Sparkle Hunter [Mission]

[Chidori Tsukino]

The strange blonde woman from the building near the terminal offered a number of services, though she'd only really made use of the pawn shop side of things. Until now. Mysterious as ever, it seemed she put up a number of requests relating to shadows for the most part, one of which grabbed her eye as she'd been perusing through the junk to see if anything was of value to sell. For the most part, she liked the woman - she conveniently offered to buy pretty much whatever the mute found in the West Mosaic City ruins, and at a fair price given that really, it was mostly junk. Offering 'missions' like these were just the icing on the cake.

The one that caught her chocolate brown gaze however, was the one that pertained to a special kind of shadow - endangered - that seemed to sparkle. Apparently one had been seen roaming around the ruins, and the blonde woman wanted her to take care of it, to put things nicely. It would be a nice break from hunting around the sewers, and she'd been wanting to do something a bit tougher since the battle at the graveyard. She had mostly support abilities however, which is why she initially hesitated, debating within the confines of her mind about the wisdom of taking up such an endeavour. In the end, with some prodding from Lucia & her confident side, Chidori expressed her interest in the job and after clearing it with the assigner, set out into the ruins.

Which is how she found herself stalking amongst the wrecked buildings, under an oppressively purple sky. It reminded her somewhat of the first day she'd been in the outer circle, having stumbled across the shadows and consequently fled until she was cornered. Lucia had come to the rescue that day, though the brunette was aware that really, it was just a part of herself that she was utilising to combat the new situation. Her desire to be stronger, to help and not be so helpless, pushed her forward along a path of growth. This task was just another step along that path, and so she kept her gaze peeled for shadows, both rare and normal alike, ready to summon her princess persona at the drop of a hat.

[ChromaticTruthsayer]

The city was rather large on its own. Just how easy was it supposed to be to find a "sparkly shadow" anyway? Like finding a needle in a haystack really. . .

And then you found the needle.

Only it was a bit out of range right now. And there happened to be a few other shadows nearby. Shadows that had apparently spotted you. You'll need to take care of them before going after the sparkly one.

Killing Hand

• Viper Smash
• Zio

Absorb: Repel: Null: Strike Rs: Wk: Pierce
Strange Relic

• Garula
• Dia

Absorb: Repel: Null: Wind Rs: Wk: Elec
Vagrant Maya

• Zionga
• Agilao

Absorb: Fire, Elec Repel: Null: Rs: Wk: Bufu

[Chidori Tsukino]

Ack, her path was barred by a few regular shadows it seemed. Not missing a beat, Chidori unleashed a veritable storm of needles upon them all, watching and waiting to see what effect they had. None of them seemed to simply shrug off the attack, and one was even sent sprawling onto the ground. Alright, so the hand is weak to piercing attacks... Now that they were advancing on her (minus the Killing Hand), Chidori began to withdraw slowly, luring them into a denser set of ruined buildings.

Slipping around a corner, she waited silently for them to come through, searching for her. Taking advantage of the momentary confusion, the mute summoned up her persona, blasting them both with a dazzling burst of light. Her mind sharpened by the battle focus Lucia instilled upon her, the brunette slid across between the two remaining shadows, pausing just long enough that they both saw her in their dazed state; both attempted to return the favour, the blob-like thing with hands charging up a large amount of electricity whilst the air around the motherly statue surged with magical power.

Her 'taunting' was successful (despite any actual words), so the mute kept on moving, getting herself well clear of danger zone as the two shadows attempted to retaliate...only to strike each other instead of her, thanks to her distracting Hama attack. Electricity crackled through the air, lancing the Strange Relic just as it blasted the Vagrant Maya with a strong gust of wind; the Relic spasmed violently as it fell, while the Maya was sent flying into one of the ruined walls, sliding to the ground slowly. Since it seemed the least harmed out of the light, Chidori launched another enhanced Hama, grinning when it began dissipating into purple smoke.

In a similar fashion she dispatched the very weakened Relic, watching until both were gone before she approached the Hand shadow she'd wounded earlier; it had just gotten back up and started to approach the side area where the others had all disappeared to. Unfortunately for it, Chidori simply unleashed another vicious hail of needles on it, promptly sending it off into whatever afterlife awaited such creatures.

Giving herself a quick once over, the mute resumed her search for the special, sparkly shadow.

[ChromaticTruthsayer]

You continue to hunt down the shadow, following the way that it had gone. It isn't too long until you finally locate and corner it! That was good. What wasn't so good was the fact that you seem to have alerted more than just the shiny shadow to your presence.


Immortal Gigas

• Viper Smash
• Rakukaja
• Revolution

Absorb: Repel: Null: All phys Rs: Wk:
Special Shadow

• Flail

Absorb: Repel: Null: Rs: Wk: everything

[Chidori Tsukino]

The hunt for the sparkly shadow was going well...until she stumbled upon a hulking brute of a creature that she had alerted during the chase. It was obviously a very physical shadow, if its looks were anything to go by - that could end very badly for her. On the other hand, the actual shadow she was after seemed to cower in the corner, seeming very, very weak. Appearances could be deceiving though, so she would need to take this carefully.

The Gigas shadow seemed to wait for her to make the first move, acting like a guardian as it barred her path to her prey, almost daring her to attack. Only a little afraid -or perhaps, better put, wary- Chidori summoned Lucia to her aid, unleashing what was currently her strongest attack - the enhanced Hama. Her star-shaped hairpin glinted as light enveloped the larger shadow, blasting it with as much magical force as she could currently muster....only to recoil normally. Well damn...it wasn't her lucky day. At least it hadn't been resistant though.

In return, the shadow braced itself, calling upon its inner fortitude as it strengthened its defenses with Rakukaja. Grimacing slightly at the prospect of a long battle, all the mute could really do was continue hitting hard with her best attack whilst she tried to evade as much as possible - not that there was much room in this alleyway to do so. As it recovered itself from another Hama attack, the larger shadow seemed to grin, further boosting its resistance with another Rakukaja. This was beginning to look a little grim - she would have to attack it constantly, doubling her efforts in order to overcome the heightened defense. Damnit.

Nevertheless, Chidori didn't give up; Lucia glowed before releasing yet another enhanced Hama, though the Gigas was only recoiling somewhat now. Then...then it decided to do something that made her very nervous - it began laughing, pumping itself up and taunting her in the process. She could feel herself itching to pelt it with something physical...but the little voice in the back of her mind told her it was a bad idea. Still guffawing, the Gigas seemed to be in pretty high spirits, ready to unleash its devastating physical strength. Backing up a few steps, the mute continued her onslaught of Light, preparing for a blow to come her way.

And come her way it did; the Gigas charged at her with its fists, swinging them diagonally-down in a wicked smash against Lucia's (and consequently Chidori's) side, pushing her to the right as she stumbled, only barely getting her balance back thanks to her bracing. Bloody hell that hurt... She was probably already bruising in the afflicted area, but the brunette had no time to worry about that. Out of the corner of her eye, she noticed that the sparkly shadow was simply flailing about, obviously doing the only thing it could. She would get to it afterwards though.

Using her size to her advantage, Chidori ducked and rolled away, towards the corner where her prey was, though she turned sideways to it, staring the larger shadow down with one fierce eye. Lucia reappeared around her as she summoned up another burst of light, which finally seemed to do something, as the larger Shadow's accumulated damage began to take effect. Still, it recovered quickly and came charging at her again, ready to take her head off if it landed another blow. This was what she'd been prepared for however, and was why she'd put herself so close to the wall - with as much agility as she could muster, the mute ducked and slid under the blow, letting the Gigas tumble forwards with its momentum, surprised as its hands came smashing down into the stone ruins.

And then it got stuck.

Wiggling to free itself, Chidori took the opportunity to hit it for all she had, lancing it with two more blows of Hama as the giant Shadow eventually freed itself from the hole it had created in the wall, reducing what was left to rubble. With a smirk, she watched it seem to slump a little, as its defenses began to weaken - it was tiring now, and obviously handed expected a little thing like her to do much. Appearances could be deceiving right?

Raising her hand, palm up, she beckoned the Gigas with two fingers, taunting it into a rage as it came charging again, forgetting that she had just been able to duck out of its reach previously. This time however, she only slid a little out of the way, so that the larger shadow wound up less than a metre away as it pulled itself to a stop. Time to say goodbye. The bell-like voice that Lucia projected her user's thoughts with rang out as Chidori raised her hand one more time and swiftly flicked her wrist, unleashing yet another enhanced Hama attack on the Gigas' back.

Unable to keep up with the damage being thrown on it, the Gigas collapsed to the ground, though it did not begin to dissipate. It took two more attacks for it to begin disappearing, though it failed to do anything but lie there, exhausted and dizzy from spinning around and trying to hit something that simply ducked & weaved away from its fists. Grateful for her blessed luck at being able to dodge most of its attacks, Chidori made sure it was finished off while she kept part of her gaze locked on the main reason she had come here - the sparkling shadow.

It was still there, in the corner, cowering and flailing wildly. With a small grin, the mute decided against using even more magic, and instead unleashed a withering volley of needles, pleased to note that unlike the Gigas, this shadow recoiled heavily from every blow. Soon enough, she had dispatched it too, and was finally able to slump with her back against some of the only remaining wall in this ruined alleyway as she tried to catch her breath.

[ChromaticTruthsayer]

Mission accomplished!

You received your reward: 750 FP