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[Endgame: rise or DROWN]
[How long have you been exploring Nessa's palace now? You've met her family, viewed her memories, learned how to fight as a witch and tried to find the source of her power and the Treasure of her palace: the Voidheart. And along the way, you've tired your best, with mixed success, to avoid the incarnation of her eldest cousin and the representation of her trauma and fear, the Nightmare of Esmau.]
[Wherever you are in the Palace right now, you feel the ground briefly shake under your feet. Little shakes here and there haven't been out of the ordinary - Esmau is trying to blow the place down to the studs, after all. But that felt different. That felt....worse.]
[Your phone beeps as you receive a message.]
[Wherever you are in the Palace right now, you feel the ground briefly shake under your feet. Little shakes here and there haven't been out of the ordinary - Esmau is trying to blow the place down to the studs, after all. But that felt different. That felt....worse.]
[Your phone beeps as you receive a message.]
REACTION
'A reaction attack Esmau releases on any opponents who get within melee range of her. The attack is lightning quick, its speed makes it extremely difficult to dodge or parry.'
Tsumugi and Akira can:
Guard: Take guaranteed, but reduced damage.
Dodge: Attempt to dodge by reducing Esmau's roll to hit.
Parry: Immediately roll against Esmau's roll to hit. If you win, take no damage and attack Esmau back for free. If you fail, take full damage.
Final Rush (@ Minato):
'Esmau selects one opponent and rushes at them with her glaive at full speed for devastating damage.'
Minato can:
Guard: Take guaranteed, but reduced damage.
Dodge: Attempt to dodge by reducing Esmau's roll to hit.
Parry: Immediately roll against Esmau's roll to hit. If you win, take no damage and attack Esmau back for free. If you fail, take full damage.
Void Eruption (@ Tsumugi, Sprezzatura and Minato)
'Esmau opens up three gates into the Void and fires Void blasts at three random opponents.'
Tsumugi, Sprezzatura and Minato can:
Guard: Take guaranteed, but reduced damage.
Dodge: Attempt to dodge by reducing Esmau's roll to hit.]
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ANYWAY
First, that final rush -- he'll parry and hope for the best. Minato's immediately flinging up his blade to try to parry away her rush--
--and then he can only really guard against Void Eruption, staggered as he is from the first assault. ]
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Esmau rolls 1d20: 14
Minato rolls 1d20: 5, Esmau wins
Esmau knocks Balmung out of the way with her left arm and THRUSTS her glaive with her right, slamming it into Minato's shoulder. It pierces him, then the impact sends him flying across the temple for 25 damage. He manages to get his Guard up before the Void Eruption hits, mitigating the worst of it for another 8 damage.
Minato: 44/100 HP]
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that was a Mistake.
He can only really process that for a moment as her glaive skewers his shoulder, and then he's off flying--and he's barely able to throw his arms up to protect himself as much as possible from the second attack.
And then he kind of... slumps a bit for a moment, stunned.
Ow. ]
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Minato! Minato!
[he skids to a halt next to Minato and immediately reaches for the wounded shoulder]
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[Nell is immediately running over as well.]
A-are you okay?!
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I... I'm okay. S-sorry--she came at me too fast.
[ He manages a weak smile for Nell too, trying to reassure her. ]
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Nell. . .
[anyway time to cast that healing spell Well of Life again!!]
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[Green sparks are already building on her fingers. She might just do it on her own, tbh.]
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... Sorry. Is everyone else okay?
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Please.
[and then, to Minato]
Yeah. . . you were hit the hardest.
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[Akira can't prevent the wild look in his eyes, the way his mouth curves up sharply, clearly enthralled. this is what he was waiting for. no hiding behind a stupid fucking shield]
[Esmau strikes at him with her assault, and he immediately raises his dagger to parry, because fuck guarding or dodging when he can maybe counter!!]
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Esmau rolls 1d20: 3
Akira rolls 1d20+2: 14+2=16, Akira wins
Akira knocks Esmau's foot out of the way and then smashes his dagger into the side of her face. He can feel the dagger cut her, just slightly and hear a loud curse out of her as she's hit for 6 damage.]
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[. . . or. . . that would be his reaction, but. . . then Minato goes flying across the room, and whatever daredevil euphoria he was getting from his is immediately drained away, along with the color in his face]
-- Minato!
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Roll 1d20-9 to hit: 17-9 = 8, miss
Sprezzatura Thundersteps away, avoiding the Void blast, but this time -- it's way closer than it's been so far. Esmau almost anticipating where she was going and managed to hit her anyway.]
Ehehehehehehe.....I'm getting closer to reading that thing! Better be careful~!
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