[IC] TotMV:G2: The Battered Hero

[Yours Truly]

(Solomon casts Maniacal Laughter on self, healing 1d6+INT damage)

As yet another lightning bolt struck Solomon, he wondered what set of circumstances led to him failing so horribly at this VR thing, I mean come on, the woman playing the AI taunted an inanimate object, I mean seriously? You don't trash talk a piece of machinery, it doesn't have an actual mind of it's own, it is literally telling a hunk of cold steel with an extremely advanced generator that he would have loved to get his hands on if this was you know, the real world; that it may or may not be cheaply made, and so he laughed at the ridiculousness of it all, as he channeled just a tiny bit of magic to ignore his current physical limitations, there might be hell to pay later, but who really gives a toss about that when somebody is trying to kill you.

[Aurorix]

Jade O'Duffle (20/33) (Stunned & Electrocuted 2 turns) (3/6 Cryo-Rounds)

 

Jade felt the harsh sting of the electricity coarses through his body as he was struck. The shock so great paralyzed him for a bit and he was unable to dodge out of the way of the armor's attack. The only thing he can do right now is try to regain his barrings on the battle.

 

Jade is Stunned This Turn and Tries to Get Back Into Action

[Zetaark]

Eon: 13/33

 

Well that was something, Eon thought to himself as the machine sparked up in response to a book thrown at it. Not wanting to stay injured long term, he decided to use the potion he had acquired beforehand.

 

Uses Potion

[Strider]

Well...This is going quite poorly. Nothing left to do but keep fighting, I guess...

 

 

Weld on Robot Arm L. If Arm L is destroyed, Weld on the suit of armor, or whatever comes out of it.

Edited January 12, 2017 by Strider

[Raindrop Valkyrie]

Snow, The Lady Ashford.

 

I'm not sure quite what's happening... but something isn't right here. Snow thought to herself. After watching the fight more closely, the way all of these events were occurring was... strange to say the least. At certain times, pieces of the armour would move and activate. All times they'd sit all but still. Something was happening but she'd yet to catch a glimpse of what it was. She'd grit her teeth if she had them.

 

She made an effort to focus on watching the foes they were fighting and see if she could pick out anything out of the ordinary, in their movements or if she could catch what was happening. She knew without a doubt Crimson would've known what was happening alreasy. His mind just had a brilliant streak for battle strategy. She missed having that quite often as it proved invaluable in the war against the Faceless One and his demonic scales. However, she'd have to fly on her own here, at least until these folk proved their worth.

 

Use Windstep, Basic Defense,while intentely focusing on ascertaining the enemy strategy.

[rustytengo]

Bridgett still dizzy watched the fight unfold as she kinda just floated above it with her shield up. It wasn't going to well. Though part of the group seemed to have the reactor and its arms under control. The Suits of armor where still giving  plenty of problems. 

 

"Somethings not right with those armor." She talked to herself as she floated above "Analyses complete My Lady." Mornings Arrow chimed. "The entity switched to another armor after the first was damaged."  " So that's it, Hmm.... It doesn't look like anyone else has caught on."

 

"I need to let everyone know i don't know if everyone can hear telepathy...."Bridgett thought to herself. Driven by either the need to help her allies or maybe that stuff the strange man gave. She took a deep breath. And Yelled out as loud as she could to get over the fighting

 

"Everyone whatever is moving the armor keeps switching to another suit of armor when they get damaged. Hit The stuff that comes out." She called out  as she pointed Mornings Arrow at the suit firing a beam at it trying to hit whatever was on the inside.

 

(Bridgett uses Shoot!!!(1d8+SYN) on the thing inside the armor if she can)

 

 

[Code: PIRULUK]

Kagari tapped on Apocalypse Collider.

 

"Hello? Anyone there? I said to change my damn clothes."

 

Patience, monster. There was some kind of interference. It's gone now. Initiating change.

 

"Thank you. How Kagari put up with you, I'll never understand."

 

Kagari didn't ingest my previous wielder.

 

"I already said, there were aggravating circumstances."

 

Like your hunger?

 

"Like- you know what? Fuck that. I'm not arguing with a mic."

 

Why do I help you transform again?

 

"Contract."

 

...Dammit.

 

While Kagari was arguing with her microphone, the transformation completed, leaving her dressed in her idol garb.

 

Kagari Transforms into Idol Form. Heal 20% hp, DEX and SYN are switched.

[Shamitako]

Katsuo 27/33, Bloody (-4INT)

 

Even in his enraged and partially mindless state, Katsuo still felt the sting attached to being struck for the first time in a battle. Pain didn't effect him quite like others, not in this state, but it was still a recognizable signal to his brain. Pain was the signal that meant he hadn't been hitting hard enough. He became disoriented and angry, he needed to hit it harder. In his fit of rage he swung at the nearest enemy, which had now become the reactor. Having lost touch with his weapon, his swing was backed only by brute force

 

Basic Attack on Reactor (negative INT)

[LucidRain]

Visrii Lutheim, 27/33 HP

 

Visrii swept upward at the Reactor, damaging it for a fair amount, but left him open for attack.

He heard a clashing sound behind him, and he quickly whirled around; only to suffer a blow to his side by the pirouetting armour. Blood splattered, but luckily it was a slight wound; he was better off than many of the other members anyway. 

"Urgh, shit." Visrii growled. "I thought we killed that thing!"

He quickly closed the gap between him and the reactor and slashed at the armour. 

 

Sharp Sweep on Armour B. (2d4+DEX*1.25, Pass 75% RES)

[Sutoratosu]

Aurora uses Mending Ray (1d4+Syn HP restored, 1 status ailment cured) on Hikari (if she croaks before, use Mending Ray on Kagari instead)

[Stalkerkain]

Reave (1d10 + INT) on Robotic Arm (L).

If Robotic Arm (L) dies, target the Reactor

[ElfCollaborator]

Tower Stance on Hikari

[Chevaleresse]

Jade recovers from his stun. He takes [8] lightning damage.

 

Hikari quaffs a potion.

 

Kurosawa administers her own potion to Hikari. 

 

The armor's shield drops. It goes for a leaping slash at Venus, striking him for [15] damage.

 

Jesse snaps off a quick shot at the remaining arm for [3] damage. It shakes. 

 

Kagari probably goes through some fancy sequence involving random nudity that's conveniently censored by hair, ambient light, or camera angles, and transforms into her Magical Idol form, healing for [6] HP.

 

Snow prepares to dodge. Her frost inflicts [2] more damage to the arm.

 

Theodore attempts to set up a resonance against "enemies," and this rather vague action fails.

 

Solomon laughs maniacally while mocking his teammates for not being able to figure out an encounter that he, himself, has also been utterly unable to solve. Ego healed for [7] health.

 

The armor goes for another whirling assault, this one targeting Alexandria, the Hellfire Knight, Venus, Visrii, Magna, and Snow for [2], [4], [9], [11], [8], and [0] damage.

 

Aurora mends Jade magically for [6] health.

 

Sachi enters a guarding stance over Hikari, halving the damage both of them take.

 

Visrii gathers his strength after letting off an invective or two, then cuts at the possessed armor for [11] damage. A dark essence flows out from the gash in the armor, blowing past Visrii and filling him with a brief sense of utter dread but not harming him. The gaseous substance congeals into a purplish-black ball with two glowing yellow eyes, with red lines streaking across its surface that form themselves into ropelike appendages. That same black-and-red heart emblem is located where one would think the mouth would me; while it doesn't seem to have facial expressions, the Heartless looks to be quite startled by this development, tentacles flailing. 

 

Venus fires a precise bullet in the direction of the armor as it falls, striking the creature for [44] damage. 

 

Katsuo smashes at the reactor for [1] damage.

 

Kyle tosses a grenade into the machine, which explodes for [0] damage to the arm and [1] damage to the Possessor. The reactor bounces the shrapnel back at him for [0] damage before the barrier vanishes.

 

Bridgett fires magical arrows into the creature, anticipating its presence, for [6] damage.

 

Edmond welds the arm for [0] damage. The next hit will deal [8] additional damage. 

 

The possessor flails ineffectually, but begins to drift toward the reactor. . .

 

Mar fractures the reactor, dealing [0] damage but obtaining a Magitek Reactor shard. 

 

Magna strikes the reactor with her scythe for [8] damage.

 

Hiroki sends another wave of plasma outward, dealing [9] damage to the remaining arm, [8] damage to the reactor, and [12] to the Possessor. The shimmering shield reappears.

 

Eon quaffs a potion. 

 

Alexanria begins charging her cannon!

 

The reactor hums. 

 

Initiative

 

Jade O'Duffle: 23

Takino Hikari: 23
Izumi Kurosawa: 21
Possessor: 20
Jesse: 20
Koizumi Kagari: 19
Snow Ashford: 18
Theodore Murphy: 18
Solomon D.R.: 17
Possessor: 15
Aurora: 13
Sachi Honda: 13
Visrii Lutheim: 11
Possessor: 10
Venus Tireur: 8
Himura Katsuo: 7
Kyle Johnson: 7
Bridgett Myth: 6
Possessor: 5
Mar: 4
Edmond Cooper: 4
Magna Sigyl: 2
Hellfire Knight: 1
Eon: 0
Alexandria: 0*

Party Status

 

Jade O'Duffle: 18/33, Recovering from stun
Takino Hikari: 21/33, Tower Stance
Izumi Kurosawa: 24/32 HP
Jesse: 14/32 HP
Koizumi Kagari: 8/31 HP, Transformed
Snow Ashford: Healthy
Theodore Murphy: Healthy
Solomon D.R.: 10/33
Aurora: 31/31 HP
Sachi Honda: Healthy, Tower Stance (ends next turn)
Visrii Lutheim: 16/33
Venus Tireur: 4/33
Himura Katsuo: 27/33
Kyle Johnson: 29/32, 
Bridgett Myth: ?? HP, Obscured Health, +2 RES, -2 Damage
Mar: 28/33 HP, +1 STR/CON, -1 INT/DEX
Edmond Cooper: 30/32 HP
Magna Sigyl: 23/31 HP
Hellfire Knight: 26/35 HP, +5 SYN (1 turns remaining)
Eon: 23/33 HP
Alexandria: 33/35 HP

Enemy Status:

 

Robot Arm L: Cracked Open
Robot Arm R: Destroyed
Suit of Armor A: Destroyed
Suit of Armor B: Destroyed
Reactor: Badly Damaged
Possessor: Badly Wounded

[Twinwolf]

Heal Venus with Dia

Edited January 19, 2017 by Twinwolf

[kj1225]

Kyle blasts the possessor with his shotgun. He foolows this up with a rather odd action. He speaks.

"Keep the girls away from that thing and for gods sake, don't let it touch the damn machine."

[S34N1C]

Theodore

 

Basic Attack the Possessor

 

Edited January 19, 2017 by S34N1C

[Hal Henderics]

"HAH!"

 

Mar leaps off of the machine, directly towards the possessor, he takes out his Twilit Magic Shard attempts to tackle it to the ground, leveraging pressure to Perform Bop Fracture on the Twilit Magic Shard to open a magical Crack in the Magic to force the Possessor Inside.

Edited January 20, 2017 by Hal Henderics

[DragonRage]

Alexandria aims her plasma cannon in the general direction of her enemies, and fires a blinding, white beam of fiery death, sweeping it across each enemy in turn.  The heat bloom leaves her right side glowing a dull orange, and fuses the area under her feet into glass.  Something bounces off her armor with a 'ping', but fails to do enough damage to attract her attention.

Edited January 20, 2017 by Zoe_Walker

[kj1225]

Kyle turns and looks Alexandria over fore a second. Then with a smirk he opens his mouth.

"Damn, that was hot."

[Twinwolf]

Hikari stifles a laugh at the pun, trying to focus on her healing spell.

[Aurorix]

Jade O'Duffle (18/33) (Electrocuted 1 turn) (3/6 Cryo-Rounds)

 

Still feeling the shock but able to move his body Jade Aims towards the reactor ad hopefully destroy it.

 

Aim to Kill on the Reactor (1d6 + Dex + (-1 initiation))

[Ragnar]

Jesse(14/32)

 

"well, This has been a target rich environment, i hope this one doesn't notice me like the last time i use one of my special bullets.." The sniper takes aim at Possessor.

"Whatever you're planning, Save it.." Jesse pulls the trigger and fires a silencing bullet at the Possessor. Uses Shhhhhhhhhhhh! Silence! (1d8+dex+int)+ silencing effect.

 

[Noir]

Venus

 

You imprecated imbecile.....Venus was displeased that Visrii had stolen his show, having destroyed the work of art that he had prepared so fastidiously. He had also received too much damage in the trade utilizing his final shot, which, to his mild compensation, had struck the, reminiscent of the countless, atypical heartless he had originally destroyed. He sighed in exasperation that his plans had went out terribly -- nothing in his current state went right, all because of that stupid redhead underhandedly taking away what was rightfully his. To make matters worse, he had exhausted all his current bullets in his magazine, and Whisper was an instrument that took time to prepare. Horrible, he whispered to himself. Just horrible. Perhaps it could've ended up a lot worse, but he knew he didn't deserve this.

 

Venus, struggling with his injuries and panting for breath, begins to reload and prepare Whisper to be able to participate in the next turn. [Flaw, Preparation; Venus cannot take action this turn. Due to being able to kill any target within four turns (thanks for the dumb KS Visrii), Quaternary Art is also disabled for the rest of the fight.]

[LucidRain]

Visrii Lutheim, 16/33 HP

 

The armour slashed yet again at his side, Visrii rolling precariously under the swipe. But the armour suddenly switched its grip, and Visrii felt pain raking down his leg. 

A feint!  Visrii recovered quickly, and pivoting on his good leg, slammed into the armour whilst it was winding into another attack.

It staggered a little, but it stoutly attempted to raise its shield. "Too late." Visrii growled and planted his halberd into its helm before it could organise its defences, bringing an end to its misendeavours.

 

Visrii was about to turn away, when black smoke rushed out at him from the battered armour.

As his visions were clouded by the fog, echoes rang from the distance, like the ghosts of children singing impossibly high at midnight.

The most haunting thing was - it wasn't some random children's voice; it was his own.

 

"The flame, the flame...oh by the gods no...the flame!"

 

"Visrii...what have you done?"

 

"NO! NOTHING WORKS!"

 

Then, as suddenly as it strangled his mind, it faded once more. Visrii gasped and panted, the echoes faded now...

"Hah...shit." He managed to squeeze out a grin, and tightened his grip on Climax. "Probably should've dodged that, right?"

 

Visrii promptly approached the Possessor, seeing Mar tackle it to the ground, he instantly knew what he was trying to do.

"Okay, shitface! Time to go back into your hidey hole!" He laughed and let loose an electric chain,  paralysing the struggling Possessor in place.

 

Use Profaned Storm to keep the Possessor down as Mar tackles it.

 

 

 

Edited January 20, 2017 by AGuyPassingThrough

[Stalkerkain]

Magna Sigyl (23/31 HP)

"This is what happens when I have to go to the frontline," Magna grumbled. The armor's attack had cracked a few of her ribs, but thankfully, she didn't have biological functions for that to matter. Apparently, after the armor had been destroyed, something seemed to have emerged from it. Another heartless. A tiny one, at that. At this point in time, Magna didn't care what it was, so long as it could fight for her. And if not, then she would gladly bunt the critter. Into the sun. "I knew I should've become a lawyer, but no, Abraham just had to make me into an undead reaper."

 

Her grumbling aside, Magna readied her scythe, wanting to get the fight over with.

 

Reave (1d10 + INT) on the Possessor