The Guard Armor did indeed recoil from the sudden blast of fire it took in the torso. And when that spell was swiftly followed by one of the girls delivering a jumping blow to its chest, it reared back a bit, and right into the slashing of another's blade. This time it did seem to take actual damage, indicating that its torso was where it was most vulnerable. It swung its arms about, flailing them wildly in an attempt to keep the attackers at bay. About that time, it felt the sting of another direct attack, this one from a bullet coming from someone's rifle a distance away. The group was indeed damaging the creature now, but made a potentially fatal mistake. In their decision to focus solely on the Guard Armor, they ignored the Shadows pouring up from the puddle of Darkness where the creature stood. Now that they were being commanded by something, the Shadows moved in a strategic manner.
They spotted the lone shooter on the nearby roof and were practically stampeding in the direction of his sniper perch. Along the way a small girl made a break from an alleyway into a nearby shop door. Most of the shadows ignored her, choosing instead to continue after what they perceived to be the larger threat, and the stronger heart. But one chose instead to designate the child as its prey, making a pounce toward her now scared stiff form.
Meanwhile, Thatch sat in his spot in a daze. When he started hearing whispers in his ears, he thought he was losing his mind at first. "Don't be afraid." Afraid? Afraid of what? The Heartless? That seemed a hard thing to accomplish when he knew he was now completely unarmed. "Don't forget." The whisperer followed up with. Forget? Was there something he was meant to remember? If so, he never knew about it. It was the gunshot that snapped him out of his daze, Jared now staggering to his feet and throwing the fish off of himself. As he did so, an apparent stampede of the smaller creatures had passed him by, racing toward a location somewhere behind. He turned to look, eyes widening as one of the critters stopped to attack a small girl, "Oh no you don't!" he shouted, screaming at the top of his lungs and running toward the girl in what seemed like slow motion.
"Don't be afraid..."
"I'm not! I'm not afraid!" Jared cried, seemingly answering the voice he was imagining.
"...and don't forget."
At this point Thatch had reached the girl, now taking a leap of his own at the Shadow attacking her. He made a swing his hands, unsure of how he expected to defeat one of these things without a weapon. "You will be the one... to close the door." As if being saved by a miracle, a small cylinder of light formed his hands during the swinging motion, materializing into a mysterious, key-shaped object that ended up being the weapon that slammed into the Shadow. Despite looking entirely blunt, the object was somehow able to cut the creature asunder as if it were a wickedly sharp blade.
Cue a shift in Battle Music
"Go! Get inside!" Jared shouted to the stunned little girl behind him. She hesitated but nodded, darting into the shop door she had originally ran for and into safety. Now was when Jared got a better look at the object (or weapon, apparently, given the effect it had against the Shadow) and was as stunned as the girl was. But he quickly shook it off, sprinting toward the Guard Armor and, using his running for momentum, lobbed the weapon as hard as he could at the creature. The weapon spun rapidly as it sailed in the air, eventually sinking the tip of the "blade" into the emblem of the torso. This particular blow seemed to really sting the Guard Armor as it staggered harder than before. Jared could only hope that this would give his apparent comrades a good enough opening to maybe finish the brute off.
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I was hoping for Captor to post before continuing things. Sent a PM just now so I'll give them 'til later tonight before I move things along.
So like, I posted. Dunno if anyone noticed or not, but now you do know so... yeah.
Finally able to post thankfully. No, this RP ain't dead yet, not by a long shot.
The gigantic Heartless could sense prey approaching even as it formed. They were strong hearts indeed, stronger than most others. This would be a "meal" to remember. The dark pool that had produced the Guard Armor didn't disappear, rather it lingered and started producing several Shadows alongside their armored commander. The Armor's torso hung in midair, swaying in a motion reminiscent of a ringing bell. It's clawed hands each flipped over once, returning to their original positions like a warrior brandishing his blade.
It observed as three of its prey attacked all at once: two boys and a girl. The first boy's blade nicked at the Armor's feet, damaging them but only slightly. The girl and her nunchaku attacked with speed and ferocity, but the bamboo of the weapon seemed only to bounce harmlessly off the Heartless' iron body. Finally there was the other boy, brandishing some kind of spear as he thrust it into the Guard Armor's other foot twice before adding a third slash with added momentum thanks to a quick rotation of his body. Like the other weapons, the spear clanged against the Heartless but didn't seem to have any effect. To add insult to injury, the spear actually broke into pieces upon the impact of the third blow, now leaving the boy helpless to the Armor's counter strike. Its hands lashed out, seeming to fly around its body in a circular, sweeping motion. The sweeping blow came at an angle that targeted the now unarmed boy first, and he could not react before the Armor's iron hand knocked him a good few feet away, his limp form crashing into a barrel, breaking it open and spilling it's contents, freshly caught fish, all over him.
All at once Jared seemed to feel his hope come crashing down upon him. It was bad enough that his spear seemed to have no effect on the big Heartless, but to make matters worse the thing broke on its body? Then of course came the counterattack, targeting him first because he was no doubt the easiest target thanks to his new-found lack of a weapon. He didn't get a chance to see how any of the others fared, as soon as his body crashed into a wooden barrel, he felt himself slip in and out of unconsciousness, laying there dazed in a pile of smelly fish.
It observed as three of its prey attacked all at once: two boys and a girl. The first boy's blade nicked at the Armor's feet, damaging them but only slightly. The girl and her nunchaku attacked with speed and ferocity, but the bamboo of the weapon seemed only to bounce harmlessly off the Heartless' iron body. Finally there was the other boy, brandishing some kind of spear as he thrust it into the Guard Armor's other foot twice before adding a third slash with added momentum thanks to a quick rotation of his body. Like the other weapons, the spear clanged against the Heartless but didn't seem to have any effect. To add insult to injury, the spear actually broke into pieces upon the impact of the third blow, now leaving the boy helpless to the Armor's counter strike. Its hands lashed out, seeming to fly around its body in a circular, sweeping motion. The sweeping blow came at an angle that targeted the now unarmed boy first, and he could not react before the Armor's iron hand knocked him a good few feet away, his limp form crashing into a barrel, breaking it open and spilling it's contents, freshly caught fish, all over him.
All at once Jared seemed to feel his hope come crashing down upon him. It was bad enough that his spear seemed to have no effect on the big Heartless, but to make matters worse the thing broke on its body? Then of course came the counterattack, targeting him first because he was no doubt the easiest target thanks to his new-found lack of a weapon. He didn't get a chance to see how any of the others fared, as soon as his body crashed into a wooden barrel, he felt himself slip in and out of unconsciousness, laying there dazed in a pile of smelly fish.
Either that or Kingdom Key randomly* appears for the different characters when it comes time to seal a world's keyhole.
*Essentially the character who learned an important lesson or resolved a personal issue is the one who gets be the hero of the moment.
*Essentially the character who learned an important lesson or resolved a personal issue is the one who gets be the hero of the moment.
Well, yes and no. I'm still going to use the work around I came up with for dealing with Heartless, it's just those stupid keyholes that are stumping me since there's no logical way to deal with those without a Keyblade (unfortunately).
Oh crud... I may have to go back on something I previously said when I started this RP. Don't worry, no one's in trouble, just me being a massive derp and nearly putting us on the path to being written into a corner. *gulp*
Well, the thing in question goes all the way back to the Interest Check, wherein I went out of my way to NOT include myself as a Keyblade Wielder. I know, I know, I said a while back that I had come up with a way around that... well turns out I didn't quite think of everything, as I was looking ahead at some of my plot ideas and realized, "Crap, we won't have any method for sealing keyholes!" ForcedSmile was supposed to be the one to get a Keyblade but it's been like 3 weeks since their last post and it's not looking like they're coming back.
*insert any number of facepalm images here*
Well, the thing in question goes all the way back to the Interest Check, wherein I went out of my way to NOT include myself as a Keyblade Wielder. I know, I know, I said a while back that I had come up with a way around that... well turns out I didn't quite think of everything, as I was looking ahead at some of my plot ideas and realized, "Crap, we won't have any method for sealing keyholes!" ForcedSmile was supposed to be the one to get a Keyblade but it's been like 3 weeks since their last post and it's not looking like they're coming back.
*insert any number of facepalm images here*
Funnily enough, Simo (Card's character) made an interesting observation about the creature. Long story short, this will either be a reasonably quick Boss Battle or an arduous one. It all depends on where the characters decide to direct their attacks.
Quick trivia about the Guard Armor. In the games, focusing on the Torso (the head apparently counts as part of the torso somehow) will kill the Boss faster, but taking the time to destroy the limbs first will yield more Health/MP/Munny drops. Since the RP will not be using those kinds of metagame concepts, you can probably guess which strategy will be better.
Quick trivia about the Guard Armor. In the games, focusing on the Torso (the head apparently counts as part of the torso somehow) will kill the Boss faster, but taking the time to destroy the limbs first will yield more Health/MP/Munny drops. Since the RP will not be using those kinds of metagame concepts, you can probably guess which strategy will be better.
Your post was fine Sezir.
Need to make a bit of a logistical correction to your post, Card. The site of the explosion is the WDS control tower. That's not where the boss is, it spawned in the Merchant District which would be a few blocks away.
Need to make a bit of a logistical correction to your post, Card. The site of the explosion is the WDS control tower. That's not where the boss is, it spawned in the Merchant District which would be a few blocks away.
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