08-16-2016, 01:33 PM
Fiara knew that she was just playing strong. Okor probably didn't realize it... perhaps he couldn't even understand that she was struggling right now, he was an unstoppable, ever-regenerating beast after all. She wondered if he could even feel pain, if he could even die. Maybe unless he got reduced to ashes by sacred fire he would die for good, but the way that he behaved... the battles that had taken place, the weapons that had pierced his flesh and armor, she wondered if they had had any effect on him. If he even realized that he had been struck. On top of that he was armed to the teeth and battle-experienced. She knew that she had not a chance of making it in a fight against him, and in retrospect she was glad that she had never crossed the line between verbally and physically attacking him. As an ally however he had proven invaluable, he had saved her life more than she would ever admit. She could not show her weakness before him, even if he wasn't an Akuma unlike any she had ever seen.
The truth was, she felt weak. She was tired, weary, her body refused to move as it used to, it hurt everywhere, she felt sick and this last disturbance followed by the fight had earned her a bunch of new injuries that had rapidly undone the good that the medical kit had done for her. How many shells were left in her Blasters? She didn't know, until she threw a punch and the attack merely caused a wet smack as her fist hit the flesh of a tentacle, causing little more than a flinch. Empty. The other one? Same thing. She reached for the ammunition on her waist, but her eyes widened when her hand only touched the leather of her belt. When had she... she frantically looked around while holding off the monstrosity before her with flailing punches and kicks. There! A few steps away... might as well be the other end of the country. She would never reach them in time.
Suddenly Fiara felt very helpless. The remainder of her strength was rapidly fading, the tendrils were closing in by the second. She was separated from the others. Her head was hurting. Her vision blurring... was it tears or was she losing her conscience? A tentacle struck her forehead, sending her stumbling several feet back, she barely registered it. She was feeling tired. Very tired.
A thought crept into her head that she hadn't considered before. Could she give up? Throw herself one last time at the beast before her and let it quickly and painlessly end her life? Her mission was accomplished, Arturia had been given the scroll, Amaterasu would be informed... she would return. The Syntech crew that had gone missing was beyond help if they'd ended up anywhere like this island. The employees that had accompagnied her were all gone as well. There was nobody left to protect that couldn't fend for themselves. In fact, she was feeling more like she held Okor back, clinging to him and using him as protection.
A loud yell tore her out of her spiral and she only now noticed that she'd dropped to her knees sometime during her thought downward spiral. A being that she didn't recognize - the freshly fusioned Nanaki and Christa, that is - were attacking the monster and were near her. It kicked the satchel with ammunition towards her without so much as pausing its assault, and without looking at her yelled: "Snap out of it! We need you if we want to defeat this thing!"
When Fiara didn't reply immediately the fusion stopped as if to check that she was alright, but she got to her feet while picking up the satchel and nodded. "I'm okay... sorry." That was met with a nod and the Nanaki/Christa fusion rushed back into battle whilst Fiara reached into the satchel and produced two ammo belts. After a moment of consideration she then pushed out the first shell on the right-side belt and took out one of the volatile ones before loading her Phoenix Blasters up. She felt that she might not make it through this... she could not try to escape. But if she was gonna die, she was going to go out with a bang, and covered in the innards of her opponent. With a battle cry and mustering the last of her reserves she forced her body to pump adrenaline through her veins, numbing the pains for long enough that she could attack. She leapt straight over the disformed creature and reared her fist, surrounding it in the everlasting flames of the Phoenix. "Okor, look at me. This time I'm helping." Look at me, Amaterasu... this blow I deliver in your name. Then she came down on the beast, and while her body weight was negligible at best the punch she dispensed was quite the opposite. She hammered her right fist down, burying it into the creature's scarred flesh and unleashing a blast that caused the beast's body to ripple as if it was a pool of water that someone had thrown a rock into. A single wave motion caught it and went not just through the skin, but through the flesh and bones, through the organs and whatever other innards this abomination may have. Without waiting for the results of her attack Fiara pushed herself off of the creature and leapt for safety. Now the question was whether or not she would make it...
The truth was, she felt weak. She was tired, weary, her body refused to move as it used to, it hurt everywhere, she felt sick and this last disturbance followed by the fight had earned her a bunch of new injuries that had rapidly undone the good that the medical kit had done for her. How many shells were left in her Blasters? She didn't know, until she threw a punch and the attack merely caused a wet smack as her fist hit the flesh of a tentacle, causing little more than a flinch. Empty. The other one? Same thing. She reached for the ammunition on her waist, but her eyes widened when her hand only touched the leather of her belt. When had she... she frantically looked around while holding off the monstrosity before her with flailing punches and kicks. There! A few steps away... might as well be the other end of the country. She would never reach them in time.
Suddenly Fiara felt very helpless. The remainder of her strength was rapidly fading, the tendrils were closing in by the second. She was separated from the others. Her head was hurting. Her vision blurring... was it tears or was she losing her conscience? A tentacle struck her forehead, sending her stumbling several feet back, she barely registered it. She was feeling tired. Very tired.
A thought crept into her head that she hadn't considered before. Could she give up? Throw herself one last time at the beast before her and let it quickly and painlessly end her life? Her mission was accomplished, Arturia had been given the scroll, Amaterasu would be informed... she would return. The Syntech crew that had gone missing was beyond help if they'd ended up anywhere like this island. The employees that had accompagnied her were all gone as well. There was nobody left to protect that couldn't fend for themselves. In fact, she was feeling more like she held Okor back, clinging to him and using him as protection.
A loud yell tore her out of her spiral and she only now noticed that she'd dropped to her knees sometime during her thought downward spiral. A being that she didn't recognize - the freshly fusioned Nanaki and Christa, that is - were attacking the monster and were near her. It kicked the satchel with ammunition towards her without so much as pausing its assault, and without looking at her yelled: "Snap out of it! We need you if we want to defeat this thing!"
When Fiara didn't reply immediately the fusion stopped as if to check that she was alright, but she got to her feet while picking up the satchel and nodded. "I'm okay... sorry." That was met with a nod and the Nanaki/Christa fusion rushed back into battle whilst Fiara reached into the satchel and produced two ammo belts. After a moment of consideration she then pushed out the first shell on the right-side belt and took out one of the volatile ones before loading her Phoenix Blasters up. She felt that she might not make it through this... she could not try to escape. But if she was gonna die, she was going to go out with a bang, and covered in the innards of her opponent. With a battle cry and mustering the last of her reserves she forced her body to pump adrenaline through her veins, numbing the pains for long enough that she could attack. She leapt straight over the disformed creature and reared her fist, surrounding it in the everlasting flames of the Phoenix. "Okor, look at me. This time I'm helping." Look at me, Amaterasu... this blow I deliver in your name. Then she came down on the beast, and while her body weight was negligible at best the punch she dispensed was quite the opposite. She hammered her right fist down, burying it into the creature's scarred flesh and unleashing a blast that caused the beast's body to ripple as if it was a pool of water that someone had thrown a rock into. A single wave motion caught it and went not just through the skin, but through the flesh and bones, through the organs and whatever other innards this abomination may have. Without waiting for the results of her attack Fiara pushed herself off of the creature and leapt for safety. Now the question was whether or not she would make it...
Quote:Fiara has used Quake Slam (T1 Super Attack). 1/3 SP remain.
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