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yumemigaoka2023-06-06 03:23 am
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Sachiko's June Schenanigans Open Post
⭐ Who: Sachiko, possibly her Father, and YOU!
⭐ When: First Week of June
⭐ Where: Promised Morning Private Academy, Yumemigaoka City Hall and Randomly About the Dream Sphere
⭐ What: Sachiko being a menace, Sachiko fighting with her dad, then being a menace, and Dreamer Zeal fangirling over other Dreamer's fighting a Torment!
⭐ Warnings: Disrespect to Civil Servants and Parents, Spammy
⭐ When: First Week of June
⭐ Where: Promised Morning Private Academy, Yumemigaoka City Hall and Randomly About the Dream Sphere
⭐ What: Sachiko being a menace, Sachiko fighting with her dad, then being a menace, and Dreamer Zeal fangirling over other Dreamer's fighting a Torment!
⭐ Warnings: Disrespect to Civil Servants and Parents, Spammy
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Despite Sudo's own advice, their attempt to stay a healthy distance from the swarm has resulted in being backed up against the other three Dreamers. They have no choice but to collapse. This might have been manageable if they had eventually stopped, but not enough are being felled to keep up with the ones still coming. Without knowing where the end is, it's a blind war of attrition, and Sudo doesn't like those odds.
"They are spawning faster than we can slay them. We need to carve out an exit," Sudo commands. After a quick scan, they point in the southwest direction, mostly based on the thickness of the crowd. "That way! Chaosbringer, lead the charge. Little one, protect the rear with your shield. Hakujoudai--" --you'll have to forgive them, Sudo still hasn't picked up Hanako's name yet-- "--and I will take care of the flanks."
Sudo's controlled Torment is already headed in that direction, shouldering smaller Torment out of the way to get trampled by their own kind.
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She's going to have to think of a way to get back at Hanako for suggesting he'd leave a fellow Dreamer in need, but now isn't the time for that either. As to his yelling? "Um, sorry. I've got a distinct lack of firepower!"
She can't help grinning just a little as Chaosbringer runs through the Torment she sent his way with his sword, only to look surprised when he tells everyone to get closer rather than farther apart. Being a Dreamer sure seems to require the ability to adapt quickly! She follows his orders though, stepping back until she's close to him, letting out another shout of, "Terra Shield!" to reenergize her shields, gritting her teeth as successive Torments attack her and batter them as she interposes them between herself and their attacks.
"I can hold them off on my end if you can beat a path through them," she shouts above the din of the battle at Chaosbringer's continued orders. Sudo's quick instructions follow quickly after and she adds, "I think we should listen! Go! I've got the rear." The fact that people clearly more experienced than her that seem to have a decent grasp of tactics are mutually calling for a retreat is starting to give her an idea of just how big a mistake she probably made. Even if she can't effectively do damage she redoubles her efforts to hold off the oncoming tide of Torments, gritting her teeth with the thought of trying to keep any of the people that came in to rescue her from getting hurt themselves.
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Still, if his last Excursion had taught him anything, it was that it was better to throw in the towel the moment things got out of hand, as opposed to riding it out and getting others killed for his trouble. Gritting his teeth, he follows Chaosbringer's command, sidling up against the other three to help form a pocket of defense. If Hanako's a bit ill at ease for being so close to his thunder powers, he doesn't let it show on his face, trying to keep his focus on the ever changing tactics and commands happening amidst the chaos.
"It's Hanako," he supplies quickly to Sudo's misnomer, opting to side-step any faux indignation he'd usually give at people not knowing his name, because... well, this wasn't the time. He wasn't even sure of this other Dreamer's name himself (even though, now that he got a better look at them, they were actually pretty cool looking, in a creepy, horror-movie-esque way), but hopefully there would be time for better introductions once they got out of here... if they got out of here, anyway. He nods sharply at their instructions, however, gesturing for his Hakujoudai to return to his side and eyeing the Torments already looking to take advantage of their brief lull of action.
"Got it, though."
Now that they were all collectively in agreement, he resumes his attack, though their limited stations made things just a bit trickier to maneuver. Instead of bringing the offense towards the creatures themselves, he had to wait until they came close enough to stab or strike, a terrifying prospect when he didn't have as much room as usual to dodge. Still, he uses his Hakujoudai to their full capabilities when he can, urging them to pummel back the creatures until they either fell in Chaosbringer's line of damage or were far enough away that they couldn't be an immediate threat. The Torments were much too strong for him to take out in a single hit with them, so this was the best he could do to protect their flanks as they managed to make their retreat.
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"All right. Get ready."
Tongues of lightning flow, not just around his sword but flickering around his entire body as he draws on the full power of his Electricity. After everything he's been through lately, the power's gotten that much stronger. Add in Mobility, and --
How to tell Zeke is taking this seriously: he does not yell 'Bringer of Chaos!' as he strikes. Instead he lunges forward, not instantly but defiantly quick, sending Torments scattering every which way as he explodes past them. On the far side of the horde he skids to a stop, boots cutting furrows in the ground as he twists to come to a stop facing the rest, sword coming to rest on his shoulder.
"Now boarding, Chaosbringer line A to escape and freedom! Everyone this way!"
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"I am Sudo," they respond, as they turn their attention back to the Torments. "I hope we are fortuitous enough to have the chance to remember each other's names."
Which is just a weird way of saying I hope we make it out of here alive.
Sudo's possessed Torment is the first to throw itself into the vacancies that Chaosbringer cuts through the crowd, shoving any opposition out of the way so that it can't fill back in with the opposition before the Dreamers are able to file their way into it. As soon as Chaosbringer goes for another swing, the Torment moves out of the way, even though it itself isn't looking at Chaosbringer. Sudo themselves keeps close to Zeal, to keep a corner of their vision focused on any openings that a stray Torment might find its way into their makeshift phalanx formation.
With enough of this cleave-and-shoulder-in technique, the group should be able to get to the outer edge of the mass with only close calls and near misses.
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"I'm Zeal!" she adds to the chorus of introductions, still struggling to hold off the repeated attacks of torments with her shields, every now and again taking an opportune chance to duck under something she can actually avoid. "My arms are going to feel like jelly by the end of this," she comments to herself, even as she steps up to bash her shield into an oncoming limb. Then in a more cheerful tone she notes, "At least they aren't clumping up!" The thought of having to fight a Nightmare and a Swarm at the same time doesn't sound like a very fun time, if the swarm alone has them on the retreat.
She considers looking over her shoulder to see how much further they have to go but thinks better of it. Everyone is relying on her to bring up the rear, so she has to focus!
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"Hurry! Before they start to regroup again!"
He was going to have to trust they were quick enough to start following him, because there didn't seem to be a way to grab onto either of them without leaving someone defenseless or unable to attack the hoard. It's enough of a distraction from the battle, however, that one of the creatures takes advantage of it and makes a swipe for Hanako's head-- thankfully his reflexes help him avoid potential injury in the moment, but it does knock off his hat into the swarm, much to his horror. Of course, he'd get it back the next time he returned to the Dream Sphere (gotta love mahou costume logic), but it was much too close of a call for his comfort.
"C'mon, let's GO!"
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Chaosbringer immediately scrambles back into the middle of the pack with almost alarming speed, stopping in front of the Torment that had grabbed Hanako's hat. Quick as lightning, he snatches it back, with a sneer of "Handling a Dreamer's uniform!" in the Torment's direction, before zipping right back into position like he'd never left.
"Stratospheric THUNDER!" Another few Torments go flying. Never mind the comic interlude, chums, there's escaping to do!
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"Your flashy antics put the group at risk," Sudo chides. "Do not leave the formation again," they say, in that I'm not mad, I'm just disappointed kind of tone.
The mob starts to thin out. It's easier to move forward with a little bit more speed, but Sudo declares "Stay in formation!" to keep them together until the hoard is thin enough for them to break. "Ready...and--RUN!" they command, pointing a hand towards the clearest path.
The possessed Torment stops, turns on heel to face the opposing force, and holds out its arms to taunt the remaining Torment and slow them down, buying a bit of a delay for the rest of the group to put some space between them and the mob. As they descend upon it, the spider attached to the Torment's face leaps out of the pile of attacking Torments and clears the entire space between it and Sudo in a single bound, landing on top of Sudo's head.