Alice Quest - The Seven-Colored Puppeteer's Week v4

[Neovereign]

>"Fire! Mow them all down!"

> The dolls begin to fire all they have at the fleeing group, focusing on the fairies instead of the bag now.
> They're gaining distance away, while there doesn't seem to be much damage. There is some to a few fairies, however.
> A couple start to split off from the group, heading in opposites and higher past the trees.
>_

[Hello Purvis]

>The bag is barely a factor anymore. Summon more dolls, and direct them to make sure the main group doesn't get away.

[Neovereign]

>The bag is barely a factor anymore. Summon more dolls, and direct them to make sure the main group doesn't get away.

> You conjure more dolls and have them ensure the main group doesn't get away.
> The fairies are starting to fire back towards the dolls. Again, the patterns look like too much to dodge, but they might be able to with their sizes...
>_

[Hello Purvis]

>"Keep defensive and flank them!"

[Neovereign]

>"Keep defensive and flank them!"

> You order.
> You feel as a tree slams down onto your back, or rather, a few of the enlarged fairies do, pinning you down.
> "We got her!"
> The fleeing group doesn't respond, still eliminating your dolls as your dolls try to stop them. They're still getting further and further away.
>_

[Hello Purvis]

>Shift so that the truck slides off to one side, and stand. A tree should be nothing for us now.

[Neovereign]

>Shift so that the truck slides off to one side, and stand. A tree should be nothing for us now.

> You start to shift, but the fairies give you a face-full of dirt as they keep you down.
> "You're not... so tough." One speaks.
> "Dolls are doing all the work anyways."
> "And they're doing nothing!"
>_

[Hello Purvis]

>Close eyes, keep mouth shut, breath out, and push upward. They'll pay soon enough.

[Neovereign]

>Close eyes, keep mouth shut, breath out, and push upward. They'll pay soon enough.

> You do so...
> The fairies refuse to let up...
>_

[Hello Purvis]

>Apply more force, their refusal is meaningless to us.

[Neovereign]

>Apply more force, their refusal is meaningless to us.

> You start to get up...
> The fairies start firing danmaku, trying to keep you down. It's not stopping you, but it hurts...
>_

[Hello Purvis]

>Stand, then we can retaliate. And if they're focused on us, they aren't focused on our dolls.

[Neovereign]

>Stand, then we can retaliate. And if they're focused on us, they aren't focused on our dolls.

> You stand up.
> You don't know what the main group of fairies are doing. You don't even see them anymore. The ones that... are still trying to cling onto you, have been firing danmaku solely on you. But none of your dolls  are towards stopping these.
>_

[Hello Purvis]

>Have faith in our dolls abilities, they can withstand faeries.
>Now that we're standing, unleash a pinwheel shaped spiral of danmaku from our body; the ones clinging should absorb up any nearby shots if they don't let go immediately. Don't hold back on this one, if only for this one moment.

[Neovereign]

>Have faith in our dolls abilities, they can withstand faeries.
>Now that we're standing, unleash a pinwheel shaped spiral of danmaku from our body; the ones clinging should absorb up any nearby shots if they don't let go immediately. Don't hold back on this one, if only for this one moment.

> You fire, getting the fairies off of you.
> Though it didn't seem to take them down...
>_

[Hello Purvis]

>Do they seem affected by it?

[Neovereign]

>Do they seem affected by it?

> Yes. They're holding themselves in pain.
>_

[Hello Purvis]

>Another round, this time a three sets radiating arrowhead bullets, in red, orange, and yellow that overlap each others gaps. They should be dodgeable with some difficulty, if the faeries are paying attention.

[Neovereign]

>Another round, this time a three sets radiating arrowhead bullets, in red, orange, and yellow that overlap each others gaps. They should be dodgeable with some difficulty, if the faeries are paying attention.

> You radiate danmaku outwards.
> The fairies retreat back away from you as they gather themselves.
> "S-She wasn't weak."
> "We're not dead yet. She just got lucky..."
> "The next ambush will work!"
>_

[Hello Purvis]

>Are the faeries spread out or gathered?

[Neovereign]

>Are the faeries spread out or gathered?

> Gathered mostly.
>_

[Hello Purvis]

>This time, send a out a few chevron shapes of bullets toward the gathering, spread out so they cover a reasonably wide area. The first one a bit slower than the second and third, and the last one should be quite fast, so that they overlap on anyone trying to dodge through it. The trick is to go around the whole mess. Of course, if they get in each other's way...

[Neovereign]

>This time, send a out a few chevron shapes of bullets toward the gathering, spread out so they cover a reasonably wide area. The first one a bit slower than the second and third, and the last one should be quite fast, so that they overlap on anyone trying to dodge through it. The trick is to go around the whole mess. Of course, if they get in each other's way...

> You fire...
> And the fairies start to retreat away.
>_

[Hello Purvis]

>Send out some lines of quick shots to to flank the previous waves; they aren't too dens,e not impossible to get through, but enough that some care is required and making maneuvering away through the sides more difficult.
>Hopefully the faster waves will catch them at their current pace?

[Neovereign]

>Send out some lines of quick shots to to flank the previous waves; they aren't too dens,e not impossible to get through, but enough that some care is required and making maneuvering away through the sides more difficult.
>Hopefully the faster waves will catch them at their current pace?

> You fire off a few quick shots.
> The fairies are faster than the waves, but at least no so for the quick shots... The mushroom's effects may have helped.
> Speaking of which, you don't think they have much time left. Two minutes, perhaps?
>_

[Hello Purvis]

>Follow them. Fire off some quick arrowhead shots that spread proceed forward and then fan out into five different rays, like a light hitting a prism and splitting into a rainbow, only a bit more spread.

[Neovereign]

>Follow them. Fire off some quick arrowhead shots that spread proceed forward and then fan out into five different rays, like a light hitting a prism and splitting into a rainbow, only a bit more spread.

> You pursue the two and fire off more shots.
> The fairies split up to opposite directions as they avoid your shots. Though that does give the waves more ground on some of them.
>_

[Hello Purvis]

>Let's renew those shots that flank the waves now, a few lines of on each side. If they're splitting up, it should scythe through them.

[Neovereign]

>Let's renew those shots that flank the waves now, a few lines of on each side. If they're splitting up, it should scythe through them.

> You fire the flanking shots again, nailing the fairies.
> Though it definitely doesn't bring them down.
>_

[Hello Purvis]

>Does it succeed in herding them, or do they ignore it?