illusions in the mist. [Now open thanks to ninja subthreading.]

[immortal_lion]

Characters: Rishfee, Vincent Valentine, General Rughadjeen, Eiko (You are stowing along, right?) Auron (I believe. Lemme know if Ive been informed wrongly.)
Progress: Ongoing.
Summary: Caedarva Mire exploration / Azouph isle staging point discovery / boss fight / aftermath. Luzaf's UNEXPECTED TURNING UP IN FINE FORM AT THE WORST TIME EVER will be

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[immortal_lion]

It was all he could do to leap upward against the Soulflayer and raise his wightslayer in an upward cleave against the creature- turning it in the air as he reached the peak of his jump and forcing the thing down to cleave. The Soulflayer spat more venom alongside a few loose tentacles which writhed and contorted upon the floor, dropping the Elvaan and making a strike to bash Rishfee with it's stave.

However, thankfully, Vincent's aim was as true as ever, and the creature gave a piercing scream before getting a face full of lead. It stumbled backward, raising it's staff unto the air. The finishing blow was fatal -- yet it would not... it could not allow those which had fatally wounded it to escape.

Mind Blast. Three lightning strikes came down immediately, striking all three and inflicting a massive amount of damage. The Paralysis effect of the spell was strong, about as strong as the Bio Vincent suffered. Whether it lived or died wasn't important to it. It was rendering the three men absolutely incapable of any sort of movement- while it bludgeoned them to death, one by one, until it's final breath.

[chaos_vessel]

Vincent saw Rishfee get in a hit to release Rughadjeen, and watched the shots hit in satisfaction, even as he did his best to prepare for the creature's next attack. He had dropped to kneel after firing, feeling the Bio spell still working on him. Still, he did his best to ignore it, and reload to fire again as the creature raised his staff. It had already proven that its attacks could do horrible amounts of damage, and to be unprepared to respond, if not avoid it, would make an already difficult fight nearly impossible.

He had almost completed the action when the Soulflayer cast Mind Blast. He would have jerked in pain, maybe even would have screamed, but the Paralysis was already in effect. He was trapped in no position to defend himself, and no way to break the Paralysis until it wore off.

[rughadjeen]

Rughadjeen fell to the ground unceremoniously, having the air knocked out of him. Despite the protest of every single part of his body, he still willed himself to move, to get to his feet, get a better distance put between them and prepare. He had just been able to crawl and grab the handle of the Algol when his body and mind were hit by the monsters final and desperate attack. Each time he made to move his body resist, only now and then were his actions carried through. With a lot of struggling he managed to get to his feet, actions stopped more often than not. He had no remedies or Panacea's on him to cure himself of the paralysis so the only thing he could do was fight through everything.

It grew harder and harder as his own body wanted to succumb to exhaustion brought with the pain. His jaw clenched and he heaved the Algol up, each bombardment from the Mind Blast weakening him until he got close enough to the Soulflayer. He still remembered to keep his eyes away from the things own, despite the urge to watch the life slip away from it's eyes. He gripped the blade tighter and used the weight as well as his own to bash into the monster. Shifting his weight to stop himself toppling over, he brought the blade down upon the Flayer and pushed forward around it's abdomen. Closing his eyes and calling up on his magic his eyes opened when he was done and stared at his target as Holy was cast. The Flayer was wrapped in a bright light before the spell seemed to explode outwards.