> Patchouli: Engage in pre-battle trash talk.This is SUIKA IBUKI, an oni that caused the IMMATERIAL AND MISSING POWER INCIDENT a few years back (who the hell thought that was a good name?), and was the first oni that had appeared on the surface of Gensokyo in ages. As you are apparently the only person who takes the ONI THREAT as seriously as one should, you and her have had a few run-ins here and there; nothing particularly personal, but the tension is there.
However, making a scene in this position would be upstaging Remilia, and she won't like that one bit. You'll just have to sit in the back and play second fiddle.
Subtly, though, you see Ibuki acknowledge your presence. She gives you the STINK EYE. You retaliate with a DISDAINFUL GLARE.
The first round begins!
> Remilia: Charisma Break.
Whoops! Looks like that bug never got patched. Because Remilia can accept a command from you, the game lets you have control of her turn, but the only command you can enter is "Charisma Break".
You set Remilia to AUTO-BATTLE to prevent her from wasting any further turns.
Ibuki winds up, and uses THROWING MOUNT TOGAKUSHI!
You stop the attack with your GEO-PARRY. You are FULLY IMMUNE to Earth-based damage today.
> Patchouli: Devour Backup Candy.The situation is nowhere near critical enough to warrant the consumption of something as precious as BACKUP CANDY!
> Patchouli: Pocus, Hocus.You do your wizardly duty and attempt to debuff the enemy.
Despite being a traditional cornerstone of the magician's repetoire, status ailments are notoriously unreliable because almost everyone in Gensokyo is a BOSS. Rather than poking for holes in their immunities by trial and error, you have picked up a skill that is significantly more efficient in the ACTION ECONOMY.
You use HOCUS POCUS. This skill throws a heap of shitty minor status ailments on the enemy. Although the effectiveness is inconsistent, with this kind of strategy, SOMETHING is bound to stick.
Even an oni like Ibuki is no exception. Ibuki is now BAMBOOZLED!
You forget what BAMBOOZLED does.
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