Hime - Apparition (Novel AI)

I've been skipping around a lot in my writing lately and haven't gotten a whole lot done. Then I saw good old Hime, and decided to write out her event a bit more. Refer to her last post for her full story. Recap. She's a Belkan nightmare who managed to infiltrate Aurelia 100 years ago and killed their Princess, and has worn her title ever since as a trophy. In a weird way, she's Belka's version of the Faxi twins: Nearly omnipotent. And she has her eyes on one of my players named Erolith, who happens to be a Belkan defector.

In the Late Game a bit after the Belkan War, Hime and her Arius group are in the process of starting an uprising in Stier, Belka. The Aurelian Queen begs Lupa Team with Hrim, Schnee, and Anmut as backup, to go into Belka using Erolith as bait to end Hime's threat once and for all. Before she starts moving outside Belka's borders. Aurelia is leading a punitive coalition force in to stop the uprising. In the mean time, Lupa Team and friends will teleport to Hoffnung. Their only goal is to move west to Sudentor, and leave Belka from there. This is under the guise that they're moving toward Stier to help with putting down the looming rebellion. The hope, is that Hime will take the bait, allowing 4 of Aurelia's best Shadows to kill her in an ambush.

Welp. Wouldn't you know it? Things aren't that easy. Hime appears alright. Within a second, Scin and Hrim attack, but do nothing to her. Schnee follows them up, and her sword goes straight through her target. Hime will start walking toward Ero without even acknowledging everyone else trying to attack her. She'll launch Morgan into the trees beside the road like she's batting a fly away. Flaxen will share the same fate as she also tries to block Hime. Finally Rena is the last line of defense. Before Hime can strike Rena, Scin will fly out of her mist and tackle her, landing a few feet away.

Hime will get right up to Ero, lift her off the ground by the throat with one hand, and start strangling her. With nothing else working, Morgan and Falken rush to put themselves between Ero and Hime. With a yell of "Danger close!", Lillia will launch an explosive spell at Hime's feet, fortunately breaking her grip on Ero's throat. Leaving Falken to fall over her as he takes the brunt of the blast. Morgan gets thrown back again right beside him. Scin, the poor girl, is within 5 feet of the explosion on top of Rena, protecting her. Scin's feet take a nasty hit from what's essentially a grenade going off right behind her, immobilizing her completely, and destroying one of her toes. Rip.

But it gets worse. Hime is still standing there. Unfazed. With a promise of killing Ero and everyone she's ever met, Hime takes one step forward, and dissolves into a mist. Scin caught on to what was happening when she grabbed Rena. Hime was remotely multicasting a number of spells to create an image of herself and attack the group. Needless to say it worked out well enough. Stand by for more. Enjoy.

Atsuko for life.