[Celestial Arms/Private] Tentacle Monsters Are Overrated

[Capsule]

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Just when she thought she was free from the freaky crab human monster thing, Capsule realized that she was trapped in here with it. The raging storm outside of the island had grown unbelievably thick, and Capsule was almost certain it would be like running into a brick wall. But what else could she do? Stand and fight? An Enchanter with few damage dealing skills and under leveled pets? Maybe if her Animal Training was maxed or at least high, she could pull something off and get the hell out of here. But so far, the only for certain thing was her untimely demised.

Scared, half-naked, and in possession of some mystical pebble that was flooding her mind with strange memories, Capsule continued to flee. The angry roar of a polar bear rang out behind her, as did the unnerved yaps of a frightened dog. Bosco and Aleksei… they were not very strong when compared to the crab monster, but they were not running away. Should she try to be brave, too? The woman slowed down, despite the sound of the scuttling crab. She turned around, face set in a hard line--

«I SSSEEE YOU GOT THE BOOTY THOUGH»

And turned around so quickly and seamlessly, that she would have made Michael Jackson jealous. Capsule wanted to cry. It was bad enough that she was forced into an instance with this monster, but it also turned out to be a total perv. With her free hand, she struggled to pull her shirt down over her bottom. She did not want this repulsive crab to her panties, nor could she afford to stop and put on her pants. Oh, why had she been so concerned about her cargo pants weighing her down in the fountain? It would have made her heavier, but at least the crab would not be lusting after her butt.

«LEAVE ME ALONE!» She stamped her foot in the sand, staff aimed menacingly at the advancing crab. Just as the crab was charging forward to slam into the ground, Capsule stopped it with Thorn Bind Hostage. A cheeky grin formed across her face as the crab blinked in confusion. She mocked it by sticking her hip out, and waving the end of her staff at it. Swiggty swooty, you could not come for this booty. And then the dirty old crab did something unexpected: it trapped Capsule in a bubble.
«Um… H-hey!» She nervously placed a hand against one side of the bubble. It was like touching reinforced plastic. The bubble was floating off of the ground, coming to rest at an uncomfortable height of two meters. This was not good, not good at all.

«SSSURRENDER THE PEBBLE OF PHILOSSSOPHY,» it demanded. Capsule saw this as a good time to slip on her pants, now that the monster was getting back to business. «OR DIE.» It made a compelling argument, but Capsule did not believe in negotiating with terrorists. Either way, she was at the mercy of this creature. It had shrugged off her Thorn Bind Hostage, and was paying no heed to poor Aleksei. The polar bear was valiantly charging in to defend her, but there was next to nothing he could do. What Capsule needed was a miracle.

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∝: 542
♫: A Promise
✏: Brachyura: 98%
@: Hirosame

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[Hirosame]

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"You ain't gonna need a miracle, lady! Look, instead for..."

The lightning brightened up the skies, and thunder clapped all around. A voice echoed all around the instance, but where was it coming from? How was there another being inside this instance, you ask? Shut up All in due time! Though the Crab Man had trapped the woman inside a bubble, she was not without aid! Her pets may not have filled the quota, but another person was inside the instance at the same time, having needing to come and finish this fight himself. As the light faded, the bubble surrounding the woman had burst! A Blade was sheathed quickly afterward, the katana returning to its place at his side. A man's figure, turning back, and a thumbs up appearing from his outstretched hand. His hand pointed up into the sky, and a spotlight appeared from the heavens. To those who didn't know, this was the use of the Idol skill Showtime!.

"A Dandy Rescue!" A ball of confetti exploded at his feet, yet another use of an Idol skill, known as Confetti Bomb, as he struck a powerful pose, holding the sheath of his blade on his side. Turning his head over to the side, he looked over at the crab-man, who demanded the booty of the Enchanter behind him, who should now be freed. Drawing his blade once again, he held it up. Having used the two skills in conjunction, he probably had generated a large amount of aggro. The Pompadour Samurai crouched a bit, as he looked back to the girl. "Name's Gauze, yo! I'll keep this bitch's attention on me, lady with a spectacular booty!" Turning his attention back to the monster, he continued. "I owe a bro of mine fer killin' this thing earlier. Now, it's mah turn, ya dig!?" He shouted. A smirk appeared on his face, while glaring down the crabby dude. He waited for the Enchanter, or the Brachy-whatever to make their move.

OOC: Using the skills listed here from Caer. Hope she's cool with it. XD

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∝: 331
♫: My Time is Now
✏: DYNAMIC ENTRY!
@: Capsule

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[Capsule]

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Capsule was considering tempting fate and somehow breaking the bubble on her own, when it appeared to burst of its own accord. Not wanting to be injured from the fall, Capsule used Nightmare Sphere to slow her descent. Her boots briefly hung in the air, and then fell to the ground as the spell wore off. A bright light suddenly shone from above, lighting up a lone figure. It was not the horrific crab man with human desires of the amorous type, but a man… with a pompadour? A meme popped into her head: 'What are thoooose?' Forgetting the danger around her for a moment, Capsule took examined the info of the newcomer: a Samurai. And based on that confetti business, one with the Idol subclass. He was also downright flamboyant, too, but he must have been the one to burst her bubble.

She gave the Pompadour Samurai a thumbs up, a slightly puzzled expression settling into her countenance. Capsule and Gauze. They could start a guild of medically named Adventurers. With the crab man now targeting the Pompadour Samurai, Capsule quickly used Magi Howling on herself, and shackled the crab man with Astral Torment. While he worked to free himself, Capsule buffed the small group (Aleksei included) with Keen Edge, which would increase their physical damage output for the next hour. For herself alone, she summoned forth her Gehenna Swarm, just as the crab man was pulling himself free from his bindings. There were many other spells she wanted to use, but time was working against her.

Brachyura crouched low to the ground, in a disgusting display of crab legs and human fat. He popped up a second later, soaring high into the air. The giant crab man… was leaping with the force of a grasshopper. The giant, grotesque crab man was angling his landing spot at them. They were going to get smooshed, knocked back, or maybe even stunned by such a blow. Or not. Capsule snapped her fingers, staff pointed at the incoming human crab cannonball. Luckily for them, this next spell had a casting time of a split second.

An Astral Wall connected with the descending crab man, sending him flying backwards, and onto his back. There was a loud bellow from Aleksei, who was using Bulldoze to close the gap between him and Brachyura. He used Smashing Fist to deal some (light) heavy damage to the toppled over crab man, but was slapped away by a pincer moments later. The crab was treating the level forty five bear like a fly. What he wanted was to bend over the flashy Pompadour Samurai, Gauze. Definitely not Capsule, who was trying to hide behind the man and put on her boots at the same time.

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∝: 458
♫: The Looks That Kill
✏: Brachyura: 94%
@: Hirosame

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[Hirosame]

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With the crab's attention on him, Gauze charged forward, waving the blade he held above his head, letting out a manic war cry. "YEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!" He shouted, as he quickly brought down the blade to connect with one of the crab's legs. Striking another valiant pose, Gauze shouted at the crab dude, in a challenging fashion. "You ain't got shit, bitch! Try a real attack!" This was to taunt after the guy having been so carefully denied from his attack earlier, and then was charged by a bear. Seems like a weird day, to have actually meant a sentence like that. Anyways, after having used Bushi Chousen to start a combo, Gauze brought the katana to the side.

Sweeping it powerfully, Gauze used the next skill in the chain, Shunsen (Flashwave) to deal some extra damage, creating a wave of wind damage. Quickly afterward, he began to channel some power to his blade, as a flaming aura surrounded him, and a coat of air formed around the sword itself. After having successfully used the skill Fuurin Kazan to buff himself, he quickly used a Chain X skill, Tsubame-Gaeshi (Swallow Strike), to cut once upward, and then again downward, applying both physical and some wind damage. After the cuts were made, Gauze stood in a defensive pose. "That shoulda hurt him, yeah!?" He shouted, looking back to the Enchanter just a little ways away from him. He quickly returned his gaze to the monster man, grinning.

He quickly thought back to the earlier encounter, when he and his bro were here a while ago now. He remembered all about how his stuff had leveled up, as much as he had. Turning back around quickly, he felt that he should let the booty lady know. "Hey, lady!" Gauze began. "You know yer stuff's all powered up now, right?" With his little public service announcement completed, he looked to the crab man once more. If she didn't know about this fact, then he did a good thing in letting her know. If she did, then whatever. Reinforced the point. But he was confused about pets being on the battlefield, since it didn't seem like they leveled up themselves, which was weird. Maybe this woman was an animal trainer? Or perhaps she was this world's version of Snow White? Eh, whatever. He shrugged it off, glaring at Brachy-something.

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∝: 393
♫: White Tiger
✏: Cheesy hero themes for Gauze.
@: Capsule

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[Capsule]

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Seeing the Pompadour Samurai in action caused a sinking sensation in Capsule’s gut. It was bringing up some old memories from the time she hung out with Caer and the gang. Caerbannog surely would have enjoyed a quest like this, and was likely to possess high leveled pets, as well. The beginnings of a sad and somber smile was etching itself onto the Enchanter’s face. Sad day… Her eyes widened when Mr. Pompadour yelled back at her. Oh, right. Damage. They were fighting against a boss, after all. She uttered a soft cry in return, part kittenish meow, part shy human girl.

When the man shouted a second time, Capsule responded in a steadier voice of some confidence. "Yeah. I just… gotta get the hang of it." It was weird to have gear in her level range. Her highest leveled weapon was her Sanguine Staff, at level forty. Her Crystal Ball and grimoire were just standard Lander gear, and only level thirty before the fight started. And her armor, too! She had already been close to level ninety, so she had not noticed much of a change in power, but to have equipment suitable for her level…!

A look of determination replaced her previously conveyed emotions. She was not so helpless, now that she realized her potential had a better chance of shining through in this instance. "Yeah, I got it." Her voice carried a sharp edge to it, one that rarely presented itself. As disgusting as it sounded, she had a sudden craving for crab legs.

"Aleksei! Withdraw for now." The bear whined softly in protest as he was returned to his Trainer slot. In his place, Capsule summoned her Crystal Reindeer. "Kasper. Red Nosed Reindeer!" She pointed at the crab man, who was gearing up to attack the Pompadour Samurai again. The large reindeer darted in front of Gauze, blocking him from sight. The foolish crab was met face to face with a blinding light shot from the nose of the reindeer. Ten seconds. They has ten seconds before the crab had restored vision. "Festive Shotgun!" From his antlers, the reindeer shot red and green lasers of magical energy. It was not wildly effective on such a high leveled creature, but damage was damage.

While Kasper worked on the crab, Capsule used Metaconscious Meteor to rain down meteor-like projectiles of dark magic on him. She then ordered her Gehenna Swarm to lash out against the monster, placing a curse debuff on him. His stats would be lowered by ten percent for thirty seconds. As Red Nosed Reindeer began to fade away, Capsule shot a few bolts of magic from her grimoire. "Get back, Kasper!" She would be lucky not to have drawn aggro, but Kasper was standing near the man, who might also draw it.

Brachyura looked pissed. Rather than charge them like anticipated, however, the crab threw his arms up into the air. Behind him, the wall of the furious storm suddenly pulled inwards, soaring high above the island in an arc. Capsule gulped. She could stop a physical body, but was about water? She threw up an Astral Wall as the wave crashed down, but to her surprise, that bastard Brachyura pulled another stunt: it created bubbles all around them. Bubbles that were shooting intense beams of light. Capsule yelped as she was burned under one of the glorified magnifying glasses. Blocking water had turned out to be possible, but light?! And heavy light damage, at that!

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∝: 581
♫: Massacre
✏: Brachyura: 74%
@: Hirosame

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[Hirosame]

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A multitude of things had happened while he was waiting for the crab or Enchanter to make their move, but Gauze found a sudden being of light in front of himself. Some kind of shining reindeer was before his eyes, causing some kind of bright light to appear before the monster. Blind, or something. Gauze didn't care. This was the perfect time for him to strike very quickly! Raising the blade above his head again, Gauze slashed down along the body of Brachy-nanni using the Samurai skill Iaido, and recoiled back quick to strike from a sideways slash. It was about this time that, after the damage from his strikes had been applied, the monster started to cast something. What looked to be some bubbles in the air?

Before he knew it, Gauze and the enchanter were pelted with powerful light. This damaged the female fairly heavily, but it didn't bother Gauze all that much, only dealing about 5-10% of his total health. Being a tank had its benefits, of course! He needed to garner some more aggro, since Rudolf the Crystal-toned Reindeer had disappeared by this point. Pointing up into the air again, the Samurai used Showtime! on himself again. Striking a powerful pose, he glared up at the monster, a giant grin on his face. "You ain't hurtin' me at all, ya loser! You'l never be able to kill me like that, scrub!" All his taunting was hopefully working, as he could feel a bit more of the aggro generating onto himself. But, he'd continue to make his speech for a few more moments.

Changing his pose to one with triumphantly folded arms, he stood under the light further. "I betcha don't know who yer up against, do ya!?" Gauze shouted. He pointed a thumb up to himself. "Yer fighting against the Proclaimed Proprietor of the Powerful Pompadour Patrol! Prepare yer ass fer a real bad ass-kickin', Brachy-Saurus, cuz I'm about to rock ya..." Gauze jumped up in the air, using the skill Denkosekka (Lightspeed) to increase his movement speed for a few seconds. He mostly needed it to activate his next skill, but also allow him to place a barrier around himself for the next attack. Once this move was finished, he activated Izuna-Giri (Vacuum Slash) and began to cut downward. "Like a Hurricane!!"

As the Pompadour Samurai slashed downward, a blast of wind appeared and crashed into the opponent. As the wind collided, Gauze set up another chain attack, charging up his blade again, bringing it up high. Seinaru Shinken (Divinity Slash) was used next, as he sliced down powerfully toward the ground. Once the blade hit the ground, a golden shockwave appeared and slammed down onto Brachy-Saurus, dealing a massive amount of damage. Gauze stood back up, having hopefully generated a lot more aggro from the combo, and got himself into a defensive stance. Holding the blade up close to himself, he waited for the next move, ready to take on any amount of damage from the next move.

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∝: 504
♫: Rock You Like a Hurricane
✏: Never lose fighting spirit!
@: Capsule

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[Capsule]

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Of course the tank would hardly be affected by the damage, but Capsule was an Enchanter with light armor, and Kasper was only a level forty five beast. He had more to lose than any of them. While Gauze rushed in to do tons of damage to the crab man, Capsule made a beeline for her reindeer. The large reindeer was still standing, though barely. Most of his health had gotten blown away from the attack. He snorted softly as Capsule wrapped her arms around his neck, giving him a firm hug. Poor Kasp was out of the fight. It was much too risky to keep him out for any longer, and she had no idea what had even become of Bosco. If that shithead killed her dog…

Capsule squirreled the injured reindeer away to safety, but did not call Aleksei out. Brachyura was getting feisty, and next time he might not fail in wiping out one of her beloved pets. She glared at the crab man, who was too focused on the Pompadour Samurai to pay her any mind. Good. She liked it like that. Her face illuminated with the reddish hue of flames. Nestled in the palm of her hand was a fireball. She wound her arm back, and tossed the ball as hard as she could. There was a lot her brothers had taught her as a child. Not throwing like a girl was just one of those.

The fireball made direct contact with the spot where she supposed the crab man had his genitals. Smirking, Capsule pulled out her next trick -- Prismatic Laser. This one was a little harder to control, and it was her first time using it. The beams of multicolored light shot into the earth at Brachyura's feet. Some of the lights missed their target, but the rest struck true. It was a spectacular light show.

For her final trick, Capsule dug for the Corrosive Poison with one hand, the other outstretched, palm aimed at the crab. She was taking back the health he had stolen from her. The dumb crab was snapping at the Samurai with all four of his claws, still not paying Capsule no mind. It must have decided that it should try to eliminate Gauze, first. That was a dumb mistake. Capsule was obviously the weaker of the two; Gauze should be able to solo the monster, if necessary. When she threw the bottle of poison, Capsule went straight for the head. Vile, burning and poisonous liquid ran down the face of the monster, hopefully rendering it blind in the process.

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∝: 433
♫: These Streets
✏: Brachyura: 40%
@: Hirosame

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[Hirosame]

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"Yeah! Now yer gettin' it!" Gauze shouted to the Enchanter nearby. She was starting to deal some decent damage by this point, while also doing some mitigation of damages and such beforehand. This was how an Enchanter performed! She had taken away the reindeer for its own safety, which he could understand. She must be the kind of person who cares for her animals in loving ways at all times, no matter what they are. For now, Gauze would just need to keep fighting and keeping aggro on him. It was about this time that he realized that Brachy-Sandwich was still facing the Enchanter, and he decided that he'd do something about this, so as to make sure that the attacks from here weren't aimed at her.

Without being able to dodge many of the attacks on his own, unlike his bro, Gauze was there to soak up whatever damage he could. Given the state of his armor and weapon being as high as they possibly could be for now, he decided that it would just be good to take the hits while in a defensive stance. The moment the woman's poisonous vial hit the creature's eyes, he began to circle around to the back of the enemy, cutting about 5 times on his way in turning it around. This wasn't that intricate of a move, but it was definitely a good thing to do. Keeping ones allies out of the line of fire was something crucial from back when he was in other MMO's with his Pompadour Patrol. His bros from outside the game, and in the real life. Thinking about the guys made him smirk a bit more. He's got his homies to come back to. Ain't no way he's falling here.

The cooldown for Bushi Chousen (Samurai's Challenge) clicked off, and he went to start another combo. As such, his free attack from Iaido struck the target, just before he moved to challenge the beast, striking a pose once again. A puff of black smoke appeared, as the samurai activated Dokuganryu (One-Eyed Dragon). The Samurai would be visible to the monster and the Enchanter, though it was centered around himself, so the Enchanter would likely not be influenced. Finishing off the combo, Gauze began to rapidly regenerate his health, using Bishamon Keshin, drawing much more aggro to him. This combo was to make sure that the Enchanter and all her pets would not be sighted by the monster from this moment on.

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∝: 415
♫: Fight to Survive
✏: Distractions
@: Capsule

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[Capsule]

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A small, albeit weary, smile formed on the Enchanter's face. She was shy about compliments, though had learned to graciously accept them when they came. Before, she had been unconfident in her ability to fight this crab head on, and certainly not alone. If only she had had decently leveled beasts… fighting this without the aid of another Adventurer would have been a cinch. It was also very, very dangerous to go alone. The common enemy she and the Pompadour Samurai shared was a little below half health, and counting. The Corrosive Potion lowered its stats even more, and the poison debuff lasted for thirty seconds.

There was a black plume of smoke from Gauze, who was now regenerating health. Capsule, arm still extended, was doing the same. It was easy with such a large target. She dared not waste extra time on fully recovering her health, however. Gauze still had all eyes on him, so it behooved her to continue whittling down the crab's health. The first thing she decided to use was Karma Drive, to make the crab somewhat more susceptible to critical attacks. This was for the benefit of her main damage dealer. Next, she used Thorn Bind Hostage.

While the monster struggled with its bindings and left itself open to attack, Capsule fired more magic bolts from grimoire, adding in a few Pulse Bullets. Her damage output was lesser for the moment, but with the debuffs on the crab and some buffs on them, everything was going in their favor. And look -- the crab was attempting to jump his way out of the thorny bindings, activating the bursts of damage. What a jerk--

With a roar that shook her very eardrums, the crab stumbled forth like a drunk, blindly failing his claws at the Samurai. A large bubble swallowed the man up, bringing him up into the air. Capsule danced around the vicinity of the bubble, ready to throw down a Nightmare Sphere to break his fall, but not letting up on her assault. So close. They were so close to killing this thing…

«SSSURRENDER THE PEBBLE OF PHILOSSSOPHY, OR DIE!» That sounded ominous, and for good reason. The bastard was shifting into his final form. All around them, the sea was stretching high into the sky. Capsule no longer had to worry about Gauze falling and injuring himself, for the very sea was crashing in around them, threatening to buffet them around the mighty waves. With nothing to hold onto, Capsule opened her mouth to scream, and was muffled by salty water.

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∝: 429
♫: Disco Planet
✏: Brachyura: 25%
@: Hirosame

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[Hirosame]

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This was a rare sight. Gauze was trapped in a bubble, without even realizing such a thing could even happen! Then again, this was how things would just happen to play out for now. His health had been fully recovered by this point, thanks to the skills he had chained together just a few moments ago, but the bubble would keep him from doing anything else for the time being. He wanted to try and break out, but he saw that the Brachyaback monster had begun to cast something. Something powerful. The image of what his bro had done before, last time he was here, but he knew that he couldn't thanks to the bubble all around him. As the smoke piled up around him, and the waves prepared to crash down, Gauze waited.

Gripping the blade with powerful hands, he steeled himself for the attack. The water all around him swelled and exploded all around, but he did not fear. He was much stronger, and learned so many other things since the last time he was here. He knew that he had to fight for all the people who had fought here before, long, long ago. He had to make his Pompadour Patrol proud. Most importantly, he had to prove to his bro that he was on the road to a better lifestyle. As the water braced up against his back, his eyes shot open, and he was forced out of the bubble prison. Turning around quickly and fiercely, Gauze grabbed hold of the blade. His body was forced toward Brachy, to which he responded by nimbly stabbing his blade into the carapace of its head.

He had taken a catastrophic amount of damage as a result, yes, having suffered something like 40-50%, but this did not stop him at all. The smoke had been swept away thanks to the waves, but his fighting spirit emanated powerfully from him, rising up from the ground. The Samurai's eyes shined brightly with concentration and power. Holding the blade out to his side, he had hoped that the Enchanter hadn't been in too bad of a situation where she would've taken a lot of damage. Even if she was, Gauze had much more of a reason to strike this crab man down: That last attack only happened once, as far as he knew. But, his bro had survived it somehow, and killed it without much else of a problem from there. "You good there, booty lady!?" Gauze called out, striking a stance once more. This needed to end soon, and he was certain to make it through this with both people alive.

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∝: 440
♫: Push it to the Limit
✏: Like a man.
@: Capsule

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[Capsule]

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Floating face down in the water was Capsule, stunned by the sudden onslaught of the sea. It had swallowed her up, and then spat her out just as easily. A being smaller and leaner than the Enchanter seized her by the collar, and forcibly pulled her head above the water. The benevolent force fought to keep her afloat, despite the water churning beneath them. As the effects wore off, so did the strength the poor creature had mustered to help its owner.

Soaked to bone and whining pitifully, Bosco licked at the woman's face until she stirred. Capsule gently shoved the dog out of the way, spitting up mouthfuls of sea water. Disgusting. She was crawling about on all fours now, oblivious to the crab man laughing just a few feet away. And Gauze… Capsule gazed at the man with lifeless eyes. Why couldn’t they just let her die in peace?

Aleksei, her polar bear, was summoned for the purpose of being a living walking stick. With one massive forepaw, the bear scooped her up and placed her on his back. As soon as Capsule was secure, the bear activated Bulldoze. The damn crab was almost dead. All they had to do was whack it a few times. Using abilities would have been quicker, but Capsule had something else in mind.

As the large and solidly built bear collided with the crab, its rider came dangerously close to flying off its back. «Hey, SHITFACE!» Her voice was hoarse and her throat raw, but Capsule liked to think she got her point across. Brachyura turned to glare at the insects harassing him, and has he did so, Capsule flung her sodden grimoire straight into his face. There was a pleasant smacking sound, and she even managed to make him flinch.

The ten foot tall polar bear sneered as he rose to full height, and seized the crab's head in his paws. One paw forced the mouth of the crab open, while the other held his head still. Over Aleksei's shoulder, Capsule punched into the gaping mouth, and quickly snatched her hand out. Aleksei slammed a curled paw into the crab's face, knocking it back a few paces, and leaving its jaw lodged shut against the object Capsule had shoved into its mouth. Moments later, a small explosion sounded, and black smoke trickled out from the ruined mouth. It was the remains of Capsule's Smoke Grenade. Capsule pointed a finger at Gauze, sans spotlight. "Do it for your bro!"

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∝: 417
♫: Blumenkranz
✏: Brachyura: 15%
@: Hirosame

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[Hirosame]

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As if from nowhere, a book flew into the Brachy-Saurus's face, followed by a bear grabbing onto its head. Shortly afterward, a puff of black smoke had appeared from its mouth, after having been punched back by the bear. A bear punched him back, and black smoke appeared. Gauze was more than impressed, but also very surprised. Brachy had been knocked back a few feet by the punch, but this didn't mean he was out of the fight yet. As if on cue, the Enchanter called out to him. His eyes sparked up. She was right. He had to do this for his bro. That Monk whom he had befriended, and had embarked upon a journey because of. This was for him.

Dropping all defensive stances, Gauze lowered the sword to his side. "Yer right..." He mumbled, looking down at his hands. Looking back up at the monster, he activated a skill one more time, Bushi Chousen to keep his aggro up. Forgoing the free strike from Iaido, he challenged the monster. "THIS ONE'S FOR BRO!" He began to charge his blade up, using a skill he didn't have beforehand. Thanks to this instance, he was able to use Yamato Damashii (Samurai Soul), skipping right from Chain 1 to Chain 3, to which he activated Fuurin Kazan (Wind, Forest, Fire, Mountain) one more time, cloaking himself in fire and his blade in wind. He immediately started to slice the monster, increasing in speed with each cut.

Whipping the blade around at an alarming rate of speed, he continued to apply slashes, still increasing in speed. Eventually, his hands turned into a hurricane of blades, still letting out a war cry. "ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORAAAAA!!!" Eventually, though, he used his free Iaido strike, as he began another combo. Jumping up into the air, the Samurai shouted. "ACE MOVE!" As he did so, he brought his blade down, using Kabuto-wari (Helm Splitter). Rearing back, he held the blade to his side, and let out a powerful blast of wind, with Izuna-giri (Vacuum Slash) on Brachy. Black runes then began to cover the blade, as he used the skill Muramasa (Shadowland Sigil), adding an aesthetic glow to the weapon.

Chain... 4? He was actually using a fourth chain!? Activating the skill Toragari Shura (Tiger of Kai), and he quickly disappeared from sight. His voice, though, could still be heard. "TEN THOUSAND...!" All that could be seen was the 10 instantaneous slashes that he made, and eventually one could see him up above the monster. "CUTS!" Holding the blade up above his head, Gauze came crashing down onto the ground, slashing all the way through Brachyura, as the ground beneath him splintered and began to assault the monster as well. Finishing his make-shift technique, which he titled himself a while ago, Gauze slowly slid the blade into his sheath. This battle would be over soon, and there wasn't any further need of his blade for now. Instead, he stood there, quietly.

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∝: 500
♫: Before my Body is Dry
✏: Finish the Fight
@: Capsule

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[Capsule]

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Capsule watched the dazzling display with a lazy grin. Gauze, in honor of his bro, was pulling out all of the stops, and there was nothing Brachyura could do to stop him. The nearly dead crab man made a show of trying to protect himself and retaliate; the key word here being try. Unlike a protagonist in a JRPG game, he had no friends on the outside to send him their strength and overwhelming belief in his abilities. The only thing being burnt here was the crab.

Down on one knee now, Brachyura called out to the Samurai. «I WILL… DESSSTROY… YOU!» Most of his arms and legs were either severely damaged or dismembered, and his once blue skin was now battered with purpling bruises. The light in his violet eyes was slowly fading. Despite this, the crab man continued to crawl towards the patiently waiting Samurai. «RETURN… THE… PEBBLE…» A badly mangled claw hung in the air before Gauze, trembling with exertion. «Return…»

Aleksei blinked and shook his head as a bubble floated down to settle on his nose. POP Dozens of small bubbles had started to form around the great crab. With a deep sigh, Brachyura lowered his claw onto the ground. It lay there, feebly twitching. «The pebble…» More and more bubbles appeared, gradually accompanied by a thin, blue mist. As the crab gave into his fate and lied still, the bubbles increased in size and number, until there was nothing left of the creature.

In her hand, Capsule bounced the much desired pebble. She had no sympathy for the so- called genius. That crab was far too dangerous to be allowed to live, and would go on terrorizing other Adventurers until this event was over. Her eyes softened when she looked over in Gauze’s direction. "Thank you." Had the Samurai not shown himself earlier, Capsule might have died or been beaten down into a pulp. She started to urge the bear forward, and then paused. Had she given the man her name? It was easy to lose track when a man-like crab was slapping you senseless. "I have a name, other than… Booty Lady. It is Capsule, and I never forget a favor." The Enchanter was also bad at saying goodbye. She tipped an imaginary hat at the man, before being whisked away by Call of Home -- bear, dog and all.

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∝: 300
♫: See You Space Cowboy
✏: Brachyura: 0%
@: Hirosame

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[Hirosame]

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Gauze turned to Brachyura-sama-san, as he disintegrated into bubbles. Not a very interesting or entertaining death, but it sure as hell was a death, nonetheless. His attention swapped to Capsule, as she went to leave. She had given him her name by this point, but she had left just a few moments later. Looking up to the sky, he placed his hand on the sheath of his blade once more. "If ya owe anybody, booty lady, it's my bro." The Samurai began to walk away from there, not another word said on his way back. But, this is about when he noticed the temple where his bro fought the crab man. If anything, it made him wonder about how and why the fountain had disappeared from there to where Capsule was now.

He had absolutely no idea how the fountain had moved at all. Stranger still, he saw a fountain in the middle of the temple, where they had put that one chick's spear into the top of. It was still standing there. The samurai stopped in his place, confused as could be, and looked up at the Temple for a good while, thinking about how both places had the stone thing that both his bro and Capsule had been looking for. In fact, even the crabs they fought were drastically different. His bro had fought a literal giant crab, but the one that they fought here was definitely not just a crab. It looked like a gross-ass crab-dude. How could both have happened, he wondered? Was there something else that he didn't know about? Or maybe he didn't get a certain memo?

"Maaaaaan..." Gauze groaned, continuing along his way back toward the city. He scratched his head a bit, still confused by it. But, he gave up on it, with one more sentence. "Liquid Time's a bitch." From there, he continued along silently back to the city, where he and his Pompadour Patrol continued along on their merry way.

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∝: 330
♫: Battlecry
✏: Fitting outro theme, too.
@: Capsule

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