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🌸 Who: Tycoon (Keiwa), LLEN (Kallen), Rhodonite (Lisa), Gungnir (Hibiki)
🌸 When: early December
🌸 Where: Slumbering City
🌸 What: TOWER DEFENSE GAME - Mission Start

[he might have offered to assist in defending the City from the Torments that had recently started to encroach into the area but Tycoon would be lying if he didn't say that it felt... Weird. Out of place. To be fighting in a place that had all but been a sanctuary for the Dreamers to organize. Maybe it was because he'd been here during the Anniversary party and the subsequent fallout?

Regardless, of the reason, he's here now, with a few other Dreamers, on a mission to help clear out the invading Torments for the night. And if they takeaway one thing from this mission it's that finding Torments in a city this size was a struggle.

Tycoon drops down from where he'd been trying to scale a wall in pursuit of a Torment, only to lose it in the still dreamy (ha) hallways of the building. He looks at the other three Dreamers he's with before shaking his head apologetically]

Sorry, I lost track of it... Chasing a Torment out into the open might not work after all. Maybe we should try a different strategy?

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Hmm..... mm...... hn. [Rhodonite's head bobs back and forth as she thinks. What are this team's capabilities? Lisa herself can pull aggro. LLENN has that crazy trap, plus ranged damage. Gungnir can punch things early and often. And Tycoon is both a better strategist and more versatile. What about...?]

What if we split the difference? We'll still set up LLENN-chan's traps, and I'll stay in one place and play to attract attention. Gungnir-chan and LLENN-chan can cover me so I don't get turned into Swiss cheese, and Tycoon-kun can run interference and scout for us? If we're right that they're all trying to come to the Union HQ, even if we're not trying to use it as bait, eventually something would slip through. We wouldn't really have healing, but we'd have enough firepower and a little support to cut through...

[She's thinking out loud now, but this plan might actually work. She's flipping on her original stance, but she's being convinced.]

[A small part of LLENN wants to just lean over and pick the tanuki up right then and there. But she's got enough self wit to realize that ball of fluff is a person, and while she personally might not mind being treated like she's cute, it may not be the same for other people. She's still gently stroking fur, though. Just a little bit. A tiny, little bit. She gives Gungnir a glance as she's doing so.]

You're definitely not going to take them all out by yourself! I don't doubt you COULD, but I made a promise to my baby and I'm not gonna be a liar today.

[The baby in question of course being her adorably pink submachine gun.]

But more importantly, we're supposed to be a team, right? So no one should have to do EVERYTHING. I don't mind covering you. As long as I can see the spot, I can drop a mine. So I was thinking maybe I could cover with a height advantage. You know, on top of buildings! My aim isn't super good at long range, but I'm pretty quick. So if I see something that needs taking care of, I can get there pretty fast.

[the tanuki known as Tycoon sits there amicably, letting LLEN pet him even as he turns his head towards whoever's speaking at the moment. She hasn't done anything as excessive as pick him up (he might ~~faint~~ wake up from shock if that happened) so Tycoon seems perfectly content to sit there as the girls talk]

LLEN's right. If we work together, it should make things a bit easier for everyone.

[thinking about it... He raises a paw]

How about LLEN takes the high ground - if you seen any Torments trying to slip away, you can try and herd them back towards the main path - and the three of us can stay on the ground. Then Hibiki can take care of the main group that Rhodonite draws in and leave any stray Torments for me and LLEN to handle.

Mm... okay, let's do it!

[ It sounds like a good plan... she knows full well just how fast LLENN can be. ]

Ah, but... you're not gonna fight like that, right Tycoon-san...?

[ Not that he wouldn't provide plenty of emotional support, but... ]

[Lisa's been trying not to think about the tanuki-mode Tycoon there; she knows it's still Keiwa, but also it's something halfway to a marketable plushie, and it's a little hard to think about him fighting like that. If indeed he can. But since Hibiki asks, she doesn't bother to air the question, though she does glance at him. LLENN... eh, the other girl's welcome to do what she likes. Lisa's happy to pretend she doesn't need an emotional support tanuki at the moment.]

That's a solid plan, mm. And it'll satisfy LLENN-chan's want to get some combat time, yeah? I'll be okay. Gungnir-chan'll run the main offense, I'll support her from the center, and Tycoon-kun will have support...

[The plan isn't significantly different than before, but it's a little more defined and leaves a little less of a question mark on what Rhodonite's supposed to be doing other than "pull aggro and hope for the best". She nods, suiting actions to words and taking her bass back into her hands from where it's been hanging, giving it an experimental strum, not that it ever seems to need tuning.]

Okay, yeah, I'm good with that. Definitely better than my original plan, at least! Just means I need to get ready to hold down the fort. I think everyone else has more preparations to make than I do, though. [She winks; she has the easy part now and the arguably hard part later.] Anyone need my help to get us set up?

[LLENN had been trying so hard to remember that the tanuki was a person and not just a fluffy animal. But Tycoon was tough to resist for someone who was addicted to cute. When would she ever get a chance to cuddle a tanuki in the real world? Even if she somehow found one in the middle of the city, it wouldn't want anything to do with her. So maybe a little bit of snuggle time wouldn't be too brash of her....

She's just started to reach when the words of the others bring her back to reality. She snatches her hands back almost guiltily, standing to her unimpressive full height. You are safe this time, fluffy.]

U...um. I'm fine, my part is pretty easy as long as we don't take a path where the buildings are too far apart. Making it between rooftops should be pretty easy if they are close together, I've made harder jumps then that before. I'll start on top of that building.

[She points to make sure the others know which one she means. Tycoon is given one last glance before she's suddenly gone in a blur of pink. She'll pet the tanuki AFTER the hunt, now is action time.]

Hm?

[oblivious to the danger he was just in, Tycoon's ears perk up (his whole body does, cartoonishly even) before he hops onto all four paws in surprise]

Oh! Sorry, one second- [once LLENN disappears to go find a spot to set up, Tycoon transforms back with a loud 'poof' and an accompanying cloud of black smoke. Standing again, he brushes the leaf from his head before summoning his weapons. He'll still be on ground level, so there isn't a lot more he needed to do to get ready]

All right. Whenever you're ready, Rhodonite, feel free to start playing. Leave any Torment that wanders off to me!

[In the distance, down the block, a few Torments could be seen. They didn't seem to be travelling in any set direction... yet. Time to see how well their plan worked]