DUNGEON LOG: KEYSTONE SHORE

[phantasmods]

The morning of the 9th, everyone will get a message sent to their communication devices -

Okay, guys! I think we have enough stabilizers to try and get the shoreline stable. If you want to help out, grab your supplies and come on up to the roof!

When characters arrive at the roof, they'll find Top - with a wheeling table full of many copies of the same odd-looking device - the two exploratory drones, and a ramp down off the roof to the ground. (The latter looks a little hastily constructed.)

"Okay," Top says, picking up one of the devices. "Here's the stabilizers. Stick them to walls and stuff - mostly out of the way places where they're not going to get knocked off - and then press the buttons along the side."

They demonstrate, unfolding the set of legs at one end of the device before showing the buttons to anyone who's close enough. "Go ahead and take a couple, especially if you've got one of those space-saving inventories going on, I know there's like four of you with those? Strange got some first aid kits together, too, if you want."

Sure enough, another table nearby has the med kits... As well as traditional paper bag lunches, courtesy of Bottom. Don't question it too much.

"We'll be staying back here to keep track of the stabilization progress and work the drones," Top says, "but don't hesitate to call if you get in trouble! We'll send one of these guys down to get you an evac if you need it."

And with that, you're free to go down the ramp... Or to make for the beach however else you might choose to go.

Comments

CATHERD + ROUND THREE

[phantasmods]

[There is a guy clinging to its back and THIS IS NOT A FUN TIME FOR ANYONE, especially mr seagull. Touma's magic nullifying abilities have revealed the bird in full - though its feathers retain an iridescent sheen.

Between the blows to its shoulder and the strike of Kurama's darkness arrow in its chest, it's grounded and not getting back into the air anytime soon, and Aya's gusts have it off balance. It's also bleeding from several places on its underside and has another set of burns from Alastor's electrified sword.

BOSS ACTIONS;

With Touma clinging to its back, it also can't use any of its magical ranged attacks! ... So it's prioritizing snapping its beak at him in an attempt to GET IT OFF GET IT OFF GET IT OFF

Please someone distract it before it actually manages to get a beakful of this idiot teen, or it's going to end badly.

MELEE PHASE TIME.]

[photoshooter]

Hey! Leave that guy alone!

[Dizzy still from Astolfo's horn blasts, Prompto tries to take aim at the green spot on the bird's head. There's too high a chance of hitting Touma, though, so with a frustrated noise, he shoots for the bird's toes instead, where there are all those sensitive nerve clusters. If he can keep the bird off-balance and distracted while the melee fighters run up, he'll call it good.]

[phantasmods]

[Dance, birdy, dance! It manages to mostly avoid the bullets by pure luck in the process of flailing, but it's still off balance enough that Touma's not getting his head eaten yet.]

[matchmakes]

[People who are incredibly late to this party? Robin.

Anyone around probably heard him make the most undignified noise that's somewhere between alarm or exasperation at the sight of someone jumping off the back of his sister's pegasus.

Still there's no time for Robin to linger on that right now--that bird's coming in for an unsteady landing. Perfect. Robin draws Balmung.

And then with the sword's boon of enhanced speed, he charges.]

[thoroff]

Where have you been, brother?

[Guess who's flying up beside Robin, Brave Lance in hand? He may have Balmung's power to bolster his speed, but he's still not going to exceed an airbound pegasus on foot.

Wren had watched the bird go crashing down — and Touma with it — with no small amount of trepidation, but that didn't mean she was about to let up on it; she wasted no time bringing Catria to the ground. The moment she spotted her brother, of course she immediately moved to back him up.]

[newlawtolight]

[Well, at least the bee has a nice perch somewhere on the thing's head. It's...just going to hang there while Letitia quickly takes action. With a long and agile leap, her urumi swirls as she flies in the air. With a hard swing she aims downward to wrap her burning-metal whip around the thing's neck.

Maybe if she's lucky she'll land on its back. But, one thing at a time, right?]

Cover me!

it nat 20'd dodge sorry Letty

[phantasmods]

[Well, that didn't work. Rather than the whip wrapping its neck, the bird managed to catch the end of the whip in its beak -

- Which it then immediately drops with Regret because that's worse than the Spicy Curry but hey sometimes your beak is just a little on fire. At least it seems to have stopped it snapping at Touma.]

[superstylishsquid]

[Ow, his ears. Well, he manages to call his sword back to his hand, but he's not happy. It's also up for debate if he can even hear those screeches. And, of course, there's an idiot clinging to its back, so he can't just zap it...just great.

You know what? He's just going to launch himself forward, sword first, and try to stab the bird.]

[phantasmods]

[Why is this bird rolling dodge so well? Looks like Alastor's attempt at swoopy stabs failed to the same sudden takeoff and gust of air that made Robin and Wren miss.]

[rhododendronhoney]

[Hey Cori, what's that you have there? A KNIFE.

A boning knife, to be exact. She's already running forward while the bird is focused on Touma, lunging forward to stab it where the wing meets the shoulder.]

Take this, you overgrown fowl!

[have_hat_will_travel]

A KNIFE THAT TINY'S NOT GONNA DO ANYTHING WITHOUT MAGIC BEHIND IT!!!

[Well, the magic of Pidonus' dance might help.. A little. But she's looking very bent on getting Cori the hell out of there.]

CORI, BE CAREFUL!

[foolishjustice]

[Distract it, you say? Alright. Crow's going to draw what appears to be a blue lightsaber from nowhere and fly in to take a swing at the bird's head. Over here, featherbrain!]

[phantasmods]

[Well, with its attention distracted by the folks on the ground, it seems to have forgotten that other enemies can fly for the time being.

Bird is not smart. Bird takes a direct hit to the head, which does not make it happy.]

[fantasykiller]

Shit! SHIT! SHIT! SHIT! SHIT!!!!!!!!!!

Touma was desperately clutching onto the monstrous seagull for dear life. His plan, if you could call it that, worked about as well as he could have hoped. He wasn't a bloodstain on the ground and the seagull was stripped of his protective cloak. Unfortunately, things were never that easy. His presence provoked an immediate response from the feathered monster he was ridding. Holding on using nothing more than sheer determination, he maintained his death grip on the seagull as it frantically flailed about and tried to snap him in two with its beak.

[phantasmods]

[Well, lucky for Touma, it's pretty distracted at this point, mostly by Letty's whip and Goro going for its head. The flailing is ongoing, but if he can hold on, it's no longer actively trying to eat him!]

[dubiouslychthonic]

[Jetshard had run for cover when the gull had first appeared, because the doctor is fully aware of those limitations and those limitations include "not any use fighting giant magic birds." She hadn't fled entirely, though, and once the avian monster has been grounded, she's a little bolder about her approach. Still staying carefully out of reach of the bird, and out of the way of her allies, but... if anyone's going to get themself into a position where they need immediate medical attention, she figures this is the point of the fight where that would happen. She's ready to act, if it does.

But until she's needed, yeah. Deeeefinitely staying out of range of the grounded gull.]

[goafk]

[ hana has no idea what's happening, but it looks like there's a good fight going on, so. have a giant mech swooping in, right in front of its face. she starts shooting at it, boosters keeping her in midair. ]

Don't worry, I got this!

[phantasmods]

[SHOTS SHOTS SHOTS SHOTS just be careful that you don't friendly fire the guy on its back!

The bird isn't entirely able to dodge those, but they're mostly grazing shots as it tries to take off again.]

[riderofcharlemagne]

Hey! No eating children!

[Now it’s distracted enough, Astolfo dismisses La Black Luna and, in the same shimmer of gold light, summons his lance to his hand. Pointing it towards the bird, he charges for its knees.

...do seagulls have knees?]

[phantasmods]

[They do! ... But they're pretty skinny knees, so he mostly just kinda scrapes one. It's bleeding, though.]

[byanyother_name]

[Oh good melee phase! Sort of good? It's progress, anyway. He's just glad he landed a solid hit with the arrow; he can only do that once every couple of minutes, after all. And a combat round is only six seconds.

So now Kurama falls back on an old favorite. He launches himself past the bird, whip snapping out in a series of rapid blows that can tear through steel.

Rose Whiplash!]

[phantasmods]

[A hit! Or, rather, many small hits, which rip through some of the flight feathers as well as the bird's belly. It is now grounded.]

CATHERD + ROUND FOUR

[phantasmods]

[The first handful of melee attacks don't land, as the bird tries to flap its way out of the way... But then Goro comes in from above, with a blow to the head, and the combination of that and Kurama's whip tearing at its flight feathers sends it crashing back to the ground in short order.

It is now permanently grounded - and on a bad leg, to boot, thanks to the efforts of Prompto, Cori, and Astolfo going at its feet.

Finish it off!]

[foolishjustice]

[You know what is long-standing Persona user tradition for when all enemies are down? Hitting it with everything they have. Normally he'd have a dramatic call to attack here, but since he's kind of deaf right now...he's just going to give the most obvious flourish of his sword he can and charge at it in a flurry of wings and glowing slashes.]

[newlawtolight]

[Well then, time to finish this. The beak is immobilized, so Letitia goes to slash at its very chest, where its heart is.

Let it burn, let it burn.]