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[IC] Trespassers:DC Hunt: "Hexen: Welcome to Hell"


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As you step through the portal your entire body lurched as it was torn across dimensions and sent to this hellish place, and as you look around...a hellish place it was, the first thing to notice was that the air was filled with the smells of fire, brimstone, and rotting flesh.  Beneath you was a crudely made road of loose stones and gravel, behind you was a finely carved stone archway directly against the base of a large cliff which rose at least several hundred feet into the air, and all around as far as the eye could see was an endless graveyard.

The gravestones ranged from simple wooden crosses, to intricate carved stone monoliths, to engraved stone slabs.  The graves themselves also varied, some shallow with barely covered coffins, others crypt like, and still others were open pits of flame.

 

To the right leaning against a particularly sturdy stone gravemarker, was the man from moments before, now looking even more wounded and clearly in no fighting shape.

He was fiddling with a glass vial full of blue liquid on his belt, he was wavering and having trouble removing it.

 

Further down the road were two other men locked in deadly combat with two-headed beasts, ghost-like entities that threw fireballs, and great brown serpents who's spit melted holes in the ground.  One man wore a red rode and wielded a skull-topped staff that spewed fire and death, the other wore plate similar to the first man albeit of a lighter variety, he swung a greatsword that would emit waves of energy to tear apart foes.

 

Even as you watched more creatures made their way through the maze-like gravestones toward the party and wounded man, with the other two warriors distracted by a nigh endless tide of enemies, you alone stand between victory and defeat.

 

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((I will roll for init once everyone is ready.))

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"I mean, it seems pretty obvious Calvera, we're in the demon realm... Or hell, depends on what you prefer. Anyways, I'd suggest you get ready for a fight, those guys don't look very friendly."
Arminius busies himself with summoning Piglet, might as well give her a chance to sign as much as he doubted her use.

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"Hold on one second." Kusuke reached down and grabbed the fallen man by the shoulder, and then exerted his drive, skipping him back a few moments to when he was hopefully less full of holes. "Better?" He didn't look at the man, though, focusing on the creatures and trying to see if they had any obvious weak points for him to exploit. "This is gonna be rough. . ." He wasn't exactly used to bringing in anything that wasn't humanoid.

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Arminius looks to Kusuke.

"Eh, demons tend to be inversely power to how common they are. And judging by how many there are we should do fine. I'm going to be very disappointed in everyone if we don't. That goes double for you Piglet!"
He turns to the minion as he says that, getting a shrug in response.

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Satomi could tell that she didn't have any time to waste from the moment she entered this place (which still wasn't Jigoku, but perhaps was something very close -- she could only hope that the Taint wasn't one of those similarities); the current fighters couldn't pay attention to all of the incoming oni, and even with her poor eyesight Satomi herself noticed that several of the Oni were coming their way. So while the others were doing their things, Satomi immediately crouched down and began to place a bolt box into her better crossbow, going through the difficult process of pushing the reload lever with enough force while not damaging it, while she still could.

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(14vs12)Kusuke manages to rewind the man a little further than a minute back in his timeline, any more and it might've left him in worse shape than he started in.

 

As soon a Kusuke finished the man gasped like someone who's head had been held underwater, he began speaking in a low weary voice, but far less desperate and exhausted than before.

"Yes, thank you.  I don't know who you are or where you're from, I just called a portal wherever I could."

Still wounded he began standing with the help a long silver staff held in his right hand, the top was a large cross set with rubies.  He pulled the crystal vial from his belt and drank it in a single swig before speaking more.

"My name is Parias, we have little time.  The minions of Korax, a world eating serpent-rider, are almost upon us.  If you would assist in repelling them that would be a great service."

 

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Satomi managed to finish loading her crossbow at that moment, and she picked it up off of the ground, aiming it in the direction of the approaching demons but waiting for the right time to strike, her elbow hovering near where her katana sat loose within its hilt. The man --Parias, his name was, evidently-- spoke, and Satomi nodded, both to herself and to everyone else. Right. Previous events may have tested her resolve, but not this. No, this, fighting horrible oni to save the world, that was what she was born to do, the Duty of her clan, and thusly her Duty itself more than anything else. This was so similar to that that despite the danger she felt that she was on familiar ground, for once.

 

"I will aid you." It was a short, simple, affirmation, but Satomi didn't need to go on about this. It was the tenet of bushido, Sincerity -- for a samurai, saying ought to be doing. There was no need to add additional pledges, or to talk on and on -- there was a battle, and she would battle.

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Jun walks inside of the scene just a scant few moments after everyone else had entered, and she warily eyed the strange and obviously demonic creatures that were heading towards the group with a rather worrying amount of speed. Quietly noting how the creatures seemed to have an odd combination of natural pathfinding skills and an inability to just climb over the gravestones, she swiftly took her plasma sword out of its scabbard and activated its magenta blade. "We wouldn't have come here if we didn't want to help".

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Lucille and her beasts walked in after most of the others, staying relatively quiet as she adjusted to the new surroundings. The place was completely foreign to her, both in the sounds that grated on her ears in the distance and the sights Do took in as he panned his head about. The stench of death and hot decay was nigh sickening, the heat was definitely unnatural, and even the pressure felt almost oppressively amplified.

 

What caught most of her attention however, were the two headed beasts and great serpents locked in combat further down the path, and the yet more closing in. keeping an ear on the conversation the others were having, she took out her own staff and expanded it to full length, estimating the distance between them and some of the more... hostile sounds approaching.

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Prior to jumping through an unknown portal, Harry had responded to Lucille. "It's fine. Just remember, I'm giving ideas, and it's fine if they won't work. Mainly brainstorming. But that's for later. It seems there's a job to be done."

 

"Huh. Never thought they got the old picture of Hell right." Harry muttered as he arrived. He wouldn't be much use in a fight, so he got settled near the arch, preparing to do his job for those who would be fighting.

 

"Some kind of potion, there Parias? Nevermind. So all you need right now is for us to help repel those things? I'm not much in a fight, but count me in."

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Parias looked over at Arminius.

"It is believed that he and his serpent are one and the same, it is speculation though as none have gazed upon his true form and survived as anything less than a twisted shell."

He nods at Harry's statement.

"A Crystal Vial, a very powerful healing potion created and used by the Legion, Arcanum, and Church."

As he spoke several of his visible wounds had stopped bleeding an began closing up, including what seemed to be an acid burn on his upped left leg.

 

Parias walked forward to the middle of the pathway and looked out to where the other men were fighting.

He planted his staff in the ground and began rubbing his hands together, within moments they were shrouded in flames and as he slowly separated them a great wall of fire rose between the two men and the hoard of monsters they where fighting.

"Brothers!  Help has arrived!"

As he shouted this down the road the two men started running to meet up with the party.

 

Within seconds the monsters had broken through the wall of flame, and others had almost fully surrounded the party where the stood.

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The monsters stand around you, with masses of large two headed beast in the front, vile serpents flanking them, and demonic ghost-like entities floating through the sky.

Several stone gravemarkers light themselves ablaze with a black and green fire.

 

Goal: Defeat the Monsters!

(Don't forget your loadouts.)


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Soma uses Stormfront, enhancing it's damage with the remainder of her Needles.

(Deal 8d2 Damage, split among all targets.  All targets hit take an additional 10 damage from Bag of Needles)

 

Grabbing a handful of rocks and her sack of needles, she throws them towards the enemy, before growing the cloud of debris into a storm of boulders, jagged stone, and razor sharp needles stretching several meters in length.

 

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"Expensive, I'm guessing?" Harry didn't wait for a response. Nothing to do quite yet, since no one was seriously injured, so Harry drew his knife, holding it defensively, attempting to slash at any beast that might come near.

 

Harry uses both of his turns to slash at Reivers with his knife. Deals 2d6+STR(3) damage, with an Int*2% (20) to crit.

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I- Lucille casts Sanctuary, keeping herself outside of it's Boundaries! Allies are allowed to come and go as they please, Enemies are not allowed to enter!

(Creates a safe space lasting {int[13]/2}*1.3-> 9 Turns. Those inside this space can't be affected by hostile actions, but also can't use hostile actions. Only authorized units may enter/leave the space, spending an action to do so.)

II- Lucille attempts to Bind 1 of the Brown Chaos Serpents!

(If the target is a non-sapient beast/monster, expends a number of bonds equal to 1/2 it's Int to turn it into a companion under Lucille's Control. 10/14 Bonds left)

III- Lucille casts Edge of Silence; both hits will target the Ettins! She uses her staff as a focusing medium!

(Launches 2 attacks dealing {1d3+Int[13]}*1.3 damage each; Ignores damage reductions, but not immunities. Staff Bonus will add +Int[13] to the damage of each hit)

 

Do and Astra fell back behind some nearby tombstones at Lucille's command, taking shelter until such time as she called to them. Meanwhile the girl closed her eyes, concentrated, and went to work almost immediately. She launched in an incantation that to any onlooker would've been utterly incomprehensible- not because the words she spoke sounded foreign or alien, but rather because with each syllable the escaped her lips, there wasn't audible sound, but rather a boundless surge of vibrations that seemed to hammer away at the fabric of reality, so strong they could be felt in the bodies of any standing close to her. Whatever she was doing however, soon a sigil began to expand within the party's vicinity, quickly growing until it had reached it's full size of a couple meters in diameter, and Lucille stopped her chanting. The moment she did, the Cat and Dragon both darted inside the Sanctuary's boundaries.

    "If any of you get too injured to keep fighting, fall back to the circle!" she called to the others. She did not wait for a response however, before she turned her attention on the large serpent beasts from earlier...

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Jun almost immediately charged forward to support Harry's efforts by cutting into the rievers with her plasma sword three times. Before she uses her last action to activate her A.G.I.L.E. system.

 

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Calvera stood tall, taking in a deep breath. She crouched, charging up an attack, before sending out a massive wave of fire out in all directions as she casts Solar Flare!

 

With her second action ((given by a passive)), she casts Sun Boil on a Reiver!

 

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Satomi, much like she had during the situation with Lung, immediately took in the situation; she had been trained in tactics to some extent and had the intelligence to make use of it; it would be a very poor idea not to take stock of things and decide the best course of action. They faced three types of enemies: gigantic two-headed ogre-like beasts, serpent oni, and what looked more like gaki. Satomi didn't know that she could do much to monsters as solid looking as the two-headed ogres, and she wasn't sure she could even harm the gaki-like monsters, but perhaps it would bear testing to see what she could do against the serpents.

 

Satomi didn't presently have much of an issue throwing herself into the attention of these monsters, either -- having tested her new armor, she knew that it was far tougher than it really had a right to be, and if she wasn't getting hit it would be someone else anyway. Satomi hardly intended to be keeping herself out of danger at others' expense, and though she didn't expect to be totally invulnerable, she figured that she had a better chance of dealing with being attacked than some of the others.

 

So she slung her crossbow against her back, where it lightly knocked against her other, and put her hand on the hilt of her katana. Running towards one of the serpents with a shout, she proceeded to draw it and strike fluidly in one movement. The Rokugani art of iaijutsu, striking with the draw, an art used in dueling first and foremost, but not one useless for combat. It could be blindingly fast if practiced... and though she was no master, Satomi certainly had practiced in case the day came some Scorpion dog tried to send her the way of her mother.

 

Satomi uses Iaijutsu Strike on one of the serpents!

 

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Mirri smoothly steps into the Sanctuary, and slides a hand down to her belt of broken lightsabers.  There, she stokes her righteous fury and resolve to protect, gaining a +6 bonus to her synergy (for a total of 11 synergy) for the next 3 rounds.  Meditate on the Lost goes on cooldown for 6 rounds.

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"Come on Harry, that's no way to use a knife! Stab the fuckers!"

Arminius inspires Harry

 

"Hey lady, could I borrow that uh... crossbow you have there?"

Piglet asks politely for Satomi's shitty crossbow.

 

Arminius and Piglet

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 Time to get started.
There where to many of these monsters to hold a conversation with them all at once. They would have to make do with vocal imbuement.

     "ENOUGH! Creatures hear our words! Killing these people will accomplish nothing, nor will you survive the attempt. Cease fighting and allow use to talk to you!"

 

All living beings present "feel" the words and understand the emotion within them, like its humming in there bones and soul. The intent passes into all that hear them and is understood regardless of language or mental ability. The union does not desire to kill the creatures, and would rather resolve things peacefully. but they would fight if necessary.

 

Union uses Vocal voice

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