Buffel patted Flydra lightly on the shoulder as he passed by. ”We could always put a word in when we get planet-side,” he offered, hoping to get her spirits up. ”and then if a ship gets salvaged they can just nab one o' the stragglers or somethin', it'll be easier grabbin one when there's not a whole 'nother horde to fight, y'know?”
She didn't seem to register his words, to busy sulking so he sighed and moved on. Man, I am just no help at all today.
Offensive Artifact Adept Style B (2/2) 2d6 Deal double damage on this attack, 2x per battle. 1 ongoing damage for all turns after. The ongoing damage from these stack. Support Artifact Novice Style B (1/1) Heals another troll by half their maximum hp, 1x per battle. Moirail Second Wind with Flydra (1/1) When your troll reaches 0 HP, roll 1d4. On a 1 or 4, they regain half their hp and continue the fight.
Flydra's low spirits were starting to get Scorpa down. The tealblood generally wasn't the type to emote very strongly usually so if she was being this obviously down, she was pretty upset. As they linked arms, Scorpa weaseled her hand into Flydra's and squeezed. They'd figure something out, they had this! There was nothing they couldn't do together! Especially with Lorata here too! And there was nothing Scorpa wouldn't do for both of them. So she had to do something.
"Hang on, wait here." Scorpa nodded and went on ahead. A loud banging sound was heard from around the corner, followed by the familiar groaning of the ships zombies. She'd rile up all the zombies in the area and bring them here to parade for assessment like a fashion show!
"What do you think? Any keepers?" The yellowblood asked, dashing back over hopefully.
Lorata glanced back at Flydra again at the sight of even more zombies, trying to judge whether the tealblood seemed likely to make another case for taking one home. She didn't seem inclined to do so this time though, so with a bit of relief Lorata turned to launch herself into an attack.
HP: 8/20 Military Grade Weapon Novice Leadership Training Academics
Battle Stuff
Offensive Artifact Adept Style B (2/2) 2d6 Deal double damage on this attack, 2x per battle. 1 ongoing damage for all turns after. The ongoing damage from these stack. Support Artifact Novice Style A (1/1) Heals another troll by half their maximum hp, 1x per battle. Moirail Second Wind with Scorpa (1/1) When your troll reaches 0 HP, roll 1d4. On a 1 or 4, they regain half their hp and continue the fight.
Flydra is punching zombitches how many left: 0 how many destroyed: 6 10/16 advances 1/3 minibosses defeated
If she couldn't have them, they were worthless to her. Flydra's eyes grew cold at the sight of more daywalkers crawling towards them and she began firing ruthlessly through the swarm. She wanted to be back in her lab right now, doing important research. She was happy to do what the crown asked of her per her military duty but her talents were wasted on these small minions. She ought to be training with her mentors or working on her medical practice.
"Garbage should know its place." The tealblood walked ahead, pigtails trailing behind her as the bodies hit the floor.
That was...hot, Buffel thought to himself, then immediately turned full-tilt the other way and took the lead, hoping to hide his very flushed face. He was momentarily perturbed at being so forthright in his feelings on the tealblood, even just in his own mind. Stomping forward in a quick, awkward fashion, the gunslinger decided it was best not to dwell on it too much.
Offensive Artifact Adept Style B (2/2) 2d6 Deal double damage on this attack, 2x per battle. 1 ongoing damage for all turns after. The ongoing damage from these stack. Support Artifact Novice Style B (1/1) Heals another troll by half their maximum hp, 1x per battle. Moirail Second Wind with Flydra (1/1) When your troll reaches 0 HP, roll 1d4. On a 1 or 4, they regain half their hp and continue the fight.
It was pretty awesome to see Flydra take charge and dominate the battlefield. Scorpa held back a squeal of pride at how cool the tealblood looked! But the feeling faded as the battle ended and Flydra looked so quiet and sad. It was clear she was really upset by how badly her search was going. Feeling terrible, the yellowblood approached her and pulled her in for a hug.
"C'mere. It's okay. It's okay Flydra." She cooed, rocking them back and forth in the hug to try and soothe her.
Support Artifact Novice Style B (0/1) USING On a 1, 2 or 3, heal another troll by a quarter of their max hp, on a 4 heal them by their max hp 1x per battle.
Battle Stuff
Offensive Artifact Adept Style B (2/2) 2d6 Deal double damage on this attack, 2x per battle. 1 ongoing damage for all turns after. The ongoing damage from these stack. Support Artifact Novice Style B (1/1) On a 1, 2 or 3, heal another troll by a quarter of their max hp, on a 4 heal them by their max hp 1x per battle. Moirail Second Wind with Flydra (1/1) When your troll reaches 0 HP, roll 1d4. On a 1 or 4, they regain half their hp and continue the fight.
"We'll get you a specimen. I'll gather one of everything in the ******** galaxy, okay?" Scorpa offered-no promised. And she meant it. Her eyes glowed with determination as she tried to convince Flydra not to give up on her dream. She leaned in to press a kiss to her forehead before pulling back and pulling out a bottle and syringe.
"First things first, you're hurt. Here, lemme do it for you." They'd done this a hundred times by now. Uncapping the bottle, Scorpa prepared a shot that would accelerate Flydra's natural healing for a short bit of time. It wasn't the most dependable concoction but it was something she'd been working on and Scorpa was proud of it. Injecting the medicine, she nodded while keeping eye contact.
"Better? C'mon, let's finish this place!" Scorpa tossed everything back in her bag and was raring to go again!
Oh yes, she'd definitely gotten over that urge to ask to keep one of the creatures. There was no doubting that now. Lorata planted her partisan on the ground and leaned on it, surveying the bodies sprawled across the ground while Scorpa mended Flydra's wounds as best she could. Then, finding nothing of note, she lifted her eyes to the corridors beyond.
Support Artifact Novice Style B (0/1) USING On a 1, 2 or 3, heal another troll by a quarter of their max hp, on a 4 heal them by their max hp 1x per battle.
Battle Stuff
Offensive Artifact Adept Style B (2/2) 2d6 Deal double damage on this attack, 2x per battle. 1 ongoing damage for all turns after. The ongoing damage from these stack. Support Artifact Novice Style B (1/1) On a 1, 2 or 3, heal another troll by a quarter of their max hp, on a 4 heal them by their max hp 1x per battle. Moirail Second Wind with Flydra (1/1) When your troll reaches 0 HP, roll 1d4. On a 1 or 4, they regain half their hp and continue the fight.
"Maybe there's a zombie generator on here." Scorpa groaned. She didn't mind practicing her sword technique, or getting more chances to look for a good specimen for Flydra, but the yellowblood was getting pretty desensitized with the creatures now. Reaching for her sword once more she wondered why she bothered to keep sheathing it. Then she waited, getting into a good position to strike as the daywalkers approached!
Buffel readied himself again, pointing dramatically at the horde before him. Suddenly, his finger-gun began shifting, turning once again into a more gun-shaped position like it had on the Cutting Ire. He did his best to pretend it was intentional as he fired round after round into the horde, happy as can be that it was back. He really did have to figure out how to make that happen on command though.
HP: 12/20 Military Grade Weapon Novice Leadership Training Academics
Battle Stuff
Offensive Artifact Adept Style B (2/2) 2d6 Deal double damage on this attack, 2x per battle. 1 ongoing damage for all turns after. The ongoing damage from these stack. Support Artifact Novice Style A (1/1) Heals another troll by half their maximum hp, 1x per battle. Moirail Second Wind with Scorpa (1/1) When your troll reaches 0 HP, roll 1d4. On a 1 or 4, they regain half their hp and continue the fight.
Flydra is punching zombies auto hit 5 how many left: 9 how many destroyed: 5 11/16 advances 1/3 minibosses defeated
"There's got to be more on this ship besides the dead crew." Flydra growled, wiping out another chunk of zombies as they advanced. It was starting to irritate her that they hadn't found any useful information to take back with them. She knew they were supposed to be checking the ship for signs of functionality but she wanted to know more about the mysterious logs that Lorata had found on her other missions. Were there clues about the past? Did they need to cover them up to protect the present?
Oh Glub, where were they all coming from? Lorata was getting so tired of fighting them that her movements were becoming almost mechanical. At what point was it normal for fighting daywalkers to become a matter of rote? They'd gone from being a bit scary to jsut being...another obstacle in her path.
Support Artifact Novice Style B (0/1) USING On a 1, 2 or 3, heal another troll by a quarter of their max hp, on a 4 heal them by their max hp 1x per battle.
Battle Stuff
Offensive Artifact Adept Style B (2/2) 2d6 Deal double damage on this attack, 2x per battle. 1 ongoing damage for all turns after. The ongoing damage from these stack. Support Artifact Novice Style B (1/1) On a 1, 2 or 3, heal another troll by a quarter of their max hp, on a 4 heal them by their max hp 1x per battle. Moirail Second Wind with Flydra (1/1) When your troll reaches 0 HP, roll 1d4. On a 1 or 4, they regain half their hp and continue the fight.
"How many more are there?" Scorpa paused in the battle to start counting. It was hard with them moving so much though! As Buffel did his best to fend them off, the bored Sirens began to get distracted. Scorpa whined as she lost count once again and lowered her sword for a moment to pout, only to get clubbed by one that'd moved behind her! Groaning, she clutched the bruise, and tried to regain her balance. She couldn't fall her, she had to look good in front of the others!
HP: 11/20 Military Grade Weapon Novice Leadership Training Academics
Battle Stuff
Offensive Artifact Adept Style B (2/2) 2d6 Deal double damage on this attack, 2x per battle. 1 ongoing damage for all turns after. The ongoing damage from these stack. Support Artifact Novice Style A (1/1) Heals another troll by half their maximum hp, 1x per battle. Moirail Second Wind with Scorpa (1/1) When your troll reaches 0 HP, roll 1d4. On a 1 or 4, they regain half their hp and continue the fight.
Flydra is punching zombies auto hit 5 how many left: 0 how many destroyed: 11 11/16 advances 1/3 minibosses defeated
Everyone's movements were slowing down by now. They were starting to get tired after fighting so many creatures and running through such a confusing maze. Flydra worried about the conditions of the rest of her companions. Lorata and Scorpa could not get damaged here, she needed to keep them safe and pristine. They could never allow another accident like what had happened to Austri to happen to any one of them again.
And Buffel needed to stay alive or they'd lose access to his helpful reserve of yellowblood. Not to mention, he had a boyish foolishness about him that was charming. Even if he was somewhat incompetent with those finger guns. Maybe he needed some help from a mentor. She could recommend him a few through the JROTC. Or maybe he just straight up needed a new arm. Thankfully he was able to land a few hits this time.
"Much better, Buffel. But if it jams again, I'm ordering you to stay back. We wouldn't want a civilian to get seriously hurt." The three girls stood proudly in their dark black uniforms, a dramatic image perfect for a cheesy propaganda poster. She couldn't help but look down on him for not enlisting when he'd had the chance. Somehow, it bothered her. They would have to discuss it another time.
Another fight done. Lorata tried to catch her breath. How long had they been in here now? She could radio in to ask but it wouldn't look good, she knew. She'd read the pamphlets about space madness, she knew how it started. Instead she glanced at the others and conjured up a smile. "I'm sure we're nearly there."
