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[Jun lifts his arm to cover himself as Ifrit blows red smoke over them with his sword. He lowers his sword once it passes, curious at the lack of pain. But it's not hard to piece together what happened as the other people around him begin worshipping the beast, grimacing]

Tch, so a thralling ability... [it does seem Rose is unaffected, and since she had to have survived through this memory] Rose, we need to take it out!

[How pesky. Well, he knows there's no point hanging near these people. They might decide to try to restrain them to their lord. So he's going to dart ahead, towards the beast, with every intent to attack. Whether Rose follows him or not? Is up to her.]

[Rose takes another moment to process what’s happening. As far as she can tell, she’s still herself, and “Lord” Ifrit is kind of a dick. That’s enough of an argument against her being tempered. As for the rest of it...]

What!? I can’t! I—-

[“might have fought before, but this is different! This is a primal!” is what she wants to say, but she can’t get the words out. And then it slowly dawns on her.]

[If she doesn’t fight now, she’s going to die. She should have stayed home—-that part feels like a given. But if she ever wants to see home again, she needs to survive. She picks up her staff, and leaps in after Jun, doing her best to stay behind him.]

I’ll do what I can. But don’t expect much.

[It's fortunate that Jun knows this is a memory. He knows that this is a younger Rose, that somehow she survived through this night. So it's easy to reassure]

Just fight as hard as you can! You'll be fine!

[And that's as much pep talk as he can manage. As he charges forward, he uses his vision to form a lance made of stone, launching it at Ifrit before leaping high to strike with his own sword. The speed and way he moves exceeds any normal human capabilities, but he's still fighting a Primal so you know. Definitely going to need Rose's help here]

[It is fortunate that Jun knows this is a memory, because nothing that Rose has shown so far has hinted on her actually being able to survive this encounter. The fact that she's still alive is probably a miracle, in and of itself.]

[Rose catches sight of what Jun is doing, and begins to channel her magic. There's not much she can do now, only heal wounds and conjure rocks and wind. But it is something, and so she concentrates as hard as she can and materializes as many rocks as possible. It's not much, but it should do something, even if that something is just giving Jun an opening to attack as she hurls rocks at Ifrit.]

Try now!

[It's okay Rose, he's not going to judge you for your skills here. Instead he's just going to keep focusing on getting through this memory in one piece, but he's had enough of reliving dying through these memories.

Her throwing rocks does serve to distract the beast, as it tries to focus on both fo them at once. It gives enough an opening for Jun to propel himself in the air to get close enough to hit]

Now die!

[He'll yell out as he stabs the sword into the primal. It'll hurt the beast for sure, but this is a primal- so it probably takes more to actually kill it]

[It may not be enough to kill it, but it’s certainly enough to injure it. Ifrit isn’t used to fighting, and so each hit that connects does a fair bit of damage to the beast.]

[Ifrit screams in pain, and summons a series of small pillars throughout the arena. Are these the source of his power? Rose looks around, confused.]

Blast! What now?

[Jun looks around, using his elemental sight. Yep. Full of fire elemental- and the power is being pulled to Ifrit]

He's gaining powers from the pillars! Can you destroy some while I distract him?

No promises, but I can try!

['Try' being the operative word. Much like her counterpart in Mondstadt, Rose is a healer. She doesn't have skills for doing large amounts of damage. Her capabilities for harming things right now are limited to: 1) throw rocks, and 2) summon wind around things.]

[And yet somehow, somehow, she makes it work. She doesn't make quick work of the pillars, but she is able to destroy them after a little bit of time. Once she's done, she turns towards Jun, who has been keeping Ifrit's attention.]

Now! He should be weak.

[Probably? Who knows how this works.]

[He meanwhile does his best to keep Ifrit distracted, sometimes glancing to see her progress. He knew she was more capable than she thought she was. Sometimes you just need a littl push

And when the final pillar goes down? He gives a nod at her]

Alright! [He jumps back, holding his hand out as he channels his vision]

Now die! [There's a surge of geo energy, shortly before a rain of small meteors fill the sky and start pelting Ifrit ]