[Episode] The Bizarre Discovery of Dr. Mira

Round 5

Doji uses MT Seventh Star Slice to buff self and damage Aloy
Doji uses LT Hilt of Tilled Earth against Aloy
Doji uses LT Two Heavens Reversed against Aloy
Doji uses UT against Aloy

Aloy uses LT against Doji
Aloy uses LT against Doji
Aloy uses LT against Doji
Aloy uses UT against Doji

Doji defeats Aloy

COMBAT TRACKERS:

The member 'Doji' has done the following action : Dice Roll

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#1 'Reflex Check' : 16, 2, 7, 20

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#2 'Reflex Check' : 14, 5, 7, 17

"...How am I supposed to know what to do about all this?"

The shuffling of clothing and carton was drowned out by a hiss of heat as the radiator burned bright. Aya's tiny form appeared in full view as the first puff of clove-laden smoke poured from her lips.

"... Look, We just have to keep calm and thi-"

She might as well have been speaking to a raging bull as it angled its horns toward the machinery.

The heat was already settling uncomfortably beneath her silky mink before steam had begun pouring into the large room. Now it was quickly becoming unbearable. A sharp grimace pulled at her features and her teeth clenched around her cigarette.

"...Nevermind, then, I guess..."

With a tiny shudder, Aya's fur fluffed. The little red panda gave a grumble and uncomfortable sigh, already exasperated by the heat. Her cigarette refused to burn properly in all the steam.

" Damn it..."

More distressing than the exhaustion setting into the temperature-sensitive mink was the sudden sounds of crying that replaced the boy's rampaging.

" ...H-hey, lighten up, big guy..." The flocculent fuzz-ball was doing her best to sound reassuring with all the tone of a practiced elder sister, her gaze trailing around the room as her mind raced to find a solution. She let the cigarette fall from her lips.

"...Youteia think... this is the first time someone has tried to... cook me? Certainly won't be the last... I can promise you that..." Aya scoffed, doing all she could to mask the sound of her overheated panting.

She scampered up to the oni in a sluggish rush.

"...just stop breaking stuff for a second and-"

Aya's sensitive ears picked up the sound of familiar voices in the distance over the rushing of steam.

"... Youteia have got to be kidding me."

The closer to the laboratory turned steam-cooker the paintings in the hallway were, the more the paint began to soften and slough from the canvases, further distorting the grim depictions.

A shriek rang out as one of the 'investigators' caught glimpse of a melting face through the steam.

[npc=pirt]"What the hell-?! This place must be some kind of demonic portal!! The fires of hell-"[/npc]

"For the last time; it's FUCKING STEAM!!!"

The little red panda glanced in the direction of the sound, then back up to her large sobbing companion and the machinery threatening to boil the duo.

Aya began a sluggish ascent up the oni's clothing as she conveyed the new information.

"...Do youteia remember the way we came in?... It sounds like those idiots from before.... had the unfortunate luck to follow in our footsteps-"

The tiny mink nearly fell from her climb, leaving small claw marks in the fabric in her wake.

"...That seems... like as good... of a route out... as any! I'd rather... handle a bunch of... dumbasses than... that crazy bitch again!!" Aya panted, managing to exhaustively pull herself up enough to swing herself to Doji's arm and cling to it like some sort of fluffy bracer.

She wasn't going to risk staying any longer in this heat than she had to and had to hope her new company wouldn't mind her hitching a ride.

"...You think you... can get enough speed... down that hall... to get through the door...?" Aya nearly lost her grip, panting and lightheaded in the rising temperature.

The sounds of the bumbling terrified humans were only becoming louder as they faced the hallway of horrors.