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Boss Fight - Octoboogie

[Sunday afternoon, ready or not, the monster that attacked the mosasaur is after the city. Upon first glance it seems to be a gigantic purple octopus, but closer inspection reveals a sharp row of teeth across its face. It's no ordinary octopus, and not just due to its size. It swims up to the bubble with such force that it stirs up a temporary whirlpool that results in various undersea creatures smacking against the barrier. If the sudden blocking of the sunlight from above doesn't get people's attention, the clattering noises sure will. When it speaks, its voice is raspy, and it sounds as if it finds this whole situation to be just hilarious.]

Hello there boys and girls! Are you ready to play?

[It peers down into the bubble with one of its enormous yellow eyes, squinting up in a manner that makes it look as if it's smirking. Two tentacles attach themselves to the bubble and start pulling. There's an ominous groaning sound, and then...]

Oww! Hey, watch it!

[Divine lightning strikes down from some point on the island to hit the invader. It lets go of the barrier, swimming up to the island at top speed.

Seconds later, all characters holding the badges from the curse would find their communicators turning on suddenly. The cleric skill master is up on the island, her eyes trained on the shoreline by the bay.]

That thing is going to be up here any second. I can't last for long on my own, so get yourselves up here now! Clerics, pair yourselves with a warrior and snag all the damage dealing classes you can find! We're going to have to roll with a pick-up-group raid, here. So -

Well hello, pretty lady!

...just read this and hurry it up!

[A good cleric is always prepared. The skill master has provided a basic strategy for anyone feeling particularly lost, and she sends it out to everyone's communicators before cutting off the feed.]

You're all new to this, so I won't hold it against you if you screw this up. Here's some basics for you. I don't know what kind of monster we'll be facing just yet, but just in case, here's a little primer you can use no matter what you're up against.

Clerics - you know what you're in for by now. Bring some mana potions, bring your faith, and bring a megaphone to shout out warnings to your party. You'll be in the back, so you'll be able to see attacks coming. Pace yourselves. Don't heal every little boo-boo, this thing is big and we'll be in it for the long haul.

Warriors - strap in, because this won't be like fighting the little guys. You're likely to be riding this fight out half dead the whole time, and don't you dare blame that on your healer, that's just the nature of the beast. Watch yourself, and try to avoid blowing everything all at once. Hold back until you see a pattern of attack. Most importantly, keep the big thing's attention off your friends! You've got it in you, I know you do.

Mages - unfortunately I don't have any information on what this thing is gonna be weak against. All I know is "it's big and it's got suckers". Try to do low level spells until you figure out what's hurting it and what might be healing it. If you run out of mp, tell your party before you go running off to regenerate. Good luck.

Rogues - you're gonna want to pace yourselves. This sort of fight won't be over quickly. Try to get in and poison or confuse whatever this thing turns out to be, and hold off on attacking until you see openings or you'll tire yourselves out. You can move faster than anyone, so you might also want to keep an eye out for allies who have been knocked out. Bring 'em to me or to your cleric.

Beast Masters - I can't pretend to really understand the bond you guys have with your pets, but you can basically function as a little team all on your own. Try to look out for your pet and don't put too much of a burden on the clerics. Dive in behind the warriors so your pet doesn't get hurt too badly, and bring healing items for it. You're probably going to be on support a bit more than you're used to.

Bards - it's up to you guys to balance out the weaknesses of your party. That's going to be a little different for each one of you, so I can't help you too much. Keep an eye on party composition and be ready to switch up your song and dance on the fly. In a bad spot it can help if you distract the enemy while injured party members get out of the way, too.

I'm not going to pretend any of these strategies are perfect, so if anyone comes up with some better ideas while the fight is going on, I wish you all the best. I mostly wrote this up for anyone who might be panicking with no idea what to do. Oh, and the groups that fought the werewolf and the giant slime? Bring whatever you found. I bet we'll need it.

~ C

OOC: It's the big battle! This boss will have more than one phase and he will be played out by us, so hop in and get to fighting him!

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[The big guy's got himself suctioned down to the island nice and tight with two of his larger tentacles. Unfortunately, no one can even get close to those tentacles to expose his weak areas with the other six waving about! Each tentacle seems to hold a particular fondness for a different class, though all of them can have their attention snagged by a warrior after a few good hits. Still, maybe there's a reason they're focusing on specific classes like that? It might be a good idea to pay attention to just what they're trying to take out.]

[Really, is just doing this to make up for the whole mermaid thing with Demyx. This thing was messing with the sea life, so Faris has to mess it up.

Pulling out his sword and throwing his shield at a tentacle in an attempt to get it's attention. Anyone willing to be support or protected by the Warrior?]

[Hopefully so, because Faris has its attention! The tentacle rises into the air, whipping out toward the warrior with surprising speed for its size. He would be able to withstand the blow, but he'll definitely need that back up.]

[Naoto had made it up to the beach. She knew what she was about to do was stupid, however some of the best strategies started with at least a little stupidity. Luckily she wasn't so stupid as to not buy some HP, MP and stamina potion packs. She needed to find out what was going on.

That's when she found Faris in a bit of trouble. She had seen the tenticle go for him. She knew she had to work quickly.]

BOLT!

[Sure the bolt spell she used was just a level one, but she wanted to be sure as to a weakness first. That... and she wasn't used to using spells not based in light or dark still.]

[It does hurt the thing, but it doesn't seem to be particularly weak to it. Strange, it's covered in water, shouldn't a bolt hurt it a little more than that?]

Woah there! Good thing I don't have hair little guy, that would have ruined it!

[Due to the "game" mechanics, he's not angry enough to shift his attention off Faris just yet, but his attacks do seem slowed somewhat. Being electrified is hard!]

[ Oh no, it was so cute.

Was she supposed to be casting support spells? She sure had a lot of them up her adorable cleric costume's sleeve.

So, yeah, helping out was a good, important thing to be doing. Sure, but first it just seems reasonable to loudly complain while out of the range of thrashing tentacles. ]

It's just so adorabubble! I don't see why we can't just try to make friends first.

[ Maybe she could just... go over there and try to make friends anyway. Hmmm.

Hmmmm.

She was the most helpful of trolls. ]

[That actually seems to get the thing's attention. One yellow eye turns toward Feferi, and it... looks like it's blushing?]

Sorry sweetheart, but you're a bit too young for me! Still, I'll give you a nice little SQUEEZE for the compliment!

[Hopefully someone shows up quick, because one of those tentacles is headed right for Feferi and the sort of squeeze he has in mind would likely render her unconscious.]

[Only the tentacle doesn't have a chance to connect as a kite shield comes spinning out of nowhere and knocks it off course, keeping Feferi from immediate harm. It returns to Sola's arm as he stands on a small dune, wind whipping around him and blowing the small tail on his coif back dramatically as what little light there is gleams from armor and sword.]

Get your slimy suckers away from her and leave the bubble alone, jerkface!

[Okay so he doesn't have the smacktalk down yet, but he definitely looks the part of avenging hero!]

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[It sounds like the massive monster is giggling lecherously as it reaches for Feferi... only to get slammed by that shield!]

Yeowch! I just wanted a little love, is that so wrong?

[She said he was cute! He was only going to squeeze her a little bit! He knows a hero when he sees one, though. Only one way to deal with that sort. One tentacle slam, now headed Sola's way.]

Yeah, no, there's all kinds of things wrong with that!

[ YEESH.

You try to be friendly with an octopus, and this is what happens. Clearly the tentacled monstrosities of a human planet were just plain rude.

She'd totally thought she'd been out of range, too. She casts a physical barrier on Sola as she scrambles over so maybe she could hide behind the kid. ]

[The barrier definitely helps diffuse the force of the blow, though Sola still gets knocked back a few feet even if it doesn't injure him. He charges back towards the tentacle almost immediately, slashing crossways at the offending appendage with a loud "Hiya!" and making sure to keep himself between Feferi and the monster before them.

He wishes he had his bow to be able to shoot the things' eyes instead, much preferring to attack the root of the problem directly instead of the limbs, but he's gotta work with what he's given.]

You're the one that called me cute. Now I'm mad!

[Drat, though, she's behind Sola. He'll have to lure the warrior in first. He draws his tentacles inward, acting like the sword blow hurt him.]

That really smarts!

It betta hurt!

[ As he draws in, she makes a point to toss at him a basic Holy spell, too. He earned it! ]

You're so rude, so you deserve what you get!

[Not terribly tactically minded if he hasn't observed his enemy, Sola's easily taken in by the cephalopod's ploy and advances. He doesn't step in too far, however, planting his feet after just a few steps and spinning to throw his shield with a mighty heave right at the monster's face, aiming to stun.]

[The tentacle that's going for Sola turns out to be very weak to holy! It drops to the ground after the spell hits it, momentarily stunned and open for any other attacks. The other tentacles still guard its face though, so Sola would do well to try to permanently disable the still tentacle.]

[ The tentacle collapsing down gets a sharp, glubbing cackle out of Feferi. That would show him! ]

Hurry up and chop it off or somefin!

Okay, okay!

[She's so bossy for a damsel in distress! Even so, Sola follows the direction and as soon as his shield makes it back to his arm he's aiming several chopping swings down at the felled tentacle, aiming to hack it off. He doesn't seem to be fussed about any resulting gore, either.]

All Selphie wanted was to go all out offensive on this thing. But stuck as a rogue she would have to make the best of what she had. First task was a smokescreen, which should keep her hidden. The plan of attack was to hit with her poison attack using her whip, then get the hell outta there! Hopefully the smoke would last long enough to help the other classes move forward and attack unseen.

Woah, hey! Who turned out the lights?

[For now there aren't any tentacles headed Selphie's way - instead, one is raised up in the air, trying to wave the smoke away. How rude, putting down a smoke screen like that! How could people on the ground observe his handsome face with smoke in the way?]

*Yes! That was exactly waht she was going for! Now her poison attacked just needed to work, so long as she could keep out of the way of those flailing tentacles!*

[The poison works all right, but he's so big that just a little bit isn't enough to slow him down much. It seems like he's irritated with the smoke screen, because he's spraying some sort of acid over the area now in an attempt to clear it.]

*All Selphie has to do now is creep on out of there before she's spotted! Because she's pretty sure that thing won't be happy with her*

[By the time he clears the smoke, Selphie's out of range. If she wants to attack him again, it would probably be best to bring some back up this time. He's watching the beach carefully...]

[Fai definitely can't ignore this thing. If he does, people might get hurt. So it is time to really put his new abilities to the test. He starts off with a low level wire spell to try and get the guy's attention enough to maybe let one of the warriors get a hit in.]

[The fire spell definitely gets his attention. In fact, it infuriates him.]

Seafood soup is NOT on the menu!

[He raises up slightly, sending a potentially blinding blast of ink Fai's way.]

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Waah~ [And Fai certainly is glad he is fast because ewwwww. He does not want to bet inked.]

But seafood soup might be tasty and the villagers might like to try and new delicacy~

[Okay so fire is a bad idea, but come on warriors! Hit it while he is distracted by a running vampire.]

[Fire is a very good idea, provided there's someone to keep the flailing tentacles from whacking Fai in retaliation. He might be fast, but the curse impairs a lot of people physically - mages in particular. Since the ink didn't hit, he's got one sweeping tentacle coming his way.]

[Fai needs a few moments to summon up more of that fire but as soon as he does he sends another blast towards that tentacle. This is kind of gross..why did he sign up for this?]

[A lot of people are going to get hurt if this thing has its way with the bubble, that's why! Though it does get burned, it keeps on moving for him, almost certainly going to make direct contact and send Fai flying. He needs a warrior or something to distract it!]

[Fai definitely does go flying and that is going to hurt..a lot. He better find some backup and quick.]

[Time to coat the nearby area with ink and hope Fai doesn't notice! If he steps on it, he has a chance to kick up an ink cloud and trigger blindness.]

[Fai certainly does notice, how could he not? He'll use some of his nice powered up skills with wind to blast that nastiness back towards the creature.]

[Ky is sensible enough to try to stay back and focus his attentions on spotting weaknesses and healing people who need it. (Even if he's not ever very strong on that at the moment, at least his faith is strong, whatever partial relevance that seems to have.

Unfortunately his sensibility doesn't apply to the reach of the creature, not when there's a tentacle reaching toward him, and short of healing it there's not much he can do to keep it back.]

Edited 2013-03-27 02:16 (UTC)

KNOCK-OUT BLOW!

[It's a good thing Rin saw you nearly getting snagged by that tentacle, Ky. The half-demon warrior comes barreling in, flameless but still swinging his sword hard while hurling his favored move at it.

He skid to a halt in front of Ky, panting heavily from running to the island (and across it) from the Villa. As soon as he'd seen the announcement from the cleric he gave Kid an order - stay and protect anyone not affected by the curse, in case they fail and that thing gets in - and left him very little room to argue.

He was going to get hell for that later, but right now his main concern was the creature in front of them.]

Idiot! If you're gonna be up here the least you can do is dodge and not get your sorry ass grabbed!

[The tentacle that was going for Ky draws back from the blow, curling up.]

Yeowch! Hey, you can't blame me for going for the healer! That's cheap, you know. I don't heal!

[Pouting, he slams one tentacle down with a WHOOSH, kicking up a lot of sand and possibly spraying it right in their faces.]

[It's not Ky's fault that he can't move as fast as the tentacles can.

He coughs as he catches some of the sand in his mouth, but tries to swallow quickly so he can respond, trying reason.]

You don't have to be here.

[Rin throws his arm up over his face, blocking at least enough of the sand that he's only coughing and sputtering a bit.]

Don't you start givin' me orders. I'm here cause I'm gonna make damn sure that thing doesn't take out anyone I care about! And that includes you and anyone else down in the city!

[Sorry Ky, you're not going to get much time to argue but Rin is already gearing up for another attack, charging at that tentacle that came down on them.]

You're not goin' after anyone! NASTY BLOW!!

[That's going to leave a bruise. All right, now he's getting mad! Who is this kid to insult him like this and call him a thing? He raises up, spitting a cloud of ink towards both of them and very likely temporarily blinding them both.]

Rin, I wasn't talking to you, I was talking to the creature.

[If talking might work, Ky will try it. Although it's harder to be calm when he's being attacked.]

I understand the call to duty.

[And he'd be the last one to try to stop someone heeding it.

He mutters a prayer under his breath, the lack of sight almost claustrophobic but his attentions are on Rin, since he can only cast Sight for one of them, and Rin's the one who can use more.]

... eh? ... oh! Heheheheh... I shoulda known that! Sorry, man!

[Rin's spectacular moment of derp only lasts a second, but it's a second too long and the ink pretty much hits him square in the face, causing him to reel back and sputter noisily until he regains his balance.

Luckily Ky's casting works and the blindness is gone within a minute. He doesn't need much intelligence to realize that Ky only cast it on Rin, likely leaving him blinded while the warrior was rescued from it.]

Damn! Ky, are you okay?!

[Probably not, Rin.]

Of course I've got to be here, church boy! Someone's got to host the main event!

[The blindness doesn't last for long,but it lasts long enough for him to recover and aim for Ky again. In this state, Ky won't even be able to dodge! He'll take out the healer and then he'll be able to cream Rin without having to redo his work over and over again.]

You should go home. This will end better for everyone if you do.

[Ky can't even see the creature aiming for him, so he'll respond to Rin as if he's not.]

Just focus on what you need to do.

[Ky's trying talking to it, but he knows fighting's the answer they have to do. And he can't do that, blinded or not.]

I don't think so!

[Nope, that tentacle is getting blocked. Rin darts in front of Ky and puts his sword up. He's not the strongest warrior around though, so it still knocks him back pretty far.

But he's back on his feet quickly, taking a stance as he readies for another attack. He needs a moment to recover, but that's another moment that leaves Ky open to get hit.]

Get back, Ky! He's gonna take another shot at you!

[Now that his tentacles have been disabled, he's drawing in to himself! Somehow the smirking octopus has hardened himself up. Is there anything corrosive enough to get through that shell, or will everyone just have to gradually chip away at it?]

Nice try kiddies, but you'll have to do better than that!

[The smirking octopus has regained the use of his tentacles, and now he's in a frenzy! He's casting spells and using skills left and right. His movements aren't as coordinated though, and sometimes his center is exposed, though only briefly. If there was some way to focus all the attacks on his body, surely he must be weakened enough by now that he could be taken out!]

[ So if someone would look up at the area above the fracas, they would catch sight of what seems to be a flying couch with one particular demon sitting upon it and seemingly enjoying the show. He's treating it all like a movie, really, calmly sipping tea as a nearby tea tray laden with a few choice snacks floats alongside him.

He floats here and there, near a roof or two on occasion but definitely away from the crowd and the danger. A wary tentacle whips out to his direction but it barely misses him by a hair's breadth as he maneuvers his couch out of the way and to somewhere further and safer. ]

Bravo, Vatheon. Bravo indeed~ It seems you've chosen to end this with quite the show! But no thank you. I'd rather stay away from the crowd.

[ Care to join him? He can poof up more food if need be. ]

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Boss Fight - Octoboogie

Phase 1

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Eridan get over here;

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Just swooping in here >.>

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Open to threadjacking

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Phase 2

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PEANUT GALLERY!