[Sarum Combat Team] Confronting Stonehenge

[Hirosame]

So, without having even realized it, Capsule was already gone from the area. It might have been one of two things. One, she died on accident after her wall was destroyed. Two, she ran as fast as she could for dear life when she saw the Stonehenge's somersault attack, which would make sense for her to get even slightly terrified. She didn't have the total health pool to be able to deal with something like that, and she was almost completely on her own for the entirety of it. Even when Hiro had just ran over to help out, he only really assumed that she would be there, ready to help out at a moment's notice. However, his assumption was completely off-base, so now the group was down a support class. Which meant it was all damage and physical attackers here. No magic. Well, at least Hiro managed to weaken the main boss with the uppercut, to the point of being able to him for full damage as one normally would be able to. Now came the vital decision: How are they going to deal with this group of crotchety old men? Easy.

Nursing homes were lovely places for the elderly to go, and Hiro wanted to give this old man a good place to go, to be cared for and pampered like the big baby he was. All he was missing was the diaper. However, these little boy scouts trying to help the old man across the street were a problem in their own right, and it looked like Kumori had the same idea of the matter. Their aggro was still focused on him for now, so after throwing Kumori a nod, he crouched down and plunged his fist into the head of the fist golem, noticing just how much damage it reduced from the impact. He clicked his tongue a little bit, and tried a different approach. He landed back on the ground a few meters way, using Aura Kick on the ground to keep the aggro fixed on him, and cupped his hands together. He didn't want to use up too much mana, but he needed to do this for now. Hiro launched a small blast of Aura Dragon Punch into the golem that he had attack's torso, allowing it to deal the Energy-based damage that it was supposed to do. Hopefully a bigger chunk of its health had been taken off from that.

Sadly enough, he couldn't spam that skill, or overcharge it like he had for Mayahuel. That was something that he did towards the end of the fight, just to end it a bit quicker. However, he couldn't afford such a luxury. Sure, he was a good deal stronger now than he was then, but this was still a tough boss that they needed to fight. So he could use almost all the Mana he can keep. For now, though, these boy scouts needed to be taken care of. Gritting his teeth a bit, he jumped up and out of the way of the first golem's strike, and ran up along the arm of the one he was attacking earlier. He hoped that Kumori was making some decent progress on the other. It should be given that the two will return to the main fight once the little ones were taken care of. Hiro vaulted over the golem's head, landed on the other side, and activated Battering Ram. Hiro charged into the golem in a shoulder tackle-style attack, sending it a few more meters away, which he followed up on immediately afterwards. Hopefully this meant that the other golem would follow him in his motion, as Aura Kick held a lot of aggro.

Now that the golems were even further from their lord and savior, there might be a better chance of them just dying without giving health back to the big guy. With this in mind, Hiro took the advantage and struck the Magicked Ruin Golem with all his might. It literally was like punching a wall, having no visible impact on it. But, the health bar of the monster was dropping at a good pace, so he was definitely making progress. A few more good punches, and this guy was down for the count. Hiro looked down at the golem's body, before feeling a quaking in the earth, and looked over to see the Old Man racing around like Sanic the Herghooligan. It wasn't a very majestic or empowering thing to see, but it was definitely something that he had to pause and look at for a moment. It was only then that he realized that @0x1dea was right in the middle of the damage. Wincing a bit, Hiro looked over to @dindeen and Tobin to see how they were doing as well. It looked like they were avoiding the majority of the damage, but it was still the old man's rampant attack. It probably dealt a bit of damage, for sure. Without much else to think about, he looked over to Kumori again quickly, then began to run back over to join the main fight.

Things didn't seem to be going their way, though, since Oxford had just taken a large sum of hits from the most recent attack. What made things worse was the fact that there were rocks falling from the sky, that Hiro didn't even notice until just now. Looking up, he saw that one of the stones was heading directly down for him just up ahead. Opening his eyes wide, he tried to dodge it as best as he could, attempting to roll to the side. Having just barely moved out of the way of that one, he looked over at his allies once again, figuring that taking a bit of damage here might cause them the fight in the long run. Standing back up again, he started to run towards the group again. But, he slowed himself down, just in case there was going to be some more falling rocks from the sky. Now more of a fast jog, Hiro continued to make his way to the combat area.

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[Tobin]

(OOC: Tobin got tossed like a salad, used Iron Body and Iron Rhino to minimise fall damage, then uses battering ram to shake up the damaged earth to create a bigger pit for old rollout to get stuck in. However in doing so he took a glancing blow, and then proceeded to start lobbing bolders at henge to provide covering fire. He consumed a mana potion during the lull in the fighting. @dindeen Kumori @0x1dea Hirosame)

WC: 527       HP:77%   Mana: 92%

Flying is the most curious sensation as though it was always pleasant to embrace the feeling of weightlessness, there was always that point where the forward momentum faded and flight became falling. Having spent more time airborne then most, the Dwarf loved the flight, the rise to glory, but learned quickly to hate the fall and the earth coming up to meet him, if there was metaphor somewhere it was lost on him since right now his whole attention was recovering from stone henge tossing him off.

“GET CLEAR LASSSIE”

The figure hit the ground at an angle and barrelled past Caer to rest just some meters behind the resulting dirt cloud obscured the landing, before a figure emerged the cloud, his body sheathed in the aura of an imposing black knight the translucent plate bucked and cracked to endure the worst of the blow. A loud crack accompanied the rotating motion of his head as a mana potion was downed, thankful that he had kept -Iron Body- and -Iron Rhino- in his move pool if only for situations like this. Thankfully, Caer had ended up between him and the golem thus the fellow took the moment to recuperate with an appletini. Shaken, but not stirred he was, at least until it blurred into an immense boulder seemed to cast an immense shadow over them from the setting sun as it flew like moon.

“That’s no moon! EVERHBODEH, JUMP!”

Immediate the fellow immediately began to run as with a bound he rose over the shifting of earth created by the shockwave, unburdened by heavy equipment, it was then that the dwarf drew his fist up and smited the earth with a Battering Ram into the ground. As a direct result of stone henges constant destruction of the local environment, the fellow managed to creature a gigantic ditch with a shower of dirt. The dwarf barely avoided a direct hit as dived backwards and activated –Iron Rhino-, the gauntlets rang loud as big daddy H sent the midget skidding many a meter backwards.

“Gahhh! Gotcha!”

The intent was that while it wouldn’t be sufficient to stop the immense force, at the very least it would be an immense wedge that would blunt it’s momentum and if it chose to remain there, it would continue to kick up earth, boulders and other debris up as it dug itself deeper into the fissure. Thus the golem would have little choice but to turn back before it could quite reach Caer. With a grunt he shook his hands as even a softened blow from this creature had left his hands tingling. It was just as well that he had jumped; otherwise being drawn under the creature would have resulted in an early grave.

“Peh, trust ya old folks ta neep up ta environment, ‘n’ et fa the grand kids ta sort out!”

To add insult to injury, the dwarf kicked open the ground with a Terra Orbital Kick and kicked boulders at henge. Could these stones be considered golem fetus? The term sticks and stones comes to mind, but a few more words for an increased post counts never hurt anyone.

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Rock My World

HP: 65% MP: 100% - EQUIPMENT - Midnight's Edge (2H) Pride of the Jade Dragon SKILLS - Aura Saber - Words: 342 Tags: @dindeen Kumori Hirosame Tobin Capsule Notes: Ehhhhhn...

Ox could swear he could still hear the ringing of his blade against cold, hard stone when Mr. Boulderfists decided to show him how to do cartwheels while standing up. It involved decompressing the materials that made up your limbs and then spin them around your body. However, Ox was a human, so he couldn’t mimic the behemoth and what he guessed what was the sentient earth clump’s way of exercising. Stretching his limbs before working out and all that. Don’t want to sprain a hammy now. In a sudden twist of disbelief, the monstrous golem came charging at full strength towards Oxford, the impact of the sheer gust of wind that followed after the charge enough to knock him off his feet. The hard rocks clanged against his armor as it went by, sending him into a downward spiral which ended with the Guardian giving the earth a great big kiss. The ground vibrated beneath him as the golem made his crazy, erratic path around the battle grounds. Oxford had only managed to spit out a wad of dirt clods before getting knocked down yet again by the now-rolling golem. His armor soiled and his face grimy and covered with streaks of dirt, Ox screamed internally when Mr. Archaic Monument went flying into the air, coming down with a crash that knocked him off his feet. AGAIN. The hard knocks of life (or would that be ‘rocks’?) left Ox worse for the wear. He wiped the clods of damp earth off of him, the smell not particularly pleasant to anyone who should be near him as he righted himself. Ox took a step, but nearly stumbled, leaning on his sword until he stopped seeing double. The leaping, flying forms of the two monks could be seen punching and kicking at the absurdly large pile of stepping stones. Once he regained his composure, the Guardian rushed to join the fray, letting loose a couple [Aura Saber]s to inflict some moderate damage. As to what the others were doing, Ox had no idea.

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[Kumori]

	HP 100% Regen 5HP every 5s MP 100% Regen 5MP every 5s	Kumori :: Level 77 :: Assassin Armor: Cuirass of Shadows with Cloak of Darkness Main Weapon: Night’s Kiss by 黒 with Nectar Scabbard and Alvan Blade by 黒 Quick Slot: Heaven's Wrath by 黒 Other: Something
WC: 531	Tags: ?	Skills: Skill name

Dead? Ran away? NAHH MAN! She was experiencing crazy lag and wasn’t able to move! Why? Because everyone who disappears I experiencing lag. How? We’ll have to write lore to figure it out! But that didn’t matter. What matter was the here and now, and what was happening now was that this giant who was flailing his arms and trying to kill the lot of them. What was happening? Mostly damage to the tanks, Oxford taking the majority of the damage.

Now what was Ryuu supposed to do? Was he to continue fighting the small mobs as they came by? That was the plan, anyways. Whether it would happen was a different story. He didn’t know if his idea would work… hell he didn’t know anything about this ridiculous giant other than what it already showed. The good thing about this boss is that he had no magic attacks, at least not yet. He wouldn’t be surprised if for whatever reason, the old geezer decided to know some ancient wisdom that allowed him to summon earthquakes and shoot some crystals straight at them that fired beams and lights and stuffs! Hell, if this happens just because the writer put it in his post, he would be really sad.

Anyways, Hiro was with him, and he seemed to have the most knowledge of the boss. “Tell us what we need to do, I’ll follow your lead,” he said. It was only natural, since he knew the most information about the boss.

From the looks of Hiro’s damage output, the assassin would be mostly useless against this mob. Their physical resistance was much higher than normal, meaning that he, an assassin, who focused on physical attacks would have his DPS fractioned. In any case, it seemed to only be against the adds that he would have the problem, but it was then, after Hiro had pushed the adds away, that he began attacking again. Because Ryuu was here with him, it was best for him to follow suit and attempt to down these adds as far away as possible. The first time they killed an add, it decided to heal the old man, and we didn’t want that to happen.

Ryuu looked at the progress of the entire party. Ox was sustaining some heavy damage, so he would need to switch out soon. “Caerbannog, switch with Oxford, take the main tank role. Ox, go to DPS. Dwarf, you’re now secondary tank. Keep up the DPS, Hiro and I will keep the adds off of you!” he would tell them.

Ryuu would continue to watch for any adds that would pop up and help Hiro take them away and destroy them away from the the old man. Ryuu would use his Sneak Attack and Assassinate combo when it was next ready, on the old man, but until then, he would focus on the adds.

So would the group be victorious without their only magic user? Welp, they would have to make do with what they had and finish it. There’s no way they would be turning back now, and so Ryuu would attempt to boost the morale of any naysayers (if there were any)

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455 words HP 75%		Active Buff: Denkosekka MP 90%
The party seemed to be doing well once they took advantage of the Old Man's compromising position, but good things did not always last. Then again, it would have been too easy if the Old Man just rolled over and croaked after a single round of continuous attacks, so instead of staggering and falling dead, Stonehenge stepped on the accelerator and ran over the whippersnappers. The guardian @0x1dea seemed to be taking the worst hits, so as soon as the boss moved as if it headed for that adventurer again, little Caerbannog did as little Caerbannogs do. She jumped in front of the guardian and a rolling boss to the face... but not without a precautionary measure. After the first pass of reckless driving, the samurai activated her smithing skill Adamantium to reinforce her armor. Technically, that should have lowered the damage inflicted to her hit points, but the attack still sent the wolf-hair flying to one side away from the guardian and even farther from the Dwarf. It was annoying but still impressive that the Old Man had so much strength in his brittle stones. In addition to that, he mostly had area of effect attacks which was able to deal with the adventurers either simultaneously or one after the other. Hirosame and the Dwarf should be fine, but the assassin Kumori might have a bit of trouble with- wait, did Kumori just bark an order at Caer? Since when did that work? The wolf-hair sighed. They had pretty much the same idea but still it was annoying for some DPS member to order the tank what to do. Caer sighed again and then she popped Denkosekka for the speed boost. With her Spirit Weapon smithy skill, her weapon should deal slightly more damage than it should for its level. Her movement speed debuff was up so Caerbannog dashed over to the boss and then she slashed horizontally with her ace move Shunsen aimed at Stonehenge. If Caerbannog was sure that Shunsen hit and gave her a moment to cast Fuurin Kazan, she would do just that and let the fiery aura cover her body and her weapon. With the enemy right before her, the samurai would then use Yabouzan to strike the Old Man. However, if Shunsen did not connect completely or if Stonehenge prepped up for another attack quickly, Caerbannog would simply use Bishamon Keshin to draw the boss aggro to herself and leave it (possibly) open for the others to attack. Either way, even if Fuurin Kazan was used and not Bishamon Keshin- or vice versa, Caerbannog would glow with a bright aura. Hopefully, even without verbal communication her fellow adventurers would be able to figure out what to do next.
OOC: I summon Data Holder.

[Data Holder]

STONEHENGE

Level 40 Field Boss

You hush Kumori. Youngins shouldn't be trying to anticipate unknown boss moves, even if they were technically correct. Stonehenge was taking a serious beating and decided to change tactics. The fight was dragging on much too long now and everyone seemed to be getting really tired of this, so it was time to start wrapping up. Preferably with the destruction of every adventurer in a small radius. With this thought in mind, the Herghooligan curled itself up into a small ball and began glowing sharply, having retreated to its center position after Tobin's terrain denial and the general other things that everyone was doing. It just sat there in its defensive ball curl form and began to glow more and more, not moving from its position. Instead, two more golems popped up to provide a good distraction and protect the alpha. Stonehenge wasn't going to be doing much of anything for a little bit, but avid pokemon players might decide that it seemed oddly like a voltorb. And those who hung around Druids might recognize what the skill seemed to look like. It had rooted itself into the ground, however, and wasn't going to be going much of anywhere. Looked like there were only two rounds remaining.

OOC: Sorry for the wait. Let's finish this up. 50% hp remaining.

[Hirosame]

Hiro's body had begun to move on its own. As Kumori called out the shots to everybody, Hiro couldn't help but think that this boss wasn't doing so well, in the grand scheme of things. So, swapping everybody to more concrete roles might actually hurt them in the long run. Although, the newest form through which the boss was portrayed seemed to have a bit more of an indicator that it was going to be done sometime soon. So, instead of staging things as they were beforehand, they would need a less static formation. In order for things to go over well in the end, especially since they no longer had a healer of any kind, they would need to do what they do best: Provide as much offensive power as they could. Unfortunately, this would mean that Kumori's orders would likely be rewritten and reassessed. Hiro grunted at shouting over his friends, and what they thought was the best moves, but this was something that needed to be done, in order to make things easier on all of them. Hiro stopped where he was, cupped his hands to his mouth, and shouted.

"CHANGE OF PLANS!" Hiro belted out, hopefully causing everybody's heads to turn. "Kumori, forget the adds! We need to focus on this big bastard! Tobin, @dindeen, fighting the boss is our top priority! @0x1dea, swap to the adds and keep them distracted! We'll keep the boss' aggro on us, so just try and keep their attention! Kill them if you want to, but you've done enough tanking for now!" Hiro got right into his battle position, crouched down near the ground. "Let's neep this guy up!!" Hiro kicked off the ground with a powerful leg, breaking into a full sprint towards the now-balled up Boss. Upon reaching Stonehenge's outer shell, Hiro jumped up high into the air. He came crashing back down with Wyvern Kick, delivering the first of a chain of attacks. He rebounded back up into the sky, and came back down with an Aura Kick down onto the monster. Landing atop the top side of the ball, Hiro punched his open fist for just a moment, before winding both fists back, in preparation of the skill Bullet Punch to be activated. A rain of fists was launched down upon the boss.

For a few seconds, the fists would keep coming down, be eventually they ceased. Hiro then activated Incarnated Assault to create five clones of himself, spread out in a flower formation on the top of the ball. All 6 crouched down, and delivered a powerful punch down onto it, before the clones disappeared. Hiro stood back up, his fist still clenched. This boss, even though it is a boss, had a good deal of health to it. Hiro needed to do something different. But, before then, he brought his fist back down onto it, activating Tiger Echo Fist to deal some added damage. Afterwards, he jumped off the ball, and started to run off to its south side. Hiro cupped his hands together as he ran, letting a small ball of energy pool into his hands. He turned around, and launched a small Aura Dragon Punch at Stonehenge. Hiro hunched over for just a second, and looked at how the others were fairing. If everybody followed what he shouted, then Oxford should be the only one away from the rest of the group, leading the adds out of Stonehenge's range. Everybody else would be fighting the boss. However, Hiro had massive tunnel vision right now, his mind completely fixed on the boss. He needed to end it. They needed to end it. Whatever it throws at them next, they could handle. Everybody's going to make it out alive. This was the mindset Hiro had, as he stood back up, clenching his fists once again.

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Division of the Additions

HP: 55% MP: 90% - EQUIPMENT - Midnight's Edge (2H) Pride of the Jade Dragon SKILLS - Resilience - - Anchor Howl - Words: 465 Tags: @dindeen Kumori Hirosame Tobin Capsule Notes: --

Ox shook his head as he got ahold of his surroundings. The old man had decided to revert to a face-down fetal position, a large bright glow emanating between the cracks of his rocky exterior. Ox looked on at this strange sight as he used his sword as a support, breathing heavily as he felt his passive skill [Resilience] beginning to kick into effect. As time trickled by, he could feel his strength slowly returning to him, taking up his sword once he saw that ol’ Boulderfists was calling up more of his relatives to fight his battles for him. They must be nearing the end of this battle if the old man couldn’t even bother to finish the battle himself. Feeling he had enough energy to spare now, Ox began to move towards the creature again before he heard Kumori’s suggestion of taking DPS. The Guardian wasn’t sure if his guild leader was talking about going against the craggly little newcomers or the craggly old man, and was about to ask him which one he should focus on before Hiro spoke up. With his new set of tasks received, Ox turned his focus onto the closer of the two blockheads, wasting no time closing the space between them before beginning his assault. Once he was within an acceptable range, he let out another [Anchor Howl] to make sure that they couldn’t get away with spending some time with him. With a great heave, Oxford swung his blade in an upwards diagonal fashion, cutting off the right arm of his mark. The spoiled grandchild swung his good arm at the not-currently-bespectacled Guardian, Oxford deflecting it easily off the flat of his blade before giving the animated pile of rocks a good kick to its chest. The second one joined the fray at this time, swinging wildly with its lumpy arms in what appeared to be a vain attempt on its part to land a hit on the Guardian. Tanking like a good tank should, Ox let the blows hit him, the boulder fists of the monster barely scratching his magnificent plate armor before driving the blade straight through the creature’s chest. As soon as the waste of rock and minor magic disintegrated off of his blade, he finished off the other one, putting it out of its misery. With the threat of the adds gone, the Guardian then turned his sights back onto the main event, who was still huddling to itself in the middle of the field. Whether that glow turned out to be a healing force or a damaging one, it still spelled bad news either way. Just to be safe, Ox went ahead and kept his sword raised, ready to cast [Holy Grail] should the need arise for it. None shall pass.

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[Tobin]

(OOC: Kumori and @dindeen)
Active Skills: Iron Body , Heated Combat

WC:566

A tired sigh erupted from the squat as the mana potion was flicked aside as he started to sprint toward the henge as he disabled iron rhino form. It was the third time the Dwarf had been given orders of some description and it had a tendency to irritate him; largely because the activity had been something Tobin had intended to do anyway.

“I ‘ear ya, I got tis already.”

With a click of his neck the gauntlets were unclipped by broad fingers and pocketed within his inventory; the air around the Dwarf had subtly changed as any sense of playfulness had left the figure, for now he traded endurance for all 59 levels of sheer power. With a sudden tight clense of his fist he advanced on the glowing sphere, a swift bound in his step as the last animation seconds ticked down. Tobin’s composure was quite serious now as he glared at the rocky surface as he began to dip, the Dwarf had finally sobered up as every fibre of him was concentrated on this challenge to beat the ultimate defence.

“Peh, fine, ya gonna explode or I’mma break thou? Fallin' avalance style.”

With a gritting of the teeth the dwarf swung in with the Dragon Rising Uppercut, the crack of iron against stone reverberated though the land as an additional physical debuff was applied to the creature. With the flat of his left palm; Tobin slammed his palm against the flat surface of the bolder, the battering ram caused the stone flesh to crack under a single blow, its defensive formation faltered under Tobin’s Battering Ram

“Hosh, when breakin’ a wall, I’mma the strongest wreakin’ ball ‘ere. Ya fecked up.” The Dwarf’s uttering was soft as he withdrew his palm from its surface and ripped open his vest to expose his abs of iron, his balled fist’s the only indication of the next rapid assault. “But can ya SMEELLLLLLLL-”

In a blur the bullet punch thundered out; each blow created a thunderous resonance as the air turned to a blazing storm, then immediately after the dwarf gave a bellow as blazing clones erupted from his body and his paired fists fist turned to twenty, the barrage against its weakened flesh tore shards of flesh out from under the super effective Incarnated Assault . Even after the clones flickered out of existence the fire didn’t fade as the Dwarf’s extremities smouldered with a golden power as the barrage continued, an Aura Kick , followed by a Somersault Kick , Amazonian Tornado ; by now his strength through heated body might have exceeded most members of the party. Yet it still didn’t fall, that made the dwarf angry, so immensely frustrated as the reserves of strength were drawn on.

“WHAT THE ROCK; IS COOKING!!”

The dwarf’s expression a feral as with a grunt he picked a large spear of stone bounded up high in the air before he brought it down in a suplex, stone met stone in a loud crack as the wedge found it’s home in the creature. With a heave the half strider bounded up in the air once more as he gathered strength, before he descended down with a brutal dropkick (Wyvern Kick)the aim? To shattered the golem with a shard of it’s own flesh as his bellow filled the winds, for they would tell the tale of the strength exhibited today by all.

“IT’S THE TOMBSTONE PILEDRIVER!”

[Kumori]

	HP 100% Regen 5HP every 5s MP 100% Regen 5MP every 5s	Kumori :: Level 77 :: Assassin Armor: Cuirass of Shadows with Cloak of Darkness Main Weapon: Night’s Kiss by 黒 with Nectar Scabbard and Alvan Blade by 黒 Quick Slot: Heaven's Wrath by 黒 Other: Something
WC: 386	Tags: ?	Skills: Skill name

In general, it was a good idea to be wary of what was happening around you, but with what was happening now, the only viable thing to do was to focus on the boss and destroy it. Only 50% of the boss’s HP was left and the fact that it changed stances meant that they had made it to the next phase. What did this mean? Who knows? All he knew was that it seemed like explosion was imminent and that everyone should just focus on. That was Hiro’s suggestion, and Ryuu would take it to heart. Although he attempted to move people to different roles, it seemed like sometimes roles wouldn’t matter. Ryuu focused on the boss and let the tanks do what they needed. He was the highest DPS output, and it was time to show his strength. He would use Deadly Dance to do a good burst of damage and Accel Dance in order to speed up his attacks.

His damage output would continue to rise, trying to do what he could to ascend to new heights. He was hoping that his Assassinate would quickly be able to be used again, so Ryuu waited for the most opportune time to use it. It had a long cool down but had a devastating damage output. Ryuu was unphased as he kept moving around Stonehenge, trying to look for a weakness of some kind, all the while hitting the stone giant with as much might as he could. Clinks and Clangs could be heard at the edges of his knives, what he considered to be an extension of his body. He would not let up his assault, as he wished only death for this stone giant. Oh how nice it would’ve been if their enchanter wasn’t lagging so hard. There would be so many other options available. Regardless, there was no point in discussing or dreaming about what could have been. Instead, it was better to think upon what was happening now and what was about to happen. No matter their lack of staff, Ryuu would ensure the death of this stone giant, and no one would get in the way of it, not even death. Die you bastard… die this death by getting poked to death by your cousins made of iron and steel.

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250 words HP 80%		Active Buff: Fuurin Kazan MP 65%
Suddenly everyone was frantic as if it was the end of the world. Caerbannog was a bit confused due to the chain that she just performed, but when she turned to look at the boss, she realized why Hirosame screamed and why the Dwarf just about pulled a Leeroy Jenkins. Her Fuurin Kazan was still active so she may as well make use of it. To deter the incoming Stonehenge Juniors, Caerbannog flipped up a piece of the earth at them using Zantetsuken. She looked around and made sure that the others were not dangerously close to the boss, and if anyone was too close to Stonehenge, the wolf-hair kicked some rubble at them to make them go away. She then activated Dokuganryu which created a covering in the area to make the golems stumble into each other; her party members would have to deal with it though. Next, the samurai used Bishamonkeshin which turned her to a bright beacon in the middle of that obscuring cloud and as such should have drawn all enemy aggro to herself. Her hit points also went up by a small percentage before she used the ace move Toragarishura; a risky attack but the situation seemed to call for it so eh. If that fourth chain was not interrupted, Caerbannog would then finish up the combo with Tsubamegaeshi, another move that was difficult to set up but if it succeeded, the boss would have had its hit points sufficiently reduced before his lackeys dogpiled on the samurai.
OOC: I summon Data Holder.

[Data Holder]

OOC: jfc I'm so sorry let's just finish aaaaaaaa

STONEHENGE

Level 40 Field Boss

What are golems? Druid constructs. Yeah. Geomancy Earthquake. But it was a super special kind of Geomancy Earthquake. Everyone's played pokemon, right? Of course you have. Here have an explanation just in case. Okay great. Basically Stonehenge was a taunting jerkface who sat there taking the hits because heck, this wasn't working out. So like Walt Kowalski from Gran Torino, Stonehenge did the next best thing. He martyr'd himself. gg no re, as the youngins say. Everyone's attacks rained down on an unflinching and unmoving Stonehenge, whose health rapidly dropped from 50% to 30% then down to 10% and then all the way down to the wonderful and beautiful percentage of 1%.

And then it exploded, unleashing several dumb attacks in quick succession. First came a whirlwind shockwave from the center accompanied by spinning limbs and wind elemental damage, boom boom pow. Then came Geomancy Earthquake's effect, creating massive tremors which were the result of a Field Boss casting of a basic Druid spell. Careful not to fall straight into hell, okay? This was followed by the returning effect of 'Bide', which was basically another concussive shockwave that blasted outwards. It'd be extremely stupid and unreasonable for a boss to reflect twice as much damage as it took, so that didn't happen. Instead, it was basically just scaled to reflect the amount of damage Stonehenge received (which was 49% of its hp), so it was a very hefty and kind of mean shockwave blast.

And then because Stonehenge was a huge jerk and aspired to be everyone's least favorite neighbor, it used Self-Destruct. neep you. The construct exploded into shattered fragments of earth and fire and metal in a massive spread, leaving behind a massive crater. Wow. So much for protecting his yard. Hopefully everyone kept their eyebrows.

Anyone who was still alive (hopefully everyone) would be able to reap the rewards. Live on and all that.

Oh and Capsule was most definitely not dead. Alive with like 5% hp but not dead. If she was even here.

OOC: Was going to make it take +1 round (and spread out the self-destruct + earthquake), but this is basically the ending. Y'all win. Good job, honestly. Sorry for the kinda cheese ending. Post and then rewards I guess whatever the other mods decide.

[Tobin]

(OOC: Making a quickie post; it skipped slightly past Hiro, but it also grants him the oppertunity to do something awesome! Hirosame, @0x1dea, Kumori, @dindeen

In summery, Tobin turned aside a pillar that otherwise might have wiped a sangificant chunk off the party off their feet, but in doing so wasn't ready for the earthquake that followed and lost his footing.

Also, this is probably the least amount of words that Tobin has ever spoken in a post. Two whole words and two half words. XD)

WC: 350

Perhaps it was instinct from previous battles that gave him insight for a rapid response, but for a momentary fragment of time Tobin felt the magnitude of the threat coming the immediate response to bound backwards with all his strength. Even if he couldn't grasp the entire scale of the attack; everything within him knew that this was one attack that he couldn't take head on.

"Get aw-"

His futile bellow was drowned out by an immense explosion of cracking stone and the world before him dissolved into chaos; the immense limbs of the creature lashed out in every direction, in particular the Dwarf was able to see that a chunk of forearm flew directly into the part of the party. Despite the human instinct of self-preservation Tobin had bounded directly into the chaos and flung himself at that immense pillar, his fist clenched as he gathered his strength and struck the pillar head on with a heavy blow; the -battering ram- shattered a chunk of the stone column to divert the course aside collision from the party, the nerves screamed in agony as the Dwarf landed hard on the rupturing ground. Inadvertently Tobin had managed to divert a major crisis, only to step directly into another one.

It was only then that he saw it; the glowing runed core; the heart of the beast that had the appearance of bright green glass and in scripted bands of Egyptian bronze, the liquid magic itself shone across the broken earth much like a second sun. In his momentary hesitation; that captivation of the indiscernible beauty of barely contained mass destruction, Tobin had made a fatal mistake, though by the time that had been noticed by the subconscious it would be too late for him to get to safety, the Dwarf had already lost his footing upon the shifting earth underneath him and found that he had tumbled onto his back as the earth tumbled into the pit.

"Oh sh-"

Least anyone lent him a hand, the least experienced of the party would likely pay for his mistake and be swept into the vortex of solid, stony death.

[Murasaki]

Kumori:

Earthquake in a Bottle: Pretty much exactly what it says on the side of this rather antique-looking bottle. The glass is too murky to see anything inside but you can watch it start to shake if you leave it alone. One time someone accidentally dropped this bottle. Poor them. When this item is shattered, the Druid skill "Geomancy Earthquake" will be casted immediately. However, contrary to the original effect, it can now potentially damage anyone if they are caught in the chasm. This item has a cooldown of 1 hour after every use, letting you unleash frequent high magnitude earthquakes that would make the San Andreas jealous.

Capsule:

Stonehenge Action Figure: An elaborate 12-inch toy of the grumpy rock golem boss. It comes with battle modes to copy its Rock Windmill and Stonewheel abilities. It also has a special collector's edition mode, allowing one to press the small red button on its back, causing the golem to transform into a ball for 5 seconds only to subsequently explode and shoot its rocky limbs throughout the room and likely into your furniture and loved ones. Recommended for children over 12. Contains small parts.

@dindeen:

Stonehenge Magic-8 Bomb: A ball-shaped Alvian toy made of rock and mana. Ask old Stonehenge your young whippersnapper questions and it'll reply with witty old comments like "get off my lawn and maybe I'll tell you" and "I may be old but I know that's right". After 5 questions are asked, Stonehenge will have enough biding and explode after 5 seconds, dealing heavy fire damage to everything within 5 meters.

Hirosame:

Slab of the Druid Guardian: Lv60 item. It's a ancient slab of old writing that doesn't really do very much to the untrained eye. Half-Alvs will be able to notice mana emanating from its letters. Those with the Mythic Script skill will not only be able to see but also read these letters. As the slab's verses are read aloud, mana will be released and create a powerful force to be expelled into the surrounding atmosphere. Reading the Slab fully will take 60 seconds of concentration. If read fully, all party members' MP will be fully regenerated and existing cooldowns for all skills will be halved. If read halfway, all party members' MP will be restored by 50%. If read a quarter of the way, all party members' MP will be restored by 10%. After any attempt to read the Slab has been made, it will become useless for the rest of the thread.

@0x1dea:

Mystical Talking Slate: Lv30 accessory. Can be upgraded in level using an Artisan craft for Force Accessory and using this item in place of a Clay material. A rock ornament that whispers old-man jokes into your mind using telepathy. It will also do things like alert you of monsters that approach, saying things such as "kid, there's a monster behind you" or tell you "hey, that thing is about to use this skill you've seen before" but mostly it'll just ramble on. One might think this is super useful but Cicero, its previous owner, got sick of it. Expect 1/3 of what it says to be useful. Talking Slate can say as many messages equal to its item level per thread.

Tobin:

Rock Solid Enchant Scroll: D-Rank enchant. When put on an armor, allows the following effect:
- Reduces the cooldown of Castle of Stone by 25%.
- Increases the enchanted armor's apparent defense by 10.
- Increases the animation time of all offensive skills used by 10%.