The Last Poster Wins! [v8]

[Sir Sivelos]

Let's go!!! *SIVELOS moves forward.*

[Ganyu]

He looks gross.

*conjures blue elemental bolts and strokes the frog vanguard*

[The Nonexistent Tazz]

*You hit the Frog Vanguard, which happens to be a foe on a Dungeon Floor who had yet to actually get into even remote Aggro range. He's quite confused as to why he's now feeling quite sore at his backside. Regarldess, the Giant Giant Frog Prince is firing all guns at everyone except Prinny Tazz.*

*Mermaid-Tazz uses LV. 9999 FREEZE! It does exactly what it says on the tin and freezes the Giant Giant Frog Prince into immobility, but also invulnerability, giving you a few turns to plan.*

*Meanwhile, Sivelos'es group heads up the stairs. Lamps made of liquid Glowstone-which flow upwards against the will of Gravity-are the only light source. You can feel the Elder Soul's energies from here. It's not far now. Granted, the way will naturally be barred unless all the enemies and the bosses have been dealt with. It's not rocket science...Granted, the jumps upward are getting kind of tricky, and this area seems to have a magical enchantment to prevent actions that would increase mobility...Strange.*

Leader Dwarf: Remove the Ladder! Destroy the Liquid Glowstone Lamps!

*Uh-oh. Without warning, a Ladder on the other side-one you naturally couldn't take because it was JUST for lazy Dwarves-vanishes, and the lamps towards the bottom break, sending a stream of glowing hot death slowly upwards at you. It's like those 'rising obstacle' levels, except much better explained this time.*

[Sir Sivelos]

****, that looks hella nasty. *SIVELOS speeds upwards, whilst giving everyone else a speed, agility, and reflex buff*

[The Nonexistent Tazz]

*The buff fails because that's disabled here. I said that mobility-improvement buffs were disabled! Speed and agility improve movement! Nevertheless, you keep moving up.*

*Oh, yes, Dwarf Archers and Explosive Experts shoot explosive arrows and throw dynamite at you, respectively, doing huge damage to the platforms and making them crumble. I would suggest you make sure you're not too far ahead of the party...Or too far behind. Otherwise the way forward might be impassable, leading to a slow death by extremely hot molten glowstone.*

Lillith-Tazz: F*** me they've got serious overkill here!

Rin-Tazz: *Humming the New Super Mario Bros Castle theme as she jumps along*

Storm: *Keeping pace with Rin-Tazz*

[Ganyu]

Hmm we should try to take out the other forces before he thaws out.

*activates Artificer of the Infinite: Bloodthirst Lizard Quartet. Four huge lizards with ravenous looks change towards the frogs and began gobbling them up.*

[The Nonexistent Tazz]

*They attempt to mindlessly eat the only frog ANYWHERE NEAR YOUR POSITION, the Giant Giant Frog Prince. They get their tongues stuck on the ice. Hilarious to look at, but completely ineffective. Your idea was wonderful...But it seems that the other frogs won't come out of the castle.*

*Pandora doens't have a buffing method, so she sits and gets ready.*

*Prinny-Tazz uses LV. 9999 PRINNY SCENE! Prinny Tazz...Err, slips up and explodes in some hilarious manner. A calm status, energetic status and +2 stage buff to all stats is applied to all allies, but P-T must restore for a dollar.*

*Etna-Tazz uses LV. 9990 RALLY SPECTRUM! A rainbow-colored burst of power surges from Etna-Tazz to the others, giving their stats a +1 stage Buff!*

[Sir Sivelos]

Oh come on... Whatever. *SIVELOS moves forward with the party.*

*LC keeps up.*

[Ganyu]

Why won't they come out of the castle? Shall we bait them?

*activates Artificer of the Infinite: Irresistible Frog Bait! Such delicious frog bait which can only be sensed by frogs and is otherwise repulsive to other species is conjured and placed on the backs of the lizards.*

[The Nonexistent Tazz]

*The answer is, the Giant Giant Frog Prince M. U. S. T. Be dealt with to past, and hence your attacks (bar that really lucky one) will never hit a frog, because every frog is out of the way. There is no exception. Ecrivain, you know how it is: Part of dungeon, miniboss, part of dungeon, miniboss, part of dungeon, boss, L00T. That being said, you sense a LOT of frogs attempting to get up to the top of this tower from below...Frogs that are blocked off because you logically closed and locked the hatch up here. Didn't want extra enemies to go with the miniboss encounter on Maddening.*

*The Giant Giant Frog Prince Breaks out. Your plan would have worked on any other frog, but the Giant Giant Frog Prince os far too big to be eaten by those lizards and only takes a little damage from one of the lizards before all four are swallowed (bait included) and confirmed dead by your ethereal senses.*

*...You also sense something incredibly fishy about the Giant Giant Frog Prince...In any case, yeah, go and attack.*

*Meanwhile, though the setpiece you're in is chaotic and furious, it's also short-lived and you mercifully make it to the main hall and out of the way of the molten glowstone. The only guy you see is a dwarf in a black robe with weapons hovering around him.*

'Maghda:' Aww s**t.