The Odd Party

The Odd Party
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Summary	A bunch of idiots battle their way through a cave
Characters	Shin Bingbang Bongbang Ethan Chiaria Mistral
Locations & Dates	Day 1 A Cave

Shin, Under Ground Cave, Day 1

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Continues From	Post #18
Summary	Shin battles an irritated Hinox, but discovers it’s actually made out of mist. He can beat it quickly using a Burst with his father’s flaming sword but he needs everyone else to back out of the blast zone first.
Continues On	Post #???

The pass Ethan had discovered was narrow, but they all managed to squeeze though somehow. It was at the end of the passage that the party came to its first true obstacle, a massive crevasse far too wide to jump across. “Is this supposed to be one of those leap of faith type things?” Shin asked the group.

“Huh, what do you mean?” Mistral responded having already crossed the fissure on her cloud. “And why are you guys just standing there, hurry up.”

Shin was rendered speechless in pure marvel over Mistral’s complete lack or personal or situation awareness.

Ethan spoke up to get everyone back on track, “Doubtful, there’s too much mist in the air for that. You’d be able to see any hidden ledges or magical updrafts.” The telepath effortlessly levitated himself across the crevasse, joining Mistral on the other side.

“Right,” Shin said as he readied his grappling hook. Once he managed to secure it to an outcropping overhead he grabbed Bingbang and swung across. “...just a plain old hole in the ground then.” He was actually a bit disappointed over the mundanity of the situation, but that quickly faded when they got the next opening.

Awaiting them was a large, horned, cyclops which threw a large boulder at them as soon as they came into view. Luckily the beast missed, but the impact shatter the rock and Ethan was forced to shield the group from the debris. “He’s unusually aggressive for a Hinox.” Ethan noted.

“Hey, we all have our bad days, right? I’ll take care of this though.” Shin said as he drew the flaming sword he’d inherited from his father. He decided to stick with just the single larger sword this time around since he’d figured he’d need extra power against something as big as the Hinox.

Shin made what looked like a blind charge strait for the beast but at the last second slid under its legs narrowly avoiding its fist. Thanks the ground being wet and made of smooth stone, Shin’s momentum managed to carry him all the way the far wall. The swordsman pushed himself off the ground at the last moment the kicked off the wall to launch himself back toward the Hinox. Shin swung as hard as he could, but to his shock seemed to only slash at the air.

Through equal measures of luck and skill Shin managed to land on his feet despite the slick surface he was fighting on. Turning back to face the giant, he noticed a large amount of steam coming from both the creatures front and its back, likely where he would have struck. It seemed he had somehow he’d passed strait though it, but the heat of his blade was causing it to evaporate.

The Hinox swung at him again but the blow was weak enough that Shin was able to block with his sword. Nevertheless, because of the lack of friction on the ground he was still forced back several feet, but once he settled his footing he noticed the creature’s fist was steaming as well.

Shin had spent enough time sparring with a certain summoner in training to know exactly what he was up against. “Well that’s just great, an elemental. It’s probably made of the mist.” He briefly looked back at his friends. He knew he simply needed to evaporate the thing with a single strike, and he could do it using the Burst attack his father had taught him. There was just one problem; the others would be hit too.

“Look, I need you guys back out across that crevasse. I need to boil thing guy and you’ll just get caught up in it.” Shin said as he readied himself for his next attack.