Hunt, hunt, hunt! Another one bites the dust!

[thezekeinator]

⭐ Who: Zeke x3! Sam x2! Lisa, Ango, Keiwa, Hanako, Mitsuki, Jade!
⭐ When: January
⭐ Where: The Dream Sphere
⭐ What: Three Torment Hunts! What could go wrong?
⭐ Warnings: chaos... brought?!

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[dogdaughter]

[ Space Witch is relieved to see everyone's safe again! ...She's not sure if D-Tune is asking her or Chaosbringer, but Space Witch at least has caught her breath by now - so she responds by getting back to picking off incoming torments to give her companions their breathing room. ]

[thezekeinator]

[He was asking the cosmos at large, thanks! Even if it apparently designated Sam to give him the accurate and appropriate answer.]

[Chaosbringer heaves himself up enough so he can spring a hand free and grab Sam's. Not that he'd do it voluntarily, since he doesn't want her dealing with him, his giant metal boots, his waterlogged cloak, and all these Torments... but you know, discretion is the better part of valor and when it comes to choosing between letting your hot Dreamer girlfriend help you out or being stubborn and triggering her own stubbornness in turn, even Chaosbringer can't blow that choice.]

[noonecandestroythemetal]

[He's definitely not wrong that she's stubborn; most Dreamers who know DropD-Tune should know that she's bullheaded at best. Zeke really ought to know...

There's a reason she works out in the waking world; this would be it. Sam knows well that strength and stamina and all that good stuff gets boosted in the Dream Sphere, and so she hits the gym to have just that extra oomph. So it's less a struggle than might be expected for Sam to haul the sodden Chaosbringer out of the water. Space Witch seems to be recovered, to Sam's relief, so...]

Time for you to go get 'em, tiger. I'll be right behind you!

[To wit, Sam unslings her axe again, stopping just short of brandishing it and yelling a challenge. Their surroundings are too small for that, and the music's already bad!]

[dogdaughter]

[ Space Witch floats in the air behind D-Tune, trying to be mindful of giving the melee fighter room to maneuver while still not leaving herself too open to any further surprise attacks; as D-Tune and Chaosbringer go to town on the torments that reach them, Space Witch focuses on thinning the incoming numbers so they don't get overwhelmed. Now that they're all in place on the battlefield, getting into a good team rhythm should be doable! ]

[thezekeinator]

Time to stop messing around with these bastards -- Unleash Shining Justice! Power Driver!

[Chaosbringer sticks one hand out towards Space Witch, then snaps his fingers shut. A ball of energy crosses the gap between them, sinking into his fist as his power tunes itself to her...]

[Perhaps unsurprisingly, a Dreamer with ears and a tail makes Power Driver manifest a particularly thematic power -- from a girl who might have some connection to the phrase 'dog daughter', behold: Papa Wolf!]

[Chaosbringer's body surges upwards and outwards in a sudden transformative burst, as he shifts in a heartbeat to a massive werewolf war form. With his eyepatch and coat now on a snarling lupine face, he would look ridiculously cool and powerful if he weren't still also wearing a skirt. Oh well.]

All right! Now this is more like it!

[As an A-rank transformation, the power this gives him is no laughing matter. When he swings his sword again, it cuts through Torments like butter, instantly sweeping clear a circle around him as it bashes and dashes the foes that try to swarm him.]

[noonecandestroythemetal]

[Sam...might need a moment. Oh, sure, she's used to most effects of Power Driver--her particular interactions with Chaosbringer have borne out in him getting regeneration when he uses it on her, after all--but to say she hadn't expected something like that...well!

It might take a Torment closing in a bit too far; normally, she'd never let them get within her guard like that. There's always a first time.]

What the ffff--?

[It's about then that Sam does notice a few Torments creeping in, and that makes her spring into action, laying about with her axe until she, too, has a decently cleared spot around her.]