Part One of Three: SEARCH PARTIES // HOSTAGES - Pre-battle prep

[nishimono.livejournal.com]

[You've all searched long and hard to get here--a strange manor surrounded by thick forests and right near the mountains that encompass Paradisa's castle. It's old-looking and you can't quite place the architecture...and it has an oddly empty feel to it. It certainly doesn't look like the place where a guts-eating monster would be dwelling, nor where she'd kidnap and torture people. But appearances can certainly be deceiving...

Now that everyone involved knows where she is, it's time to converge and figure out a battle plan.]


[[ooc; First off: PLOT TIME LINE
Second: OOC POST ABOUT TODAY
Third: BATTLE SIGN-UPS

These are all super-important!! Make sure you read these and join the plot chat: gonnabeanhero

Alright guys, go at it!

Hostages
Faildown (Allen & Dick exclusive)
Search parties
   Team 1 on route (groups can threadhop between themselves if you want them to run into each other. LITERALLY TAG ANYWHERE DIS JUST BE A GUIDELINE)
   Team 2 on route
   Team 3 on route
   Team 4 on route
   Air Support on route
   Misc. People involved who have no be officially placed in a team on route (Those in search parties are free to tag here & run into/pick these people up)
   Help via Castle
Everyone converges (you can comment here at any time!)
   Tim arrives with an important message!
   A rendezvous has been set!

Start commenting at your leisure! The battle post will not go up until later today. BACKTAGGING HERE WILL BE IMPORTANT]]

Comments

[save-the-souls.livejournal.com]

[He continues his own slash, trying his best to cut through her. As soon as he sees Dick plant something in her, he has the good sense to get away so he'll quickly use a ribbon to attach to a tree and pull himself away and up into the tree]

[nishimono.livejournal.com]

[And Riful really has no idea what to expect here--she'll blink up at Dick and follow him as he sticks something on her, but before she can reach around to grab it Allen's at her front and she's going to allow him to slice at her again--more tendrils will fall off, though those are the thinner ones!]

--!! [and *that's* when the plasma grenade goes off and sends of a huge explosion, kicking up dust and rocks and making Riful yelp in surprise]

[knightprodigy.livejournal.com]

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You okay?

[save-the-souls.livejournal.com]

[He's looking down from the branch of the tree, trying to see Riful. He has serious doubts this is the end of her - he's fought Teresa enough times to know that someone of Riful's rep gotta be much stronger than this]

I'm fine.

Though I don't think this is over yet...

[nishimono.livejournal.com]

[indeed, Allen's right....everything remains completely still for several long, drawn-out moments as the dust clears and settles....but when it does?

Riful's standing there just...staring at them in confusion.]

That was good, but I wanted to see something new. A new, powerful attack!

...You do have one, right? That wasn't really all there was to it was there?

[knightprodigy.livejournal.com]

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[save-the-souls.livejournal.com]

[Not good at all. Allen knew he was outmatched, but what he wanted was more time for the people to get closer, more of her abilities caught on Tim. So instead he'll glare down at her]

No it wasn't!

CROSS GRAVE! [He swipes his claws again and shoots out about a dozen crown shaped projectiles at her that should explode on contact]

[nishimono.livejournal.com]

[Excellent work Allen! That would be an effective plan of attack...if she'd stuck around for it ): She was so disappointed with the first turn of events that she's not going to give them a second chance.

She's vanishing from her spot entirely and coming up from behind them--yes, in the air. Both her arms will turn into tendrils now that will slice through the air and hit them, instending to pierce non-vital areas and stick them into the ground face-down]

[knightprodigy.livejournal.com]

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[save-the-souls.livejournal.com]

[He also tried to get out of the way and managed to block a couple of the tendrils with his Innocence cape, but a few were strong enough to break through and they push him off the tree straight into the ground with a loud crash and a yell as they go into him]

[nishimono.livejournal.com]

[you'll hear and eerie, echoed giggle as she touches down on the ground near them, body reformed but each arm holding down a hero. She'll tilt her head to watch them.....before letting more tendrils come out of her "elbows" to wrap around Dick's ankles and crush them--and to pierce Allen's normal arm to try and make him release that sword]

I'm a little disappointed in you two...

[knightprodigy.livejournal.com]

[Beaten, bloody, and skewered, Dick struggled still, and struggled all the more when he felt those cold metal tendrils again, coiling around his ankles.

Dick took an intake of breath, knowing what was about to come. The knowledge, however, did nothing for the sharp, throbbing pains that shot up both his femurs and numbed his feet. He screamed, forehead pressing into the ground in a vain attempt to relieve and refocus the pain.

Jaw clenched, he ground out;] Go to Hell.

[save-the-souls.livejournal.com]

[He yells out in pain at his arm being pierced but he has a death grip on his sword. He breaths heavily as he glares at Riful before concentrating as his cape suddenly forms hardened spikes of Innocence (http://www.onemanga.com/D.Gray-Man/112/16/) to impale the tentacles that are piercing him]

[nishimono.livejournal.com]

[a successful impale! However she's got more tendrils than that Allen...and as soon as you counter-attack she's going to sink more of them into his body]

Come now, I've clearly won. You should both give up now.

[knightprodigy.livejournal.com]

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[save-the-souls.livejournal.com]

[It really hurt and he could feel the tendrils going through his body, but he refused to give up just yet]

Not a chance.

[He focused his Innocence so the cape released more spiked on the tendrils on his arm, and as soon it was movable, he pointed his sword up at her and small white light that resembled lighting appeared around him and the sword, gritting his teeth as he spat out]

Death Ball! [And suddenly there are several large explosions of holy lighting aimed at different parts of her body, and incinerating any of the trees near them into tiny bits]

[nishimono.livejournal.com]

[--it also burns Riful like a bitch ): She's letting out a surprised gasp instead of something akin to pain though, and unfortunately her tendrils aren't loosening--they're tightening and reflexively, more are shooting out into their bodies; specifically Allen's]

Oh, no...! Now look what you've done to yourself! [and she sounds concerned ): even if that blast took away part...of her head]

[knightprodigy.livejournal.com]

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[save-the-souls.livejournal.com]

[He screams as yet more tendrils shoot into his body, his sword transferring back into an arm because he simply can't keep it in sword form with this much pain. He turns his head over in Tim's direction and mouth silently at him to go find the others before yelling out in pain again, making the golem fly away as fast as possible]

[Meanwhile he'll continue to try to claw at her tendrils, though they are hard to reach and he's definitely getting weaker]

[nishimono.livejournal.com]

[it'll definitely be near-impossible, that's for sure ): she's making a disappointing noise and not even seeming to care about Tim flying off--Dick and Allen are her focuses, especially when she starts binding them with her body from head to toe, lifting them into the air]

That's enough--I've already won. You'll die if you two keep going, and I'd really like a chance to speak with you...

[--and then an idea occurs to her!]

I know, I'll bring you down to meet everyone else. You can all reminisce with each other until you've calmed down. [and with that in mind, she smiles to herself and carries them into the manor (http://community.livejournal.com/paradisa/11299797.html?thread=579900629#t579900629)...]