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With healers focused on Saffron she would be up and at it again soon, but during that time people were dropping left and right as nobody could take the aggro that she could. Up until Graphite showed up that is. While her sharp words drew little attention from the Champion, the concussion grenade designed to grab it's attention certainly did as several of it's drones were blasted apart. This was also Ranger's opportunity to mark the Champion, as there was now a very large opening exposing the boss. These precious few moments were critical, as everyone began to open fire on the Champion while it had it's focus turned on Graphite. From 65 percent to 60 within ten seconds, it seems the boss actually staggered for a brief moment under a particularly powerful sniper shot from Royal Ranger.

And Graphite was avoiding damage like a pro, her skills from PvP translating surprisingly well to the PvE environment. [color=gold][b]"**** off Graphite!"[/b][/color] And Saffron was back up finally, unloading onto the boss with Incendiary grenades and all the firepower she could muster in an attempt to outdamage Graphite. From 60 to 55, the boss was dropping health much faster than it had been in the prior phase, the drones scrambling to try and fill the holes that the grenades were opening, until suddenly they scattered in all directions again, leaving the boss wide open. 

[h2][b][center][color=007fff]"I grow weary of this game. Let us all bathe under the light of the Abysmal Sun."[/color][/center][/b][/h2]

[center]The drones flew into the sky above, crashing and smashing into each other with reckless abandon as the boss slowly ascended into the sky. Soon there were no drones left, only a massive orb of crushed metal and wires, sparking with azure energy as the boss rose to meet it. It raised its blade above its head, scraping the tip against the sphere of alien material and igniting it. It blazed like the sun, blinding everyone in the arena without exception. And then they knew nothing as their health dropped to zero.

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Just like that, everyone had simply run out of time. A common mechanic in MMOs, the enrage was designed to give a set time limit for raids and to add a sense of urgency to the fight. Without the enrage, healers would simply be able to infinitely heal while tanks took all the aggro and damage from the boss, making it's defeat an inevitability. Saffron raged over the team chat, screaming bleeped obscenities as she stomped away to who knows where. She would probably calm down later and message everyone in the guild, giving everyone a job well done and some tips on what they had done right and wrong.

What was much more intriguing however, was the single email everyone who had participated had received.

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[quote=Sixth Chamber Owner, Henry]Well that was quite the light show huh? I figure now is as good a time as any now that you've worked up a sweat, so I wanted to announce the opening of the brand new bar/hangout spot in HGO, the Sixth Chamber! Come on in for drinks (alcoholic and non-alcoholic), food, and a place to hang out with friends while chatting about the total ass whupping you just received from that boss! You can find us at the corner of 6th and Blanco, we have the big impressive display out front that shows a revolver firing a bullet! It's super cool! And remember, the fight ain't over till the Sixth Chamber is empty![/quote]