[b]Kotori Shirohane - Cave of Solitude | Sunday, June 7 2015[/b]

It was astonishing how quickly relief could turn into fear when the dynamic duo's entrance was cut short by a blast of web being flung in their direction, catching Akane and pinning her down before she could even take a single action. Worse yet, the Shadow rapidly scittered across the web, pouncing on the helpless girl. Out of breath and too confused at the whole event, Kotori was too slow to mount any effective help as the Spider-Shadow raised its vicious stingers for an undoubtedly heavy blow.

[color=green]"Kikuri-Hime!"[/color] Kotori called - but even as she feared that any help may be too late, Rui proved to have kept his cool and summoned Askr to step in and hold the creature in place for at least a momentary respite as he orderd everyone to attack right away. Seeing that several of the group were rather battered by the lengthy ordeal and the new arrivals had already had to contend with an attack themselves, Kotori used the opportunity to let Kikuri-Hime cast Media to make sure no one would be taken down by any unexpected counter-attacks.

[color=green]"Medi-ah?!"[/color] Kotori's voice rather quickly peaked upwards in tandem with the how red her face turned as, for no apparent reason, Noboru suddenly tore his shirt off himself; leaving him bare-chested and madly tearing at the webbing surrounding Akane. Torn between trying to preserve some sense of decency at the sheer absurdity and keeping up with the fight, Kotori half-covered her face with one hand as Kikuri-Hime cast the healing spell even as Noboru flung Akane directly at the shadowy figure atop the spider; much to the displeasure of the flingee judging by the sounds being made by her.

Taking a deep breath - the exertion of it reminding Kotori that she couldn't continue this for too long - she focused (or at least tried to) back on the shadow itself. Between the barrage of Akane's attack, Noboru's punches and Sato's persona-assisted arrows, she wasn't very confident that she'd be making much of a difference - but Askr seemed to be struggling harder with holding the creature in place, so there was not time to waste in this opportunity.

[color=green]"Kikuri-Hime,"[/color] Kotori called - her voice only barely not wavering from either embarassment or exhaustion - as she held one hand out toward the shadowy figure atop the spider's body. She didn't even need any words as her persona turned the unspoken command into a bolt of lightning which struck the shadow - even as Kotori herself was left feeling ever more drained by the lengthy fight.