NIGHTMARE PLOT: BATTLE LOG

[these_balls]

Who: Nightmare Plot participants!
Where: THE BASEMENT (dun dun dunnnnn)
When: Wednesday, October 30
Summary: IT'S NOT CHERNOBOG. But you still have to fight it.
Rating: PG-13 in general; please mark threads that go higher accordingly!
Log:





YOU ARE HERE. IT LOOKS LIKE THIS. YOU'RE FIGHTING THIS. (IT'S NOT CHERNOBOG.)

ALSO, MOOD MUSIC.


KEY:

• RED areas are inaccessible regions! This time, characters have a little less discretion in what they perceive as the reason for the inaccessibility; it'll either be something like a broken or crumbling wall, a locked door, an archway overgrown with dangerous-looking vines, thick fog, or something else of that nature!

• The GREEN area is the set of stairs you used to get down here in the first place! Again, this is here so you know where your starting point is in relation to everything else.

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☆ THE NUMBER TO MEET OR BEAT IS 55 PARTICIPANTS ☆.

REMEMBER: IF YOUR CHARACTER DOES NOT POST TO THE BOSSFIGHT LOG AT LEAST ONCE
(AS A TOP-LEVEL COMMENT OR IN RESPONSE TO SOMEONE ELSE'S TOP-LEVEL COMMENT)
BEFORE 7:00 AM EST on OCTOBER 31, THEY WILL NOT COUNT TOWARD THE 55-PARTICIPANT GOAL!

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Comments

[ardent]

Then what are you doing back here?!

[...]

Actually, never mind that! You're going to get yourself killed if you just run at it like that!

[diamondo]

Yeah, well what do you suggest I do, huh? I'm not just gonna stand around and watch this fight!

[ardent]

I don't know - go destroy some of the monsters that are threatening the noncombatants!

[diamondo]

[He wants to complain about that - sure someone should be taking care of that, but he wants to target the boss - but before he can say anything he finds himself marching off to do just that.]

What the fuck is going on here!?

[Ishimaru, what did you do.]

[ardent]

[...wow what the gently caress is this]

What do you mean, what the - what is going on here?

[He hesitates for a moment.]

Stop and come back here, then!

[diamondo]

[And just like that Mondo obeys. He's beginning to look really pissed off now.]

What the fuck!? This is getting fucking ridiculous! Why the fuck am I listening to everything you say!?

[ardent]

I don't know!

[It's then that things start kind of clicking in his mind, though - the fact that he seems to have some sort of effect on Captain Fantasia over there just by yelling at it, the way Mondo keeps listening to him...

He glances over at that...thing before returning his attention to Mondo.]

Do you really want to fight that thing?

[diamondo]

You fucking bet I do! I don't wanna just stand around and watch this shit go down!

[Things have kind of clicked for Mondo, but he has no idea what Ishimaru is getting at here.]

[ardent]

[He takes a deep breath and places a hand on Mondo's shoulder, then.]

All right. You're going to target it, but if you're in immediate mortal danger or think you're going to get killed for any reason, you're going to return to me, and you're going to survive regardless of cost.

Now go.

[diamondo]

Wha--?

[But before he can even complete the word, he's headed off to go attack the boss. Mondo isn't quite sure why Ishimaru felt the need to be so specific, but it quickly dawns on him that Ishimaru has somehow gotten the power over words. Everything Ishimaru says is forced to happen, even to the extent of his friends. It's bizarre, but Mondo isn't going to question it at the moment. He's instead perfectly content to fight the boss for the time being.

Unfortunately, his strikes don't seem to be doing much other than pissing off the creature, and the minions begin swarming him. Ishimaru's words ring clearly in his head: you're going to survive regardless of cost.

He takes a few hits before returning to Ishimaru's side, nursing a few scratches that are minor enough. He normally wouldn't have returned, but Ishimaru's words forced him to get out of there before he could be completely swarmed by minions. He's quite thankful for that since he really doesn't want to die.]

Shit, so you've got powers over words somehow, is that it?

[ardent]

[In the meantime, Ishimaru has been trying to instill some sense of morals in this boss over here, and trying to keep minions off of himself in the meantime; he's leaning up against a wall, resting for a moment, when Mondo comes back to find him - he seems...rather tired, but otherwise fine.]

It looks that way, yes!

[He just sort of gestures at a set of minions nearby that are...seeming very confused and just kind of wandering around like they haven't the vaguest idea what to do with themselves.]

That was what happened when I used Forget Beam on them.

[Because of course he did.]

[diamondo]

You... You used Forget Beam on 'em.

[Mondo throws back his head and laughs like this is the funniest thing he's heard in a long time (probably because it is). He's grinning when he faces Ishimaru again and he claps a hand to his friend's shoulder.]

Well! You're doing a damn good job of fucking 'em up! You seem kinda tired though, maybe you should take a break.

[ardent]

I'll be all right, kyoudai.

[He pauses for a moment, finally looking Mondo over a bit.]

How about you?

[diamondo]

I'm okay. Just got a few scratches and shit, but it's nothing to worry about. I had to get outta there 'cause they were surrounding me.

[He squeezes Ishimaru's shoulder briefly before letting go, though Mondo makes no move to rush back out into the battle.]

Be careful, alright? Don't tire yourself out too badly!

[ardent]

I'm all right! Just a little worn out for some reason; that's why I'm staying back.

Are you going to go back out there?

[diamondo]

Alright. Just be careful, okay? And yeah, I'm heading back out there. I just wanted to make sure you were alright, y'know?

[With that said, he'll return to the battle, clearly enjoying himself.]

[ardent]

[Well, the unfortunate thing about Ishimaru's powers is that the more he tries to enforce them in a way that's contrary to something's nature, the more draining it is; he hasn't been having much difficulty with, say, you or the minions, but the boss, on the other hand...

You're probably going to be able to feel whatever compulsions he put on you break after a while, as he's quite simply going to be passing out and not waking up for the remainder of the duration.]

[diamondo]

[Mondo does feel the compulsions break, but not until he's escaping for the second time after he's nearly been surrounded by minions. He hesitates for a moment, torn between checking up on Ishimaru and rushing back into the battle, but the former finally wins out. Ishimaru wouldn't have told him to continue being reckless, after all.

He finds Ishimaru unconscious and immediately drops to his side, shaking Ishimaru's shoulder roughly.]

Shit, c'mon, wake up! Now's not the time to pass out, kyoudai! I told you to be careful!

[ardent]

[Unfortunately, he's pretty much down for the ten-count, kyoudai; he doesn't stir in response to that shaking, either.]