The gunshots and the sword do knock the statue off-balance and keep it from stepping on the poor students, and the barrier is a good bit of added protection too. Unfortunately, the stone statue just seems way too strong to harm shooting and slashing wildly at it. All this does is turn the statue's attention to you guys.
Kazu's FROG SUMMON roll: 14
The frog is summoned! But then it looks at Kazu and sees how injured and shaky he is, so it makes a loud croaking noise. Kazu will understand the croaks though!]
You really think you can command me in that condition? Hmph! If you want my cooperation, you'll need to give me an offering.
Meanwhile the stone statue is going to start walking towards Sylvain, since he's the closest right now.]
[ He runs in closer, shooting at the statue still for coverage, before hopping onto the bench and then leaping at the statue from there. He tries to get as much height as he can while doing it, so that when he tackles the statue, he's throwing his weight at it from a point that he can topple it. ]
[Well, the statue's attention has turned to Sylvain, so Estelle's running for the bench, which Bucky is now standing on. She drops to one knee to meet the students eye-to-eye and urge them to get away.]
This is your chance. Please, hurry! It's not safe to stay here!
[ he'll continue to act as bait and try to lure the statue away from the students. he can't do much attacking while he's busy fleeing, but hopefully his twin will have better luck...
if bucky succeeds in toppling it over, sylvain will immediately switch to the offensive again. as much as he can with his injury anyway, oof. he'll aim his blade for the statue's neck.
also, to kazu, ] Maybe it wants blood??
[ he's thinking back to when harrow cut her palm to attract ghosts... ]
[Demon frogs do eat flies, yes! And this demon frog is considering the offer.]
What kind of food?
[Meanwhile, Bucky leaps at the statue and lands on its leg! And kind of just. Is there. The statue weighs at least a couple thousand pounds, did you really think you would push it over that easily? Though it does have one positive effect: the statue is now distracted trying to shake Bucky off of its leg. Which means Sylvain can go on the offensive, though he's not going to be able to reach that neck right now. He can reach the knees if he tries.
[ back to action—regardless of the effect of estelle's prayer, he'll feel bolstered by her support. he goes for the statue's knee, and tries to chip away at it with multiple strikes, hoping to eventually weaken the "joint" ]
[Will Kazu regret not specifying whose blood? Only time will tell.
Anyway Bucky is flying at a wall now. Why didn't I let Bucky roll for this? Because Sylvain, with the boosted power of Estelle's prayers, will chip away at the back of the knee weakened the leg enough that the whole leg just comes off and goes flying along with our dragoon wonder here.
Bucky's LUCK check:
Picked: odds Got: evens
The statue's leg from the knee-down lands directly on his arm, crushing it from the elbow-down.
Also bits of flying statue debris will catch Sylvain in the face and give him a nasty cut right down the left side of his face, just barely missing his eye. That's gonna leave a nasty scar!
But now the statue is hopping around on one foot and is liable to squish people nearby!
Estelle's LUCK check:
Picked: evens Got: evens
Sylvain's LUCK check:
Picked: odds Got: odds
...both it manages to not step on either of the two close enough to be stepped on! It seems to be winding up for another attack soon though, be ready!]
[ Bucky roars in agony as the statue's leg reduces his right arm to paste. He grits his teeth and rides the waves of pain until he can focus on the world beyond his shattered arm again.
The ground is shaking intermittently. He can hear things crashing to the ground. The statue clearly isn't down yet. And there's nothing Bucky can do now, except for...
He pulls his other gun out with his left hand. He takes aim as best as he can, when he's shaking from pain and adrenaline, and shoots at the statue. He aims for the head, but he has no idea if a statue has weak points. ]
[Estelle gasps when that leg flies into Bucky, but keeps her focus on the fight as the statue starts stomping wildly around. They've succeeded in doing some damage, but it's not going down easily...
She backs up a few steps and begins chanting again. This time, she's trying to recall an applicable fatal verse.]
W-Wait, seriously?! [ BLOOD? sylvain, look what you've done...
hearing that sound from bucky makes him flinch back, but it's no time to get frozen in place, right? so he looks at this horrible vampire frog with a pleading expression. ]
O-Okay, so can you hold the statue back? Try to keep it from hurting anyone!
[ HIS BROTHER! NO!!!!! he winces as the debris lashes his cheek, drawing blood. (is the frog gonna lick it? that's super unsanitary...) ]
Dammit!!
[ he'll try to take out the other knee and hopefully not get crushed in the process. he's gotta keep its attention away from the others—bucky's down, estelle's got a fatal verse to recall, and kazu has a demon to wrangle...
he's not sure how long he can keep this up. all the running and dodging and movement is causing a lot of pain, even though he's trying not to exacerbate his earlier injury as much as possible. (and bc i keep forgetting about transformations this week, he gets to sprout a demon tail and fiery horns while he fights. hmm, looks familiar...) ]
[The frog, influenced by the tasty blood meal it will be getting soon, jumps up onto the head of the status and kick it the fuck off. The statue head lands harmlessly near Estelle.
Unfortunately, a possessed stone statue can still move even without its head, so it is swinging its arms wildly to try and stay balanced. Estelle can start her fatal verse prayer and Bucky can shoot at its...shoulders, instead of its head, and Sylvain can cut up the statue with his sword. In fact, there seems to be blue fire on his sword now? Interesting...
The statue head can still move though, and it's going to bite Estelle's leg while she's praying. If she screams or reacts in any way, her prayer is interrupted and she has to start all over again.]
[ unfortunately, in the chaos sylvain doesn't notice that the severed statue head is still animated, or that it is rearing to chomp at estelle's leg... he's busy swinging his katana at the rest of the statue, trying to whittle off piece by piece, and hoping the blue flames that erupt from the blade are a good sign... ]
[ He squints at the blue flames coming from his brother's sword (the hell is that about) but there's little else he can do but keep shooting and try to keep his arm steady as he does it.
Can't exactly move from under this statue's leg and all. ]
[Estelle is normally pretty good at keeping her cool in a fight, but getting chomped by a disembodied statue head is something she never could have anticipated.]
Aaahh!!
[She cries out in pain and surprise and tries to kick it away. There goes her fatal verse.]
[ man we just so unprepared for this, aren't we? oh, well. the other boys and the frog are preoccupied with the main body, so it's kazunari's job to deal with this... disembodied head... so estelle can do her job.
he's probably going to regret this later. but he summons our mvp, the little green man. or try, anyway. ]
[Things are not looking good. Estelle is getting nommed on, Bucky is pinned down, Sylvain is hurt, Kazu sold his soul to a demon frog...yeah. This is a time when a little devilish interference is needed.
DRAMATIC ENTRY roll: 14
Wait, no. Back that up.
Literally. For a second everyone thinks they might have seen a flash of a white cape, but then time literally rewinds itself about 5 seconds. Everyone perceives this and is definitely aware of the time fuckery going on.
DRAMATIC ENTRY roll: 20
Much better.]
Eins!
[Suddenly the statue stops moving entirely. Every piece of the statue is still, there's not even a tiny bit of movement in it.]
Zwei!
[All pieces of the statue suddenly levitate in the air and zoom back to the pedestal. The mouth lets go of Estelle before doing this btw, she does not zoom too.]
Drei!
[The statue is now fully assembled on the pedestal, and it looks exactly as it would any other day. Every crack, every chip, any sign that it had moved or been attacked is completely gone.
[Estelle's thrown off balance and lands on her ass when the statue head she's struggling with suddenly lets go. Blood stains her stockings, but her attention is on the peculiar man who's just revealed himself.
After a few moments, she cautiously rises to her feet.]
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The gunshots and the sword do knock the statue off-balance and keep it from stepping on the poor students, and the barrier is a good bit of added protection too. Unfortunately, the stone statue just seems way too strong to harm shooting and slashing wildly at it. All this does is turn the statue's attention to you guys.
Kazu's FROG SUMMON roll: 14
The frog is summoned! But then it looks at Kazu and sees how injured and shaky he is, so it makes a loud croaking noise. Kazu will understand the croaks though!]
You really think you can command me in that condition? Hmph! If you want my cooperation, you'll need to give me an offering.
Meanwhile the stone statue is going to start walking towards Sylvain, since he's the closest right now.]
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[ He runs in closer, shooting at the statue still for coverage, before hopping onto the bench and then leaping at the statue from there. He tries to get as much height as he can while doing it, so that when he tackles the statue, he's throwing his weight at it from a point that he can topple it. ]
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This is your chance. Please, hurry! It's not safe to stay here!
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What do you mean, an offering? I don't have anything on me right now?! [ help ] I... can bring you food later, I guess?
[ flies?! do demon frogs still eat flies?! ]
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if bucky succeeds in toppling it over, sylvain will immediately switch to the offensive again. as much as he can with his injury anyway, oof. he'll aim his blade for the statue's neck.
also, to kazu, ] Maybe it wants blood??
[ he's thinking back to when harrow cut her palm to attract ghosts... ]
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What kind of food?
[Meanwhile, Bucky leaps at the statue and lands on its leg! And kind of just. Is there. The statue weighs at least a couple thousand pounds, did you really think you would push it over that easily? Though it does have one positive effect: the statue is now distracted trying to shake Bucky off of its leg. Which means Sylvain can go on the offensive, though he's not going to be able to reach that neck right now. He can reach the knees if he tries.
The two students do flee though. Thanks Estelle!]
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no, but he is going to cling the fuck on through the shaking and try to climb the statue to the top. ]
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Holding up her prayer beads, she recites a new prayer: one to enhance the strength of Sylvain's attacks.]
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[ he looks a little ill. ]
Whichever you need, I'll find plenty.
[ sounds like a weak promise even to his own ears, but it's what he's got, so it better work...! ]
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[ back to action—regardless of the effect of estelle's prayer, he'll feel bolstered by her support. he goes for the statue's knee, and tries to chip away at it with multiple strikes, hoping to eventually weaken the "joint" ]
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[Will Kazu regret not specifying whose blood? Only time will tell.
Anyway Bucky is flying at a wall now. Why didn't I let Bucky roll for this? Because Sylvain, with the boosted power of Estelle's prayers, will chip away at the back of the knee weakened the leg enough that the whole leg just comes off and goes flying along with our dragoon wonder here.
Bucky's LUCK check:
Picked: odds
Got: evens
The statue's leg from the knee-down lands directly on his arm, crushing it from the elbow-down.
Also bits of flying statue debris will catch Sylvain in the face and give him a nasty cut right down the left side of his face, just barely missing his eye. That's gonna leave a nasty scar!
But now the statue is hopping around on one foot and is liable to squish people nearby!
Estelle's LUCK check:
Picked: evens
Got: evens
Sylvain's LUCK check:
Picked: odds
Got: odds
...both it manages to not step on either of the two close enough to be stepped on! It seems to be winding up for another attack soon though, be ready!]
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The ground is shaking intermittently. He can hear things crashing to the ground. The statue clearly isn't down yet. And there's nothing Bucky can do now, except for...
He pulls his other gun out with his left hand. He takes aim as best as he can, when he's shaking from pain and adrenaline, and shoots at the statue. He aims for the head, but he has no idea if a statue has weak points. ]
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She backs up a few steps and begins chanting again. This time, she's trying to recall an applicable fatal verse.]
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hearing that sound from bucky makes him flinch back, but it's no time to get frozen in place, right? so he looks at this horrible vampire frog with a pleading expression. ]
O-Okay, so can you hold the statue back? Try to keep it from hurting anyone!
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[ HIS BROTHER! NO!!!!! he winces as the debris lashes his cheek, drawing blood. (is the frog gonna lick it? that's super unsanitary...) ]
Dammit!!
[ he'll try to take out the other knee and hopefully not get crushed in the process. he's gotta keep its attention away from the others—bucky's down, estelle's got a fatal verse to recall, and kazu has a demon to wrangle...
he's not sure how long he can keep this up. all the running and dodging and movement is causing a lot of pain, even though he's trying not to exacerbate his earlier injury as much as possible. (and bc i keep forgetting about transformations this week, he gets to sprout a demon tail and fiery horns while he fights. hmm, looks familiar...) ]
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[The frog, influenced by the tasty blood meal it will be getting soon, jumps up onto the head of the status and kick it the fuck off. The statue head lands harmlessly near Estelle.
Unfortunately, a possessed stone statue can still move even without its head, so it is swinging its arms wildly to try and stay balanced. Estelle can start her fatal verse prayer and Bucky can shoot at its...shoulders, instead of its head, and Sylvain can cut up the statue with his sword. In fact, there seems to be blue fire on his sword now? Interesting...
The statue head can still move though, and it's going to bite Estelle's leg while she's praying. If she screams or reacts in any way, her prayer is interrupted and she has to start all over again.]
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Can't exactly move from under this statue's leg and all. ]
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Aaahh!!
[She cries out in pain and surprise and tries to kick it away. There goes her fatal verse.]
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[ man we just so unprepared for this, aren't we? oh, well. the other boys and the frog are preoccupied with the main body, so it's kazunari's job to deal with this... disembodied head... so estelle can do her job.
he's probably going to regret this later. but he summons our mvp, the little green man. or try, anyway. ]
Keep that thing away from her!
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DRAMATIC ENTRY roll: 14
Wait, no. Back that up.
Literally. For a second everyone thinks they might have seen a flash of a white cape, but then time literally rewinds itself about 5 seconds. Everyone perceives this and is definitely aware of the time fuckery going on.
DRAMATIC ENTRY roll: 20
Much better.]
Eins!
[Suddenly the statue stops moving entirely. Every piece of the statue is still, there's not even a tiny bit of movement in it.]
Zwei!
[All pieces of the statue suddenly levitate in the air and zoom back to the pedestal. The mouth lets go of Estelle before doing this btw, she does not zoom too.]
Drei!
[The statue is now fully assembled on the pedestal, and it looks exactly as it would any other day. Every crack, every chip, any sign that it had moved or been attacked is completely gone.
And on the very top of it, right on the top hat, stands a very strangely-dressed man holding an umbrella.]
Ah, I see you four have been very busy tonight. It's so refreshing to see such diligent students~☆
[You have no idea how he said a star like that, but you perceive that he did.]
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What.
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He lifts his gun arm again and shoots at the headmaster--for the throat again. He wants this to be lethal. It needs to be lethal. ]
1/2
After a few moments, she cautiously rises to her feet.]
Headmaster...?
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