Re: Touhou CYOA - Second edition
"This is bad Murasa! We need to stay away and throw everything we got on her! This form is a death sentence waiting if you let her close. But, we could try a few deceptions..." Byakuren says, giving Murasa a quick change of strategy.
This hidden form of Meiling proves to be a formidable opponent, staying in pace with the opposing team as they zoom away. After a brief chase, Murasa is pressed into a melee situation, her defenses just barely holding the dragongirl back. Catching Meiling's fist with the frame of her anchor, Murasa's eyes widen as she notices the massive thing's body bend under the force of the blow. "THIS IS MORE LIKE IT! DON'T DISSAPPOINT ME NOW!" the gateguard shouts among a flurry of punches, happy that she finally gets to melee properly. Trying to get away from the mad rush, Murasa's anchor starts to accumulate damage as fist-shaped dents form on it's frame. Byakuren fires barrage after barrage at Meiling, possibly damaging the dragongirl with her precision attacks. If she was harmed by Byakuren's danmaku showers at all, Meiling surely wasn't showing any signs of it.
Murasa decides to employ a faint, letting Meiling nail her on the cheek. The captain makes a dramatic fall, Byakuren boosting her performance with a "NO!" of her own. The dragongirl quickly changes target to Byakuren, zooming towards the mage now in an effort to start melee-ing her too. Backing away from the charging gateguard, Byakuren can see the fake-out working as Murasa pulls out a quick recovery, simultaneously hurling her anchor at Meiling's back. Too focused on the oncoming danmaku, the gateguard fails to notice the massive projectile as it slams into her back, a part of it knocking her on the back of the head.
But much to Murasa's horror, the frenzied gateguard seems to barely notice the anchor bouncing across her back. Turning her attention back to Murasa, Meiling pulls out a near-instant move, appearing in front of the captain with a grin on her face. Without her anchor there, the captain is easy prey to the dragongirl who throws a six-hit barrage of punches across the opponents body, the seventh throwing her higher into the air. Flying some 10 feet up from the uppercut, Murasa can't even start to fall before Meiling is over her, pulling off a somersault and landing her shin on the captain's skull. Now with both of them falling towards the ground, Meiling unleashes a few more punches on Murasa before grabbing her by the collar and driving the seafarer to the ground with a huge slam, the force of the impact creating a small crater for Murasa to lay in.
With the captain now taken out, Meiling rises from the crater and stares back towards Byakuren in the sky. A few trickles of blood are visible now under the gateguard's long hair, the anchor did have an effect on her. Meiling stumbles forward a few steps, dropping to one knee as she shakes her head. "Haaa, can't... focus..." she mumbles under her breath, before standing up to her proper height. With most of her energy spent, the gateguard reverts back to her usual easygoing form. "Byakuren-sama.. looks like you win. Old me can't fight anymore, vision's... blurry.." she calls out, forfeitting the match for Byakuren's team as she shakily wobbles out from the arena. "This is a major upset folks! Such a strong team taken out off the competition by the newcomers! Surely this day will be full of surprises!" Rinnosuke's announcement sounds across the plains before he congratulates Byakuren's team for their victory.
Confirming that Murasa is alive, Byakuren takes the captain to see Dr.Eirin before the next match. The good doctor uses her consummate skill to get Murasa back on her feet in no time. "I'm fine, I really am. Just a slight ache on my head." the captain assures Byakuren several times before they head towards the resting areas.
The following matches start to get longer and longer, Byakuren's team getting their earned rest, before an utterly loud bang wakes them from their peaceful lazing. Seeing the entire arena engulfed in a roaring fireball is quite a sight as they are heading into the night, the low light giving a spectacular lightshow that wasn't as visible during the day. "And another major upset caused by a newcomer team!!" Rinnosuke yells out, excited out of his shoes. "The Scarlet Sisters have been defeated by this team of undergrounders! This'll make for exciting and new rounds for the last two that are coming up!" Seeing Remilia and her partner exit the arena defeated gives Byakuren chills, not quite sure what to make of these newcomers.
An extended rest period ends soon, Byakuren and Murasa get up and enter the arena once more as they are called to action as the first team in the last remaining three battles. They now face the team that dropped Remilia out, a red-haired, slim-figured catgirl in a gothic lolita dress, surrounded by a few spirits of the dead. Her partner is a black-haired girl with a green-and-white dress, a strange-looking "eye" embedded under her neck. Her bodyshape is much more generous and plentiful than her partner's, a pair of black wings making her a bit bigger than she actually is. But she bears an eye-catching feature on her right arm, a long hexagonal tube that crackles with barely-controlled energy. "These two have proven themselves a worthy team as we head towards the future tournaments, their names remembered by all as they felled the all-powerful Scarlet Sisters after a long fight. Remember to look out for Okuu's atomic release, this is an absolutely devastating combination of cat and raven, Rin Kaenbyou and Utsuho Reiuji!
A. Focus on Utsuho, all-out attack
B. Focus on Rin, all-out attack
C. Focus on Utsuho, conservative strategy
D. Focus on Rin, conservative strategy
E. Something else?