NaraK

Heroes of Beacon - Contest of Champions

Contest #33 Results

@HereComesTheSnow@Krayzikk@Silvan Haven@Write@Plank Sinatra@FlitterFaux@Crimmy@Azereiah

All participants have received 2 Credits. You may add them to the Conference Doc now. Thanks for submitting your contests under the summer heat!

Heroes of Beacon - the Next Chapter

Contest ending at 12 tonight at Central Time. 1 hours and 20 minutes left

Heroes of Beacon - the Next Chapter

Grimm Studies

The smaller heads of the Dionaea hissed in a shrieking manner, clapping their mouths in discord as its roots continued to attack the students. Some of the roots were damaged enough to the point where they fell off, though some students may find that the roots were stronger to pierce through than anticipated. Evidently, simply expecting firearms or weapons to immediately chop the roots off would disappoint some.

It was a Reisen-class Grimm for a reason. They were only a tier below the strongest of Grimm, and despite looking fragile, the Dionaea was far from it.

Few of its roots fell off in the end, and it continued to relentlessly attack the students. The attacking pattern suddenly randomized itself, however, and soon it ended up using three of each of its tendrils to attack the students rather than just two. It continued to have unused roots slithering nearby, though they raised themselves intimidatingly as if they were prepared to stab at anyone who came too close. The roots weren’t sharp, but they were still strong enough to smack away those who got close on their own.

If one decided to stand their ground like a fortress, some of the roots would simply attempt to slither and wrap themselves around their legs before flinging them across the room. Students would have to cooperate to prevent the roots from flinging their classmates around.

Although its smaller heads continued to shriek, the largest head remained dead silent, simply watching the students as it swayed now and then, pointed at their direction despite having no eyes. At some point, however, its primary head began to stare directly at the following students:

Ashe.
Bianca.
Robert.

The largest head did nothing in particular yet. It simply glanced between the three continuously as the smaller heads and roots continued to focus on pretty much everything around them.

(The Dionaea is choosing. Dice roll upon next Dionaea post.)

@Write@Guess Who@Azereiah

---

Sangue slashed in a perfect arc above her, yet again pushing away a root. She focused on protecting Ben, who was doing more than enough to protect the people behind him. Her gaze remained sharp as she saw a root make a stabbing motion at her direction.

Jerking her body away from the root at the last second, she leapt over the root, slashing at a downward arc with her blade. This time, she managed to make a well-coordinated attack, and her katana sunk through the root deeper than before. Just before the root retreated, she took a deep breath as the wound she had landed on one of the Dionaea’s roots slithered near her.

Her grip on her katana tightening, she slashed mercilessly through the root, finally ridding the Grimm of one of its many tendrils. The Grimm still had plenty more, but she still managed to cut down its number of potential weapons by a small amount.

She quickly stuck to Ben as she swung her weapon at whatever that came close to his right side. He was pushing forward for them- and he needed the students nearby him to cover for him from the roots that attempted to sweep him off his feet. She began to move more strenuously as soon as the Dionaea began sending three roots at each student.

Heroes of Beacon - the Next Chapter

I'll get to it sometime tomorrow

Halo: Acceptable Losses

save some room for me

Chronicles of Sarastrea

ima prepare stuff later

Chronicles of Sarastrea

.

Heroes of Beacon - the Next Chapter

Grimm Studies

The Dionaea continued to remain idle.

With the time limit over, Professor Port clapped his hands as he exclaimed, "Alright, students! It is time for you all to face this beast. Remember, the green pads around the room will bounce you right off the walls in case it sends you away from it. Good luck, students!"

After his announcement, he took a deep breath.

At his signal, the loud noise of the glass box being moved erupted across the room. With the box sliding down, the lid opened itself as the Dionaea was freed from its transparent cage. It squirmed, finally showing a sign of movement as it took notice of the difference in the amount of space around it.

As the box vanished, it continued to remain still for a bit. Its roots then began to slither with a hint of hidden vigor. And as its roots began to slither, the bottommost head turned itself directly at the students' direction.

Then the head above it turned to the students' direction. Then the other moved, and all but the topmost head began to clap their mouths angrily, threatening to lash out at the students as they moved with a rather unpredictable movement.

Slowly, the Grimm's primary head looked down at the students.

At the Dionaea's movement, Port, excited to see the students take down the Riesen-class Grimm, boomed,

"Begin!"

As soon as he yelled, the Dionaea's smaller heads screeched loudly at a high pitch as the largest head simply watched the students. Its many tendrils soared, each of them moving with impressive speed towards each and every student as the Grimm itself backed away from the students. About two roots were flown at each and every student, and even then, it still had unused tendrils at its disposal, which seemed to defend the Grimm from anyone who approached it immediately. The tendrils that were sent to the students were either set to smash them aside sideways or knock them up in the air.

If one were to immediately go for cutting the tendrils, they would find out that the limbs were sturdy despite their flexibility. And the Grimm's sheer weight prevented it from being forcibly moved by simply attempting to grab it by its roots. Repeated attacks or heavy attacks would be needed to think about cutting them down, and that meant that being left open was a certain possibility. Whenever its tendrils missed or was smashed away from the students, they quickly went back to attacking without rest.

---

Grimm Studies

As the battle started, Sangue immediately stood behind Ben with her hand at the handle of her blade. The sudden onslaught of the Grimm's limbs that was sent towards the students' way caught her off-guard, but she didn’t expect it to be on the same level as the lower-class Megaladeus she had faced before.

While she had separated from Ben in that particular class session, she intended not to stay too far away from him this time. He did give her the direct command to stay behind him, after all.

Eying the tendrils that shot towards her, her gaze sharpened as her somewhat intimidating glare returned. Her grip tightening as she drew her blade, the redhead flipped over a root that swept itself underneath her feet before slashing upward at the other limb that shot towards her. Much to her surprise, the Plant-type Grimm’s limb was barely cut, having only a small scratch on the surface of the limb, and bounced up from her before returning to the stem. When one of its roots returned to attack her, she decided to slip past the attack with a sidestep as she moved directly behind Ben.

"..."

She remained silent as she kept her guard on full alert.

Heroes of Beacon - the Next Chapter

_{still alive}

Heroes of Beacon - the Next Chapter

Grimm Studies

The Dionaea's stem remained still, though it still wavered ever so slightly. It did not attempt to break out of the box.

As Trad approached the Grimm, it initially made no movements. Then, ever so slowly, one of its tentacles lifted itself. It silently pressed itself against the glass wall, at Trad's direction. Two more tentacles lifted themselves and pressed against the box in a similar fashion, despite the stem not making the slightest intention of moving to the hunter that approached the box.

As soon as Trad went away, the Grimm's limbs slid down from the box, returning back to its idle state. Few minutes passed as the five-minute time limit came to a close end.

@Awesomoman64