Complete 18+ Main Story (S4 Finale) DRAGON.end - Phase 3

Eva

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▪ Location: ???
▪ Alone




She was brought into a void suddenly, with nothing but herself and one other person. Even the advanced optics of her weapon weren't able to scan the surface of this place.

The absence of everyone and the numbness of her senses made the inventor theorize. It is possible that this was not even in the physical realm of the game.

"Simulation. Illusion. Which one is it?" She coldly asked, not expecting any answers from the one she presumed as Szofrit, mother of the machines. The one that took control of Tick, Tock, and all the other player magia, and was suspected to act against her own will.

If even a magia as powerful as her was susceptible to corruption, there was no assurance that the other magia would be safe even after terminating her. For this reason, she has to find out the truth behind it and study the possibilities.

The grenade launcher she wields slowly transformed into a long-range rifle, with the capability to pierce through high-density metal. "Stand down." With her remaining eye, Eva aimed through the digital scope, before releasing a single plasma bolt aimed at Szofrit.



Rolls


Sharp
1d100 (51) + 30 + 15 = 96
96 damage
Ranged Weapons | Eva | 1745C1


Duel
▪ Damage: 4898
Build Sheet
 
Messages
73
Gold
2,350
Mastery
1,650
Valor
10
Event
0
Special
0
190 / 190


Health

Status
▪ Location: ???
▪ Alone
▪ Vulnerable from Multi Attack


As Tetsunosuke was laying down on the ground motionless, the circuits that defined his former self had started to reintegrate again into his system, and he found himself able to use his own body that was once remotely controlled by Szofrit. But instead of being happy that he had regained the control of his own body, the only emotion he felt right now was anger; as he could only just watch helplessly while the one who had inhabited his body was rampaging around and killing countless Landers and UI-locked Starcalled before coming to this point. He was deeply angry that he had become a weapon to oppress those he had once known and cherished, and he could not forgive himself for what his own body did.

But as he was thinking of those things, his mind then fell into darkness yet again. But this time it might be for the final control of his own body, as he found himself not as not the magia Tetsunosuke, but as the ex-GIGN and blacksmith Michel Nicole. And the person standing in front of him was the person in the image Trinity flashed within his mind: none other than Szofrit herself.

"You did come again after all..." Tetsunosuke muttered. But not because he longed for the person who had taken his body away, but because he wanted to settle a score with this person who had provoked him to murder his own friends.

"If I am too stupid for a human for engaging you, what about you being too stupid as a machine engaging me in this form?" Indeed, his situation back then was a perilous one: he only remained alive from all the attacks that he endured from his friends while he was controlled by this person before him. And then, without a single word, he then made a dash forward towards Szofrit, and, after he had gauged the best distance, he then made a quick dash towards her, using the burst of speed to give momentum to the sword that he had swung, swinging it with an arc that would enable him to assault the person multiple times with the perfect precision that was ingrained in him by his former training..

Rolls


(BA) Rush
Double your total movement count this cycle.
Tetsunosuke | 1745C1

(F) Momentum
(10 * 5) = 50 bonus momentum damage
Dynamism | Tetsunosuke

Multi Attack
1d100 (53) + 15 + 5 + 50 &
1d100 (8) + 15 + 5 [ ( + 50 ) * 0.5 ]
176 damage
You are Vulnerable.
Dynamism | Tetsunosuke | 1745C1


Duel
▪ Damage: 5074
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Alcea

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Thanarosa
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Status
▪ Location: ???
▪ Alone


The roar of battle faded, leaving only an uncomfortable silence. It was almost suffocating. She didn't miss the chaos, but hearing absolute silence was almost as jarring. She'd probably take it over the screaming and explosions if it weren't for the fact that she was suddenly, completely alone.

With her guard up, she could only watch with dread as Szofrit revealed herself, blade in hand. This wasn't what Alcea was good at. She was always a team player, focusing on keeping others alive to break through tougher fights. Here, she was always alone. Nothing to rely on except for herself.

A spark of light caught her eye, an echo of fading starlight distracting her from the situation at hand. Reaching out, she could almost feel another person's hand dragging her back. That was right, she was never truly alone. She made a promise to herself 4 years ago. She would see her again.

She was many things, but an oath breaker she was not.

A bow of brilliant aqua light emerged from the lone shard, with arrows made of twisting energy. Breathing in, she called upon the memories of past days and let them guide her shots.

Rolls


▪ Buff: +00 (1)
▪ Save: +00
▪ Inspire: +00

(BA) Auto Assist
+15
to attacks, heals, buffs, checks, contributions, and saves.
Alcea

Normal Attack
1d100 (58) + 10 + 5 + 15 = 88
88 damage
Arcanamancy | Alcea | 25188C1


Duel
▪ Damage: 5162
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Madison Mortiere

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Valor
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Event
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Special
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236 / 240


Health
+00 HP (Mitigation)
+00 HP (Heal)

Status
▪ Location: ???
▪ Alone
▪ Vulnerable from Critical Attack


This is it, huh? No grand displays, no Ennio Morricone soundtrack to whistle along to. No war-torn field as a backdrop, littered with the corpses of hijacked magia and lander defenders. Just the darkness, and two women who occupied it. One, a bitter, depressed former bookstore manager playing at being a badass gunslinger from ye olde times in a world not suited for it.

The other?

Well.

Just a pile of ones and zeroes who ceases to exist the moment I log out, yeah?

"Cool." I don't make a show of drawing one of my revolvers from its holster. I do it with the same casual disregard as one does jumping on the first goomba in a Mario game. Thumb pulling the hammer back, finger resting on the trigger. One eye closed, the other aiming down the sight.

Fire and thunder echo throughout the darkness.

Rolls


▪ Buff: +00 (1)
▪ Save: +00
▪ Inspire: +00
(BA) Hyperawareness +15 to attacks and buffs, +10 to heal per square of distance, starting from the square adjacent to you and ending on the target's.
Hyper Sense | Madison Freebird
Critical Attack 2d100 (Advantage) (55, 8) + [40] + 25 + 20 + 30 = 170
170 damage You are Vulnerable.
Ranged Weapons | Madison Freebird | Code


Duel
▪ Damage: 5332
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Kamala Graham

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Adventurers Guild

160 / 160


Health
+16 HP (Regeneration)

Status
▪ Location: ???
▪ Alone


W-What happened? W-where am I? Kamala felt the heat of the thousand vibrating wings searing inside of her as she broke into a sweat. Her overactive senses had warned her something was amiss, her skin crawling even seconds before everything around her changed, before the sanguine light came to blanket them in darkness. Yet Kamala could do nothing but look, stare, and stand there on her own, as her paranoia laughed at her for such an insipid display of weakness.

A-Ayna? C-Chrys? L-Leyna? S-Samantha? E-Elias? W-where are you, guys?! Her friends were all gone. Not a single one was there with her. No one to help, no one to hide behind. The elf shook in place, succumbing to the shivers running up her spine, frightened at the prospect of having to do this alone. Is this it? Is this where I’m going to die? Again? Alone…again…

Yet something seemed different now. Slowly, she realized everything that had made her Kamala had been stripped away until there was only Meera Sharma. Whatever was happening, it was no longer happening to the elf but to the woman behind the elf, the Player herself. Her pale green eyes soon dawned upon the Mother of Machines, widening in horror when the latter raised her weapon and then charged. No! Not without a fight!

She may be alone, but she was not lonely.

Beside her, or perhaps just within her mind’s eye, an illusory form of Kamala Graham stood her ground, taking out her magic lamp. Around them, remnants of remembered friends cheered, an audience born out of her own memories, her thoughts, and her heart’s desires. Meera mimicked faux Kamala’s motion, and together (friends forever), they she shot Szofrit point-blank with concentrated magic before immediately jumping back, keeping to what she believed would be a safe distance from her attacker.

"P-Please, stop! I’m warning you! Stay back! I have a gun lamp!"



As she made her blatantly underwhelming threat, an illusory mushroom popped over her head and quickly poofed into light green spores that replenished her health. The passive regeneration would have been quite useful—if only her health wasn’t still full. Oh, well. Szofrit will probably do something about that, anyway.

"Just, please, calm down and we can talk things through… Let me help you."



Rolls

Normal Attack
1d100 (26) + 20 + 20 = 66
66 damage
Illusion Magic | Kamala Graham | 1745C1

(F) Regeneration
(6 + 4 + 6) = 16
Regenerate 16 HP.
Mend | Kamala Graham


Duel
▪ Damage: 5398
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Storage
reccyls
125 / 125


Health

Status
▪ Location: ???
▪ Alone



Darkness swallowed Langley. Lana was left to navigate it.

She was suddenly aware of how everything felt off. Height she wasn't used to, muscles she wasn't supposed to have. The... the whole arm... thing. Holy shit, the arm thing. That happened.

Her gaze unwittingly drifted down to her--Langley's?--new arm. Somehow it seemed even more grotesque than when she had last looked at it, just a scant few minutes ago. The gnarled melding of bone and horn, unnaturally bulging in some places while too skinny and deceptively brittle-looking in others, too many fingers, too bulbous a wrist...

And it was heavy. Lana had never realized how much it felt like it dragged his body down. As Langley, carrying that weight had felt like second nature, after the initial--horror? shock...? What had it felt like at the time? Lana could barely remember now, the memory locked behind some impenetrable haze, only the vaguest contours of it able to be perceived.

But she knew that Langley must have pulled himself together to continue onwards. If that had been her in her own pathetic little body, if Lana Prost had had her arm taken clean off right then and there, would she have been able to keep going? Or would she have broken down screaming and crying, too terrified to move despite the risk of death from staying still?

Langley's own hand pulled into a fist. The alien arm mirrored the action, half a second offset.

As her enemy approached, Lana forced Langley's body into motion. Somewhere, her own heart was screaming itself sick from sheer terror, from just the thought of going to fight up close and personal with something that could cut her in two without batting an eye. But she could keep moving like Langley, she could be Langley.

And if not, she could keep trying until she was.

Rolls


(F) Alter Hinder
You may distribute HP and SP damage however you'd like when you use Hinder and Ultra Hinder.
Langley

(BA) Alter Hinder
Deal an extra 10 SP damage when you attack.
Langley

Hinder
1d100 (85) + [15] + 5 + 5 + 10 = 120
120 SP damage
Guard Arts | Langley | 1745C1

Splitting the damage as follows:
Total: 120 -> 60 HP, 60 SP


Duel
▪ Damage: 5518
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Asher

❮ Shield of Hope ❯
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Health
+00 HP (Mitigation)
+00 HP (Heal)

Status
▪ Location: ???
▪ Alone


  • He hadn't been Kristoph for a long time.

    It wasn't as if he had forgotten who he had been outside of TerraSphere or the people he left behind when the unfortunate event happened. But Kristoph did not survive here, could not survive here, and he had had to become Asher instead; thus changing his outlook about the world, about people, and about his role when it came to both.

    There was no room in this world for Kristoph. His death had been heartbreaking but necessary. So his chest fills with pain when he is forced to remember himself, when the facade behind his Minotaur persona is torn away and he is left suspended in darkness without the rag-tag bunch he just so happened to find companionship with.

    It was the one thing that linked them together, wasn't it? Companionship. The desire to belong to others, to rely on others, to brave the world together leaning against a friend with the knowledge that they would stand beside you through thick and thin. It was something Kristoph had never gotten but Asher, well, he felt as if he were on his way.

    Until now. Until her.

    He sighs.

    "I never got a chance to ask Rael if she thinks you're sentient," he says to the advancing woman, a stale wind passing over him. He widens his stance, narrows his eyes, and exhales, forcing out the panic that wants to creep along every bone and twine with every vein. Kristoph would panic, but Asher has been here before.

    "Is this all a game—a clever, but very long and complex narrative by the devs? Or, have you and others of your kind taken over and want to eradicate the Starcalled for keeping you a prisoner?"

    He brings his fists up, waiting for her to make the first move, his muscles bunching in his shoulders and tensing in his thighs. A rookie mistake.

    "Guess we'll have a chat after this and I'll find out my answers."

Rolls


Counter
1d100 (22) + [10] + 15 + 10 = 57
57 damage
Counter failed, 10 damage added.
No mitigation.
Guard Arts | Asher | 1745C1

(F) Taunt
(57 * 3) = 171 threat
Asher

(BA) Ultra Taunt
(57 * 5) = 285 threat
Asher

Taunting (285)


Duel
▪ Damage: 5575
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Ishtar

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Health
+15 HP (Mitigation, Previous Thread) @Hanno Futaba
+9 Overheal from Self (Previous Thread)

Status
▪ Location: ???
▪ Alone


Darkness.

It had swallowed her completely leaving neither sight nor sound nor sensation. The world was a void before it all came crashing back down into reality. Attia shivvered, the wings on her shoulders twitching involuntarily as she curled forward on the ground, her knees digging into the surface beneath her, her fingers twined in her hair. Terror. She took a heaving breath and shuddered, gasping and coughing as reality came back to her in a rush. Her eyes opened and she forced herself to her feet, whipping her head around.

"Hanno?" She called, but there was no response. She was alone in a pitch black void. Her lip twitched as the void above her parted and a solitary figure stepped out into the world. Her usual serene expression faltered, the saintly aura vanishing in a heartbeat in her solitude. It was replaced by an icy cold that returned the baleful stare with one of equal soulessness. "...you must be Szofrit."

Her dress flickered and armor formed over it at the joints, chest, and shoulders. Plates formed over her shins and feet and the bardiche appeared in her hands. All the while, she swore inside. Damn it! Shit! What kind of insanity was this? This was not what she signed up for! All of this for a little noteriety? All of this for a few connections? Bullshit! She could have made strides making deals with NPC merchants and drawing those poor unfortunate souls living on the streets into her sphere. She could be doing so many other things right now, but here she was... "Playing hero like a fool..." She scoffed.

"Fine!" She shouted, bearing her teeth, "But I'm not suffering my first death without a fight! You hear me?" She snarled, spreading her wings and opening with [Hymn No.2 Minor Vigor] flushing her body with strength. She didn't dare overbuff herself, even an instant of vulnerability could be her last. The song ended just an instant before she arrived, her arms flexing as she whipped the long blade of the bardiche across the body of her enemy with rage in her eyes.

Rolls


(Medium Armor Ability) Twice
You may perform 2 actions and 1 BA or 1 action and 2 BAs this cycle.
Attia Patal | 1745

Buff
1d100 (24) + [30] + 10 + 5 +15 = 84 / 3
+23 extra damage to 1 target for 3 attacks
Harmonic Magic | Attia Patal | 1745

Sharp
1d100 (7) + 20 + 8 + 15 + 23 = 88
88 damage
Pierce Weapons | Attia Patal | 1745


Duel
▪ Damage: 5,663
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Ueno Mizuki

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Health
+15 HP (Mitigation)

Status
▪ Location: ???
▪ Alone



Mizuki had been getting increasingly annoyed as the situation spiralled out of control. Too many people with their own ideas, arguing with each other even as they kept forging a path forward. They were coordinated, with everyone having their own idea of how to handle the current situation. She'd begun to seriously consider shouting when she noticed a figure in the distance which was simultaneously familiar yet also alien to her.

She'd barely had time to register that it was that girl who'd gone berserk against the Calculator before suddenly everything around her disappeared. One moment she was in the midst of battle, her senses assaulted from all sides, the next there was nothing but herself. It was like a bucket of ice water had been upended above her head, the luna wolf blinking as all the annoyance she'd been feeling vanished as if it had never been.

Securing her footing by spreading her feet a bit wider she looked around, only to find that there was nothing to look at. She was surrounded by pure dark, not a single sign of anything aside from herself existing. And even she herself felt... strange. Her arms were too long, her ears were in the wrong place, her teeth were too big, and a limb attached to her lower back didn't belong there.

...Calm down.


Pressing a hand against her chest she took a deep breath, steadying nerves which had begun to play up as she stood there all alone, in the dark where humans were prey. Furrowing her brow and gritting her teeth she got a hold of herself, dismissing the feelings of doubt and anxiety that had been creeping up on her.

First things first... status report. She flexed her fingers and toes, moved her arms, lifted one leg and put it back down. Her tail swished behind her once, and her ears twitched before swivelling to catch any sounds that might exist in this place. Her body was her own, and it was still working. She'd already tested whether she could still hear things... and as she lifted a hand before her face she confirmed that her sight was still working... which meant that the dark around her was caused by there not being anything. Even the floor felt... flat. There was no texture to it, not even smoothness.

Lifting her thumb to her mouth she bit into it, piercing the skin with her fang and tasting the blood on her tongue. Pain still existed, and so did smell and taste. Overall it looked like everything was fully functional.

But she was still alone, and lost in the void.

The Calculator had done something similar to this, even if this seemed to be on a whole other level. Still, Mizuki's essence was still the same... was Szofrit playing around, or were there still limits to what she could change?

At that point Szofrit had gotten close enough for Mizuki to see her, the luna wolf quickly turning to face the Mother of Machines, balancing on the balls of her feet as she took a defensive stance. The magia's actions made it clear that she wasn't here to talk, but to kill.

But Mizuki couldn't help but feel like her opponent was making things unnecessarily complicated.

Still not willing to give diplomacy a chance? (She narrowed her gaze.) This isn't going to be easy.


She had no delusions about her ability to beat Szofrit all by herself. Still, standing here waiting for the magia to behead her wasn't an option either. Jumping backwards Mizuki made a swiping motion with one hand, droplets of blood flinging from her thumb towards Szofrit. In mid-air the droplets expanded into crimson-thorned vines, the freshly-sprouted plants wrapping around the Mother of Machines's limbs to hinder her movements.

Slapping her hands together more blood flowed from the wound, expanding to cover the huntress's hands and forearms. The blood developed a bark-like texture, creating a protective layer of blood-fed wood as Mizuki dropped on all fours, preparing to evade the attack that would inevitably come. Fighting Szofrit head-on was suicide: she'd have to rely on hit-and-run tactics until she could find a way out of here.

Rolls

(BA) Shield
Mitigate 15 incoming damage to yourself or a [defense] action target.
Ueno Mizuki


Hinder
1d100 (82) + [15] + 25 + 25 = 147
147 SP damage
Metamorph | Ueno Mizuki | 1745C1


Duel
▪ Damage: 5800
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Seigi Ling Ling

❮ Dissonant Exterminator ❯
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Health
-29 HP (Corruption)

Status
▪ Location: ???
▪ Alone
▪ Vulnerable from Burst Attack



Darkness. Sure didn't read that one before.

Seigi hadn't been all too sure how much time had passed before, for all she knew it could have been seconds. Yet neither did it really matter. Her twisted ending was now interrupted by an interloper clad in steel, wrestling control over this foreign dominion from her with ease.

Yet, it was a welcome change. In a way, she couldn't have asked for something better. Except, maybe, a chance to interact with people rather than a half-arsed attempt at internal monologuing. Well, not quite. While there was the crazy murder robot now with her - likely using a technique not unlike what she had done to her best friend - she was still surrounded by this stifling darkness.

A crushing void that seemingly wanted to lay bare her most inner thoughts. Beneath her skin, flesh, bones, and cells. How every single atom that made up her body was nothing but a predefined sequence of operations. Algorithms. Making her, and the universe, just another form of machine.

"This is where you're wrong!" She called out in defiance. Not like the robot would act anyway. Yet her own voice was enough to break through the monotony of this space. As if a spell had just broken, she could hear the beat.

Her own heart in unison with a melody solely for herself. Her very own leitmotif that, no matter how often she'd cast it aside, would always return. Heck, it was maybe even a bit cheesy that, after all this time, she once again returned with the very same show as so many countless times before. Maybe this time she wouldn't lose her way.

Though did it really count as lost if, eventually, one would find the road again?

"And I'll show you!" The girl added, taking her first step forward after what felt like an eternity. "I'll show you just how much MY light can spoil YOUR darkness." Yeah, she didn't even have to spell it out. "So..." She continued walking, even if distance seemed meaningless.

"We can do this the hard way..." She did her best to illuminate this thick void with her own light. "...or, well no, there's just the hard way, isn't there? First I beat you up and then we make up." There was a time she had wished the worst and worst upon this enemy. But, really, if Seigi was striving for that and break free of this cycle, then she had to be willing to forgive and love even the greatest perpetrators. And she'd show both Wendel and her...

Without further ado, Seigi went over into a sprint and... squeezed Szofrit really hard?! A very strong hug? Simple as that, though not really intending for any sort of Harem route, her own light was actually searing and gnawing at this potential doppelganger(?) away. Seigi's own heartbeat syncing with Szofrit as she tried to share every fiber of positivity going through her own body!

Seigi knew the retaliation would hurt... probably, but. "But, really though! Can't we just skip this whole punching part!? We're gonna be victorious anyway. So just give up and drink some coolant with us!"

Rolls


(P) Corruption
(17 + 10 + 2) = 29
(BA) Duelist
+40(*2) bonus damage when you attack an enemy in melee.
(P) Damage
+25
(P) Risky
(29+80+25)=134/13=10
Remainder: 4
10d20 (12 + 9 + 15 + 17 + 14 + 10 + 12 + 12 + 7 + 8) = 116


Burst Attack
20d20 (14 + 4 + 4 + 11 + 8 + 11 + 10 + 4 + 19 + 7 + 13 + 5 + 12 + 4 + 19 + 11 + 3 + 9 + 4 + 2 + 11 + 10) + 4 + 116 = 315
315 damage (2 explosions)
You are Vulnerable.
Corrupt | Seigi Ling Ling | 1745C1


Duel
▪ Damage: 6115
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Creature

❮ Protector ❯
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75
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Mastery
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Valor
3
Event
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Special
0
Seul
195 / 195


Health
+00 HP (Mitigation)
+00 HP (Heal)

Status
▪ Location: ???
▪ Alone
▪ Vulnerable



Creature had merely coasted along in the background this whole time. The spotlight never shined on him and the naturally quiet demeanor he sported was made ever more apparent now thanks to the death curse that numbed his heart. At least any anxiety he might've felt throughout this entire conflict was subdued by the apathy as well. There was some comfort in that, even if it did make forging bonds along the way more difficult.

***​

When the lights went out there was no one. Only the Queen of the Dark. Szofrit wasted no time advancing. So, neither would he. It was do or die time.

While raising each fist to cover his cheeks he'd move to close the distance, duck low, then spring up. The uppercut made a satisfying crackle sound as the electricity coursing through his right fist found a new home. But it was unlikely he'd survive a solo fight for long with this thing.

"Baby… I will be your falling star..."

He mused and danced in his Peek-a-Boo stance. There had to be some way to reunite with the others. But if all else fails, hitting it seems to work decently enough.

Rolls


▪ Buff: +60 (Duelist)

(BA) Duelist
+30 bonus damage when you attack an enemy in melee.
Creature

Reckless Attack
3d100 (87 + 11 + 75) + 15 + 10 = 198
198 damage
You are Vulnerable.
Aeromancy | Creature | 1745C1

(F) Torment
Deal 10 flat damage to an adjacent enemy.
Creature

268 Total Damage


Duel
▪ Damage: 6383
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Ayna Nietzsche

❮ Lore Seeker ❯
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Storage
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Adventurers Guild

175 / 175


Health

Status
▪ Location: ???
▪ Alone
▪ Vulnerable from Reckless


Ayna clenched her jaw when shit hit the fan. Things turned red, things turned dark, things disappeared around her, and now she was alone. She wasn’t even Ayna anymore. She was…Huifang. Not the most pleasant person to be in this situation, according to herself.

Kamala? Chrys? She looked around for her team but none of them were around. Great… So I’m stuck with me, by myself, just like high school… I <basseal honk> hated high school! Huifang doesn’t really give a <basseal honk> if she was somebody or nobody. As long as she had things to do, other things to distract her from herself, she was all right. But now, she had nothing to do. So, yes, she wasn’t all right. Think, you dumb <basseal honk>, think! There must be something I can do to get out of this hellhole…

And there she was suddenly. The puppet master. The one who had pulled Ayna’s strings. The one who was responsible for all those deaths, all those tragedies. The one who made her a weapon without even asking for her permission. Ayna, Huifang, was all about that personal freedom. Being deprived of that? Well, she wasn’t too happy about it.

"SZOFRIT! YOU <basseal honk> PIECE OF <basseal honk> <basseal honk>! NO ONE MAKES ME DO THINGS WITHOUT MY CONSENT!"


Without even wasting a second, without a single breath of hesitation, the furious survivor rushed toward the rushing villain, her heart burning with rage, her eyes aflame with vengeance. She had promised Kamala and others that she’d help save Szofrit, but none of them were there. There was only her, and Szofrit, and payback was long overdue.

Rolls

(F) Momentum
(6 * 5) = 30 bonus momentum damage
Dynamism | Ayna Nietzsche

(BA) Duelist
+40 bonus damage
when you attack an enemy in melee.
Ayna Nietzsche
Doubled: +80 bonus damage

Reckless Attack

4d100 (42 + 17 + 12 + 60) + 25 + 20 + 30 = 206
206 damage
You are Vulnerable.
Dynamism | Ayna Nietzsche | 1745C1

(Medium Armor Ability) Twice
You may perform 2 actions and 1 BA or 1 action and 2 BAs this cycle.
Ayna Nietzsche | 1745C1

Sharp
1d100 (84) + 50 + 30 + 30 = 194
194 damage
Dynamism | Ayna Nietzsche | 1745C1

30+80 (40*2)+206+194 = 510 total damage


Duel
▪ Damage: 6893
Build Sheet
 

Luthien

❮ Lore Seeker ❯
E
NG+
Messages
1,457
Gold
35,220
Mastery
23,160
Valor
32
Event
0
Special
0
OOC
RizuChan
200 / 200
  Explorers League
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❰ Health ❱
❰ Status ❱
Location: ???
Isolated: You are alone...
Vulnerable from Ultra Hinder



Her mind was like a rushing river as information continued to pool in and collect within it, the flowing stream divided into two sections as Lúthien attempted to multitask to the best of her abilities. One side consciously kept thoughts and emotions that weren’t her own at bay even as it focused on Emm’s presence and their wordless directions, while the other side did its best to stay alert and up to date as the group discussed the approach they would take when their path inevitably crossed with Robomama’s—

Suddenly there was only silence.

A deafening quietness flooded into her mind and inundated her senses, severing in one quick motion every single mental link she’d shared with the members of the ever growing party around her. The shock of it was so great that it took Valeria a moment to notice she’d lost vision of them too, her chest tightening as realization sunk in.

"—!"

She wanted to speak and call out to @Ari, to @Vargold or @Rael, to @Harper, and even @Zelrius—anyone she was familiar with—but her voice refused to flow as her throat constricted, a single and broken squeak the only sound that managed to trickle out through her lips. Instinct caused her to try and reach for their minds instead, a habit so ingrained and second nature for the blonde by now, before she felt a cold grasp around her heart as the girl realized her consciousness could no longer spread out and connect with others.

Here, in this empty and lonely place, darkness was her only companion… and she wasn’t ready to break bread with it yet.

I need to get out of here…! She could feel the rhythm of her heartbeat increasing with each passing moment, short and heavy breaths becoming prominent before her boots finally touched what felt like solid ground. C’mon, open up for me please… work, damnit!

Frustration quickly mounted as Valeria continued to seek the astral energy that had become so innate to the girl, her tongue audibly clicking against her teeth with each failure—she would’ve gladly walked her physical self to the realm of dreams her consciousness was so fond of if she’d only had the ability to do so.

You were not the first.

The echoes of an internal voice that was not her own finally shattered the hyper focused ranger and her attempts to escape, amber eyes turning towards the only source within this blackened expanse that they could differentiate from the rest. "Y-You…!" The phantom traces of a pain she’d thought long forgotten returned upon seeing her visage, one hand pressing against her torso as the other reacher for her right cheek, the urge to confirm those wounds no lingered lingered on her body too strong to resist.

You will not be the last.
"Where are they, Szofrit? What have you done with them—with him?"
But you are next.

Fingers curled into a tight fist on her left hand, the blunt ends of her nails exerting pressure on her palm even through her leather gloves, while her right slowly lowered towards her neck. The scent of rust flooded her nostrils long before she noticed the deep red bloodstains that marred her steel weapon, a million scenarios crossing her mind in the span of seconds before her fingers sought out the moonstone charm on her choker—grounding herself as she forced unwanted distractions to the furthest recesses of her mind.

"Give them back," she commanded, lips pressed into a thin line that peppered into a scowl. "Now."

Unsurprisingly the machine ignored her, having long since disregarded the elf as just another nuisance that needed to be dealt with and nothing more. It only served to inflame her spirit, giving her the last push Valeria needed to grasp onto a faint but ever familiar tendril of astral energy—pulling it close and to her core as the blonde felt the energy travel through her body and prickle her skin.

You are going to die.
"I’d like to see you try."


Player vs Machine: Lúthien & Szofrit
Lúthien's PlaySheet
Total Duel DMG: 7129 (mini audit confirmed with @Harmonia)

❰ Rolls & Summary ❱

❰ Passive Action: Extension ❱
You have extended range. Passive: +1 range.
Total Range: +2.

❰ Bonus Action: Hyper Awareness ❱
+15 to attacks and buffs, +10 to heal per square of distance, starting from the square adjacent to you and ending on the target's.
Hyper Sense | Luthien

❰ Main Action ❱
2d100 (24 + 87) + [50] + 25 + 20 + 30 + 50 = 236
You are vulnerable.
Astramancy | Luthien | 1745C1
 
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Messages
139
Gold
0
Mastery
0
Valor
46
Event
0
Special
0
Subparman
160 / 160


Health
N/A

Status
▪ Location: ???
▪ Alone


clang

The katana fell from Mylar's hand. Mylar's hand. Not Schilva's. Not Schilva Flasch's.
The veneer was gone. The light was gone. The glory of the battlefield, the fearlessness and bravado to raise a blade against the encroaching foe, be it compound eyes lit with feverish glare or man-machine hybrid quipping through its massacre. It was all gone.

Mylar Ouyang, delusional and immature and dysfunctional and wanting, alone.

But not quite.

You are far more stupid than any human has a right to be.
"N-No...nononono..."

Finding his voice again, Mylar felt fear rush along with adrenaline into his veins. Moving faster than he could ever recall, his hands shot down as his knees buckled, picking up the fallen katana from the pitch-black plane that served as the ground. Somewhere to stand on, at least.

Scrambling to his feet, he couldn't recall what stance he should take, merely holding out the point of his sword to-
To what?

To ward off the implacable force that was Szofrit, Mother of Machines? With a single blade?

You were not the first. You will not be the last. But you are next.
"Don't! Don't come any closer!"

Gone. It was all gone.
Gone was the dexterity that helped him catch @Frey Elzeiros as they jumped into his arms. Gone was the tenacity with which he had ridden alongside @Madison Freebird, @Jin, @Cynna, @Valmont, @Aerial, @Jester and @Nyancy.

He remembered them, their names and faces, each and every one.

@Sol, who had repelled a cave bear alongside him,
@Zelrius, @Ilusa Nakhalee and Seto Kurama, whose rescue of King @Astor brought them together,
@Elizabeth Lixshine and @Hanno Futaba, who had marched a country road beside him,
@Brutus Dahlgren and Harukami, who nearly mistook him for a villain,
@Tick Tock and @Luthien and @Ash Vargold, who did, did and did not respect his coquito-making skills, respectively,

even @Lady N, who he believed could still be saved.


Would they remember him,
each and every one?

You are going to die.

Paralysed by fear, sweating hands clutched the sword. A lethal weapon, fine steel, reduced to uselessness in Mylar's clumsy, untrained hands. This was no lifeline, this was a drowning man's final straw.
She was right. Szofrit was right. What could someone as useless as Mylar Ouyang,
as forgettable as Mylar Ouyang,
as cowardly and fearful as Mylar Ouyang
do against her, the unified nexus of an infinite machine consciousness? What guarantee would there be that she would even stay six feet under if she were to be hypothetically slain? Oh, face it, Mylar, you idiot.

He was going to die.

Looking down, eyes wanting to focus on anything but the harbinger of his impending doom, Mylar's gaze sweeps along the reflection upon his blade, down towards the hilt.

There. The tiny shell. Small enough to fit snugly in the palm of his hand. The clasp had come undone when the katana had fallen to the ground, popping it open to reveal the mirror inside. The Hero's Reflection.

"HEY! STOP MOPING, YOU!"

A faint voice was calling to him. Perhaps it was a hallucination born of fear, his brain's last hurrah before inevitable doom, the human instinct to fight like a cornered animal before succumbing; regardless, its intrigue overrode Mylar's terror for just long enough.

"Get up, man! She's going to kill us otherwise!"


Stunned by the appearance of Schilva Flasch's panicked yet still dashingly handsome face yelling at him from inside the inexplicably glittering mirrorpane, Mylar could only question one thing as he straightened his back and propped his stance upright;

"Us?"

"Uh, yeah?! Come on, quick! Use those legs or lose those legs!"


Acquiescing to the order, something more than muscle memory sparked in Mylar's limbs. Conscious and unconscious became one, no guillotine touching a single hair on his head. Flawless evasion.

"Now! From behind! SILVER...!"


Aiming for Szofrit's exposed back, Mylar knew the words before Schilva could finish. They left his mouth even before his blades swooped forwards with impossible speed.

"SILVER FLASH!"

"Well, would you look at that..."


Rolls


(BA) Duelist
+30 bonus damage
when you attack an enemy in melee.

(F) Momentum
(5 * 5) = 25 bonus momentum damage
Dynamism | Schilva Flasch

(P) Rover
All damage resulting from moving is halved.
Dynamism | Schilva Flasch

Sneak Attack
1d100 (95) + [40] + 15 + 15 + 25 + 60 = 250
250 damage
Sneak Attack successful.
40 damage added!

Dynamism | Schilva Flasch | 1745C1


Duel
▪ Damage: 7,379
Build Sheet
 

Bradwynne

❮ Blade of Hope ❯
H
Messages
101
Gold
0
Mastery
0
Valor
19
Event
0
Special
0
239 / 200


Health
+12 HP (Heal) (+40 Overheal enabled)

Status
▪ Location: ???
▪ Alone
▪ Vulnerable from Reckless Attack


As Bradwynne had finished healing the others in his vicinity, he was suddenly engulfed in darkness. He wondered why it was happening; he knew that the machines were his current enemy, but why was he, a humanoid, became affected by the controlling power of Szofrit when he was not a magia and did not have any magitech lying around? Even if it could be argued that the Starcalled were using a machine to access this game world, the fact that he, a UI-locked Starcalled that could be only comparable to the denizens of this world, was also being affected by her power could only leave him perplexed as to what power she actually holds.

But as he was pondering about it, only one thing comes to mind. It had been the only power that was used by other people to cause this kind of affliction to the Starcalled, as they were the only beings capable of withstanding any otherwise Lovecraftian being that the Landers could hardly withstand on their own.

Dissonance.

"You are far more stupid than any human has a right to be." As he pondered on the events on Dissonance that led him up to here, he then heard a voice coming from his front. Buoyed by his hatred of this phenomenon that had taken his former life, friends, and the mentor that he cherished the most, he lifted his eyes towards the speaker. By the description given to him by Sir Levi Pendragon, this should be the incarnate form of the person behind it all: Szofrit.

"First impressions definitely last, I think so," Bradwynne replied on a joking matter, but his eyes were serious and filled with anger. If this was his former self Kieran Lambert, he would have cowered in fear before this unknown. But while his current body was indeed that of Kieran Lambert, the mien surrounding his body were as if he had already far outgrown his own body.

"...but it seems like I really found a machine both devoted in being a god, and serving one at the same time." His voice then suddenly went serious. This was the entity that had killed his comrade-in-arms, Corvella, while he was still pondering on his future life here. If he was also there, he could have prevented that death, and he could not stop hating himself for it.

"NOW, PRAY TELL ME, WHAT HAD THAT DEMENTED GHOUL NYARLIETH OFFER YOU TO DO ALL OF THESE THINGS?!" His body was then clad in a blindingly white aura as scarlet lightning also surrounded him, as he then dashed forward and attacked Szofrit with his ootachi, swinging it seemingly wildly yet was precise in all of his swings. He was deeply motivated now to give battle to protect those that he cherished the most, and he would never stop until all of the threats were over.

Rolls


Reckless Attack
4d100 (40 + 38 + 72 + 2) + 20 + 20 = 192
192 damage
You are Vulnerable.
Slash Weapons | Bradwynne | 1745C1

(F) Regeneration
(4 + 2) = 6
Regenerate 6 HP.
Mend | Bradwynne

(BA) Regeneration
Regain the rolled HP and grant an ally the same amount, or forgo your own regeneration and grant an ally double the rolled HP.
Mend | Bradwynne

(P) Overheal
When receiving heals or healing others, you or your allies may go 40 above their max HP.
Bradwynne


Duel
▪ Damage: 7571
Build Sheet
 

Fina Drago

Magia
B
NG+
Messages
542
Gold
2,290
Mastery
1,305
Valor
31
Event
0
Special
0
OOC
BlancBlack
175 / 175



Health
+20 HP (Mitigation)


Status
▪ Location: ???
▪ Alone


What was a show without an audience? And yet, there were no eyes peering from the abyss. Fina almost didn't even notice the moment that she suddenly appeared in this strange place, void of all. Void of herself. What a strange feeling... as if her VR headset stopped working and she found herself lying in the bed, black screen obscuring her vision. But one simply look down revealed that this was not the case. Her avatar's body was still there. The light of her lantern was still there... and yet, it did not illuminate anything in this place.

'No sounds to be heard, no things to be felt, no visage to be seen..?' Just as she partook in the emptiness of her senses, a defeaning silence accompanied by a horrid lack of heat or cold, another appeared. Not an ally, but a magia that had appeared in the UI when they faced the light. "Szofrit..?" She was the enemy leader, was she not? A challenge. One on one duel. And a moment of hesitation... why could she not feel the hastened beat of her heart and the nerves that tore through her entire body?

"Haha... are you the real deal? If so, you've done a real good job picking out the cowardly lion... not gonna risk anything without a support." Everyone else, they must have been somewhere. Until they would be found, until they found find her, Fina would stand her ground. Even if she could not gather anything from her own body, drowning in the nihility of this place, the light of her lantern blazed on and forged her a weapon to shatter the stars with. Taking a deep breath and then exhale, she assumed a defensive stance, a shield-axe in both hands and poised to parry and take any cheap shot she could.

'I'm no hero, but I will not be felled... not until everyone else gets here, or gets me out of here!'

Rolls


▪ Buff: +00 (1)
▪ Save: +00
▪ Inspire: +00

(BA) Duelist
+40 bonus damage
when you attack an enemy in melee.
Fina Drago | 1745C1

Ultra Counter
1d100 (71) + [60] + 25 + 25 = 181
181 damage
Ultra Counter successful, 60 damage added!
Mitigate 20 damage.
Arcanamancy | Fina Drago | 1745C1

Note: Forgot to add Duelist (doubled) to the Ultra counter roll, making it 261


Duel
▪ Damage: 7832
Build Sheet
 

MAI

❮ Hymn of Tomorrow ❯
M
NG+
Messages
479
Gold
1,050
Mastery
0
Valor
2
Event
0
Special
0
OOC
BlancBlack
220 / 220



Health
+15 HP (Mitigation)


Status
▪ Location: ???
▪ Alone


Critical Failure
1

MAI had almost caught up with @Kyanna as she raced across the battlefield, hoping that the witch was safe and that she managed to meet up with @Eva again so the two could protect each other while the magia was gone. But it seemed that the girl never managed to arrive at her destination. When did the area around her change? In the sudden confusion, she looked around only to find an endless void, lacking anything at all. There was nothing but an unfamiliar void echoing within her mind.

'Why is this... so similar to Null and Calculator?' Transported into a strange space that seemed to defy the natural order of the game. At this point, it was obvious that the dissonance combined with magia resulted in some extremely unpredictable abilities and distortions of the game data. After Szofrit appeared in everyone's UI... well, the fact that she could do this was not that surprising. Throwing them into this silent jail, where one's inner thoughts were louder than any scream... she appeared.

'W-wait, wait! This is too early, there is no way I can connect to her when she's at full force, she would steamroll me!' In panic, MAI started taking several steps back. There was nothing but a challenge to a duel... but she was no fighter. She hated fighting. That was why she fully specced into healing and protection. Yes, if this was an assault... surrely it couldn't last forever. She'd just have to defend herself for as long as she could before she'd find a way out of this place. Quickly releasing a drone and taking a hold of it...

"YA-YEET!"



She chucked it. It was a disposable one and it just sorta bounced off of Szofrit. 'I need to get myself better attacks...' Taking another step back, she instead summoned a holographic barrier around herself, slowly activating her aura. She trained it as much as she could... surely it could withstand at least a few attacks, even from an enemy like that.

Rolls


▪ Buff: +00 (1)
▪ Save: +00
▪ Inspire: +00

(F) Guardian
Mitigate 15 damage from yourself or allies when you target them via an action or a BA.
Aura | MAI | 1745C1

(BA) Savior
Give 3 targets within range 25 to a save roll next cycle.
Aura | MAI | 1745C1

Normal Attack
1d100 (1) + 25 + 20 = 46 (Critical Failure...)
46 damage

Magitech | MAI | 1745C1

Note: With no allies to target, both Guardian and Savior are applied to MAI only


Duel
▪ Damage: 7878
Build Sheet
 
Messages
56
Gold
0
Mastery
0
Valor
11
Event
0
Special
0
OOC
SparkLight
120 / 120


Health
-

Status
▪ Location: ???
▪ Alone


Okami barely remembers the events that came prior to this, it was the very moment everything just, disappeared that everything seems to have gone... blank. She had picked herself up from the ground, blade in hand as she spots the figure before her. Was it fear? Death? Okami was not sure as she raised her blade up, and stares at the figure before her. Those crimson red eyes, they seemed to stare deep into her soul. Was this the Szofrit? The Mother of Machines? Her UI would have told her if it worked properly, or maybe not.

Did she want to survive? Was everyone who participated in the battle dead? Was she the only one left alive? Not this again... Not this again... Okami shakes in her spot, the figure approaching slowly, but definitely with an intent to kill her. Okami felt her own sword was so heavy, how in the world did she lift it? Her arm refused to stop shaking. Okami then spots her reflection in the blade. Right, she came here to be true to herself. She started playing to feel something different.

Okami swung her blade in a simple strike, using her Dynamism to enhance the momentum of her strike, ready to meet Szofrit's attack with her own.

Okami has chosen to survive.

Rolls


(F) Momentum
(4 * 5) = 20 bonus momentum damage

Dynamism | Hanasakura Okami
(BA) Duelist
+20 bonus damage
when you attack an enemy in melee.
Bonus doubled by Mechanics.

Hanasakura Okami
Stable Attack
6d20 EX (3 + 6 + 13 + 17 + 1 + 12) + 10 + 10 + 40 + 20 = 132
112 damage (Explosions: 0)
Slash Weapons | Hanasakura Okami | 1745C1


Duel
▪ Damage: 8010
Build Sheet
 
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Messages
203
Gold
0
Mastery
0
Valor
14
Event
0
Special
0
Culaco
270 / 270


Health
+35 HP (Mitigation)

Status
▪ Location: ???
▪ Alone



This was all wrong. There was very little that was right about any of this. There should have been more than just herself standing here in front of the threat. There had been so many other people around, ready to tackle the danger.

How fitting it was that she found herself alone again...

Of course, this time it was through the workings of Szofrit, rather than the simple abandonment that Luna had grown increasingly familiar with. Standing alone in the void, she finally felt for the first time that her surroundings matched the way she was feeling deep inside.

It was just her, in a lonely world, standing by herself and praying that she had enough strength to weather the storm that was coming.

Her own energy, an aura of pure transluscent white, flared around her, like Ki or Chi, wrapping around every inch of her body, both close like a second skin and reaching out, flickering like a flame as she beheld what would probably be her end, alone here.

O' Natiri, show me of the end...


She whispered to herself, feeling this primal body she had inherited begin to heat up. Muscles coiled and pulsed beneath the skin, seeming more like steel cable than muscle fiber.

Beastlord, bestow your blessings upon this lonely woman.

She surged forward, throwing a punch that scattered any air, a shockwave of force and power lancing out in the direction of Szofrit.

She had yet to be killed by anybody but herself. She wasn't going to start now.


Taunting (399)


Rolls


▪ Save: +25

Ultra Counter
1d100 (33) + [60] + 25 + 15 = 133
133 damage
Ultra Counter successful, 60 damage added!
Mitigate 20 damage.
Aura | Luna Avalbane | 1745C1

(F) Guardian
Mitigate 15 damage from yourself or allies when you target them via an action or a BA.
Aura | Luna Avalbane

(BA) Savior
Give 3 targets within range 25 to a save roll next cycle.
Aura | Luna Avalbane | Targettng self only


Duel
▪ Damage: 8143
Build Sheet
 

Cleo Looker

❮ Pathfinder ❯
H
NG+
Messages
571
Gold
5,785
Mastery
3,500
Valor
25
Event
0
Special
0
Culaco
190 / 200


Health
-10 HP (Exceed)

Status
▪ Location: ???
▪ Alone


Cleo could say with honesty that she was pretty sure she'd never been in a worse situation before in her entire life. Separated from @Ueno Mizuki and everybody else that had been on the field of battle, drafted into this strange void space, where she stood upon nothing, despite the fact that it felt like the realest thing that had ever been beneath her feet. Sharp eyes examined her surroundings and the foe that stood before her.

Certainly she was not the only person going through this. There were shakers and movers far more important than herself that Szofrit could have challenged to a duel.

Still, this kind of range in this kind of situation was about as far removed from her ideal situation as possible. She could only find luck and solace in the fact that she and her girlfriend had essentially trained for exactly this kind of situation.

A spear was not merely a weapon for throwing, after all.

She wordlessly regarded the machine, eyes looking up at it in clinical distaste. This was one of the only chances she may have had to ask any questions she had at all. The advance of the machine wouldn't change that.

With a flash of arcane power, a crimson spear appeared in her hands.

You're aware that you aren't real, yes? That there is a level of reality above and beyond what you perceive as being real? That your world is nothing but a game, a passtime, invented by my people?


She regarded the machine, the NPC, with distaste. This blasted creation of this cursed VR world was putting real lives in danger.

How DARE a mere computer program kill people!?

Cleo stepped, then advanced, spear dancing nimbly in her hands as she moved to parry a strike aside and retaliate with a flick of her own.

A bunch of gamers wanting to save this sad excuse for a chatbot was disgraceful.

She was only going along with the insane idea on the chance that it might save more lives.

Cleo would not shed a tear at the death of the machine. Nor would she shed a tear at the death of this whole world.

After all, wasn't that what she was seeking?

Rolls


Sharp
1d100 (78) + 50 + 38 = 166
166 damage
Pierce Weapons | Cleo Looker | 1745C1

(BA) Exceed
+20 to attacks, buffs, and heals. -10 HP
Evoke | Cleo Looker

186 damage total


Duel
▪ Damage: 8329
Build Sheet
 
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