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[Ringo Shiro]

Ringo looked over at the golem after speeding around and slashing it to see that the spores around it started to glow...and reflect Tristan's spells back at him. It seemed magical attacks won't do the trick anymore, granted Ringo can't be one to say since his fire spells just get absorbed by it. Once more Ringo tanked the heated lasers. His eyes shot over to the black haired boy that protected him. HIs slime like Persona protected him but he doesn't seem to be going too well. 

"Shi-!" It was then Ringo noticed the roots. His knife wasn't going to do the trick. "Kate, aim for the roots." Ringo sped over and rushed in front of the body of the black haired adult. From here on out, he was going to function as his shield. "Rama!" Rama appeared and then Ringo started to glow purple as he raised his arms. He was going to have to protect the boy's body until he at least regains consciousness or the group finds a faster way to kill this thing.

Action: Rakukaja on Ringo

[Akira Nakajima]

Akira had been on a stroll through the area. A sort of patrol to see if there was anything of note in the region. When the sounds of conflict reached his ears, he expected there to be a small scale fight. What he did not expect, and inwardly groaned at the sight of, was the sight of a rather large, and altogether nasty, bundle of plant-life fighting a small group of Users. A quick scan over the area revealed plenty. One was down. One fled. The others were alive, but how much more would they be able to take? He wasn't sure if there was a healer- hell, the healer, in a worst-case scenario, would be the one down. Or the one fleeing. Urging Hayagriva on, the boy rode onto the scene.

”Seems like you've got some nasty plant problems.” He observed, nodding at Tristan. He hadn't really had a chance to settle down with the other two. The other guy was downed. ”I'll take care of healing. If it's possible, I'll revive this guy once you're all stable. Don't lose hope.” He figured they'd all probably be in fine states of mental health, but a little bit of encouragement never hurt anybody. ”Hayagriva, do it.” He patted his Persona's neck, and the horse released a healing aura over the (conscious) humans!

Action: Arrival to replace Jacob; Mediarama on Users

[Kate Minola]

Kate was hit by both lasers and felt herself burning. It was really painful but not as much as it could've been and Kate was thankful for her Persona's resistance to fire. Tristan was less fortunate as it was obvious that those damn roots were feeding the creature.

"This is more stupid than Demon Souls," she grumbled. "Whose bright idea was this?"

Just as she picked herself up, she saw that the dark-haired boy went down - hopefully not dead. Because if he'd gone and died she would never forgive herself. Aaaaand then the goddamn moron Jacob ran for it.

"Jacob! What the hell are you-- Get back here you chickenshit!" she belted in English, furious. "Oh goddammit! This is ridiculous! Hey kid-- Ringo, right? He's alive, isn't he?"

Fortunately, a new arrival rather saved their butts; it was that young boy with an equine Persona. She'd seem him before, at that meeting.

"Thanks! You showed up just in time!" she blurted.

She took a look at the boss. They had to take the roots whenever they appeared because they clearly fed the damn thing. Tristan's wide area darkness blast would take care of them now but she had to watch it later. If she could, she'd attack them the next time she saw those damn sparkles so Tristan wouldn't get back-blasted.

No time to recast the defense boost she thought. I'll just have to grit my teeth and hope I can last a round or two to keep wailing on him. He doesn't seem to like being pruned.

With that thought, she sent Antiope to attack with another heavy swing of her spear. Kate was starting to feel the onset of a headache.

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Auto-Rakukaja is inactive
Action: Cleave (Slash) on boss

[Alice]

The darkness shredded the root systems one more, leaving the golem without energy for its most powerful attack. The golem seemed enraged that another opponent had appeared. Any joy that one had fled, or that the other had fallen, was overshadowed by the fury that there were more. On top of that, it healed the group. Various “pores” opened in the best, a strange sound escaping as air rushed out. It seemed to be a scream of fury. Even if it wasn't actually, you know, a scream.

The golem created a large barrel and fired a singular red seed at Akira! The seed glowed before exploding for moderate Fire damage!

Following that, the barrel morphed into the gattling shape once more before firing a volley of seeds at the group for minor Pierce damage!

The ends of its arms disassembled, and a flurry of furious vines lashed at the group for minor Strike damage!

The golem's legs twitched, as though another set of roots would be launched soon. Overall, the golem seemed to be fatigued.

[Tristan Carter]

Tristan was extremely grateful to the boy that decided to show up. Tristan had slowly slid to his knees after his attack, but the boy's timely appearance kept things from getting worse. He stood up and noticed someone was missing. It was the crippled guy, Jacob. Had he ran away? Suddenly, Tristan felt himself get extremely angry. He was on the verge of death, and the healer ran off?

Tristan summoned Odysseus, who was brandishing a sword this time. He was fully intending to cut away his frustrations. And he was going to start with the giant-fucking-plant monster that stood before him. And he was cutting his way up.



((Cleave on the Scrub's Left Leg!))

[Kate Minola]

Kate shuddered from the scream of the thing. It was horrible and annoying all at once. The rejuvenating sense she got from Antiope helped her withstand the blows she took, together with the young boy's healing. She was amazed her glasses hadn't broken from all this beating. But she knew she was going to be sore as hell tomorrow.

"I think it's weakening," she said and looked at Shiro, who was making sure the black-haired kid wasn't getting finished off. "I don't wanna jinx it, but try to hang on for a bit longer, okay? We can do this."

Oh she saw the monster's feet twitching and she suspected more of those damn roots. Without missing a beat, she ordered Antiope to attack, almost simultaneously with Tristan's Persona. Antiope rushed to the monster's other side and swung her spear in a wide arc, slicing hard.

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Auto-Rukukaja is inactive.
Action: Cleave (Slash) at the Right Leg.

[Akira Nakajima]

The giant plant monster unleashed an explosive seed on him. Had it been some few weeks ago, that might have been a problem. As things stood now, however, the flames didn't bother the boy in the least. The two party-wide attacks, to him, didn't seem to justify putting the unconscious one at risk any further. If the fight went on much longer, he could just heal the group as needed. For the time being, he wanted to make sure that guy didn't kill over. Shifting closer atop Hayagriva, the boy patted the horse's neck, and a spray of healing particles flew over and coated the man before fading away.

”You should be fine now, so get up. If it still hurts, just give me a minute, and I'll heal everyone.” He hoped the shield-wielder would stir. After all, it'd be a wasteful skill if it had no effect. Or if the guy just slept there. The enemy seemed to be weakening. Perhaps his interference was unnecessary? Well. Better safe than sorry.

Action: Recarm on Takuminakosa.

[Takumi Fujioka]

Well, he wasn't dead. In fact, he was just barely conscious. He was laying face flat on the ground though, basically ignorant to what was going on around him. The retreat of someone followed by someone coming in to cover, the attacks being thrown; all of it was unknown to him. It didn't take long, but he was revived from his slumber not too long after falling. His consciousness came back slowly, resulting in him subconsciously getting back up. His eyes were open, but seemed dead. He couldn't actually see yet. Well, slowly he was beginning to. I see. That's what it's like. Thanks kid. Rubbing his eyes, he tried to grasp the situation as best he could. The sensible thing to do at a time like this was just to heal.

He couldn't be sure how close they were to finishing this fight, but he put in what effort that he could and began to heal the party. He still wasn't aware of who left. All he knew was that this horse kid saved him.

Action: Media on allies and self

[Ringo Shiro]

"Jacob! What the hell are you-- Get back here you chickenshit!" Ringo looked over. Come to think of it, there was one amongst them that are missing wasn't it? "Oh goddammit! This is ridiculous! Hey kid-- Ringo, right? He's alive, isn't he?" Ringo looked back at the unconscious kid. He quickly looked back at Kate.

"He's unconscious but he's fine. I'll stay  here and..." Ringo then endured the barrage of attacks. Even with heightened defenses, that didn't make the attacks hurt any less. If anything, Ringo accumulated more wounds. Come to think of it, his blurring vision might be a sign his head was hit maybe once or twice. 

Ringo looked over to see a new comer. Someone who appeared to be a long black haired girl. She walked over with her horse like Persona. Ringo looked with an arched eyebrow as he watched the Persona display...it's unique method of resurrection.

”You should be fine now, so get up. If it still hurts, just give me a minute, and I'll heal everyone.” 

I see. That's what it's like. Thanks kid. At least everyone was in good condition now. Ringo still decided to stay in front to protect the kid considering his own heightened defenses and his natural resistance to fire. Plus he was healed a little just now. His eyes began to glow.

"Rama." The hero launched another arrow at the golem.

Action: Skewer on the Golem
Rakukaja effect: second turn

[Alice]

The golem quivered and suddenly released numerous root systems! However, the roots were all brittle, breaking apart on their own. Gradually, the titan shrunk and broke apart, the red gem that seemed to be its heart blossomed into a fiery rose before its petals fell, leaving nothing behind but dried out grass clippings. The mighty had fallen. This time.

But weeds had a way of coming back.


The problem has been uprooted!

Congratulations! You survived the first guardian of a shady area!

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Infernal Petal x5

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