( a: navigating ) It wouldn't be the first time Tidus has been in a mess of a city, but he wasn't eager for it to happen a third time. There's floating scraps of a highway, and up ahead - up, up - is the box of a building where three people stand, calling for help. He and your character are trying to make their way there, when-
"--Shit!"
The ground in front of them not only splits, but glows the colour of a core light, reshaping into a rock golem merging together from the street. It startles Tidus backwards as he gets out of the way of the giant fists forming, that 'climb up' onto the rest of the street it hasn't consumed. Not yet all the way up, Tidus starts up a spell, summoning a sphere of water to coalesce as he shouts:
"You keep going! I'll deal with this!"
Listen? Or fight?
( b: rescue ) Eventually though, a rescue needs to happen. They can jump and hop all they like, but it's not going to help the people trapped. Some have figured they can bring the illusion back together if they concentrate, but if it'll work...
"We're not going to leave you, alright!?" It's a reassurance shouted to the trapped individuals, while he turns to whoever he's with, steadying his voice. "Okay, how we wanna do this? One of us focuses on making the path, the other looks out for trouble? Unless you've got a better way of getting us back."
Back to where they need to take everyone, that is.
[ 2: HINDRANCE ]
( a: chaos-fuelled )'BOW BEFORE HIS MAJESTY. CRY BEFORE HIS AWE. HE IS BEAUTY! HE IS GRACE!'
Behold, a fate worse than possibly falling from a forever splitting-and-crumbling landscape: getting the attention of one of the chaos-consumed people. They fly, whipping around rainbow-coloured tendrils. Tidus backflips out of the way of one, the ground where it smacks shooting up a column of stone.
"Ugh, shut up! I'm over this guy!"
Join in the fight if you like - knocking them to the ground would be handy, especially before they can start talking (oh no, they're already starting-!).
( b: father and son )'Out here playin' hero, are ya? Can't stop yourself from gettin' used - and now it's a train pullin' your strings!'
But the obstacles in the way aren't just the environment, or Chaos's unwitting minions. Something happens during the attacks on Chaos, and illusions start appearing for many, of people's loved ones coming to attack, provoke and distract them.
And for Tidus, he gets distracted by a man with a sword that Tidus shouldn't have blocked with his own. But it's a distraction that's working on him, and he tumbles back, near the edge of a crumbling road.
'Pathetic! Is that all you've got? You know what you've gotta do, kid. Stop holding back!'
Tidus picks himself up onto a knee, grabbing his sword again, and through gritted teeth- "Can it!"
'Then come and make me,' the man taunts. 'You did it once - now's the time to do it again!'
Tidus ; OTA
[ 2: HINDRANCE ]( a: navigating ) It wouldn't be the first time Tidus has been in a mess of a city, but he wasn't eager for it to happen a third time. There's floating scraps of a highway, and up ahead - up, up - is the box of a building where three people stand, calling for help. He and your character are trying to make their way there, when-
"--Shit!"
The ground in front of them not only splits, but glows the colour of a core light, reshaping into a rock golem merging together from the street. It startles Tidus backwards as he gets out of the way of the giant fists forming, that 'climb up' onto the rest of the street it hasn't consumed. Not yet all the way up, Tidus starts up a spell, summoning a sphere of water to coalesce as he shouts:
"You keep going! I'll deal with this!"
Listen? Or fight?
( b: rescue ) Eventually though, a rescue needs to happen. They can jump and hop all they like, but it's not going to help the people trapped. Some have figured they can bring the illusion back together if they concentrate, but if it'll work...
"We're not going to leave you, alright!?" It's a reassurance shouted to the trapped individuals, while he turns to whoever he's with, steadying his voice. "Okay, how we wanna do this? One of us focuses on making the path, the other looks out for trouble? Unless you've got a better way of getting us back."
Back to where they need to take everyone, that is.
( a: chaos-fuelled ) 'BOW BEFORE HIS MAJESTY. CRY BEFORE HIS AWE. HE IS BEAUTY! HE IS GRACE!'
Behold, a fate worse than possibly falling from a forever splitting-and-crumbling landscape: getting the attention of one of the chaos-consumed people. They fly, whipping around rainbow-coloured tendrils. Tidus backflips out of the way of one, the ground where it smacks shooting up a column of stone.
"Ugh, shut up! I'm over this guy!"
Join in the fight if you like - knocking them to the ground would be handy, especially before they can start talking (oh no, they're already starting-!).
( b: father and son ) 'Out here playin' hero, are ya? Can't stop yourself from gettin' used - and now it's a train pullin' your strings!'
But the obstacles in the way aren't just the environment, or Chaos's unwitting minions. Something happens during the attacks on Chaos, and illusions start appearing for many, of people's loved ones coming to attack, provoke and distract them.
And for Tidus, he gets distracted by a man with a sword that Tidus shouldn't have blocked with his own. But it's a distraction that's working on him, and he tumbles back, near the edge of a crumbling road.
'Pathetic! Is that all you've got? You know what you've gotta do, kid. Stop holding back!'
Tidus picks himself up onto a knee, grabbing his sword again, and through gritted teeth- "Can it!"
'Then come and make me,' the man taunts. 'You did it once - now's the time to do it again!'