[center][img]https://i.imgur.com/houzIW1.png[/img][/center] [center][color=MediumSpringGreen]I guess it’s now or never…[/color] [color=888888]-Ashley Avenir[/color][/center] [center][hider=Ashley] [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/5656356]Ashley Avenir[/url] Max MP: 50 Current MP: 31 - 8 = 23 Casting: [Projectile] 0 + [If Foe] 1 + [Powerful+ (Potency increased to SSS, Efficiency decreased to F)] 1 (Routine) + [AoE (Efficiency F = 8ft radius)] 2 + [Damage X] 4 (Routine+) = 8 mana Gear: Clip Light (4) Taser (4 shots) Medical Supplies (4 uses) Flash Bang (4) Kevlar (Coverage 4) Leveraging: N/A [/hider][/center] This was bad. Not only would harming the slime further also further harm the ship (perhaps even to the extent of complete structural failure), it had also gotten inside the captives’ lungs. Trying to extricate the captives with care seemed the best course of action, yet, it would also take time, and that was a resource in exceedingly short supply. Even now, Ashley could feel the ship shudder as attacks were made against its outer hull, while closer at hand, the slime tendrils had redoubled their efforts to attack the high-tech heroine and her allies. And, of course, the floor also continued to tilt at an ever more extreme angle… [color=MediumSpringGreen][i]I have to try and vaporize the slime in their lungs myself,[/i][/color] the Knight of Tomorrow resolved. [color=MediumSpringGreen][i]It’s risky, and I don’t know if I can hit everyone with one shot, but it’s the only chance we have![/i][/color] [color=MediumSpringGreen]“I think I can free the captives without harming them,”[/color] Ashley told the other espers as she aimed her techno-wand at the greatest cluster of captives, its tip glowing with ever-increasing power. [color=MediumSpringGreen]“But I need you to hold those slime tendrils back for a little longer!”[/color]