A Not So Wasteful Trip [Mod]

[Chidori Tsukino]

After her last encounter, Chidori was of two minds; part of her was eager to prove to herself that she could be smarter, and that more practise would help in the long run. The other part of her really didn't relish the idea of coming across another one of those slashing Tiaras. Nevertheless, the former won out in the end, and after some recovery time, she packed her exploration gear, gathered her needles (which most of her normal salary was going towards paying for - good thing they were so damned cheap to replace) and held her head high as she sneaked across the border and located the same sewer entrance she'd used each time. So far, she'd managed to explore a pretty definitive route, taking the left hand forks each time.

Hence, it didn't take long to catch up to where she left off, and thankfully, no sight of the shadows that had previously plagued her. In fact, she actually kept going for a good half hour, until she reached the extreme-left dead-end route. With a slight smile, she photographed the end-point (which was basically a solid stone wall with a large grated hole at the floor in front of it) and noted down the basic route, and what was at the end. Then, she retraced her steps to the last fork and took the other path, still keeping to the left until she once again hit another dead-end, though there was no grate this time, and it was only another 5 minutes of walking. On & on this process was carried out, until she'd spent a good two hours exploring and managed to avoid any sign of shadows. Maybe, just maybe, Lady Luck was on her side for now? At least, until she became a fickle mistress again.

At any rate, Chidori began the process once more at another fork after a quick break to drink some water, eyes keen and her corner-taking slow & cautious.

[Erithania]

Time for Mass Desutruction!

Fabulous Tiara

Skills
Agi
Assault Dive

Resist: Fire
Weakness: Ice

Spirit Hands

Skills
Mudo
Skewer

Resist: Dark
Weakness: Light

Plank Table

Skills

Zio
Cleave

Resist: Lightning
Weakness: Wind

[Chidori Tsukino]

Not that it helped much when two shadows descended upon her - another funny Tiara shadow, and a creepy-looking one that was basically a disembodied hand with a mask at the wrist. Urg, she was not very pleased to see either of them in the least, which only compounded further when she tried to retreat a little, only to find her path blocked by a third shadow! It must've followed her or something, and now, at the worst of times, it had caught up to her. Essentially a floating table, she eyed it suspiciously and decided that unlike last time, she had to be very careful about how close each enemy got. She couldn't go all-offensive here, either, as that had led to a nasty counter-attack. Full defence would lead to too much flung her way...unless...

Grinning suddenly, the mute summoned Lucia in a wave of light, before rapidly approaching the pair of shadows ahead. Without so much as a second thought, she threw a handful of needles at the Tiara, and commanded her persona to blast the Hand-shadow with a Hama. The former stumbled and seemed a little dazed, whilst the latter was knocked right onto its 'back' by the burst of Light. Note to self, that one's probably weak to Light. Letting the thought slide to the back of her mind, Chidori carried out the rest of her quickly-formed planned by turning side-on towards the table-thing, smirking and simply raising a very specific finger at it. She hoped it would understand the gesture, or at the very least, still take the opportunity of her standing still to the attack. Either way, it seemed the Plank Table rose to the taunt, sparking with a growing mass of energy before Zaaaaap! A bolt of electricity sailed through the air, arcing towards her. However, given that this was her intention (or well, any projectile attack, which is what she'd been banking on more or less), the brunette reacted hastily, throwing herself out of the way, Lucia along with her, as the Zio continued straight onwards and hit what was left in its path - the somewhat stunned Tiara.

That was when things got interesting; because the middle of the sewer held actual drainage, which was a majority of water with enough salt-based products to be conductive, the Zio's power simply compounded, surrounding the Tiara and the Spirit hand in a wave of thunderous energy. Already severely weakened by the Hama attack, the Spirit Hands could take no more and burst into nothingness, while the Tiara was knocked down pretty damned hard. Fortunately for Chidori, she'd thrown herself right over to the side path, well clear from the conductive stream of sewerage. The Table itself received a nasty shock for its efforts, which it effectively shrugged off - a resistance to its own elemental attack, she figured. With only one prominent threat left, the brunette gave it no more leverage, berating it with a double hail of needles, accompanied by a healthy dose of Hama. Perhaps it was due to her previous experiences with casting, but the mute was beginning to feel less exhausted each time she commanded Lucia to attack, which was a good sign. Or so she hoped anyway.

Assailed by an unending combination of attacks, the little table-thing eventually skittered and fell down, slowly dissipating. Wanting to make sure it was well and truly over, Chidori curb-stomped both it and the Tiara a few times until they were fully destroyed, before leaning against the tunnel wall, catching her breath. Geez, the increasing number of shadows was starting to get annoying, but at least it made good practise. Still, she had a job to do, and she would do it well, rounding off her current journey with photos, notes and then a cautiously slow return to the surface. She'd had enough of the subterranean for now.

[Erithania]

You're not dead yet!



There's always next time, but, for now, have some FP!