[Kingnoname1]

Wrenching his weapon from the already dissipating Grimm Calen turned to Anna and smiled widely at their victory. 'A confusing weapon indeed Miss Fall... well fought.' Turning to check on how their teammates were doing Calen launched himself forward with two applications of his semblance and slamming square into the Grimm's chest. Giving the creature a light slap to get it's attention Calen leapt off it's left side while delivering a weighty blow to the Grimm's jugular.

Finishing slightly behind the Grimm as it continues forward. 'Miss Fall it seems Master Setsuna is in your hands.' Calen called out breathlessly, giving himself a moment to recover before continue to pursue the beast.

Fatigue: 80%
Aura: 88%

[nathan67003]

Anna received herself on the ground, dissipating her remaining momentum by way of a large amount of rolls; sadly, she was rolling on her side, which made it far less cool and controlled. As she got up, she yelled a "Thanks! You're pretty good, yourself!" at Calen before gathering her chains around her forearms, looking at the events still unfolding.

Oh wow, Calen wasn't kidding. She swung her arms wide, aiming to catch the Beringel with her chains in mid-air - and wrap it in them several times over. Of course, she made sure the chains wouldn't hit Setsuna as they wound around their target - or missed, as unfortunate as it would be.

[MonsterManic]

Damn, this semblance can be annoying at times! Setsuna thought, frustrated at his helplessness after expending his energy for just one attack. Bringing Harmony to bear in front of him, he braced for the eventual pain that the Beringel was sure to bring.

Except that never came. Thanks to both Taro and Calen's combined efforts, the Beringel's body slam only just grazed Setsuna's shield arm as the beast went stumbling past. Taking his time to catch his breath, he looked around and noticed the already crumbling remains of the other Grimm, as well as Anna once again sending her chains at the remaining one.

"Well done," he congratulated the pair, despite the condition he was in. " Good to know you two had a better time than we did. That being said," gesturing with his sword, "I think it's almost down as well. Ready to take it down?" he said, shifting into a classic defender's stance, feeling part of his strength return to him.

"I can take the brunt of its attacks. Keep the aggro on me?" he called. "Oh, and Taro? Sorry for putting you on the spot just now."

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Aura=84%
Stamina/Semblance=80%

[Marticus]

Pain and fury clouded the Grimm's mind as Taro and Calen, quite unfortunately in it's opinion, managed to save Setsuna from a good flattening. Giving in to the sensations, the beast leaped square for Taro, swinging it's arm back and wide to maybe catch Calen round the head (6%). It's anger giving it enough strength and momentum to avoid Anna's chains, the Beringel leaped straight at Taro once again, going for the old overhead smash with both it's hands (9%), aiming to plow him into the dirt.

[Spoodnick]

The beringel had now turned and lunged towards Taro, much to his annoyance as his sword was still lodged in the creature's back. Taro continued his sprint towards the Grimm. Seeing it prepare for the overhead smash, Taro acted quickly and knew there wouldn't be enough time to jump back or to the sides to dodge. While he was running he lowered his body ducked under the swing. Now effectively under the Grimm he grinned as he bent his knees a little further and prepared his fist. Springing his legs out and arcing his fist upward he aimed to do the same uppercut the Grimm had hit him with. With the Grimm's hands having recently smashed the ground behind him, Taro was banking desperately on it not being able to get out of the way, block or counter his attack.

[Kingnoname1]

Still worn out from before Calen barely ducked under the Grimm's swipe resulting in a distinctly less than graceful stumble as he gave chase. Seeing his team mate go under the beast Calen immediately picked up Taro's strategy and moved in to assist. Using the butt of his glaive to vault over the beringel Calen sliced the grimm's closest shoulder, a deep and long wound sure to sever the tendons in a human, and used the purchase to swing himself higher. Calen was now above the Grimm and he positioned his glaive just above the gorilla's head and any upward push, such as an uppercut, should be fatal.

Too late did Calen realise his mistake.  The Grimm's arm is still rising.... it's musculature must be different to us, if this thing even has muscles. For the first time in the fight Calen grew worried such a simple mistake and unless his team mates could step in the consequence for Taro could be dire.

[nathan67003]

(King, not that it's too big a deal seeing how you made it play out, but that right now was an auto-hit, which is a no-no. Friendly reminder for next time )

Anna sees her chains miss and, as her comrades close in on the ape, quickly winds them back up - there isn't really a way to sink her fangs into the Grimm without some friendly fire - before taking out a lone knife and throwing it right at the Grimm's neck. 'Course, it's easy to be hyper accurate with her semblance.

...Let's do this quick, kay?

[MonsterManic]

With both Calen and Taro, unarmed as the latter was, going on the offensive, Setsuna thought it best to stay back, until he saw Taro go for what seemed like a suicidal attack with his bare hands while the Beringel was going for a smash. Taking two short steps he crouched, charged and attempted a shield bash into the side of the Grimm, hopefully knocking it off balance, making it miss Taro and still allowing both his uppercut and Anna's knife to hit their target.

(OOC: refer to last aura levels)

[Marticus]

With the combined force of Taro and Setsuna hitting it's side, and Calen's shoulder attack knocking it off balance, the Beringel rolled away from the party about fifteen feet before springing back to it's feet. However, it looked shook by this point, smoke slowly rising off out of the glaive would on it's back, and from around the dagger that protruded from just behind where it's right collar bone should be, a fortunate side effect of the team's combined attack that saved it from having it's throat slashed open.Taking one slow, steady step forward, then a second, the beast prepared to bare down on his enemies.

Ripping the knife out of it's shoulder, the Beringel threw it at Calen (6% with blade, 2% otherwise, you can decide which end hits. Not exactly a master knife wielder, our Grimm) while making a powerful leap straight for Taro and Setsuna, aiming to catch them both with a powerful sideswipe (8% Taro, 6% Setsuna due to Taro not being ideal weapon) and knock them aside.

[Spoodnick]

His blow effectively landing on the Beringel, Taro leaped back away from it. Though, it had seemingly done the same. Unfortuneately creating distance didn't put Taro in a good spot, his sword was still lodged in the Grimm's back. Taro quickly glanced around and found a rock. Seeing the Grimm throw a dagger at his teammate and prepare to launch he ran next to Setsuna and held the rock out in front of him. Ticking on his semblance, the Rock grew to become what was essentially a 2 by 2 metre wall in front of them. "So, I don't have a weapon. We have some battle plan, or do I just have to go in again?" Taro quickly shouted, not at any-one specific, just at his team in general.

[Kingnoname1]

Annoyed that the Grimm had evaded his attack Calen landed then opened his mouth to rip into the beast but was cut short by a blunt impact. Grunting as the hit of Anna’s dagger bounced off his aura Calen paused slightly to catch the weapon before continuing his onslaught, both verbal and physical. ‘You can take a beating, at least you have that going for you. It’s more than your friend could do.’ Calen taunted as he collapsed his glaive into its sword form and approached the ape.

Hearing Taro's shout Calen tossed him his sword, drawing one of his knives and remarked with a grin. 'I'm just going to keep hitting it until it stays down, it's only not worked twice.' Swinging high as a feint Calen tried to roll past the Breingel and bring both blades down on the legs of the creature optimally leaving the beast crippled while leaving everyone else a clear firing lane or approach.

Fatigue: 80%
Aura: 86%

[nathan67003]

Anna takes another knife from her sash and, while the Grimm is in midair and under heavy attack, throws it right at the beast's left eye. She could start to feel the strain on her brain, now, but it was still very manageable - barely feeling it, as they say.

[MonsterManic]

"Third time's the charm, as they say." Setsuna smiled in response to Calen's idea. Still behind the rock wall that appeared out of nowhere (he was still confuzzled as to where that came from, until he remembered Calen cracking a joke about a certain something), he used the cover to reassemble Dischord into buster sword form. Using his semblance, he darted around the right side of the wall and took an almighty swing sideways, intending to give the Beringel one hit it wouldn't be walking away from.

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Aura=84%
Stamina/Semblance=70%

[Marticus]

Bouncing straight off the wall, the Beringel used it as a fulcrum to pull itself high into the air, luckily avoiding Calen entirely, with the intention of landing in the centre of Team ASTC and tearing them apart. However, what it was met with was a knife in the eye, courtesy of Anna. Losing an eye so suddenly also left it unable to defend against Setsuna at all, and the beast quickly fell back to earth, a half on either side of the wall, dissolving into nothingness.

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Nice job guys, encounter 1: Defeated! I'll just fade away here while you guys move to the ruins, then I'll do a set piece for it. Or, if you take to long, I'll unleash something else to try and speed you up. I feel this'll be easier than me making tiny, meaningless post that have nothing to do with what's happening. Unless ya'll want me to describe the weather every 4 posts?

[Spoodnick]

"Okay..." Taro exhaled, shrinking the rock back to normal size to see the Grimm dissapear in front of him. "Well, that is that friends. Also, no-one died, so that is a huge win in my book." Taro grinned, taking a few steps over to the Grimm and picked up his sword from the grass. He breathed in and out slowly, looking over his team to truly asses the situation. Seems they were fine.