settle down with me by the fire of my yearning
Who: Gabranth, Roxas, Kefka, Xion
What: search party!
When: after Xion leaves Gabranth hanging
Where: the ragged wood
Warnings: there's gonna be a Heartless fite
( you should come back home, back on your own now )
What: search party!
When: after Xion leaves Gabranth hanging
Where: the ragged wood
Warnings: there's gonna be a Heartless fite
( you should come back home, back on your own now )
So he's hunting. And sensing. And searching. And as he looks, the familiar tingle of darkness starts to creep up the back of his neck. He casts Float to keep him steady in the fight and Vanish to keep him hidden, then follows the heavy stain on his senses.
Whatever this thing is, it's big. And he's going to kill it and wear whatever hide it leaves behind before it poofs into smoke and hearts as his boots and Saix can suck it. And he can hear stomps as he approaches now, and it sounds bighugepowerful and ohimself he can't wait to fry it until his nerves sizzle with magic and the air is filled with a keening death cry--
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Even if he flees, it will find him eventually-or it will find Xion. He has no choice but to destroy this creature.
He charges at the thing, limbs granted speed by the anticipation of battle, and darts between its monstrous legs to slice at its underbelly-
-only to have his blade glance off entirely.
He can afford barely half a second of surprise before the creature's stomping legs force him to roll out of the way. The blade struck true, he had spared none of his strength... Could this thing truly be so powerful?
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Kefka scans the scene. One, two, three targets: the creature, the creature's horn and...was that a flash of metal on the other side? The tinny ring of magic from it is familiar...
Well, he could use killing something sentient for a change. No one will ever know. He gestures, thrusting his hand into the air, and casts:
"Thundaga!"
For horn, for beast and for the man in a can.
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No, he has no time to worry about whoever was working against him-the monster took greater priority.
As the creature turned to face the direction of its invisible attacker, apparently unaffected by the spell, Gabranth charged it again, this time aiming to stab it above one of its hooves-and was sent back with a surprised cry as his blade, once again, bounced off its hide. What was this thing...?!
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"Scan."
The thing was durable, the spell said, and...this is probably the first monster Kefka's ever seen with a weakness to earth. Why couldn't it live in his world?! Demi was a spell begging to be abused!
And what was that clanging sound? He leaps over from a treetop to see who it was...
He knew it.
"Hey, idiot! Attack the horn! Don't harm the hide! Get up on the monster's back!"
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That voice-
That voice...!
This was absolutely the last thing he needed right now. He backed away even further from the beast, still keeping it in his sight as a light grew between its tusks-he had a feeling he would need to dodge again, and soon, but-
"Show yourself, you ardent jester!"
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The glove of magic shivers over the thing's horn, making it's head and shoulders shudder down with pressure. Does he have to do everything himself?
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Steeling his resolve once more, he runs at the fiend. Its head is now in such a position that he can jam one end of his weapon into its lower jaw, and before it can roar again or snap at him, he's vaulting himself up, clambering past its tusk and onto its head with speed he hadn't thought possible in full armor.
He disengages his swords and strikes at the black horn, causing the monster to roar with such force that he's nearly thrown from its head altogether.
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The spell makes the beast shudder again, but he trusts Gabranth to stay on the damn thing despite a little bucking. The edge of magic wisps and disperses over Gabranth's armor. Instant death protection? What a pity. He'll think of something else.
"Vanish! Make this count, Judge!"
The next spell settles over Gabranth like a cloak. If the creature attacks him now, it'll go through him...unless it's magic, of course, in which case it'll always hit--something Kefka will take advantage of if Gabranth makes it to the end of battle intact.
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One strike after another, the beast howls and tries to regain its footing, but the Gravity spell keeps it down. It starts to charge another blast, this time aiming for Kefka.
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"Graviga!"
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There is a sudden pause-almost as if time has stopped-and Gabranth feels the creature's movements fall limp beneath him.
The adrenaline leaves him as he withdraws his blades, and for the first time since he began his assault, he feels the quake of his breath and the pound of his heart. He looks down to figure out just how he's going to get off this thing-
Wait-why can't he see himself?
Moreover, is-is the fiend actually disappearing beneath him, or-
By the time he realizes it, however, it's too late. With a surprised yelp, he inelegantly crashes to the ground.
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"Wahahahahahaha!"
He's laughing so hard, his grip on a branch is pretty much the only think keeping him on the tree.
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Then he realizes fully that, somehow, he has turned invisible.
The laugh rings in his ears.
He replaces his helm and is on his feet in an instant, snarling as he recovers his weapon.
"Kefka!"
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He's not going to be able to stop for a while, if only because he knows Gabranth won't be able to hit him in a thousand years, not like this.
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Gabranth can't take it anymore.
He howls with rage, ripping apart his swords and slicing at the empty air. A burst of Mist lances along the blades, giving them an unearthly orange glow.
"Show yourself!"
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