Trudging & Sludging [Mod]

[Chidori Tsukino]

After their last little tryst with that Crocodile creep of a shadow, Chidori had been somewhat reluctant to return so soon, but she knew she needed to. It was similar to how she'd had to psych herself up after being cut by one of the regular shadows when they ganged up on her. Eventually, her responsible and duty-bound side won out, and she packed up her gear, checked her needles and then set off for the sewers, keen to keep exploring; there wasn't much left of the first area she'd been through - that probably explained why the larger shadow had made its entrance. However, there was a few tunnels left unexplored, and they might lead further on; the mute had to finish the map after all.

Skirting across the border and through the tunnels entrance with practised ease, the brunette descended into the sewer system. Checking her map, she didn't take long to find the last few tunnels that she needed to map out. All in all, it was fairly quiet down here now, which was a nice change of pace. However, her prickling sense of anxiety told her there was something down one of those tunnels, and the sewers sure didn't disappoint; an archway at the end of a larger tunnel clearly looked like the entrance to a deeper set of tunnels, perhaps where the bigger storm drains flowed into. 

Taking a quick break to finish of the first level map, Chidori flipped her sketchbook to a fresh set of pages, took a deep breath, and then began the rough cartography process all over again with the second area, her chocolate brown eyes cautiously scanning around for any signs of shadows.

[Erithania]

Beware the Desu!

Sloppy Maya

Skills
Agilao
Cleave

Resists: Fire
Weakness: Ice

Muddy Tiara

Skills
Zio
Holy Arrow

Resists: Lightning
Weakness: Wind

Disgusting Dice

Skills
Poison Arrow
Hama

Resists: Light
Weakness: Darkness

[Chidori Tsukino]

It wasn't long before she could hear the chittering sounds that she'd come to recognise as a warning of shadows nearby. Drawing herself into a state of battle-readiness, the mute carefully approached the sounds, rounding corners with extreme caution and subsequently getting the drop on not one, not two but three shadows slowly making their way down the tunnel, heading away from her. Two of them she recognised as Shadow types she'd fought before, but the third seemed to be some kind of dice-like creature, whose capabilities she was uncertain of.

Nevertheless, Chidori had to strike, and strike hard, whilst she could, and then slip in amongst them; she'd worked out that with three of them around, it was remarkably easier to get them to hit each other if she timed things correctly. Striding forwards, well clear of the sewerage in the middle, she summoned Lucia around her and blasted all three of them with enhanced Hama attacks, using the surprise to her advantage. Unfortunately, none of them stumbled particularly hard, and the dice shadow barely seemed affected. Hmmm....

Readying herself, the brunette was already in motion when the shadows returned fire; the Maya tried to light her on fire, while the Tiara started crackling with electricity and the Dice returned the favour with its own unempowered Hama. Ducking below the wave of fire, she couldn't dodge the Zio or the Hama, though the latter did little against her. Her body didn't spasm thankfully, as the electricity was rather weak compared to the veritable lightning she'd been struck with before. Regaining her momentum, Chidori tested out her Light-Dark hypothesis by assailing the Dice with a blanket of darkness, pleased to find that it fell in a heap to the ground, stunned by the attack targeting its weakness.

Now prepared for another jolt, she flitted agilely across the tunnel, over the sewerage and sprinted until she was close enough to the Maya that it tried to swipe at her instead, only to fall short because of its flabby little arms - and because she stopped herself just out of its reach, having discovered last time that such shadows could easily have Cleave. What its attempt to slice her did do however, was bring it right up to the sewerage running through the centre of the tunnel, just as the mute was hoping for. Off to her side, the Tiara crackled again, and she instinctively rolled to the side, clearing the super-conductive river by bare inches before the electricity hit it, zapping everything nearby with enhanced vigour, which just so happened to include the Maya now.

Grinning to herself now that things had gone just to plan, Chidori took the opportunity to wail on the Tiara with a double blast of light, sending it packing as she rounded on the somewhat stunned Maya, doing much the same to it as the previous shadow. It too began to dissipate, leaving her with just the recovering Dice. Not to be outdone, the Shadow tried to lash out again, blasting with her with Hama (having not entirely realised that it did little to nothing to her - good ol' simple shadow minds) to Chidori's surprise. Without too much effort, she returned the favour with another round of Mudo, dispatching the last of the three with much more confidence than she had had in earlier explorations.

After healing herself and checking her gear, the mute resumed her mapping process, determined to explore a good portion of the new tunnels before she returned to the surface. She was lucky not to run into anything else, letting her get a good deal of progress in the task before she went home, ready to convert it to a proper map.

[Erithania]

You survived!



Have some money!

Also, this Ball of Lint! It's useless, but maybe you want it?