Sho Minazuki

Persona - The True Self

Cave of Solitude - Ayano's Room
7/6/2015 Sunday

As Rui began rearing back to retreat, the doors behind him burst open, and with two familiar voices, Rui was glad to have support. Not to mention their thunderous entry seemed to stop whatever was blocking their communications with Megumi. He didn't even let her properly say anything, there was only one thing he needed right now.

"Scan it, now",

"R-r-right!", with that, they need only buy a little bit of time before they could figure out how to take the spider down.

As Akane taunted the shadow, Rui looked in disbelief as it actually worked. Though it appears the shadow had more tricks up it's sleeve. It fired a blast of web, but spread in a net at Akane, entrapping her before it would lower down above her and land right on top of her. The two hands where stingers should be were suddenly twin large metal blades as she readied to strike Akane... This didn't look like any regular attack, this looked like it was going to really hurt.

Rui would spring into action and summon his Persona to hold the stingers for just a little bit more. This was their chance, but he couldn't hold it for very long.

"Take it down! Give it all you've got!", he ordered.

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Right, I need to chime in on a few people too.

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@Herecomesthesnow@Princeofhearts@Kaithas@Krayzikk@Plank Sinatra@Sho Minazuki@Suku and @Shadowkiller912 @Write you all ready to proceed?

@chukklehed You'll be able to be involved in my next post if so.

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I've been waiting for things to happen in my missions, so yeah I suppose.

Persona - The True Self

Cave of Solitude - Ayano's Room
7/6/2015 Sunday

The strategy was working it seems, but it was still a rough slog of a fight. The shadow was managing to keep up with the web while slinging some of it at the party... They needed to split up Rui thought.

"Split up, the more directions it needs to aim at, the easier it'll be to get something in", he ordered. Of course, Kami chose to stay with Ayano, while Sato, Kotori and Rui would disperse. As the battle continued, it became increasingly clear that this battle of attrition was foolhardy. It took them far too much effort to reach that spider shadow, and on the web they moved a little slower while the shadow laughed and moved with alarming speed along the web... Taking out the webbing was definitely the answer, but they couldn't keep up.

This was bad... They couldn't call for back up or scan for some kind of weakness. Pretty soon they would need to try and retreat, but they had to try.

"Zzz... Bzt...", Rui could hear it... Communications...? By instinct, he turned to the door as it opened...

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Cave of Solitude - First Floor > Second Floor
7/6/2015 Sunday

"I've lost contact with the main party, so we'll need to send you guys in... When things are under control, please return, as once I re-establish communications, I won't be able to keep track of your statuses. Fortunately, this dungeon doesn't have many shadows if at all",

Akane nodded in affirmative. Behind her was Noboru, Matthew, and Leiko. They entered the first floor, and it appears they got the chance to be backup. With communications lost in the boss room, things may be quite dire in there. The first and second floor were a merely creepy house, with not a shadow in sight, and the actual trip to the second floor took less than a minute, but as they reached the second floor, they realized there were webs all over a single door...

"Hey... That must be what's blocking the communications... The web... Please, break the webbing away and proceed", they didn't really need orders for that, after all, they came all this way. Though as they slashed it away, it began to slowly regrow...

[color=megenta]"Two of you should stay outside to keep the door from getting webbed up again, the other two should go and back up the main party"[/color], she suggested.

Once the four decided who was going to be going in, they entered.

Persona - The True Self

Cave of Solitude - Ayano's Room
7/6/2015 Sunday

Ayano's shadow immediately began to crawl backwards on it's arachnid legs, and started crawling with alarm speed across the webs strewn out in the cavern, while it occasionally blasted at the party with webs. With Kami grabbing Ayano and taking her to safe spot, they didn't have to worry too much. They were having difficulty pinning it down, they would attempt to strike or cast spells at the shadow, but it would only swiftly dodge or avoid any direct hits. The battle wasn't getting any better either. The webs the shadow was firing at them was connecting with the other webs, and occasionally surged with electricity. In his experience, that electricity was likely not in their favour. The attacks also seemed to become more accurate whenever they were stepping on the web, so there was definitely some kind of detection on it... Among the attacks though, the party was managing to clear the webs... That might be the answer. He was going to as Megumi, but he quickly realized he was hearing the same static the moment the fight began... It was likely the shadow's doing. They weren't going to get navigator support for this fight it seemed.

"Stay light on your feet, and clear the webs", he said, giving the order.

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And turns out because he wasn't being used he's underleveled.

Persona - The True Self

Cave of Solitude
7/6/2015 Sunday

Softening them up while avoiding their range seemed to work. Everyone had some form of magical attack to use, and when the time was right, Rui and Kami would charge in and strike the shadows down. As the battle continued, the numbers of shadows would thin, and thin, until there was nothing left. As the battle ended, the room changed back to the familiar look of Ayano's house.

"It looks like you're all in the clear... The second floor seems to be open now", with that new information, the party decided to move on into the 2nd floor.

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Cave of Solitude - Ayano's Room

As the party rose to the second floor, the scenery was... Different. It was dark, illuminated only by webs with what appeared to be electricity travelling through the threads. Kami also made out that this was the second floor to Ayano's house, although all the doors seemed to be locked, except for one it seems, and it was the door to Ayano's room.

"There's a big reading behind that door... But someone is there too. That must be where she is", with that confirmation, Kami without ceremony pushed the door open and rushed in. As everyone trailed behind him, they realized and learned why this dungeon was called the 'Cave of Solitude'. Ayano's room was the cave. They came out into a spacious cavern, and would quickly notice how thick with spider webbing it was, emanating with electricity like some kind of network. As some of them got closer, they would realize that these webs were made from wires and cables. The party would hear talking, between likely Ayano and her shadow, though soon it would be interrupted.

"Ayano!", Kami seemed to be overtaken by a sense of urgency as he swung right at Ayano's shadow, who simply stepped back away as she continued to speak.

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Persona - The True Self

Cave of Solitude
7/6/2015 Sunday

The immediate outburst of attacks without hesitation was the right course of action, despite their disadvantage, the immediate and explosive reaction gave the party a chance to change their focus quickly to one of the shadows and break through. Kami amidst the flurry of spells bowled right through one of the shadows with Zeus, and Rui added a Gale Slash to the end of everyone's attacks to cover their movements. In moments the battle was suddenly even in positioning advantages.

"Looks like they go down normally so we can attack them without fear, but watch out for any tricks they might have", he declared. Those elongated limbs weren't for nothing. Moments after he'd said that he was forced to jump back as their limbs whipped at them following a slow heaving movement. The shadows went from painfully slow, to erratically fast in the blink of an eye, and then returned. The whipping motions with their limbs and sudden bursts of speed, plus the range meant they had to be careful on approach, but casters in the back should have no problem out-ranging them. It was pretty straightforward from here on out. Charge them down.