[Maya's Heart]

[soulping]

[Everything goes white, almost blindingly, as you enter Eveningstar's heart.... it's so overwhelming that you forget, for a moment, what you're doing, why you're here, and details about yourself start to slip---]

[but then it all stops, abruptly, and your senses return to you]

[OOC: Channel is #quitplayingames]

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BOSS 2: ELECTRIC BOOGALOO

[soulping]

As the glass that is "Poochy Fluffikins" shatters, revealing him - or it, since it was never a him at all - for the abomination that it is, and the final lock on Eveningstar breaks, it looks like it's about done.]

[Or is it?]

[As Eveningstar begins to stir, the creature uses the sliver of remaining strength it has to wrap a tendril around her... and swallow her right into its body]

[A shimmer goes through all of the shards, reflecting light onto you, and somewhat rejuvenated, it rises again, poised to attack you]

[It's angry, and the first thing it does is swipe directly at you with the nasty, large, jagged splinters]

[gandere]

I should have figured Eveningstar would have been eaten!!

[ She's already starting to run low on prana, but she reinforces herself again to block as many people as she can. ]

[grandstanding]

[for Blade's part, he summons the fallen stepladder back to himself and spins it in front of them, hoping to block those splinters as they come]

We need to smash it open!

[gandere]

We can't just smash it open! What if we hurt Eveningstar in the process, you daft fool!

[grandstanding]

Well what do you suggest?

[soulping]

[Schooler manages to shield herself and a few others, but one splinter in particular goes through the gaps in between the stepladder to slash across his arm]

[When it pulls the tendril back, there's an opening]

[gandere]

There!

[ Fires off a Gandr shot... because if it hits Eveningstar, it'll only make her sick. ]

[grandstanding]

[Blade hisses at the slash, pulling back a bit to stand next to Schooler instead. he rips the stepladder into its composite parts, then lifts his hand to fire them towards the glass creature's legs, aiming to snake around and bind its legs]

[soulping]

[Schooler's shot bounces off of a few shards, but they loosen and fall to the ground, shattering]

[As the stepladder parts wrap around what passes for its legs, it crushes the bottom layer of shards, and they, too, fall to the ground. It makes an inhuman screech of pain and forces the parts out, sending them flying back at the attacking pair, sending several shards from its body hurtling through the air towards them as well]

[gandere]

[ It's not the first time she's had Blade's metal thrown in her face. ]

[grandstanding]

[Sadly some of them do hit before he manages to stop the pieces.]

[soulping]

[Having that down, it'll whim out two tendrils to attempt to wrap around the both of you and start crushing]

[In the mirror shards you can see your own reflection: but in it, you are dying horribly, impaled and screaming wordlessly in pain as the life seeps from your body]

[gandere]

[ Reinforces her body to withhold the strength of the tendril as she turns to look towards Blade. ]

Blade... [ She almost looks pretty much ready to give up after seeing her "reflection" in the shards. ]

[grandstanding]

[having no such physical fortitude, Blade's feeling the crush. so he writhes around a bit, the metal ladder parts shuddering on the ground until they jump up and fire at the glass monster again.

we're in fight or die mode now.]

1/2

[soulping]

[The tendrils wrap around Schooler and Blade tighter, trying to press against the reinforcement. That is, til the parts of stepladder fire up again, knocking off several shards and seaming to clip something near its head that has the grip loosening of both of them, almost like it lost control of them.. did it?]

[however, in a wild, pained, panic, another tendril whips up go straight at them, two shards prone on either side to get them both--]

[attorneyatlawl]

[---before the really "Poochy Fluffykins" comes barging in, holding a wooden sword that Nightshade had wielding earlier]

HOLD IT!

[He doesn't seem to know how to use it very well, but he does throw himself in between the tendril and the both of you, cutting Schooler totally free and Blade partially free before he gets impaled. In both arms.]

[OW]

[gandere]

[ Schooler doesn't waste an opportunity at life when she's been given one. Grabbing the wooden sword with both of her hands, she charges towards her foe with it!! ]

[grandstanding]

[Blade scrabbles at the tendril still half-coiled around him, trying to tear it off himself. it's harder to catch his breath now, and his chest hurts, but once he gets it off--

it takes him that long to come up with a solution. he suddenly switches forms, and immediately uses the wolf's smaller bulk to try and spring away.]

1/2

[attorneyatlawl]

W-Wait! Stop!

[He futilely calls out to Schooler, pushing himself to move despite... well, the shards embedded right through his arms. He leaps to the side, anyway, right on top of another tendril poised to attack Schooler as she charges in]

[soulping]

[Blade, on the other hand, can escape, and that tendril falls to the ground, limp]

[Schooler, on the other hand, is in range for an attack, so while she swings with a sword, the creature jerks towards her, attempting to crush her to the ground with its superior side]

[Her sword will impale a shard, but as it shatters the pieces risk hitting her]

FINAL ROUND

[soulping]

[It's reeling. It's wearing down. It's screeching impossibly loud. It's desperate, and in its desperation, it uses the only attack left to it.]

[It shoots out all of its shards at once, at you, like glass spears hurtling through the air]

["Poochy" jumps to his feet to do his best to put himself between you and them, getting impaled everywhere with shards, but it's not quite enough.]

[Should you survive the attack, you can now see that the creature is armorless and defenseless. More than that, you can see a large sliver where its neck should be, almost like.. a splinter? It's an obvious weak spot, and it's wide open]

[If you still have enough fight in you, that is]

Re: FINAL ROUND

[grandstanding]

[that's a problem when he was coming right at it. so those shards hit, driving into his sides and legs and one into his neck, and he goes down with a howling yelp. he crashes into the ground, skidding past the thing.]

[gandere]

[ Her clothes are ripped and her skin cut in some spots; seems she reinforced herself one more time. A gambit considering how weak she feels entirely, but then there's something that catches her gaze.

She's tired, but it's easy to move when she can manipulate the weight of her body. A foot step feels less like a chore and more as if she's floating. Rushing towards it, with a reinforced fist of steel... ]

Take that!

[soulping]

[The fist connects exactly in the sliver, and once again, the creature wails as the steel pierces its very heart and tears through the only remaining defense]

[This time, however, that wail is cut mercifully short as the last of its strength leaves it, and it sinks into the ground. Whatever material it's made of, feels slimy and thick and it slips down to the ground, pooling at your feet, before disintegrating completely]

[The final lock shatters on the door shatters. With that shattering, you feel some of your life and energy flowing back into you - enough that you can stand and walk, enough that the pain isn't overwhelming, enough that your injuries aren't fatal.]

[Eveningstar is nowhere to be found, but the door swings open of its own accord and you're free to go in]

[gandere]

[ Looks towards Blade to make sure he's doing all right. ]