When Riku stepped inside the radius, he grew strangely cold, quickly backing up out of simple instinct. He knew that feeling, having had his Heartless steal his body and fester in his heart. "This is bad." They couldn't take long, but they couldn't just jump into this one recklessly or risk hurting Sora badly.
Riku thought carefully, turning to the wiser world. He counted things off on his fingers. "I don't know what you got, but if we can cast some spells simultaneously it might help. Esuna and Zero Gravity cast into the darkness might help get the roots out of Sora more safely. Bind and Stop might keep it from spreading, but the spells don't last long. Poisoning it might affect the other shards, but it if it even works, it might poison Sora. Mini would be real useful, but I doubt it'd work. ...I'm hesitant to try Sleep. When I used it in the Realm of Sleep, it meant I'd also fall asleep faster. If that happens here, that could be seriously bad news. And if Kingdom Hearts nabs this piece of heart, it might also alert it to what's going on, and I don't want to think about what it'd do if it knows Xehanort's in this deep." It could force them to sleep at any time, and this would certainly be an incentive to.
"As far as simply taking it out as cleanly as possible, I could try to dispatch it with a single powerful slash." Zantetsuken required a lot of focused energy, and was draining, though graceful.
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Riku thought carefully, turning to the wiser world. He counted things off on his fingers. "I don't know what you got, but if we can cast some spells simultaneously it might help. Esuna and Zero Gravity cast into the darkness might help get the roots out of Sora more safely. Bind and Stop might keep it from spreading, but the spells don't last long. Poisoning it might affect the other shards, but it if it even works, it might poison Sora. Mini would be real useful, but I doubt it'd work. ...I'm hesitant to try Sleep. When I used it in the Realm of Sleep, it meant I'd also fall asleep faster. If that happens here, that could be seriously bad news. And if Kingdom Hearts nabs this piece of heart, it might also alert it to what's going on, and I don't want to think about what it'd do if it knows Xehanort's in this deep." It could force them to sleep at any time, and this would certainly be an incentive to.
"As far as simply taking it out as cleanly as possible, I could try to dispatch it with a single powerful slash." Zantetsuken required a lot of focused energy, and was draining, though graceful.