.:Spoopy Ti-I mean September Catch All:.

[ganymed]

Who ⬤ Ganymede and Co.
What ⬤ Dungeon-crawlin', shenanigans, etc.
When ⬤ You know. At this or that time.
Where ⬤ Blurry Marble's Slacker, Coiling Humbling Metal Doll, etc.
Content Warnings ⬤ some nsfw, lmfao





[ You've got mail.

After some friendly chats, the trio decide to go out on a dungeon run together. Why? Simply because that that is the way the dominoes fell.

Their prize? A lovely scenery consisting of a frosty, snowy tundra that seems to encompass the surrounding area, though right in the middle of it is stone wall, of which there is an entry point into the actual heart of the dungeon...where there are monsters and treasure to be found!

Welcome to Blurry Marble's Slacker, folks. ]

RESULTS: Here!
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[secondthoughts]

[ Hector wanders in last! And he's immediately unhappy with the Area. A desert? He's happy it's not yet another lava field, but he'd be happier with something less hot. Like a plain? Or a tundra? Why does he keep rolling the hot places?

He eyes Oriade. ]

Sure, but don't run too far ahead. I won't be able to keep you up, otherwise.

[ And his robes seem almost drab in comparison to Leo's, to the outfits he's been wearing previously. If he stood still, he'd look like an NPC. But at least it comes with a sick barrier effect (to be seen :eyes:).

He gestures ahead. ]

All right. Let's go.

[ganymed]

[ Between volcanic areas and frosty tundras...deserts are almost complete welcome, though Ganymede is already more or less focused on everyone else's responses.

At least by now he definitely knows what a tank is. The sudden change in Hector and Oria's attire is noticeable, though Leo's garb is certainly flashy.

As the party (presumably) pulls ahead, the blond looks to and fro, but right away there are immediately a trio of Dead Presents making their appearance. ]

I swear, these guys look as ugly as they do the last couple of times...

[ But, Ganymede's complaint about monsters looking realistically ugly aside, he goes right on ahead and remembers that he has a magic strengthening buff. So hope everyone enjoys a lovely dosage of La Corma followed by La Corv! A magic strength assist and physical strength raising move. ]

[dissimulative]

[ Much thanks to Ganymede, Oria loads up Rue Wipe, a multitarget physical water skill, and it has a stronger damage output than expected due to buffs. He doesn't get to party with buffers often, so this is nice.

Since there are only three, he manages to stun them all.

Up to the others to finish them off! ]

[bleatingedge]

[Excellent. Buffed and the enemies are stunned? It's so over for these dumb presents.

With a wave of Leo's hand, he conjures his staff, then paints a series of waves in the air with it.]

MeRue Rom!

[As the wave symbols dissipate, pillars of water erupt out of the ground underneath the monsters, drenching and bludgeoning them. Hopefully that should take them out!]

[secondthoughts]

[ Hector stands in the back, looking pretty. ]

Nice work, everyone!

[ He watches as the presents are made quick work of and die before he can even cast his one speed buff.

No matter! It'll be an easy run for him then, if they keep this up. He takes a few steps forward and firmly pats both Leo and Oria on the shoulder. Gany gets a grin.

Anyway, words of encouragement distributed, Hector takes a step forward to lead the way. ]

Let's go.

[ganymed]

Right.

[ Better easy than not, right? Considering the alternative is very much not so great. Maybe it helps that they all got some real kickass gear to contend with as well, and a very well-balanced party...though Ganymede thinks this is the first time he's had a healer in the party.

Well, after those lovely words of encouragement, it's time to move right on, isn't it?

A couple Rock Heads mixed with another couple of Deadly Presents show up this time, and they're looking primed for a real tussle!

Well, anyway, Ganymede is going to do a little different kind of dance this time. Casting MiDek Vorma as well as MiDek Vorv he's lowering all enemies' defense on both ends. Though there's quite a few of them to deal with this time.

Teamwork go go go! ]

[dissimulative]

[ The difference a well-balanced party makes apart from an actual tank. Oria's morale is pretty good though and he turns back at Hector, grinning, with the pat on his shoulder.

But once they get aggro'd on again, Oria gets into position, loading up his skills again with another Rue Wipe, but one of the Rock Heads, once being large rock statues that sat in the middle of plazas of a city, tanks all the bullets, sacrificing itself to shield its allies with its large size. The opening makes another Rock Head headway well into Oria's range and slams itself rather quickly on top of him, flattening Oria to the ground. Oof. There goes 20% of his HP. They're very destructive, but at least its HP gets reduced to 1 in no time. Thanks, armor skill.

The Deadly Presents are still creeping up too, with their grabby hands trying to reach for anything they can yank. ]

[bleatingedge]

[Leo grimaces. Oh shit, that's gotta hurt. Taking a second to survey the fight, he decides to take on the biggest foe first.

He traces the shape of a flower in the air with his weapon.]

MeJuk Kruz!

[A hail of leaves spin around the remaining Rock Head, dealing heavy single target Wood damage. Hopefully the combination of increased magic attack for him and decreased magic attack for the enemy makes it possible to one-shot it!]

[secondthoughts]

O—

[ Ah, Oria's flattened before Hector can yell. It's fine, though. 20% gone? Not a problem.

A wave of his stick and he casts Ola Repth, filling Oria back up and overhealing everyone else. This is deliberate, however, since all that overhealing practically beefs up everyone's HP bar, turning all the extra healing into barrier/shields/temporary HP. Enjoy the extra 400 HP, team.

That's followed in quick succession with LaRig Gaem, so that everyone's SP will continue to tick up in the meanwhile. Hopefully, no one will run out of juice for spells this way. ]

Keep it up!

[ Oh, and more words of encouragement, of course. ]

[ganymed]

[ What happens in a span of moments occurs so quickly that Ganymede, who is actually good at performing under pressure, goes grim-faced and consider going ahead with his own healing spell because damn Oria. But he has forgotten that they have a healer, only to recall it very quickly due to Hector's actions!

...And reminded very well about why having one at all in the party is very convenient. When some of the Rock Heads continue their unrepentant barrage of attacks even in the face of fire back, it's very convenient. Especially when Leo brings one down. ]

It...it's, uh, thanks.

[ But, Ganymede isn't done yet. He starts a dance of a different kind, and right as he finishes a majestic twirl, he's topped off a Miu Lei on one of those remaining Deadly Presents, keeping it occupied with its fellow companion enemy, turning against it due to a charm spell. ]

[dissimulative]

Thanks!

[ To everyone for having his back. With the Rock Head out of the way, he aims Vak Doom onto a Deadly Present who isn't being hassled by the charmed one so that Oria and his party can have some breathing room. If Ganymede remembers their conversation about mortar shells, this was the particular skill he compared it to, because when Oria launches the skill, the visuals certainly look like one when it makes contact with the enemy. "Deals a single target devastating blow to with a bullet imbued by fire".

Boom.

The other two are up to Leo. ]

[bleatingedge]

[Time to use another new spell!

Leo draws a quick lightning bolt shape in the air, then holds his staff high.]

GiRai Don!!

[A large bolt of electricity flies from the tip of his staff into the air, then strikes down where the two Deadly Presents are currently standing. Hopefully that should be enough to finish the two of them off!]

[secondthoughts]

[ And like that, all the enemies are felled.

Hector takes one satisfied look at the carnage before putting his wand away and dusts his hands off. Like he did any of the work lmao. ]

That was easy. You guys are good at this.

[ This time, he claps Ganymede on the shoulder before gesturing towards the dungeon. ]

Let's get a move on before more enemies find us.

[ganymed]

[ Boom, biatches.

That sure is a lot of fire power going on there, no doubt. Ganymede blinks, looking between the two spellcasters, then back on over at Hector, especially when he gets a clap. ]

...You too.

I think we're on track to blow anything else away that might come with everyone's efforts.

[ But they don't have much to go, so surely the rest of the way is a matter of walking instead of any other encounters? Only, no, that's not true.

Are y'all sick of them yet? Because there's at least one more Rock Heads from last time, and a new trio of enemies. That is, three more Lamia Assassins coming at the group. Ganymede's already on it, once again deciding to buff for both physical and magical temporary increases—a La Corma followed by La Corv! If a tactic ain't broke, then don't fix it, right? ]

[dissimulative]

[ Absolutely.

Ah yes, the good old Rock Head. Despite it not being the same, Oria can be very vindictive over the smallest things, and that Rock Head? It's getting shot with a normal one for crit damage (20) and stunning. Nice. It doesn't kill it though, since that's not Oria's aim. He shoots regular shots at the three Lamia Assassins too, stunning two of them (14, 18), but missing one (4). ]

Faunus, can you get the moving one first?

[ He needs time to queue up his skill. ]

[bleatingedge]

On it.

[Acting quickly, Leo draws a fire symbol in the air.]

GiVak Don!

[Unfortunately, his aiming was a bit off, and while he manages to blast the un-stunned lamia assassin, Oria is caught in the crossfire. Well. At least Hector has something to do now?]

Whoops! Sorry about that!

[secondthoughts]

Whoa, be more—wait, what the fuck? Leo!

[ He sees the way Leo's health basically empties out the moment that spell brushes Oria, and he calls out in alarm. Was that normal? How did that happen? He didn't see anything attack him, so...?!

Once again, he casts Ola Repth to give everyone a healthy boost of 400 HP, which is hopefully enough to heal both Oria and Leo a good amount. At least until he can cast his next heal. Just. Don't get hurt in the meanwhile, okay? ]

[ganymed]

...Really?

[ Wow, there goes the perfect dungeon run, just like that. He is judging the failing in aiming here where Leo is concerned and it is very obvious in his tone, because honestly.

Ganymede thinks really hard about this, because there's not much time when it comes to the potential moves he can make. But he decides to leave the healing really up to Hector.

He decides to spam some dancing spells. Mumyn Lei to put to sleep two Lamia Assassins for a short time, because they're about to be unstunned, he's sure. This should at least diminish the heat from the opponent's side of things temporarily. Unfortunately, there's definitely the Poison status to contend with, and there's probably a bit more white magic needed. ]

[dissimulative]

[ Sorry for ruining your perfect run, Ganymede. Alas. Something must always fuck up one way or another. Oria tries to gain more distance between the lamias and himself just in case Leo doesn't accidentally hit him again.

It's his armor's fault, so Oria takes responsibility by using Rue Wipe to get at the remaining Lamia Assassins. There. He immediately turns over to Leo. ]

Faunus! Are you okay?!

[bleatingedge]

[As his HP is practically deleted and a poison status is stacked on top, Leo falls onto one knee. Thankfully Hector's healing spell was enough to keep him from keeling over outright.]

Yeah, I'm fine! Just a bit woozy.

[He unsteadily gets to his feet hooves and readies his staff once more, drawing another flower symbol in the air.]

MeJuk Kruz.

[The stunned Rock Head is blasted by a cavalcade of leaves.]

[secondthoughts]

[ And it's finally ready. Hector casts Rip Teyn on Leo, curing him of his poison before it can tick down any more. At least he's on his feet.

While the rest of the party concentrates on taking down the enemies, Hector quickly casts LaRig Saem in quick succession, letting everyone's HP replenish for, hopefully, the rest of the fight. So long as no one takes any massive damage, that should keep them alive.

Sorry about your run, Ganymede. ]

[ganymed]

[ Well, it certainly could have been worse... but what's life without a few challenges? Though, the Rock Head defeated by Leo's magic blast might not agree (because honestly its ass kept getting beat so it was a matter of time), and that sure is a lot of firepower damage dealt by Oria towards the remaining three enemies. It even takes out at least one of the Lamia Assassins, with two stubbornly hanging on.

After ascertaining that he probably doesn't need to jump in with a quick heal, he refocuses his attention back on the remaining monster crew. While also being momentarily glad for once he doesn't have to worry about accidentally running into someone's deadly armor because damn. ]

Come on everyone, we can finish this!

[ Those two Lamia Assassins still persist, but they're teetering on the lower half of their HPs now. To assist the rest of the way, the blond decides to throw in a wonderful debuff. A MiDek Vorv and MiDek Vorma shortly after; a rehash of one earlier tactic to ensure their magical as well as physical defenses are lowered, even as the two enemies try to aim to attack Oria and Leo each. ]

[dissimulative]

[ Oria loads up another Vak Doom to launch the exploding fire bullet at one of the Lamia Assassins. That should be the end of that! Bless these single-target heavy damage skills.

So there's only one left, but Leo should be able to get to that. ]

[bleatingedge]

GiRai Don!!

[A bolt rises up and strikes down the remaining Lamia Assassin, ending it then and there with little fanfare other than the spell shout.

With the area clear... Leo looks over to Oria]

Uh, any idea what happened there? I accidentally hit you with one of my spells and I just. lost all of my HP.

[He doesn't sound upset per se, just confused.]

[secondthoughts]

[ They're dead! Yeehaw!

As usual, Hector helped. But he sees how heavy skill usage is taking a toll on all of their SP (even his), so he casts a LaRig Gaem to get it ticking up either before the next fight happens, or to reduce the wait time they need until it starts replenishing on its own. Better safe than sorry, considering how quickly these enemies are coming at them.

Anyway.

Leo directs a question to Oria, and Hector looks to Oria, too. Yeah, Oria. What happened there? ]