coward. I freeze up when I get scared and I refuse to do anything about it..."

And then that final question hit her. She didn't need a door for this one. She looked up at Kaiyuri. That fire having never left her eyes as she spoke. She was ready and she had to do this.

"Because there are people I still need to help back there. And while that guy and his boss are still around, they'll be in danger." She took a step forward. The steam rising from her body growing more thick as she looked deep into the god's eyes. "I can't let him just run free."

Those were her answers. Whether they were enough to please the god, she didn't know. But they came from her heart, and they were the truth.

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Her heart's answer was true enough, and it seemed clear that Kaiyurei was happy with her response. His tails flick idly in her response, pondering her answer. He was clearly mulling over her next trial. She'd demonstrated great power earlier, no need for that demonstration. Her answers were strong as it was, and her spirit... it was passable for an advancement. What of her skill in the kitchen? What of her strength as a chef? Perhaps he could test this.

Kaiyurei stands up, and slowly trots towards the back of the dojo, motioning for Draco to follow him. "Come, you've already demonstrated power and strength of spirit. All that remains is a test of skill. Culinary skill. You will create a grand dish using only the ingredients in my kitchen. It can be anything you want. A drink, a meal, a side, a main course. Anything at all, but it must be made only with what I have here, and fit for my consumption. You may ask me at any time for suggestions as to what I like, dislike, and so on. Good luck."

The door opens to a lavish kitchen. Two fridges, an entire full-set of stovetops on the island in the center, countertops with every implement possible to prepare food. Cupboards with dishes. 

(Prepare anything edible or drinkable for Kaiyurei using what's in here! No rolls required, either. Just use logic and reasoning to prepare something. There's a catch...)

No matter how many places Draco looked for ingredients, she'd find practically nothing of use. Milk, ketchup, syrup, mayonnaise, mustard, salt, vinegar, and so on. Barely anything to actually create a working dish, or even a drink. Was this trial meant to fail? There had to be some trick to this... Some way to prepare Kaiyurei anything fit for a godly figure like him.

[alchefire]

Sea Draco followed after Kaiyuri as he lead her into... the most lavish kitchen she'd ever had the pleasure of cooking in. Almost immediately her heart thumped in her chest, not out of excitement, but out of nervousness. She was a clutz at the end of the day and she doubted she'd far if she tripped in the middle of his kitchen. As the dragon stepped forward, she felt her feet skid off the ground. Her eyes widening as she felt the all too familiar motions of tripping. Only for the chef to miraculously catch herself. Her next few steps were more careful and very soon she was moving about like she'd always had, minus the crashing into everything.

---

Sea Draco would find herself scratching her head as she began looking over the kitchen. For something so lavish it was very empty. It kind of... hurt to explore. Every time she opened a container, she'd let out a sigh of sadness at the lack of ingredients. You wouldn't think that she was fighting for her life right now if you looked at her. There was an almost sad light in her eyes as she looked over the pantries and fridges. "It's like cooking in a ghost town..." She found herself glancing over at Kaiyuri. She felt... kind of bad for him now that she thought about it. The shrine was gorgeous, one of the most beautiful things she'd ever seen, but there was no one else here. The god was just... alone. And this kitchen kind of reflected that.

It... reminded her of herself a bit. Before she'd even come to Li, she'd been alone. An outcast from the other Dracos. It was only in coming to this mess of a world that she actually started making friends. She met Vessel, Peach, Arle, and plenty of other people that were as weird as her in some way. They were friends. Did... Kaiyuri even have someone like that?

The dragon shook her head. She couldn't let that thought hold up her up now. She needed to figure something out... But there was nothing, not even a simple salt shaker. She could at least fix that. She'd figured out how to make Salt using the Salt Water she could conjure up a while ago. But she needed something to put it on. She couldn't just present a pile of sea salt to a god!

... And then it clicked. Way back when she'd first started learning about cooking. She came across a simple cookbook that talked about delicacies from all over the world. Back home, Dragon meat was a delicacy. And her tail... it was a proper Dragon's Tail...

The cook's eyes turned over to her tail before glancing at a butcher's knife in a nearby drawer. The chef putting two and two together... before gulping to herself. This was her only shot, she had to take it...

After a few moments of steeling herself and gagging her mouth with a few hand towels. The dragon had placed her tail upon a cutting board. Getting as much of it onto the board as she could. The knife hovering over the thickest part she could reach before... KASHUNK! "MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMPH!"

Almost immediately Draco felt woozy as in one fell slash she severed her own tail. The chef falling forward in a heap as tears filled her eyes. How now stump of a tail wagging in pain as she quickly used some of her nearby towels to stop the bleeding. She'd done it. She had her meat now...

---

It would take the girl about another hour of cooking and prep work. Using the techniques she'd mastered over years of self teaching and research. Finally the now tail-less dragon present her plate to Kaiyuri. Her own tail. Grilled to perfection and lightly seasoned with sea salt. She didn't have much to work with. Hell she didn't even have anything to make a sauce. But she'd managed to put her all into this one dish. As she presented it, she found herself bowing to Kaiyuri before suddenly saying something.

"H-here you are, Mister Kaiyuri. I-I made this using my own tail..." She kept her head low, she wanted to at least be respectful to the god before she left. But, he head then turned upwards towards him. There was... an almost understanding shining in her eyes. "Think of it as a way for me to keep you company until I die again..." Even when her life was on the line, she was still kind, even to a god.

[Deleted]

The intent god watches as Draco moves place to place, shuffling cabinet to cabinet, guiding her tender hands across everything imaginable. It was like watching someone come home for the first time in years. Slowly, it began to dawn on him what she was doing with that knife. Kaiyurei spoke nothing, not a word to her. He remained intent on simply observing this exchange between herself as she moved. Notably, however, the bleeding and such had stopped incredibly quickly, and to that point, the wound had healed over. Still, tail-less as she was, Draco had passed this trial in a most unconventional manner. A ketchup smoothie would have netted her a failure, so it was good that she gave it her all to succeed.

Cromch. Munch munch munch. Kaiyurei began small, but devoured that tail before long, increasingly hungry with each bite until he was full. Ohhh boy he was full, the fridge was stocked with a single leftover now. That tail. He'd be dining on it for millennia it was so good. Kaiyurei uses a tail with a napkin on it to dab his mouth. She had passed all his trials. Of courage, strength, and wit. She was worthy, nay, deserving of this next bit. Sudden power flows through Draco, and before long, her flesh may feel like it was heating up..! The same feeling one might get going through a CAT Scan or X-Ray was now overflowing her. It was uncomfortable for many, yes, but not overwhelming. His voice grows booming, and the entire landscape falls to a black void..!

"YOU HAVE PASSED YOUR TRIALS! LET MY LIGHT BE WITH YOU, MY STRENGTH BE LENT TO YOU IN THE FORM OF AN ASTRAL GUARDIAN. YOUR SOUL NOW SPLINTERS WITH THE MIGHT OF TWO. WITH THE LOVE OF MANY. WITH THE COURAGE TO FACE ANY CHALLENGE..!"

Water bubbles at the end of her stump, and soon, flesh, blood, meat, gristle, bone, all of it returns..! With... an added caveat. The tail was alive, thinking, breathing, feeling. While it was dormant, this thing was hungry..! At the sight of it, Draco immediately learned its name, to which Kaiyurei stated anyways. Always him and theatrics, wasn't it?

"FROM THIS DAY FORTH, THROUGH FIRE, THROUGH STEEL, THROUGH LOVE AND HATE, WHEN SCRAPS BECOME WARS, YOU SHALL ALWAYS BE KNOWN AS - THE VESSEL OF THE GREAT OMNIVORE!"

With this presentation over, a doorway opens, that same plaza back in the square..! Draco's new tail was likely waking up, Omnivore was ready to snack on that other Guardian!

"This, little Draco, is an Astral Guardian. Great Omnivore, as I've come to name it. It is your other self, the manifestation of your greatest triumphs and your greatest failures. It is your other self, a projection of all that courage you showed me. A... thanks for such a divine meal, and such lovely company. Its powers I shall not reveal to you. Like your past, I feel you deserve to experience it yourself. Now go! Go and fight! Stand tall and defeat Ohm!"

---

Before Draco could say much save for a goodbye, he shoves her through the doorway, and it was at that moment, the arrow passes through her body. Draco's stomach seals up immediately, and it was clear that this was back in time a moment. The arrow itself explodes into shrapnel behind Draco, the blast missing her entirely, and even disrupting the rain (and looking completely badass in the process)! Hanz, understandably furious, looks and squints to her tail a moment from the distance, drawing Blitz Bombardier back to his side. He gasps in shock, reeling back and drawing his rifle.

"ZHAT ZHING! EET EES IMPOSSIBLE! HOW?! I STRUCK YOU VIS ZHE ARROW! YOU SHOULD BE DEAD! TOTTEN! AHN DER PAVEMENT!"

He shrieks, screaming and throwing a tantrum. He was furious, stunned, and angry at all accounts. Though... something else may be bubbling up inside Draco besides that new, gnawing hunger to take a bite out of everything around here. Was it courage? Fear again? She should decide for herself, but Kaiyurei's lingering presence, that watchful eye, peers on her from another world. He was cheering her on, despite her not being able to hear it. Embers of raw, unbridled power begin to dance around Draco, golden light simmering around her in a display of power. A similar, dark-violet aura surrounds Hanz and his Guardian, now both visible clearly in this light... She may not know it now - but this was the sign of another Vessel!

...Now? 

Now it was time to turn the tide of this fight!



HANZ OHM
HP: 548/600

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(Draco! The Astral Guardian known as Great Omnivore is now a part of your being! As a result, the first minutes of your awakening supercharged the thing to an ultimate form! After this battle, it will diminish greatly into a more stable, balanced mode, until then, you have access to two supercharged abilities as well as a bonus for solving your Final Trial in a unique manner!)

Omnivore's Hunger
The Omnivore bites! Deals 40% Damage and can only be used once per turn. Inflicts Mortal Wound.

Omnivore's Conversion
Every time Hanz attacks you with a bullet attack or a Lightning attack, the Omnivore reflexively eats the spent attack from your body, and as a result, Hanz deals 1% less damage, until he deals no damage to you.

As well as this, your cooldowns are reduced by 1 turn, and all positive duration statuses stay active for the entirety of the battle, and can stack up to three times! You can feel Kaiyurei watching you, too. Perhaps he's proud of what he has done.

[alchefire]

Sea Draco found herself looking back as her tail began to reform. Her eyes widening as she felt it's hunger. The Great Omnivore, this was Kaiyuri's gift to her.

"Thank you, Kaiyuri~" She gave the fox one final smile before she let him push her through the door. Was this the first time he'd been thanked over this? She had no idea. But she did know what she had to do now and she had the power to do it.

---

As her vision returned she found herself glaring at Ohm. Her tail snapping back and forth angrily. The arrow exploding behind her as she watched the warrior start to throw a tantrum. That aura wasn't the only thing that was different about her. She stood tall, confidence filling her posture as she spoke. That scared wobbling that had previously filled her voice now gone as she took a step forward.

"You... I don't care who you work for anymore, or why you came after me. I'm... I'M GOING TO MAKE YOU PAY!" For the first time in Sea Draco's life, she felt genuinely angry. The air around her starting to steam as she roared those last few words. The dragon blood that flowed in her veins heating up as she suddenly charged forward.

Sea Draco's movements were based on instinct. But now... she wasn't worried about them. It didn't matter why she was able to do it, or what it meant for her. All that mattered was that she was going to use it to take this bastard down. The Dragon's eyes had narrowed as she charged through. The rain seeming to almost vanish as it got close to her body, the water mixing in with her tail as it began to flail wildly behind her. She lunged at Ohm, her tail seeming to stretch and grow behind her. The mixture of water and dragonic flesh expanding the tip into a massive maw. Teeth made out of a mixture of Ice and Bone lining it's jaws as it came down over Ohm. Snapping over his left shoulder as her cheeks filled with salt water. The chef unleashing a torrent of pressurized salt water right into the the soldier's face.

(Omnivore's Hunger! Cha attack that Inflicts 40% and Mortal Wound if it hits
HEpHzi0lp_1d20+2 Hit!
Total Damage Dealt = 40%)

(Sea Dragon's Breath! Inflicts
p_1d20+2 Hit!
Total Damage Dealt = 12%)

Omnivore would then launch Sea Draco high into the air. The maw slamming Ohm into the ground as it slingshotted the dragon above him. Those plates coming to her hands as she began raining them down upon her foe.

(Anything but the Kitchen Sink! Light Combo that does 8% per hit!
p_1d20+2 Hit!
p_1d20+2 Miss
p_1d20+2 Hit!
Total Damage Dealt = 16%)

Sea Draco would land on the ground a short distance from Ohm before spinning and turning to face him. Her heart was racing. But not because she was afraid. She wasn't afraid of this man anymore. She couldn't be. She was going to teach him a lesson for messing with her and all of these people.

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Sea Draco
HP: 180/180
Shield: 65/65
Status: Very Mad and powered up
Cooldowns: Blessing of the Sea (now off cooldown)
Special Iron Dumpling! (1 turn)
Water Dragon Rump (Now off Cooldown)

1d20+2·1d20+2·1d20+2·1d20+2·1d20+2

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Hanz staggers back at the assault, the blood leaving his body at a rapid rate after the Omnivore drew back with Draco at the helm of its impressive power. Being assaulted like this and sundered to a bloody pulp by some little girl..! It was humiliating! Not done by a long shot, the bleeding soldier grits his teeth... He lets out a battlecry, drawing his hands back before thrusting one forward. Blitz Bombardier sails into the sky, and trickles of electricity line up a path right onto Draco...

KRA-KOW!

(Roll 10 DEX or 8 CON! If you roll DEX, you'll evade the thunderbolt sailing at you! Rolling CON lets you withstand it with no damage taken! If you fail either roll, you can roll the other if you fail one, you'll suffer 25% Damage. Overload no longer applies to you.)

A calamitous thunderbolt drops from the skies, the clouds clear to show Blitz Bombardier in the clouds, sword pointed down at Draco! Soon enough, that path lines up again, and the bombardier begins striking himself with lightning before hurdling down after Draco!

(Draco! Roll 12 DEX to avoid or 12 CHA to get a free counter attack on Blitz Bombardier's divebomb assault or take 30% Damage! You can roll the other if you fail one.)

As the thing lands, pass or fail, Hanz raises his old rifle, loading a stripper clip into its top, and pulling the clip back, shouldering his weapon.

"GUTEN NACHT! GEGANGEN!"

(Draco, you-... actually don't have to roll anything.)

The weapon itself clicks, multiple times. Something was wrong..! He shakes it wildly, trying to get this weapon to un-jam! Someone wasn't thinking too well, but it was clear what happened, a piece of ceramic from the plates was jammed into the weapon. Pulling the bolt back, Hanz freed the ceramic from his gun, left wide open save for his guardian while he tried to free his gun.

HANZ OHM
HP: 472/600
Status: Mortal Wound (1/3 stacks - Permanent)