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[indent][indent][indent][color=gray][sub][right][color=#A84B5E][b]Location:[/b][/color] The Dungeon, The City-State of Thorinn, Aetheria[/right][/sub][/color]
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Rael had rolled off of Seele, before moving herself to nearby wall, pressing her back against it as she remained on the floor.

Her body was sore, shoulder bleeding, and her back had sharp pains from colliding with the chasm wall twice-over. But it wasn’t the pain that had gotten her. What had gotten her was the g-force from the bat spinning in the air. She wondered that even if Alja hadn’t injured her arm on shoulder if she could’ve held on. She was certain that if they hadn’t gotten the announcement about the game being hacked she might’ve died already. Her eyes looked to Seele who was absolutely drained of stamina from jumping out to help her with her weird support abilities.

She heard Kalie mumbling something about AOE spells. How she couldn’t figure out what to do without harming people after seeing Alja’s tundra glass splinter into Rael’s shoulder. It was a good point. Rael had AOEs, targeted, and close-range spell-like strikes. She had rush-in’s. She had leaps. Rael had trained in the world to make sure she could do a lot of things, but mostly it was to keep the monster’s attention. But there was no agro generation anymore. The only way a monster focused on you was if you [i]made[/i] it. She wondered if she would had to drop back to an auxiliary role. Rael’s mind told her no. She had to be the center. Without her, the center wouldn’t hold. But Hanako began thinking differently. She was free and didn’t have to worry about her parents anymore, but she still had to play smart. She didn’t like pain. She didn’t want to die.

The two natures screamed at her while her body pained. She looked over to the dead bat, her spear standing out like a sore thumb. 

That’s when Kazuki started playing some kind of harp. Lyre? Was that the right name? Euphoric energy filled her body as she felt renewed, though the regenerating skin and bones cracking back into place cause her to nearly scream out in sudden pain. She gritted her teeth, refusing to show such weakness. When it was finished she managed to get to her feet and she arced her back before hopping once or twice. 

Healing magic was weird, but it was a good sort of weird. She wanted to say “Thank you.” to Seele and Kazuki but she didn’t, instead opting to move over to the bat while everyone talked about strategy, holding her hand out towards the spear.

[color=#A84B5E]“Recall.”[/color] She muttered as magical energy linked between her and her weapon as it removed itself before returning to her hand, as if she was a jedi or esper. 

She spun the spear around. Everything was normal. She felt good. But there were still things to consider. Friendly Fire. Agro generation. Formation. She moved back to the group, giving a look to Graves as she did so. When she had snapped back to normal she had asked if the group managed to take down the bat and he had the gall to say “no thanks to you”. Rael wanted to deck him in the face. What would he think would happen if she didn’t force it to land? What would’ve happened if the bat swopped at Alja and knocked her into the chasm? Or picked off Kazuki before dropping him? What if it had long-ranged magical attacks? There were many factors Rael put into thinking when she chased it down, but it wasn’t simply because she was playing like normal. Creatures with that kind of mobility and threat needed to be grounded and pinned.

She sighed, listening to Alja talk to Benkei, asking to be the tank. Asking to be the center.

[color=#A84B5E]“Are you going to rush into the next bosses face?”[/color] Rael remarked, partially out of spite. She looked to Benkei, [color=#A84B5E]“Don’t disagree with changing things up, though. You should be up front. You have better defense than I do.”[/color]




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