Final: Blue

[voidtreckermods]

The siege continues. Crabs, giant squids, shark head beasts, all continue out of the sea. The islanders are in good spirits though and everyone pulls their weight. Traps are set, settlements defended. Some of the older islanders have taken it upon themselves to make sure everyone is fed and rested and so in quiet moments those who cannot fight are sent with packs of foods to give to those patrolling and guarding.

Those voidtreckers who don't know how to rest may find themselves practically kidnapped by a well meaning islander and forced to eat and sleep.

All the time the sky is getting darker, the seas rougher.

Day Ten

Just after dawn on day ten the storm breaks. Crashing thunder, lightning and roiling seas. The water swirls and seems to rise, it is rising, up and up a wave so high that you may fear that when it breaks it could swallow the island whole.

But it doesn't break, instead twists, taking form. A huge towering beast made of water and sand. A hand swipes down over a patch of beach, a wall of water to knock any fighters off their feet.

Around the same time, those not busy being attacked by the water monster will notice their SCA's light up and a screen appear. They might hear some familiar voices.

It seems there is more than fighting a monster to be done!

Beacon Building

Assuming the information is given those of the island will suggest the best place for a beacon to be built- the cliffs are the highest point on the island.

It will be hard work lugging wood up there in a storm, not to mention actually building and lighting a fire as cloud is low, rain is heavy and the wind is high.

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[eyeslikeblood]

While his immortal constitution meant he didn't suffer as terrible a wound from the average blow, he had taken enough of them to be taking their toll. He was slower than he'd like, and one leg was suffering from a gash too long unattended.

But he couldn't die from it, and there would be time enough afterwards for healing. As long as they ensured that there will be an afterwards. Unable to reach the giant with his blade, he was clearing the beach of the smaller monsters with efficient, aggressive strikes. It would be one less distraction for the others.

[shutupnail]

Piccolo had been refraining from using some of his ki techniques simply because it wasn't really necessary for fighting these grounded opponents...and quite frankly he wasn't certain how much of a toll it would take on him compared to normal. This world was strange and it made him uneasy. But he still enjoyed the fight despite these handicaps.

However, the giant water monster was a good excuse to forgo holding back his strength. The green-skinned alien powered up a ball of energy in his hand and then let it fly towards the water monster. It was a relatively small and weak ki blast but it was enough to let Piccolo know he needn't worry about his fighting ability. His strength wasn't effected, and he could easily deal with not having ki sense while fighting something so large, surely.

[blitzcheer]

There isn't much in the way Tidus has that can reach the towering monstrosity, not without time to charge and recharge, but there was one such move waiting once the hand makes its swing for the beach.

With energy charged and glowing in his blade, Tidus jumps on the face of a shark-headed beast, using its dumb face as a boost into the air. With height and his weapon ready, he swings the sword, allowing the energy to fly like missiles for the limb, and hopefully cause some damage--and even better, stop it from swatting fighters like flies--once they explode.

It won't stop him from dealing with the ground foes, and hopefully, he'll be able to help those with stronger magic concentrate on the bigger issue by joining in on taking out the smaller miscreants.

[voidtreckernpcs]

A foot comes down onto the beach, a wave of water spreading out to knock any unlucky enough to be caught off guard. The attacks by Piccolo and Tidus hit hard.

A hand swipes out towards the two of them, to try and swat them away like flies.

Joint tag with Madoka

[sobothersome]

There was no time to ask for permission from them. The real permission came from Madoka. He looked behind him to her and crouched lower to speak to her.

"... Do you trust me?" He asked softly. Yes, he looked exhausted, the bags under his eyes were darker than ever. But there was an intensity to his gaze. Almost a need to hear the words. "... Do you trust in my strength?"


Madoka glances between Maru and the huge monster, obviously worried. Though more about the monster and its sheer size rather than the other's question.

She tries her best to not focus on how much it seems like that thing could easily wipe them all away, instead nodding. "O.. Of course." She starts hesitantly because of the worry, but then manages to scrape together a bit more of her courage. "I trust you. I believe in you, no matter what."


Maru... smiled. He leaned in and gently touched his cheek to hers, much the way he would have done had he been a cat, and lowered his voice to a whisper. "Keep believing... Don't be afraid of me..."

And then he pulled away and turned. He jumped off of the barricade and he ran across the beach as the creature started it's swing. As Maru ran a blue, glowing light enveloped him, much the same was as it had when he had formed his bond with Madoka. Except this time the chain binding him to her disappeared and Maru grew in size.

In a matter of seconds there was a monstrous Black Lion barrelling toward the creature, skidding across the sand to jump in the way of the attack before it hit his teammates. He roared as he was tossed aside, rolling to a stop only to quickly get back to his feet and stalk the thing. If he could keep it's attention. If he could distract it. The others could take it down.

[loveandduty]

Venus had been keeping back, for the most part, eyes watching the situation and wondering when and if she should even go in and give it a go. But after the struggle she had getting the form in the first place she figured why not.

Jumping in a little after the giant lion had gone to make the attack, she managed to pull off the belt that always sat around her waist. She figured this wasn't going to be a lot useful, but it was better than nothing.

So holding it up she was prepared to call out "Venus Love and Beauty Shock~!" and unleashed her own blast on energy toward the creature.

[blitzcheer]

What do you mean, the thing he attacked wants to attack him back?

"Whoa whoa, don't get handsy!"

So much for the plan of dealing handling pest control, once that thing comes swinging again. The sloshing foot sent most of the monsters on Tidus's way back down scattering across the beach, which is great, except for the allies it took. But then comes a great big...blue guy, a lot of blue, absorbing the attack that Tidus was on the run from, the haste spell counteracting some of the slowdown from the wet sand.

Waiting to see what more ranged fighters can throw at the oversized Tidus keeps a distance for now, but throws a slow spell at the nearby hand. Hopefully it'll affect that limb, if not the rest of the abomination controlling it.

[faithfulsupport]

He'd just come from a hut and his eyes blinked at the sight above him. He had been one of those that had been mysteriously kidnapped and forced to rest and eat. And at some point while being kidnapped he had told the villagers that he could heal and so when a native woman went into labour, the other women waited until the child was born and everything was cleaned up before having him come in and help. So by the time he walked in, mother and child were resting.

He'd heard Tony's voice at the end of it and then went outside to face the the ominous thunder and lightning. His green eyes went wide at first with the form taking shape in the water but then he thought of the child and pushed his glasses back up on his nose before heading into battle. Having seen what was done, Ignis still pushed onward to get in on this.

It was a bit taller than he could jump because he wasn't Aranea. But he got as high as he could before summoning his lance and landing on top of an arm.

Looking down was when he noticed his fighters and a huge lion..thing. Well from a brief glance it appeared to be on their side. At this point he wasn't going to even think to question it.

[voidtreckernpcs]

It's hard to tell impressions on a creature made entirely out of water and sand but it is fair to say it was not expecting a lion. Arms, or what passed as arms came up to meet the lion trying to wrestle him off. It was hit by Minako's blast and Tidus' slow almost simultaneously which meant it staggered back.

And the foot that came down once more onto the sand did so in slow motion, hopefully allowing people more time to scatter. Still waves of water wash across the sand as the creature twists, trying to dislodge Ignis from its arm.

[sobothersome]

The Black Lion roared and pressed it's advantage in distracting the creature. The arm that now sported a passenger was grabbed within the Lion's strong jaws, stopping it from being able to shake the man free. Or at least giving the guy time to get the hell off and fight from a distance rather than up close.

A large paw struck out, claws raking down the creatures chest. Whether it would do much against water and sand was anyone's guess. But with it's focus on the Lion, the others stood a chance of finding a way to bring the creature to it's knees. He hoped. He wouldn't last much longer...

[shutupnail]

Piccolo was surprised by the large lion like creature that leap in front of the water monster's counter attack. He was preparing to meet the attack head on when the lion appeared out of nowhere.

Fine. It left him the opportunity to prepare another attack. Piccolo didn't know how effective it would be on something made out of water but his most powerful attack was the Makankōsappō. He put his two fingers to his forehead and began to charge the energy attack.

When the foot came he nimbly dodged it. It was moving too slow and his charging the attack didn't leave him helpless these days. He could fight an entire battle while charging it.

What Piccolo really wanted to figure out was where to aim the attack. Was there a weak spot on this creature? Or should he just aim for the middle and hope for the best? His eyes scanned over the beast carefully as he continued to charge his attack.

[voidtreckernpcs]

The creature was very much preoccupied with the lion, twisting it's arm to try and free it from the jaws of the creature. Stretched like this, twisting and turning it would seem the middle was the best way to aim. It is hard to tell if there are areas that are more vulnerable on a creature that is sand and sea water but what passes for a torso is at least a large target.

The foot swings out again, this time in a sweeping kick, to try and push anyone still in it's vicinity backwards, preferably into the sea itself.

[sobothersome]

He growled. He had hold of the arm but there wasn't anything he could do about the leg without twisting himself and getting in the way of everyone's attacks. The Black Lion tried to tug the creature forward, shaking his head to try and off balance it in an attempt to abort the swing of the foot, but whether that worked or not remained to be seen.

All he could do was keep it's front occupied. He slashed at it with his front paws, clinging to the arm hard enough to near chew through the thing.

He knew he was as big a target as the creature was, the others needed to hurry... Time was running out.

[loveandduty]

All Venus could do herself was unleash another attack at the leg, hoping that it might help cause it to fall over or something so they could potentially have a better chance to get much bigger hits in.

She had also made sure to keep her distance back.

[voidtreckernpcs]

Between Sleepy Ash and Minako they succeeded in to knock it off balance.

Down it fell, crashing into the sand with a splash, sending waves outwards and then inwards as the water returned to its body. The tide was strong and sent some crabs spinning off towards the sea.

The creature is still alive though and it lashes out at anyone nearby, trying to grab them in watery limbs.

[sobothersome]

The monster fell and the Black Lion was left breathing hard, blood tricking from the side of it's mouth as it backed away slowly, it's limbs trembling, seemingly all it can do it keep itself on it's feet...

And then blue white light enveloped it and the Lion vanished, shrinking down until all that was left was a small, black cat sprawled out asleep in the sand beside the surf.

[bethereprompto]

Prompto had been firing rounds at the creature and the other crabs that might be coming in around it. He'd been stunned to see a big black lion appear and take on the beast, so he's been careful with his shots not to hurt the ally.

His eyebrows jerked upward when he saw the transformation. Crap! That was Maru!

He dashed forward, dodging attacks and whatever else was going on around them. He scooped up the kitten and stuck it in his hoodie's pouch. Keeping a protective hand on the outside of the pocket, he promised, "I've got you Maru! You're safe, kitty."

[faithfulsupport]

Ignis was tossed off of the creature and fell. His back hit a solid wall but luckily some water had cushioned his fall. Slowly he applied a healing potion and saw Prompto running. The thing looked like it might go for him and whatever he was now cradling in his arms, so he swiftly half slid and half climbed down.

As the blonde held onto whatever it was (because Ignis was focused on the water giant) he half pushed the marksman out of the way before pushing his glasses up the bridge of his nose. Readying his lance again, Ignis leaped up onto a watery limb that had come down for the blonde.

Sticking his lance in, he tried to find purchase. If it had a face, it was getting stabbed.

[loveandduty]

Venus felt a little nervous about the whole trying to grab her thing. She had also been aware there were others trying to attack, so the blonde decided to at least keep her distance for the time being as she planned her next moves.

Noticing another going in for a closer attack gave Minako the idea to perhaps try the same, so she moved making sure to avoid where the other was attacking, leaping as high as she could over in incoming limb and getting as close and personal as she was able to in order to for once use the sword she had on her from the battled before she found she could trasnform to attempt to slash at the limb just to keep it from going to the other and instead focusing on her.

Hoping it is okay to tag into this super late?

[nobodys_puppet]

Xion waited for a moment when there were no Somebodies close to the thing that could get hurt. But it was taking too long. So she would just use two spells. The first "THUNDAGA!" was a bunch of lightning all aimed at the water creature. Which shouldn't het anyone else, unless, well, they were in or on the water. Because Electricity. So she focused all she had into the second spell. "CURAGA!!!!!!!" she shouted, washing green healing energy over every one that wasn't the monster they were fighting, in the general vicinity. And then she collapsed to all fours, because she'd been going non-stop since they arrived, pretty much.

[voidtreckernpcs]

The creature lashed out towards the lion that now was a kitten but Ignis, Minako and Xion's attacks distracted it. The electricity made it withe on the sand, sending more water splashing out towards all those around.

Ignis's spear hit its face, or at least where a face would be if this were not a monster of the sea and sand and Minako slashed out at a limb.

It thrashed on the ground, sending a wave out towards Xion and trying to knock the others off it's limbs. It is clear it is floundering though, it has made no attempt to get back to its feet.

[shutupnail]

Piccolo took to the air when it looked like the water monster was going to kick everything on the beach. He leapt high and hovered at the peak of his jump, using as little ki as possible to dodge while he charged his attack. He watched as the others maneuvered and covered for one another, particularly distracted by the lion shrinking into a smaller form.

Waiting for his attack seemed par for the course for him but that didn't mean he had to like it. However, he kept clear despite his instinct to dive in and help protect others from the flailing attacks. It was best he focus.

The wait was worth it. As the creature thrashed about Piccolo floated higher into the air to keep out of its reach and positioned himself directly over the monster. With a growl he threw his two pointed fingers at the beast and the directed beam of drilling energy bored straight into the giant water monster's chest.

[loveandduty]

Well that was most certainly an attack. Venus couldn't help but honestly be impressed. She didn't know what it was going to do, but she knew that she had to keep dodging the best she could and avoid getting too seriously hurt. However, there was only so much movement she could avoid before she had been hit and sent flying.

But she seemed okay for the moment, slowly moving to sit up and look over.

[nobodys_puppet]

Xion pushed herself shakily to her knees. Seeing someone else's attack, she cast one more of her own, hoping to be fast enough for a simultaneous hit. She was good at that with Roxas, but not so much with Somebodies....

"THUNDAGA!"