Maribel Hearn Quest: ACT III - Part 2

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

>"So you just plan to sacrifice an innocent person to try to bring back Rin ? How would she react if she heard that ?!"

>"...I'm sure she'll be alright with it if it's a person nobody will miss..." Layla frowns.

>Gather up our will to fight.
>"We will never let you do that."
>Turn to Sanae.
>"Let's knock out the one in black from the fight first, Lunasa isn't she ?"

>You summon the strength to fight. You're not going to let Layla win!
>"Yes, that's Lunasa." Sanae nods, "Though it looks like the others are almost finished with her."

>The cello fires four parallel lasers that are rushing towards you and Sanae's current positions.
>_

[Monarda]

>Dodge to the opposite side that Sanae is going.
>To Sanae: "Good, the more of them we free, the easier it gets to subdue Layla."
>How are the others faring ?

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

>Dodge to the opposite side that Sanae is going.

>You dodge and the lasers fly past the both of you. They seem to be continuous and are lingering.
>Layla fires a slow moving shot, which has a long trail, at an angle towards the 4 lasers, which seem to be reminiscent of cello strings.

>To Sanae: "Good, the more of them we free, the easier it gets to subdue Layla."

>"Yeah." Sanae nods, before firing a few pot-shots at Layla.

>How are the others faring ?

>You look over to see Sumireko telekinetically throwing rocks at Lunasa while Chen is firing danmaku.
>One of the rocks strikes Lunasa in the head, sending her tumbling to the ground, unconscious.
>Rengeteki un-phases the violin which clatters to the ground, she seems to be panting.
>_

[Monarda]

>Make a gap under Lunasa that takes her to the Netherworld entrance, make it lead to as close to the ground as possible so that she doesn't get hurt.
>Once done close the gap and turn our attention to Layla and the last slave, then fire some pot-shots too if we can.

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

>Make a gap under Lunasa that takes her to the Netherworld entrance, make it lead to as close to the ground as possible so that she doesn't get hurt.

>You do so, and send Lunasa to Hakugyokurou. Her violin is still here, however.

>Once done close the gap and turn our attention to Layla and the last slave, then fire some pot-shots too if we can.

>You turn your attention back to Layla.
>The long-trailed projectile slowly slides over the laser strings, generating a spread of note danmaku heading in your direction when it makes contact with one. Each a different color depending on the string struck.
>The last Prismriver is floating idly, seemingly returning to guarding the cave entrance.
>_

[Monarda]

>Gap that long-trailed projectile far away from us, to the sky of the Forest of Magic.
>Fire some pot-shots at her and prepare to dodge the danmaku coming up.

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

>Gap that long-trailed projectile far away from us, to the sky of the Forest of Magic.

>You open a gap in the trailed projectile's trajectory, only for it to slow down and reverse direction as if to drag itself across the laser strings a second time.

>Fire some pot-shots at her and prepare to dodge the danmaku coming up.

>You fire some shots at Layla, before weaving through the relatively easy to dodge danmaku wave.
>Sanae pulls out a spellcard of her own, "Esoterica ~ 'Gray Thaumaturgy' !"
>The spellcard glows and vanishes, cancelling out any projectiles close to Sanae.
>A star shaped pattern of bullets forms around Sanae, a smaller star pattern soon forms inside of it.
>_

[Monarda]

>Close the gap and study the projectile's pattern, then once we get an idea of when it will do it's turn to make more note danmaku, make another one of that gap on it's predicted trajectory.
>If we succeed, close the gap and fire more pot-shots at Layla.
>Beckon those three to near us.

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

>Close the gap and study the projectile's pattern, then once we get an idea of when it will do it's turn to make more note danmaku, make another one of that gap on it's predicted trajectory.
>If we succeed, close the gap and fire more pot-shots at Layla.

>You close the gap and study the projectile.
>It drags itself across the strings again, playing another note and sending four more spreads of danmaku at you. Before the projectile disappears.

>The stars around Sanae split and spread out around her, forming two rings of five stars each. Sanae then sends the group a bit towards Layala and the stars start to spin, throwing their danmaku components out in beautiful spirals.

>The lasers fade, and the cello re-orients itself towards Sanae, before beginning to fire another set of lasers.

>Beckon those three to near us.

>You beckon the others closer to you. However, Rengeteki remains where she is.
>"Want us to take out the other one?" Sumireko asks.
>_

[Monarda]

>Nod.
>"Hold on, i gotta check up on Rengeteki, if any of you have a chance, try to go inside the cave."
>After this fly to near Rengeteki.
>"Rengeteki ! I'm so sorry i had to do that..."

[AzyWng]

>And, of course, check her for injuries.

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

>Nod.
>"Hold on, i gotta check up on Rengeteki, if any of you have a chance, try to go inside the cave."

>"Got it." Sumireko nods.

>After this fly to near Rengeteki.
>"Rengeteki ! I'm so sorry i had to do that..."

>You fly away from the battle and towards Rengeteki.
>"I-It's fine."

>And, of course, check her for injuries.

>She doesn't appear to have any notable injuries, aside from those already there.
>_

[Monarda]

>"At least you didn't take the hit, please take a breath, you seem exhausted."
>Touch our wound, does it hurt bad ?

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

>"At least you didn't take the hit, please take a breath, you seem exhausted."

>"Y-Yeah... Phasing that v-violin so long t-took a lot out of me...."

>Touch our wound, does it hurt bad ?

>You touch the scorch mark, it stings a bit, but it's not bad.

>You hear the sound of a spellcard breaking.
>_

[Monarda]

>Turn to the battle !

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

>Turn to the battle !

>You turn to see that Layla's card has broken and she seems to be preparing another one.
>The remaining Prismriver has also re-entered the fray.
>_

[Monarda]

>Go back there and start firing some danmaku at both of them.
>"Sanae ! Is there a limit as to how many spellcards someone can have or use ?"

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

>Go back there and start firing some danmaku at both of them.

>You fly back and fire some shots at both.

>"Sanae ! Is there a limit as to how many spellcards someone can have or use ?"

>"Well, usually people carry no more than five or six at most. It really depends on the person."
>_

[Monarda]

>"Well this is her third, how are you holding up ?"
>Fire a laser at Layla's location, then 3 spread out ones at the last slave Prismriver.

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

>"Well this is her third, how are you holding up ?"
>Fire a laser at Layla's location, then 3 spread out ones at the last slave Prismriver.

>"I'm fine, I still have a few spellcards left after this one." Sanae replies.

>You fire a laser at Layla, who easily dodges, you fire a spread of three at the last Prismriver, who tries to dodge it only to run into some of Sanae's danmaku.

>Layla holds up her third card.
>"Crescendo ~ 'Brass Cacophony' "
>A spectral trombone materializes near her.
>_

[Monarda]

>Fire a focused burst towards Layla, then stay alert for the spellcard.

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

>Fire a focused burst towards Layla, then stay alert for the spellcard.

>You focus and fire a burst towards Layla.

>The trombone fires stream of notes, all spread out, as Layla weaves through your burst.
>You notice the note shots are growing bigger as they fly, if they keep growing at this rate, then by the time they reach you and Sanae, there will be no way to weave between them.

>Sumireko and Chen have begun to engage the last Prismriver.
>_

[Samaren]

>Gap several notes back at Layla (but make sure to put a distance between the exit gap and her to prevent an "accident" like last time).
>Once notes have passed through, close the gaps.
Since notes are big and growing, they going to hinder Layla's dodging. Lets hope Sanae will use the opportunity.

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

>Gap several notes back at Layla (but make sure to put a distance between the exit gap and her to prevent an "accident" like last time).
>Once notes have passed through, close the gaps.

>You gap a few notes behind Layla, leaving a larger distance between her and the exit gap than last time
>After you close the gap you notice the notes are slowing down the bigger they get.

>The rest of the notes reach you, but miss because of the gaping hole you left from the gaping, they seem to stop in place a few meters behind you.
>The notes behind Layla stop just before reaching her.
>_

[Neovereign]

>Create a gap from the end of the trombone leading to right behind Layla. Should be two openings behind Layla and in front of her trombone if correct.

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

>Create a gap from the end of the trombone leading to right behind Layla. Should be two openings behind Layla and in front of her trombone if correct.

>You create a small gap right in front of the trombone, so that the exit is right behind Layla.

>The notes start traveling in the opposite direction, shrinking and speeding up as they move, while the trombone fires another volley at the same time.... right into Layla's back.
>The spellcard breaks almost instantly, and the danmaku disappears
>Sanae's breaks as well, but the effect is less intense.
>_

[Neovereign]

//Alright guys I did a thing  :derp: Good Luck

[Samaren]

> Close gaps that were used for last attack (if they are still open).
> Watch for any actions from Layla.
> Take a glance at Chen and Sumitenshi. How they are faring against last Prismriver?

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

> Close gaps that were used for last attack (if they are still open).
> Watch for any actions from Layla.

>You close the gaps as Layla pulls out another spellcard.
>"Allegro ~ 'Blissful Woodwind Recital' "
>Layla pulls out a physical flute from her sleeve, and holds it to her mouth.

> Take a glance at Chen and Sumitenshi. How they are faring against last Prismriver?

>You glance at your companions.
>They seem to be gaining the upper hand.
>_

[Monarda]

>Fire a spread towards the last enslaved Prismriver, then return our attention to Layla.
>"Another one... i wish i had a spellcard now..."