What do you mean, Back to School!? [Dungeon/Closed]

[Hirosame]

You guys make me so happy as a GM, that you'd fall into every part of my trap. The choices from here will be individualized, based on each person/group.

Nisha: You swing your blade, and are able to knock down the door quite easily. The door falls in and slams into the ground just inside, revealing 3 Level 30 Brier Weasels. Said weasels, after having been suddenly scared by the door falling, locked onto the Samurai, and immediately sprung up to attack.

1. Attack the monsters back. (Take 30% damage from the round, kill 1 of them.)
2. Run, and regroup with the others. (Take 10% damage, none killed.)
3. Call to Noctis, who is closest to you, and fight. (Take 30% damage from the round, kill 1 of them.)

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Noctis Corvo: As you are walking around to the other side of the corridor, you look around and notice that another door is on the other side. If you try to go and open it, you will find that the door is also quite locked, and cannot be opened. From there, you can see part of the rubble from the other side of the dungeon, where everybody had just come from. You are unable to see much of anything further, as there isn't anything else to see. There is, however, a small hole on the side of the wall, where it looks like a small animal could get in. You very quickly hear the sound of the door being knocked down, and you decide from there.

1. Assist Nisha in fighting. (Take 0% damage from the round, kill 1 of them.)
2. Run, and regroup with the others. (0 damage, none killed.)
3. Ignore it, and attempt to break down the door. (GM Roll, 20 out of 100.)

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Fletcher and @shadowsaiph: You both have decided to somehow attract the attention of the monsters ahead, and fight them. As Fletcher shines his light down the corridor, the two of you are able to see 3 Level 30 Brier Weasels. As you do this, they all begin to rush over and attack. Normally, they are Docile, but since it is dark and they did not expect it, they are immediately concerned that their home is attacked. You also hear the sound of a door slamming down on the ground nearby you, causing the Brier Weasels to worry more. Their aggro is fixed on Fletcher.

1. Fight back. (Fletcher Take 50% damage from the round, @shadowsaiph kill 1 of them.)
2. Run, and regroup with the others. (Take 15% damage, none killed.)

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Capsule: As you have decided to go back and look at the tracks before, you have split yourself from the party. This is clearly more interesting than a few monsters and a door, right? Obviously. Those tracks are important. Perhaps they can keep everybody safer, if you know what's ahead! As you go and investigate the tracks, you note that they are Brier Weasel tracks, and they're fairly fresh. They lead into a small bit of debris that is cleared away, as though a small hole for them to travel through was made for just such the occasion. You can tell that there's between 5 and 7 of them, though they overlap a little too much to be able to tell quite clearly. Your investigation may continue, but given your expertise on the subject, you realize very quickly afterward that there isn't much else here to investigate. You do, however, hear the sound of a door being knocked down, just a little ways away.

1. Run back to the party. (Takes 1 cycle.)
2. Continue to look around for anything else that may be interesting. (Effectively, hang around.)

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When Sayha turned to speak to the part, the only one that had been nearby was Fletcher. Where had everyone else gone? At that moment, she thought about heading back and seeing where everyone was and making sure that they were okay. However before she could do that, Fletcher pulled out some sort of flashlight and shone it down the hallway.

Sayha instantly drew her weapons, activating <Death Stinger> to poison them. When Sayha looked down the hallway. There were three Briar Weasels, all level 30. Because it was Fletcher who shone the light down the hall, they almost visibly jumped. However, Sayha heard something slam in the background. Had someone broken down a door or something? Because of the noise, the Weasels all jumped into action immediately. They seemed to target Fletcher since he had been the one who shone the light down the hallway. Sayha had to act fast.

“<Quick Draw>!” Sayha quickly dashed to the Weasel in the front, “<Sword Rain Flurry>!” Sayha must have landed come critical hits because the Weasel she attacked exploded into bubbles. She turned her attention to the other two. She quickly ran to the next nearby one, “<Accel Dance>!” She slashed and stabbed at the other two. During that while, she made sure her poisons were active on them. Once <Accel Dance> faded, she jumped back away from the two Weasels. Hopefully they would aggro to her and leave Fletcher alone.

Sayha braced herself for their attacks in case they did turn to attack her.

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((Personal Note: AP to here claimed))

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Nisha Capsule Fletcher Noctis Corvo
Coding by Sayha of LH

[Hirosame]

Due to Nisha having not responded to the PM that I have sent them, about 5 days ago now, their move will be decided as result of a roll. Whatever the roll ends up on, please consider Nisha's action as what the number turns out to be. If need be, the character will continue to be skipped for one more rotation. Afterwards, an NPC tank may be assigned, or the dungeon will end prematurely.

For a recap on what it is that the answers are, please look above Sayha's post, as all the answers are there. Good luck!
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[Capsule]

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Now that she was free to investigate the tracks in peace, Capsule squinted down at the small tracks. This was important, after all. Never mind the possibly booby trapped door, and the mysterious monsters that lurked behind it. She needed to figure out if there was a secondary threat. Assuming she could handle it on her own, it would save them the trouble of having to deal with the little beasties later. All Capsule had to do was shoo them away; bada bing bada boom.

The tracks turned out to be those of Brier Weasels. A nest of those little pests had plagued the area near her old home in the Sarum mountains. They were not to be taken lightly, however. They were not much of a threat to the level ninety Enchanter, but her level was currently capped at thirty. She would have to proceed with caution… And judging by these tracks, there were five or seven of the little bastards to worry about. It was hard to really tell, as their trail was too congested.

Capsule followed the fresh tracks to where some of the debris had been cleared away. This was so typical of the vermin. They needed exit and entrance holes in the most random of places, but could not be bothered to cover their tracks. Was it arrogance or simply stupidity? "Hrm?" She looked away from the tracks, towards the way that led to the others. From the sounds of it, they had finally gotten the door open. She assumed either Nisha or Sayha had decided to brute force it open. The Assassin had kicked the tree earlier, so it was possible.

She could have gone back to help… if she thought her assistance was needed. Instead, Capsule continued to look around for anything else of interest. Other than the weasels, nothing else had caught her eye, but it could not hurt to canvas the joint for just a while more. She needed more than a few prints to show for her trouble. Besides, how many people did they need to beat up a few punk ass weasels~?

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[Capsule] is: [2. Hanging around.]

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♫: A Promise
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@: Hirosame

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[Fletcher]

Fletcher switched on his Magitech flashlight and shone the beam of light down the corridor to investigate what they were up against. However, it seemed to work against them as all that was revealed to them were no less than three extremely agitated Brier Weasels. It seemed that suddenly being exposed to light after being at home in the dark. As luck would have it, as Fletcher was the one that had defiled the sanctity of their home, they turned on him, bounding towards him. If it only to make matters work, a loud slamming coming from behind them but further in the building caused the weasels to accelerate and leap at him.

Sayha had been quick to respond, although Fletcher had to ask himself where everyone else had gone. He couldn’t think for long, for while Sayha had dealt with one of the weasels, the other two had skirted around her and rammed into the dwarf, causing him to stumble backwards. The second weasel followed up the attack with another strike in the same vein and caused Fletcher to topple over backwards, falling onto his rump. Carbuncle leapt into the fray and intercepted another attack, which was just as well given on quick assessment of the HP levels of the party, Fletcher was already down to half. Sayha tagged the remaining two weasels with poison, surely giving Fletcher enough cover to get back up and patch up what health he could.

”Sayha, I was careless; I’m sorry! Where is everyone else?” Fletcher mouthed the words for Phantasmal Heal and was bathed in a ruby light his HP restoring itself thanks to Carbuncle’s healing magic. As soon as the animation was over and he was free to move again, Fletcher went into casting an Aquarius Sigil on Sayha to bolster her defence on the off chance that she was going to be the tank for this encounter. Who knows what happened to everyone in the party, but after they were safe again they’d need to organise a method of proceeding to stop themselves from getting ambushed in the same way again. Capsule’s job was their Field Monitor, and while that was all good, it wouldn’t do if they were all separated; she couldn’t have eyes everywhere. It’s the same for if the others got into trouble right now, he wouldn’t be in a position to be able to heal them back up. He’d failed his duty of care to the others even if their HP levels so far hadn’t begun to drop; all it took was his own HP taking a hit for him to realise this. ”Carbuncle, support Sayha; I’ll make sure there aren’t any others.”

With an affirmative yip, the fox leapt into action and tackled one of the weasels, joining Sayha’s side now that Fletcher was bound to be on the bottom of their hate list. They had to hurry lest the others were to fall into danger as well.

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1. Fight back. (Fletcher Take 50% damage from the round, Sayha kill 1 of them.)
Battle Actions: Phantasmal Heal to heal Fletcher, Carbuncle supporting Sayha
Noctis Corvo

[Noctis Corvo]

The room didn't prove to hold a whole lot of interesting things. He picked his way through the rubble, finding nothing super eye catching. The most interesting discovery was the fact that they were now on the other side of the rubble wall from earlier, and a small rodent hole. It reminded him almost of a rabbit's hole, and almost immediately reminded him how much he was annoyed by the pests. Suddenly, the sound of crashing doors made him jump. He could hear the squealing of rodents, and the sounds of the only other team member he had barging through a door before he had a chance to talk to her. At about the same time, he heard a second set of squeals from deeper within the complex, echoing down to his ears. Quickly, he closed one eye, activating the curse mark upon Fletcher's forehead. He quickly saw that him and Sayha had their own set of mobs, and he cursed under his breath as he broke the connection in order to focus on the task at hand.

His first worry was Nisha's health. He could alleviate a bit of the damage taken with [Tainted Charity], healing her a small amount. It would throw on a small bit of corruption, but as long as he didn't make too much of a habit of it, it shouldn't be a problem. He quickly charged up [Miasma Bullet] and launched it at one of the weasels, killing it instantly. In a bit he would need to toss [Tainted Charity] on her again so that the healing wouldn't be suddenly taken away, but for now it would make a good patch job. they would have two minutes to either kill these weasels and make it back to Fletcher so that he could patch her up sans corruption, or he would have to patch her up but expose her to another dose of the miasma. Neither option was good, but it was definitely all they had for now. 

They would need to regroup as soon as this was done.

Noctis does: 1. Assist Nisha in fighting. (Take 0% damage from the round, kill 1 of them.)

Tags: Hirosame

[Hirosame]

@shadowsaiph and Fletcher: The two of you are now fighting the monsters, and Fletcher has taken 50% of his life as damage. As a result, one of the monsters have now been defeated. Since Fletcher has cast a healing spell, the aggro on him has not shifted. The two remaining Brier Weasels still focus on Fletcher. Now that Carbuncle is active, the fighting power that you two have has increased, only slightly. Fletcher's health was restored by 30%, bringing him back to 80% total HP. Though, you both begin to wonder: Where's Capsule at? The Enchantress has been gone for a little while now... Has she been attacked!?

1. Continue to fight the remaining monsters. (Fletcher take 33% damage, @shadowsaiph kill 1, Carbuncle damage the last.)
2. Regroup with the others, knowing the two Weasels will likely follow. (Fletcher take 33% damage, none are damaged.)
3. Run around and try to find Capsule; She may be in trouble! (Fletcher take 33% damage, none are damaged.)

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Nisha and Noctis Corvo: The two of you are now fighting the monsters, and Nisha has taken 30% of her life as damage. As a result, two of the monsters have now been defeated. You are able to kill the last one at this point in time, though you start to wonder what the sounds of fighting further back down the hallway, towards the other side, is. As you ponder, the last remaining Brier Weasel decides to stand its ground. You guys invaded its home! Like hell it'll let you people invade! Though, you both begin to wonder: Where's Capsule at? The Enchantress has been gone for a little while now... Has she been attacked!?

1. Continue to fight the remaining monster, and kill it. (Nisha take 10% damage, kill the last monster.)
2. Regroup with the others, knowing the one Weasel will likely follow. (Nisha take 10% damage, monster still lives.)
3. Run around and try to find Capsule; She may be in trouble! (Nisha take 10% damage, monster still lives.)

You two are not bound to the same choice. If one of you attacks the monster, it will die, so the other may do otherwise.

If the Weasel is killed:
4. Go back to the other side, and check out that door that Noctis Corvo was looking at.
5. Investigate the room before you.
6. Regroup with the others, and aid in combat.

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Capsule: Oh, how glorious a time it is for the Enchantress! While the others are off, probably dealing with those pesky little rodents in the other part of the dungeon, you get to have a small moment's respite, away from the rest of the group. Given that the tracks you saw beforehand weren't any different from normal Brier Weasels, you would be able to guess that the rest of the group could handle them quite nicely. At least, you figured. Now, let's take this opportunity to look around a little bit more, shall we? A little bit of a tour, just so Capsule has something fun to do in the meantime. You decide to look around the current area, and see what there is to see.

Should Capsule decide to go back to the start of the dungeon in this rotation, they will be able to notice a gratuitous amount of Brier Weasel tracks over next to the large pile of rubbish next to the dungeon's entrance. While most of them are quite stale at this point, you can tell that at least 5 have made a nest on the other side of the debris near the entrance. Good thing that you guys didn't choose that option, right? (Dammit.) Upon looking out one of the nearby windows, you would also be able to see that if the group had stayed outside to look around, you would've found nothing of value. Surely a time-wasting option saved from you all.

At this point in time, there isn't really a whole lot else to look at. Except the walls. Man, these walls were dreadful. How long have they been destroyed like this? Someone should call up a certain Woodcrafting Butler, see if he could spend some time on this and fix it up. Make it look nice and whatnot. Maybe even that brute of a Druid could be helpful here. Not sure how, but he might. In any case, these walls matched the floors, which were just as broken. The carpet that covered the middle of the hallway very much matched the drapes, hanging from the nearby windows. Why were there drapes over the windows? You shrug at the thought. The ceiling, for some reason, was perfectly fine, which should be a good thing. Oh well, there isn't a whole lot left to look at around here. Basically, the entire place has been inspected by Detective Capsule, so there's only one other option remaining, for this point in time... Probably.

1. Return to the party. (1 Post Cycle.)
2. Stop halfway through, in the courtyard, and give it a good ol' inspection as well.

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“It’s okay, Fletcher,” Sayha said as she jumped back after her <Accel Dance> had faded. Sayha saw Fletcher heal himself which was good; he had taken a decent amount of damage. However the catch of that was that the Weasels were still focusing on him instead of her. Sayha would have to just keep attacking. Though Fletcher’s words did catch her attention. Where were the others? They were definitely not in sight, and they needed back up. Though the one person Sayha thought back about was Capsule, the Enchantress. She had been missing the longest out of the rest of the party. Had she wandered off somewhere else and been attacked? She may have been a high leveled character, but Sayha noticed that everyone in the dungeon was the same level for now: level 30. Hopefully she would stay out of trouble and catch up to them or at least find them. Either way, they would need to go back and find the Enchantress before they moved on and kept exploring.

Sayha’s attacks were now off cooldown. She focused on one of the Briar Weasels, the one with the lowest health thanks to her poisons. “<Sword Rain Flurry>,” Sayha stabbed her swords forward quickly and effortlessly. Once the attack was done, the Weasel exploded into bubbles, signifying its death. Two down, one more to go. She gritted her teeth as the last weasel stuck to attacking Fletcher. “Just keep yourself healed, Fletcher,” Sayha called to him, “I’m sorry I don’t have any aggro grabbing abilities.”

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1. Continue to fight the remaining monsters. ((AP to here Claimed))

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Nisha Capsule Fletcher Noctis Corvo
Coding by Sayha of LH

[Nisha]

Hmm, this was a pickled peach indeed. Somehow everyone had run off somewhere else and had scattered, making Nisha wonder who the vanguard was anyway or if this was supposed to happen. She would have to ask the group in the end, but for now she had to focus on the fight. The weasels that had suddenly appeared behind the door she had masterfully cut apart where quite vicious and not in the mood for games. As for Nisha she was just annoyed that she had not heard them scuttle around or that her try to keep them away for a bit had not worked or rather not even gone off. Ah, well, as usual she would make the best out of it and just do what she always did. Improvise as best as she could and deal with it. Same as when she always got lost, she always ended up with some more names in her friend list and stronger than she had been. At least she was not dead yet and with Noctis she had actually killed two of them already, so that was something at least and Noctis was not as bad as she might have first thought. Not that she had judged him based on that 'too' much, okay, maybe she had, but just touching her tails... Just thinking about it dyed her pale cheeks a soft shade of pink. Sheesh, some people had no self control, just like her. Who knew if maybe someone had actually told her not to open the door and yet she still had done it. Would not be that different from how she was around people.

Actually, maybe she had been so angry about Noctis because it was what Nisha would have done in the first place. Ah, sometimes it was difficult even for herself to not just touch her own tails for hours after hours, wondering how this game could be this awesomely textured and why they felt so damn fluffy and irresistible. Some of it was definitely her care and the rest... Most likely people 'accidentally' petting them. But back the fight. Which was basically already over as soon as it began, would have been too easy with more than the two of them anyway, but there was still the expected worry one should have about their comrades. It did not come easy to Nisha, but she did recall to do so. "Noctis, I can manage, could you look for the rest and see what they are up to? I have the feeling they are in more trouble than we are. And Noctis." She turned halfway, smiling at him brightly, with her tails unfolding a little as if to show him that she was definitely not mad and kind of had forgotten about the incident earlier anyway if he had not been the only one around right now. "Thanks." As she parried the strike from the last weasel some more of her health was sapped, but little enough for her to not mind too much. Letting the weasel´s attack glide off her blade, she turned her katana and slashed the air in a broad stroke, creating a motion as if opening a fan. Shunsen or pretty color as she called it as the slash was proceeding to hang in the air. Cutting clean through the enemy and breathing in deeply, hoping that noctis was already on the way since she would need a few moments to cast her heal on herself.

Sure, since she was a foxtail she was inclined to magic, but still, since her class was a samurai it would need the same amount of time as for any other fighting class, kind of weird, but meh. It did it´s job. When they got back together, she would most likely cast another one on the other group, seeing how worried Noctis had looked the short moment his face had been in the corner of her eyes. She did not know much about him, just that he was one of those players with a very interesting class that had quite some nifty little skills. Who knew, maybe he actually had used one of them. As for her samurai class, she loved it to bits and would only switch if she should ever reach the ceiling, maybe start over as shaman. Another class she found was underutilized, but for this round of gaming she had wanted something more mainstream and so far had not regretted her choice at all. Once she was done casting the heal spell, she would look down the hall and hope that this time she could be sure about her hearing and move back together with the group and help out there without bringing more monsters with her...

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Tags: @shadowsaiph Fletcher Noctis Corvo Capsule Hirosame
Passive Skills: Hearing Aptitude, Mythic Script, Speedreading
Choice: 1 and heal, as well as getting some heal from Noctis (thx :3 )
Skill used: Attack skill on weasel, heal
Weapons: Nishan(Scar), Intermediary grimoire, Bow of the morning star
Armor: Nishanat (Daybreak)
Accessoires: Nishani (Keepsake), Ring of morning, Ring of resting in the sun

[Capsule]

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Bah, who wanted to fight a bunch of dumb old weasels, anyway? Definitely not Capsule, who was still searching the area in vain. Fighting was rarely her idea of fun. She preferred to hang back and scrutinize the small details. In any normal situation, this would include silently judging her teammates for odd habits or poor choice in skills. Other times, she might indulge in a harmless prank or two, mostly aimed at the enemy in some way. Inversion was always a fun skill to use, and in conjunction with Nightmare Sphere, you could essentially force someone to continuously fall. Er, some thing. She would never use such a technique on another Adventurer. Although…

Her next target for inspection was the entrance, and boy, were there a lot of Brier Weasel tracks. They all led from that big pile of rubble. Most of the paw prints were faded with age, but it was obvious to see that the nest was alive and well. They were fortunate enough to have ignored the rubbish. Her gaze went to one of the wretched windows. She and Nisha had elected to search around outside before heading in, though she could see now that it would have been in vain. There was nothing remotely interesting out there.

She was forced to redirect her eyes back into the crappy interior. Renai, an old acquaintance and member of the Enchanter club, would have a total conniption if he were here. He was also to blame for her associating horribly untidy or overly tidy areas with him. And then there was Scoria, the Druid that would come to mind every time she encountered an ice rink or large bodies of ice…

Bored, Capsule used one end of her staff to yank down one of the hanging curtains. How were these things still existing? You would think they would have rotted away or been torn asunder by the weasels… She glanced out at the courtyard. Was it worth checking out, or just another dead end? The Enchantress was all for exploring, but so far she had not seen anything of great interest. Plus, she knew how risky it was to split the party up too much.

With a hard shake, the curtain was sent into a heap onto the floor. She tucked the staff under one arm, and went back to the rubbish pile. If the curtains and other crap could stand the test of time, then this blurb should be fine. In large, scrawling font, Capsule wrote in Mythic Script over the rubble heap.
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Beware the Elil, children of El-ahrairah.

Weasels were no friends of rabbits.

As she sauntered away from the pile and towards the party, Capsule wondered if anyone would understand the reference, or even be able to see the message. Probably not very many. 'And the rest is rust and stardust.'

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[Capsule] is: [1. Returning to the party.]

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♫: It Don't Move Me
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@: Hirosame

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[Fletcher]

With his HP now above the comfortable threshold of being killed in one fell blow, Fletcher picked himself up and took on the role of Field Monitor. At least while Capsule was missing; the pair of them needed to make sure they weren’t ganked lest the lack of a healer for the rest of the expedition in this school made things all the more difficult. Sadly, despite Carbuncle’s best efforts to try and maintain the attention of one of the weasels, Fletcher’s spellcasting had kept the focus on him, causing the beast the blue fox was fight push past and make a beeline for the Summoner. It leapt and latched onto Fletcher’s arm, biting down onto the dwarf and drawing blood before using the stout man’s chest as a springboard to get some distance from a potential counter attack.

Fletcher growled, taking a quick look behind himself before motioning for Phantasmal Heal once more, repairing the damage caused by the weasel somewhat. There was nothing coming up on their rear that he could see, which was great for the sake of the dwindling numbers they were up against, but no help from their fellow party goers was a little bit of a worry. Perhaps it was that Fletcher was their Operator and really the only one paying real attention to their HP totals, but he’d figure someone would’ve at least noticed the sudden drop in his bar and come investigate. Carbuncle went for the weasel and tackled it to push it further away from Fletcher and closer to Sayha who had already dealt with the previous two, hoping she’d do the honours of taking care of all three with Fletcher clearly unable to do anything other than healing himself. ”For now, it’s fine. Neither of us are tanks, but at least I can keep them focused on me with the heals; not ideal, but it’s something.”

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Noctis Corvo
Choice: Option 1

[Noctis Corvo]

The smile came as a bit of a suprise to Noctis. He could feel a quick wave of warmth rush to his face a bit. He didn't want to leave her on her own with the weasel, but they didn't know what kind of a condition the rest of the party was in. Casting a second wave of [tainted charity] over her, in order to heal her and negate the downside of the skill, he quickly made his way over to the branching path. Quickly closing one eye and toggling [Eye for an Eye], he got a quick look at Fletcher's situation. They had taken a good deal of damage between them all, and Sayha seemed to be doing her best to off tank the weasels. He made it halfway down the hall before sending a telepathy message to the group, "Guys, we need to regroup and come up with a plan. splitting up has hurt us more than we can allow. lets get together and go over what we have and try and make a plan."

As he was waiting, he would sift through his inventory and skills, trying to make some sort of plan to get the group a bit more on target for the unknown ahead.

Tag: Hirosame

[Hirosame]

@shadowsaiph and Fletcher : You continue to fight the monsters at hand, taking into account that they will be damaging Fletcher, due to his aggro generation. Fun fact: Healers draw lots of aggro. Now that the fight has continued, and Carbuncle is fighting alongside you two, the third Weasel has been defeated. However, the last one is still remaining, it bounds backward a few times, growling at the two. It hisses one last time, then it charges into a headlong-dash out and away from the battle area. What could be its intention? Was it going to summon more enemies? Either way, the choice is to be made now.

1. Stay and wait for the others/Go back and reunite.
2. Head after it. It may be trying to alert some enemies!

Note: The monster is still within range of ranged attacks, and likely one skill will be enough to finish it. However, it will require you to move up a little ways, ahead of the rest of the party. Choose wisely.

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Capsule , Nisha , Noctis Corvo : Upon having finished off the last of the weasels, Capsule rounds the corner once more, to find the Samurai and Heretic duo. As Noctis says his piece, Capsule is in audio range, and could hear the mentioning. You may take a moment to greet one another, before making your next moves. Of course, there is still the room just ahead; the utility closet, and the room that the weasels had started in. Nobody had checked those out quite yet, so maybe it would be useful to do so? Then again, it sounds like the other two on the other side of the hallway are planning on doing something, so it might be best to go and catch up with them. The choice is yours.

1. Check out the room where the weasels were.
2. Look into the utility closet. Might be something in there.
3. Rendezvous to where Fletcher and Sayha are.

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All parties: Something seems to be skittering upstairs, making a loud ruckus. Nothing serious, from what you can tell, but it definitely makes a noise. Interesting...

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Sayha was very thankful that Fletcher was doing okay. She still felt guilty that she didn’t have any aggro abilities, and that she planned on changing in the near future. However, there was nothing that she could do for the time being…. Especially considering that they were in the middle of a dungeon where three of the members were not with them. So much for being a leader, Sayha thought to herself. However, she had managed to defeat two of the Briar Weasels. The third one was near dead… just one more attack would do it.

Sayha then heard Noctis over the party chat system that she kind of didn’t realize was there… she needed to party up more often. He called for everyone to regroup and come up with a plan. It was a fair statement, and Sayha agreed. It was then though that there was a noise upstairs… the floor above them. It was loud at first and then slowly faded away. It did not bode well at all.

Almost as if on cue with the noise, the third and final Briar Weasel growled before turning around and running down the corridor they were facing… however, there was no way to tell if there was anything where it was running to. Were there reinforcements? An even worse monster that they needed to face? There was no way to tell.

“Noctis is right,” Sayha said over the party system, “I believe Fletcher and I found the way to the second floor, but I could be wrong. Let’s rendezvous back in the last fork we were in.” Sayha turned towards Fletcher and nodded towards him, “Let’s not go on ahead quite yet.”

Sayha took her blades and sheathed them before walking away from the hallway they were in, hoping that Fletcher was following behind. It didn’t take long for Sayha to reach the remaining members of the party. “I think we may have found the way, but it’s too dark for us to tell exactly where it goes,” Sayha explained, “It’s pretty dark, and I have a bad feeling about what’s upstairs. We need to proceed a lot more carefully than we just have. We should try to stay together as much as possible from here on out… though since we did split up, did you guys find anything interesting or useful?”

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Nisha Capsule Fletcher Noctis Corvo Hirosame
Coding by Sayha of LH