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[color=salmon]Word Count: 540 (+4 exp)[/color]
[color=salmon][u]Level[/u]: [b]8[/b] - [u]Total EXP[/u]: 98/80
[b]Location:[/b] Edge of the Blue[/color][/center]
The first swipe of the Orphan's weapon after it got it's bearings back, following a heavy spray of blood, had the Cadet dropping low with his shield pulled up in front of him. The shield took a heavy blow, but it successfully blocked the damage the monster would have done. It did not prevent getting doused with it's stinking ichor, but alas. The hunter came back up with a high thrust, and from then it was a quick and intense flurry of blows. The Orphan didn't flinch at all as it lashed out in every direction, slamming it's placenta into anyone unfortunate enough to be in range while the Seekers continued to pile on as much damage as they could. 

The Orphan's retaliation was brutal. Even with the teeth of the lance stabbing and cutting into it, it's power and the size of it's weapon meant that it could catch people even accidentally. Such was the case now when it's horizontal slice caught on the edge of the Cadet's shield, but the length of the blade wrapped around to bite into the hunter's side. He pushed the weapon off and moved right into another attack, and then into a counter stance when he saw another wild swing heading his way. The blade might have taken his head off it not for the sturdier helmet. He took a hard hit, grit his teeth and then jabbed his own weapon into the Orphan's pallid flesh. 

Then, in the midst of the give and take assault it's tantrum had it disengage entirely, leaping out of the circle of heroes and to the members of their group on the fringe of the battlefield. Some of the Seekers ran after it, but the Ace Cadet was not one of them. Even if he charged he probably wouldn't make it in time to help directly, but there was still something he could do to help indirectly.

He sheathed the lance, which basically just amounted to throwing it across his back. From where he was he could see the Orphan go after Junior and Rika, and take out Delsin in one swipe when the Conduit stepped in to protect them. So his first action was to take out a Lifepowder and throw it into the air where it could spread over the beach. It couldn't compare to the dedicated healers, but it would give the fighters a chunk of their health back and keep them out of the danger zone, for now.

Second, the weapons expert brought Gough's Greatbow back out. Fishing another item from his pouch, he fitted the Paralysis coating into the makeshift attachment on the weapon's limb and nocked an arrow. It would take time and multiple hits for the paralytic to take effect, assuming it would even be effective on the Orphan, but it wouldn't hurt to start the process just in case. Adjusting his arm to account for Link and Sakura closing in, he let one arrow fly before there was a sudden roar and increase to their ranks, clones of Bowser forming and charging right for the Orphan. A reposition and re-aim later and the Cadet could fit another arrow through the throng of them before they converged on the monster.