The beast rumbled an electronic growl and set himself as Jazz set up a casual next step, tossing down a seed and leaving it unattended; Riccio didn't wait. With a crack of lightning and sparks, the beast moved, crossing the space between them in a flash of stretching lines and gold-on-black static. His form phased like a bolt of energy, crossing back and forth through Jazz's position twice more in a flurry and each timen the hare felt what would have been a scouring storm of electrical stings, if not for his intangible form. The assault wasn't over, however, and as the beast came into sight again he slammed his paws down into the metal and leapt up.
The ground seemed to convulse and pulse with him; a dull thump that lifted from the asteroid itself along with Riccio's jump. Terrain buckled, shooting sheer spires of metal upward in a storm of black lances that threw Jazz and his seed into the air along with the rising beast. Golden strands of light shot up the metal extensions then burst into crackling lightning and lit up the starry space in a storm of energy that had Riccio at its core. Jazz was able, just to twist and angle in the midst of the disorienting throw; a couple of bolts passed through him harmlessly, but in the midst of it the last of his shadows fell away and the hare was left dodging the erratic bolts with just his impressive aerial acrobatics to keep him safe.
In the midst of this rising forest of tesla spires, a different shape snaked upwards; Jazz's dragon rose through the electrified tethers and the erratic tendrils of sparking electricity to spread its frosty breath across the high-flung seed and over the beast himself. The seed burst a moment later, sending a blast of wooden stakes out from it and into the beast as he reached the arc of his leap. Each shot struck and in glimpses, Jazz was rewarded by shunted flinched from the creature, knocking him slightly off his arc.
The static growl became a crackling howl, however, as golden tendrils of circuit stretched and meshed behind the the beast and he kicked off them, righting himself into a looming shape of storming thunder above Jazz, both fore claws raised and wreathed in lightning. Gravity was growing more insistent, and the Asteroid pulsed again. Between one moment and the next the light low gravity inverted and bunny, beast and all came crashing down in a clap of breaking thunder that was enough to drown the senses. Despite this, Jazz was still able to shift himself just enough to avoid the crushing landing; he landed safely, just in time to avoid being flattened and rent by the beast's strike, but Riccio landed with an absolute impact the shook the asteroid a second time, and his claws sunk in.
The ground rippled and fell away, folding down and under, inward on itself as Riccio seemingly tore it open with his landing. An expanding fractal pattern widened as the land vanished and a moment later they were falling again. Above, Jazz could see the starlight and open space receding again behind him – the same ordered pattern that had collapsed the ground was rapidly closing in on itself again, first with the golden circuits, and then with the more imposing black metal filling in the gaps. All around, golden lines glowed and crackled, and down below the glow was stronger still, but for the moment they were falling through seemingly open space. Across from him, maybe twenty feet away, Riccio was the brightest source of light – a small meteor descending towards the core of the asteroid in a claws-first free fall. He looked to be falling with deliberate control, but even so, Jazz could see the flecks of corrosive poison still lingering in his spines and around his limbs, and the creeping frost still clung to the beast as well, for now. The sense of electric static in the air was rising as they fell towards the centre of the asteroid, and Jazz could feel his fur trying to stand in response to it.
-=Beast-hunting Hare =-
Jazz.Exe: 185Hp [High Altitude (falling in open space)][Imbue Wood: 3 Charges]
-=The Solitary Thunder=-
Riccio: 3965Hp [High Altitude (falling in open space)][Poison(15)][Freeze!(1)]
-=Lost Asteroid=-
100% Black Magnet
- Non-Elec Elementals get -30% Evasion, and 50% (+/- 25% RP) chance to fail movement off the panel.
- Only Elec Elementals can burrow.
- Wood attacks: Change terrain hit to Normal.
- PanelShot: Imbue Elec + Seeking.
Terrain looks like a large, spacious cavern at this point - though details are hard to make out at the moment. The space is lit by an electric glow, coming mostly from Riccio, but also from the lacing of golden circuitry that runs through the whole area, creating an eerie pulsing effect.
Black Magnet: Magnet surface created exclusively by Riccio, the solitary thunder. Acts in all ways like normal magnet terrain, with the exception that it cannot be burrowed into, even by elec types. It also resists terrain changes, and has one instance of terrain protection, which is consumed the first time a panel would otherwise change.
Field Effect: Charged Air: Electric element AoEs are increased in coverage by one rank, and single target electric attacks gain the ability to jump to a single other target for free, but non-melee electrical attacks are decreased in accuracy by one rank as the charged air creates diffusion.