warpweft | [Endgame: rise or DROWN]

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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.]

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[Threshold to hit (all attacks): 10

Roll 1d20 to hit (Savage Strike): 12-4=8, miss

Akira manages to bend into a backflip and handspring away from the Savage Strike, but he lands on the ground just for...

Roll 1d20 to hit (Final Rush): 17-4=13, hit

Esmau to launch herself at him and drive her glaive into his stomach with enough force to pierce him, then fling him across the temple for 25 damage. He manages to catch himself and nothing but pure adrenaline gets him up in time to...

Roll 1d20 to hit (Void Eruption): Natural 1, miss

Roll out of the way of the incoming Void Blast.

Could've been better.....could've been a lot worse, too.

Akira: 75/100 HP]

[COOL COOL COOL COOL COOL--]

[honestly, even if it could've been worse, being stabbed in the stomach kind of like. fucking hurts??? a lot??? SO DOES BEING FLUNG ACROSS THE TEMPLE!! so while he manages to use his adrenaline to roll out of the way of the void blast, once he pops back onto his feet, he kind of--]

[. . . crumples a bit, sucking in a sharp gasp as warm blood seeps through his fingers, hand pressed tightly against his wound. GOD. THAT SUCKED]

[ AAAA???

Minato manages to barely fend Esmau off this time, and as soon as he's shoved her off of his blade, he turns, eyes wide in panic.

Akira--

He's immediate skidding that way, teeth grit. How bad is the damage? He didn't see-- ]

Akira!

[IT'S PRETTY BAD!! maybe not in terms of HP, but definitely in terms of sheer visual horror. Akira exhales sharply, his other hand moving to his torso to clutch the wound]

[his gaze flickers up, eyes flashing, at Minato]

[. . .]

[. . . . . . . .]

Mi-- [another sharp exhale; he's breathing through the pain]

. . . g-- give me a charge.

[so he can use his healing spell :(]

[ Minato grasps his hand immediately, his free hand, squeezing it tightly with a firm nod, lips pressed together tightly. ]

Of course! Just a minute, I've got you.

[grasps that hand tightly, fingers slick with blood, and he sets his jaw and gives a curt nod. desperate times. . . desperate measures. . .]

[ IT'S WORTH IT FOR HIS BF.

He's gonna cast Void from Blood to fully charge up Akira's powerful spell, still holding Akira's hand tightly. ]

[. . . and while Minato does that. . .]

[Akira draws Minato's hand close, pressing it against his forehead as he lets out a small exhale, waiting for the charge to take effect so he can cast his healing spell]

[it was hard to ask this of Minato, but. . . he knows-- he knows-- it was the most strategically sound option, and he knows he needs to trust Minato to do what he can]

[. . . even if Akira doesn't like the outcome]

[ It's worth it. One hundred times over, it would be worth it to give some of himself to heal up Akira.

This was the tactically sound option, so it makes it all the easier.

But while Akira comes to accept it, while Akira heals himself, Minato will remain there crouched with him. ]