towerofanimus | Endgame: Eyes I Dare Not Meet in Dreams

[Minato almost drops his evoker from the electrical shock, but he keeps his grip tight. No, stay focus and keep everyone alive. He did wince, but the adrenaline and sense of urgency pushes him to give Throne the mental order to heal everyone.

They better be fully healed to survive what might come next.]

*What remains of Enoch's armor shatters and falls at his feet and he sags against the wall in the wake of the shock. Thankfully, he doesn't drop his Arch for anything but death - that's still firmly in his grip as Minato's spell restores his armor. He braces himself on the handrail, knowing better than to strike without cause in such tight quarters.*

[She cries out with pain at the shock and fear at the sudden drop. Even knowing it'd been coming, it's still enough to surprise her. Minato's healing spell surges through her tingling limbs a bit later though, bringing her back to the present.

She rights herself, remembering the last time she dropped down the elevator shaft. She tries - as best she can - to lift herself into the air and to slow her rate of falling with Float, which at the rate they're moving ends up pushing her up against the ceiling of the elevator. But hopefully, if powers really do work all the way down, it'll help with the landing. She hopes

She tries to keep an eye on Riki though, in case he tries to attack them on the way down. In closer quarters, her barrier spell will likely do a lot more good.]

[He should've anticipated that shock, but now that they're falling, all he can really do is brace himself. So, to start things off, he'll once again cast Aeroga around the others to buff their defenses, while his Ryu Dragon tries stumbling over to his side. Better safe than sorry, after all.]

[Riki doesn't seem to be affected in the same way that the others are by the freefall. By now, he's pulled himself together and regards the other occupants of the elevator with disdain.]

Y'know what a pain it is to keep this thing running when you all keep messing with it?

[He reaches his massive arms out--but not towards the others in the elevator. He places his hands on the walls of the car, and his appendages appear to melt into them.

As soon as he does this, there is a scraping sound outside of the elevator, as if it's suddenly been met with friction against the walls.]

[Xion's fear and unease turns to anger in an instant.]

Maybe you should have actually helped us, then!

[Instead of hurting them, torturing them, playing with them, like they were just puppets to be used at leisure. Hearing the scraping sounds, to boot - no, they had to get him down there.

She's still up near the ceiling, and the elevator hasn't slowed down enough yet for her to start properly falling yet (especially with her using Float). She flips herself over, placing her feet on the ceiling. Then she pushes, hard, shoving herself straight at one of Riki's arms, bringing her Keyblade down on it as hard as she can muster, using whatever speed she can from her falling to add weight to the blow.]

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[While Xion dives at one of Riki's arms, Riku turns his focus on the other. Flames swirl up the Keyblade's tip and he slashes at the arm, attempting to cut through the arm or, if nothing else, break Riki's focus.]

[The arm attacked by Xion comes off at the elbow joint. His opposite arm does not do the same, though Riku hits hard enough to dislodge Riki's hand from where it rests.

The scraping outside the elevator stops, gravity taking back its proper course as Riki is forced to withdraw his limbs and repair them. The discarded control panel on the floor sparks and flies to him, warping and melting at his elbow to reattach his forearm.]

That wouldn't have made you quit breaking things.

[Attacking him to keep him distracted, huh? Minato quickly dismisses Throne and points his evoker to his temple again. The trigger gets pulled and Cu Chulainn materialises from the familiar blue glow.

The white clad warrior immediately launches at Riki, aiming his spear right at Riki's body.]

Only when it was necessary! We weren't lying, Riki. That conversation on the network--

*What is he doing, still trying to negotiate? No. Riki is more than capable of multi-tasking. Talking won't distract him, and it certainly won't sway him.

One Tower is very much like the other, really.

Well...he can't well attack from the ground. There are too many people in here and the Arch is too long. He's likely to either smack someone with his arm or worse, hit them with the Arch's blades.

With all he's had to do in his mission, jumping comes naturally to him, before he has the chance to consider he's in a falling elevator. He jumps once, twice--

And he shoots up, past Riki, and smacks into the ceiling - thankfully back-first since he was in a roll instead of head first. Oops.

With a groan, he rights himself with the Arch's gliding ability, the slowed fall maintaining his position against the ceiling for now, at least.

He was going to add that maybe they were both fools, but that...sort of took the wind out of his sails there.*

And playing nice wouldn't have stopped your games. What was it your buddy talked about before? Learned helplessness?

[The shock and sudden fall are both startling, but nothing she hasn't dealt with before. Her voice is a hiss, but Kyoko waits until Riki's drawn back to make her own move. Her spear is too large and awkward to use in a closed off environment like this, but they don't need to kill him and barriers can be used for more than just acting as a seal.

Her Soul Gem glows brightly as the same red chain links that had covered the elevator's entrance spring up from the wall closest to him, attempting to wrap themselves around him and bind him in place.]

[The return free fall helps, and it's the only thing that keeps Xion from going too far and crashing into the ground. As it is she still struggles to right herself again.]

Then maybe Ruana should have left our worlds alone!

[He saw the information they got. He knows that she's the cause of the virus.

Flipping herself upright again, she takes another swing with her Keyblade at the arm that she took down, that's trying to repair itself.]

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[Riku's Ryu Dragon can't speak, and he doesn't really understand all this deep discussion, but everyone else seems to be talking, so he'll warble for good measure before... swinging his spiky tail at Riki's face.

He's then going to grab Riku and try to hover, doing what a fly does and changing the speed of his flapping to try and stay in a relatively steady position. Riku's still got his Keyblade on hand, but he's not about to throw it with the others in proximity. He'll settle for waiting and watching for now.]

[Riki doesn't answer, only offering a low, eerily reverberating chuckle as a response, even as he's assaulted with weapons, tails, and chains. His arm has fully reattached by the time Xion attacks it again, though being bound by the chains, it's not as convenient of an angle as it was the first time.

Kyoko's endeavors seem to limit his movement, at least, but the slow shifting of his bones indicates that he is not completely immobilized. His body sparks briefly before he sends an electrical current out--it jumps along the floor to electrify the entire interior of the car.]

[The electrical current stung and it's enough for him to recall Cu Chulainn back into his subconscious, even as he try not to fall down from the pressure or the attacks. Cu Chulainn can resist the shocks, but the damage would add up over time.

Another pull of the trigger, another Persona comes forth. Barong jumps out and, upon a quick idea that flashes through his mind, cast Matarunda on Riki. Hopefully, it'd stick and weaken his attacks. Regardless if it did or not (it would help a lot, though), the four legged beast would leap out afterwards and attack Riki next.]

[Xion unfortunately isn't lucky in this instance. She's not quite touching the floor, but some of the arc catches her completely by surprise.

Letting out a yell of pain she drifts, curling up into a protective ball. After several seconds, she pulls her focus back together, gathering her power in a Curaga spell and releasing it.]

H-here!

[As much as she'd rather use the more powerful Cure or Cura (with it's Regen-like properties), she's part of a team at this point. The others might need it - it won't undo all the damage Riki's attack caused but it should help a little]

[There's not a ton of space, but for now, Riku and his dragon have managed to avoid the brunt of the shock. His movements are limited while he hovers, but nonetheless, he takes a swing at Riki, aiming to hit at least something to disrupt this channeling of electricity.]

[The sudden burst of electricity draws a sharp cry out of Kyoko. She winces, gripping her spear tight enough for her knuckles to turn white. It takes every last bit of willpower, but she manages to work through the pain, sustaining her magic and redoubling her efforts; more chains appear to try and further impair him, all the while trying to tighten their grip on him.]

[Much like Naoya's attempt with Jack Frost, Minato's spell rebounds off of Riki onto the others. Kyoko's efforts seem to bear fruit in keeping Riki still, though he doesn't cease his production of the electricity surging through the elevator, despite Riku's attacks.

Outside, the screech of metal is once again audible, though this time it comes from all sides rather than just those controlled by Riki, apparently indicating that the elevator has reached the emergency safety system in the shaft.]

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[The screeching make her head jolt up and she looks around. She doesn't realize what it is, and instead thinks it's whatever Riki's doing yet again disrupting their fall]

We have to make him stop!

[The slowing down is going to send them to the floor, and he's still producing electricity, not to mention if he's trying to slow the elevator down again-!

Swinging herself around - and barely dodging another arc of electricity, she aims her Keyblade at any exposed parts of Riki's body she can see - even if it's his head - and aims a Fire spell.]

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If we do be talking breaking things you do be having to admit that your lot did be starting it. [Nesir agreed with the dark haired girl, if Ruana had left their worlds alone they wouldn't be here breaking this elevator. She nodded at her grimly, they couldn't let Riki succeed as much as every bone in her body yelled at her that stopping the elevator was something they should be doing.

She jumps forwards, knives in hand and then rolls out the way with a yelp that she can not quite muffle as fire flashes past her. Rolling in tight quarters is never pain free and she gets to her feet glaring around at the girl letting anger take the place of fear.

But she won't let it stop her, despite the fact her heart is in her mouth. Fear might be one of the few things that truly terrifies her but she won't allow herself such weaknesses. She darts forward, trying to avoid the lightning coming out of his hands whilst attacking his arms to try and stop him.]

[It's had been hard to turn his back when Riki had finally stumbled into the elevator – it goes against every instinct that Riku possess but he's volunteered for this job, and that's really all the drive he'd needed to bring both hands to the Keyblade and snap it against the cables with all his mind.

The resulting shock leave him dazed for a moment, fingers so numb that it's only sheer will power that keeps him from dropping his weapon. He isn't quite so lucky at the second surge.

Riku grits his teeth when forces his fingers into working, summoning way to the dawn back in his hand rather than taking the chance of unnecessary movement – there are no words for how thankful he is for the combined support of Highwind's Healing Waves and Xion's Curaga – and glares at Riki. They need to throw him off balance again, he thinks, mind racing as he shifts into attack stance.

Well. Maybe it's time to put his widened array of spells to good use.

It takes just a mutter of "Gather!" to invoke Magnega.

Highwind meanwhile, has taken to renewing Haste on the team and started to cast Drain as well. They might as well get something out of hitting Riki, regardless of how effective those attacks are.]

*Enoch yelps in pain as the electricity arcs out of the wall and hits him and pushes him away from the corner, sending him dangerously close to colliding with Riki before he drifts back up to the top again, still falling slower than the elevator. Riki and those immediately around him get a mostly harmless rain of armor shards that will fade in a few seconds to a minute. The armor is restored and the pain lessened by the healing skills, at least, but...how can he stop Riki without endangering anyone else? He could force more downward momentum with the buzzsaw attack again, but the last thing he wanted was to saw someone else in half by mistake...*

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[The dragon whimpers as one of his wings get nailed by the arc. Grimacing, Riku swishes his Keyblade, coating himself in a winding breeze. Highwind's healing dulls the pain from the electricity, but the debuff has only hindered what physical strikes he could unleash.

Regardless of whether the Magnega works or not, he and his Ryu Dragon proceed to shoot flames at Riki in the vain hope of distracting him and stopping the electric assault.]

[Riku's Magnega spell is apparently effective in drawing Riki towards the others in the elevator. The attacks intermittently disrupt his electrical currents, but no matter what they do, the screeching outside of the elevator does not halt, for it is not Riki's doing.

He's now in the middle of the cluster, and still bound by Kyoko's chains, but that doesn't stop him from manipulating the elevator. One spike extends from the wall and flies out at the others, but it's clear why he hadn't yet attempted such manipulation beforehand; it's clumsy in the small space and the elevator provides far less material to work with than the rest of the Tower.]

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