Grouchy Roxas is grouchy

[thirteenth_brat]

Who: Roxas, Ash, Jenn, Aerith, Sora, Kairi, Aria, Pancake, Cloud, Riku, Rox and others as they arrive...
What: Roxas needs to vent. The Maw and any monsters in it are usually good for that. Well, okay, he took a monster hunt and left earlier than he planned to for it since he was ready to bust some heads, okay?
When: Saturday evening
Where: The Great Maw and its surrounding areas
Status: Ongoing
Notes: Can this log not die like the rest? *puppy dog eyes* Posting order... uh, order of appearance and some skipping may happen just to keep the log from dying. 8|



Roxas grumbled and cursed under his breath as he headed out. It wasn't that he didn't understand why they were upset. What was getting under his skin this time was that they were acting like he'd said he was going to run out and kill Josiah as soon as he could. Had they even read the whole entry? He didn't like the idea either, but they really had to consider the possibility. At least a few people had been civil about their disagreement, but some of them...

He paused near the Crystal Fissure and surveyed the surroundings. This was where they'd fought that White Mousse. All reports had indicated that there were plenty of Flan type monsters still hanging around there. Not surprisingly, he had seen a few on the way there, but they seemed to ignore him for the most part. He was headed further out anyway.

The Great Maw was not exactly empty, but there were a few monsters hanging around. In truth, he wasn't heading out here expressly to vent. He'd taken up a monster hunt and was just annoyed enough to head out earlier than he'd originally planned. It was nothing special. The guy just wanted some Ose pelts and those monsters frequented the Maw along with other Coeurl relatives. Not surprisingly, he did find at least one of the monster he was looking for right away. That was helpful and it lightened his mood a little. Now if he could kill it without getting too much blood on the pelt, he might be off to a good start...

Why did he have a nagging feeling that he wasn't alone, though?

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[rikugasmic.livejournal.com]

Like Rox, Riku also happened to be venturing close to the Maw when he heard the commotion. It didn't take rocket science to figure out who was behind it, either. Riku had known Sora was going to check up on Roxas. It would only figure that they would get themselves into some sort of mess.

It didn't take long for Riku to get there. Instead of rushing into the fray, however, he held back.

"Well," he asked the other people hanging back, a teasing smile creeping over his face as he said it. "...think they could use some help?"

[lostscore.livejournal.com]

Ash had hung back when the Chimera had come into view, but pulled out her gun. She'd been reluctant to get back into fighting as one thing about not being a Nobody meant emotions like fear happened (sometimes she felt perhaps they felt a lot stronger than they actually were) and she had lost one of her best weapons. While she had control over metal, each steel-jacketed shell she fired found it's mark without fail.

However, this was all something she'd have to get over and the group was big enough (and included SORA of all people). She turned to Riku but the words were directed t everyone. "I'm game if you are."

(OOC: What kind of Chimera is it? As I recall, the FFVI ones were kind of impervious to magic...)

[thirteenth_brat]

This Chimera's chances looked rather horrid unless it had sense enough to run. Roxas doubted that it would, though. As far as he could tell, Chimeras were seriously territorial. They were predators as well, which gave it two reasons at least to stick around.

He didn't miss Riku's arrival or the teasing tone his voice.

"We probably won't need that much help," Roxas replied, "I took one of these out alone a couple months ago." He was tempted to ask Riku if he was hanging back because he was scared, but figured he wait for another time. The Chimera was still dangerous regardless. Instead, he turned his attention back to the monster and waited a moment. What kind of damage would Sora's Firaga do?

((OoC: It is an FF6 one.))

[papoupromise.livejournal.com]

Making her way towards where everyone had gathered, Kairi tossed Riku a grin. "I think you know that answer." She said, drawing her sword. "Doesn't really stop us though."

She took a moment to observe it, watching Sora carefully. "Anyone know what types of magic it's weak to?" She asked absently, completely focused on it's movement.

[a-total-sap.livejournal.com]

Sora paused long enough to stick out his tongue at his best friend before turning back to the chimera. Running at it headlong probably wasn't the best idea (plus the stupid thing had four heads, which was even worse) so he jumped up into the hair, twisting halfway at the waist as he called down Firaga on the monster, the flames shooting from the tip of the ultima weapon and splattering against the dragon and lion's head of the chimera.

He watched in dismay as the monster only roared in anger and probably a little bit of annoyance, and whipped its heads towards him as he landed on the ground. That didn't go as well as planned - he crouched down into a defensive position, ready to call up another spell.

"Are you sure you took down one of these things by yourself?" Sora asked, plaintive disbelief in his voice. He didn't have time to listen to the answer as the chimera came barreling towards him.

[riverfox-237.livejournal.com]

Jenn found herself staring wide-eyed down at the scene below. This - was seriously - the KH crew - all at once - fighting a monster - together - right in front of her. It was like watching the Maw fight from KHII in live-action (with extra characters and less Heartless). It took a few minutes for her brain to comprehend that and stop squealing in geeky game-fan fashion.

She was helped a long A LOT when the monster roared, startling her back to reality. Shaking her head, she mentally scolded herself for her rediculous distracting train of thought. Then she heard what the guys were saying, and her eyes narrowed.

"Hey guys! How about we all help out so the monster dies more quickly and we have less collateral damage to deal with?" she called advisingly from her spot above their heads. "Not that you all aren't awesome fighters and could probably take this thing single-handed, but we'll be more likely to get home for supper and in one piece."

That being said, Jenn sighted down her shaft, took aim...and fired. She leaned forward slightly, willing the arrow to find its mark-

Bull's eye! Almost literally, she thought ironically. The dragon-head of the chimera was now thrashing back and forth, snarling in pain, an arrow sticking out of its left eye.

Jenn had to push back some rising nauseu at the sight - Did I really just do that? - but no. This was a good thing, and she was going to appreciate her success. Or at least not get sick in the middle of the fight. She notched another arrow to her bow and kept firing.

[thirteenth_brat]

Roxas was about to reply when the dragon head started thrashing about, slowing the beast slightly but not stopping its charge. He'd heard the unneeded advice about working together and he didn't recognize the voice. Then again, there probably were a few among the Earth weirdos whose voices he didn't know.

That was beside the point anyway. They were probably lucky this wasn't the other type of Chimera he'd seen that day.

"Yes, I took one of these down alone," he deadpanned, "Probably underestimated me because something else had already messed me up, but... whatever." He wasn't going to say that that something else was a stronger Chimera. It was unsettling enough that he knew there were stronger ones hanging around. Rather than comment further, he took some initiative and ran out to the Chimera's left, throwing one Keyblade at the already injured dragon head keeping the other in hand just in case.

The Chimera roared and turned the lion head toward him, spewing Fire. He dodged that easy enough, but it was apparent this one was at least a little smarted than the other one. While its lion head was glaring at him, the goat head turned and cast Blizzard at Sora while the eagle and boar heads just growled menacingly and the snake on its tail seemed to be daydreaming.

[holylifestream.livejournal.com]

Aerith smiled thankfully when the others showed up. No matter how often she had to come to the battlefield, no matter how much practice she had in fighting by now, she would never like it. Having friends around helped her relax a little.

"Jenn's right," she called out. "We should all help out. There won't be as many injuries." As certain as she sounded, a small voice in the back of her head couldn't help but add hopefully to that sentence.

When she turned back to the fighters, the Chimera had just begun to roar and breathe Fire at Roxas. With a quick cry of warning as another head turned and used Blizzard, Aerith cast Reflera to protect Sora from the attack.

[ariakitsune.livejournal.com]

Aria wasn't looking at the Chimera battle when she replied.

"I think I'd just get in the way," she looked over at Aerith. "I believe they're more than capable of taking that thing out."

She hummed thoughtfully before starting to walk towards the left of the battle.

"I think I'll go keep some of the small stuff from trying to join in," she said gesturing in the general direction of a wolf like monster that was eying the battle.

[rikugasmic.livejournal.com]

Riku decided not to waste any more time. With everyone there, this thing would be easy to kill, even if it was immune to magic, but there was no reason to let it run rampant any longer then they had to.

"Well, ready to go?" he asked Kairi, who he knew would be determined to help as well. He wasted no time - he summoned Way to Dawn and rushed toward where the real fight was.

He knew he would have to attack it, but he couldn't just rush in - the heads made things difficult in that regard. It would be best to take care of the snake head first, since it could probably cause the most trouble.

Unfortuniately, he had already caught the attention of the Chimera, and found himself dodging a fire spell instead.

At the very least, this would be an annoying fight.

[papoupromise.livejournal.com]

Kairi gave a short nod, tightening her swords grip. "Of course." Was all she said before following him, a few paces behind.

There had to be some way of defeating it quickly and soon. While one of the head was distracted by Riku, she charged at it's side, hoping to pull it's attention to her while the others attacked.

[thirteenth_brat]

Between still being busy with the lion head and the Chimera's response to having its Blizzard turned back on it, Roxas almost didn't notice Riku joining the fray... or Kairi just behind him. The Chimera's goat head spared her a glance, but turned to send a Blizzard Roxas's way this time while the Lion head decided that Cloud could use a blast of fire. Preoccupied, Roxas didn't notice the snake on the tail finally seeming to wake up and taking an interest in the new targets.

The Chimera bellowed and turned quickly, giving the snake a good shot at both Riku and Kairi while its other heads each cast some spell or another at the other fighters.

Sorry for the tl;dr, I'm writing for two now. ^^;

[riverfox-237.livejournal.com]

"The one time you go off without me, and this is what you get into," a deep, squeaky voice sighed.

Jenn started, almost dropping her (thankfully undrawn) bow as she looked straight up. A familiar mousey form was climbing down the ledge above her, sparing him a rebukeful glare every few feet. He dropped down next to her on the ledge. Jenn felt like facepalming herself.

"Oh my word, Sil, I am so sorry, I completely forgot to wake you up this morning!" she explained guiltily. "I was going to staff-train with Aerith and-"

"Yes, alright, we'll argue it out later," the Narnian mouse cut in brusquely. Turning to the battle scene, he studied the monster with calculating eyes. After a moment of silence, he asked cautiously, "...This is the same strange beast that attacked us in Narnia?"

Jenn nodded, notching another arrow to take a shot at the beast. "Yeah...I can't really explain why they're in both places, Sil, I'm told they've been popping up everywhere." She fired the arrow, but it glanced off the creature's hide. The teenager huffed an irritated breath. "I got in one good hit on the dragon head's eye, but I can't seem to make anymore shots!"

"Then keep those smaller beasts away," Silandro said with authority, indicating the small masses of other monsters being drawn to the commotion. "I shall go down and assist with this beast." And with that startling comment, and before Jenn could absorb it enough to make an appropriate response, the mouse somersaulted off of the ledge onto the ground below and went racing off towards the monster, weaving between Roxas and Sora and heading straight for the beast. The next thing anyone knew, a foot-and-a-half-tall gray-furred mouse with a rapier was scaling one of the chimera's legs, stabbing the inside leg and stomach as he went. It roared in pain and anger and reared up, furious at the strange small thing attacking it where it couldn't reach.

"SILANDRO!!!" Jenn stared after the little monster, but her protest died with that one yell. She shook her head in disgust and turned her aim on a wolf-like creature trying to sneak up on the battle. "Stupid stubborn overconfident Narnian son of a plague rat!" she muttered furiously. "If you get yourself killed I'm gonna make you respawn just so I can strangle you!"

Which is Jenn-speak for being extremely worried about someone.