Jerona: Lessons in Psychopomping

[Blaze]

The bass stops suddenly...

When the wall to the right of Jerona explodes out, revealing a horrible creature! It gives an unearthly wail and slashes at the shinigami!

[KonokoHasano]

Jerona, momentarily surprised, quickly dodges back from a claw and skids to a halt, lifting her scythe up and immediately playing a few notes. The music notes lift up, lighting on fire as they dance around the shinigami. "This will be an interesting challenge..."

[Blaze]

The beast circles Jerona, wary of the powers she was displaying. It bares it's teeth and roars, trying to draw her attention while it's tail snakes around and tries to knock her legs out from under her!

[KonokoHasano]

Some of the notes behind Jerona act upon her reflexes to combine and create a thick firewall to act as a shield against the tail as she rolls to the side, jumping back to her feet and playing her scythe some more.

More notes flow out of the instrument amongst the dramatic, yet somewhat quick music she was playing and combined to form a fierce looking dragon head made of fire that lashes out with its fangs at the beast!

[Blaze]

The beast snarls at the dragon head, taking it's attention off Jerona. Breathing deep, it opens is maw wide and exhales a greenish-purple cloud of toxic gas at the head! Anything the could touches instantly begins corroding as if exposed to battery acid!

[KonokoHasano]

Using this moment, Jerona -- having somehow disappeared from the spot she was in -- leaps into the air behind the beast with her scythe held up. The music notes condense around it and lengthen the blade, it pulsating with energy as she slashes at the creature's neck!

[Blaze]

The blade strikes true, cleaving through the beast's neck, it's head falling to the ground and exploding into a cloud of black vapour!The body flails around some, more vapour spilling out of the gaping wound and solidifying into another head, one that sneers at Jerona. Depite the obvious contempt, it looks a bit punch drunk now, unsteady on it's tail.

[KonokoHasano]

"... so you can regenerate, then? I wonder just how many times you can do that." She stares, not wanting to jump in quite yet. The new head seemed unsteady and unfocused, but it likely wasn't as simple as that.

"A test." She said, swinging the scythe, and sending an energy blade at the beast.

[Blaze]

The beast dodges the blade but only just! It makes a cut on it's neck that bleeds more black vapour, one that is slow in closing. Seems it is starting to slow down!

It gives a pain-fuller roar and shoots another blast of toxic smoke at Jerona!

[KonokoHasano]

Jerona leaps back from the smoke, not wanting to be a part of it. She then runs, attempting to get behind the creature!

[Blaze]

It follows Jerona, still firing it's toxic breath, a trail of corrosion following her! Eventually, it does stop to take another breath in, preparing another blast!

[KonokoHasano]

Dodging to and fro, Jerona keeps away from the mist as she continues to watch the beast, frowning and trying to look for an opening while staying away from the cloud. When it inhales, her eyes flash as she quickly plays some music. The musical notes float about around her before glowing and heading for the beast.

Once they reach it, they start spinning quickly around the head, creating an energy ring that closes in, in an effort to gag its mouth shut.

[Blaze]

The beast was just about to exhale as it's mouth is gagged! It tries to claw the ring away, clearly getting highly frustrated!

[KonokoHasano]

Taking her scythe, Jerona slashes towards where she figured the beast's heart was!

[Blaze]

The blade strikes true, sinking through the beast's scales and hitting... something. More black vapour spews out as the beast's form seems to become fuzzier, more vapour seeping off from it.

"Now! Point the tip of the blade of your scythe at it!" Yama calls out.