No More Monkeys Jumping On the Bed [Open]

[revenancenpcs]

Characters: An unwanted guest...and you
Content: BOSS BATTLE
Location: Fifth District Greenhouse
Time: Evening
Warnings: Violence. It’s a boss battle, guys. C’mon.

My, the Fifth District is nice this evening, isn’t it? Whether you’re just passing through or going Nightmare-hunting, you can’t deny that that greenhouse is a lovely feat of architecture. It might even distract you from the fact that you haven’t been attacked by Nightmares at all since you entered the district; an oddity, given that this area is usually very Nightmare-prone.

The peace and quiet doesn’t last long, however. There’s a rattle and an unholy screech undercut by the cacophony of shattering glass, and the greenhouse roof explodes outwards. You cover your face and turn away, waiting for the glass to settle before heading towards it. No matter whether you jump down from the broken roof or head in via the doorway, you’re greeted with the same sight: the upper half of a giant multicolored monkey. It screeches again; obviously it’s not happy to see you, and it’s about to make that known. Rearing back, it takes a swing at you with one massive paw.

Good luck.

[OOC: Welcome to your first boss fight! This is Hockomonkey and he doesn’t like you. Hockomonkey will be controlled by the mods, who will also determine (via dice roll - we’re kicking it D&D style) whether attacks land and how much damage they’ll do. We’ll keep the technical stuff on the back end - just write like you normally would. There is no tag order in this thread; however, we do ask that you keep up a relatively quick tagging pace, especially if your character teams up with any others for joint attacks or strategies.]

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[usedrapidspin]

Tails was faster than the hand swinging a tree at him and managed to keep out of its way, though he currently had to way to attack it unless he could get close. And he wasn't reckless enough to try without good reason. What he needed was to make it drop the tree. Maybe if he could make it swing too close to the wall...

Blaze came running back, spitting his own fireballs to help the fox out.

[defrostedpride]

Even seldom had occasion to regret his choice of weapon. This was not one of those occasions. He appreciated the ability to block the incoming hand that seemed determined to slap him into a wall. Unfortunately, turning to face it properly kept him from reaching Aeleus and Ienzo.

His Pricklemane leapt at the hand, worrying at it fiercely. Even focused his magic on the air above the hand, and a hail of icicles poured down on it. That should give it second thoughts, if it had thoughts.

[colorbymemory]

Namine had seen the warning on the communicator. If it really was dangerous, then she should stay home. None of the others would blame her if she did. They all knew she wasn't much of a fighter, and wouldn't want her to get hurt. She knew all this, and so logically should have settled for waiting until it was safe.

The less logical side of her (and possibly the side that proved Sora's assertion about Nobody's developing hearts) worried about the others. She knew that Aeleus wouldn't be far behind Ienzo and would help, and all the others could take care of themselves, but...Deciding not to let logic rule in this case, she picked up a few potions she'd bought and hurried out the door, Batty and Spot hot on her heels.

It didn't take her long to reach the Fifth District, and then she followed the sound of the fight to the others, ignoring the smaller Nightmares as they appeared. Batty and Spot took care of those that bothered them. Once in the greenhouse, she almost immediately had to dodge a flying hand.

Unfortunately it kept coming back, and while she could dodge and Spot helped with Vanish, they couldn't keep it up forever.

[unrecovered]

It looked like Wash's luck was going to hold. Unfortunately for him, his luck with this sort of thing was extremely terrible, and that being the luck that held meant that he hadn't managed to dodge fast enough and the hand hit him full in the chest, knocking the wind out of him and leaving him to impact hard on the ground near the door. He gasped and forced himself to roll, trying to regain his breath, his vision, his feet, anything to keep from suffering another hit like that.

Several things happened at once after that: his vision cleared and his breath returned quickly, almost as though he'd never been hit in the first place; the monkey-thing screamed; and he found himself looking at a separated hand over him with a large rock clutched in its grasp. He rolled again, this time to his feet, only to see Sora luring another hand towards him. What- Why- "What the fuck!" he gasped, throwing himself out of the path of the approaching hands. Eventually, he'd get to draw his gun and actually get into this fight. He just wasn't going to have that opportunity when people kept attracting goddamn extra monkey hands towards him.

That opportunity came sooner than he'd imagined when a quick glance around while he recovered from his latest dodge told him that Namine was here. It took a split second to process that - why the hell was she in the middle of a combat zone? She could be hurt! Something in his stomach twisted unpleasantly at that. No. That was not happening with him around. He sprinted the few short feet to where she was, pulling the rifle off his back. "Find cover!" he called, skidding to a stop and firing a short burst at the hand that was coming after her.

Can whoever tags next please start a new thread?

[revenancenpcs]

Oddly enough, Sora's crazy plan actually works, and the lower hand is obliterated by the tree crashing down on it. Unfortunately for Sora, that hand is still in action, and it turns swiftly in an attempt to smush him between the tree and the ground.

Luna has no such luck; the hand takes a different path to reach her, avoiding the lightning bolts. When it gets within striking range, however, it all but misses, dealing her a glancing blow. It regroups quickly and comes after her again soon after.

The hand chasing Bolin stops short at the earth wall he pulls up. With that distraction, Mako Jr. is able to destroy it in its barrage of fireballs. That doesn't put Bolin out of the woods just yet, as a hand behind him turns and closes in, looking for an opening to attack.

Despite Aeleus' best efforts, the hands evade him and continue to attack both him and Ienzo.

Tumble manages to pick off one of the hands that wasn't attacking anyone specifically, preventing anyone nearby from being ganged up on. He doesn't escape notice, however, and another hand turns to attack him.

Xion may have escaped attack, but Axel isn't that lucky. His fireballs miss, and the hand dodges and delivers an open-handed blow that lands solidly on the Hebby Repp.

Tails has similar luck: Blaze's fireballs miss, and the uppermost branches of the tree catch Tails in a glancing blow.

The hand manages to dodge most of Even's icicles, but enough hit home to do some damage. Unfortunately for Even, hands don't have thoughts, so it continues to harry him.

Wash's aim proves to be true, and the hand heading for Namine is destroyed in the gunfire. This doesn't stop another hand from turning in its course and heading for him and, by extension, her.

Overall, the number of hands has lessened; there are no longer enough hands left to double-team anybody, effectively parsing out to one per person. Hockomonkey's body proper is still nowhere to be found.