GOOD CHOICES.

[dramatispersonae]

[ You are in a black room.

Like, a 12x12 foot room. With black walls. And a black floor. And a black ceiling. ]

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[steampunked]

[is limping a bit as they head back :|a not too much, though]

I hope we weren't just too slow to do this right.

[brotagonist]

I can use an arte if he gets a direct shot at us. Stand behind me if that happens...

[steampunked]

[o-oh no a situation where I am the less useful one. this rarely happens. FEELS WEIRD, MAN.]

Okay. Just yell or whatever.

[brotagonist]

Man, I wish I had more items and Genis and Professor Raine here. And swords with some elemental magic. I don't think these'll do anything to him.

[irritated]

[steampunked]

[well at least I am not the only one feeling useless and strange]

Yeah, we're both kind of . . . hobbled with this one. I wonder if it was designed that way.

[brotagonist]

Maybe. I've helped beat up summon spirits before. The Personae can't be that much more powerful.

[steampunked]

We'll work it out.

[brotagonist]

Sure thing.

[AND NOW WE ARE PROBABLY GETTING CLOSE AGAIN...]

[dramatispersonae]

[ DRUMS

DRUMS in the deep ]

[steampunked]

[well then. gettin' close enough to see if the heatwave man is still there ... I guess ... ]

That drumming is kind of creepy.

[brotagonist]

No kidding.

[sup heatwave man!]

[dramatispersonae]

[ so the circle is now . . . instead of the concentric circles before it's one bit black burned ground circle. The fire has gone out! The pillar is still there . . . it smells like deadddddd everything. The heatwave man is actually standing on top of the pillar (he has good balance, ok. I mean, it isn't like you can clearly define his feet anyway cos lol). He's holding the skull and the star :|a ]

[steampunked]

[. . . well that is a problem.]

I could. Probably explode the pillar.

[brotagonist]

...I don't have any better ideas? Will you fall down afterwards?

[steampunked]

I'll do my level best not to? I'm really gonna be pushing it, but I'm not blind or anything, so I know I'm not out.

[brotagonist]

Don't go blind. Guess we were wrong about the fire...

[steampunked]

I guess we were. Can you think of anything else to do?

[brotagonist]

No. Go for it. Try to just crack the bottom, though. If we can push it over it's just as good and it uses less brain.

[steampunked]

Right. Back off a bit.

[her eyes flare! and then a sizeable but controlled energy blast explodes at the bottom of the pillar.]

[brotagonist]

[gonna move towards the pillar and try a DEMON FANG! at the same time for added oomph :B it's a short-range distance shockwave arte that moves along the ground, for PEOPLE WHO HAVEN'T PLAYED MY GAME!]

[dramatispersonae]

[ SOME PEOPLE DON'T OWN THE GAME SYSTEM.

also your combined efforts are enough to knock it down.

DRAMATIC DUST CLOUD. ]

[steampunked]

[OR THE GAME!

yyyyyyayyyyyy.

I am going to devote the next ten seconds to stumbling sideways like a wimp.]

[brotagonist]

[going back to grab and support her, keeping an eyeeee on that dust cloud]

[dramatispersonae]

[ good call cos there is definitely another one of those SUPERHEATED AIR WAVES coming your way through the dust. ]

[brotagonist]

[LET'S KNOCK KK OUT OF THE WAY AND DODGEROLL THE OTHER DIRECTION!]