#toaarenasummer2024

[frauleindermorgen]

"Veyle," Micaiah says, running back to her after a quick thanks to Zihark, "calm down. It's alright, don't let your emotions - "

No, the panic she is feeling is not just Veyle's. Again, something inside tells her things have gone wrong. The child with Patty's stolen treasures dances in the nevernending miasma, giggling as another joins in the play.

Sharp knives and sharper teeth smile back at her. Micaiah grips her head. It almost feels like the chaos of a real war pounding against her heart sense but how... why?

Bunker count has reached ten.

Micaiah reaches for Veyle's hand, a comfort; like the girl had provided her earlier. Why, she thinks again.

As the miasma continues to seep in the ceiling above them trembles, then snaps.

Sometimes there are no good answers.

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Worst Babysitting Gig Ever // Team 2

toa summer arena 2024 | bronze round.

[arcaeda]

the bravery of a healer never ceased to amaze her. even through all the danger on the battlefield they run straight to your side— and that was something to be admired. "mm, thank you lady camilla." she huffs as she sits up, standing up with the help of the counselor.

"these enemies are tough." caeda notes, making small talk while she prepares herself to get back into the fight. wounds a healer could get rid of, but the adrenaline from being thrown like that… not so much. "but nothing a little comraderie can't beat." she huffs out a gentle laugh, smile returning to her face like she'd never gotten hurt in the first place. just a little longer indeed.

next: @amitieos

that's not very priestpilled churchcore of you — team 3 ; bronze round

[frauleindermorgen]

Again, the entire bunker shakes and again, they all feel it as if those tremors themselves are only making the miasma worsen. Perhaps they are... but logic unraveled as more and more "children" took form.

It had become routine now, knocking them down but they had more but than first appeared.

Micaiah has already put away her Mire tome away and feels the familiar Faith magic come to her hand; nearly as in tune as her own Sacrifice at this point. Her eyes stray to the young girl Veyle whom she had smiled at earlier but just then Zihark's swing goes wide.

She has never seen him miss before. Not before this place.

Micaiah would have run to his side if he were not already at hers, children leering with delight as they see their prey walk backward; she almost goes to cover him but instead hushes her own inner thoughts and listens to his words.

"Of course. You followed your heart then, I've never faulted you."

Micaiah (7/10 HP) rolls to heal Zihark with Heal.  [Roll: 17; good heal! +4 HP, Zihark 10/12]

Emboldened and confident at least in this act, Micaiah wills the Faith from her hand to undo the damage of the worst of Zihark's wounds. She worried about the poison he'd mentioned earlier, and even more the state of the bunker... but first, it was time to see to the others.

"Alright," shes says to all of them, "if they just keep coming I will just keep healing. Do not lose heart!"

Worst Babysitting Gig Ever // Team 2

toa summer arena 2024 | bronze round.

[frauleindermorgen]

These children are vicious as proven by the one that went after Patty. None of them should be hit by those knives - poison or not, for Micaiah would heal them of course but something about the area here… she sensed they had little time to lick their wounds. She's proven correct when after one of their enemies falls the entire area quakes and Miciaiah, despite standing far away and unharmed, finds herself weakened. Church outing or not this was not a safe place.

[Enemy phase ends. Micaiah takes -2 HP from Omen. 8/10 HP]

Veyle and Farina follow with their own impressive shows of prowess (Micaiah gives the smaller girl a gentle smile having seen her stare a bit too long earlier; perhaps she reminded her of another?) - but it is only just enough as more enemies appear. Miciah would need to give this her all as well.

(She should have brought Fire she starts to bemoan, and then thinking back on their terrain … well perhaps this was for the best.)

“It feels best to follow the orders of someone you trust, doesn't it Zihark?”

She says, small smile still there - he had his own reasons for not trusting her back on their last battlefield but here and now she believes in the swordmaster fully.

“You want rid of this? Well then, I won't miss!”

Coming in close to their taller enemy, uncanny as it was Miciaiah summoned the power of anima to her hand and unleashed it as arrows of light at point blank range.

[Micaiah 8/10 HP hits Hetero-sapien 6/8 HP for -1 damage]

“Alright, keep at it! Let's not tarry in this place for long.”

@making-dough + @misericordel + @lockpicnic

Worst Babysitting Gig Ever // Team 2

toa summer arena 2024 | bronze round.

[arcaeda]

"thank you." she nods towards elincia in a gesture of appreciaiton. "i'll get as much use out of it as i possibly can, promise." pegasus knight turned fist fighter turns at byleth's warning that they didn't feel like themself. was it...?

"professor..." caeda voices her concern for byleth with a frown tugging at her lips. as far as she can tell it was the same thing she herself had gone through— pushing her way through that haze had not been easy. "i believe in you." a smile returns to her face as she addresses byleth directly. "you can get through this!" she does not break away from byleth's side, instead standing protectively in front of them knowing she had the power of light rune that elincia had offered her just moments earlier.

Dark Congregation Activates! Priest C 6/6HP spawns! Priest D 6/6HP spawns!

"they're coming back!" caeda warns, standing a bit more on guard seeing the priests rise from their ashes. "on your guard!" would they keep coming until the sun has risen then? they can only hope to hold out until they are blessed with that sunlight.

"alright then, here we go again." caeda huffs, stretching her body with a good tilt of her neck and preparing fists again.

[ Lightrune activates! ] Bishop A 8/8HP hits Caeda 10/10HP with Fogbound Consecration [ Roll: 20+4 = 24 ; -0HP ] Caeda 10/10HP

Caeda 10/10HP misses Bishop A 8/8HP with Unarmed Combat [ Roll: d20  3 ; miss -0HP ]

Fogbound shield activates! Roll: 2 Status Effect activates.

Caeda 10/10HP is inflicted with 1 stacks of intoxication.

the light rune does it's job in shielding her from the damage the magic would do to her with a wall of light, but it fades away just after allowing for caeda's vulnerability to the intoxication inflicted on her and the others before this. now that ratatoskr has mentioned it, the nausea is quite noticeable. she shakes her head, forcing herself to keep going.

"hah!" as the bishop steps back to try and get its baring caeda lunches forward, throwing her fist and— her eyes widen in surprise as it steps out of the way like it's nothing. was it toying with her? no, she must just be paranoid. this is a training exercise, not a real fight.

Bishop A 8/8HP crits Caeda 10/10HP with Fogbound Consecration [ Roll: 8 + 8 = 16 ; 4 - 1 res = -3HP ] Caeda 7.5/10HP

Fogbound shield activates! Roll: 2 Status Effect activates.

Caeda 7.5/10HP is inflicted with 2 stacks of intoxication.

"shoot!" she clicks her tongue, unable to stop the magic that barrels into her stomach and sends her flying, her back crashing into the ground and a cloud of dust rising from the debris resulting in her crash. "ow ow ow..." she groans, pressing her hand to her head. at the very least, that bishop had sent her flying away from byleth so there was no collision.... small blessings, caeda. small blessings.

next: @amitieos @maligknightsthorns @ourdivinehands @ashenprofessor

that's not very priestpilled churchcore of you — team 3 ; bronze round

[maligknightsthorns]

Certain that Ratatoskr is going to be ok, Camilla turns her attention to Caeda helping her sit up.

"Where does it hurt?" She scans the student over. She took a hit to the stomach, landed hard on her back, and was holding her head... She looked a bit like Ratatoskr just did earlier too. At the very least there's no blood, just bumps and bruises.

Camilla uses physic on Caeda 7.5/10HP [roll: 8, +4HP]

"Just a little longer darling." She reassures. "You're tough you can make it."

She searches for professor Byleth, hoping to give them some words of encouragement. "Professor! It'll be ok! Do rest assure that should you try to attack us, I will subdue you darling."

that's not very priestpilled churchcore of you — team 3 ; bronze round