Deviation Actions
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GM: The night before, letters were sent out to a choice dozen or so students to meet at the front gate of the school for a 'special assignment'. Looks like all you lucky little ducks have been chosen for your first adventure out into the vast Silverthorne cityscape, searching for those Shade things you've been hearing so much about but have never seen. Well, there's a first time for everything, isn't there?
As you approach the gate, you see the Headmistress -a tall, dark skinned woman with an ethereal aura- waiting for you alongside the Duchesses. A small contingent of fauna much bigger than any Fiore's surround her and look around the grounds with vigilant eyes. The little bubbles stare at you all with tough looking faces that are horribly out of place on their round, cute little bodies. Quickly, the Headmistress explains that the Duchesses will be chaperoning everyone on a trip to the Lower Ring of the city, which is heavily populated by unappealing types of people, all forced to live in poverty. She reveals that through some of the fauna's investigations, a small group of Shades has been discovered wandering the area, and should be dealt with before they cause harm to the already troubled humans that inhabit the neighborhood.
After a few minutes, Josephine steps forward and instructs everyone to transform into their magical forms. You all comply, regardless of whether or not you want to- though if you didn't, would you be here? Once everyone is ready, the brown haired duchess waves her hand a blanket of faint sparkles envelops her. She explains to everyone that this is invisibility magic, and with enough focus, all of the Fiore present should be able to activate it. Within a few minutes, you all figure out how to activate it, and those who haven't, well, Josephine does it for you instead, waving her hand over you and enveloping you in a shower of glittery dust that smells overpoweringly of roses. You'll get it some day, sport.
Everyone leaves the campus and with some super special enhanced speed and stamina (what a neat perk!), everyone makes it to the lower ring within an hour. You all walk through a shady part of the lower ring, and are continually bumped into people who can't see you. They give looks of confusion when they turn and see nothing there, but move on with their lives because if they didn't, well that would be both sad and concerning.
However, none of you know what to do now that you're here.
The Duchesses notice the group's struggle and vaguely hint that you all should look for something suspicious surrounding any of the humans walking around. Quickly, someone notices in the corner of their eye that a dark, sticky looking aura surrounds a small group of 3 sickly, and rather scary looking, people who loiter a dirty alley. The Duchesses Fauna chime and everyone else's fauna wiggle in excitement, a glow of energy shooting from their bubbly little forms. They encircle the scary looking people and a gross, disgustingly thick black slime of some sort starts to pour out of their noses. Someone wonders if they need a tissue or perhaps a hospital. That shit is nasty.
In a matter of seconds, three tall tar-like creatures screech as they manifest physical forms, the humans they once inhabited fainting as the overpowering stench, similar to that of burning rubber mixed with rotten food, sweeps the alley. The shades possess a set of several arms, their 'fingers' outstretched into claws. A set of 12 eyes, none of them particularly focused, protrudes from their sticky looking bodies.They open their mouths to threateningly expose sick looking....human teeth coated in dirt and grime at you. It smells like a corpse, though if you guys are lucky, no one has ever smelled something like that. Though at the same time, this is very unlucky for you, since it's your first time smelling something like this and it is completely nauseating. Luckily, everyone's magic seems to envelop you in a powerful cloud of perfume- it's scented like your flower. How delightful.
Shades: Upon catching a whiff of the Fiori, the Shades become agitated and begin to lash out. The first Shade sends a blast of nauseating black smoke at Larissa and Chichi (D4+10), the second one reaches out to claw at Suzanne and Bailey (D2+10), and the third one fires a small blast of goopy black filth at Mezz and Bernie (D4+10). The fight is on! (Shade 1: 100/100 HP, Shade 2: 100/100 HP, Shade 3: 100/100 HP)
GM: -- Everyone please write as fast and as little as possible to cut down on time. Specify your target in your post using (parentheses), whether it be a shade (for an attack) or a person (for a heal or defense move). Also, include your Dice roll in parentheses after the sentence that includes your attack (D-). At the end of your post, write your (HP Current/Total HP). If you have any questions about what to do, just ask us in the Skype chat!
Suzanne: Suzanne grabbed her shield and threw it at the first shade(D5+5) (HP: 103/110)
Bridget: Jumping into the fray Bridget summons small sickles of wind to slice at the enemy (Shade 1) (D5+5) (HP: 100/100)
Bailey: Bailey growls, skidding back due to the shade's hit. "Damn." she proclaims, slightly surprised by the action and raises her sword, it's vine like paintings seeming to move as she stabs it forward to Shade 2. (D4 + 10) ( HP: 88/110)
Mezz: “Disgusting scum…” Mezz muttered to herself as she was hit, activating her shield and started her attack on the thing that was so unfortunately stupid to anger her. Swing her arm forward, the shield disk launched off her arm toward the monster (Shade 3)(Damage: D4+5) and retracted it back into resting position. (Current HP: 112/120)
Larissa:Larissa looked over to the girl whom received the same smoke attack as her, and casts a healing spell circle on Chichi (d10+5). “B-Be careful…” (Larissa’s HP 96/100)
Rivalia: Poor Rivalia was so nervous about all of this. The shades smelled absolutely disgusting! At least they were a pretty big group…with Bernie along as well yeeees. Holding up her sacred vajra, she pointed it towards (Shade 1) (D5+9) as lightning magic striked out at the shade. HP: 130/130
Bernie: Well this was exciting. Her first shade battle, and not just that but with her roommate, too! The girl had made sure to greet her before they entered the battle, but aside from Rivalia, nobody here was too familiar. These were some cool outfits, though. But goddamn, when they said they were disgusting bug creatures they were NOT lying- poor Bernie had the lack of luck to be struck by unidentifiable black goop! UGH, DISGUSTING. She snarled in response and whacked (Shade 3) with her whip which glowed a blue light as she did so (D6+10=16). HP: 86/100
Phelousa: Weaving in and around the battle field Phelousa finally reaches Bailey and starts healing D10=2 "S-sorry it's not much" 100/100
Shades: The first Shade lets out a terrifying, inhuman screech as attacks rain down on it. It lashes out at Rivalia, Phelousa, and Bridget (D4+10). The other two growl and hiss at the damage being done to them; the second one blasts toxic smoke at Bailey and Phelousa (D3+10), and the third one sends another blob of sludge hurling at Mezz and Larissa (D5+10). (Shade 1: 66/100 HP, Shade 2: 86/100 HP, Shade 3: 75/100 HP) ((If another character healed your Fiore, don't forget to count that into their HP along with the Shade damage!))
Suzanne: Suzanne grabs her shields as it comes flying back to her and quickly jumps towards the shades. She gathers her energy and slams her weapon into her opponent as hard as she can (Shade 1) (D9+5) (HP:103)
Mezz: During the fray, Mezz noticed that Guaritori are taking care of the healing, so she could enjoy herself shredding the monster into pieces. It attacked her with another sludge bomb, she blocked most of it with the shield but some of it still got her legs. With the faintest of smiles on her face though her eyes look of pure rage and it is still composed with the two facts, she launched the Rotary shield again at the same monster before (Shade 3) (Damage: D10+5) and the girl happily watched the weapon hitting the Shade straight in the chest before returning to her. Really, she is having too much fun in her mass destruction. (Current HP: 103/120)
Bailey: Bailey felt the tinge of unfamiliar magic in her body and flipped her head at the blonde haired Phelousa. "It's more than I could hope for!" she shouted at her and grinned, before receiving another hit due to her distraction. Right. Don't get distracted. Bailey recovered her composure and powered her Pandora with a glow of purple. "Take this!" she cried, swinging her sword at (Shade 2) with more force than expected (D8 + 10). (HP 77/100)
Rivalia: Eek! Rivalia let out a little squeak as the shade lashed out at her. That hurt! But even though she was hurt, she was more worried for her roommate that had been hit pretty badly last round. So with a wave of her sacred vajra, a soft pink light surrounded (Bernanda) (D6+4) “Be careful Bernie!” HP: 124/130
Larissa: Larissa felt like she was going to puke from the sludge, but the fragrance coming from her fauna helped her re-focused on her healing duties. Aiming her staff at Bailey, she casted a healing circle surrounding her (d4+5). (Current HP: 91/100)
Bernie: "Ugh... stupid..." The blue-nette muttered as she stared bitterly down at the black goop that still hung to her outfit. Well, these were definitely going to be interesting battles. She quickly drew her attention away and back to the battle at hand- don't get distracted now. Bernie flinched slightly when a sudden light seemed to envelop her for a few minutes, but eased herself when it not only didn't seem harmful, but she actually felt much better! That's when she noticed that it came from Rivalia and briefly recalled them talking about having each other's backs in battle. The girl smiled, "thanks!" But that smile faded when a shade appeared to lash out at said girl. AW HELL NAW. Time for Bernie to return the favor of 'having each other's backs', so without hesitation, she swung her whip toward (Shade 1), wrapped it around one of it's limbs, and slammed it into the nearest wall as hard as she could with the same glowing light that gave off a bit more of an electrical effect this time around (D8+10=18). HP: 100/100
Bridget: Bridget grunts as the attack hits her, knocking her off her feet. Quickly rolling back up in a swift motion she swings her fan out, sending a large gust of widnd towards the Shades. (Shade 1)(D9+5)(Current HP: 96/100)
Phelousa: Phelousa cries out as she was hit (HP: 103/130) A little bit more confident at Balieys message she uses her own strength smacks at the Shade 1 (4)
Shades: Shade 1 screeches as it’s assaulted by several Fiore, it’s eyes bulging and blinking rapidly, shooting their gazes as the creature begins to panic. It launches a ball of sludge at Bridget and Bernie (D3+10). Shade 2 yells as it is hit by Bailey and flails, it’s arms scratching at Bailey and Phelousa (D1+10) . Shade 3 isn’t pleased when it’s hit by Mezz. The tar-like creature attacks back at Mezz and it also goes after Suzanne with a powerful puff of poisonous smoke (D5+10). (Shade 1 HP: 30/100, Shade 2 HP: 68/100, Shade 3 HP: 60/100)
Rivalia: Rivalia was so pleased that Bernie was okay! Or rather, she was glad her healing was pretty decent for being such a newbie. Poor everyone else though…they were getting just as hurt. She was conflicted with her decision now. To heal or to fight. Such is the mischiati decision. In her mind though, perhaps taking out one or two of them would lessen the blows for the time being. So! Getting close to Bernie, Rivalia tapped the bluenette’s shoulder. “I’m going to go for that shade over there. Help me~?” She smiled at her roommate, and then brought up her sacred vajra for her attack on that particular shade. With a big grin, lightning flashed out as it struck (Shade 2) (D7+9). HP: 124/130
Suzanne: Suzanne gasps for air as the hideous smelling smoke reached her. She starts to panic as she could feel her skin starting to burn, but quickly spins her shield around her to get rid of the gas. Her first instinct is to attack the shade that breathed poison on her, but changes her mind as she sees that another shade seems to be reaching its limits. She then throws her shield at the weaker shade and catches it as it returns back to her. "If we get that weak one out of the way, the there's one less enemy to attack us! Should we aim for that one?" she proposes. (Shade 1) (D8+5) (HP 93)
Mezz: The monster attacked once again, a pungent scent burned through the air. Thankfully, the scent of sunflowers drowned it out but it still made Mezz’s eyes narrow in reaction to it. It seems like whatever she was doing was working, Mezz continued her relentless assault on the monster with her weapon, its spinning blades whirred across the air taking another chunk at the Shade. (Shade3)(Damage: D10+5) Even in her first battle, Mezz overall was pleased with her performance so far. Her duel with the beast filled her with an emotion she never felt before. It was exhilarating. (Current HP: 94/120)
Bailey: This was getting bothersome. Bailey was slammed back again as she received another scratch and gritted her teeth. Another girl has luckily enveloped her in magic just a minute ago so it didn’t hurt as much as it normally would. “Bailey! C-come on!” her little fauna encouraged. “These things really are gross huh?” she murmured and pushed herself up, extending her swords vines to pierce through the limbs of one of the monsters (shade2)(D4 + 10). (Hp: 75/100)
Bridget: "ITS IN MY MOUTH!" Bridget screeches forcing her sticky body into a sitting position, covered in sludge from head to toe from the attack. Slipping and sliding, trying to stand she manages to shakily get to her feet her dull purple pumps precariously slipping outwards. Bridget manages to swing her fan, spinning her around and around on the slippery puddle, twirling like an Ice Dancer with enough force to summon a large sickle, hitting the Shade square in it's ugly face before she stops with a triumphant "HOO-AH!" (Shade 1)(D6+5)(HP: 73/100)
Phelousa: The scratch stung where it had hit Phelousa. She felt tears well up in her eyes at how horrible it felt, however this did not defer her as she attempts to heal Bailey once more (D3+5 =8) ((Current HP: 92/130))
Larissa: Going on constant healing duty can get tiring, and Larissa is no exception. She tried to cast her healing circle of light on Bridget, but she was having a hard time aiming. In fact, she barely missed healing her… (d1+5) “I..I’m sorry...” Larissa muttered. (Current HP: 91/100)
Bernie: Her eyes widened in horror as another ball of black sludge came her way and splashed against her in the most disgusting manner. NOT AGAIN! Not only her but another poor girl had to witness the same disgusting fate, too! She cringed very visibly at the 'it's in my mouth comment' and was just about ready to attack the same shade again, until she felt a tap on her shoulder and turned to see her roommate. At her offer, Bernie stopped to think for a moment and realized that it seemed the least weak of the shades overall. In response, Bernie smirked, "hell yeah~" and waited for Riva attack (Shade 2) before going after it herself. With a quick helicopter-like swing of her whip above her head to prepare her attack- as well as a brief battle cry of her own- as she swung it down as hard as she possibly could on it's ugly little face, giving off the same blinding electrical-like magic as before when contact was made with it's head (D10+10=20 YOOO). Bernie was, to be frank, VERY pleased with her overall performance in this battle- so exciting! Disgusting, but exciting! HP: 83/100
Shades: Shade 1 whines as it is assaulted by another onslaught of attacks, lashing it’s arms out randomly, hitting Bailey and Rivalia (D1+10). Shade 2 howls as it is weakened considerably, and sends a puff of smoke at Bridget and Bernie (D4+10). Shade 3 hacks up a ball of gross black sludge at Mezz and Suzanne (D4+10). (Shade 1 HP: 6/100, Shade 2 HP: 3/100, Shade 3 HP: 45/100)
Bailey: “Oh…. That is actually a good idea.” Bailey realized, tilting her head at Suzanne, leaning on her sword for a second. She was already exhausted. And pretty hurt. And feeling as if she might throw up. If Elpis’ magic hadn’t been there, she probably would have lost it. Again the blonde girl healed her and Bailey couldn’t help but grin at her, even though she looked as if she was about to cry. “Hey, heads up everyone! We can do this!” she growled with a stubborn expression before getting hit on her back. “FUCK” Bailey cursed, getting up. Now she was done with these things. With a loud screech she jumped up as high as she could, a purple trace left in the air by her rapidly swinging broad sword that slashed at Shade 1. (D9 + 10). (HP: 72/100)
Mezz: Mezz raised her shield to block the sludge from hitting her in the face, due to the comments being thrown around from the other Fiori. After taking the blunt of it, Mezz waited for her shield to spin away the sludge on it, and then launched it again. She continued hitting the same Shade over and over again, doing most of it's health damage. (Shade3) (Damage: D8+5) She continued to shrug off any attack without a problem. (Current HP: 86/120)
Suzanne: Suzanne uses her shield as protection, but flinches as she feels her legs getting hit by the sludge. "Ugh, what is this?!" she complains and tries to wipe the stuff off. She notices in the corner of her eye Bailey finishing one of the shades off, so she turns towards her. "Good job Bailey!" she cheers. Suzanne then takes a deep breath and charges towards the shade again. She slams her shield into it, even if the blow was pretty weak. (Shade 2) (d2+5) (HP 84)
Phelousa: Letting out an exaggerated battle cry of "HIYAAAAA" Phelousa gathers all her strength to smack Shade 2 (4), before leaping out of the way before it could attack her (HP: 93/130)
Rivalia: Oh darn. Despite Rivalia and Bernie’s combined attacks, that shade was still standing! Just barely though. Before Rivalia could even decide who to attack next, one of the other shades had wacked her and she let out a pained yelp. Well—that wasn’t tooo bad actually. Compared to Bernie who was covered in sludge. Argh. Anyways, she directed her next strong lightning attack towards (Shade3)(D9+9), determined to take it down then and there. HP: 121/130
Bridget: "No worries, Larissa, you'll get it next time!" Bridget called in encouragement as the healing spell whizzed past her. Suddenly a cloud of foul smelling smoke descends over Bridget, coughing and spluttering the tall girl swings her fan side to side, trying to clear the air as she walked through the path she created only to end up getting a little too close to Shade 3 and smacking it right in the face with her feathered weapon. Oops. (5) (HP: 59/100)
Larissa: "…Just one more left...!" Larissa said to herself as she watched her comrades defeat the shades. She then healed Bailey. “Y-You can do this…!” she spoke out in an attempt to be encouraging towards the fighting fiori. (HP: 96/100)
Bernie: Oh yes, she was feeling very good about herself, knowing how considerably well she was doing for a newbie. Coughing a bit at the smoke, Bernie quickly waved her hand to clear it and get away to look at the condition the shades were in, ultimately deciding that going for the one that looked the healthiest was probably the best decision. Bernie grinning and rushing toward (Shade 3), wrapping her weapon around it's limbs like she had done previously, and yanked her whip back to slam it downward into the ground (D10+10=20). HP: 69/100
Larissa: "…Just one more left...!" Larissa spoke as she watched her comrades defeat the shades. She then healed Bailey (d8+5). “Y-You can do this…!” she said in an attempt to be encouraging towards the fighting fiori. (HP: 96/100)
Shades: Shade 1 and Shade 2 let out ear shattering screeches as their bodies explode into small puddles of black sludge, their teeth and eyeballs littering the decay. Shade 3 attempts to flee as it’s comrades are slaughtered by the girls, but is unable to escape as it is whipped by Bernie, meeting it’s demise. By now, the alley is covered in a rather amazing amount of still eyes, teeth, and black, tar-like sludge. The Duchesses clap lightly and step out from their vantage point, congratulating everyone on a job well done. Celcier and the other Guaritore get to work healing up everyone’s wounds, leaving everyone nice and healthy. Josephine’s fauna, Earl Grey, waves it’s arms at the other fauna present, who all gather in a little herd alongside it. They stay behind as the Duchesses lead the Fiore back to the school, though they catch up just as you all get back.After transforming back into your daily clothes, the sludge and grime of battle washes away and everyone looks good as new, though the smell seems to linger a bit. Twilight is starting to descend upon the city, the bright lights of the far off buildings looking dazzlingly pretty from the school’s vantage point. However, even though the scenery is pretty, everyone is pretty tuckered out from such an exciting endeavor. It might be nice to get a nice shower and relax for the night.
Shades: Everyone recieves 30 EXP for the completion of this battle!! Thanks for coming!!
I hope I'll be able to participate in the next shade battle as well
