''Ki-'' The zombie looked absentmindedly at its gun as Yusuke slapped it out of their hand. More zombies tried to rush to its aid, but Yusuke was too fast for them and quickly changed targets to intercept the Shipwreck's face when it appeared on the ceiling. ''AHOY!'' It cried as he punched it in the eye, a spider web of cracks forming where his fist had connected. The face gently shook from side to side, but it was clear that it didn't have the means to shake Yusuke off of it. The intense, red spotlight that had been burning up Elias would all at once feel like it was fading, and as he formed his threaded spear he would be able to see the color slowly return to his skin where it had once turned a withered gray. The Nomu Shipwreck howled in pain as Elias's spear pierced its other eye, cracks and even bits of red gemstone falling out of its socket and onto the deck as it writhed. While Yusuke continued to punch its eye and it couldn't shake him off entirely, it still chose to focus its gaze on him, or whatever was left of it, to try and turn him into one of its zombies.

The marching horde of zombie pirates stared at Nox blankly. For every one she cut down, five more took their place. While some of them definitely looked like their former allies, strangers were starting to show up too, and some of them hadn't been dressed up as pirates like the others, but were instead wearing something that resembled test subject uniforms. Nevertheless, the zombies continued to attack her, their advance relentless and seemingly unbeatable, until Nox combined her swords into one massive greatsword. Although the zombies had appeared unfeeling and uncaring up until now, the pure display of power caused them all to halt and watch her carefully.

With a swing of her sword, a whirlwind of blood and fire surrounded Nox as she cut down the zombies in even greater numbers than before. Slowly but surely, their numbers started to dwindle. Finally, a single zombie stood before Nox, dropping his weapon as tears seemed to fill his eyes. ''Kill...'' The zombie sat down and bowed before Nox, trying to show he didn't mean any harm. ''Kill...'' His words grew more desperate as he stood back up and pointed to the door that led to the Captain's Quarters, freely opening the door for Nox. A couple of other zombies were trying to lead Elias to the same door while Yusuke continued to fight the giant face.

''Kill...'' The zombies said anxiously, hovering by the door nervously as if they couldn't advance any further. Inside the quarters looked relatively normal, except on the desk a computer screen sat with the single image of a regular woman on display. The woman wasn't anyone the trio would recognize, but she looked like an ordinary civilian. She was holding a book and smiling proudly, seemingly celebrating a special occasion. Then the computer pulsated, and so did the long, thick cables that connected to it. Then it pulsated again and again to the same rhythm, like a beating heart.

The Shipwreck

TL;DR:
- Yusuke narrowly avoids getting shot, saves Elias from zombification
- Through their combined efforts, Elias and Yusuke take out the Nomu's glowing eyes, although the Nomu tries to turn Yusuke with whatever is left of its power to get him off its face
- Nox effortlessly cuts through the horde of zombies. Some of the remaining zombies appear to surrender and try to lead Nox and Elias to the Captain's Quarters, where a mysterious computer sits, beating and pulsating like a human heart
- ...AHOY?

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OOC: Welcome to the Shipwreck boss battle thread! This thread will be running for 4 - 5 rounds. As we get into it I want to go over some ground rules!

- Please post at least once per round
- You get one skip where your character sit a round out, but using a second skip will result in your character being ineligible for event rewards
- Please include a TL;DR at the end of your post! <3
- If you need inspiration or life is getting busy and keeping you from posting, please reach out to me in my DMs! (Fanthes on the discord)
- Have fun and AHOY!

The Shipwreck Nomu creaked as it shifted in place, swiping at the trio with one of its long spindly arms to try and swat them out of the air. Fortunately, thanks to their combined efforts they managed to pass it by and head straight for the drawbridge stomach. Just when it looked like they weren't going to shrink, all three would feel something change in their bodies, as they shrunk down in the blink of an eye and appeared inside the Nomu.

''Kill, kill...'' More pirates from outside turned towards the Nomu while it stood there in disbelief. ''A...Ahoy?'' Although the Nomu was incapable of real, human expression, it still looked dumbfounded. Moments later its face petrified and turned to stone, its red eyes withering away.

In an instant the trio found themselves inside the Nomu, shrunken down to be the same size as the zombie pirates that occupied it. If it wasn't for the holes and the drawbridge it would have been hard to tell they weren't on an actual wooden ship, but inside of a living creature. Two zombie pirates immediately descended on the group, but were cut down by Nox's flaming swords before they could ambush anyone. However, more zombies soon took their place, as they appeared to try to block the path to the Captain's Quarters. ''Kill...'' Another zombie raised a gun at Yusuke and tried to shoot him, now that he was no longer in the air.

Ever fearless, the zombie pirates raised their swords at Nox and began marching forward, intending to try to overwhelm her by wearing her down with sheer numbers. In that same moment, something appeared to writhe and mutate on the ceiling, flesh and wood slowly taking shape as the Nomu's face reformed, red glowing eyes looming ominously over the group. With a blink of its eyes the Nomu shifted its gaze towards Elias, having taken note of his spinning thread wall moments prior. As if put under a heat lamp, a red spotlight would engulf Elias, filling his body with intense pain and slowly turning his skin gray like that of the pirates, should he choose to remain in one place. Wherever he moved, the Nomu would try to follow him with its eyes. ''AHOY!''

The Shipwreck

TL;DR:
- The trio shrink and successfully make it inside the Shipwreck Nomu
- More zombie pirates try to shoot Yusuke while he's on the ground
- Undeterred by Nox's skills with her fiery katanas, the zombies attack her and try to overwhelm her with numbers
- The Shipwreck Nomu's face manifests on the ceiling inside its own body. It looks at Elias and targets him with its Red Gaze, trying to turn him into one of its zombies

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OOC: Welcome to the Shipwreck boss battle thread! This thread will be running for 4 - 5 rounds. As we get into it I want to go over some ground rules!

- Please post at least once per round
- You get one skip where your character sit a round out, but using a second skip will result in your character being ineligible for event rewards
- Please include a TL;DR at the end of your post! <3
- If you need inspiration or life is getting busy and keeping you from posting, please reach out to me in my DMs! (Fanthes on the discord)
- Have fun and AHOY!