I can get back up however many times it takes [OPEN]

[determinationtofist]

⭐ Who: Hibiki Tachibana & You!
⭐ When: Throughout October
⭐ Where: Out and about in Yumemigaoka or the Dreamsphere
⭐ What: A lot of post-disturbance aftermath, trying to wind back down after that, etc etc. Please plot with me for things or how your character intends to approach Hibiki afterwards if that's something they'll do.

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[thezekeinator]

[Chaosbringer is holding back, and considering he hasn't used the rather obvious Power Driver yet, no one could really think otherwise -- but his job is to watch out for the kids, not annihilate everything that comes near him. Plus Hibiki probably needs to vent some emotions violently...]

[So he interposes himself, zipping about like LLENN but with the opposite intent. Where she and Sonic are keeping themselves out of the way, he's putting himself into it, intercepting Torments who try to catch the zippy Dreamers. The number of hits he's taken directly to the face would probably make Hanako very happy, if any of them were actually doing damage.]

Here's a lesson from the mighty Chaosbringer for all of you -- if you move into attacks, they don't have time to reach their full acceleration or aim!

[determinationtofist]

[ Need is an understatement. Heck, it was why she was so eager for this, but… she’s never really done it before. Venting her frustrations, that is. Not ever in a way that helped, at least.

She fights as well as she always does. Flashy martial arts and driving both fist and foot into the squishy, aquatic Torments. But… she isn’t singing.

What if this is a mistake? Sure, there are others here with her now, but what if she shouldn’t be doing this? Not hunting, but… taking out her frustrations? Can… can she really do that? What if… what if it ends up like back then? She doesn’t want to lose herself again, she hurt her friends when she did that, LLENN is the only one here who experienced that for herself… ]

Kh…!

[ So at first, she struggles. They manage… all thanks to Chaosbringer, intercepting attacks with his own body, but… ]

Guh…!

[ She takes a hit... she doesn't move fast enough, and one of the Torments lashes out and strikes her in the chest. She staggers back, ready to counterattack, and...

"I'll never forgive you if you forget..."

From the outside, it's like a switch is flipped, and something changes. On the inside, Hibiki remembers the promise she made. To be honest, she's still not sure, but... ]

HRAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!

[ With a ferocious battle cry, Hibiki suddenly lunges forward... and as her familiar music starts to play, the Torment who managed to get a hit in is suddenly sent flying a good twenty feet into the air. ]

Hah...! If I can overcome many darknesses...!!
Shouldn't I be able to see the dawn sky
Shining with light?!

[ Though as she starts to tear through Torments with much greater efficiency, the way she sings... well, with the emotion being put into it now, venting is the only good way to describe it. Pay no heed to the small flicker of dark light from her chest as she kicks another Torment so hard into the surrounding cliff that it bounces off and flies another ten feet or so. ]

[greaterspeed]

[he laughs at the sight of Chaosbringer literally blocking attacks with his face and then at the comment about how moving into them is a more effective way to dodge. Really, you get all sort sin the Dream Sphere, don't ya? Sonic's just running around, having fun and staying out of the spotlight. He read skimmed the notice about the Disturbance... And it's kind of hard to miss the name of the Dreamer at the centre of it all. But hadn't Prisma mentioned something about how Hibiki liked to sing?

Hm.

He's just doing his job of clearing out Torments when Hibiki's war cry rings out across the area. That girl's got a pair of lungs on her...!! Under normal circumstances, he'd quip about how she's a great match against these Torments but considering he just watched a Torment get sent into the metaphorical stratosphere, maybe, uh... Maybe not right now]

Woooow. [from atop a jellyfish shaped Torment, Sonic puts a hand over his eyes to watch the poor Torment Hibiki sent flying dissolve into nothing the further it flies. When another Dreamer is close enough, he comments;] Glad I'm not that guy.

And I'm glad she's letting it out. Sounds like she needs it.

[then he kicks off one Torment to start attacking a different one. Noticing that LLEN has mid-ranged, no contact attacks, he's just going to leave the stinging ones to her and spare himself the pins and needles he might otherwise end up waking up with]

[smalltall]

[LLENN can't help but stop for a moment to gawk as Hibiki lets loose and gives one of the torments a one way trio into the sky.]

W..woah...

[Its almost enough to let her little horde catch up to her. With a squeak, she narrowly avoids finding out just why Sonic was avoiding those stinging tendrils. She zips out of their reach, glancing up at the blue Dreamer.]

I..it hurts just as much as you'd think it does. But at least she's not exploding this time!

[And without waiting for a response, she's back into action. This time she's taking Chaosbringer's advice and running TOWARDS the enemies. But she isn't tanky enough to just take the hits. They're bunched up perfectly for her to make a sweeping motion and unload a full clip into them without any risk of friendly fire.

But she's not done yet. She takes to the air, flipping forward and leaping over one of the stragglers, shooting straight down into its gelatinous mass. By the time she's landed, the gun is already aiming up at one she'd landed in front of. She fires into it, and twirls towards the last hold out of the group shed gathered, dispatching it without hesitation. And when she realizes every torment she'd had chasing her is gone, she does a little fist pump.]

I..I got 'em!

[thezekeinator]

[Now these kids are getting it! Chaosbringer lets himself relax a bit, focusing less on absorbing hits and more on whirling his sword around to send sweeps of electricity and Torments all hurtling through the air. Honestly he seems to lapse into his own little world there for a moment, yelling things like STRATOSPHERIC THUNDER! and ULTIMATE LIGHTNING FURY SLASH MAAAAAAX!]