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“This is Minato Arisato. Leave a message after the beep.”
“This is Minato Arisato. Leave a message after the beep.”
“This is Minato Arisato. Leave a message after the beep.”
“This is Minato Arisato. Leave a message after the beep.”
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I don't know if you'd call me a summoner, though... I'm what's called the 'Demi-fiend'. Being able to call on some demons who fight with me is part of that.
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That's pretty cool. [ He says this without looking at him, but admiring the dragon with a nostalgic look in his eyes. It just brings back some old memories. ]
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What do you call them?
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Kind of weird, right?
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The dragon huffs softly, grunting, I am a demon, thou knows full well, and Naoki shrugs his shoulder with a sideways smile.] I'm from a world filled with demons, that look like all kinds of things. Personas don't go after a person's energy, do they?
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Pretty sure last time Elizabeth and Igor explained to him, he fell asleep. ]
A world filled with demons sounds pretty scary.
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Yeah, it does, doesn't it? But I was used to that place. [--half-truth. Long's right there, and Naoki doesn't make a habit of speaking the truth about feeling afraid in front of any of his demons.]
I'd never recommend the Vortex World for a vacation, though.
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He'll try to pat Long to indicate that he's ready to walk on his own now--especially because they've reached the dark... cavern.
It's strangely simmering. You can literally see the heatwaves coming out of it. Minato does not look excited at all. ]
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[Naoki says this with a wry smile, pausing at the entrance to the cave and folding his arms over his chest. Long's twisting his head to peer at Minato again.
Thou are ready to move, youngster? is what the demon asks while Naoki waits.]
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I think we'll need a shower after this. [ Anyway, he'll start walking into the cavern first despite how weak he seemed before. It only seems to get hotter the deeper they go in. ]
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[Naoki follows after him, waving a hand and Long disappears for now as Naoki picks up his step to follow. He doesn't seem bothered by the heat, though he does ask--] You doing all right?
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To me, I guess. [ This guy next to him is something else entirely, damn. What he would do to be as cool as a cucumber right now. It sounds like some rubble is being thrown around and that echoes pretty loudly. ]
Sounds like we're near.
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Yep... Ready? Sooner we get this done, sooner we can get somewhere cooler.
[Though he'll add, since Minato's been such a good sport about coming along today,] I'll treat you to something after this.
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[ And once they reach the end, it's mostly dirt terrain with a sunroof (such a nice cave you know, this is limited edition dragon power brought to you by Toyota). He wonders if it would have been easier to just fly over here rather than walking now. ] Ready.
Want to wake it up? [ Assuming that it's sleeping... ]
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[And, to kindly wake up that dragon, he'll step forward, cracking his knuckles before pulling back one of his hands. As he snaps it forward, a little tornado rushing out.
Even if the dragon's awake, it's not going to be happy either once a blast of wind (along with a hearty collection of pebbles) smacks it in the face.]
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His though process is interrupted by the rustling of the dragon. It looks kind of small at first, but it finally stands on all four with flaring nostrils. ]
It's kind of small... [ It's like on cue, the dragon gets on its hind legs and let out a roar while towering over them. Wings expanded and flapping quite the dust storm, someone is standing here corrected. As a warning, it spits out fireballs of death at them. Just one for now. ]
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[Naoki's eyes have narrowed and there's a tight smile on his mouth. He raises one of his hands in front of him-- and in a flash, Yurlungur appears, nullifying the fireball with a zwip. It's useful having demons that null more or less every elemental attack...]
All right, let's take our very offended dragon friend over there down. [Cracking his knuckles, he steps around the snake... and starts to move toward the dragon.]
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... He then realizes this is his only active damage skill. After he hears the impact and the pained cry of the dragon, he guesses he should go in an poke it or something. ]
I don't have a lot of skills. [ But he guesses his partner here has quite the variety. Maybe he should fall back as support, but maybe after he dodges the tail swipe. However, the dragon is pulling back before lunging forward at Naoki with its fangs. ]
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[Hold on a moment. There's a dragon coming at him. Naoki turns to face it, lifting up his palms... and he's fought bigger things than this, even fought Long, so he slams one palm to its snout, holding it at bay with surprising ease as his eyes glow pale blue.
Gritting his teeth, Naoki digs in his fingers, scales crunching... And that wind from before is back, stronger now, blasting down into the dragon's open jaws.] --shoot yourself in the head to use that?
[Stopping a dragon with one's bare hands, no big, but.]
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Salvation. [ Healing Naoki completely, it will seem like whatever HP lost returns though the most important part is that it cured the burn... Seems like the burn itself is more dangerous than the actual dragon. Giving up trying to swallow Naoki whole, the dragon flies up and starts launching several tracking meteors. Of course, they're on fire.
This reminds him of some MMORPG, but he'll just start get the move on. ] It's going to land in the middle.
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Heads up.
[There are meteor chunks now-- but Naoki's moving toward the middle as Minato's said, sucking in a deep breath... and blowing it out in a huge cloud of obscuring fog. Fog breath, never leave home w/o it.]
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Messiah ends up casting another morning star, but it only seems to anger the dragon... He's even turning into a brighter red. ] I think he's enraged.
[ A roar follows that statement as it flaps its wings. Dragons breathe fire, right? It's going to start rotating its fire breath so that it'll eventually cover the whole area. ] Clockwise.
[ Whether he means it's coming clockwise or that they should go clockwise is up to interpreters. ]
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Tornadoes whip up to either side of them to ward off the flames, Yurlungur voiding the rest of the fire that gets too close, moving around them in a wide circle.]
Wonder if this is gonna use up a lot of its energy. It might be a good chance, [he comments.]
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P3 AIreasons, but this is nice too. He makes sure not to misstep and possibly trip over before stopping in unison as the dragon.It looks like it's taking a moment to steady itself. No longer enraged, the dragon appears fatigued. It's time!! ]
I hope you have a nuke ready. [ The dragon quickly scurries in place, as if it heard what they're talking about. It starts puffing out its chest to feign size and intimidating. Messiah reappears while raising its hand again. Large glowing talismans start surrounding the dragon and rotating at a fast pace. He's just going to hope Samsara doesn't miss. ]
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[Naoki's smiling, but his eyes are serious, and he walks forward now. When he's within range, he stops, watching the talismans rotating, to see if it'll work as he pops his knuckles.]
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