[ Taking a look outside, they can see three child-sized grey rock creatures walking up the stairs towards them at the moment. The aura around them feels strangely oppressive for how small they are. ]
Temy? [ hilarious. anyway, it's good to note he can probably count on vane to take care of himself because there are rock creatures coming up. this is not that weird to ace one piece who just sees weird ass people all the time so while he's peering at them and their Oppressive auras they're tiny sooo. he can probably not immediately attack and be polite
he's gonna take point and bow a little in greeting ]
Hiya. Sorry to intrude! We wound up here by accident. Is this your shrine?
[ They're just little guys. They're so slow (rocks aren't know for their speed). Once they finally get to Ace, they can see the swirling dark aura around the critters.
And then one of them punches Ace. The blow is surprisingly strong for something so small. ]
[ okay well the swirling aura of darkness does make him stand up and look wary because of Reasons, but he's not worried about the punch because he's fire and Wait Shit He's Not Fire Right Now He Forgo
ow ouch owie his fucking ribs he stumbles back a bit and looks pissed ]
Okay, well, no one can say I didn't try-- [ anyway he is going to attempt to kick a little rock guy into another one to kind of make way, here. ] You guys might want to go!
[ "did he just tell vane and tem to leave so he can fight rocks" i never said he was smart ]
[ The dark aura registers a little slower, for Vane, but it does trigger his immediate response to this situation: they'll need to fight. ]
What? No way! I ain't gonna leave you alone like that! [ No offense, but he's not just going to run off while Ace has to deal with little rock critters. ] Temy, just stay behind us and if any of 'em break through start running!
[ That said he will attempt to throw a punch at one of the rock critters. 16 is the highest number I've rolled since this game started. ]
well, listen. see, he would attack if he could but there is nothing unless you're going to tell me there's a stick i can use to bonk somewhere but even that's kind of useless. he could almost predict vane just running into battle in perfect unison - sighs, internally, because Some People Are Just Like That, and just takes another step back, looking around. ]
Stop calling me that, Vane. [ he sounds so unbothered.
anyway yeah let the punchy types fight. are there crumbling pieces of shrine that can be shoved into the way or leveraged onto little monstrous rock creatures? is there a way to trap them somehow? i truly cannot understate how absolutely fucking useless temenos is in this situation. ]
[ It's very funny to imagine these incredibly slow rock creatures could possibly catch up to anybody if they were gunning it. Their movement range is so bad.
Vane successfully lands a hit on the creatures. It is exactly like punching a rock. Even though he connects, it takes very little damage, and Vane's knuckles are bruised. From punching rock.
There's some pebbles, around on the ground if Temenos wants to use those.
It sounds like something else is approaching. There's the sound of flapping wings, and rustling bushes. ]
[ they are punching rocks. this is stupid. well, it's sort of like training at home, but it's also stupid. especially when there's a lot of other sounds nearby that are probably not forest related ]
Tem, Vane-- let's leave. Maybe we can drop the entire place on 'em.
[ he is not one to run like....... ever but also they have no real reason to be here and he doesn't feel like being surrounded?? and if the shrine is this shitty maybe there is a support pillar they can keep??
anyway temenos hid behind them but ace will actually pull him with him so he's sorta shielding him with his body when he goes to bypass the rocks to get out of the shrine properly. vane has earned allowed to defend himself rights tem has not ]
[ Sometimes you just punch rocks? He's punched so many things, and despite his knuckles now bruised he's only shaking it with a mild look of pain. It's brief, a split second, as he pulls away. The sound of whatever next might be approaching makes his stomach twist with the idea that they just might be screwed. ]
Gotcha!
[ Ace is so smart. We have one and a half braincells in this party.
But as Ace runs off with Temenos (gay) he'll shield them from behind, ensuring that if the rocks attempt to attack them once again he can at least... take the blow... yeah. ]
[ okay listen temenos would normally have a remark about how he doesn't need to be protected, because it feels like every time he's with these types he's Being Protected, but... right now he absolutely needs to be protected, like. bad. so! he's not fighting it, letting ace pull him along and watching the rock creatures.
he will not pick up pebbles, but he will look for said structural pole while they're walking back and away from these creepy little dark aura things? the weird noises catch his attention too, and he will remind them both, ever the cynic - ] Even if we do, I've a feeling there are going to be more.
[ which means they need to find a way to fight them! and fast. thankfully those animal sounds will probably be helpful ones. ]
[ If they look towards the direction of the approaching noises, they'll see a groupofcreatures. Even if they don't look, this group of animals will prevent the rocks from approaching.
"We were moving as fast as we could!" Says the flying one, hovering closer to Temenos. They blow a burst of wind at the hostile creatures, which does more damage than wind would normally do to rock.
"We will certainly protect you!" From the one that looks like a bunny. They do a little pose like they're the line of defense. Even though, they're so much shorter than Vane.
"We're here now!" From the one in fur. They give a worried glance back at the group, and plant themselves firmly between the danger and Ace. ]
[ "I'm Gabumon- should we fight them?" They look between Ace and the rocks. He gets the sense that Gabumon will listen to orders or suggestions from him.
The little rabbit is so startled to be picked up, "I'm Lopmon, and I'm protecting you." Which is very hard to do when they aren't even on the ground. A little rude, Vane.
The orange one looks back at Temenos, and he gets the sense that they'll listen to whatever orders or suggestions he gives. They just barely manage to dodge the rock creature's punch by flying further up. "I'm Patamon." ]
[ LISTEN RUNNING AWAY FROM THE LITTLE CREATURES FELT RUDE THEY CAME ALL THIS WAY
and now he's just uhhhhhhhhhhhh again ]
Uh. Nice to meet you, I'm Ace? [ and he is not sure how comfortable he is ordering around a small animal to fight his battles but looking at the dark aura on the rocks. you know what. ] Yeah, if you think you can handle it!
[ shrugs helplessly at the other two like THIS FEELS WRONG ]
[ HE'S STILL GOING TO HOLD HIS LITTLE GUY IN CASE THEY GOTTA START RUNNING. ]
That's real nice of you, Loppy, and... [ Well, they're deciding to fight with them, so he'll set Lopmon down. :( ] If you guys have an easier time fightin' them, I don't think we can really say no? Let's do our best!
[ this feels wrong? what the fuck is wrong with yalll this is GREAT
temenos looks up at his little creature, and then smiles. in his usual relaxed, pleased lilt: ]
Well then, my little lamb. Shall we? [ and like a duck to water, immediately, he takes right to it. watching the rock creatures punch upwards, he takes a step back so he can see the area in front of them a bit more clearly. path ability: guide ]
That same spell, again - can you knock one into the other with a powerful enough gust? And stay high, out of its reach. See if you can't knock them from the stairs.
[ Gabumon nods! "We'll handle it." If Ace is putting his trust in them, then there's no way they'll let him down. They do get punched by one of the rock creatures, but they return it with a blast of blue fire. Rock creature 1 looks like it's not doing so well.
Lopmon looks slightly relieved to be on the ground. They can take a few hits just fine. "We will!" Lopmon attacks with a burst of ice, but doesn't quite land. Luckily, the rock creature also misses.
Patamon keeps to the sky, and adjusts so they're to the side of the injured rock. Now they blow another gust of wind, aiming to knock them into each other. The rock creature 1 struggles to stay in its own space, but ultimately gets knocked into the one next to it. ]
[ well. the punch isn't neat, but gabumon seems to still be... fine...? this is uncomfortable in that he is bad at not fighting and he is kind of rocking in place on his heels a little ready to intervene on the little guys if necessary ]
Hey, while they're knocked together, hit both at once!
[ tem is finding it so easy while vane and ace just kind of jiiii a little but it's fine surely these rocks cannot last forever ]
[ vane does something cool and sexy while ryza is making delicious food.
the blue fire! neat. that gets cool points also, because blue fire is the best kind of fire. he's keeping his eyes on the battlefield at the moment, waiting. ]
After Ace's is finished - strike them together again: don't let them separate.
[ Gabumon has a single target ability, but with Ace's encouragement, they can attack twice in this round. With this, the first rock simply disappears. The rock vanish in a sweep of static, leaving no corpse behind.
Lopmon's ice attack manages to connect, freezing the one farthest away for a round.
Patamon's next gale is a near miss, but at least they're far enough in the air that they can't get hit. ]
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
no subject
no subject
Temy? [ hilarious. anyway, it's good to note he can probably count on vane to take care of himself because there are rock creatures coming up. this is not that weird to ace one piece who just sees weird ass people all the time so while he's peering at them and their Oppressive auras they're tiny sooo. he can probably not immediately attack and be polite
he's gonna take point and bow a little in greeting ]
Hiya. Sorry to intrude! We wound up here by accident. Is this your shrine?
no subject
Vane is gonna stand upright, appearing just a smidge taller.
Ace and Temenos can do all the talking, he’s ready to JUMP. ]
no subject
he will be back here with vane, looking unimpressed but watching ace just in case. ]
no subject
And then one of them punches Ace. The blow is surprisingly strong for something so small. ]
no subject
ow ouch owie his fucking ribs he stumbles back a bit and looks pissed ]
Okay, well, no one can say I didn't try-- [ anyway he is going to attempt to kick a little rock guy into another one to kind of make way, here. ] You guys might want to go!
[ "did he just tell vane and tem to leave so he can fight rocks" i never said he was smart ]
no subject
What? No way! I ain't gonna leave you alone like that! [ No offense, but he's not just going to run off while Ace has to deal with little rock critters. ] Temy, just stay behind us and if any of 'em break through start running!
[ That said he will attempt to throw a punch at one of the rock critters. 16 is the highest number I've rolled since this game started. ]
no subject
well, listen. see, he would attack if he could but there is nothing unless you're going to tell me there's a stick i can use to bonk somewhere but even that's kind of useless. he could almost predict vane just running into battle in perfect unison - sighs, internally, because Some People Are Just Like That, and just takes another step back, looking around. ]
Stop calling me that, Vane. [ he sounds so unbothered.
anyway yeah let the punchy types fight. are there crumbling pieces of shrine that can be shoved into the way or leveraged onto little monstrous rock creatures? is there a way to trap them somehow? i truly cannot understate how absolutely fucking useless temenos is in this situation. ]
no subject
Vane successfully lands a hit on the creatures. It is exactly like punching a rock. Even though he connects, it takes very little damage, and Vane's knuckles are bruised. From punching rock.
There's some pebbles, around on the ground if Temenos wants to use those.
It sounds like something else is approaching. There's the sound of flapping wings, and rustling bushes. ]
no subject
Tem, Vane-- let's leave. Maybe we can drop the entire place on 'em.
[ he is not one to run like....... ever but also they have no real reason to be here and he doesn't feel like being surrounded?? and if the shrine is this shitty maybe there is a support pillar they can keep??
anyway temenos hid behind them but ace will actually pull him with him so he's sorta shielding him with his body when he goes to bypass the rocks to get out of the shrine properly. vane has earned allowed to defend himself rights tem has not ]
no subject
Gotcha!
[ Ace is so smart. We have one and a half braincells in this party.
But as Ace runs off with Temenos (gay) he'll shield them from behind, ensuring that if the rocks attempt to attack them once again he can at least... take the blow... yeah. ]
no subject
he will not pick up pebbles, but he will look for said structural pole while they're walking back and away from these creepy little dark aura things? the weird noises catch his attention too, and he will remind them both, ever the cynic - ] Even if we do, I've a feeling there are going to be more.
[ which means they need to find a way to fight them! and fast. thankfully those animal sounds will probably be helpful ones. ]
no subject
"We were moving as fast as we could!" Says the flying one, hovering closer to Temenos. They blow a burst of wind at the hostile creatures, which does more damage than wind would normally do to rock.
"We will certainly protect you!" From the one that looks like a bunny. They do a little pose like they're the line of defense. Even though, they're so much shorter than Vane.
"We're here now!" From the one in fur. They give a worried glance back at the group, and plant themselves firmly between the danger and Ace. ]
no subject
Uh. Thanks? [ ??????? ] Who're you?
[ this is maybe not the time for introductions but they're talking like they were coming to them On Purpose, so, that's interesting? ]
no subject
What're you doin', little guy?
[ Vane will just pick up the bunny in his arms. This is his now. ]
no subject
...well, this is certainly unusual.
[ uhh. has he learned beast speech suddenly. ]
no subject
The little rabbit is so startled to be picked up, "I'm Lopmon, and I'm protecting you." Which is very hard to do when they aren't even on the ground. A little rude, Vane.
The orange one looks back at Temenos, and he gets the sense that they'll listen to whatever orders or suggestions he gives. They just barely manage to dodge the rock creature's punch by flying further up. "I'm Patamon." ]
no subject
and now he's just uhhhhhhhhhhhh again ]
Uh. Nice to meet you, I'm Ace? [ and he is not sure how comfortable he is ordering around a small animal to fight his battles but looking at the dark aura on the rocks. you know what. ] Yeah, if you think you can handle it!
[ shrugs helplessly at the other two like THIS FEELS WRONG ]
no subject
That's real nice of you, Loppy, and... [ Well, they're deciding to fight with them, so he'll set Lopmon down. :( ] If you guys have an easier time fightin' them, I don't think we can really say no? Let's do our best!
no subject
temenos looks up at his little creature, and then smiles. in his usual relaxed, pleased lilt: ]
Well then, my little lamb. Shall we? [ and like a duck to water, immediately, he takes right to it. watching the rock creatures punch upwards, he takes a step back so he can see the area in front of them a bit more clearly. path ability: guide ]
That same spell, again - can you knock one into the other with a powerful enough gust? And stay high, out of its reach. See if you can't knock them from the stairs.
no subject
Lopmon looks slightly relieved to be on the ground. They can take a few hits just fine. "We will!" Lopmon attacks with a burst of ice, but doesn't quite land. Luckily, the rock creature also misses.
Patamon keeps to the sky, and adjusts so they're to the side of the injured rock. Now they blow another gust of wind, aiming to knock them into each other. The rock creature 1 struggles to stay in its own space, but ultimately gets knocked into the one next to it. ]
no subject
[ well. the punch isn't neat, but gabumon seems to still be... fine...? this is uncomfortable in that he is bad at not fighting and he is kind of rocking in place on his heels a little ready to intervene on the little guys if necessary ]
Hey, while they're knocked together, hit both at once!
[ tem is finding it so easy while vane and ace just kind of jiiii a little but it's fine surely these rocks cannot last forever ]
no subject
the blue fire! neat. that gets cool points also, because blue fire is the best kind of fire. he's keeping his eyes on the battlefield at the moment, waiting. ]
After Ace's is finished - strike them together again: don't let them separate.
[ sweeping gale that mf ]
no subject
Lopmon's ice attack manages to connect, freezing the one farthest away for a round.
Patamon's next gale is a near miss, but at least they're far enough in the air that they can't get hit. ]
no subject
[ JUST KEEP MURDERING THE ROCKS ATTACKED FIRST ]
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)