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Sorry, I'll get a post up tomorrow. I've been thinking how to approach this assault.

Oberon was concerned as he saw the Slime roll over Digbie, the Goblin likely unaware of the enemies approach as he was focused on meditating, but luckily it looked like the malleable nature of the Slime’s body protected him from being crushed entirely. His Mana Slice and Ash’s poisonous attacks struck the Slime’s mass, neither having much effect but the former at least managing to draw the Slime’s attention along with his shouts.

Trying to attract the monsters attention may not have been the smartest idea however, as the Slime lashed out at him with a long pseudopod; the attack was well telegraphed, the appendage being used having to grow from the Slime’s body before it could be used to strike, but it moved with surprising speed aided by the Slime’s rotation as it continued to rush towards him. Oberon flew to the side, barely dodging the attack due to his small size and aerial manoeuvrability, feeling the air disturbed by its passing buffet him.

A little dazed by the near miss, the Sprite shook his head before rising higher above the Slime, hoping to make it a little more difficult for those pseudopods to reach him if not impossible. Looking for the others and finding only ash and the still stunned Digbie before him he called out what he had learned from his analysis before going back on the attack. “It’s weak to magic, fire especially! It’s too tough to damage normally.”

Putting his own advice to use, he formed a Fireball in his hand and flung it down at the Giant Slime. Other spells could have been as effective, any element other than Earth or Wind would work, but fire was the only element that he was sure almost everyone in the party had access to due to their training the previous night.



@Zeroth@Gardevoiran@Rune_Alchemist@Old Amsterdam
@Reflection

I'd like to roll the gatcha please since it looks like somebodies taking my boy Diomedes.
“She’s certainly spirited. I’m sure she’ll be quite a handful for the Grey’s to deal with when the time comes.” Thomas approaching Vladimir, joining the conversation as their party stood outside of the church, minus those who had already left of course. Turning towards the errant Saber’s master the older Magus raised a hand and gestures after the Servant’s retreating form with his cane. “Perhaps you should go save the poor Father from his fate?”

Chuckling to himself Thomas walked into the church, carrying or pulling his luggage behind him; he’d had to leave England in a bit of a hurry and as such was not able to bring as much as he would normally have liked, a single suitcase and one small satchel, but he had made sure to bring all of the accoutrements of his craft from his workshop back home. Anything else could be purchased as necessary.

The flight over had been uneventful and was both mercifully short and over far too soon; he did not need to spend the time becoming acquainted with his Servant like some of the others, what use was it trying to understand the mind of a Berserker after all, and had instead whiled the hours away with his carving. He had managed to produce three small statuettes over the course of the flight, fewer than he would have hoped, from blocks of wax he liked to keep on hand for just such a purpose; the figures now resided in the satchel he carried at his side.

Perhaps Mr King would admonish him for leaving wax shavings all over the floor of his fancy private plane once he found out about it, not that it would bother Thomas in the slightest.

“I’ll have to see these rooms you’ve prepared for us before I make a decision about where to setup. It may be wiser to spread ourselves out regardless; there might be power in numbers but there’s no reason to make ourselves a convenient target for the Grey’s either.”

@Reflection@vancexentan@ManyThings
After leaving the camp Oberon had been able to find the others simply enough, all of them in fact, looking a little worse for wear but otherwise unhurt and in one piece. Their reunion was interrupted however as a rather large orange Slime crested a rise and began to roll towards them; it took a moment for the sight to register, so unexpected was it in his mind to see a Slime outside of the setting of a cave that he couldn’t quite process it at first. When Digbie called out it snapped him out of his reverie and he took to the air again to prepare for combat.

It was larger than any he had seen back in the cave, which either meant it was stronger than any of the Slimes he had seen so far or it was a different kind of slime entirely; he used Monster and Magic Analysis on it to determine which of the two it was, then used Magic Analysis again to learn about its elemental weaknesses.

Ash attacked first, calling out something about not letting it touch her stuff before firing off a glob of something at the slime and dodging out of its way. “Your stuff?” Looking towards the area Ash seemed to be guarding, Oberon saw a collection of various parts and pieces of what might once have been one of the Rubber Frogs native to the area, at least judging by the long tongue and skin he could see with his Keen Sight.

Turning back to the Giant Slime, the Sprite considered how best to fight the creature. Blunt attacks likely wouldn’t work, since he didn’t expect surface level damage to do much to something like this; they would need to pierce its membrane to do any serious damage. However narrow, piercing attacks like his Mana Dart probably wouldn’t work either; any hole they made would heal too quickly and this thing didn’t exactly have internal organs that could be damaged.

Making his decision, Oberon flew off to the side, away from the others, and began to call and wave his arms to get the Slime’s attention. Whether or not it worked he would prepare and fire a Mana Slice at the creature, firing it directly at the Slime’s centre with the intention of slicing it open with the wide crescent blade of magic.



@Rune_Alchemist@Gardevoiran@Zeroth@Old Amsterdam
@Stabby a pixie who wants to learn the elements hmm? I have a rival it seems, or an apprentice. I will take you under my wing and teach you the ways of magic in this world until you inevitably grow more powerful than me and turn to evil; then we will have a climactic battle inside a volcano or some shit where I claim the high ground and cut your legs off.

Digbie can be Padme.

In all seriousness I like the sound of this character. Glad to have you aboard, if and when you do join.
Servant and Master both turned their heads towards Lancer as she spoke. Thomas regarded her curiously, one eyebrow raised and a small smile pulling at the corners of his mouth, appearing more amused than concerned with the former Valkyrie’s warning. “Oh I’m well aware of his history my dear, I made sure to do my research before today. A life of combat, a life of war, a life of *winning* those wars; a bloody life with a bloody end; challenging, I think, but not difficult, not for one like him. He will be… quite useful in the battles to come.”

The end of Thomas’ sentence trailed off as he turned to regard his Servant, noticing the way in which the old king looked at Lancer for the first time. The Berserker’s face was unchanged; his expression carved from granite, rough and unyielding, yet his eyes had changed and now held the most curious mix of emotions. The fury had not disappeared entirely, but it had abated, lowering from a boil to a simmer that lay underneath everything else; recognition, at least a hint of it, alongside a little bit of what Thomas could only describe as awe, or perhaps veneration. Closer to respect than admiration.

How very curious.

“I appreciate your input miss Lancer, but don’t waste your concern on an old man like me. Attend to your Master; he looks a little red in the face.”

@vancexentan
Still gasping for breath, Oberon watched as the burgeoning spell in his hand deflated. Something unusual had been happening in the moments before he had realised he had been holding his breath, before he had broken his concentration; there had been something there, just escaping his grasp while still being within his reach, as he felt like he was walking a fine line between mediation and wakefulness. Was he imagining it?

He efforts had borne some kind of fruit, as his Mana Orb had begun to change shape and form once more, taking on a more ethereal appearance and airy quality to it; it had appeared flimsy, but it was still incomplete and he felt like he hadn’t seen its final shape before it had dissipated. Had he been successful is drawing Mana from the air then? Had that fine line between concentration and thoughtlessness allowed him to extract only the Mana he wanted from the surrounding environment and send it to the sphere instead of absorbing it? Or had he found something else in the middle of his experiments yet again?

“System: Open skills tab.”



Earth Wall, Aqua Sphere, Mana Drain and Wind Break; those were the four new skills which appeared on his list of incomplete skills. Aqua Sphere was obviously the name of whatever his Mana Orb was becoming when bathed in the stream and apparently he had inadvertently earned some progress towards Earth Wall when his Wall had sunk into the ground; speaking of which, his Wall skill had progressed considerably despite his feeling like he had not made much headway.

The two skills that most caught Oberon’s attention then, were the last two. Wind Break was the name of the diffuse, spinning orb that his Mana Orb had become, though unfortunately the name didn’t give him any indication of what kind of spell it would become aside from its elemental leanings. Mana Drain; was that because he had tried to draw Mana from the air, rather than simply opening himself up to the ambient Mana that surrounded him? A more direct method of replenishing his reserves apparently, one that would probably let his steal Mana from objects or creatures. Interesting. Less useful than Meditation for general use, but it could probably be used in combat whereas Meditation couldn’t and had the bonus of potentially denying an opponent access to their spells if he stole enough.

As he was thinking things over, Oberon began to look around the camp and came to the realisation that he was still alone. How long had it been since the others left? How long had he been asleep for that matter? Looking to the sky it seemed to still be light out, still a ways from nightfall at least, but with the trees surrounding him it was hard to see exactly where the sun was. Should he go look for them?

Taking flight, Oberon flew away from their camp, initially following Digbie’s trail of rock spires only to find they quickly ran out and following the general direction they had been heading after that. He kept himself a reasonable distance off of the ground as he flew, to make it harder for grounded creatures to ambush him, and used his Keen Sight to scan the area for signs of trouble or his allies. The Sprite relied on his Alert skill to warn him of any unnoticed dangers and cast a level 1 Shield on himself for extra security.



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