As we teleported out of the orb, We floated a good foot over the water. The Oddragon (OOC: i like Oddragon better than Odd Dragon, so that;s what i call it) preparing to strike at us. I thought and thought ... what can we possibly do to stop an oddragon?
Then it came to me! "Guys! The oddragon's weak point is it's eyes! It's almost completely invulnerable to magic-based attacks. Therefore we need a bit of physical power."
This seemed to entice Lammy, who had once boasted his quickness with fists and feet to us during a long walk. "Great," he said. "I think I'll be able to climb to it's head if someone can hold it still."
Two things happened to me simultaneously. Firstly, the oddragon struck me in the side of the head with its ominous tail, and I went reeling. I had barely landed when I felt a searing, burning pain erupt on my skin, and I knew I was on fire! The oddragon had taken advantage of our moment of silence and struck.
I had two options: Let myself fall into the water to cool the fire and drown, or I could stand and redirect the fire on my--what?
I was suddenly filled with the notion that I could manipulate the fire on my body and launch it at the dragon. Would it work?
I quickly climbed to my feet, no longer caring about the pain. The others were horrorstruck at my sudden injury. They were sitting ducks under the raging oddragon! "MOVE!" I cried. They came back to their senses in time to avoid a wave of fire spreading across from the oddragon's mouth towards them.
"Summon fire!" I called, and all the fire spreading away and it was concentrated into a small orb hanging nearby my right hand. But ... it wouldn't be enough to throw a ball of fire at the oddragon.
I managed to dodge a swinging claw as I calle to the others: "I have a plan! Blarg and Geeble, try to use your power to hold him in one place. Lammy and Saros, I need you to summon up elements like wind and fire to battle the oddragon's fire. Understand?"
As we were all dodging an onslaught of attacks, these sentences came out in jagged breaths. But I heard assent from all of my partners, and we could begin. I displaced the fire in my hand, and summoned the water beneath me.
A slight tug in my chest caught me off guard, but I still kept focus.
"Remember, aim for the eye!" I called.
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