>>6145598“Keep it busy!” Impa shouts, not breaking eye contact with the monster. She dashes forward heading straight for the wall of bramble “Give me a boost!” she calls to one of the Guardians who immediately cups his hands in a stirrup for her. Without slowing she puts her foot into the stirrup and pushes off as the Guardian heaves her up and over his head. The assisted jump carries her clear over the wall of bramble and past the distracted smaller bulbs. Glancing down she sees a dense mass of moving, twisting vines. The vines thankfully hold her weight, but she nearly falls as the vines shift beneath her. Pushing forward to maintain her balance and momentum she closes on the massive bulb and its extremely thick stem.
The bulb turns to track Impa's approach, eye still glaring at her, when it parts its petals and convulses. Purple mist spews from the bulb nearly engulfing Impa but she simply moves too quick. Dashing in an evasive zig-zag she reaches the stalk and sinks her dagger into it. The dagger pierces the leathery material but it draws no reaction from the creature as it angles to breath the mist directly down on her. With a grunt of frustration Impa puts her foot on top of the dagger and using it as a foothold launches herself up the trunk. Scrambling with determination she claws her way up the creature’s body until she is face to face with it. Knowing just what to aim for, she plunges her hand into the purple mist and seizes hold of the eye stalk. The mist burns her hand, but she doesn’t care. Yanking hard on the stalk she pulls the eye out of the mist. The eye looks at her in a panic and tries to wriggle free, but Impa holds firm. With one of her remaining daggers, she stabs at the eye repeatedly. The eye’s wriggling prevents her from getting an impaling stab, but she scores the eye with many slashes before the whole bulb lurching, flailing, and belching purple mist dislodges Impa. Eyes, nose, and throat burning from the mist spraying all around, Impa loses her grip and drops away. Through teary eyes and with a persisting cough she finds her way back to the formation.
Behind her the creature still stands but keeps its bulb shut tight.
>28 Damage inflicted, Impa suffers 2 damage (22/24) and has her stats lowered by 1. CHOOSE YOUR FORMATION:
OFFENSIVE:
>Focused Assault: Forces enemy to use single unit’s stats and negates enemy’s formation unless *COUNTERED*>Building Storm: Doubles momentum gain this round, lets you increase your momentum over 3 to 6MANEUVER:
>Infiltrate: Negates current combat round and forces one-on-one fights for a round unless *COUNTERED*>Overwhelming Skill: Negates enemy equipment bonuses doubles wisdom bonusDEFENSIVE:
>Shifting Mist: Uses Wisdom instead of Courage for Defense (When this formation COUNTERS the enemy formation uses Wisdom instead of Power for your Attack)>Bladed Bulwark: Any remaining defense over what is need to deflect enemy attack is added to your attack. 