Ari/Gillian/Ash/Ceres/Ophion
Gillian shook the "blood" from her katana before re-sheathing her blade (for even in the heat of battle there was a necessity toward proper sword form--a samurai's telltale pride of skill), offering up a wordless sign of acknowledgement to Uppsala's call from the other side. Switching out weapons again was a risk that left her vulnerable to attack, however, and her sizable opponent had no reason to hesitate so far. The beast lunged downward, intent on ramming into the samurai with the full weight and force of its enormous body--crush and devour.
Dodging it would've been much easier out of armor.
She rolled away from its jaws at barely the last moment, the intricately designed spaulder on her right shoulder snapped apart by the beast's teeth. Gillian managed to break herself free and move away, but the large section of armor was gone now, leaving only ripped cloth and bloodied skin underneath. Chiaro's song from earlier, the healing affects of Regen, did its work to mend the wounds, and she remembered once again how useful the bard could be.
There wasn't any time to waste on thanks now, however, and the samurai reached around for her bow in an instant. Aiming at the crystals above the beast, Gillian put Bravery and Haste to good use and unleashed a damaging barrage of arrows on the ceiling.