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Post by Vitsheep on Sept 17, 2017 10:23:43 GMT -5
Ohright, music... I think this is the right statrum, with the damaging vine floors?
This time, Alice watches from the rear while Testalice takes point. She keeps cutting through plants in their path with her knife. It slows their progress significantly, but it equally reduces the damage from walking through the area. Alice and Testalice occasionally get a small scratch on their legs from a jutting vine, but it's nothing to be concerned with, just annoying. Frex, on the other hand, struggles to see the ground and exactly where she's going while holding the basket. She's soon got a fresh crop of scratches - though nowhere near as many as she was getting before. Still, she's started leaving a trail of bloody footprints. And though she'd probably normally be pretty into that, the fact it's her own blood makes it much less fun. She's starting to feel a bit light-headed.
Around the halfway point, just as the thorns begin to grow thick again, two swarms of giant butterfly-like creatures come flying towards the group, hovering over the vines.
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Post by Just14 on Sept 17, 2017 10:41:15 GMT -5
Alright, Frex, place the basket down and cleave one of the butterflies apart with your sword. Testalice will dance for Alice to let her move twice. Alice will throw four paralytic needles at the butterfly Frex didn't attack.
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Post by Vitsheep on Sept 17, 2017 15:03:42 GMT -5
Testalice spurs Alice to attack one of the butterfly clusters with a salvo of needles. They seem to be resistant to the paralysis, but not the needles themselves. They're easily defeated by the barrage.
Frex places the basket down, then throws caution to the wind and wades through the vines to attack the other butterflies with her sword. She manages to deal heavy damage to the swarm, but badly injures herself in the process. While she's distracted by the pain, the surviving butterflies sprinkle her with a purple powder. She is now poisoned, bleeding, and badly hurt.
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Post by Just14 on Sept 17, 2017 15:10:26 GMT -5
Frex dances for Alice. Testalice will dance for Alice as well. Alice throws two paralytic needles at the butterflies to finish them while using two Patch Ups on Frex.
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Post by Vitsheep on Sept 17, 2017 20:01:06 GMT -5
Frex and Testalice begin dancing around Alice again. Even Testalice can't avoid stepping through all the thorns dancing here, and takes a minor injury. Frex injures herself very seriously before Alice manages to get her to stop long enough to patch her up. She manages to stop the bleeding, but there's still several thorns embedded in Frex's skin. She tosses a pair of needles almost as an afterthought, and suddenly reverts to her normal form as they hit and kill the monster.
Frex doesn't feel like she's in imminent danger anymore, but she still feels nauseous from the poison and a bit lightheaded from the blood loss.
The party is halfway though, but the vines ahead are much thicker than before. They'll take more damage trying to force their way forward, or take longer trying to hack through it - and they can also hear a lot more rustling coming from the growth. They could also pause to remove the thorns from Frex. They'll need to balance the risk of moving fast with the certainty of more monsters from going slow.
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Post by Just14 on Sept 17, 2017 20:08:54 GMT -5
Alright, Alice will remove the thorns from Frex. She might not be in her other world form, but she still knows basic first aid and usually carries around a mini kit in her bag. Er...if she has her bag. I just sort of assumed she did. Frex will make sure to use a Vulnerary quickly while Testalice works on cutting away the thorns in the way.
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Post by Vitsheep on Sept 17, 2017 20:16:35 GMT -5
Alice starts plucking thorns and disinfecting the wounds. It doesn't magically restore her health and it's extremely unpleasant, but once it's over Frex is glad to note it doesn't feel like she's walking on needles with every step anymore. Plus, it takes long enough the poison wears off. She rubs some vulnerary on herself and feels much better. Testalice starts working on cutting a trail while they're busy, but doesn't manage to make much progress through the thick vines. She does make enough progress, however, that she's cut off from the others when a pair of giant pill bugs roll up behind her.
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Post by Just14 on Sept 17, 2017 20:20:39 GMT -5
Testalice will jump on one and stab it in the eye before trying to keep her balance using her agility to not fall off into a pile of thorns. Frex will dance for Alice and Alice will run down the path to throw a double paralysis needle at the other bug, keeping it from attacking Testalice while she's busy.
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Post by Vitsheep on Sept 17, 2017 20:55:29 GMT -5
Testalice tries to imitate that same trick she saw Frex use earlier. She manages to land on the roller and stab it successfully, then balance on it. And then it starts rolling. She actually manages to keep pace with it as it rolls, but then it suddenly stops. She slips off, bracing herself to land in a pile of brambles. Fortunately, she lands mostly on the trail she'd been clearing, and only one of her arms winds up in the thicker vines. She's still injured by the hard impact on the vines she didn't completely clear, and the other roly-poly rolls right over her back as she tries to stand, repeating the damage. Testalice is moderately injured from the ordeal, but thankful she didn't get thrown into the worst of it.
Alice and Frex run to help, with Frex dancing for Alice. Alice chucks a pair of needles at the uninjured roller. Its movement slows significantly as it barrels towards her.
Unfortunately, they seem to have really high defense. Alice's needles are barely affecting them, damage-wise, and they seem to completely ignore the thorns.
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Post by Just14 on Sept 18, 2017 5:57:58 GMT -5
Testalice will dance for Alice. Alice will throw two poison needles each at both enemies. Frex will wind up her sword like a bat and smack away one of the enemies into a bramble pile.
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Post by Vitsheep on Sept 18, 2017 14:58:50 GMT -5
Testalice picks herself up and starts dancing for Alice while the two rollers roll back around for another attack. Alice starts throwing poisoned needles at them. One bounces off harmlessly, but the other strike true. The monsters are both poisoned. The faster ball rolls by, leaps up, and tackles Alice in the chest. She manages to keep her balance. Frex winds up and smashes the paralyzed one into a thick patch of thorns. It doesn't really seem to have much problem dealing with them, rolling back out in a short time.
Both are poisoned and pretty badly damaged.
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Post by Just14 on Sept 18, 2017 15:06:22 GMT -5
Testalice will dance for Alice. Alice will use Patch Up on Testalice and then throw two poison needles at the weakest roller. Frex will watch her roller carefully until just the right moment. Mid roll, she's going to stab the underside of the roller, the only real opening in the armor. "BLEED FOR ME! MWAHAHAHAHA!"
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Post by Vitsheep on Sept 18, 2017 20:40:09 GMT -5
Alice patches Testalice up. She's so excited to not be dying anymore that she starts dancing. Alice throws a few more poison needles at one roller. It hops up and slams her in the chest again, then succumbs to the poison. Frex attracts the slowroller, taking advantage of the fact its slowed down to stab through its armor.
The monsters are dead.
Alice is a bit winded from being slammed a few times. Testalice still has some thorns embedded in her chest and arm; she's injured, but not bleeding. Frex is about as injured as Testalice. They're about 3/5 of the way through.
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Post by Just14 on Sept 18, 2017 20:44:38 GMT -5
Frex, dance for Testalice. Alice will carry the basket. Testalice will cut through the vines, making a path twice as fast as before.
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Post by Vitsheep on Sept 18, 2017 20:50:15 GMT -5
So that would be Testy in front, then Frex, then Alice?
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