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[H3]The Astral Plane[/h3]

[b]Word Count:[/b] 494
[b]Level 5 Roxas:[/b] 0/50
[b]Exp:[/b] 1
[b]NEW EXP Balance---[/b] 1/50[/center]

Roxas had to dive out of the way of a finger laser. This thing was a chimera? The floating arms and body of it reminded him of a familiar enemy from his own world: the Heartless known as a [url=https://kingdomhearts.fandom.com/wiki/Guard_Armor]Guard Armor[/url]. It, too, had body parts that floated about and could attack individually. And from what Roxas could recall, each of those parts could also be individually destroyed, [color=Gold]"I've faced a Heartless similar to this in my world!"[/color] he told the others, figuring it was best to share what he was thinking. [color=Gold]"If this is anything like that was, then we can destroy the parts one by one if we focus our attacks!"[/color] while Roxas wasn't sure if this would work against this specific enemy, some kind of plan was better than having none at all.

He used his Keyblades to bat away an incoming couple of fire bolts. Then he fired back with a couple of Blizzagas before having to dive out of the way of another incoming finger laser. This time Roxas decided to move forward and close the distance between himself and the chimera. It tried to launch a punch at him but the Keybearer was able to guard against it and strike back with a Dual Counter. After that he unleashed a flourish of melee strikes on the same arm he had just countered against. He was trying to put his strategy into motion by focusing his attacks on a single part in the hopes of destroying it sooner.

But Roxas also knew he had to tread lightly. This thing had already demonstrated that it could hit, and hit extremely hard. The Keybearer understood that he was likely the only Seeker in this current group capable of healing. And so Roxas had no choice but to divert his attention way from his attacks every now and again in order to check on the well being of his teammates. If it looked like everyone was taking a beating, he could fire off a quick Curaga to give the Seekers a second wind if needed. But this also meant that he had to remain on guard a bit more, and as a result he started to not get in quite as many attacks as he would otherwise have liked to. He also knew that if he went down, that would mean the group would lose its only current healer.

After spending nearly a year doing missions for Organization XIII alone, Roxas had to admit that this current situation of taking an entire team into account was actually kind of new to him. He just had to hope he could get the hang of it quick because otherwise he and the Seekers would be in serious trouble.