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[Y'know, when Chaosbringer decided to go into the Dream Sphere and hunt whatever was causing trouble for his fellow Dreamers, he didn't realize that the damn thing had the power of YEET.]

[He hits the beach hard, sand spraying out in a broad wave in front of him as he skids to a stop. Of course, this is Chaosbringer, so he doesn't even notice -- in a flash, he's on his feet, looking around for the culprit even as the skies begin to ominously darken.]

[And here he thought he was doing so well with the "avoiding people" thing today too.

But nope, instead of being left alone to mind his own business in Whispering Grotto, Hanako suddenly finds himself flung unceremoniously onto the beach, eating sand face first as he also skids and rolls to a stop. Maybe he didn't make as big of a dent as Chaosbringer had, but he's disheveled and scuffed up all the same, coughing up sparkly grit as he finally pops up from his landing spot, knife already drawn. To say he's pissed about this entire predicament was putting it very lightly.]

AUGGGHH!! I've had it with this stupid Nightmare already!! It needs to give up and mind its own business already!!

[Seriously, once it shows itself to Zeke it is ON SIGHT!!]

[just off the shore comes the sound of a scream that's cut off by a loud splash as another Dreamer is unceremoniously dropped into the clear, dark(?) waters of the lagoon.

Tycoon's head pops out of the water with a splash as he hastily swims/wades back to shore, looking like the drowned tanuki that he is with his wet fur and wet clothes. Other than the weather taking a turn and everyone showing up here against their will, it seems fine? He has enough time to look around to see Hanako and Chaosbringer with their weapons out before realizing where he'd just be dropped as the first few drops of rain start to fall]

-!!

[he scrambles out of the water in time to just avoid a Torment attempting to pull him back in, and summons his weapon in preparation for a fight. He's fought here before but-]

Wait, why is there so many of them!?

Oh. Hey, guys!

[Yanking his sword free, Chaosbringer whirls it around himself, instantly clearing a spot as electricity blasts back the Torments heading his way. The rains seems to pick up as he does, making him wince and duck his head slightly as if hunching it into his shoulders would somehow keep him dry.]

Looks like I'm finally getting yanked around too! I was wondering when it would happen.

[So not only was he dragged here to deal with Chaosbringer, Tycoon, and a whole bunch of increasingly angry Torments, he also had to do it in the increasingly pouring rain. Great. Wonderful. Add this to the list of things he absolutely despised about this dumb Nightmare!!

Hanako does his best to fend off some of the advancing Torments with a few well-aimed slashes of his own blade, although he pauses midway in his monster cleaving to shoot the other two men a incredulous look.]

... you mean to tell me neither of you had to deal with this thing yet?! Seriously??

[Well, okay, maybe Zeke he could understand, considering he wore every emotion on his sleeve, but... surely Tycoon had some sort of bottled up resentment or frustration that he wasn't telling somebody else, right?

... oh who was he kidding, Keiwa wouldn't know how to hold grudges if his life depended on it.

The rain starts to pick up in earnest, bringing down curtains of water that churns up the sea ahead of them. Switching on his intangibility (not that it mattered very much at this point, considering he was already in Drenched Cat Mode himself), he summons his Hakujoudai into being, sending his orby boys rocketing into the closest shadowy figure he can spot in the downpour. Though whether or not he just sent it careening into a Torment, or crashing into an ally was anyone's guess...]

[Tycoon throws his weapon into the crowd, it's appearance resembling a large shuriken more than it's usual sword-like appearance. His usual nerves aside, he seems to be getting more and more used to fighting off Torments. When the glass weapon returns to his hands, Tycoon spins around to swing at another Torment trying to creep up on him. Maybe that drop into the lagoon was a blessing in disguise...

No, it was definitely not. Being soaked before crawling out of the water with a mob of angry Torment on his heels is not a blessing at all. This is kind of miserable]

I haven't encountered it at all- [Tycoon calls out, turning just in time to turn into a pillar of black smoke to narrowly dodge the Hakujoudai sent his direction. He reforms and disappears once again to reposition himself further up on the shore and away from the Torments]

...?!

[he's gone up closer towards the tree line, but when his feet touch the ground again, he hears (and feels) the tell tale sound of water around his ankles]

Guys? I think the water level is rising...!

[Argh! Orby boys!]

Crap! This rain is -- just getting crazy! Get to the high ground and snipe from range, both of you! Handle anything that's tougher. I'll clear out the weak ones, fast! Unleash Shining Justice -- Power Driver!

[The bond cracks between Tycoon and Chaosbringer, an orb of light jumping from one to the other. Tycoon doubtless remembers this ability from Mio's disturbance, and the sporty little bicycle it produced!]

[Power Driver's rank is much higher now.]

[A flare of light erupts around Chaosbringer, followed by the roar of an engine; a heartbeat later, a motorcycle peels out through the couple of inches of water, with Chaosbringer already swinging his sword wildly to hurl electricity into the growing mass of Torments. Power Driver, Tycoon-mode: Uncommon Rider!]

[OOP.... SORRY ZEKE..... though, in a way, it probably could be considered some sort of karma for all the times he's squished Hanako's face, but that was neither here nor there at the moment!! And while the water level wasn't something he had kept in the forefront of his mind, due to his floating ability operating on autopilot, he heeds Tycoon and Chaosbringer's warnings all the same, zipping to get further up the beach. Even if he was hovering a couple feet in the air, it wouldn't matter much if the tide got higher than it already was, so he was more than happy to retreat to the nearest rocky bluff.

He's about ready to start picking off some Torments when a loud growl of an engine grabs his attention, and he can't help but balk for a moment at the sight playing out right below him.]

Wait, wait, wait, when did Chaos guy get a bike?! That's not fair! I want a cool ride too!!

[Hanako, as if you know how to ride anything but a dinky commuter bicycle, sit your ass down--

-- okay, no, but this wasn't time for whining over cool powers!! They had a job to do!! So instead, he redirects his attention to the creatures starting to scale the bluff, aiming his Hakujoudai to hit them dead-on. Thankfully, his orby boys have gotten strong enough over time to be able to eliminate some of these guys in one blow, but some of them merely get knocked off and splatted onto the beach instead-- or, rather, right in the path of one of his fellow teammates. With that said--]

Tynuki! Incoming!

[Tycoon flinches again when Chaosbringer points at him... Though even he's surprised when a motorcycle manifests instead of the bicycle he remembers from Mio's Disturbance. It's certainly more useful now. But he doesn't have any ability pertaining to vehicles, so how would Power Driver even pull such a thing from him? Nevermind that the ~~Boostriker~~ motorcycle in question is a bright red rather than Tycoon's own green colour.

... It's weird. Dream logic is weird. We'll just say it's a quirk of the Dream Sphere and leave it at that.

Tycoon arrives at the base of the bluffs that Hanako's already scaled when he hears the other Dreamer's warning. He looks up in time to raise his weapon, catching the Torment with it and slightly sinking into the rain soaked ground as he braced himself. Tycoon swings his sword up and over with a grunt, the attack fully slicing the Torment in two before it's halves are thrown back into the mob that was already falling before Chaosbringer's might. The few seconds it takes for Tycoon to pull himself free of the mud is enough time for him to start getting swarmed again]

There's so many of them... Where are they coming from? [he complains before one of the Torments that Hanako's Hakujoudai knocked down lands with a splat next to him, dissolving on impact. With the rain coming down as hard as it is, the face of the bluffs would be too slippery to scale normally... But the Torments are still trying to scale the rocks in order to reach the Dreamer above (let's be fair, the ones coming off the beach have their hands full dealing with the Uncommon Rider known as Chaosbringer).

Tycoon turns to smoke briefly to slip between Torment attacks before reforming a few steps down from where Hanako is fighting. Hopefully, this lowers the chances of Torments being knocked into him as he tries to reach the high ground. He jumps and kicks off a Torment that's trying to attack him, stabbing his weapon into the wall before pulling himself up onto it as a temporary foothold. From there, Tycoon jumps again and just makes it to the top of the bluff where Hanako was.

He stops to catch his breath, leaving the experienced Dreamer to hold the fort for a moment before re-summoning his weapon and calling down to Chaosbringer]

We're on high ground, Chaosbringer, let them have it!

[no Saver or Sentry this time around, but they should be far enough away that the electricity wouldn't reach them]

What part of Power Driver was unclear?!

[Yes, Chaosbringer had to take time out of his Torment-whacking to answer that question. To make up for it, he whirls the sword around once, and when it comes back down from that spin it's now a spear. For a little bit, Chaosbringer is three-quarters jousting knight and one-quarter kabob chef, impaling Torments almost faster than they can dissipate into nothingness.]

Ha ha ha ha! BRINGER OF CHAOS, METEOR LANCE!

[With the crowd of weak Torments almost alarmingly thinned out, Chaosbringer turns a smug grin and a fist-pump towards the cliffs and his partners there.] How do you like --

[Probably everyone expected Chaosbringer to fall off the motorcycle at some point. He's Chaosbringer, after all. But the cause isn't a rock or a horseshoe crab or a fish popping out of the water to smack him in the face. Rather, Zeke's expression the moment before he loses control and tumbles down into the water and sand at speed is shock, horror, and legitimate fear.]

[The bike falls over, skidding up a crescent of sand and surf before coming to a stop, while Zeke rolls a couple of times before coming to a flailing stop. That same expression is still on his face as he points desperately behind the cliffs, to the parting clouds beyond.]

HOLY SHIT!

[Dreamer Chaosbringer, terrified? Dreamer Chaosbringer, swearing? What could possibly inspire him to do that--]

[This thing. It's this thing.]

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The Valentine's Nightmare Hunt

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