DATASS vs Retribution

Heaven or Hell: RE-Union - Round 6

Team D.A.T.A.S.S. vs. Team Retribution

Bloodwater Mists // Corruption Era

General - A 100ft x 100ft circular region of downright terrible watermarsh.

The water itself is at a lovely 125° F; within five-six minutes, third degree burns would set in. Comfortable. Of course, multi-thousands of fat sluglike, dark black leeches that would immediately begin sinking into every bit of exposed flesh and attempt to bite through your clothing would be noticeable.

If that doesn't seem comforting enough, the bedding of this area is made of extremely smooth stone; due to the buoyancy of this water, movement isn't impeded at all. One can maneuver as though they were on land.

Off in the near-yet-so-far distance, some monkey creature keeps howling. It is legitimately painful, and you can to your surprise, feel your ears begin to irritate into injury.

The entire area is foggy, creating 50% vision conditions.

Finally, of what you can see of the sky, .. it is to your growing dread, for the sky is colored a particularly ominous mixture of black and green.

Weapons - Leeches, if you feel grabbing leeches is particularly intelligent. You can also splash the boiling hot water you're submerged into at your opponent. Sky's the limit. Also, there are small bonsai trees of two feet in height growing along the “edge” of the traversable water. They are easily uprooted. When removed, these create a 60’ diameter wave of screaming, as they are some deformed cousin of mandragora of ye olde lore. There are eight of these in total: NW, N, NE, etc for every major direction on a compass.

Natural Element Resource - Water, stone.

Bonus Effects - - - - - - - - -

Time - Night

Weather - Light Rain

James's narrrator hung around, somewhat tired and fed up with lack of progress in four other fights.

But maybe this one would've different.

He'll take everybody on.

"Really? We're fighting here?" Arthur asked rhetorically, his body partially submerged in the water. His black shirt, red tie, and black slacks were totally soaked and clung to his form just like the black velvet robe that hung from his broad shoulders. The water was hot and incredibly uncomfortable and vermin bit into his clothing. The mutant was going to have to end things quickly here.

"So which one of you wants to fight?" He asked the opposing team, prepared for either of the competitors.

((Sorry for the wait, my dudes. Rehab post-surgery has been a bit of a b***h, but I'm here finally.))

stillnohero Wrote:

"My best shot is coming right up," Arthur announced with a dastardly grin plastered on his face. His stance widened in some mockery of kung fu, submerging his lead right hand in the water as it hung at his side while his left hand cupped the water's surface at the rear. The mutant took long strides towards Jinsoku, bursting into an attack attempt as he neared five feet. His left hand rushed forward, skimming the heated water as he splashed it towards his opponent's face (mostly eyes). Though an adequate attack on its own, it wasn't the mainstay of Arthur's assault. The main assault occurred below the surface of the murky water.

The mage shaped his obscured right hand into the proper hand seal and his spell was unleashed. Without a telegraphed motion, Arthur's arm began to stretch and slither at the wrist, growing longer and delving deeper into the water as it stretched towards Jinsoku. Using the splashing water as a smokescreen of sorts, the mage's right hand swam the short distance between the pair in a flash, attempting to grab onto Jinsoku's left ankle with a serpentine grip.

1/20

Rokurokubi Duration: 1/2

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”MONSTROUS TRANSFIGURATION - ROKUROKUBI” Wrote:

> [COMBO ACTIVE] > > Practice of Patterning || Minor Arcana > > Component: Somatic > > Duration: 2 turns > > Cooldown: 3 turns > > Global Cooldown: Combo > > Reagent Requirement: None > > > > Demons have always been the subject of much research among mages of all stripes. Serving often as both enemies and tutors of practitioners of the Art. The alchemist is one of these mages, having spent hours and hours in front of a summoning circle, calling upon a plethora of entities for the purpose of gleaning gnosis from the experience. Yokai became regulars in such sessions, and Arthur soon became interested in the serpentine motions of the Rokurokubi that would become captured in his nonagon array. > > > > With the flashing gesture of a hand sign, Arthur can stretch one of his limbs or his neck upto an extra ten feet in length, allowing the Black Mage to attempt to attack or grab opponents from afar. Two limbs (either both arms or both legs) can be stretched up to an extra five feet in length. The subject of the stretching spell moves swiftly like a snake lashing out at prey, and that speed along with changes to the limb’s weight increases the power of attacks by 50%. Arthur’s grip strength (and the ability to constrict objects by wrapping his limb around them) is also enhanced while this spell is in effect. Alternatively, the stretched limb can be used as a grapple hook, letting the Black Mage to pull himself towards heavier objects while easily pulling and manipulating objects 50 lbs or lower towards Arthur. This (potentially) 50lbs object can be hurled by Arthur like an improvised slingshot, or even used as a mace if the Mage continues gripping it.

Arthur gritted his teeth as he felt the telltale signs of motion. From the reverberations in the water as his right arm stretched towards Jinsoku, to the sloshing on the surface as Jin's body rose from it in his leap. The mage expected a bit more tentativeness from his opponent, though he had to admit that there was a certain desperation in their situation. The mage's sense of smell was shot in the hellish landscape of the marshland; a putrid environment that forced his nose to fill with mucus. His vision was greater than the average human but it still found itself quite obstructed in the steam that rose from the marsh. Fortunately, the mutant could rely upon his sense of touch and his sharp ears; the movement of the water gave the mage a vague warning of what was to come, and was swift to move as Jin and his poised knee came into view.

As Jinsoku leaped forth, the mutant pushed off his feet and leaped backwards, allowing the buoyancy of the water to carry him out of range of his opponent's flying knee. However, thanks the the mage's arms, Arthur was still very much in range and had every intention of delivering the hurt. While he retreated, Arthur began to reel back his right arm, though not fully as the intention wasn't to return his arm to its natural place but rather to double back and recommence the attack on Jin who had jumped past his gripping hand. The mutant's arm curved like a hook, aiming to latch onto the back of Jin's left calf. If he managed to succeed, Arthur would tug hard on Jin's leg, aiming to throw his opponent off balance and immobilize him even if for a moment.

For a moment was all Arthur needed! His feet skidded on the smooth stone at the end of his retreat and turned his hips to the right as he swung his left hand in a hook. Normally, he would have been out of reach with the normal length of his arm. But at a paltry distance of five feet, his right arm didn't have to extend so much to reach Jinsoku in the first place. The mage had some extra rope to play with. Arthur's left arm stretched preternaturally, moving in an unnatural curved trajectory as the mutant's punch moved underneath Jin's guard, and aiming to collide against the lower portion of his right ribcage. If it landed. the blow would be thunderous, aided by the added weight in snakelike muscle mass and its force hopefully directed precisely as Arthur attempted to jam his fist in the crevice underneath his floating rib. Specifically, he aimed to transmit that force directly into Jin's liver.

Regardless of the outcome, Arthur's arms would begin to retract, losing their serpentine qualities as they returned to their normal selves.

2/20

Rokurokubi Duration: 2/2

Rokurokubi Cool-down: 0/3

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”MONSTROUS TRANSFIGURATION - ROKUROKUBI” Wrote:

> [COMBO ACTIVE] > > Practice of Patterning || Minor Arcana > > Component: Somatic > > Duration: 2 turns > > Cooldown: 3 turns > > Global Cooldown: Combo > > Reagent Requirement: None > > > > Demons have always been the subject of much research among mages of all stripes. Serving often as both enemies and tutors of practitioners of the Art. The alchemist is one of these mages, having spent hours and hours in front of a summoning circle, calling upon a plethora of entities for the purpose of gleaning gnosis from the experience. Yokai became regulars in such sessions, and Arthur soon became interested in the serpentine motions of the Rokurokubi that would become captured in his nonagon array. > > > > With the flashing gesture of a hand sign, Arthur can stretch one of his limbs or his neck upto an extra ten feet in length, allowing the Black Mage to attempt to attack or grab opponents from afar. Two limbs (either both arms or both legs) can be stretched up to an extra five feet in length. The subject of the stretching spell moves swiftly like a snake lashing out at prey, and that speed along with changes to the limb’s weight increases the power of attacks by 50%. Arthur’s grip strength (and the ability to constrict objects by wrapping his limb around them) is also enhanced while this spell is in effect. Alternatively, the stretched limb can be used as a grapple hook, letting the Black Mage to pull himself towards heavier objects while easily pulling and manipulating objects 50 lbs or lower towards Arthur. This (potentially) 50lbs object can be hurled by Arthur like an improvised slingshot, or even used as a mace if the Mage continues gripping it.

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