Fate of the World Session 14

"I can't believe we're really doing this..." Renee mutters "But, you haven't steered us wrong yet Hiro...so I'll give it my all!"

"Y-yeah me too!" Holly says putting on the meanest face she can muster

It's really just cute if you're being totally honest. It's clear Holly doesn't have a mean bone in her body. At least, as far as you know anyway.

You take out your sword, ready to fight as the monster swims to shore, climbing out of it before letting out a roar. It's eye still bloody from where Holly shot it.

You hope you didn't make a bad call by opting to take care of this thing...

>Choose your party!

>Hiro
>Dante
>Sailor Moon
>Aqua
>Patch

You call out Dante, while Renee brings out Sailor Moon, while Holly calls out Aqua and Patchouli.

**Trait Activated: Immovable Library**

Instantly, Patchouli sizes the enemy up, the moment she looks as it.

"It looks to be weak to wind. Try using that."  she says calmly

Well, you at least have an idea of what to do now at least.

>Choose your actions!

>Hiro - Flameblade X2(93,96)
>Dante - Ebony and Ivory, Sword(87,85)
>Sailor Moon - Moonlight
>Aqua - Blizzara X2(97,74)
>Patch - Djinn Gust(100)

Well, nobody lives forever right? You move towards the side of the monster, your blade seering its flesh...but you notice, that it doesn't seem nearly as bothered as it should be. That's...probably not a good thing.

**Sea Monster's resistance found!**

Dante opens fire on the monster...but his bullets don't do anything!

"Oh what the hell..." Dante groans, he instead takes out his sword, and slashes at him.

**Sea Monster's Nullification found!**

"Hang in there everyone!" Sailor Moon calls out, raising your defense!

>All allies Defense raised!

"Take this!" Aqua calls out firing off ice magic at the creature, causing it to groan in pain

"Djinn Gust!" Patchouli calls out, hitting the Sea Monster, with a maelstrom of wind that causes it to roar in pain.

The creature proceeds to belt out...mud from it's mouth? You aren't  entirely sure, but you and the others dodge out of the way, with only Sailor Moon taking a hit.

"Ew! Yuck, what is this stuff!? It reeks!" Sailor Moon screeches


>Hiro:HP:78/113 MP:56/71(DEF increased(-2))
>Dante:HP:114/114 MP:78/81(DEF increased(-2))
>Sailor Moon:HP:29/82 MP:59/89(DEF increased(-2))
>Aqua:HP:94/94 MP:97/97(DEF increased(-2))
>Patchouli:HP:58/58 MP:138/138(DEF increased(-2))

>Sea Monster:713/825(AGI decreased(-2))

>Hiro - Summon Star(NAT 1 OVERRIDE)
>Dante - Switch to Ryza
>Sailor Moon - Healing Light (Self)
>Aqua - Cure, Blizzara(107)
>Patch - Djinn Gust(84)

"Fall back Dante!I'm callin' in Ryza!"

"Gotcha!" Dante calls back as he returns to your COMP, instead being replaced with Ryza

You try casting some magic, but you flub it!  causing it to explode back on you..


"Ew ew ewwwww~!" Sailor Moon whimpered as she quickly healed herself. "God, I think some of it got in my mouth!


"Keep it together everyone!" Aqua calls out, coating you all in a green energy, you feel your wounds mending themselves slightly, before she fires off another blizzard attack.

"Once again!" Patchouli calls out, hitting the sea monster with more wind. Causing another groaning noise to erupt from its mouth.

The creature proceeds swing one of its large legs, managing to land a solid hit onto Patchouli. She's still standing, but she can't help but let out a pained whimper.

"Tch...t-that hurts a lot..." She says getting back up "B-but I'll continue going for now."

>Hiro:HP:88/113 MP:53/71(DEF increased(-2))
>Ryza:HP:100/100 MP:96/96
>Sailor Moon:HP:65/82 MP:50/89(DEF increased(-2))
>Aqua:HP:94/94 MP:71/97(DEF increased(-2))
>Patchouli:HP:34/58 MP:78/138(DEF increased(-2))

>Sea Monster:644/825(AGI decreased(-2))

>Hiro - Summon Star X2(100,80)
>Ryza - Wind Bomb(90)
>Sailor Moon - Moonlight
>Aqua - Cure, Blizzara(109)
>Patch - Djinn Gust(92)

You focus, and this time you luck out, as the blasts of magic you fire from your sword are able to hit the sea monster, managing to deal serious damage to it.

"Hiro, what kind of bomb should I use?" Ryza asked

"Wind!" you shout back, dodging a swipe from it

"Got it!" Ryza exclaims tossing a bomb

"I'll keep us going!" Sailor Moon shouts as you feel your body becoming more durable

>All allies Defense raised

"Heal!" Aqua calls out, covering you all in more of that green aura "Now, take this!" She shouts firing off more blizzard magic

"Fall." Patchouli mutters as she fires off more wind magic.

The sea monster belches out more mud, but thankfully this time, you're able to dodge it.

>Hiro:HP:111/113 MP:47/71(DEF increased(-4))
>Ryza:HP:100/100 MP:91/96(DEF increased(-2))
>Sailor Moon:HP:82/82 MP:46/89(DEF increased(-4))
>Aqua:HP:94/94 MP:47/97(DEF increased(-4))
>Patchouli:HP:57/58 MP:48/138(DEF increased(-4))

>Sea Monster:502/825(AGI decreased(-2))

>Hiro - Summon Star X2(59,22)
>Ryza - Wind Bomb(96)
>Sailor Moon - Moonlight
>Aqua - Blizzara X2(13,67)
>Patch - Djinn Gust(101)

You fire off more magic, but it doesn't do much, helplessly bouncing off of the monster, as it pays the attack no mind.

Ryza throw another bomb at the thing, causing it to roar in pain as the bomb explodes.

"Here's more!" Sailor Moon shouts as you feel your body becoming even more durable than before

>All allies Defense raised

Aqua fires off some more magic, but this time it doesn't do anything to the sea monster, as it again shrugs it off, just like it did with your attacks.

"Take this!" Patchouli exclaims as she fires off some more wind magic, the monster reacts violently to the attack

Once it's finish, the Sea Monster looks directly at Aqua before its tongue shoots forward and quicker than she can react, Aqua is swallowed whole!

Or so it looks at first.

You watch as the monster chews violently for a bit, it's body being covered in a glow similar to yours as Sailor Moon buffed your group! As if that wasn't enough, it then spits Aqua out...directly at Ryza.

"W-what the-!" Ryza exclaims, but before she can even think to move, Aqua has already slammed into her, the woman groaning as you see the various bite marks on her body.

"Uuugh..." Aqua groans

>Hiro:HP:111/113 MP:41/71(DEF increased(-6))
>Ryza:HP:61/100 MP:86/96(DEF increased(-4))
>Sailor Moon:HP:82/82 MP:46/89(DEF increased(-6))
>Aqua:HP:71/94 MP:39/97(DEF increased(-6))
>Patchouli:HP:57/58 MP:18/138(DEF increased(-6))

>Sea Monster:445/825(AGI decreased(-2),DEF increased(-6))

>Hiro - Summon Star(64)
>Ryza - Wind Bomb(9-NAT 1 OVERRIDE)
>Sailor Moon - Healing Light (Ryza)
>Aqua - Blizzara X2(71,64)
>Patch - Summon Y'shtola

So hey there, for those reading this part. QM Nova here. Why am I here? Because this is the first time in this quest (at least I'm pretty sure it is) that the entire party missed their attacks. The only real positives here is that Ryza got some of her HP back after one of her bombs exploded on her. And that Y'shtola entered the field.

The downside is that Hiro got hit by the monster and took a pretty rough hit himself.

We now return to your regularly scheduled monster fight. Hopefully, with less nat 1s and less flubbed attack rolls.

>Hiro:HP:84/113 MP:38/71(DEF increased(-6))
>Ryza:HP:52/100 MP:81/96(DEF increased(-4))
>Sailor Moon:HP:82/82 MP:46/89(DEF increased(-6))
>Aqua:HP:71/94 MP:31/97(DEF increased(-6))
>Y'shtola:HP:75/75 MP:108/108

>Sea Monster:445/825(AGI decreased(-2),DEF increased(-6))

>Hiro - Summon Star X2(74,72)
>Ryza - Wind Bomb(44)
>Sailor Moon - Moonlight
>Aqua - Cure, Blizzara(108)
>Y'shtola - Aero II(82)

You blast more magic at the monster, your first hit doing some damage, but the second unfortunately not doing anything at all.

"Here goes."  Ryza says tossing her bomb...only for her aim to be off and it instead lands in the lake behind the creature, not hurting it at all.

"Darn it..."

Sailor Moon, once again raises your defense to help you withstand the creatures attacks

>All allies defense raised!

Aqua once again heals you all, before firing off more ice magic at the monster, managing to hit it and deal heavy damage to it.

"Allow me." Y'shtola says as she casts wind magic at the monster

The sea monster attempts to hit Ryza with one of its large legs, but she's too fast for it, ducking behind you as it misses its attack.


>Hiro:HP:101/113 MP:32/71(DEF increased(-8))
>Ryza:HP:68/100 MP:76/96(DEF increased(-6))
>Sailor Moon:HP:82/82 MP:42/89(DEF increased(-8))
>Aqua:HP:88/94 MP:7/97(DEF increased(-8))
>Y'shtola:HP:75/75 MP:102/108(DEF increased(-2))

>Sea Monster:373/825(AGI decreased(-2),DEF increased(-6))

>Hiro - Summon Star X2(106,99)
>Ryza - Wind Bomb(105)
>Sailor Moon - Healing Light
>Aqua - Blizzara X2(86,67)
>Y'shtola - Aero II(80)

You blast more magic at the monster and this time, both of your hits land, causing visible pain to the sea monster

"I've got it this time!" Ryza exclaims tossing another bomb at the monster. This one, landing and detonating perfcetly on impact, causing the monster to roar out in pain and scuttle back some.

"I got it!" Ryza cheers as she dodges a retaliation attack from the monster

Sailor Moon focuses on healing Ryza up, managing to get her just as she's finished dodging the monster's swing

Aqua fires off more ice, and after the first hit, she goes to cast another...only for nothing to happen.

"D-damn, I didn't realize..." She mutters

>Aqua's MP is too low to cast her second spell.

Y'shtola covers for her though, firing off more wind magic a the monster and landing a solid hit.

Once again the sea monster spits out more of that mud from its mouth, with Ryza and Sailor Moon both getting hit again.

"K-kya, w-what is this stuff?! Oh god, it's in my hair!" Ryza whines

"N-not again! It reeks!!" Sailor Moon cries "Ugh, I need a bath after this! A real long bath!"

"M-me too, it smells like shit!"



>Hiro:HP:101/113 MP:26/71(DEF increased(-8))
>Ryza:HP:75/100 MP:71/96(DEF increased(-6))
>Sailor Moon:HP:48/82 MP:33/89(DEF increased(-8))
>Aqua:HP:88/94 MP:3/97(DEF increased(-8))
>Y'shtola:HP:75/75 MP:96/108(DEF increased(-2))

>Sea Monster:287/825(AGI decreased(-2),DEF increased(-6))

>Hiro - Summon Star X2(99,72)
>Ryza - Wind Bomb(84)
>Sailor Moon -Healing Light(Hiro)
>Julius-Wind Blade(29)
>Y'shtola - Aero II(66)

You fire out your magic, and manage to deal damage with one attack.

"Goddammit..." You mutter

"Just blow up already!" Ryza hollers, throwing another bomb at the monster

"Hang in there Hiro!" Sailor Moon calls out healing you "Especially with that smell..."

Julius swings his blades in an X formation, the wind flying towards the monster...and doing no damage at all...

The same could be said for Y'shtola as her magic fails to make a dent as well.

The monster tries to stomp on Sailor Moon, but to no avail, as she dodges out of the way of the slow moving attack.


>Hiro:HP:75/113 MP:14/71(DEF increased(-8))
>Ryza:HP:75/100 MP:61/96(DEF increased(-8))
>Sailor Moon:HP:48/82 MP:20/89(DEF increased(-8))
>Julius:HP:55/55 MP:39/44(DEF increased(-2))
>Y'shtola:HP:75/75 MP:87/108(DEF increased(-4))

>Sea Monster:200/825(AGI decreased(-2),DEF increased(-6))

>Hiro - Summon Star X2(70,56)
>Ryza - Wind Bomb(59)
>Sailor Moon -Healing Light(Hiro)
>Julius-Wind Blade(80)
>Y'shtola - Aero II(94)

You fire out your magic and this time...you do absolutely nothing. Wonderful...

Ryza throws a bomb, but to no avail, once again missing her throw as it arcs over the monster and lands in the water.

"Hehe...oops." She mutters

Sailor Moon, just rolls her eyes before healing you again.

"Wind Blade!" Julius shouts making an X formation with his swords before blasting wind at the sea monster and actually managing to hurt the thing.

Y'shtola follows up the same way, firing off more wind magic at the creature and dealing a solid blow.

In Retaliation, the monster swings its large foot towards  Y'shtola, knocking the cat woman away.

"S-such power in its legs..." She sputters, getting to her feet


>Hiro:HP:91/113 MP:8/71(DEF increased(-8))
>Ryza:HP:75/100 MP:56/96(DEF increased(-8))
>Sailor Moon:HP:48/82 MP:11/89(DEF increased(-8))
>Julius:HP:55/55 MP:39/44(DEF increased(-2))
>Y'shtola:HP:24/75 MP:81/108(DEF increased(-4))

>Sea Monster:178/825(AGI decreased(-2),DEF increased(-6))

>Hiro - Summon Star X2(57,104)
>Ryza - Wind Bomb(83)
>Sailor Moon -Healing Light(Y'shtola)
>Julius-Wind Blade(100)
>Y'shtola - Aero II(83)

This'll be the last bit of magic you can fire off. You feel it. You take a shot, and while your first one bounces off harmlessly, the second one manages to hit the mark and it hits hard!

Ryza throws yet another Wind Bomb, and this time she doesn't throw the thing into the water, hitting the enemy square on.

"Hang in there Catwoman, I'll fix you up." Sailor Moon called to Y'shtola

"M-my thanks..." she replies as the healing mends her wounds

Julius repeats the action from before firing off another Wind Blade, and this time leaving a large X-shaped hole in the creature's side.

Feeling far less...kicked in the face, Y'shtola fires off another bout of Wind magic as revenge for being kicked in the face.

As if angered by that, the monster belches out more mud at you all. Only you and Ryza are able to avoid the attack, with everyone else taking a really bad hit. Julius in particular

"WHY?! WHY DOES IT NEED TO DO THAT?!" Sailor Moon cries

"Seven Hells, it's worse than a Malboro!" Y'shtola cries

"My glasses! W-where are my glasses?!" Julius shouts, not realizing that they're on his face, just obscured by all the mud.

>Hiro:HP:91/113 MP:2/71(DEF increased(-8))
>Ryza:HP:75/100 MP:51/96(DEF increased(-8))
>Sailor Moon:HP:34/82 MP:2/89(DEF increased(-8))
>Julius:HP:13/55 MP:34/44(DEF increased(-2))
>Y'shtola:HP:23/75 MP:75/108(DEF increased(-4))

>Sea Monster:112/825(AGI decreased(-2),DEF increased(-6))

>Hiro - Swap for Renee
>Ryza - Wind Bomb(93)
>swap for Lilica
>Julius-Wind Blade(6-NAT 1 OVERRIDE)
>Y'shtola-Medica

You're out of the strength for right now. You know for a fact you can't cast another spell.

"Renee tag in, I'm spent!" You call out

"Okay! Fall back Hiro!"

S-same for me! I'm tapped out too." Sailor Moon calls to her

"I-I'll handle that! L-Lilica, come on out!"

You and Sailor Moon retreat, with your allies taking your places respectively. You hang back as you see Ryza throw another bomb at the monster.

Julius goes for an attack, but completely flubs it, missing the enemy entirely.

Y'shtola can only chuckle at him as she casts healing magic that envelopes the entire party.

The monster swings its leg this time and slams into Ryza, the girl letting out a yelp of pain as she's knocked away.

"Aaaaah" Ryza yells as she caught by Lilica

"U-ugh...th-thanks."

"Nothin' to it. Just try not to take too many hits like that yeah?"

>Renee:HP:92/92 MP:83/83
>Ryza:HP:51/100 MP:46/96(DEF increased(-8))
>Lilica:HP:59/59 MP:52/52
>Julius:HP:35/55 MP:29/44(DEF increased(-2))
>Y'shtola:HP:34/75 MP:60/108(DEF increased(-4))

>Sea Monster:79/825(AGI decreased(-2),DEF increased(-6))

>Renee - Rhino Spear(86)
>Ryza - Wind Bomb(103)
>Lilica - Hurricane(102)
>Julius - Wind Slash(103)
>Y'shtola - Aero II(51)

Though it's heavy, Renee swings her Spear at the monster, managing to get a decent hit in on it.

"Heh, take that!" Renee jeers

Ryza doesn't miss a beat and tosses another bomb at the creature, really doing some damage to it, Lilica following up, causing a mini hurricane to engulf the monster. The winds tearing away at its skin.

Julius then comes in and sends another X shaped blade of wind at the monster, this time, leaving an even bigger gaping wound in its side.

Y'shtola goes for more magic, but the creature, though tired, sees it coming and shifts its body enough to avoid the attack!

The monster belches out more mud, but Renee and the others manage to avoid it!

All except for Lilica...

"Ewwww! Oh it really *does* reek! I think I'm gonna vomit!"

>Renee:HP:92/92 MP:83/83
>Ryza:HP:51/100 MP:41/96(DEF increased(-8))
>Lilica:HP:36/59 MP:52/52(AGI Increased(+2))
>Julius:HP:35/55 MP:24/44(DEF increased(-2))
>Y'shtola:HP:34/75 MP:54/108(DEF increased(-4))

>Sea Monster:7/825(AGI decreased(-2),DEF increased(-6))

>Everyone: All out attack

"It's weak everybody!" Renee calls out "Attack it all once!"

All 5 of them rush the enemy, proceeding to slash, stab, blast, and do whatever else they need to to finally slay the mud-belching monster. It's body can no longer handle the attacks and lets out a final blood curdling roar as it finally slumps over dead from the onslaught.

"F-finally..." Ryza huffs..."

"Y-yeah I'll say." Renee mutters "That thing was awful."

"And to think...that's not the worst of it." Julius said looking at the office building. "There's still whatever is inside of here."

"He's right..." You groan "We've still got a ways to go."

You turn to the building in front of you. AllSoft Incorporated. It was a big company that had its hands in all sorts of fields. From technology to things such as making paper. You heave a heavy sigh, recalling your summons and stepping through the two doors into the building.

>You defeated the Sea Monster!
>You gained 213 EXP!
>You obtained $300!
>You obtained slimy flesh!
>You obtained 3 common core crystals

Looking around, nothing looks too out of place. There's definite signs of a struggle, but otherwise, it seems pretty deserted.

"I-it's horrifying. Up until a-a little bit ago, this was just a regular business building." Holly muttered

"Yeah, now it's straight out of a horror movie. The only thing missing is it being all dark and spooky." Renee said taking a few steps forward. "Heck, how much you wanna bet the elevator is out and we'll have to hoof it to the top?"

Before you can answer, Renee walks towards one of the elevators, casually pushing the button, much to your surprise though...it opens! As if nothing were wrong, the door opens and the inside of it is even spotless!

"Oh..." Renee says in a small voice, completely put off by the elevator appearing.

>Well, there's our ride
>Let's just take the stairs
>Finally, something goes our way!
>Other/Write-in

>Let's just take the stairs

"We're taking the stairs." You say to the girls before heading to the stairwell.

"...Seriously?" Renee asks

"Yeah, who knows there could be some useful stuff around."

The girls follow behind you, leaving the elevator and as you begin to ascend to the second floor, you hear Renee call to you

"What's up?" you ask with a raised eyebrow

"Hiro. This place has 15 floors."

"Yeah and?"

"And so you expect us to walk up 15 flights of stairs?"

"It'd...be a good workout?"

The two girls look at one another with deadpan stares before turning back to you.

"Holly?"

"Say no more."

You're forcibly grabbed and pulled back towards the elevator before being tossed inside. Renee casually pushing the button to floor 15.

"There. See? Easy."

You don't say anything, sighing in response. You don't want to say it, but it probably *was* a pretty stupid idea to try and walk all of that.

The elevator continues to travel up floors. Passing by  6, then 8, then 9. However, it's when you get to floor 10 that something happens.

*BANG*

You don't know what that was, but it rocked the entire building, including the elevator. The thing comes to a stop and you hear an ominous creaking sound from above.

"Oh shit..." You mutter

"W-w-w-we need to get out of here!" Holly sputters "I-I think it's gonna fall!"

Shit shit shit, what do you?!

>Try to get out through the escape hatch
>try to pry the door open
>Other/Write-in

>try to pry the door open(86)

Thinking quickly, you rush for the elevator door and work as hard as you can to try and pry it open. It takes some straining of your muscles, but you manage to get the door open just barely, jumping through it before pulling Holly and then Renee through. And not a moment too soon either, as the elevator cable snaps and you watch as it falls down.

"Holy crap..." You mutter

"T-thanks for the save Hiro." Holly gasps

"Y-yeah...but what was that?" Renee mutters

"I don't know, and I'm not looking forward to finding out. Come on, looks like we've got no choice but to take the stairs now. At least we made it most of the way up."

You backtrack towards the stairwell and you see that....the stairs leading down to the 9th floor are completely gone. They've fallen apart entirely and some of the other ones that you can see look beat up too, or are more likely to completely fall apart.

"Shit...well, we can't go down that way." Renee groans

"Looks that way. Come on, let's get going."

>Head straight to the 15th floor
>Go to floor 11
>Check floor 10
>Other/Write-in

>Check floor 10

You double back to this floor. There has to be something for you to find that can be useful right? The place is eerily quiet and you think you hear sudden movements, but it's all in your head thankfully. There's nothing but offices on this floor(to be expected really) and checking them manages to help you find...!

...Absolutely nothing.

It doesn't look like there's anything really here...

"Well, this was a bust." Renee says with a sigh

"Y-yeah, I don't think there's anything here." Holly adds

You sigh, that really did feel like a waste of time.

>Go to the 11th floor
>Head to the 15th floor
>Other/Write-in

>Go to the 11th floor

You decide to head up to the 11th floor. Figuring it's best to try and scour as much as you can, you and your friends traverse the halls, looking for anything of worth that you can find.

"Hey Hiro, I found something!" Renee calls out to you

You run over to what appears to be a storage closet of sorts that Renee is rifing through. Once she sees you she holds out about three summon crystals.

"I wonder how these got here..." Holly asked

"Doesn't matter, it never hurts to have more."

You nod in agreement, happy with your find

>Obtained 3 summon crystals

"It's r-really weird, I was thinking we'd see *something* els-else by now." Holly mutters

"Maybe that loud bang had something to do with it?" you muse "Either way, we should be counting our blessings that nothing has actually shown up yet."

"R-right, let's keep going."

>Go to the 12th floor
>Head to the 15th floor
>Other/Write-in

>Go to the 12th floor

Alright, the 12th floor. Surprisingly, there's not much to this floor. Just a singular hall and down at the end you see...

"Wait, is that a friggin' vault?!" Renee exclaims

"L-looks like it, maybe this building is kinda old?" Holly says rubbing her chin, and indeed looking around, this particular part of the building does in fact look a bit older. Where the previous floors all had a more sleek look and clean walls, this one is clearly older looking, with paint chipped in places and even some of the light fixtures look to be old and just barely hanging on.

The most interesting part is that it's open.

Well hey, you aren't one to really complain about that. Money is money!

You and your friends walk towards it when you notice something...there's a lot of...plant life as you head further towards the vault. You didn't pay attention at first, as you were too distracted by the vault being open, but indeed there's vines all over the wall and floor.

"Uh...why don't I like this?" Renee muttered

As if answering her question, several small beings came skittering out of the vault.

They see you (Somehow) and begin skittering right towards you!

>Okay ladies, time for a strategic retreat!
>Meet them head on

>Hiro
>Ace
>Mythra
>Aqua
>Patches

Okay, this shouldn't be too bad. These things are tiny! Even if there is a horde of them all. You call out Ace, while Renee summons Mythra, while Holly calls forth Aqua and Patchouli.

Trait Activated:Immovable Library

"These things...they have no real weakness. But they appear to juveniles. Kill them quickly."

Well, that's good to know at least...

>Call your actions

Hiro:drink patches, drink aqua
Ace:Flamethrower x2(86,84)
Mythra:photon edge(81)
Aqua:Blizzara(87)
Patches:djinn gust(92)

"Tch, Hiromu, my magic is low. Give me one of those alchemist's drinks." Patchouli says to you.

"Me too, I could use one as well!" Aqua calls out

"Fine, coming your way!" You say tossing each of them a drink, which they quickly down.

"I'll handle these guys easy. A quick bit of fire should do the trick!" Ace calls out as he spreads flames around at the small monsters.

"Careful with that, don't set the entire place ablaze!" Mythra says an annoyed tone before slashing at one of the creatures with her blade and managing to get rid of one of its tentacles.

"I've got you!" Aqua shouts out as one enemy that was about to attack Mythra from behind is shot down by her ice magic

"This should be enough." Patchouli calmly states as she fires off an extremely powerful blast of wind magic.

**Trait Activated:Critical Resonance!**

The first seedling manages to take a bite out of you! though...it doesn't really as badly as it should.

The second one manages to make a vine appear from the ground and hit Mythra, she grunts, but otherwise she's able to shrug the pain off well enough.

The third tries the same with Ace, but he's too fast, and dodges it easily, teasing Mythra all the while

The last one attempts to bite Patchouli, but it's too slow and she easily floats out of the way...


>Hiro:HP:80/113 MP:2/71
>Ace:HP:119/119 MP:60/80
>Mythra:HP:94/106 MP:56/68
>Aqua:HP:88/94 MP:18/97
>Patchouli:57/58 MP:20/138

>Malboro Seedling A:86/150
>Malboro Seedling B:62/150
>Malboro Seedling C:86/150
>Malboro Seedling D:86/150

>Hiro - brutal slash X2(82,94)
>Ace - Flamethrower X2(108,79)
>Mythra - photon edge(106)
>Aqua - Blizzara X2(105,92)
>Patch - Royal Flare(75)

Seeing that one of the little things are already looking pretty hurt, you decide to rush in and slash at it with your sword, the monster letting out a wail of sorts as its body ignites from the fire as it slumps over and dies.

Trait Activated:Critical Resonance

Ace once again sets fire to them all , shooting flames from his hands. Mythra follows up on the last one, slashing it so hard that it's barely standing, with Aqua finishing it off with a blast of ice magic, before turning around and firing at the first one.

Trait Activated:Critical Resonance

As the second to last one dies, you see more seedlings spill out of the vault!

"Royal Flare!" Patchouli shouts just as they appear, nuking all of the small enemies with fire. It deals some serious damage, nearly killing the last of the original seedlings.

Though tired, the seedling tries for one last attack. Managing to get a bite on Patchouli.

"Tch, ow! Annoying little thing." Patchouli grunts



>Hiro:HP:70/113 MP:2/71
>Ace:HP:119/119 MP:40/80
>Mythra:HP:94/106 MP:44/68
>Aqua:HP:88/94 MP:14/97
>Patchouli:49/58 MP:0/138

>Malboro Seedling E:117/150
>Malboro Seedling F:117/150
>Malboro Seedling G:117/150
>Malboro Seedling C:5/150

>Hiro - Flameblade(96)
>Ace - Flamethrower X2(97,81)
>Mythra - Medium Potion (Hiro)
>Aqua - Blizzara X2(68,110)
>Patch - Switch to Aeda

"I'm out of magic. I'll be returning now." Patchouli calmly states, returning to Holly's COMP. You roll your eyes before calling in Aeda to take her place. You then move in and attack one of the newly appeared Seedlings, that same howl of pain echoing throughout the vault.

Trait Activated:Critical Resonance!

Ace continues setting fire to the small enemies, chuckling to himself the entire time. "Man, why can't all our fights be this easy, am I right Hiromu?"

"Don't let it go to your head!" You shout dodging a hit

"Yeah yeah, I'll be extra careful.

Trait Activated:Critical Resonance!

"Here Hiro, Keep you're strength up." Mythra calls out to you as she chucks a potion your way. You quickly down it, feeling your wounds heal up.

Aqua fires off blizzard magic at the first Seedling, but misses it, however it doesn't expect the second shot and takes a heavy blow.

The first seedling, though weak, manages to hit Ace with one a small vine, causing him to grunt.

"Ow, damn thing..." He grunts rubbing his arm

The second one tries to attack Aeda, however she dodges...and then kicks the thing squarely in the face...or whatever counts as that.

The final one manages to bite Aqua, though she quickly tosses it away.

"Ugh, these things are like pests!"

"Sure you don't want me to light this place up?" Ace asks

"NO!" You all shout at him at the same time

"Jeez...ya don't have to say it like that..."

>Hiro:HP:82/113 MP:2/71
>Ace:HP:102/119 MP:20/80
>Mythra:HP:94/106 MP:38/68
>Aqua:HP:78/94 MP:10/97
>Aeda:HP:66/66 MP:79/79

>Malboro Seedling E:6/150
>Malboro Seedling F:60/150
>Malboro Seedling G:75/150

>Hiro - Flameblade X2(100,86)
>Ace - Attack X2(105,57)
>Mythra - Attack(96)
>Aqua - Attack X2(75-NAT 1 OVERRIDE)
>Aeda - Blast Barrage(61)

You continue attacking, easily ending the first Seedling, before attacking the second one and dealing serious damage to it.

Ace follows your lead, attacking it as well, punching it as hard as he can. Unfortunately, the Seedling is able to dodge his second attack.

Mythra attacks the second Seedling, slashing at it hard.

Aqua...proceeds to flub her attack, tripping and leaving herself wide open. Suffering a bite for her troubles.

"Opening Fire." Aeda states as she proceeds to fire her gun...only to miss the enemy.

The first seedling attempts to bite you but fails badly, as you easily dodge it. The same can be said for the second one. as you easily dodge it as well.

>Hiro:HP:82/113 MP:2/71
>Ace:HP:102/119 MP:20/80
>Mythra:HP:94/106 MP:38/68
>Aqua:HP:70/94 MP:10/97
>Aeda:HP:66/66 MP:67/79


>Malboro Seedling F:4/150
>Malboro Seedling G:50/150

>Hiro - Flameblade X2(103,96)
>Ace - Attack X2(104,92)
>Mythra - Attack(75)
>Aqua - Attack X2(63,89)
>Aeda - Attack(81)

You call for an all out attack on the enemy, going for the first Seedling and ending it easily, before moving on to the second one and slashing it hard. Nearly killing it.

**Trait Activated: Critical Resonance!**

Ace once again follows up, attacking the last one.

"Good, now they should all be-"Mythra starts, but just as she's speaking another 4 seedlings appear.

"Oh *COME ON*!" She growls

"Hang on everyone, we're still in this!" You call out to them.

"Heh, this'll be easy." Ace laughs as he punches one of the Seedlings.

**Trait Activated:Critical Resonance!**

Mythra slashes at another of the monsters, clearly irritated by the amount of them you've had to fight.

Aqua, follows up on the one Ace hit, it having dodged her first attack, but hitting her second one cleanly.

Lastly is Aeda who simply kicks the last Seedling, almost as if it were nothing.

>Hiro:HP:82/113 MP:2/71
>Ace:HP:102/119 MP:20/80
>Mythra:HP:94/106 MP:38/68
>Aqua:HP:70/94 MP:10/97
>Aeda:HP:66/66 MP:67/79


>Malboro Seedling H:109/150
>Malboro Seedling I:131/150
>Malboro Seedling J:150/150
>Malboro Seedling K:146/150

>Hiro - Flameblade X2(36,83)
>Ace - Flamethrower X2(87,80)
>Mythra - Attack(102)
>Aqua - Blizzara X2(96,87)
>Aeda - Blast Barrage(86)

You continue attacking the first Seedling, missing your first attack, but hitting the second one and hearing the Seedling cry out in pain.

Seeing that there's more of the enemy around, Ace once again goes about setting fire to all of them.

Still very irritated at the new set of enemies. Mythra slashes at the one you've already worn down.

Aqua follows up behind her sealing the first seedling's fate and killing it with a blast of ice magic. She then switches towards the second, blasting it at as well.

**Trait Activated: Critical Resonance**

Lastly, Aeda takes aim, firing on all the seedlings at once, filling them full of holes.

In retaliation, the one of the Seedlings attempts to bite you, but it fails, stumbling about as you dodge

The second bites Ace, though he mostly just shrugs it off again.

The third one tries the same, but Ace dodges it with ease.


>Hiro:HP:82/113 MP:2/71
>Ace:HP:96/119 MP:0/80
>Mythra:HP:94/106 MP:38/68
>Aqua:HP:70/94 MP:2/97
>Aeda:HP:66/66 MP:55/79



>Malboro Seedling I:48/150
>Malboro Seedling J:97/150
>Malboro Seedling K:93/150

>Hiro - Flameblade(83)
>Ace - Switch to Dante
>Mythra - Attack(87)
>Aqua - Switch to Aurora
>Aeda - Blast Barrage(91)

You call for Ace to retreat, and replace him with Dante. Aqua says that she's spent and so Holly recalls her replacing her with Aurora. With that done, you attack the same Seedling as before, it's nearly down. Just one more hit and it'll be done for.

Mythra attacks the second one, cutting it as hard as she can.

Aeda opens fire again. The one you attacked dropping dead from the bullets, while the other two seedlings just barely hold on.

**Trait Activated: Critical Resonance!**

The last two don't give up, the first trying to bite you, but failing, while the second one tries to hit you with a vine that you dodge with ease.

>Hiro:HP:82/113 MP:2/71
>Dante:HP:114/114 MP:78/81
>Mythra:HP:94/106 MP:38/68
>Aurora:HP:95/95 MP:65/65
>Aeda:HP:66/66 MP:43/79


>Malboro Seedling J:29/150
>Malboro Seedling K:49/150

>Hiro - Flamebladex2(97,96)
>Dante-Attackx2(104,100)
>Mythra - Attack(80)
>Aurora-Attack(54)
>Aeda - Attack(79)

The last two are barely standing, and so you slash the first one with your sword, burning it to a crisp as it flops over and dies. Dante following up behind you and slashing at the last one as well and finally finishing it off. As Dante slashes it, the small creature spurts a green fluid onto your shirt. Most likely it's blood if anything.  With that final attack, no more enemies spill out from the vault and you can safely say that the fight is over.

"Finally!" Mythra complains "I thought we'd never be done with them."

You were begining to think the same honestly. Your summons return to their respective COMPS, leaving you with just Holly and Renee.

"Glad that's over..." Renee says

"M-me too...l-let's see what's here? I-it's a safe right?"

"Yeah, this had better have been worth it."

The three of you begin combing the vine covered area. You have to cut some out of your way, but you don't find anything. You're about to give up when Renee calls for you.
"H-Hiro, come look at this!"

You come over to her and see her holding a suitcase...that's filled with cash. It's vine covered, but the money is pretty much untouched.

"Hoo boy..." You say looking at the neat stack of bills

"I think we just found our treasure!" Renee exclaims

"I'll say. How much is in there?"

"Who knows, definitely thousands though. All the bills are 100s!"

>You defeated the Malboro Seedling Horde
>Obtained $15,000!
>You gained 85 EXP!
>Obtained 5 Rare Summon Crystal

As you're marveling at the cash, you see a blue portal appear. The same that leads to the velvet room and your COMP coming on.

"Hey there kids!" Hanekoma's voice says "Sorry for the late appearance, but this place is riddled with Nyarltatheotep's power. We only just managed to get a door here for you. Thankfully, it should have slipped under his radar so he shouldn't be aware. That or another agent of ours is making some headway here."

"Another agent?"

"Yeah, we finally managed to get another person on our side. They actually stormed this place just a little before you once they realized what was going on. Hopefully you can meet up with em. Anyway, that's all the information I can give right now. Stop on by, I'll brew my favorite blend for you."

"Talk about timing..." Holly deadpans

You just sigh in agreement. Well, better late than never right?

>Go to the 13th floor
>Go to the velvet room
>Other/Write-in

>Go to the velvet room

You don't give it a second thought and you walk into the Velvet room, clearly haggard from all you'd been through during the day. Stepping inside, you're greeted by Igor.

"Hello my friends, I hope that you have been well."

"Not really." You all reply in unison

"I see. Well, worry not, we were able to plant a door here, though for a limited time. Now then, let us not linger any longer. How may I be of service to you?

>Full Heal
>Go see Hanekoma
>Go see Mirei

>Full Heal

"You know the deal." You sigh

"Very well, the compensation if you please."

You hand the cash over to Igor and in a moment he waves his hand over your party, healing your wounds and wiping away your fatigue.

"I'll never fully used to that." Renee mutters

"Me either." You add

"Nope." Holly says plainly

"Forgive me, but it is the best I can do." Igor replies, though the smirk on his face has you wonder if he's even remotely sincere about it "Now then, is there anything else you'd like?"

>Go see Hanekoma
>Go see Mirei
>Leave

>Go see Mirei

You decide to go see Mirei, stepping through the door that leads to her room. She sits there at the table, idly poking away at a...computer screen? Before you can ask her what she's doing, she notices you and stops what she's doing.

"Ah, hello. To what do I owe the pleasure?" She asks, though her voice is still strained, just like it was earlier. No doubt she's merely feigning being calm this time around.

"A-Are you okay?" Holly asks

"I am...fine. Thank you." Mirei says "It is you all I should be asking about, after all, you are in the thick of it."

"We'll be fine. Gonna need a hell of a shower later on though." Renee sighs

"And a few days sleep for sure." You add "Anyway, we won't keep you long. "Here's what we need."

>Summon allies with Common Summon Crystal(Choose who)
>Summon Allies with Rare Summon Crystal(Choose who)
>Archive Summon
>Power up Summon
>Leave

>Summon Allies with Rare Summon Crystal(Hiro)
>103

"Is one more okay?" You ask turning to the girls.

They both nod their heads in approval, telling you to get on with it.

"Very well. Now then...focus."

You do so and once again you think of an ally to join. Someone physically strong while also being somewhat caring? You uh...you may have once again thought of a woman most fitting this role.

You swear you aren't a perv.

"I see it now...there they are. Now, come forth!"

Another bright flash of light and you're stuck staring at a...whoa hello there...

"Hello. I am Rhea, Former Archbishop of the Church of Seiros. That man...Igor, he told me of the plight plaguing your world. I do not know how much I can do to help you, but I will try my best. Let's get along."

She holds a hand out to you, and you're just stuck staring for a moment.

"You can pick your jaw up off the floor any day now." Renee chides you

"Huh? Oh! Uh...right! Nice to meet you Rhea."
>Summon allies with Common Summon Crystal(Choose who)
>Summon Allies with Rare Summon Crystal(Choose who)
>Archive Summon
>Power up Summon
>Leave

>Summon Allies with Rare Summon Crystal(Holly)
>74

"I-I'll go next." Holly mutters

You step aside and let Holly stand in front of Mirei

"Very well. You know what to do Holly."

She nods, focusing on what kind of summon she wants. It's a few  moments before the light shines brightly and there stands a gruff looking man, staring at Holly.

"E-er...h-hello."

"Hey." He says bluntly

"U-um...n-nice to meet you?"

"Yeah. Likewise. I know the deal. Let's get this done with. Name's Eizen."

"R-right..."
>Summon allies with Common Summon Crystal(Choose who)
>Summon Allies with Rare Summon Crystal(Choose who)
>Archive Summon
>Power up Summon
>Leave

>Summon Allies with Rare Summon Crystal(Renee)
>87

"Alright, I'm up!" Renee exclaims

Holly shuffles to the side and Renee steps up.

"You know what to do." Mirei said with a nod

"Yeah, let's do it." Renee replies

She begins to focus on her crystal, thinking of the perfect ally to join her.

"There it is...okay...Come forth!" Mirei shouts as the room is flooded with light again. When it finishes, There's a young man standing in front of you all. Maybe just over 18?

"Nice to meet you all. The name's Issac." He says extending a hand to Renee

"Nice to meet you. You ready to kick ass and take names?"

"Um...sure?"

"Great, I'm Renee! Welcome aboard."

The two shake hands and before long Issac heads into her COMP.

"Shall there be anything else?"

>Summon allies with Common Summon Crystal(Choose who)
>Summon Allies with Rare Summon Crystal(Choose who)
>Archive Summon
>Power up Summon
>Leave

>Power up Summons

With that done, you opt to power up your summons a bit. The others consider themselves fine as is for now and you are running low afterward. With barely anymore left to your name.

"Nice, I think that should be all." You say looking at Mirei.

"Very well. I thank you for coming."

You give her one final farewell before leaving the Velvet Room altogether. You're back to 100% with some new allies and it's about time that you get back to the matter at hand, the vault is thankfully empty and there's thankfully nothing else that appears to have shown up at all.

"Alright Hiro, what's our next move? We're heading straight to the top right?"

"Y-yeah...didn't Hanekoma say that someone was there fighting already?"

True, that person must be giving it their all right now, especially if that bang from earlier was anything to go off of.

"Well..." You say rubbing your chin

>Head to the 13th floor
>Head to the 15th floor
>Other/Write-in

>Head to the 15th floor

"Come on, we're heading straight up!"

The girls nod at you and the three of you leave the vault and begin to head up towards the last floor.

BANG

"Oh crap!" You shout as the building shakes violently again. You can feel the steps crumbling a bit and so you all hurriedly make your way to the 13th floor trying your best to dodge any falling debris. You just barely get up the stairs to the  14th floor before they give way.

"K-keep going!" Holly shouts as you all run continue fleeing towards the 15th floor. Some of the steps give way, but thankfully you manage to reach the 15th floor largely unscathed.

"L-let's hurry and get to the bottom of this, I can't take much more." Renee breathes

"Me...me neither..." You pant "Just what the hell was that..."

"L-l-lets just keep going..." Holly mutters

You catch your breathe before heading through the door to the 15th floor. There's a singular hallway leading towards the singular office of the area and when you open it you see the sight of two people.

One is on the ground, beaten, bruised, and bloodied with a COMP on his wrist.

The other is laughing at the beaten young man, before turning to you

"Oh look! More play things! Look Alphonse, I'll get to slaughter more people!"

You look around...there's a few bodies here, who they are you don't know, but it looks like Alphonse may have known them.

"G-get out of here..." He calls to you "I...I can handle this!" he struggles to get to his feet, however, you see a very nasty gash on his side, that he holds in an attempt to stop the bleeding.

>Hang back, we'll handle this.
>Igor sent us!
>Just who is this freak of nature anyway?
>Other/Write-in

>Just who is this freak of nature anyway?

"Just who is this freak of nature anyway?" You say looking at the man standing in front of you

"That's rude of you. But my name's Elroy." He replies with a sneer "I'm the new head of Allsoft Incorporated...or well I will be. I just have to take care of a few...loose ends. One such being the little heir over there and then his annoying as all hell father. From there on, it's straight to the top."

"Y-you won't...you won't kill me...o-or my father! Y-you'll never get your second-rate hands on this company. I'll...I'll stop you myself!" Alphonse grunts getting to his feet again, only to slump back over from the pain.

"Yeah yeah, once I handle your little friends here, I'll come for you next. So just try not to bleed out too soon okay?"

"Now then...I'm sure Nyarltheotep will reward me nicely for killing you three. I hear you've been quite the annoyance to him. So then kids..."

Elroy smirks dangerously at your group

"Give me a good show!"

>Choose who you're fielding!

>Hiro
>patches
>Mythra
>Sailor Moon
>Darkness

You decide to take up the Vanguard with Holly calling forth Patchouli and Darkness, while Renee calls in Sailor Moon and Mythra.

Trait Activated: Immovable Library

"This guy...he is weak to darkness..."

"Like hell I am! I'm the new light of this company! Nothing will stop my ascension!"

"H-he's insane..." Holly mutters

>Choose your actions

>Hiro:Gun Attackx2(108,80)
>Sailor Moon:Moonlight
>Mythra:Attack(87)
>Darkness:Hit Me!
>Patchouli:Djinn Gust(78)

You don't waste any time jumping into action, taking out your needle gun and opening fire on Elroy managing to strike him with

"Keep it together everyone!" Sailor Moon calls out raising your defense.

>All allies defense raised!

Mythra slashes at Elroy, running her blade across his chest and sending him flying back

"Gah, insufferable bitch..." He grunts

"Worry not about her!" Darkness yells "But me! Direct all your rage at me and beat me within an inch of my life!"

"What an annoying bitch." Elroy mutters

"Take this! Patchouli mutters "Djinn gust!"

"Annoying little shits." Elroy grunts before snapping his fingers twice

>Elroy's Magic Attack increased!

Elroy fires a bright light at Darkness, but she just barely dodges it, the attack leaving a hole in the wall

"Tch, I thought you wouldn't dodge." Elroy growls

>Hiro:HP:125/125 MP:76/76(DEF Increased(-2))
>Sailor Moon:HP:94/94 MP:93/97(DEF Increased(-2))
>Mythra:HP:106/106 MP:68/68(DEF Increased(-2))
>Darkness:HP:167/167 MP:67/77(DEF Increased(-2))
>Patchouli:HP:58/58 MP:118/138(DEF Increased(-2))

>Elroy:916/1000(MAG increased +4!)

>Sailor Moon - Moonlight
>Mythra - Switch to Monika
>Darkness - Bolster
>Patch - Switch to Rhea

You call to your friends to switch summons. You'll have Monika and Rhea take their place.

Sailor Moon, continues buffing your defense, toughening you up for whatever else will come.

>All allies defense raised!

Darkness takes up a defensive stance, preparing herself to endure any attacks that come her way!

Elroy angrily snaps his fingers again

>Elroy's PHYS Attack increased!

Elroy fires another bolt of light, this time directed at you, but you thankfully dodge out of the way!

However, he shoots off a wave of light that goes for everyone! The others manage to dodge(Well Darkness doesn't bother really).

Trait Activated:Extreme Masochist

Darkness lets out loud moan as the attack hits her,causing visible displeasure to everyone in the room.


>Hiro:HP:96/125 MP:76/76(DEF Increased(-4))
>Sailor Moon:HP:94/94 MP:89/97(DEF Increased(-4))
>Monika:HP:30/53 MP:70/70(DEF Increased(-2))
>Darkness:HP:139/167 MP:47/77(DEF Increased(-4)Masochist buff(+2))(Bolster:3 turns)
>Rhea:HP:97/97 MP:73/73(DEF Increased(-2))

>Elroy:916/1000(MAG increased +4!, PHYS +2)

>Hiro - Flameblade X2(105,48)
>Sailor Moon - Healing Light (Monika)
>Monika - Magic Jammer
>Rhea - Shadow Blade(67)

You bring your blade up to Elroy's body, managing to slash him with your first strike.  However, you notice that your second swing leaves you wide open and Elroy is going for a hit that'll definitely do some damage.

"NO!" Monika shrieks, it's a weird sensation...it's almost like you can physically see reality bending and rewriting itself to Monika's will. So confused are you still, that you aren't able to follow up on it.

Trait Activated: Erasure! Hiro's critfail was nullified!

You notice Monika panting a bit, her face looking incredibly strained

"Monika, are you okay?" Dodging one of Elroy's attacks

"Y-yes dear. I'm...I'll be okay...let's keep fighting!"

"That's the way! Here Monika, keep it up!" Sailor Moon calls out, healing her up

"T-thank you. Now! Take this!" Monika says as she calls form a strange form of light that hits Elroy, it doesn't do any damage, but he still looks annoyed all the same.

>Enemy's MAG decreased!

"My turn!" Rhea exclaims as she attemps to slash Elroy with her sword, but he leaps out of the way at the last second.


Elroy forms a blade of light in his hand and attacks Sailor Moon! The first attack misses, but he hits her with the second...and she's not really worse for wear, tanking the attack with ease.

Sailor Moon's Resistance found!

"Heh, it'll take more than that to defeat me!" Sailor Moon taunts

"Fuck you!" Elroy growls, going for another attack, but just flat out missing her this time!


>Hiro:HP:96/125 MP:76/76(DEF Increased(-4))
>Sailor Moon:HP:79/94 MP:80/97(DEF Increased(-4))
>Monika:HP:51/53 MP:65/70(DEF Increased(-2))
>Darkness:HP:139/167 MP:47/77(DEF Increased(-4)Masochist buff(+2))(Bolster:2 turns)
>Rhea:HP:87/97 MP:73/73(DEF Increased(-2))

>Elroy:896/1000(MAG increased +2!, PHYS +2)

>Hiro:Grateful One
>Sailor Moon:Healing Light (Hiro)
>Monika:Magic Jammer
>Rhea:Shadow Blade(58)
Hit this time, Rhea

You pull out your gun and begin to charge it with as much magic power as you can muster. Preparing to fire at just the right time


"Hang tight Hiromu, I'll fix you up!"


Monika once again sends out that eerie light at Elroy again

>Enemy's MAG decreased!

Rhea once again, flubs her attack, Elroy managing to dodge her easily.


Elroy fires off another attack aimed at everyone, and you take a really nasty hit. Monika takes a pretty rough one as well, and Darkness continues tanking her hits...while being weird about it.

"SO GOOOOOOOOOOOD~!"

Trait Activated: Extreme Masochist

Elroy snaps his fingers two more times, smirking at you all as he does.

>Elroy's MAG increased! Elroy's Attack Increased!



>Hiro:HP:81/125 MP:76/76(DEF Increased(-4))
>Sailor Moon:HP:79/94 MP:71/97(DEF Increased(-4))
>Monika:HP:19/53 MP:60/70(DEF Increased(-2))
>Darkness:HP:109/167 MP:47/77(DEF Increased(-4)Masochist buff(+4))(Bolster:1 turns)
>Rhea:HP:77/97 MP:73/73(DEF Increased(-2))

>Elroy:896/1000(MAG increased+2, PHYS +4)

>Hiro:Grateful One(100)
>Sailor Moon - Healing Light (Monika)
>Monika - Evil Spire(57)
>Rhea - Seiros's Love (Monika)

You can't hold it any longer. Whatever magic power you holding in fires off directly at Elroy and hits him square in the chest, sending him flying and landing against the window that overlooks the city. It cracks, nearly breaking, but not before Elroy is able to pick himself back up.

"Hang in there Monika, I've got you!" Sailor calls out healing her.

Monika attempts to attack Elroy, calling forward a pillar of dark energy, but he manages to sidestep it with ease.

"By Seiros's name, you will not fall." Rhea says calmly as she channels some magic into Monika

>Monika's defense increased!

Elroy sends another bolt of magic at Darkness, causing her to scream in...pleasure? Pain? Both? You don't know and you don't want to ask...

**Trait Activated:Extreme Masochist!**

Following that, Elroy moves in and attacks Rhea, hitting her surprisingly hard, before snapping his fingers once again.

>Elroy's MAG increased


>Hiro:HP:81/125 MP:51/76(DEF Increased(-4))
>Sailor Moon:HP:70/94 MP:71/97(DEF Increased(-4))
>Monika:HP:53/53 MP:51/70(DEF Increased(-3))
>Darkness:HP:65/167 MP:47/77(DEF Increased(-4)Masochist buff(+6))
>Rhea:HP:49/97 MP:73/73(DEF Increased(-2))

>Elroy:824/1000(MAG increased+4, PHYS +4)

>Hiro - Flameblade X2(100,111)
>Sailor Moon - Moonlight
>Monika - Evil Spire(56)
>Rhea - Shadow Blade(69)
>Darkness(Bolster)

You attack Elroy again, dealing extreme damage with both hits

"Hang in there everyone!" Sailor calls out buffing your defenses

>All allies Defense raised

Monika and Rhea both try to attack Elroy, but he manages to dodge both of their attacks. However, the person who doesn't miss, who takes advantage of the other two's failings

Darkness comes behind Elroy, slashing him so hard with her sword, that he again, flies back and this time hits a wall. All that damage she'd taken being dealt back to him in spades.

"Y-you...you...I'll end you!" Elroy roars

 You watch as he begins gathering up power, glaring at your party

"L-look out!" Alphonse shouts "T-that attack is no joke!"

>Elroy focuses for a powerful attack!


>Hiro:HP:81/125 MP:51/76(DEF Increased(-6))
>Sailor Moon:HP:70/94 MP:71/97(DEF Increased(-6))
>Monika:HP:53/53 MP:42/70(DEF Increased(-5))
>Darkness:HP:65/167 MP:47/77(DEF Increased(-6)Masochist buff(+6))
>Rhea:HP:39/97 MP:73/73(DEF Increased(-4))

>Elroy:571/1000(MAG increased+4, PHYS +4)

>Hiro:Hot Dog, Defend
>Sailor Moon:Defend
>Monika:Defend
>Rhea:Defend
>Darkness:Defend

Heeding Alphonse advice, there's only one thing you can think of that might work. You quickly fish out some of the hotdogs Ryza made and toss them to everyone.

"Eat now!"

"W-what on earth is this thing...?" Rhea mutters

"EAT. NOW!" You command

"W-well okay!"

You and everyone quickly scarf down the food, feeling your wounds mend themselves

"Goodness, these are amazing!!! Rhea coos

"Indeed, I've never tasted anything like this!" Darkness agrees

"Hey, middle of a fight here! Stop gawking you two!" Sailor Moon shouts at them.

As they guard up. You do the same, just as Elroy unleashes a massive blast of light energy, rocking the entire building as a loud bang echoes through the area.

This is the attack that Alphonse endured two times already...

You manage to dodge it. Along with Rhea and Darkness, but Sailor Moon and Monika aren't as lucky. In fact Monika is really unlucky as the blast is enough to defeat her.

"N-no..." She mutters in an surprisingly sad voice "Hiromu...please...I'm sorry..."

Monika returns to your COMP, As Elroy laughs

"Haha! See? SEE!? You can't hope to stand before me! Drown in my radiance!"


>Hiro:HP:107/125 MP:51/76(DEF Increased(-6))
>Sailor Moon:HP:36/94 MP:71/97(DEF Increased(-6))
>Darkness:HP:89/167 MP:47/77(DEF Increased(-6)Masochist buff(+6))
>Rhea:HP:57/97 MP:73/73(DEF Increased(-4))

>Elroy:571/1000(MAG increased+4, PHYS +4)

>Hiro - Flameblade, Summon Eve(76)
>Sailor Moon - Healing Light (Sailor Moon)
>Darkness - Bolster
>Rhea - Shadow Blade(97)

Dammit, with Monika down, you quickly decide to call out Eve. She appears, faking at yawn as she looks at the chaos before her.

"Let us end this quickly. I was enjoying my tea."

you roll your eyes and attack Elroy, just barely nicking him with your sword

"D-damn...give...give me a minute." Sailor Moon groans as she heals herself

Darkness once again hunkers down like she did before ready to take any punishment that comes her way.

"Now I've got you!" Rhea exclaims slashing at  Elroy with her darkness imbued blade.

Elroy snaps his fingers two more times!

>Elroy's MAG increased

After which he fires another bolt of light at Darkness who tanks the hit with ease causing Darkness to once again...do what she usually does.

"I FEEL AMAZING~!" She squeals

>Hiro:HP:107/125 MP:51/76(DEF Increased(-6))
>Sailor Moon:HP:55/94 MP:62/97(DEF Increased(-6))
>Eve:HP:84/84 MP:53/53
>Darkness:HP:53/167 MP:27/77(DEF Increased(-6)Masochist buff(+8))
>Rhea:HP:47/97 MP:73/73(DEF Increased(-4))

>Elroy:514/1000(MAG +8, PHYS +4)

>Hiro - Brutal Slash X2(86,65)

You put some extra weight behind your next attack and really dig into Elroy's side.

"G-guh...d-damn you little shits. F-fine, it doesn't matter, I can kill you all. I just have to use my trump card again."

Elroy begins to charge up like before, but as he does...his body begins to twist. As in literally twist sideways. He jerks around for several moments and you and the rest of your friends are left as he screams in pain.

"EEEEEEYUUUUUUUUGH.....W-WHAT IS THIS?! IT...IT HUUUUUUUUUUUUURTS!"

He continues jerking around, as his body begins to bubble up, almost as if he's being cooked alive "HELP MEEEEEE, HELP MEEEEEEEEEEEEE!" Elroy pleads, but you're all dumbstruck, unsure of where to even start with helping him.

Then, everything goes dark. It's almost as if the entire universe's lights where turned off for a singular moment, and you hear a sickening crunching noise coming from Elroy, you can just barely make out his body in the darkness. The entire thing shedding like he's a snake as some thing comes out of it. it's creepy just how much of it does.

"Goodness gracious me! I was surprised that little trick worked. Hello there children..." The creature says looking at you all.

"W-w-w-w-what is that?!" Holly screams

"How rude. I am not a 'that'. You're perfectly aware of me. You know who I am!"

"We do...?" Renee said, trying to breathe

"Of course. But, allow me to introduce myself. I am...Nyarlathotep."

"Oh fuck..." You say loud enough for everyone to hear