"Thanks," she whispered back, sliding the potion into the sleeve of her kimono. Not the most convenient place, perhaps, but nevertheless still faster than retrieving items from the inventory. Idly tapping two fingers against her forehead as they followed the Speaker, Amane read the small UI that appeared.
A potion of stamina, huh? It was particularly thoughtful — if there was anything that she feared most in combat, it was running out of energy. Even her preferred fighting style of dual-wielding battle trinkets was testament to that fact. There was nothing worse than being rendered useless in a party, unable to do anything for fear of risking a mind-down. The mage would honestly rather be in critical health.
She watched with trepidation as the wheel was brought up, listening carefully as the Speaker explained the rules of the battles. It seemed pretty straightforward, though she wondered what the heavy feeling she had felt when they had first entered was all about. Unfortunately, before she could speculate much about it, it had faded soon after, leaving her with nothing but half-formed guesses. Ah well, it was probably nothing more than a side-effect of the portal, Amane thought, brushing it off to the back of her mind.
"It makes the most sense for you to spin it," the felis agreed after Harveste had said her piece, turning towards Roland. Giving him a slight grin, she continued.
"After all, you'll be taking the most damage out of all of us. So its only fair that you pick your own poison, so to speak~" With that said, as Roland stepped forwards and jerked the wheel, her breath caught in her throat, body tensing as the wheel spun and spun and...fell promptly on one of the three darkest bands in the whole circle.
Trust Roland to roll one of the strongest enemies right off the bat, Amane thought, staring at the board with part amusement, and part abject horror. If the Speaker outclassed them so utterly, who knew what was considered 'dangerous' in a place like this? At least she seems to be honourable, the felis consoled herself, though she hadn't quite relinquished all of her previous suspicious. If so, the worse they would probably suffer should they lose was a blow to their pride. And Roland's prize and contact with those light spirits, of course, but that was a small price to pay for retaining their lives. Provided the lady was telling the truth, but her no-nonsense way of speaking didn't give Amane the impressions that she was the type to fib. Still, if the worst occurred, the felis made a mental note never to let Roland live this down.
Observing the sketch that covered the section of the wheel Roland had spun it to, it looked like the fight would be against a single creature. Likely advantageous for them, since they only had one tank, and neither Harveste nor herself could take much damage, if the light armour the other support had don was anything to go by. But just how deadly did one monster have to be in order to warrant the highest difficulty rating? The sketches on the other two maroon sections were all parties of three — to have one creature that ranked the same as a three-man effort didn't bode well to her.
At first glance it looked like it possessed a dragon's head, but its mandibles gave it a rather insectoid look, and when combined with its multiple incisors growing at odd angles in its mouth it resembled a sort of eldritch horror. Certainly like nothing that Amane had seen in the game so far. Behind it's head was a mass that could have been a thick arm or tail...but judging by how it was positioned, the more she looked at it, the more sure she became that it was in fact a wing. And if it could fly...
"I'll buff then," she decided, quickly chanting a spell under her breath. If successful, a light would swell beneath her feet before dispersing, tiny holographic wings attached to Roland's, Harveste's, and her own feet appearing, the appendages fluttering occasionally. It wouldn't let them fly, of course, but it would provide a boost in mobility if the spell worked as it should. And though they would never be able to match a creature that could take to the air, being faster should hopefully make them less of a sitting duck.
OOC: Amane used a mobility buff on the three of them!
@Snide,
@Roland Rutledge,
@Harveste
