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Pathetic. It was pathetic; all these attempts to sway the black beast, more and more figures scaling up its form like bugs. The dragon’s roars became vibrant once more with Riku’s control stumbling no thanks to Akiko and others. The amalgamation that was Katie felt nothing of the blows put into it by the spectral Castle, nor did it find any interest in the supposed plan below. If anything, its rage was stoked more and a vehement stream of blackened energy came spewing at its maw to the world and its growing mushrooms below. The space around its breath distorted and collapsed upon itself, the same veil of gravity rushing outwards against its hide.

Thomas and Akiko would fly off easily from the sudden gravity rush, the raw prowess of space itself too much for either to handle. There was little care or virtue where they ended up but Riku cropped against the dragon’s head. By choice or chance, she avoided the dragon’s instinctual attack, once more trying to use reason to stay the beast’s wrath. And just like before the dragon abruptly paused in its wake, the powerful influence of Lola’s Serei card amplifying Riku’s suggestions across its ear. The dragon thrashed its head and snarled but it continued.  

Hatred and a desire to burn all things festered in its heart but the smothering charisma of a wolf and a pup found itself slowly clouding even those instincts. So lost was the dragon in its haze it hardly noticed Riku plopping off its form with an arrow reamed through her or the influence ending just as quick. It was too late. 

The dragon swiveled and turned. Its wings lost focus before suddenly bursting outwards in plumes of black flames. A new noise entered the dragon’s vocal range as it descended like a fallen angel from the skies. The fire ignited and spread more and more until it coated the dragon’s entire body.

Like a blackened meteor ripped out from the heavens the dragon fell off some distance from the main group with a resounding crash that rippled through the entire Abyss. The very ceiling it was destined to destroy remained intact albeit with several cracks and fractures thanks to the dragon’s assault. But it was not quite shattered and destroyed, the Floor remaining intact as it was.

Wherever the dragon landed, it was hard to say; the entire landscape was coated in blackened fire and abnormal mushroom growth with Katie nowhere to be found in the mess, assuming she was even back to normal.

Runa and Nephy’s plan failed for now. But there were contingencies. 
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