Coin Blitz: JustDigi

Diana attacks the length of the track. The sherps have nowhere to escape. They are eliminated. A sad "baaa" plays over the loudspeakers as the final one falls.

The bats fan out. Tai shoots at some, and manage to catch one while it's still close. Firing a spray at another bat, he manages to hit it before it can disappear. Melody concentrates and takes some shots at a bat. Her first shot misses, as does her second, as she fails to account for the bat's erratic flight pattern. The bat flies straight for a moment and Melody concentrates, barely clipping one of its wings. Still counts, apparently.

Two of the bats manage to get behind cover.

One went towards a grand, two-storied carousel and seems to be hiding in the ceiling rafters.

The other flew into a sizable tent marked "hall of mirrors."

Tai glances at the timer. 2:30. The pain in his hand seems to be getting worse instead of better...

Diana flies over to the carousel. It's a split-level monstrosity, even bigger up close, and made of decaying wood and tarnished metal. The upper level seems to be empty, other than the railing. Its floor is marked by three differently-colored rings: white, grey, and black. The railing's not near enough to the ceiling to keep someone out if they could reach it, though the platform itself is up several feet, beyond a normal man's jumping height. She throws a pair of spiral streams around the upper floor; combined with the railing, it forms a near-perfect cage. She tries to shoot it with feathers, but can't get a clean shot at the bat's hiding place from the ground level, though, thanks to that stupid second floor. And it's too tucked in to the sloped roof to attack from the side, either. She'll need to get up there to take it out.

The only stairs up to the second floor are a pair on the inside, winding up the central column. The ground floor itself, unlike the upper level, if full of different seats for riders. To Diana's right is a forward-facing bat on a pole hanging from the ceiling, and to her left is a rear-facing sheep suspended from the floor, followed by a wooden bench, then a forward-facing horse. The pattern begins again with the bat, repeating all the way around. There's only a few feet to pass between each. Diana wonders whether there's some meaning to it.


Melody quickly circles the hall of mirrors and confirms there's only one entrance and one exit. Fortunately, they're right next to each other. Melody stands with her bow ready in case the bat makes a break for it, while Tai begins shooting each of the mirrors visible from the entrance and exit. They shatter easily, the reflective surface falling to the ground and each revealing a wooden panel that was holding the mirror in place. The mirror maze is slowly becoming a wooden maze. No more mirrors are visible from outside. There's no indication the bat has been hit.

2:00. The pain is beginning to spread up Tai's arm. It's distracting enough to throw off his aim with that hand a bit.

What mirrors? All the mirrors visible from outside are dead.
But it was visible in the last mirror that Tai shot.
Before he murdered it.

Totally innocuous question. Is Diana trying to fly between any two seats in particular, or just picking randomly?

Diana takes flight and dives between the sheep and bat, then spirals up the staircase, ready to attack. There's a small wooden landing at the top of the stairs connected to the revolving section. Just like she saw from outside, the second story is empty, and the floor forms black, grey, and white rings heading out from the center. She has a clear view and a clear shot at the rafters, but... no bat. It can't have gotten away, so... it must be hiding on the other side of the central tower and all the machinery. Listening for the sound of flapping confirms that theory. Even now doing everything it can to use the carousel for cover... She'll need to head out onto the platform and circle around.


Tai heads into the maze until he finds a few not-broken mirrors. He manages to find one with the bat's reflection and focuses in on it. Blasted little winged rat. He attempts to posses it. Both his bodies crash to the floor as he jumps into the bat in mid-air. Well... Now he's in control of a completely foreign body much different than his own, one he doesn't quite understand how to control. It's not even a real bat, just some weird toy... He can still see his own body in the mirrors, but now he's stuck in the middle of a mirror maze with no point of reference as to where exactly his new body started. And he needs to find a way to destroy this body. But at least his arm doesn't hurt anymore! He can't feel it, any way.

The timer ticks down to 1:45.

Diana steps out onto the platform and... nothing happens because swans don't weigh much. She chases after the bat, and it continually tries to keep the central pillar between them. It puts up a good fight, but Diana is, in the end, faster.

Bat-Tai makes a lot of noise. Melody has some trouble finding her way through the maze to the sound - and is probably a bit weirded out by Tai's body - but finally finds it. She raises her bow and shoots it.

Tai finds himself back in his old body. And his old body is not doing well.

The group runs back to the stall and finds a generic man waiting there. "Alright, ya win. So ya get your pick o' prize." He points to a shelf of toy animals - all sheep and bats - then to a row of colorful novelty ties and cat ears, then to a potion marked 'antidote.' The party chooses the antidote and Tai chugs it down. His poisoning is healed.

A bright light snaps on next to the entrance to an ampitheater. It's shaped like a 3.

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MISSION ACCOMPLISHED

Current Winnings: 6 coins
Next Mission: Steal the show for 12 coins
Difficulty: ***** (Average)
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