[color=fff79a][center][h1]Nori Hirai[/h1][/center][/color]

Things were progressing rather well until the moment. Thanks to the combined efforts of all those who were currently fighting against the beast, it was currently cornered, wounded and if things continued like that, it would be down soon. Maybe due to that, Nori almost made the mistake of underestimating the creature they were currently fighting against. As he stopped in front of it, looking at the creature flailing helplessly, he noticed, albeit a tad late how it's body was changing and shifting. Before he could actually understand what it was happening, the spikes on the creature's tough body were fired on all directions.

Opening his eyes wide in surprise as one of the spikes missed his abdomen by mere centimeters, he had only enough time to raise his brush in a wide, vertical arc in front of him, creating a thick streak of black ink. Merely thick enough to protect his body, he used the momentum of the vertical stroke to draw another streak behind him. The Suzuri no tamashii ink would be able to redirect the spikes between the two streaks he drew, but as long as the creature didn't stop firing it's spikes, he wouldn't be able to move a muscle.

[color=fff79a]"That... Was close... Way too close..."[/color] Nori said, relieved that he somehow was still unharmed. Truth be told, despite his apparent calm demeanor, his heart had skipped a beat the second he saw the spikes coming towards him.

Thanks to the quick thinking of the guy wielding chains though, it's attack was rendered much less dangerous and effective as it was before after he used his chains to restrain the creature and limit the number of spikes coming out of it's body.

[color=fff79a]"You have my thanks!"[/color] Nori said with a smile, regaining his composure. 

Now that the spikes were much less than before, he could move himself, although he would have to be careful. While his Suzuri no tamashii ink was incredibly useful, when dealing with projectile attacks like that, if he wasn't careful enough, it could prove to be dangerous to his own allies, redirecting the spikes and making them fly in dangerous and unexpected angles.