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I'm in my prime, Optimus
[ Tantal, the strangely enigmatic, and relatively recently-colonized continent, the quietly elusive Titan who always seemed to stay and swim below the cloud sea. Tantal, a sick Titan, a Titan whose energy has already begun to wane, lending to its naturally cooler nature-- or so the ether-readers had forecast. Tantal, the safest Titan.
Its hermit-like nature earns it a reputation of being a haven of sorts for the explorers and refugees of war, but only if they can find it and safely dock within. Even for one Titan of the same class as Uraya, it remains strangely uncharted in its migratory patterns about the World Tree, as well as the terrain within itself. For although it has remained submerged and out of the Aegis' interest for quite some time, its bowels provide a hospitable sort of stew to allow its fauna to become larger and more ferocious than others, which only makes exploring it more dangerous.
However, it seems that the Aegis in question who had so recently turned a blind eye to Tantal out of disinterest now suddenly has an interest, or so the tip from a certain Quaester says. Thus they now find themselves within the deeper underbelly of the beast, so to speak, trekking their way through the tumultuous winds and ice, the black jagged cliffs that encase the biome, and the chilling cold. The world is a blanket of white, and the roar of the sudden blizzard drowns out any attempts to shout for their companions. It is like this that Lora and Jin are separated from the rest of their group...
And it is like this that they encounter not Malos, but something else. Something large. Something quite terrifying as well.
The Cloud Sea King Ken towers over them with its limbs, mercilessly striking at the two for coming upon its nest uninvited. And as any hunter of the great beasts of Alrest would know, trying to outrun one of these creatures would be even more of a death sentence than facing it. Their only option is to fight it here and now. ]
--Lora!
[ The battle may have been a long and difficult one, but now is their chance to end it. Finish it, be done with it, see to their superficial wounds with what they have, and endure their deeper ones for the trek back to the base camp. He doesn't even wait for her to say those words-- those words that let him know that she is ready to deliver their last strikes. I need your help, Jin!
He practically throws his blade to her, casting a barrier above that erupts into a lattice of octagons and light above as the club of its far-reaching limb whips out at them. It strikes his defense with such impact that he feels the vibration through his very bones, and suspiciously he feels a bit of the ground beneath his feet give a bit-- but he can't think about that too much, not with the monster still standing. Jin digs his heels into the ice stubbornly, refusing to give up as he increases the output of his shield. They cannot lose this opening; it's bleeding foul ink and violet-colored blood upon the snow-- it's almost done.
And once Lora has finished her part of the move, he'll be ready to delivering the finishing move. ]
Its hermit-like nature earns it a reputation of being a haven of sorts for the explorers and refugees of war, but only if they can find it and safely dock within. Even for one Titan of the same class as Uraya, it remains strangely uncharted in its migratory patterns about the World Tree, as well as the terrain within itself. For although it has remained submerged and out of the Aegis' interest for quite some time, its bowels provide a hospitable sort of stew to allow its fauna to become larger and more ferocious than others, which only makes exploring it more dangerous.
However, it seems that the Aegis in question who had so recently turned a blind eye to Tantal out of disinterest now suddenly has an interest, or so the tip from a certain Quaester says. Thus they now find themselves within the deeper underbelly of the beast, so to speak, trekking their way through the tumultuous winds and ice, the black jagged cliffs that encase the biome, and the chilling cold. The world is a blanket of white, and the roar of the sudden blizzard drowns out any attempts to shout for their companions. It is like this that Lora and Jin are separated from the rest of their group...
And it is like this that they encounter not Malos, but something else. Something large. Something quite terrifying as well.
The Cloud Sea King Ken towers over them with its limbs, mercilessly striking at the two for coming upon its nest uninvited. And as any hunter of the great beasts of Alrest would know, trying to outrun one of these creatures would be even more of a death sentence than facing it. Their only option is to fight it here and now. ]
--Lora!
[ The battle may have been a long and difficult one, but now is their chance to end it. Finish it, be done with it, see to their superficial wounds with what they have, and endure their deeper ones for the trek back to the base camp. He doesn't even wait for her to say those words-- those words that let him know that she is ready to deliver their last strikes. I need your help, Jin!
He practically throws his blade to her, casting a barrier above that erupts into a lattice of octagons and light above as the club of its far-reaching limb whips out at them. It strikes his defense with such impact that he feels the vibration through his very bones, and suspiciously he feels a bit of the ground beneath his feet give a bit-- but he can't think about that too much, not with the monster still standing. Jin digs his heels into the ice stubbornly, refusing to give up as he increases the output of his shield. They cannot lose this opening; it's bleeding foul ink and violet-colored blood upon the snow-- it's almost done.
And once Lora has finished her part of the move, he'll be ready to delivering the finishing move. ]