The Sand Lives (QUEST)

[Konaa]

The blasts he had avoided had instead clipped one of the heads, damaging it slightly. Leaping to his feet, Myone faced this head, recalling how destroying one of the heads had revealed a weakpoint. Perhaps he could get the head and the core at the same time?

Raising his hand, he shot a fork of crackling lightning towards the loose head.

[aleX]

Maedra quickly looked around to see what happened. He saw the ruins of the two behemoths spread across the sand, and looked up to see the giant bird doing something. Out of sheer impulse, Maedra fired a few short bursts of fire, using the chains as guides, towards the black sphere the bird was creating. Staying out of the way, he simply watched and waited to see the reaction.

[prythian]

The fire that Maedra shot created more shadows, powering up Kass's attack even more. As Kass's attack initialized, the spikes that shot out numbered far more than had been expected. These spikes battered the Behemoths that remained, cracking the horns and shattering some. None were left alive after that.

Meanwhile, Myone's lightning shot forth, striking the head. A large metal plate shot off of the head and crashed to the sand, revealing a large purple core glowing on the head. The other heads turned and stretched out their necks, going far more than should've been possible. One shot at Crovo and Kass, and the other at Myone. The third shot forwards as well, attempting to catch Myone off guard if he avoided the first head.

Generic: Dodge Bite(Avoid the attack of the heads)
Second or Third! Dash Run: (Run up the neck of the attacking head)

Myone:
Third! Dash Attack: (Avoid secondary attack and stab core)

Maedra:
Second! Dash Strike: (Strike the head of the attacking head on the way past)

Crovo:
Protect: (Tackle Kass out of the way of the attacking head, modified Dodge Bite. Gives up chance for Dash Run)

[High's .Valentine.]

“Kass!” Crovo shouted, realizing that one of the titanic sized heads had decided to target them, the little black sesames in the sea of sand. They were so small the head would be able to squish them like spiders. Picking up speed, Crovo gathered his strength, bent, and grabbed his dazed summon. The bird was heavy for the man, and he stumbled slightly, tripping over the weight and loose sand. Regardless, the two managed to clear the attacking head as it dove into the sand, sending up a ridiculous wave of sand. The wave bombarded the summon and the summoner, but the two were unscathed except for the extra weight of sand.

Rolling, Crovo sighed in relief, spitting out grains of grit and wiping tears from his irritated eyes. His summon shook off the layer of sand covering his black feathers and cawed lightly. Another narrow escape…

[aleX]

Maedra smiled, an evil glint in his eyes. The beast was being conquered. Soon, it would fall.

Launching the fetters at the ground, and shooting a blast of flame through each, he propelled himself into the air. As he started to fall, he spun around, lashing out against the nearest head of the creature. Sparks cracked off of the nine strands of chain as the fire left them. With the monster so close to death, Maedra saw little point in mercy. It would die, and it would die now.

[Konaa]

Staring ahead into the attack, Myone unsheathed his other katana, holding both ahead of him. As the heads flew towards him, he was able to sidestep both of them, dashing ahead at blinding speeds, throwing both swords forward into the purple core in one swift motion.

((Sorry for short. I have problems with details in battles.))

[prythian]

As the swords penetrated deep into the core of the head, it stiffened. The purple glow brightened as cracks spread throughout the core, beams of light shining through the cracks before the core exploded. The swords were flung out of the core as it exploded. One fell far down to the sands, while the other landed in the middle of the shell. The extended neck had a chain reaction as the head turned to sand, the transformation proceeding up the neck until it stopped at the shell, a constant stream of sand falling from it, similar to the stream on the opposite side of the shell.

The necks retracted, the plating on top of one loose. The head shook back and forth, rattling the plating, and opened its mouth. A stream of sand blasted forth at Crovo, Kass, and Myone, enough to bury them in a dune or send them flying far. The other head extended its neck so that it looked downwards at them from a high height, and opened its mouth, light gathering inside of the mouth. ((Turns remaining: 2))

((Remember, only choose one reaction if there's no 'second' option))

Myone:
Lightning Strike: (Knock loose plating off with lightning bolt)
Sword Retrieval: (Get the sword on the shell)

Maedra:
Flame Seal: (Cast Ring of Fire on the sand blast, creating a pathway of glass from the ground to the head and keeping the head in place; Note, you can run up the pathway as well as avoiding the blast)
Slipstream: (avoid the blast of sand and use the generated wind to shoot upwards from the ground towards one of the four remaining legs)

Crovo:
Fly-by Examination: (Send Kass to examine underside of the monster)
Second!Slipstream: (Same thing as Maedra)

[High's .Valentine.]

“Hey! Hey! Wake up!” Crovo smacked the dizzy Kass gently on the head, to which the bird responded by snapping at Crovo’s fingers, intending to bite them off in order to get him to stop. Hopping onto Crovo’s shoulder, Kass glanced up with its beady green eyes before suddenly grasping his summoner’s shirt, and attempted to take to the skies. However, at the moment, the bird remains in a confounded state, his head spinning from the assault he had hammered down on the sand behemoths.

Just at that moment, one of the heads turned, and again, it attacked them by blasting a torrent of sand and wind down on the two. At that moment, even as the world spun around his feathered head, Kass took the chance to hitch onto the wind created by the sand blast, soaring up and over the scene with Crovo. As skinny as the man appears to be though, he was still heavier than most of the things Kass carries around while it flies. The bird flapped towards the remaining legs, the one closest to them…

[aleX]

Maedra had a hunch. Elves usually have an acute inkling of near future events on the horizon, but this time, he knew for sure. Or, at least he thought he did.

They were going to kill it.

Moving quickly and efficiently, Maedra saw the head fall and quickly called fire to rise from the ground, hot enough to turn the very sand the creature was near into pure glass.

Maedra quickly ran up this glass "bridge" to get a better angle on the beast and watched his companions.

[Konaa]

Cursing at the swirl of sand that flew at him, Myone leaped high to avoid it. Reaching down, he spent a few seconds tugging hard and finally managed to free his katana. Brandishing it high, he watched, waiting for another opportunity to strike.

[prythian]

((Maedra is going to be out because aleX is taking a break. If he wants to rejoin later, that's fine, but he's out for now.))

Maedra was suddenly wrenched off the bridge as it shook, the head of the creature trying to move and being stuck in place. The vibrations of the glass bridge combined with its slipperiness knocked him off and to the desert below, burying him in the sand.

Kass and Crovo would find themselves grasping one of the holes in the leg they had reached. These were the same types of holes that had fired purple energy blasts beforehand. Below them, energy had begun building up in the lower holes.

Myone now had the opportunity to strike the creature's head, the one held in place. However, the other head was still gathering energy, and the sheer force gathered inside its mouth was huge and powerful.



Myone:

Stunt Dive: (Dive off of the creature's shell, grabbing the rim of the shell and launching yourself at a different leg than Kass/Crovo)
Swift Strike: (Knock off the plating of the sealed head, revealing its core)

Crovo:

Higher Ground: (Climb higher from hole to hole towards the top of the pillar leg)
Second!Fly-By Examination: Send Kass to examine the underside of the creature)

[High's .Valentine.]

Jumping into one of the holes of the leg, Crovo was suddenly feeling very, very uncomfortable with his situation. If he remembered correctly, the giant destructive bean had shot out of one of these holes. If the thing decided to charge up right now, he would be burned to a crisp. Yet this was as far as Kass could fly at the moment without dropping right out of the sky.

Speak of the devil, the leg shook slightly signifying to the man and his summon that something was about to happen. Glancing behind him, Crovo sighed with relief when he saw that there was no force behind him prepared to obliterate him. Slinking to the edge carefully, the Bird Man sneaked a peek over the hole and down. Below him, brilliant purple light crackled, signifying another catastrophic attack about to be launched. Crovo glanced behind him at Kass, who ruffled its feathers.

“You know what to do, Kass,” the man said as he patted his summon and reached up, grabbing another one of the holes that was above his head. It was going to be difficult but he would have to do it. Thankfully, there were enough holes on the creature’s leg for the man to move up the length of it. However, the monster was humongous…it was going to be a long climb. In the meanwhile, Kass gave a mighty caw, flew out of the hole and along the length of the leg. Since there were multiple holes this time, it would be impossible for Kass to have done what it did before by plugging up the hole. Not to mention it would potentially harm his summoner if it attempted to force the leg to blow up. Instead, Kass flew along the beast’s belly, attempting to find some other form of weakness while keeping a close eye on the man in the meanwhile.

[prythian]

The head that was charging paused, and then suddenly shot forth a large blast of light at the shell. It hit the shell and exploded outwards in a large shockwave of force, sending Myone flying not only off the shelf but far into the distance. He'd most likely survive, but he'd be very injured and certainly unable to return to the fight. However, the shockwave also sent the plating off of the other head, sending it flying to the ground, as well as causing cracks to appear on top of the shell.

A large purple core was revealed, pulsing in the center of the creature's underside. Purple electricity flickered in and out around the core, forming a temporary shield that winked in and out of existence. The blasts began shooting out of the holes, climbing up towards Crovo.

Crovo:
Higher Ground 2: (Continue climbing upwards)
Second!Charging Attack: (Attempt to attack the core)
Second!Charging Attack2: (Attempt to attack the core)

(Only one charging attack can be chosen)

[High's .Valentine.]

By now, Crovo was cursing. Cursing to whatever supernatural being out there as he climbed up, feeling the leg underneath him tremble. He could feel it, zapping energy that would surely turn him to a crisp if they caught up with him. And it was getting closer. Close enough that each tremor seemed to be multiplied, enough to give him some trouble moving at a good pace. Damn, he was going to be done for.

Behind him, a raven cawed. Crovo turned, finding his faithful summon swooping by. Jumping, Crovo grabbed onto one of Kass’ leg, and spotted the purple core on the monster’s underbelly. It cackled with energy, making it hard for Kass and the man to approach without risking the possibility of getting zapped. Getting an idea, Crovo, untied the sash on his waist. Fastening two daggers to each edge, Crovo directed Kass towards the core. Close, but not close enough to harm the two. Aiming, Crovo began to twirl the makeshift weapon at a rapid speed. Soon, it was a blur in his hands, resembling a dangerous spinning fan with bladed tips. Hurling it, the weapon spun towards the core, propelled forward by the spinning.

[Second!Charging Attack: (Attempt to attack the core)!]

[prythian]

The daggers flew just at the right time, hitting the core inbetween the shield pulses. They stuck in the surface of the core, and beams of light shot from the cracks spreading over the core. Suddenly, the core exploded in a rush of purple energy, and the daggers and sash were sent flying downwards to the ground.

Cracks began spreading outwards from the place the core was, and rocks began falling from the rock hard body. The entire bottom part of the shell was falling apart, with really large rocks at some parts. Even the four remaining legs were shuddering, cracks spreading over them.

Crovo:
Escape Dive: (Dive low to the ground and attempt to fly out from the shell, trying to avoid flying rocks)
Second!Escape Dive 2: (Pick a weaving path through the falling rocks)
Second!Escape Dive 3: (Pick a weaving path through the falling rocks)
Second!Escape Dive 4: (Pick a weaving path through the falling rocks)

Speedy Getaway: (Attempt to fly out from under the shell and try to avoid falling rocks)
Second!Speedy Getaway 2: (Pick a weaving path through the falling rocks)
Second!Speedy Getaway 3: (Pick a weaving path through the falling rocks)
Second!Speedy Getaway 4: (Pick a weaving path through the falling rocks)