hadriel_logs | Intro Log: Ugh, Talk to the Hand

Who: New arrivals and everyone else!
What: The intro log for February
Where: The colosseum and all around the city.
When: February 10th-14th
Warnings: None

Welcome to Hadriel. Your first glimpse of your new home is maybe not the most welcome - you awaken on the floor of the colosseum, surrounded by sand and walls and... trees? Yes, trees. Along with you and the other newcomers, a number of Territorial Oaks have arrived in Hadriel. They look just like normal trees, except for those welcoming smiles - oh, and they don't like you at all. They move fast, hit hard, and if you manage to bring one down it'll go out in a large, dangerous explosion. This may have you rethinking your stance on clear-cutting.

While you're trying to avoid the trees, you might come across a few of the other things the Door has deposited in the colosseum for your (its?) entertainment. Namely, a bunch of toys that no one has played with in years. But maybe one of them will tickle your fancy?

Once you've finished indulging your 90's nostalgia, feel free to look around. You can explore the rest of the city! Find a house, a new monster, a project to help with, or simply scavenge for supplies. Good luck, and enjoy your stay in Hadriel!

► This log covers February 10th-14th.
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[Isn't he always fine, Riku? Sora's an expert at dodging these days. The shield drops and Sora keeps his gaze sharp, following the sound of the trees around them and shifting just enough to be back to back with his friend. If they can look in all directions, they stand a better chance at getting this done.]

What, like throwing them into each other? [Hm.] Zero Graviza them so they can't move and we can attack until they blow up. Good plan?

[He doesn't like making Riku do everything, but he's not dumb. He knows his magic isn't as strong as it used to be now. It's just another thing he has to work around.]

[ SURE HE IS... He knows what Sora is suggesting, and he responds with an assured nod. He knows everything Sora had lost after their Mark of Mastery exam. The spells would be up to Riku. ]

Good plan. Once I get them up in the air, you go ahead and attack. Push them as far off as you can away from the people here so they don't get hurt. I'll use a Stopza if I have to.

[ Riku raises the fist of his free hand. Do it, Sora. ]

Let's go.

[ And hopefully, the second after Sora responds, Riku will bring his attention back to the adversaries in front of them and break off into a sprint. There aren't many things here to Flowmotion off of, but Riku can run and air slide just as quickly. He lets Sora go on ahead of him, keeping a short distance so that Sora can get a head start on the attacks.

When they're in the range of a few looming, creepily smiling trees—whose focus shifts to them immediately, their roots crawling them towards the two at an impossible speed—Riku skids to a dusty stop and rears up his Keyblade. ]

Gravity!

[ And there they go, wrapped in a ball of translucent light and spinning slowly and helplessly in the air. ]

[There's a sharp nod as he raises his fist, meeting Riku for a fistbump before planting his feet in the dirt and launching himself forward and out of the way. It's easy to jump and bounce and while he can't airslide well and his flowmotion isn't as smooth as Riku's, he can use the trees as leverage to launch himself off of as the Kingdom Key immediately moves into several diving strikes and heavy swings, pushing them toward the group that they're gathering.

He's keeping an eye on Riku and he's dodgerolling away when the gravity spell hits, a victorious laugh coming the moment he pops back up to his feet and watches the trees rotate before him. There's no time to admire their handiwork though. Instead, Sora does what he does best and charges ahead, delivering a flurry of strikes to push the trees closer together and away from the entryways of the arena and out of people's way.

The trees begin to splinter and fragment, wavering under Sora's hits and he's only waiting until the last second before he looks at Riku again.]

Stop the blast!

[Because he's going to deliver a few more strikes and he would rather not send splinters everywhere.]

[ Riku can't stop himself from smirking when he hears Sora's little victory cry. Those smiling trees are finally more funny than creepy when they're trapped and floating in the air like that. It's even better when they spin around after Sora hits them.

Although the splinters and leaves flying out aren't a good side effect. They can handle those later; it matters that the trees are getting knocked to the edge of the Colosseum where they need to be. The blast will get huge depending on the numbers of trees nearby; they'll need to make sure the space around them is cleared out before that happens.

Riku gets a few swings at the trees himself using Flowmotion to propel himself towards the group of trees. He needs to replenish his magic, and attacking enemies is one way to do it. When he finally sees the spell wearing off, he's already on his feet and raising his Keyblade in the air when Sora calls out to him. ]

Move out of the way! [ And once he's sure Sora has- ] Stop!

[ His Stopza is powerful, but this combined with his Zero Graviza would mean he's need time to replenish his magic, unless they use items. He'll see how they fare after the Stop spell wears off; for now, all of the trees they have gathered are trapped in their time voids, the clocks above their heads ticking away. ]

[He dashes out of the way from the trees as the Stopza activates, the trees suspended in mid-air at the edge of the arena and unable to move to cause harm. The clocks are running down and Sora dives back down toward Riku, Keyblade in-hand as he sizes up the group.]

Ready to finish this? [Beating up the trees and breaking them down while they're stopped means they have a limited amount of time, but he's also sure they can do this.] They're done for!

[ Riku looks ready to speed forward as soon as Sora touches the ground. He glances over at him for a short moment as he lands and readies himself, nodding as he assesses their target. ]

Ready! Come on! [ And immediately, Riku kicks off the ground and leaps into the air, jumping from the broken pieces of wood to accelerate towards their enemies, Flowmotion streaming from his skin and streaking behind him. When he finally reaches their enemies, he brings up his Keyblade above him and strikes down, on one of the trees, unleashing a shockwave that hits several around them. His slashes and combos continue—and Sora will hopefully be taking care of his share beside him. ]

[Right behind you buddy. Sora's up in the aerial and focusing on overhead attacks and aerial combos, keeping himself up and out of the way as he beats down the trees to nothing. He notices they're beginning to break and shatter, wood splintering everywhere as they waver.

Granted, the trees also begin exploding one by one and it's a race to dodge each combustion. Think you can keep up, Riku? Sora's doing his best. ]

Intro Log: Ugh, Talk to the Hand

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