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Little by little, as a rushing river wears down a boulder, did the so-called divinity before them curdle into a display that played at the same rhythm and tone as a bit thug. Bands of heroes were often loosely-assembled, forced together through tangential connections or an incidentally common cause. If anything besides what neared pity, Orochi's words further fueled the flame in his chest, fumes rising all the way up into his head.

Of course, he felt as though that he knew better than to let pride consume him so close to the end, a gentle reminder coming to him in the form of a spell emanating throughout his form that there was still a very real chance of lasting injury. Every shockwave that rippled across the battlefield was keenly felt upon the soles of his feet, and the sheer magnitude of power that Orochi's divinity expressed to his senses would have made him submit immediately if he wasn't made aware of what was to come. For this, he had to match his allies, match Mouse, in resilience; it was an often literal dagger-sharp edge to the otherwise wonderful position of being one with The World.

After offering a glance of gratitude to Talebrook and a quick survey of the others' conditions, Gorre made use of the heightened speed affecting his body, and leapt up into the air over the shockwave. Again, his wings spread wide, assisting the leap with one, big flap. His ascent slowed within a couple of seconds, and once he was at the very apex of the leap, he let the wings fade once more, letting gravity take him and his blades down upon the recently-purged Fire Head in a [Dragonbane Stance] [Chaotic Strike]. As he intersected with its neck, the Twinblade momentarily split into four slashing afterimages, and returned to being within a singular shape once he was touching solid ground beside Mouse.

The Vagrant's single-eyed gaze was frozen on Orochi, teeth grit as the nerves kicked in. So much on the line, all in the shape of a raid boss. Or was it indignation towards the fraying beast?

"Fall, Lord Orochi."

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HP: 100%
SP: 50%
Speed++
Ice Armor - 1CD



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On the ground, Talebrook returned Ornery's thumbs-up, watching the Savage player dart around the arena. He probably looked like a flea to the massive Orochi, but they didn't focus too hard on that. Instead, they turned their attention to the boss once more. Just in time to avoid being Flinched, and they tried to mimic one of their teammates' earlier moves in using their staff to dodge the shockwave. It worked, for the most part, though they still took a little bit of damage--compared to the hit it would have done, it was better than nothing. They just had to keep on their toes.

With everyone focusing their attacks on the two remaining heads, Talebrook could only really watch as their remaining health began to tank downward. With the other three being so much higher-level than Orochi, they were dealing far more damage than Talebrook could hope to. But still, they took the time to consider before attacking, only briefly, which of the two heads needed that extra push to collapse. And then, they used GiJuk Don to do just that. Even if it wouldn't be an elementally advantageous strike, it would still do better than nothing at all. A rune appeared just below the head's jaw, spinning rapidly in place until several massive spears of wood surged from it, piercing through it and themselves in a display that would surely have been gruesome if the game were designed in such a way.

Luckily for them all, this wasn't a horror game.

Noticing that something seemed... off as they did another cursory sweep of their companions in lieu of paying attention to Orochi's probably-dying-mechanics, they focused their attention on Mouse. He'd never seen her look so... angry. Was it irrational anger at the boss, or had something else happened? She had always seemed so... upbeat, whenever they'd interacted with her. Her health was fine, and no one had gone down; had those runes around her not been a spell and instead been a rare item that had gotten unintentionally used up?

Too far to call to her without drawing potentially unnecessary attention, and too worried that the issue would be exacerbated to send a Flash Mail, they tried to signal Caduceus to check on her in their stead. He seemed closer to her than them anyway, so if it was something, she'd probably be more comfortable talking to him instead.[attr="class","tale2-text"][newclass=".tale2-text b"]color:#5279a0; font-weight:bold;[/newclass][newclass=".tale2-text i"]color:#90a6bc; font-weight:italic;[/newclass]