I'm gonna make all your lives a little easier when you're posting. It's become apparent that you all have assumed that you can't control the basilisk at all. While I appreciate you all erring on the side of caution, you can have some control so you can conclude your own posts during the fight.

As long as you follow a few guidelines, you can do what you want.

1. No killing it. (that's for me and Ryu to handle. Don't worry, you'll all be involved too.)
2. No causing massive wounds. (This thing is built like a tank)
3. No removing it from the bridge.

I'm pretty sure you can all handle writing reasonable outcomes for your attacks. Me and Ryu have spoken at some length with regards to this battle, so if you're not sure if what you have in mind for a post would be OK, just ask one of us. Also the edit button is a thing, and I'd rather you feel free to make a cool post that needs some minor tweaking than make a lame post that's "acceptable." :P