He yells at Hope for an extra ~Ray of Frost~ but I rolled a 2!!!! bye lavi
Otherwise, he is rolling to his feet and trying to move aside long enough for Mathis to shoot HIS spell, and then go in after to try and hammer hit this binch]
[ there. rondo winces when ashlyn hits the floor, more concerned with that than the fact that there's a knife in his gut, but the light comes back into her eyes and when rondo opens his eyes from the strike to see it, searching her face - his face floods with sheer, utter relief.
rondo's breathing hard, and his vision goes blurry. he holds himself up on a trembling hand, his voice immediately quiets down, and through the tang of iron in his mouth, rondo still manages a smile. ]
It's okay. I'm - I'm okay. [ reassuring, or at least trying to be, but there's no time for that. he sways backwards, he pushes himself up. the knife is still sticking out of his gut, grinding with every movement. ] You're going to be okay. Get - get Hope.
[ hope our HEALS
and breathing hard, engine heart thudding in his chest, rondo the indomitable's hand tightens around the sword once more, as he starts to drag himself with like 10hp remaining to go finish of raphael with one last sacred charged swing to back up lavi. ]
[ she hasn't relied on hope for anything that wasn't asked for by the others, after forsaking her. and she doesn't like relying on strangers! she still doesn't think any of this is real, exactly, so who cares! this place hurt them, they didn't need to let it hurt them more.
but here they are. ashlyn heaves herself up to her feet after rondo does, her movements unsteady. her only weapon is still in her friend's stomach, so she has nothing. no spells, no weapon.
so she just yells: ]
Hope!
[ by which she means: pretty please use your strongest healing spell on rondo. or on everyone. even if it's everyone but ashlyn, who was willing to sacrifice her. please? ]
[hope is busy with casting something, and it doesn't register that lavi shouted for her. maybe it's a healing spell? you guys could probably use it.
but the ice from mathis hits true - it jabs raphael in the neck, and he pauses, looking startled - like it shouldn't have gone through. like maybe the pillars were protecting him. it puts him off balance enough for lavi to swing the hammer directly into the guy's ribs, cracking them, shattering them. he chokes, looking... terrified? for the first time, he looks like he realizes he might be in trouble.
and behind them, ashlyn yells at the top of her lungs - hope!
hope releases her spell. all of you heal up enough that you can stand, that you can finish this, that you can take down the devil in his own home. but it isn't his home, is it? it's not his house. it's hope's house. glorious, brilliant hope, the thing that keeps you alive, the thing that keeps you going. your chests are tight and burning with the ticking time bombs inside them, but even that can't stand up to it. you'll be okay. you will. everything will be alright in the end.
with that warmth driving him, rondo swings his sword, with all the might of every guardian of the flame who came before him, and the blade slides clean through raphael's heart, lavi's hammer knocking the devil back into it.
there's a silence, as raphael chokes on his own blood. the same used to make deals, used to enslave people who didn't know any better, who couldn't pass up what he had to offer.
and then he explodes - in one last burst of glorious hellfire, raining down upon all of you.
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Lavi just goes]
UwaaaAAARRGHGAHHH -- !!!
[STRAIGHT INTO FCKING MATHIS, i think they should both get bowled over like idiots]
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he's coming for the two of you. oh lawd he's coming. whatcha doing from the floor. remember you also have hope.]
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[oof ough ouch my body
-oh shit HE'S COMIN'.
they do have hope but he has forgotten this because she's on his blind side and he has very pressing worries, like: raphael advancing on them.
he's struggling to try to untangle a little and prop himself on lavi to fire off ice at him again.]
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He yells at Hope for an extra ~Ray of Frost~ but I rolled a 2!!!! bye lavi
Otherwise, he is rolling to his feet and trying to move aside long enough for Mathis to shoot HIS spell, and then go in after to try and hammer hit this binch]
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rondo's breathing hard, and his vision goes blurry. he holds himself up on a trembling hand, his voice immediately quiets down, and through the tang of iron in his mouth, rondo still manages a smile. ]
It's okay. I'm - I'm okay. [ reassuring, or at least trying to be, but there's no time for that. he sways backwards, he pushes himself up. the knife is still sticking out of his gut, grinding with every movement. ] You're going to be okay. Get - get Hope.
[ hope our HEALS
and breathing hard, engine heart thudding in his chest, rondo the indomitable's hand tightens around the sword once more, as he starts to drag himself with like 10hp remaining to go finish of raphael with one last sacred charged swing to back up lavi. ]
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but here they are. ashlyn heaves herself up to her feet after rondo does, her movements unsteady. her only weapon is still in her friend's stomach, so she has nothing. no spells, no weapon.
so she just yells: ]
Hope!
[ by which she means: pretty please use your strongest healing spell on rondo. or on everyone. even if it's everyone but ashlyn, who was willing to sacrifice her. please? ]
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but the ice from mathis hits true - it jabs raphael in the neck, and he pauses, looking startled - like it shouldn't have gone through. like maybe the pillars were protecting him. it puts him off balance enough for lavi to swing the hammer directly into the guy's ribs, cracking them, shattering them. he chokes, looking... terrified? for the first time, he looks like he realizes he might be in trouble.
and behind them, ashlyn yells at the top of her lungs - hope!
hope releases her spell. all of you heal up enough that you can stand, that you can finish this, that you can take down the devil in his own home. but it isn't his home, is it? it's not his house. it's hope's house. glorious, brilliant hope, the thing that keeps you alive, the thing that keeps you going. your chests are tight and burning with the ticking time bombs inside them, but even that can't stand up to it. you'll be okay. you will. everything will be alright in the end.
with that warmth driving him, rondo swings his sword, with all the might of every guardian of the flame who came before him, and the blade slides clean through raphael's heart, lavi's hammer knocking the devil back into it.
there's a silence, as raphael chokes on his own blood. the same used to make deals, used to enslave people who didn't know any better, who couldn't pass up what he had to offer.
and then he explodes - in one last burst of glorious hellfire, raining down upon all of you.
raphael is dead. and hope is alive.]