.:August Runs:.

[ganymed]

Who ⬤ Ganymede and Co.
What ⬤ Dungeon-crawlin' with four people pt. redux. What can go wrong?
When ⬤ Following this, and other times at misc. moments (accounting for the future.)
Where ⬤ Concealed Mourning Bulwark, Closed Failing Pilgrim, & Pulsating Black Old World
Content Warnings ⬤ None and not anticipating any!




[ Ganymede has spoken to at least...two of these people, once.

That's what probably makes it reasonable for him to come along on the party raid.

Following conversation on the network and elsewhere, all three responsible receive new emails bidding them to come to the Chaos Gate. Ganymede is already awaiting their appearances.

Fortunately, so is information regarding their keywords, which are "Concealed Mourning Bulwark".

Once the Chaos Gate warps them over, they'll find...

...That they are all in an area that's more or less a stormstruck plain stretching from end to end. Right in the middle of this field is a flesh wall dungeon, the beginning point of the actual dungeon itself. ]

RESULTS #1: For Concealed Mourning Bulwark!

RESULTS #2: For Pulsating Black Old World!

RESULTS #3: For Closed Failing Pilgrim!

Comments

[insinning]

Thank you--

[He'll acknowledge that support boost, and he charges forward too, slamming his lance into one over and over with a Triple Wield.

Have they cleaned up enough?? It's a shame they lost their Shadow Warlock though...]

[ganymed]

[ With the combination of teamwork from the two, those duo of Disco Knives, quite frankly, eat shit.

Insert victory theme here or something. ]

...Looks like everyone's doing as well as I thought they might.

Everyone ready to go forward? Or does anyone think they might need a heal...?

[ He asks, because otherwise there's no point in sticking in one place. He's not about to get careless because he's sure that said tank has endured some hits. ]

[threatmewted]

All good here. Let's get going, Pointy~

[insinning]

[P-Pointy]

Lets save your heals for later. I think my HP bar is still in good condition.

[ONWARDS]

[ganymed]

...Alright. Let's get going.

[ Ganymede isn't exactly going to say much else otherwise. At least this group is very efficient! Though, with just two enemies to take care of, it's arguably difficult for them to act otherwise.

There isn't much else to talk about from Ganymede's side of things.

But, it shouldn't take very long for them to make a turn around this flesh dungeon labyrinth, finding what appears to be another set of enemies; though a bit out of their immediate encounter zone. This time, unfortunately, a trio of Grand Electrics.

Wizards with their pointy hats, and thunder magic. ]

Do we use the same strategy as before? Regardless...Vogel, Swallow, you two will be up again.

[threatmewted]

Hmm... Looks like a magic user type.

[She'll switch back to blade brandier.]

Pointy, you take all the aggro again, but try to focus more of your damage on just one of them. The faster we take them down, even if it's one by one, the less spells we're going to have to deal with.

[insinning]

Got it--Ganymede, could I get a buff?

[He's got enough HP to tank quite a bit and he uses brandish to draw all three wizards to him. Then it's a matter of wailing on the middle one with some normal attacks while Shoka gets set up.

Very efficient team! This is what happens with you have an experienced and semi-experienced mmorpg mambers with you. No nonsense from them!]

[ganymed]

Right! Be careful.

[ Ganymede does a little hip dance and a twirl, and there you go! Since it probably wore off by now...another dosage of La Corv on his two fellow attackees. Say hello to your temporary increased stats again!

He doesn't have any defense buffs, but that should do it for now. ]

[threatmewted]

[She really is an efficient fighter - she tosses in a Sword Flash early on to help down the middle wizard asap, before switching her focus to the one on Sinclair's right.

They're getting close to done casting...]

[insinning]

Thanks-!

[As soon as the middle wizard goes down, Sinclair focuses on the one on the left. He charges in, with a Thorn Dance, driving it through--hopefully before the spell is cast??]

[ganymed]

[ One down, two more to go!

Given the amount of time that it takes for these skillful mages, normally that wouldn't be the case for both of the remaining two. But, Ganymede has learned a thing or two. Yes, that means he's choosing to throw at least one Dek do straight on over to the mage Sinclair is striking so that he doesn't get an annoying volley of lightning.

The Thorn Dance strikes true, felling this Grand Electric, but leaving one open to direct a lightning strike at Shoka as she is the closest. Even when Ganymede directed his hindering spell at it, the remaining mage had enough HP to cast a spell.

...But, does it land? ]

[threatmewted]

[She keeps an eye on the monster's animation as she continues to whale on it, and at the last possible second - jumps way, way back, lighting striking where she stood just a moment before.]

One more hit, Pointy!

[insinning]

[Sinclair moves, armor clanking as he pierces through the last monster, aiming for its chest]

It's down!

[And the last grand electric explodes into little pixels. Phew. That was close. Good team? Good team]

[ganymed]

[ Just like that, with Shoka's movements, and Sinclair moving in for the kill, it's clear the trio makes for a wonderful team. ]

I think we're making good progress, actually...so, keep it up!

[ He presumes that everyone will be good to go, and speak up if that isn't true, so right away he ushers them forward.

The last part of the dungeon contains a duo of Ironball Titans, lurking over...you guessed it! A treasure chest. None of them know that this contains a tear trap, though.

This seems like a enemy with high defense and high attack, but their slow movements might make it easy to deal with. ]

This battle might take a bit more for these enemies to go down. When you're ready to charge in, let me know. I'll give you both buffs right away, and do my best to slow them down.

[threatmewted]

Piece of cake.

[With a satisfied look, she'll follow along through the dungeon - spotting the ironball titans with a smirk and swapping back to Flick Reaper.]

They look pretty slow. Betcha we can stunlock these guys the whoooole fight.

[insinning]

[Sinclair nods, remembering the Ironball Titans from the previous dungeon run]

Mm. If we can keep out of their way, we'll be fine. But if they hit hard...

[Using brandish again to attract their attention. Go Swallow, Ganymede, go do your thing]

[ganymed]

Stunlock?

[ Well, it seems like morale's pretty good. This group does consist of nimble fighters.

Once again Ganymede's firing off the good ol' La Corv for his two reliable party members, followed up with two quick casts of Dek do on the already slow, lumbering giants! You know, giving physical power buffs and slowing down the enemies, as one does.

As a side note, they are easily attracted by Sinclair's aggro-grabber technique, lumbering in his direction with their maces. ]

Just remember not to get careless! But, if you do, I happen to have a healing spell at the ready.

[ Ganymede still has a good remaining amount of SP, though it's at least at its half-way point by now. ]

[threatmewted]

Then just don't get hit, duh!

[And with that sage advice, she goes in with her scythe, a slash at both of them before hitting one in particular with a Reaper's Touch for a crit.]

[insinning]

I-I think that's still easier said than done--!

[And then, for Ganymede's sake since he doesn't seem to know] It's when you keep hitting an enemy to stop them from releasing an attack.

[As he does with the other ironball titan. Triple wield, lets go]

[ganymed]

...Right.

[ This round of fighting nets obviously successful hits! Unfortunately these duo of monsters do no ostensibly go down immediately like other mooks the group has more or less ganged up on.

Though, there is one fortunate note—with Shoka landing a critical hit, one of the enemies is staggered enough that it cancels out a slow-as-molasses wide-range swing. The second one is further encumbered by Sinclair taking opportunity to hit it as well but not exactly stunlocked per say.

So, it looks like it is about to swing at the blond...! ]

[threatmewted]

Oh no you don't!

[Swinging at that second one with another Reaper's Touch and - hello, second crit! It's not something she can keep up forever due to the cost, but she can at least stunlock it from finishing off that attack.]

[insinning]

Careful-!

[Sinclair is a good little tank. He puts himself between Ganymede and the grand electric, and charges up with another Thorn Dance to help finish it off]

[ganymed]

Good save.

[ Normally, their higher defense might make it difficult to stunlock it easily, especially since it was already mid-swing, but the combination of attacks focusing on the second one, cause a chain of damage that allows a miracle:

A break through the defense. A critical, and then a subsequent application of Thorn Dance fells the second Ironball Titans.

But, that leaves the other, doesn't it?

Which in the midst of them focusing on taking down its partner takes a swing, aiming to try to hit Shoka. Though Ganymede also ensures to toss another liberal application of a slow down debuff at it (Dek do), it seems that it still is in motion. ]

[threatmewted]

[I mean. It's Shoka, so she'll continue hitting it a few more times before just like. Jumping back and out of range of its slow-ass swing.]

Oops! Too slow.

[insinning]

[It must be nice to be able to move that easily. But Sinclair is still faster than this thing, so he dashes forward, driving his lance in another Thorn Dance, earning some more critical damage along the way]

One more blow and it should go down!