You charge into the fray, wondering just what you can do. You don't think that shocking the man made of lightning would work. Fireball's a good spell, but there's already been a fire here three years ago and you don't want to start another one. And while a lot of the buildings to the west are made of stone, and not very flammable, as opposed to the tents and canvas covering the games at midway, those buildings are also surrounded by dry, flammable plants. Plus, the buildings where the cattle are kept for the rodeo are made of wood and thus, very flammable.
Using Reflect seemed to work last time, but you don't want to rely on it working twice. And if punching him was going to work, then Starhammer would've knocked him out a while ago.
But there is one thing you could try. You haven't done it before, but if you formed a barrier around Nightmare, then he'd be pretty much trapped. From the looks of it, magic can in fact hurt him.
Nightmare shoots another bolt of lightning at Starhammer, and starts to bolt to the west. Starhammer follows him, and so do you.
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Starhammer grunts as he flies at Mr. Nightmare. He tries to create wormholes in front of Nightmare, to lure him back to the middle of the park, which has the least amount of people. but Nightmare avoids them right before he flies through. They head past the food court building, thank God. Starhammer saw some civvies barricade those doors out of the corner of his eye.
"HOWDY FOLKS! WHEN I'M TIRED FROM ENJOYING A DAY AT THE FAIR, I SIT DOWN FOR A NICE COLD DRINK AT THE FOOD COURT!"
Starhammer's thoughts were shaken by the booming voice of Texas Ted, the Fair's mascot. A 55 foot animatronic cowboy statue on a rotating platform that waves with its right arm, and gestures to parts of the park with the other.
"Well then... it's no Tower of Power, but..." Nightmare says. He shoots
But the lightning wizzes past Starhammer and hits Texas Ted. The fabric flannel shirt he's wearing catches quickly, and the plastic starts to melt off of his frame.
But with his focus on destroying a landmark, Nightmare failed to notice The Vigil coming on his flank. Or when the Vigilante reached out a hand and engulfed him in a magic barrier.
"Well, it's not a Rubber Cell, but I think it'll do for now." The Vigilante says. The Vigil sounded like a man, maybe a few years younger than him.
"It better" Starhammer said. A freezing beam later, and the fire was put out, only for half of Texas Ted's torso and face to be burnt, revealing the metal underneath. They'd have to repair it, but at least its still standing, he thought with some relief.
Mr. Nightmare's eyes widened as he realized what was going on. He aggressively strums his guitar. The barrier muffles the sound, but it ripples when the soundwaves hit it. When it sunk in that it didn't work, Nightmare starts... hyperventilating. He turned into electricity and slammed into the barrier again, bouncing around like a mad pinball. But your barrier is holding for now. "No NO!NO!NO!NO!NO!NO!NO!" He screamed from inside the barrier, pounding it with his fist. "NO! FUCK NO! I'M NOT GONNA LET SOME OPENING ACT CAPTURE ME LIKE SOME SORT OF ANIMAL! I AM NOT GOING DOWN LIKE SOME FUCKIN'-" He slammed into the barrier again, causing spiderwebs to form in it. The cracks disappear, but they're replaced with new ones as Nightmare's electrified form slams into it again.
"Is it gonna hold?" Starhammer asks. He's already is getting ready to fight again. Hopefully, when that Containment Cell arrives, he can pop a wormhole and trap Nightmare inside.
"Yeah." The Vigil says confidently.
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"Yeah" You say, hopefully sounding more confident than you are.
You're already getting ready to throw a fireball at him the second he breaks out. There's grass surrounding the auto show buildings to the west, and the Magnolia Lounge to the south... still has people in it. What the fuck? There's some idiot filming from a window in a wooden bar with someone that shoots lightning!
Fucking idiot!
At least someone who is evacuating is yelling at him, presumably to run, while they're heading for an exit.
Still, back to what you're doing, as long as he's right in front of you, and this area is just concrete, you think you can avoid any collateral damage.
Mr. Nightmare bursts out of the barrier with a final charge. Both you and Starhammer attack him as he emerges. You throwing a fireball, him firing a Frost Beam. Of course, Nightmare phases into electricity and shoots out of the way. You can't tell if you hit him or not. But when Nightmare shifts back into human form a few feet away before he falls to the ground. By now, large patches of his body are just... gone. Parts of his arms and legs, a portion of his torso, even an eye are just gone, black smoke billowing out of the holes, obscuring what is there. When electricity arcs out of him, his entire body twitches in an unnatural manner. And if that wasn't enough, parts of him are still on fire.
But Starhammer shoots another beam of entropy at him before he can get up, quickly encasing his body in ice. As he does, the park is quite, much quieter than you've ever heard it. There's just hard breathing, yours and Starhammer's. Nightmare, for his part, looks like he's vibrating inside of the ice. You don't know if it will hold, but at least you have a breather. Your hands are starting to go numb.
"Well, here's hoping that-" He starts before stopping himself. "Nope. Not gonna say it. Containment's about 2 minutes out." He says before turning back to Nightmare. "No yourself a favor and just stay there.
"I don't think he's gonna listen." You say, already hefting up your sword and shield.
"Well, I need to at least be able to say I gave him a chance" Starhammer says grimly.
The ice coating shatters, sending large chunks of ice flying all over. One hits your armored torso and breaks. Three hit the closer Starhammer, once in the torso, and once bouncing off of his head. Nightmare charges past him letting out an unholy howl. He swings his guitar at you like a real axe and you duck to avoid it.
"Got ya now!" He aims his guitar at you, point blank. You feel your hair stand up on end before a discharge of electricity. You uppercut the guitar with your shield, and you hear a resounding *crack* of snapping plastic. You've sent the top third of the guitar's neck, strings and all, flying through the air with your uppercut.
A huge burst of lightning blasts out of the now-broken guitar. It shoots into the sky, over the park illuminating the night sky.
Mr. Nightmare, for his part, looks at the neck, mouth agape, muttering "no" under his breath.
[] Try to trap him in a barrier again. It looked like it was working before.
[] Summon a fireball in your hand and punch him.
[] Write in.
HP: 20/20
FP: 6/10
Starhammer
HP: 22/25
FP: 5/12
HP: ?/??
FP ?/??
