Mushroom Forest

[livingalarp]

⭐ Who: Cid (Shadow), AriAnna (Sovereign), Zeke (Chaosbringer)
⭐ When: very tail end of the event
⭐ Where: the Dream Sphere
⭐ What: Newbies eager to explore! ...And a less-new guy just as eager to explore with them!
⭐ Warnings: none yet

[ Shadow looks around their new location, suitably impressed by the sheer scale of the tree-shrooms they're all dwarfed by. Very cool. ...He could do without the spores being so thick in the air, but he supposes that's just part of the territory with enormous mushrooms.

He wonders briefly if they should try staking this place now, or... well, no, there's a path. It has to lead to something, right? That's probably what they ought to stake.

He motions to his companions, and indicates the pathway. ]

Let's see where this goes.

[ His usually deadpan expression has brightened just a little now that they're in the Dream Sphere. This place is so full of adventures he can't help it. ]

Comments

[thezekeinator]

Mobility is a virtue, yes! And if necessary, you can always jump out of that spot and to a different one. But if one of you misjudges, missteps, or gets overwhelmed, that's extra pressure on the ones with you to help out -- so standing back to back to back is a good basic strategy when you don't have a more developed one.

[This all sounds very sensible and wise, and indeed it comes from both lessons passed down to him and a great deal of experience. It might even sound sagacious and persuasive, were Chaosbringer not furiously trying to shake a mushroom-Torment off one of his boots during the whole thing.]

[livingalarp]

[ Shadow slashes at a pair of Torments that got too close for his liking; he's pleased to discover that Sovereign's boost has helped significantly. The Torments don't quite go down in one hit, but they're much more obviously damaged this time. The minor damage from his own power should be enough to finish these two off.

Glancing back to guesstimate his ideal target for the center of Dark Purification, he notices Chaosbringer's small problem... ]

Try punching it?

[ He has to reluctantly admit that the other two do make good points. ...And their currently formation does also mean he should be able to hit all of them as well as a decent number of Torments with one casting of Dark Purification. He quickly tosses a darkly-glowing spark over his shoulder into the midst of their group. As he returns his focus to the Torments closing in, that spark silently blooms outwards in a burst of blacklight like some sort of firework. ]

[daughterofthemark]

It seems as though we've found their key ability.

[Being mildly obnoxious, apparently.

Wow, that power's a lot flashier than hers! Though she wouldn't really want hers to be flashy, given how it works and what it does. Assuming Chaosbringer will deal with his hanger-on one way or another, Sovereign takes a few swings at the freshly darkness-exploded(?) approaching Torments. When they're this small, it turns out a good solid hit with her staff can knock them into each other pretty nicely.]

[thezekeinator]

[Hmm, so. On the one hand, solid AOE attack, it looks like, though Zeke's willing to guess that at this level it won't take out the Torments completely. And a penchant for bludgeoning violence on the other, with no hints to a power yet. Good stuff! No need for him to intervene, which is fine -- he's got other issues, since the Torment has jumped from his boot to his head, and is busy attempting to eat his skull.]

[Attempting. The power of Indestructible means a Torment this level can't even hurt him, so this is actually less annoying than it clinging to his leg.]

Good work! The more you can hit, hurt, or trouble with your attacks, the harder it is for a group that relies on numbers to gain an advantage!

[livingalarp]

[ Cid slashes at a couple more Torments who waddle too close; already weakened by Dark Purification, they begin to wobble unsteadily, very close to defeat.

Cid eyes the path they'd been following with some longing. He's not sure how many of these little guys are going to keep coming... ]

Think we could outrun them? This path has to go somewhere, and they're probably trying to stop us from getting there.

[ Little does he realize that the path just goes in a big circle.

With a second slash, he takes out the pair of wobbling Torments. There are more approaching. ]