Meduka 2.1: VS Garu--er, Harpy

[17:27] <GeMshuku> LAST TIME, ON MEDUKA MEGUCA: The party made ineffectual shots at this birdlike humanoid! Questions were made as regarding to what it really was, but those, along with their projectiles, have been blown away amongst the wind that surrounds it now.
[17:28] <GeMshuku> It's like a Fox reflector, but it doesn't hurt you. Yet.
[17:31] <GeMshuku> At the least, something was done to gradually wear the thing down. Every bit helps!
[17:36] <Misao_Midorikawa> "This thing..." Misao pondered her possible actions, then settled on what possibly was the worst choice.  "You're going down, bird thingy!"
[17:36] <Misao_Midorikawa> With much fervor, she charged at it!  She didn't travel too far, but the youma could definitely just walk up to her, and whack her in the face or something.
[17:39] <Shirayuki_Akiko> With the annoying wind barrier, Akiko didn't see any good course of action aside from attacking it directly, so she decided to chase the fleeing creature. Though, a bit more damage would still be helpful. She gestured with her scepter again, and another stake with 'II' inscribed on it materialized on another part of the youma!
[17:40] <GeMshuku> It looks down at Misao, as everyone charges onward and upward (at some point, while going towards it, they had begun to instinctively fly, which is good, since it's in the sky) It laughs, perhaps because it has a sense of humor. Or because it's insane. That is a pretty crazed, bestial expression on its face. It, however, does seem to wince on the second application of the stake.
[17:41] <Sakata_Ginko> "God damn it." Ginko grumbled as Misao charged in. They were about two stories above the ground now, and she kept climbing up. She leaped from building to building, making one precarious foothold after another until she's about the same height and distance from the creature as Misao was.
[17:46] <GeMshuku> In fact, it winces hard enough that it turns its attention to the one putting them on in the first place! It launches a ranged assault at Akiko!
[17:47] <GeMshuku> And by ranged, it's...feathers! How do feathers even get used as projectiles, anyway?
[17:48] <GeMshuku> Well, see, they glow.
[17:48] <GeMshuku> ...If you're questioning magic, you've lots to learn!
[17:50] <Shirayuki_Akiko> "Ouch!" Akiko didn't expect getting the youma's attention all of a sudden, and was nicked by several of the feathers! "Hmm, no visible wounds, but it still hurts..."
[17:53] * Yuna_Mizuno rushed over to Akiko's side, "A-Akiko-san! Are you okay?" she cries out, preparing a healing spell for her.
[17:54] <GeMshuku> The wounds are indeed not visible! Perhaps it's because it was a light attack though. Or perhaps the pain was mostly spiritual? Either way!
[17:55] <Shirayuki_Akiko> Akiko shook her head. "It was just a graze. It's not urgent, it'd probably be better to concentrate on taking that thing down first."
[18:02] * Yuna_Mizuno nods, "Right..." she stands up, holds her staff in front of her and begins to channel energy into it. A ball of magical energy can be seen forming on the end of the staff, glowing brightly. With a swing of the staff, she sends it hurtling towards the Youma.
[18:02] * Yuna_Mizuno watched as the ball flew towards the Youma, leaving a trail of sparkles behind it.
[18:04] <GeMshuku> It sways, as it's pulled into the winds...but only a bit, still striking home on the birdlike creature!
[18:05] <GeMshuku> Some of the bird's feathers fly off as a result, and those end up getting swept in that very same wind. It seems to direct them at a lightning speed to Yuna, though the things may not have even properly grazed. It stings, but not much more!
[18:07] * Yuna_Mizuno winces as the feathers fly past her with blinding speed. Being that they were just a counterattack of sorts, they didn't do any major damage, but it was still enough of a jolt to wake you up in the morning, that's for sure.
[18:08] <Misao_Midorikawa> "I shall cleanse you in the flames of justice!" Misao soared up to the sky, lance in hand, and attempted to joust the youma!
[18:10] <GeMshuku> She pierces the winds that surround the youma! However, it's fast! A well adusted flap of the right wings only moves it well out of the way! While Yuna's sphere had quieted the creature, it has resumed laughing again.
[18:14] <GeMshuku> ...Though while it laughs and howls, it seems a mite bit worn. And impatient. It glares at Yuna...and continues to advance against her!
[18:18] <Misao_Midorikawa> "You won't escape!" Misao suddenly warps in front of the youma, obstructing it from safely advancing towards her friends!
[18:23] <GeMshuku> The birdthing lets out a frustrated hiss! It feints an advance once more, only to cut the air once more! The sheer pressure goes towards Yuna with blinding speed!
[18:24] <Sakata_Ginko> "So much work," Ginko grumbled. Seeing the pressure wave forward, she tosses her bokuto out once again! It glows with fierce intensity and crashes against the pressure wave, but doesn't seem to completely negate it as it is knocked aside violently!
[18:29] * Yuna_Mizuno let out a brief sigh as Misao stopped the Youma from moving. "Whew... I thought it was coming for me...." she hears it emit a terrible sound, and is able to make out a large swath of air slicing towards her. Sakata managed to lessen it with her weapon, but it still managed to hold its course. The force of the impact knocked...
[18:29] * Yuna_Mizuno backwards as it knocked the wind out of her. She gasped as she landed on her back, letting out a squeal of pain.
[18:31] <Shirayuki_Akiko> "Mizuno-san! Are you hurt?"
[18:32] <Sakata_Ginko> "Tch," Ginko tutted as the sword returned to her hand after a weird trajectory. "Guess I better start practicing that throwing arm."
[18:32] * Yuna_Mizuno climbs to her feet, using her staff to aid her. "Y-yeah, I'm fine... no worse off than you are..." she says, chuckling a bit.
[18:32] * Yuna_Mizuno climbs to her feet, using her staff to aid her. "Y-yeah, I'm fine... no worse off than you are..." she says, chuckling a bit.
[18:43] * Yuna_Mizuno steadies herself, "Let me fix this, this will only take a moment..." she closes her eyes, and both her and Akiko begin to radiate a warm pale-yellow light. Soon after, a swirl of green sparkles surrounded Akiko, and then around Yuna, helping to restore them to full fighting capacity. To the two of them, it would feel like a gentle white wind washing over them.
[18:45] <Shirayuki_Akiko> Akiko felt the wind rejuvenate her, and was pleasantly surprised to see it do the same to Yuna. "Your magic can affect multiple people? That's quite handy."
[18:47] * Yuna_Mizuno nods, "In a manner of speaking..." What she had actually done was link the two of them together so that anything that affected Akiko would also affect herself.
[18:47] <Sakata_Ginko> Ginko charged upwards toward the winged creature. Her sword glowed as she reached melee range! It was finally her time to shine as Servant Sa--I mean, a Knight! She swings it at the creature with all her might!
[18:49] <GeMshuku> Oh god, there's someone else up here now. Uuuuugh. Irritated, it makes light of Ginko's charge by gliding backwards as she gets closer, prolonging the charge, before simply diving down and around her.
[18:52] <Shirayuki_Akiko> "I'm going ahead. I leave our backs to you." Akiko glided closer to the youma, and conjured yet another stake onto the youma's body, this time with 'III' inscribed. Diverting her attention to cast the stakes had been slowing her down, so they had better pay off!
[18:53] <GeMshuku> Little by little, they begin to do so! Each one, painful, yet impossible to remove, making flight just a bit harder, each one pulsing with a painful power...
[18:54] <GeMshuku> It seems to have lost all of its patience, and the winds around you start picking up...which is nuts, considering the speed they were at before.
[18:56] <Misao_Midorikawa> "Here goes!" Instead of a lance, Misao now drew an axe, and tried cleaving the youma's head!
[18:57] <GeMshuku> A direct hit! Right in the head! This would normally kill things, but instead it screams in fury! Yeah, it's definitely had enough of this shit.
[18:58] <GeMshuku> The axe flies off as the wind picks up, perhaps as a reaction to the pain, and whether or not it's picked up again, it does end up connecting with Misao in a very uncomfortable manner on its way to wherever it goes!
[19:00] <Misao_Midorikawa> "Gh!" The Flame flinches, with a small dent in her armor.  "What was that...?"
[19:02] <GeMshuku> One would imagine it was the heavy winds surrounding the youma! Just as they steer ranged moves off course, they seem to be very effective at using harmful debris!
[19:03] <GeMshuku> You can pass in it pretty well, though. It pays, being magical.
[19:04] <Shirayuki_Akiko> "It's getting angry! We better wrap up quick!" Akiko closed the last of the distance to her foe, and double-casted! As the 'IV' stake materialized on the youma, a large, paper-like square appeared above the youma, and spewed forth a passenger plane (except seemingly made out of paint), which promptly crashed into the youma!
[19:07] <GeMshuku> Another direct hit! It screeches once more, before going silent...but yet, it is clearly still alive.
[19:09] <GeMshuku> You hear a roaring, though not the kind that belongs to a living thing. THAT belongs to the wind. The wind, it roars, it howls, and the storm grows smaller...yet, more focused. It takes up the entire battlefield, a roaring wind that sends things flying at rates far exceeding what was seen on the way here! Buildings crumble, and their remains add to the incredible storm!
[19:10] <GeMshuku> ...In addition, claims that bodies were hid here were not entirely unjustified.
[19:10] <GeMshuku> Cause...they're part of the storm now! Bunch of human bodies, with very obvious gash marks.
[19:12] <GeMshuku> It's such a spectacle that one might miss green, glowing feathers appearing among them, not being thrown about by the wind!
[19:12] <GeMshuku> And in this spectacle, the youma, still done with this shit, attempts to get some breathing room again
[19:13] <Shirayuki_Akiko> "..." Akiko watched the swirling cadavers with stunned silence and dread. She had anticipated some kind of rampage, but not the morbid sight of corpse-projectiles!
[19:13] <Misao_Midorikawa> "What the-" If Misao was visible under her helmet, her face would be that of horror.  Who would just leave dead bodies in here!?
[19:16] <Sakata_Ginko> "Huh." Ginko muttered under her breath. "I thought they'd all be decaying by now. Just how long has this thing been around here?"
[19:18] <Shirayuki_Akiko> "...You weren't joking?"
[19:19] <Misao_Midorikawa> "You still can't run from me!" Though the corpses had bothered Misao, they didn't distract her!  That youma wouldn't run away!
[19:19] <GeMshuku> Just leaving them...well, even if they were hidden, they've surely been blown out by now!
[19:19] <GeMshuku> The distraction wasn't enough, though! In a fury, it...continues the storm.
[19:20] <GeMshuku> More green feathers appear!
[19:21] <Misao_Midorikawa> "More of them!?"
[19:23] * Yuna_Mizuno sees that there's a lot of green feathers around. "Oh wow... that's..." words escaped her as to what was going on. Things seemed to be going so well for them. Now th ey had minion feathers to deal with...
[19:26] <GeMshuku> The question is, of course, what the minions could actually do. The two hanging around Yuna attack her!
[19:32] <GeMshuku> They shoot out little tornadoes!
[19:33] <Sakata_Ginko> In a blink of an eye, Ginko's form disappeared! In its place, Yuna's body appeared, yanked closer to the boss! Ginko instead used a swing to effortlessly disrupt the tornadoes!
[19:35] * Yuna_Mizuno lets out a cry and covers her head with her hands in a vain attempt to stop the feathers from attacking her, and waited for the pain to kick in... except it never did... She opened her eyes and saw that she was very close to the Youma... MUCH closer than she would have liked to have been...
[19:35] <GeMshuku> The second feather, on noticing this change, reconsiders. It directs the tornado towards Akiko!
[19:35] <Shirayuki_Akiko> Akiko jumped in surprise as Ginko abruptly switched places with Yuna. "Wait, Mizuno-san? Senpai did this?" She looked up at her huge birdie towering right next to them. "...Is this...really a good idea?"
[19:36] <GeMshuku> In addition, the ones covering the middle ground, as well as the ones next to the bird itself, opt to split their efforts between Akiko and Yuna, recognizable threats!
[19:39] <Misao_Midorikawa> "Yuna-san!" Misao pushed Yuna aside to take an incoming attack for her.
[19:41] <Shirayuki_Akiko> Akiko noticed the nearby feathers targetting her with tornadoes, and conjured a blank canvas to defend! The weak winds bounced off the canvas, and Akiko was feeling rather proud of herself when she was pelted by a third tornado from a different direction. "Ouch! The ones over there too?"
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[19:48] * Yuna_Mizuno spots the two feathers coming at her, and she's just barely able to dive out of the way in time. It started to annoy her how tenacious this youma was. "We've come this far," she says to herself, "We're not going to lose here..." she grits her teeth as a brief flash of light surrounds her, then surrounds Misao as well.
[20:04] * Yuna_Mizuno focuses her mind, and creates a similar link between one of the feathers and the youma, then takes a swing at the feather, surrounding the head of her staff with a brilliant glow of magical energy.
[20:05] <GeMshuku> The blow strikes hard! The feather explodes in a burst of wind, along with magical energy remenants, all of which rough Yuna up.
[20:06] <GeMshuku> The youma, too, feels the pain, as the two exists at once! The youma's feathers, not quite as magical and alive as the ones harassing you, also fly about, along with...more magical energy remenants, which ALSO pelt Yuna!
[20:08] <GeMshuku> The two...attacks. Exist. At once. The narration can in fact grammar sometimes!
[20:08] * Yuna_Mizuno sees the youma recoil from the link, and feels proud of herself... until she realizes that the feather had launched its magical remnants at her. More feathers from the Youma, as well, also launch themselves at her, surrounding her in a flurry of magic and feathers, causing a great deal of damage to her. She swung her staff at them in an attempt to beat them off, but to no avail
[20:10] <Misao_Midorikawa> "Yuna-san!" Misao yelled over the wind.  "A-are you alright!?"
[20:10] <Misao_Midorikawa> The summoner probably wasn't but that's what Misao and Ginko were here for:  Ensuring the summoner's safety.
[20:12] * Yuna_Mizuno is down on one knee, holding herself up with her staff. "Nnngghh... I... I'm fine..." She felt quite drained after that last attack. She wasn't really fine, but oh well... She felt like the youma was reaching the end of its ropes as well...
[20:15] <GeMshuku> But yet, as the youma grows tired, the storm grows ever fiercer.
[20:15] <GeMshuku> Whether they succeeded or failed, these slums wouldn't ever look the same. Granted, the change is from wrecked to utterly demolished, so who can say, really?
[20:16] <GeMshuku> NEXT TIME ON MEDUKA MEGUCA: Not-Garuda makes a pillow