>>3055956
>> Just sitting there, is he? Wonder if you could make that more permanent.
No orders means time to try to win with out own initiative, which is most easily done by incapacitating the other summon!

>>3055956
> Just sitting there, is he? Wonder if you could make that more permanent

>>3055956
>> See how he reacts if you try to mess up his handiwork!
previous threads isn't archived yet

>>3055956

>Other: "Staff weapons are cool and all but they have a obvious weakness. Go toward him so he will have a difficult time to hit us and use our sword to cut the weapon in half


I have the strange feelling he just made a teleport circle

>you feel a burning sensation in your foot start up- it’s not enough to deter you, however,

I guess his mana is the type that builds up the more he hits a target with his glowing weapon. Basicaly a build up damaging skill

>>3055956
>See how he reacts if you try to mess up his handiwork!

>>3055956
>>3055991
I guess i will change my vote.

> See how he reacts if you try to mess up his handiwork!

"I might not know art, but I know what I like." -Miranda

"I know art AND what I like!" - Lorelei

"Art can be a lot of things. Who's to say what 'art' is and isn't?'"- Izumi

"Me, if the question is 'which of these pieces am I going to sell?'" -Lorelei again.

>>3055956
>> Just sitting there, is he? Wonder if you could make that more permanent.

>>3055990
done.
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/qstarchive/3025368/

And we are tied again.

>>3055956
> Just sitting there, is he? Wonder if you could make that more permanent.

>>3056045

was meant to be a 'writing', sorry. So anything after that isn't valid.

>>3056104
Phooey...

>>3055956
> Just sitting there, is he? Wonder if you could make that more permanent
Wonder if damaging the arena is frowned upon

>>3055956
>>3055990
>>3056024
>>3056033
Well, first thing’s first- you need to see about whatever this circle is. You’re not sure what it’s supposed to be doing, but you don’t want to risk anything before you have a chance to take him out. So of course the force multiplier needs to go first and foremost. As you jump for it, you feel something hit just to your side- you’re not sure what it is, but it’s a gamble you don’t want to take. The smell of flowers, despite you not using your scent, is something you make a mental warning to watch for.

As you reach the edge of the painted circle, you hear galloping right behind you, and you know you don’t have a lot of time.

‘Well, if it worked once…’ You bring your foot down again, and there’s a *crack* yet again- this time from the floor sundering as opposed to any device...and hopefully, that’ll take care of whatever that ring is supposed to be doing. So long as it doesn't get you disqualified, but, then again, no one mentioned anything about THAT...

>Roll 1d20, best of 3.

Rolled 1 (1d20)

>>3056112
rollin

Rolled 19 (1d20)

>>3056112
>>3056117
oy vey

Rolled 2 (1d20)

>>3056112

>>3056117
>>3056118
hooray for non-overriding crits! Maybe I should stop rolling for a while.

Rolled 2 (1d20)

>>3056112
Grab him by the horns and toss him!

>>3056117
>>3056118
>>3056119

Interesting set. Pft.

Writing.

>>3056045
Lori best girl.

>>3056125
Interesting to who?!

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>>3056149

>>3056112
>>3056117
>>3056118
>>3056119
As you turn around, you realize that he’s faster than you thought- he’s got his horns lowered and it looks like he’s trying to just ram you out of bounds!

You don’t have much time to do anything else but brace and...now!

Grabbing onto his prodigious horns, you stop him cold, causing him to grunt in surprise, and seeing a golden advantage, you LIFT.

There’s a sound of shock that runs through the audience as you lift him up without moving from your spot, and for a few moments it looks like you might be able to straight up SUPLEX him out of bounds…

Sadly, he still has his stave- and his hands are still free to aim it at you, firing in close range. There’s a puff of strange pinkness that envelops you both, and you immediately feel dizzy as a strange smoke surrounds you. The act is just enough to get you to slacken your grip as the beastman kicks off of you- not enough to make you do more than flinch, but he’s out of your grasp. On the plus side, his circle, you’re pretty sure, is destroyed, so whatever benefit he had from that is gone…

Your head and body both feel light, and that smoke seems to have spread…so now it’s masking him a bit. But is it masking you?”

“Up...go up!” You hear Lysan say over the roaring din. You can hear the other girl shouting something, too, even: “Whistle!”

>Move forward, he’s probably talking about distance from the edge…
>Hmm...well, you’re pretty good with jumping (and maybe these wings could help…)
>Does he mean move up, towards the girl’s side? Maybe that’s where it’s at…
>Other

>>3056234
>Hmm...well, you’re pretty good with jumping (and maybe these wings could help…)

FiNNALY I WAS EXPECTING TO TRY THIS FOR A WHILE!!

>>3056234
>Hmm...well, you’re pretty good with jumping (and maybe these wings could help

>>3056234
>Hmm...well, you’re pretty good with jumping (and maybe these wings could help…)
Didn't we tell him we can't fly? I'm assuming he forgot if we did.

>>3056234
>>Hmm...well, you’re pretty good with jumping (and maybe these wings could help…)
Lift off!

>>3056234
>>Hmm...well, you’re pretty good with jumping (and maybe these wings could help…)
Not the best time to try the wings, but better late than never. And we're pretty good at jumping anyway if they don't actually do anything.

>>3056258
We can always glide/fall with grace. We just need to be high enough or jump from enough high advantage point.

>>3056234
>>Hmm...well, you’re pretty good with jumping (and maybe these wings could help…)

>Enemy Summon: "You can fly?!"
>Miranda:"No. Jump good!"

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>There’s a puff of strange pinkness that envelops you both, and you immediately feel dizzy as a strange smoke surrounds you.

>centaur man
>deer antlers
> pink smoke
>you get dizzy and relaxed inhaling it

Ja man we should light some stuff later and relax with this bro later

Maybe put up a barrier in midair as a platform, if they're unaffected by gravity that is. Can double as a firing platform.

>>3056234
Can we fly, or fall with style at least?

Find out in about an hour or later because I need to head out. Run is paused!

>>3056336
Could be a good way to use it as a plataform yeah. Maybe we can even keep jumping in the air using the barriers. If we can use it like that. Most we have is the huge dome barrier and the barrier that appears in from of us.

>>3056347
Booo cliffhanger!

>>3056336
The only 'barrier' we can put up is the Great Barrier at 3000 MP, and we have to concentrate to keep it up.

>>3056360
No wait, we also have the Light barrier, at 'only' 1000 PM a pop. Not as bad, but still rather stiff for a platform.

>>3056234
>Hmm...well, you’re pretty good with jumping (and maybe these wings could help…)
I think he said we could glide with them?

Rolled 19 (1d20)

>>3056234
>>3056251
>>3056254
>>3056258
>>3056259
>>3056260
>>3056265
>>3056553
Up, huh? Well, hopefully he meant that literally!

Tensing your legs, you spring upwards out of the smokescreen, to the shock of the crowd. You have to look fast for him at this stage, though. Fortunately, after only a few moments, you can see him as you reach the apex of your jump-

-just as you hear a piercing whistle, and a number of writhing motions suddenly take shape in what’s rapidly becoming more of a contained cloudbank than anything else, the deetaur’s form almost vanishing within. Great, now you’re going to have to land and...oh! Your wings!

Geez, you’d kind of forgotten them again, but, well...here’s hoping! Concentrating, you spread them and begin flapping, doing your best to do it without thinking about it. To your astonishment, you actually manage to start arresting your fall, turning it from a dead drop to a slow glide down. And here you were just talking the other day about aerial superiority!

...unfortunately, you can feel the toll it’s taking on your body already- something that’s ‘unnatural’ to you and you’re pushing out a lot of flapping, more like a dragonfly with your four wings han anything else. Still, that does mean you have an advantage- and not a moment too soon, considering you’ve got to flush this guy out from whatever’s making movements down there.

“Now!” Lysan calls- that was pretty vague. Wonder if that one was just for show?

>Light it up! Strafing run the whole damn area with low powered magiblasts and flush him out hardways.
>You’re going to need to pick a target- you don’t want him to have a chance at taking you at a bad angle…
>You need to clear this smoke out first- maybe your sword and an Energy Channel can provide some help with that.
>Other

>>3056609
Huh. That's an interesting roll outcome.

>>3056609
>Light it up! Strafing run the whole damn area with low powered magiblasts and flush him out hardways.

>>3056609
>>Light it up! Strafing run the whole damn area with low powered magiblasts and flush him out hardways.
Air support best support

>>3056609
>>You need to clear this smoke out first- maybe your sword and an Energy Channel can provide some help with that.

>Energy Channel: She can focus mana and flare it to create a 'burning' aura of mana that can injure anyone who comes into contact with it. Can be focused on any part of the body for extra impact.

Eliminate the battlefield advantage with Fire to purge the smoke!

>>3056609
>Light it up! Strafing run the whole damn area with low powered magiblasts and flush him out hardways.

>>3056628
Lets play with the abilities he has seen us use and leave the flamebringer and similar when we get ambushed.

>>3056632
Eh sure, if that's how people want it. I simply didn't want the fight to drag on too long with the smoke giving the thing more time to dodge and fight. At least the low-power magi-blasts costs basically nothing to use.

Blankets need carpets. Writing.

>>3056609
>>3056623
>>3056626
>>3056630
Well, you’ve got just the solution for this! As your hands light up, you shift your body around to glide towards Lysan. You need a good start up for this…

And, transition from a gentle curve into a full tilt, you push yourself to buzz faster; it gets easier, it seems, when you’re actively thinking about other actions. Your hands erupt with flashes as small magiblasts pepper the ground in a carpet bombing maneuver that has a few people even shrieking, and the yelling of the crowd was loud enough already! You make sure to keep them well from the sidelines, however, and it seems like it’s only for this reason that the side judges aren’t making a move- although they all seem to be on alert, for certain.

As your first pass doesn’t seem to yield results aside from clearing holes in the smoke to reveal pockmarks, you manage to tilt upwards a bit to catch a bit more air and come around for a second pass. Heck, it almost feels like you’re ACTUALLY flying. Honestly...you could get used to this. You’ll have to remind Owlia to make you a flight crystal when you get back. This crap is addicting.

The second pass is what does it, as a number of what seems to be cotton-candy made snakes lay fallen on the floor as they melt apart- you don’t THINK those were summons, at least. Regardless, as you clear the second half of the area, there’s another pink blast that forces you to dodge it, bringing you closer, but not quite touching the ground. The magiblasts, on the other hand, are something HE can’t dodge, and a number of them hit him flush, throwing him back near Lysan, sprawled on the floor. He scrambles to get up, to Lysan’s surprise, and he’s only just managed to get to his knees when you get near him- offbalance, panicked, and injured, it’s well time to finish this…

“That’s enough!” Huh?

You look past the summon to see Lysan looking at him with an odd look in his eye. “He’s beaten. You don’t need to fight him anymore.”

The line judge nearest him looks on particularly- resembling a giant blue genie lady with parted hair in four looooong pigtails and a mouthless face. “He’s still capable of fighting. That is for him to decide.”

Lysan looks at you, then him, as his face...hardens? Well then. “Look, you’ve been on the defensive for a while now. Kyria’s not even trying yet, she’s having fun. Give it up while you can!”

…wonder what’s gotten into him. Gravity of the situation?

>(Intimidate) “It’s so rare to have a willing playmate…”
>Say nothing, let the summon decide for himself if he wants to go down swinging.
>Other

>>3056690
Hey handler would a megaphone help clearuing the smoke. Or does the magic, increase the voice without giving high vibration?

I take since it's magic it just increase the voice but it's always good to check.

>>3056823
>>(Intimidate) “It’s so rare to have a willing playmate…”
Eh, if Lysan wants the fight to end quicker too, then being scary would help with that.

>>3056823
>>(Intimidate) “It’s so rare to have a willing playmate…”

>>3056823
>>Say nothing, let the summon decide for himself if he wants to go down swinging.
He's not the only one being tested here. Losing isn't the same as failing.

>>3056823
>Say nothing, let the summon decide for himself if he wants to go down swinging.

>>3056847
i think that is just asking for the outgoer lady to show up.

>>3056823
>Say nothing, let the summon decide for himself if he wants to go down swinging.

>Kyria’s not even trying yet, she’s having fun.

Wonder if that is the bound or if he is just trying to bluff. Anyway i find the idea of Lysan noticing we are holding back very entertaining.

>>3056859
Considering he had to purchase a rider to prevent us from breaking stuff without cause, he should be at least somewhat aware of how powerful we are. I hope we get a chance to really show off before we leave though. They've been scared with just a minor showing of power, I want to see their reaction when we really go at it.


As a side note, Sal really overrated and overcharged him for this mission. This job could have been done by anyone at SES, even the newbies. I wonder if there was a 'short notice' surcharge or something.

>>3056870
Or maybe he asked for someone that can definitely make him pass, and well, we are the best that we have.

>>3056870
Most likely Sal found out that the boy was being target and his idiotics behaviour would attract the kind of people that try to abuse the usual MC dumb behaviour.

Just look what happend in the Bookstore and the carnival. The only place were we didn't needed to fight someone was in the dance show.

All i want from this bombing strife is to see Lucia's face and have her realize how lucky she is that we refuse to fight her in a public area.

If we had done that.There would have be a lot of collateral damage

Whoop, forgot to lock. We're just waiting for him...

Writing.

>>3056882
We definitely wouldn't have made a strafing run against her. Maybe a swordfight, but i doubt we would show her what we are capable of.

>>3056823
>>3056852
>>3056853
>>3056855
Either way, you’re willing to let the guy decide for itself. You let yourself land, folding your arms like before after you straighten up, and make sure he’s not making any specific motions. Groaning, he manages to rise to his feet. He looks to you, then past you...likely at his summoner. You can see a slight nod from him to her, and he looks to you…

And then rears back and charges, a noise that’s not cry neigh, not quite yell bellowing from his muzzle.

But even then, his eyes are weak, yet wild. You can tell that whatever this is, it’s a surface hope- a last charge hoping for glory.

Yeah, you’re not about that. You can see Lysan behind you, frowning deeply, and for once, you have an idea of what he wants from you.

Time to end this.

>THIS time you’re going to chuck him out of bounds.
>You’ll beat him down in the center of the ring. He’ll drop one way or another.
>Just pop him with a stronger blast. You’ve been plenty creative, you think.
>Other

>>3056970
>THIS time you’re going to chuck him out of bounds.

>>3056970
>>You’ll beat him down in the center of the ring. He’ll drop one way or another.
Strength, restrained. Well show that even holding back, we can pound him into the ground.

>>3056970
>>THIS time you’re going to chuck him out of bounds.

>>3056970
>THIS time you’re going to chuck him out of bounds.

>>3056970
>You’ll beat him down in the center of the ring. He’ll drop one way or another

>>3056970
>THIS time you’re going to chuck him out of bounds.

>>3056970
>THIS time you’re going to chuck him out of bounds.
Best not to accentuate our violent nature at this moment.

>>3056970
Bon voyage.

Writing.

>>3056970
>THIS time you’re going to chuck him out of bounds.
So long gay bowser

>>3057060
And now we should spin him around before throwing him out of the ring.

>>3056970
>>3056983
>>3056990
>>3056998
>>3057041
>>3057046
>>3057060
It doesn’t take you long to figure out exactly how you want to wrap this up. You tried it before...

-your palms dig into his antlers, and there’s a squeal on the ground as he’s dragged against his will as you shift your weight to start your spin, hurling him around and around and around... There’s an increasingly loud yell coming from him as you pick up speed- ah, but not too hard, right.

You almost can't help yourself, muttering a low 'See ya!' as you let go. The swing and pitch sends him the full length of the gym, causing the girl to shriek as she flinches when her summon skids past her to impact into the wall with a thud. You’re...pretty sure he shouldn’t be dead. In a lot of pain, but not dead, no. He doesn’t seem to dissipate or anything, so at the very least you’re spared that.

“AND THAT’S IT!” the principle yells again. “THE WINNER IS LYSAN FAIRVIEW!”

There’s some applause- from Iris, from his family, and from a number of others, but a lot of people- and a lot of summoners, you notice- are looking at you and him with a bit more fear now.

As you walk back to Lysan, he nods with a small smile. Seems like it might’ve worked out for you. The judges, having all been watching your fight closely, mark your score down- you guess that it’s not something publicly revealed until all the fights have happened. The girl- Delilah, you just remember- is cradling her summon, who is saying something to her, although he stops briefly after you focus on him. He doesn’t seem to be getting up, either, to the murmuring of the crowd. One or two other adults come over to check things out- probably a good idea.

“Okay, I think we got past the first round okay. Delilah might’ve, too. Not sure. I guess it depends on if her own summon can get back up…” You can’t help but notice that several of the kids are giving you both a wide berth now as you sit back down, save for Iris, who scoots closer, and one kid, a short haired, round-faced boy who just scowls at you.

“Wow, that was kinda brutal,” Iris notes. “Delilah’s no slouch, either! Good job on taking her out like that!”

>Ask about offering aid to that summon. Might as well.
>Talk about who else she might think is a threat.
>Ask Lysan about his statements at the end.
>Other

>>3057095
>Ask about offering aid to that summon. Might as well.
Be humble and all of that. It might also give us extra points

>>3057095
>>Talk about who else she might think is a threat.
There's no need to waste power when we've got more fights coming up. Knowing who to watch out for should be far more useful

>>3057095
>>Ask Lysan about his statements at the end.
That was unusual for him.

>>3057095
>Ask Lysan about his statements at the end.
Trying to act all merciful now would just make it obvious that we’re doing it for points, and might result in points being deducted.

>>3057095
>Ask Lysan about his statements at the end

>“Wow, that was kinda brutal,”

Daaaw so cute she things THAT was Miranda being brutal.

>>3057107
>>3057102

Honestly if the summon wanted to keep in shape for the next fight he should have quitted. Sometimes you need to learn when to backdown.

>and one kid, a short haired, round-faced boy who just scowls at you.

Uh? Who is that? Is that Lysan bully the one who has the bug/mantis summon? If it isn't were is he? He kinda got forgotten. OOOH maybe he is the kid the club warned us who people want to make it look good during the tournament.

>>3057095
>Ask Lysan about his statements at the end
Not our problem they refused to back down, in fact this will probably help with future intimidation attempts. Better make sure Lysan doesn't accidentally screw himself by going soft or showing an apparent lack of control

Gonna have to call it here for tonight. Will be back tomorrow!

>>3057095
>Ask about offering aid to that summon. Might as well.

>(Wooow. I didn't know Lysan could be cool like that!~ I think I'm falling for him even more...~ Wait, am I weird for that? Oh no...am I a deviant?)

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>Yeouch. Rough, but...well, that's what happens, sometimes. At least he gave her a chance to give up. Wonder what got into my little bro, though...I hope that's not this Kyria's game...

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>I can't believe him...using that summon- like that. Delilah, Barrelius...I promise you, I'll get them back for that!

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>>3057153
>..am I a deviant?)
That overly-cheery proctor?

>Wonder what got into my little bro, though..
sister

> Delilah, Barrelius...I promise you, I'll get them back for that!
someone we haven't met yet?


Vaguely intimidation-related, can we charge a magiblast without firing it? It would be rather impressive for us to point a hand up and charge it without blowing a hole in the roof.

>>3057168
That is either not!Rin (Iris) or Nerissa.

>>3057168
I believe the pastebin says so
We can charge and hold blasts in the air, and nebula buster should be just a super charged up blasts.

>>3057183
We totally need to pull a Hellzone Grenade at some point. Maybe even in this competition. Show them how flexible our Magi-blasts can be, and all.

>>3057189
I don't think we can will so many magiblasts(or more than two for that matter) to do that yet.

>>3057196
Maybe. In that case, we should definitely work on that in the future. I can see a lot of applications against speedy and evasive targets.

>>3057216
By saturating the area? Eh, i can se the appeal of that.

Don't we already have a AoE skill?

>>3057229
What about energy bolas? Homing energy bolas. "Ha! I dodged yo-GAK" *thump*

>>3057243
That seems useful and we already have the basics of how to do it -more or less-.

>>3057243
>>3057246
Orbital ring is much better and don't require us to throw anything. We just create the ring around the target to hold it.

>>3057247
But the orbital ring costs 2500 MP. Ideally the bola strike should be something way cheaper because its unguided, and its not designed to hold the enemy for long.

>>3057258
If you want something unguided and that doesn't hold the enemy just buy nornal bolas then. Wasting mana to make some fancing looking weapon is how you get killed.

Heck the reason why Randa doesn't use a continuous beam but magic blast is because the magic beam spends more mana and has the same result that a magic blast.

>>3057258
We can guide magic blasts, which is the basis for this through sticky mana, which came from our attempts at sticky bombs. We would be able to guide it, or quickly learn how.
>>3057264
The beam is more mana per damage, but we can cut away wall segments with it, and it doesn't explode. Useful for utility more often than combat, but useful.

>>3057095
>Talk about who else she might think is a threat.
Try to get information on the other summons' abilities
>Ask Lysan about his statements at the end.
I hope he doesn't think we'll go out of control and desummon our opponent if he doesn't order us to stop.

>>3057168
>someone we haven't met yet?
I think it's the short haired boy that was mentioned

>I hope he doesn't think we'll go out of control and desummon our opponent if he doesn't order us to stop.

I kinda hope he does or at least i want to make the others th8nk that we could. Only Lysan and his orders are holding us from smashing the entire place and pour a nebula buster to this folks. If we show he has such control over us in the short time he managed to have us with him i will consider a win.

I don't mind the others thinking that but Lysan is our client so having him doubt us is bad

>>3057404
I mean we can always reinforce/remind him that we are obliged by the contract to follow his orders.

So if he want us to stop beating someone we will surely stop. If he want us to save someone to the cost of his on life he can just order us to save that person.

I think Lysan suffered a lot during in school with people never listening to him because he was the "loser without a summon" and that makes him a little weak in imposing during certain moments. It also explains why he gets so pissed when people don't listen to what he advise, like how he advised the girl and her summon to give up but they decided to continue.

Of course i could be just talking out if my ass.

>>3057412
>If he want us to save someone to the cost of his on life he can just order us to save that person.
Client can't pay us if he dies.
> he was the "loser without a summon"
Dunno where you got that from. He just screwed up a summoning bad enough to break his tools before his final exam, nothing more.

>>3057516
>Dunno where you got that from. He just screwed up a summoning bad enough to break his tools before his final exam, nothing more.

The fact that everyone in his class except him have a summon also the fact that he was constantly said since we meet that he didn't had the skill or capacity to get a summon and the fact he was the only one to break his summoning orb.

He was the outcast/loser of his class there is no denial about that. At least that's how i see by the way that only Iris and Nerissa talk to him or have any kind of interection with him.

Rolled 5 (1d5)

>>3057095
“Thank you,” you offer, before turning to your client. “But I have to ask- what happened back there?”

“Huh?” He seems genuinely confused. “What do you mean?”

“I mean your words,” you explained. “You acted a bit harsher than than what I’m used to from you. It was surprising.”

To your surprise, he blushes. “Oh. I was kinda...sorta just thinking how YOU might act. You’ve always been pretty serious, and I guess I felt like we’d have a better bond if I tried it out your way?” He ends it in a question rather than a sentence, but honestly? It’s not one that you think you care to answer, hearing it like that. If he’s just trying to imitate you… “I mean, I dunno, I sorta get it now? But not quite. I don’t think I hate it, though. I’ve been called a lot, so ‘serious’ wouldn’t be the worst thing in the world…”

“Hey, no shame in wanting to mature a bit!” Iris says quickly, patting him on the back. “I bet a ‘serious’ Lysan can still know how to have fun!” She’s practically snuggling against him…

As you look on, it seems like they manage to cart the summon off, though he's still injured, it seems. Still, that's not a desummoning, so you're probably fine...

"ATTENTION, ALL! THERE WILL BE A BRIEF INTERMISSION TO CLEAN THE BATTLE AREA!" the principal bellows. "TAKE THIS TIME TO REFRESH YOURSELVES! WE WILL RESUME IN FIFTEEN MINUTES!"

"Wow, yeah..." Lysan mutters. "I guess we really kinda tore the place up. Barkum's got his work cut out for him- oh, that's a summon that's REALLY good at fixing and cleaning," he says at your questioning look. "That's him over there." It's a BIG fella, basically a massive minotaur that's VERY top heavy.

"Iiin the meantime, you want a snack?" Iris asks. "I'm going to get something. Bellbelle?"

Bellbelle shakes her head, Iris shrugs. "Ly?"

"Sure! I'll come with you!" He says, turning to you. "Save my spot, okay?" At your nod, he walks off. As they wander off, you feel a vague sense of deja vu, although when you eye Bellbelle this time, she's...shaking.

>Pat pat. No need to be so worried.
>"You're not scared of them, are you?"
>Say nothing- she knew what she signed up for by now.
>Other

>>3058222
>>Pat pat. No need to be so worried.

>>3058222
>>Pat pat. No need to be so worried.
I've a sneaking suspicion she's scared of us now, but Randa wouldn't catch that.

>“Oh. I was kinda...sorta just thinking how YOU might act. You’ve always been pretty serious, and I guess I felt like we’d have a better bond if I tried it out your way?”
Oh, good for him. If he wants us to play up our serious and scary, we can happily oblige.

>>3058222
>>Pat pat. No need to be so worried.
It'll be fine,,,

5 more minutes due to start of thread.

>>3058222
>Pat pat. No need to be so worried.

patpatpatpatpat.

I think I'm doing it right.

Writing.

>To your surprise, he blushes. “Oh. I was kinda...sorta just thinking how YOU might act. You’ve always been pretty serious, and I guess I felt like we’d have a better bond if I tried it out your way?” He ends it in a question rather than a sentence, but honestly? It’s not one that you think you care to answer, hearing it like that. If he’s just trying to imitate you…

Daaaw that is cute. Wonder how long will take for people to think that it's our evil aura making some kind of influence into him.

>Rolled 5 (1d5)

I guess this means we passed the first round?

>>3058346
If all that we did resulted in a 1d5 roll to decide pass/fail, then I'd call this test bullshit.

>>3058346
>>3058360
I'd guess it's reflective of the crowd's reaction, or maybe who's fighting next.

>>3058360
Dunno i'm just taking a guess. But Handler isn't a bad QM to let all the pass or not pass be the result of a dice.

Might be what >>3058366 said and it reflect either their reaction or how much they manage to contain the scare of seeing Randa unleashing some of her power.

Or it could be just us trying to detect someone sneaking around.

>>3058257
I wonder when we should warn him about the potential attempt on his life.
That's what the warning from the sketchy club essentially was right?

>>3058413
nah. not now. that would only make him nervous.

>“Hey, no shame in wanting to mature a bit!” Iris says quickly, patting him on the back. “I bet a ‘serious’ Lysan can still know how to have fun!” She’s practically snuggling against him…

Spotted the deviant!~

>(Wooow. I didn't know Lysan could be cool like that!~ I think I'm falling for him even more...~ Wait, am I weird for that? Oh no...am I a deviant?)

>>3058413
We should warn his sister actually.

>>3058417
And if the boy is stupid enough to try offer himself as a hostage he would gladly abandong the competition and so break our contract and we would lose money.

>>3058413
That won't be a concern until after the test, and they never specified a mortal threat. He's already nervous enough as it is, and we're the nominal bodyguard anyway, it's for us to worry about not him.

>>3058433
Also we are in a stadium full of security in which the principal and all these powerfull summoners are gathered around. If anyone does something during the test they are idiots.

>>3058426
>And if the boy is stupid enough to try offer himself as a hostage he would gladly abandong the competition and so break our contract and we would lose money.

what.
Nigga, is someone even tries to hurt lysan we will blast them several new assholes. Even then, if Lysan for whatever reason willfully abandons the competition and flunks, we still get paid because he broke the contract.

>>3058443
Uh i though breaking the contract equated to no pay and getting teleported back to the intersection with "Mission failed".

Oh well then i was just talking bullshit.

>>3058447
Yea that's why i'm even thinking about telling him, if he gets cold feet, we don't even have to win the competition or fight assassins to get paid, we just ransack his parent's house or sumshit.

>>3058447
If we blow the contract, sure. But if the client breaks it, we get our money, one way or another. Usually by looting the client's stuff, or anything else nearby if that doesn't cover the original amount,

>>3058455
Ah so if HE breaks it we still loot shit and get paid but if WE break us we are sent back to the interception. Okay got it.

>>3058465
yeah, its like a normal contract between two parties, with penalties and all of that.

>>3058222
>>3058230
>>3058257
>>3058274
>>3058292
There’s nothing really you can say for her to calm down, you think, but maybe…

You place a hand on her head, ignoring how she freeze up slightly at the touch, and pat it gently. “You don’t need to be so worried,” you try anyway. Frankly, you thought she was pretty clever in her fight, even if it was rather short. She shouldn’t have any trouble passing, you figure.

“Ah! Er, thank you…?” she ventures. It’s good enough.

In the meantime, it seems that Lysan’s statements about Barkum are no joke; he brings towels, brooms, hammers, nails, and of course, bits of magic. Before 15 minutes are up, the floor is looking good as new. You’re impressed; and so’s the crowd, who give him a polite clap before he takes his leave.

As Lysan and Iris come back, the rest of the field proceed to go ahead. You make sure to keep an eye on all of them, but of the rest, five catch your interest in particular:

The firs is Markus, Lysan’s bully. He’s...not entirely bad when it comes to fighting, you have to admit. He’s got a brutal style, but it’s one that plays to his summon’s strength, being lithe and powerful before dancing out of range. He even shows some cleverness in reflecting his opponents techniques back at him with the flat of his summon’s pincer claws, and baiting him into a charge that results in its weapon- some sort of magic harpoon- into wrapping around himself. A braggart he may be, but he does know how to fight.

The second is an older girl named Violette; she’s heavyset, but seems to not mind carrying it, bearing a jovial, if...intense disposition. Her summon looks exceptionally humanoid, reminding you of more of a pitch-black martial artist with blue eyes and a ponytail, and no mouth, nose, or ears. Nevertheless she seems to predict her opponent’s moves with near perfect precision, having a counter on hand for every movement; at one point summoning a just as shadowy three-section-staff, which could extend impossibly long, and at one point seemed to move like a live snake.

(cont.)

>>3058491
The third is Nerisa, to your lack of surprise. She proved strong, her armadillo tanking a number of shots and using his bulk to outmaneuver his opponent, a living tree-beast that spawned small yet strong pinecone-kin. It ended when she managed to topple the beast using the force from it’s own kin- it’s then that you realized that even aside from sheer strength, her summon had some sort of density or gravity manipulation ability. Dangerous, but it seems to have a limit of a certain amount of weight, although the number of things it could affect was high…

Four and five, actually, are from the same match, and you wouldn’t be surprised if they both went on. Four is...that strange kid that gave you the stinkeye. Turns out his name is Lucas. He’s got a pretty humanoid summon as well; some sort of segmented, almost armor-like individual in a helmet and a blue cape. Five is another kid, well coiffed and with a serious mien. His name is Johan, and his summon is more bestial, some sort of white colored, three-tailed fox. Kitsune, if you recall right.

They both seem to have a read on each other- the knight pushes the fox back with surgical thrusts, while the fox dances to keep out of range. As you might expect, the fox has some sort of foxfire technique which causes various ethereal flames to appear out of nowhere- they try to converge on the knight, but the knight has a glowing blade, it seems- enough to dispel the fire, much to the first boy’s surprise. What impresses you about Lucas’s summon, though, is the moment where he takes a glancing blow on the side to feint an opening, the fire burning down his arm, and when more are sent after him, he manages to dodge and toss a sphere of...something at him, you’re not sure, that the fox dodges by leaping- only for that to be the expected plan. It seems like the knight can control ice, and as soon as the fox lands, he slips and slides out of bounds, although not without forcing the knight back to the edge himself.

After the first round is called, only 16 of the contestants make it through, some of the first losers being Iris’s first opponent and Ren. To your surprise, Delilah squeaks through as well.

So, then. Not counting yourself? Iris, Nerisa, Markus, Delilah, Lucas, Violette, Johan. Those seven will be your concern. You probably won’t fight most of them, but it’s good to notice people that need to be noticed.

(Taking a breather, sorry. Dinner.)

>>3058508
Hm, do any of these summons have anything to counter our energy channel? I suppose we can just walk into them, though that'd be pretty boring I guess, might lose points.

>Turns out his name is Lucas. He’s got a pretty humanoid summon as well; some sort of segmented, almost armor-like individual in a helmet and a blue cape.

Oh boy...we really are the berserker frim this setting. Can't wait to go 1v1 against this guy.

>>3058516
I just want a glorious sword fight with the knight.

>>3058523
Shame we don't have that reactive armor in the prospective skills. Would have made for a great show.

>>3058526
at least we are half way-ish there. We just need to make the sticky bombs more solid and maybe make them into shaped charges.

>>3058550
>maybe make them into shaped charges.
That's a neat idea; it'd give them a ton of punch, and fill a niche we don't have covered yet, though I dunno how often we'd need something like that. Armor and heavy-duty walls wouldn't be an issue, at least.

>>3058575
thats the main problem with everything right now. Most of our problems can be solved with enough magiblasts or a nebula buster and if they don't it means we haven't tried hard enough and the prototype spells are expensive.

>>3058581
I'm in favor of more utility focused, personally. We've got raw combat power-a-plenty, but we're lacking in diversity. Flame thrower would be great for close range area-denial/AoE. Glue would have us something less expensive than orbital ring for capture. Stuff like that.

By the way, did we alert lysan's sis or family about the threat? It could help if we alert his sister.

>>3058592
But Reactive armor is a defensive technique useful for protecting Miranda, which I think she is short of. I mean yes she has plenty of ways to damage, restrain and even block, but no direct armor or something that covers her skin.

>>3058602
What's wrong in using normal armor for that? It also has the benefit of not spending mana. If it's for defense i think the barrier is good enough for now.

>>3058600
We didn't. Mostly because there was no prepared option and most readers rarely do a write in vote. Some if then also forget to even come up with the topic.

>>3058608
because armor doesn't really work like that here and it also shapeshifts, changing our appearance values. Remember that we have a futuristic halo/doom armor and we don't use it because most missions don't require us looking like a ubersoldat.

>>3058600
I think it was an oversight, but it could also put our paycheck at risk.

>>3058600
No, on account of it only serving to needlessly worry them. And again, it wasn't a threat on his life, and isn't a potential problem until after this test. Which, iirc, is the final test anyway. He passes this, our job is done.

>>3058602
Miranda has great natural protection from blunt attacks, but she seems to be plenty vulnerable otherwise. The reactive is step in the right direction, but the "reactive" part suggests it explodes on contact, which is more of a melee defense thing.

>>3058608
It's a tradeoff: Training time and mana, or Motes and time to put on?

>>3058621
We could always buy normal gear in the intersection. They surely have enchanted armor we can use. But that will cost motes. Also i recall once we got teleported in a full knight suit in the first thread. If we want armour maybe we should use that one next time.

>>3058622
Don't forget that Owlia is still researching the sigils we got from the mafia world and they indeed had armor/protectiin sigils that helped defend the user from attacks so building a reactive armour might be a waste since we will have a item that could help with that.

>>3058621
>Remember that we have a futuristic halo/doom armor
iirc, it doesn't provide any mechanical advantage.

>>3058626
yea, treated gear is expensive, especially for armor in the quality we'd need for it to be useful. I'd bet we'd be looking in the range of 1-3 mission's paychecks for the good stuff.
I wish we could game the system a little and grab things like guns and grenades, and use them within a mission or two, but that would require a much more meticulous tracking of inventory.

>>3058626
>Also i recall once we got teleported in a full knight suit in the first thread.
We did, but our original clothes weren't pieces of armor. Like i said before, the clothing in the intersection tends to shapeshift on the universe we get in, so we can't be assured that a piece of armor will be that "on the other side".

>>3058645
>iirc, it doesn't provide any mechanical advantage.
That's my point. Armor doesn't work the way we normally think it does. Or is very expensive (which should encourage us to make our own from our magic pool).

>>3058646
If that's the case investing in the sigil research we brought back might be a better investiment. Since the sigil we make in the interception will work in most worlds and will provide us with some protection even if it will be temporaly.

Man that is one long dinner. I guess he ain't comming back.

>>3058846
>inb4 Handler was the dinner

>>3058846
He had to go out and catch it first, is all.

>>3058657
*Intersection
And maybe we can talk about the possibility of a "Protection" stat for clothing. Unenhanced shirts will have no protection bonus, but a Kevlar Weave Summer Dress with a Shield Crystal Necklace, Arm Band, and Anklet set would be something like +4. Or maybe there's a special way of treating armour to let it retain it's ability to protect, while still changing to suit the setting.

>>3058886
hmm.... i'd say that any "armored" clothing we have gives you...armor points. For example, the full master chief suit we have gives you 10 points. Those points represent how many times you can get hit and disregard the damage regardless if we can naturally tank it. The points don't regenerate in the run, but they reset once you return to the intersection or you you can recover some lost points if you spend some significant amount of time mending your clothes.

ON THE OTHER HAND. This feels like too much hassle for a quest that only needs a d20 to see how well we pass/fail any event. Maybe the armor can help in rolls when we need to defend ourselves, but we don't have that kind of mechanic when we attack, so it seems pointless to have it on defense.

I would say that if we wanted armour we could always acquire it on site. Like in the mafia world we could have got sigils but barely used the ones we got or we barely go out of our way to look for protection gear in the world we are.

>>3058856
>>3058857
I think it was a combination of both. He went to the forest to catch something but ended up being caught instead.

>>3059111
Trips confirm it!

I triple carted IRL.

Run will resume later today, sorry about the vanishing act.

>>3059190
You are forgiven...this time. But seriously is everything fine?

>>3059193
No, yeah, I just get oddly sleepy at times because my sleep schedule's been out of wack for a while thanks to some odd work hours. I've been trying to fix that.

>>3059197
Ah then it's fine. Hopefully you will manage to fix that

Run begins in 30. Maybe sooner.

>>3060071
LET'S DO THIS!

>>3058508
Round 2, at last. Point limit will be increased, so you’ll need to consider a few other things in your battle strategy. and you notice that someone is missing. The girl with the ghost summon with that strange voodoo power is missing- Jacqueline. A quick look around reveals that no, she’s nowhere to be seen. If she doesn’t get back in time for her match, she’ll be disqualified. No big deal to you, but it does make you slightly curious…

The next two fights are relatively close- but neither of them, you think, will be moving on, simply due to the fact that it seems like all parties involved starting getting more desperate for victory over simply winning- or at the very least avoiding each other’s techniques. Although fast and furious, none of the four show anything aside from trading blows- although the second match manages to end with a knockout as well.

“LYSAN FAIRVIEW VERSUS MARKUS VAN DER STRIG!” Wow, that name’s a mouthfull. Nevertheless…

“Yessss!” Iris hisses. “This is gonna be GREAT. No mercy, okay?” She cheers. Bellbelle gives her a look, to which she blushes and shrugs. “Whaaat? He’s a jerk!”

“Don’t worry, Iris. Bellbelle. We’ll take care of it, right?” Lysan looks to you, and you nod. You’re not surprised that he’d be eager for this one...although you’ll still have to be careful, just in case.

As you get up to go the ring again, there’s more murmurings; Markus simply frowns, growling at Lysan. His summon just snaps twice, as though imagining cutting you in two.

Lysan, though...has a small, wry smile on his face. “Okay...payback time!” He mutters to himself. Hm. Wonder what he’s got in mind. As you walk to the ring, you consider things. You’ll have to remember those pincers' reflective qualities.

>Anything to say before the fight starts?

>>3060143
Maybe remind him that this is still a test? If he just orders brute commands for the sake of revenge over points, we might fail our objective. Ensure that he's calm.

>>3060143
You want a scary fight, we can oblige.

>>3060143
So a fighting type that can reflect ... energy attacks? I bit it can't reflect sticky mana!

>>3060143
“Lysan, a word of warning before we go on. Turnabout is fair play only up to a point. I won’t be able to help you keep Marcus at bay after we complete our goal. So don’t antagonize him to the point where he’d decide to seek payback.”

>>3060143
"You know i'm pretty scary, i could work more on that of mine if you want, but i don't want to seem to out of control in the ring. Would there be a way to i dunno...pretend i'm REALLY angry at the other summon or would that cause some damage to our points?"

Handler how far is the fistance between the podium/arena and the seats? Could we have Lysan hop in our back and hold so we could make a dinamyc entry by jumping the distance with him holding on us? Work a little the showmanship.

>>3060156
Or crazy idea we could just use our sword for this one.

>>3060149
>>3060159
Nah let him get mad i want to look like a berserker just for one fight because we are feeling Lysan hate for Markus.

>>3060143
Tell Lysan to make his orders more vague if he wants us to have more freedom in how we're going to crush his enemy. That or make it really clear what you goal want us to accomplish, NOT what action to do. We know how to use our skills the best after all.

>>3060143
"Tell me to release my limiters. Level 1. A bit of showmanship and threat can sometimes be enough to prevent future conflict if the enemy thinks you'll be able to make the fight too painful."

>>3060168
And risk having him penalized in the test, thus increasing our chances of not getting paid.

>>3060186
For showing control over a powerfull summon? Then the proctors are all hacked and this test is a joke.

>>3060143
>>3060159
>>3060149
We need him to be reasonably calm.

>>3060143
"I can be scary if you really want, but I would recommend keeping a level head."

Writing.

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>>3060207
>i can be scary if you want

pic related.

>>3060190
That doesnt show control. It only shows that our summoner can be easily angered and is unable to control his emotions.

>>3060143
>>3060149
>>3060150
>>3060159
>>3060161
>>3060169
>>3060171
“A word of warning,” you offer quietly. “I can be scary if you really want, but I would recommend keeping a level head." He pauses, turning to you briefly as you continue. “I understand that turnabout is fair play, but keep in mind our…’situation’. Don’t get so focused on payback that you cause him to retaliate.”

He pauses, rolling the thought around in his head for a moment...then sighs, continuing on. “Yeah, I guess. I just really wanted to get him back for once, you know?”

“It’s fine. Also, if you want to be vague about it, that’d help in giving me more freedom to choose how to fight,” you say, glancing over to the judges. They don’t seem to be impatient, at the least. “Either that, or be clear what you want me to do, and let me handle the rest.”

“Right,” he nods. “Will do.”

“Hey, come on already!” Markus yells from across the arena. “We gonna do this or what?!”

And just like that, a scowl forms on his lips. “You sure we can’t-”

“I DID say ‘if you want’.” you admit.

He nods, a bit rapidly. “I kinda want, yeah. At least for a bit.”

“Right, then.” Alright, deep breath…

You allow yourself a small smile as the smoky aura of yours increases, bolstered by a bit of mana. It’s thicker now, although you can see clear through it, and the mutterings come louder now- a glance to the side again sees the judges still calm, although Lucia and Tandal both have small frowns on their faces.

Markus’s eyes widen just a tad, before gritting his teeth and planting his feet. His summon- Zadal, that’s his name- does similar, dropping lower to the ground in a likely understanding of what a rough time he’s in for.

“SUMMONERS READY!” At least the principal doesn’t seem worried. “SUMMONS READY...BEGIN!”

Almost immediately Zadal rushes you, and you can see a pincer glow briefly before he rears his it back- a projectile?

“Don’t even let him breath!” Lysan yells.

>Mana: 12500/11000

>Dodge it- you should be able to close in quickly!
>Light Barrier in front of him- you’ll fight at your pace, not his.
>Fire at him first; if you can cancel his shot, you’ll be at advantage.
>Other

>>3060245
>>Light Barrier in front of him- you’ll fight at your pace, not his.

>>3060245
>>Light Barrier in front of him- you’ll fight at your pace, not his.

>>3060245
>Dodge it- you should be able to close in quickly!
Yes master!

>>3060245
>Dodge it- you should be able to close in quickly!

>>3060245
>Light Barrier in front of him- you’ll fight at your pace, not his.

Bounce.

Writing!

>>3060245
Oh wait changing my vote from this:>>3060253
To this:
>>Dodge it- you should be able to close in quickly!

I made a mistake on which one was the better option to 'not let him breath'. By dodging and rushing in we can fight much faster and harder to beat the opponent before they can respond or retaliate, all the better to prevent it from even trying anything with an aggressive offense.

>>3060271
Aw crud, nvm then. darn my decision to explain to get more votes.

>>3060273
We can always show the futitily of ranged attacks against us. Beside now that i think of it. We are right in front of Lysan right? If we dodged the grapple would have gone directly towards our summoner. So actually a barrier this time was a good call.

I also like how the principal is just chill about this entire thing.

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To bad our barrier just appear as a fancy light screen would be nice to add some fluff to it to look cooler. But that would probably waste mana.

>>3060245
>>3060250
>>3060253
>>3060259

>Current Mana: 11500/11000

Well, whatever he’s planning on- you’re not interested. You thrust your palm forward, and a sea-green barrier lights up a few feet in front of him- he doesn’t have the reaction speed to stop himself, as the strange blast detonates in front of him, throwing up a brief flash of mana.

With a shocked expression, he quickly darts to the side; it’s not an arena-filling barrier, so he has some room- which is exactly what you wanted him to think as you’re quick to meet him on the side, closer to the edge. A quick flurry of small blasts around his feet forces him to adjust his trajectory as he breaks past the edge, and you’re near his left side; he’s forced to take a sloppy swing at you to prevent you from flanking him entirely, and for a brief time you’re both in melee range- two swings are blocked, and you test his own defenses by throwing out a few strikes of your own- he takes one on his claws, blocks two more- a piston kick is deflected as well, but he uses the momentum to push himself away, where you see his claws glow again.

“Keep it up!” Lysan cheers on. Nothing specific, though...but you have an idea or two anyway.

>A brief sun’s flare should be enough to stun him and get some nice blows in.
>Maybe your magibeam can come in handy here, if only to scare him…
>Maybe your sticky mana? It might be dangerous (and explosive), but if you can pull if off…
>Other

>>3060333
>>A brief sun’s flare should be enough to stun him and get some nice blows in.

>>3060333
>>Maybe your sticky mana? It might be dangerous (and explosive), but if you can pull if off…
He focuses on mobility, right? Glue his ass to the ground and make him take a couple of smacks before we light it up.

>>3060333
>>Maybe your sticky mana? It might be dangerous (and explosive), but if you can pull if off…
It's worth trying, but be ready if it gives us grief.

>>3060333
>Danmaku

Simply keep the pressure on. See how he handles it.

>>3060333

Magicbeam will definetly go out of bounds if we use it. Sun flare will blind Lysan and the other summoner but in theory it isn't a damaging attack.

>Maybe your sticky mana? It might be dangerous (and explosive), but if you can pull if off…

>>3060333
>A brief sun’s flare should be enough to stun him and get some nice blows in.
I don't want to accidentally banish it.

>>3060333
So our magic is sea green? I always tought it was yellow. Huh.

>Use the sticky mana

>>3060343
Markus summon is one that is passed in his family for generations. It should be able to take the damage.

>>3060333
>A brief sun’s flare should be enough to stun him and get some nice blows in.
Or Fireworks since that's cheaper and apparently more showy

>>3060333
Sticky mana it is!

Which means...

3d20s, best of 3!

DC=30 for a successful application.

Rolled 16, 13, 3 = 32 (3d20)

>>3060360
aaaaaaa i forgot about this aaaaaaa

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Rolled 5, 5, 4 = 14 (3d20)

>>3060360
Here we go!!

Rolled 9, 19, 12 = 40 (3d20)

>>3060360
Should have at least bought him a drink first.

Rolled 6, 19, 6 = 31 (3d20)

>>3060360
Stickier than Sticky the stick insect!

>>3060360
>>3060362
>>3060364
>>3060365

Success! Writing.

>>3060365
>>3060362
I guess Zadal just got caught in a fly trap.

>>3060371
Man Markus is being a real disapointment. The Delilah and the deertaur did more work to us then him.

>>3060333
>>3060360
Hm. Maybe you can keep him pinned. It’s risky, especially in the heat of things, but…

No time for thinking it through; you just call upon what you know to coalesce your mana in your hand- you’re not worried about the explosive properties, you just need it to STICK. It’s all of maybe a half-second, but that’s all the time you have, as you fire a few bolts towards his legs, you can see him hop in an attempt to avoid them- a moment too late, as several stick to his feet.

When he lands, however, the sticky mana plops onto the ground as well. There’s a tense of his left leg before he looks at it in reflex, realizing he’s stuck. To his credit, as you move in, he doesn’t hesitate, clawing at the base with one pincer, while clawing at you with another- and you have to duck as you feel a wave of force erupt from the natural weapon- it’s no projectile this time, but rather a long, red lance of force that juts from the center of his claw. One of his feet is cleared quickly; but he’s still immobile for a moment, and that’s all you need.

“Bring him down!” Lysan yells from the sidelines; now, how to do that, exactly…?

>Get in his personal space- time to try and see if you can crack that shell of his.
>Take to the air and turn this into a shooting gallery!
>Hm...wonder if you can box him in and mess with him that way?
>Other

And gonna cut things here for tonight. I'll resume tomorrow, probably shorter.

>>3060390
>>Hm...wonder if you can box him in and mess with him that way?
Time to make him realize he’s a big fish in a very small pond...

>>3060390
>Get in his personal space- time to try and see if you can crack that shell of his.

Time to break him.

>>3060390
>Get in his personal space- time to try and see if you can crack that shell of his
Bonus points for actually cracking something

>>3060390
>Get in his personal space- time to try and see if you can crack that shell of his.

>>3060390
>Get in his personal space- time to try and see if you can crack that shell of his.
Boop it!

>>3060390
>>Get in his personal space- time to try and see if you can crack that shell of his.

>>3060390
>>Hm...wonder if you can box him in and mess with him that way?

>>3060390
>Get in his personal space- time to try and see if you can crack that shell of his.
Axe Kick!

>>3060390
>Get in his personal space- time to try and see if you can crack that shell of his.

>>3060390
>Get in his personal space- time to try and see if you can crack that shell of his.
Destroy its legs to bring it down closer to the ground

>>3060390
I guess we're going to brutalize poor Markus's summon. Well, maybe after we pop it a good and hard one we can knock it back with some harmonized magi-blasts. Lysan did say to whoop him good.

>>3060390
>Get in his personal space- time to try and see if you can crack that shell of his.
And if we do crack that shell, stick a hand into his insides and grab a fistful of meat.

>>3060550
It's karma for all the summons he himself bruised during his time at school.

>>3060390
>>Get in his personal space- time to try and see if you can crack that shell of his.

I wonder, when we crack his shell if it will make the same sound when you break a lobster.

>>3060586
That might be excessive, we're not re-creating OPM crablante death

>>3060586
Ew. we are not supposed to kill the summons. Just defeat them

>>3060964
Grabbing some flesh doesn't mean we kill him.
We're not ripping out essential organs.

>>3060973
We dont know if breaking his caparace also unsummons him. Also you are bound to rip something important if you grab a handful of someone's insides, regardless if you call it flesh or not and finally, the act of doing so will hurt our chances to pass because "holy shit, lychen's summon ripped the isides of marcus' summon"

>>3060586
And then eat that meat to maximize our intimidation score

He's not a lobster...

Anyway, run begins in an hour.

>>3060964
Eh ripping a arm won't kill him.

>>3061010
Well he IS a mana construct and magical girls are know to absorv mana from the area so maybe we could eat him. But i think it would be to graphic to this crowd.

>>3061020
He is more a mantis right? Can we break one of his arms and use the bladed as a improvised axe? I mean unless once you break/detach some of the summon from the main body that part doesn't become pure mana again.

>>3061046
You are making a lot of assumptions.

>>3061063
Indeed i'm That's why i hope Handler can put some light into it. Also why i won't do it unless we get a confirmation.

>>3061067
Regardless of confirmation its fucking dumb to be way more gory and violent than what we need to(that is u less lychen wants it and specifically orders us to do it).

>>3061046
It was a joke. Pulling out the guy's meat is a bad idea.

>>3061074
I doubt it would be way gory. But yeah for the crowd we are dealling with maybe we should dial up on the brutality.

I mean people already think that chucking the deertaur our of bounds was brutal. What would they think of rippi g a summons arm of.

>>3061085
Yeah i know. But it would be pretty fun (to me) and intimidating. But it's better not do this graphic stuff.

>>3060390
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>>3060675
Well, easiest way to would be to close in on him. Maybe you can even crack that exoskeleton shell of his. Might be funny, even, if not painful for him.

Your second strike is parried barely as you get within melee range, and that’s really just too bad. He’s not in position to dodge your third; as you rear back, you see the red-colored claw come up to defend him-

*CRACK*

-but your strike is fast enough to impact before he gets there. There’s a subtle grunt of pain, as he doubles over. Lifting his head a bit, he scowls at you, but you can seem him shuddering slightly.

And then he smirks. Your mental warnings trip fast enough to pull your hand back just as his pincer arm clasps onto you- there’s a distinct burning sensation that tears down your arm as he whips his arm around and throws you away, you tumble through the air for a few moments before you land in a rough three point stance. You have to will your arm to not shake; whatever he did to his claws have SERIOUSLY amped up the feeling of pain whenever they do impact, even if it didn’t draw blood.

He’s free again, and you can see his torso with a fist-sized crater in it...so what, can he just no-sell damage like that? You didn’t notice anything of the sort in his first fight.

“Urrghhhgg…” Hm? He’s doubling over…oh, no. He’s not.

“Alright, NOW you’ve done it!” Markus laughs. “You think you’re all that, huh? Try this out!”

“UGGHHAARGH...” The REST of him cracks open, practically splitting down the middle as he bursts from his shell- and the shell pieces suddenly are blown away as he starts moving! You block your face reflexively, feeling the impact rush through your bones (in particular your aching right arm) and sending you skidding backwards a few feet- a bit too close to the edge of the arena for your liking.

He’s...shinier than he was before, and sleeker, lacking a mantis-like abdomen now, as well as a more racing helmet-esque head. On his back are two long, translucent wings folded on his back. His claws are sleeker as well, and even look sharper, as with everything on his body. Like it’s built to reduce drag...speedster for sure, then. The darker tint of his eyes don’t help disproving that.

You throw yourself to the right as Zadal comes at you again, your hair fortunately the only thing clipped this time. From here it’s a five second flurry that feels like forever as Zadal, clearly sporting some kind of MASSIVE speed boost, attempts to assault you from all directions, three slices scoring shallow, yet notable cuts across your face. An attempted claw around your gut (a bit dangerous, no?) is batted away, though, and for a brief period of time you’re back into neutral positioning.

(cont.)

>>3061138
He’s far too fast to just let approach, clearly, but you’ll have to be careful. One thing you did notice is that he seems like his body might be even SOFTER now. Speed at the expense of defense. The problem is, how to exploit that…without getting smacked around or cut up.

You chance a glance to Lysan out the corner of your eye, he just cups his hands together in some sort of signal. Capture, maybe?

>Current Mana: 11500/11000

> A Great Barrier would keep him inside of it...if you can aim it while he’s moving.
> Maybe a number of Light Barriers might work to keep him in the loop…
> Fireworks might blind him, no matter where he tries to go..
>Other


(Finally remembered my trip.)

>>3061141
> Maybe a number of Light Barriers might work to keep him in the loop…
Well shit, those cuts to the face have probably reduced our apparent threat among the audience; they probably think we’re not as big a threat as they thought.

>>3061141
> Maybe a number of Light Barriers might work to keep him in the loop…

Capture it is.

>>3061141
>>Other
>Orbtial Ring

>>3061141
>Other
Use Light Barriers to guide him to a Light Trap

>>3061161
Whoa whoa whoa, the thing explodes, and that's going into lethal range dude. We aren't allowed to use un-summoning attacks.

>>3061141
>fireworks
Than spam him.

>>3061161
Just because the other summon is trying to unsummon us doesn't mean we should do the same.

>>3061141
>> Maybe a number of Light Barriers might work to keep him in the loop…

>>3061160
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>>3061163
Spaming light barrier will spend to much mana dudes. Fireworks is the best option.

>>3061165
I'd be very surprised if he manages to break it. He's probably going to find a way to escape after a moment.

>>3061175
His eyes became darker when he transformed. He probably grew some kind of film over his eyes to protect them from the wind. It might also have a side effect of acting as primitive sunglasses.

>>3061175
Naw, I thought of that first as well. But the way I see it is that something that fights at that high speed cannot rely on only vision and thus they have ways of perception to keep track of their opponent with their other senses. Which is why I don't think merely blinding will work.

>>3061161
Orbital ring takes time too.

>>3061141
>Other: Use solar flare and hit him when he is stunned.

>>3061175
Barriers fit better with Lysan's signal.
I'd vote for greater barrier but it's clearly not winning

>>3061181
The more powerful the summon the darker the eyes

>>3061182
>>3061181
Fair point i didn't considered that. So limiting his movement would be a best bet actually.

>>3061159
>>3061141
Changing my vote to:

>> Maybe a number of Light Barriers might work to keep him in the loop…

>>3061187
This too, because it's what he wanted us to do.

>>3061187
Yeah i think it's the case that we would need to be faster then a speedester (good luck with that) to manage to capture him in a great barrier. Limiting the amount of space he can move and build speed seems to be a better idea

>>3061188
I forgot about that. Maybe the transformation just gave him large enough power boost to darken those eyes instead of actually growing stuff on them.
It's the simpler solution so you're probably right.

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>>3061190

Zadal is Hayai. How Hayai, you ask? Time to roll. 1d5, best of three. I know what I'm doing here.

Rolled 4 (1d5)

>>3061207

Rolled 5 (1d5)

>>3061207

Rolled 2 (1d5)

>>3061207
Wtf is a Hayai?

>>3061209
Oh boy...he is fast one level higher then the lizard dude from the store.

>>3061213
TL Note: Hayai means fast in Japanese

>>3061221
Ah...okay.

>>3061209
Possibly not fast enough?

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>>3061213

Yeah that ain't hayai enough holmes.

Writing.

>>3061234
Wonder if the Amanda Kane lady, the outgoer in this world, is the same speedester lady we meet in the orphan house

>>3061234
N-NANI?!