Cor Caroli sucked at his job. Senshi were supposed to dust youma, and yet here he was, running away from one. To be fair, it was big and nasty: quadrupedal, and hulking and with appendages and teeth in places they should not be. It was hard to find a place to punch or kick that wasn't occupied by fangs or some wildly flailing noodly thing. This youma was also dead set on turning senshi into mincemeat.
So here Cor Caroli was, running and running from the lumbering bundle of nasty that seemed to be around every corner. This would not be the first time he had had to do something like this; he was definitely wishing that his magic wasn't so completely useless right now. Sure, he could bolster people's wills, but what did that even mean?
There was no time to think about that. He had to shake the youma off somehow.
frayedflower
Posted: Sat Aug 08, 2015 9:33 pm
"Stop running!" a coarse, rolling voice called out from up above on the rooftops, and whether Cor Caroli listened or not, it was followed quickly by, "Salt of the Earth!" A ring of white fell from above, and hopefully landed around the senshi; only time would tell with that one, really.
Eurydike didn't really have time to check; instead, he flung himself down from the roof and directly at the disgusting mass of youma, hoping that maybe the force of his drop kick would be enough to shatter some of those ******** up teeth or he was about to enter a whole world of discomfort, okay? Love bites from a youma were not something he wanted to explain to Tolliver later if he could help it.
[b]Sailor Scout Attack[/b]: Salt of the Earth. Eurydike presses his hands together, then spreads them around himself in a circle, producing a ring of white. He then either lowers his hands, bringing the circle down onto himself, or lifts them, willing the circle onto a single other senshi. This protects a single senshi for thirty seconds from youma attack, and might extend hostile first level characters. However, anyone more powerful will have a much easier time breaking the circle; for instance, against a captain, it lasts about seven seconds. Against a general, even less than that. Limit once per battle as a senshi.
Cor Caroli picked odd times to pay attention to shouted commands; this would be one of them. He skidded to a halt as the salt landed around him. The youma crept closer, apparently intrigued by the power used, but then Eurydike came down on it. The angle was right, and some of the teeth broke off, along with some flakes of dust. It made a dull roaring noise and looked around for what had landed on it; apparently what it had in fight-worthy bits it lacked in eyesight.
Looking quickly around from the salt ring to his new savior to the youma, Cor Caroli blurted out "What now?" as he tried to think of his next move. The salt ring corresponded to something (a barrier, maybe?) so perhaps leaving the ring wasn't a good idea. After a moment, something did come to mind. He extended one hand towards Eurydike and called out, "Strength of Will!"
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Sailor Scout Attack: Strength of Will!
Cor Caroli extends one hand towards the target and says the attack name. If he puts his hand to his chest, he can target himself. The target will feel a boost to their will to fight, allowing them to shrug off the pain of minor injuries and keep fighting. The buff lasts for 30 seconds and can be used three times per battle.
frayedflower
Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2015 3:04 am
'What ********' smash it!" Eurydike roared, gearing up to go at it again, unaware of the hand extended towards him, but vaguely conscious of Cor Caroli's voice saying something like -
- well s**t, now he really wanted to ******** this ******** up. He roared once as he went at it again, trying to do just what he promised and smash it - kicks, punches, whatever the ******** would take this a*****e of a youma down and take it down hard.
"Wait, but what about the salt?" Cor Caroli couldn't really smash the youma and remain in the salt ring at the same time. Really, he sucked at battles; sure, his stomp-kicking had proven useful enough during the battle at the Luna Bay concert, but this think might very well cut his shoes up if he tried to kick it.
Then again, Eurydike's assault was kind of inspiring. He was breaking off teeth and chunks of dust left and right, and the beast was flailing to smack him with the noodly appendages. If Eurydike could pummel a youma, why couldn't he?
He slowly stepped out of the salt ring, then charged towards the youma with a shout, stomping on one tentacle. It wiggled under his foot in a disgusting matter, and he wondered if he could crush it with a little more weight.
frayedflower
Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2015 6:39 am
"What about the ********' salt?!" Really, it probably would've helped if he'd actually explained why he'd thrown a ring of salt in the first place, but - hey, it'd been to save Cor's a** since he looked like he'd needed it, and the guy seemed to be doing just fine now. Look, there he was charging and stomping and - staring at it - oh ******** him.
"Jesus ******** - ********' PUNCH IT OR SOMETHIN' for ******** sake!" he belted at him; naturally, since he'd gotten distracted, one of the noodles went ahead and slapped him square in the back with a noodly arm, sending him flying into another one, which then sent him crashing hard into the ground, tumbling a few feet before he came to a stop.
He didn't stay there long, rolling to his feet covered in dirt with a string of curses that'd make some people blush falling freely from his lips, and he flew right back into the fray. "You piece of - Turn into ********' dust already you lame a** youma piece of shi -- !!"
"I don't know, I thought it did something!" To test his idea from earlier, Cor Caroli stomped the tentacle one more time, and it separated from the main body in a puff of dust. "I think I figured it out! Crush the tentacles!" He stomped on another but couldn't quite sever it before the beast pulled it out from under him. "Come on, let's team up on them! You go for one, and I'll follow!" Perhaps a combined effort would be enough to finally dust the nasty thing. It was starting to slow down and become apparently disoriented from its equivalent of wounds.
frayedflower
Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2015 3:34 am
Somewhere down the line, Eurydike had grabbed one of the noodles between his teeth (mouthwash before he kissed Tolliver again for sure) and one in each hand - he looked back over his shoulder when Cor Caroli shouted the information and grinned almost sadistically around the appendage, ripping it clear in half before he ditched the other noodles and whirled, throwing his weight down on one of the tentacles as hard as he could.
While bellowing a furious battle cry of impending victory, clearly. Battle wasn't a ******** battle if it was quiet and reserved. "Go then! SMASH AWAY!"
When it came down to it, Cor Caroli was downright impressed by Eurydike's berserker rage. He got one in his teeth for crying out loud! He didn't say anything back to Eurydike, lest that rage get turned on him, but he resumed crushing as many tentacles as he could with what he could. Mostly his feet, but sometimes a body slam too.
The youma was clearly struggling as more and more of its appendages were taken off, and bits of dust were starting to flake off the main body. Eventually, Cor Caroli pulled off the last tentacle, and with a terrible groaning noise, the beast collapsed into dust.
Panting heavily, Cor Caroli wiped sweat off his brow and stared at the dust. "We did it."
frayedflower
Posted: Sun Sep 13, 2015 7:17 pm
Eurydike was panting hard too - but man the smile on his face was nothing short of sadistic satisfaction, holding himself tall at his full (not so impressive) height, and making it a point to flip off the youma as it dissolved into dust. "Yeah that's right! ******** off you b***h!" he said in a voice that bordered on sing-song. Horribly, horribly off-key sing-song.
Then, he whirled on the other senshi, canting his head to a side and punching him playfully in the shoulder. "Hey, good job!" You finally did something! But he didn't say that part. "By the way, I've seen you around like what, three times now - the ******** your name? - oh, an', you smoke?"
Cor Caroli was rapidly making mental notes to never get on Eurydike's bad side, because if he enjoyed kicking a youma's a** that much, who knew what he'd be like in person-to-person combat? The playful punch elicited a small chuckle and a grin from him; the other senshi's enthusiasm was contagious. "Ah, yeah, I think I've seen you around too! I'm Cor Caroli, Senshi of Will. And no, no smoking, sorry. I like my lungs pink and pearly like they show in the diagrams." There was a pause, and he added, "How about you? You're the senshi of... white stuff?"
frayedflower
Posted: Sun Sep 13, 2015 7:52 pm
Eurydike gave an exaggerated roll of his eyes at the diagrams thing. "Yeah yeah, you learn that in high school health class or what? They tell you beer's bad too? Practice safe sex? All that bullshit?" he teased, but at least held off on smoking his victory cigarette until he got away from the senshi. Victory cigarettes were some of the best though, right up there with post-sex cigarettes. Stress cigarettes were ******** great too. Hell, most of them were pretty ******** -
Focus Hitch.
(God he wanted a cigarette.)
"You think? Dude, I'm the ******** wearin' pink, how hard am I to miss?" he rolled out, a smirk on his face. "Close enough. Eurydike, senshi of salt. So y'know, the whole circle thing. Not super useful but - " he shrugged his shoulders, fidgeting a little because he wasn't kidding he really wanted a goddamn cigarette. "Here, I got this phone." He shoved it at the other senshi with no other warning. "I gotta jet soon - " And smoke. And make his boyfriend dinner. " - you should put your number in an' call me if s**t like this happens again, yeah?"
"Oh hush, I'm sure my liver hates me every bit as much as my lungs love me. And don't even get me started on sex." Cor Caroli really, really enjoyed his vices when it came down to it. When the phone was thrust into his hands, he turned the phone around to take a picture of himself so he'd be registered. "Eurydike and salt... gotcha. I thought the phone registration went more like this though? You take a picture, and... there you go, that should do it." He pulled his own phone out of subspace and took a quick snap of Eurydike with it. "And now I've got you! Feel free to hit me up if you need a patrol buddy. See you around?"
frayedflower
Posted: Sun Sep 13, 2015 8:39 pm
Well okay then guy. "Can't help you on the sex front, but sometime we'll just get a drink or somethin' instead, good s**t - also pictures of lungs are ********' creepy as s**t, " he declared, rather lightly considering.
Then he snickered, shrugging his shoulders helplessly, "******** if I know how these phones work, this is the first time I've ********' used it. Minus the primer s**t." True facts. Ugh, damn though, he totally ******** blinked in that picture. ******** whatever. "Anyway, yeah, yeah - you too, Cori, " and he wouldn't forget it now, Cor Caroli of Will. "See you around!" And just like that, he was off running and gone again as fast as he came.
