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Satomi made it to town, her focus not terribly disrupted by the incident with the deer, and immediately sought out the Dryad, the myriad small nicks and scrapes on her telling the story of her difficult with what she had been doing. "I've been dealing with that damned Taint that Leo created, but I've run out of purification powder. I intend to better garb myself so that that infuriating place doesn't slow me down with its cuts and stings, and I already have made some progress, but I can't progress more until I have powder -- and preferably as much as you can give me. Every minute that Taint exists on this world is an affront to it, but that siege is coming soon. With Kusuke's aid I believe I can take it on but I do need the materials to do so."

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Leo just, kind of half turns to look at kusuke as he walks
"Have you even been paying attention to the area? Everything is super close togther. Snow and Ice That way, Forest over there, passed right by a desert earlier. Numbers have been crunched regarding theoretical outcomes of worlds without Elemental Delineation. If we even accept such a thing is possible, then the odds of an alternate system that can support such world, with its diverse biomes so close togther, is so low as to be almost non-existent."
He gestures in various directions as he speaks, pointing out the vague locations of the other biomes
"And agian, like I said, the idea of a world that can survive without elemental delineation is absurd. Why on earth would my first thoughts on a new world be 'Huh, I better go check with some important person, who probbly has more important things to do, if a fundamental law of nature is still in effect.'?
Leo will clearly not be convinced so easily 
They soon reach the smiths shop, where leo sits down at an outdoor table with some of his stuff scattered around it.
Ready to begin his work

 

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"Most people would have punched you for talking like that, and I'm still weighing my options." Kusuke turned and walked away as Leo sat down, trying to separate himself from the golemancer before he did something rash. The nerve of some people. . . His world was "absurd" or "impossible," apparently, and he was an utter loon for suggesting that not every world followed the same laws as Leo's, despite being one of the foremost experts on magic in his own world. It was fairly clear at this point that speaking to him was an exercise in frustration at best, which meant that they were going to have to deal with him some other way. 

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Satomi finds the Dryad harvesting...something out of some strange looking plants she's never seen before.

"I was just making some up now, give me a second and you're welcome to a couple bags." 

The Dryad turned back and pulled out a bowl of fine powder glowing a silvery-purple color, she mixed the two ingredients and divided them into several bags similar to the one she gave Satomi before.

"I understand that you want to clear this corruption up as soon as possible, however I've inspected the perimeter and from all I can tell it won't spread beyond the flowers any time soon.  It would be tragic if the town was attacked during your absence and we suffered more losses than necessary."

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Satomi shook her head emphatically, a strange look glimmering in of her eyes of fury, determination, and fear.

“I have to stop this. I have to stop this. I know you have experience with these things too, but I...” Satomi exhaled heavily. “It is the duty for which I exist. The ravages of the Taint, and those things like it, are surely the greatest threat to the realms other than their current marauders. I HAVE to stop this. I’m sorry, I can’t talk about it much longer, I have to go to continue dealing with this!” She made to leave, but then turned back for a moment. ”If you spot them beginning the siege before I have returned, tell the group to tell Tattletale to station herself at the cluster-bolt trebuchet, and station the loading golems, if Leo made them between toying with Tainted evil things damn it— gah, to station them around the weapons!” Satomi then grabbed four of the bags and moved onto her next task.

 

Huffing with the resurgence of her fury with Leo and the intensity with which she was pursuing her task, Satomi immediately hunted down Kusuke. Finding him walking in the town, the visibly nicked-up samurai immediately energtically beseeched him. ”Kusuke-san! I have need of your time! I was out dealing with that damned Taint, but it seems to be made in a way that makes it difficult to tackle. I intend to create something for myself to make this less of a problem, but I don’t have the time to do so and also tackle the new Taint itself! Please, I need to be able to tackle this lest something worse happen with it!”

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Kusuke saw Satomi approach, and opened his mouth to speak; however, he didn't get a chance to say his piece before she started on her own. "I can probably help with that. Leo, on the other hand, is a lost cause. I tried to talk to him about how dangerous his experiments have been, and he spouted some nonsense about nonexistent natural laws and completely brushed me off. I feel like we're going to have to do something a bit more dramatic about him at some point, before it's too late." He eyed Satomi for a moment. Had she even slept since they'd gotten here? "You sure you're up to doing all of that at once? It's not like I'm giving you any extra energy."

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"I have already entertained the possibility of hunting down and destroying everything Tainted he's created -- more drastic measures than that may be considered afterwards, if I go down that path. However, we don't have time to do so right now, even with your help: this third biome is very difficult to destroy, and though I have in fact made some progress, I very much doubt I will get to anything else today, especially if the goblin forces reach our walls in this time. The plan I intend to undertake in order to deal with as much of this third Taint type as I can is that I will, with some of your gifted time, create a wire-meshed series of cloth guards to prevent the nicks and stings that that place abounds in from deterring me further. Then I will make another try at erasing it from existence with my own time. Then you could serve as a lookout to tell me if the siege is arriving as I work." upon further inspection, Kusuke could see that in addition to looking sleep-deprived, Satomi had small nicks and scrapes dotting her -- nothing truly damaging, but uncomfortable-looking.

 

"As for energy, well, us Crab are used to spending long hours up on the Wall, vigilant against the eternal threat of the Shadowlands. I shall be fine." To tell the truth, Satomi really was feeling her sleeplessness set in a bit, especially with how exhausting and frustrating her jaunt into the corruption just now had been, but she was not lying that the Crab had to be prepared to push through that, and that she had experience with the Wall. It had carried her through the previous day even, and with not only a siege to combat but a Taint to destroy, Satomi could scarcely afford to slow down at all.

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"If you say so." Kusuke couldn't prevent his dubiousness from showing in his tone. She seemed resilient enough, but she definitely seemed to be overtaxing herself. She was, in essence, doing the work of two people, while only eating and sleeping for one; it was an issue he'd had to deal with himself, and he doubted Satomi was nearly as used to it as he was. "Just make sure none of those cuts get infected or anything. Who knows what kind of nasty diseases that place is carrying?" He thought for a moment. "Though I do have to ask; even if you're fine, are you sure it's a good idea to go out with the siege this close? They've probably already got outriders in the area, and getting caught out wouldn't help anyone."

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Satomi nodded resolutely at Kusuke’s last concerns. ”That’s why I want you out there to be a lookout while I deal with the Agony. If you see the siege’s outriders about to bear down on my position, then we can slip back into the village and be prepared when they arrive. Now, I’m going to go create that gear so that place doesn’t cut me up anymore, I’ll report back to you once I’ve finished and we could set out.”


Satomi walked back up to Kusuke... well, from his perspective, only a few minutes later, because she had been using time provided by him to go about her task. It had been a couple of hours for Satomi, though, and busy ones — she was running around the village, gathering materials and putting together a specialty outfit. In the end, what she’d created was a sleek piece of work; fabric, wire, and purification powder placed together in an outfit that fit under her kimono and that, she predicted, would do its job well and stay quite secure on her. Of course, it wasn’t PERFECT — in retrospect, the belts and straps probably weren’t needed to keep it tight and well-fitting, because the thing was honestly a bit too tight as is, but it was fine work indeed for someone who wasn’t normally a tailor, she thought.

 

Satomi showed up in front of Kusuke looking quite different — her arms and hands were covered, as were her lower legs, and she had a hood poking out above her kimono. Kusuke could see the outline of three... interestingly placed belts under the kimono, and... well, it wouldn’t be entirely clear to Kusuke, but it looked a lot like her figure was more emphasized by her clothing than usual. Satomi rubbed her eyes and then began speaking. ”It’s strange having fabric on my legs like this, but I’ve created what I think is a very much functinal outfit for dealing with the third Taint. I’ve meshed wire and purification powder between two layers of fabric, so the stinging effects of that place should be blocked! It covers essentially my entire body, too, beyond what Rokugani clothing normally does.”

 

Satomi proved her point by carefully sweeping aside her kimono and the inner robe of the outfit (her normal one was now waiting in the Inn) to show Kusuke what she had created for her legs. She was keeping him from seeing her inner robe much, and her legs were abnormally covered, so the somewhat sleep-deprived girl didn’t think it particularly indecent. As for what it actually looked like, the leg-guards were relatively thick overall, and they did have a strap up the side and the outline of the wire mesh vaguely visible through the fabric, but... well, they were quite tight on her legs, and Kusuke got a brief flash of a fabric pattern on the top of one that altogether meant that these looked an awful lot like thigh-high stockings. ”So, are you prepared to make a jaunt out with me?”

 

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Kusuke blinked. The outfit was. . . something. It reminded him of home, a bit, but it also reminded him of two things Satomi happened to possess. He nodded somewhat distractedly when she explained the ideas behind the outfit - it made sense, though he was no tailor or armorsmith - but coughed with a somewhat strangled-sounding undertone when she showed off what could only be described to his eye as lacy thigh-highs, albeit particularly thick and durable ones. "Uhm, yeah. Yes, I've got everything I might need on me, already. Let's go." He spoke quickly, trying to move on from the topic of the clothing Satomi had whipped up.

 

There was no way this was accidental, right?

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Leo gets back to work as promised. 

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Then he decides to double up on labor golems, building another set of five!

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Everyone waits with bated breath, watching the setting sun and wondering which rustling bush is an innocent animal and which is a sign of the approaching hordes.

Eventually though the thundering footsteps grow louder and louder, supplies like ammunition and healing potions are passed around while the Nurse sets up a makeshift medical tent near the walls.

Quickly the siege engines are loaded while Satomi, Kusuke, and Az are ushered inside the walls.

 

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Brilliant flashes of plasma and the crashing of trees announce the presence of the Goblins in the South, a massive swarm of Goblins of all descriptions and a single Ogre march along either river bank.  More crunching and crashing can be heard in the forest beyond, this isn’t all there is to come.

 

From the East well managed Hordes pour in from the Desert with carts of supplies.  Archers immediately open fire on the walls while the others are constructing...something.

 

From the West a slightly less thunderous approach, the Horde here is thinner, already weary from travel and low on morale.  Two Ogres drive up the front with Mage batteries slinging spells from the back and armored Hordes in the middle.

 

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Satomi immediately ran as fast as she could over to the southern wall, swords, shield, and siege crossbow bouncing against her armor and kimono -- it was where her most complicated weaponry was located, after all, and she felt it was her responsibility to operate it. Even if it was mounted upon a wall that she had since surpassed and which appeared to have been... defiled by Azgrurk. She forced herself to take a deep breath, or at least as close as she could get to one while running. Functionality over prettiness was one of the core pieces of the Crab, yes? It did appear he had done something useful, even if it was atop her own work, and she ought not take the role of the Crane here.

 

Once she got onto the wall, Satomi began speaking immediately, even as she stationed herself at the axe trebuchet she'd created and began to get to work examining it and cooking up ideas for potentially making it more deadly. "Tattletale! If you believe yourself able to operate the group-shot trebuchet please do so, otherwise I'll simply want your help in reloading it! I'm going to handle the axe device now and be prepared to deal as much damage as I can when those ogres get into position, but those hordes will need dealing with as well, especially the specialty troops!"

 

Satomi starts South and uses the Destructive Inspiration Trump on the Axe Trebuchet, giving her a 33% chance to deal x3 crits with it and deal an additional effect on said crit as well!

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This had been the moment Azgrurk had been waiting for. Ever since he had first heard of these "Goblins", he had been waiting for the chance to clobber them into nothing but dust. So, as he stomped his way over to the Southern Wall where his handy work laid, he couldn't help but grin widely, hoisting his new Mauler as he did so. Once he got up on top of the wall, her placed his mechanical hand onto the wall's edge, gazing out over the battlefield, his grin growing larger as he did so. Lots of enemies, which meant lots of fun. He was going to enjoy this. 

 

For a second, Azgrurk did glance to the side, hearing Satomi's shouting, but quickly decided to ignore it as he cleared his throat,

 

"OI!" Azgrurk shouted over the sounds of marching, his deep and loud voice carrying past the wall easily, "YOU'Z ZOGGIN' GITZ GOT SOME SCREWZ LOOSE IN DERE? SEE DIS FLAG 'ERE?" Azgrurk asked, directing his metal hand towards the 'flag' he had put onto the wall, "DIS 'ERE IS AN ORK FLAG, WHICH MEANS DAT DIS WALL BELONGS TO DA ORKZ... WHICH MEANZ DAT RIGHT NOW" he added, lifting his Mauler up and aiming it at the advancing hordes,

 

"MEANZ YOU'RE PICKING A FIGHT WITH DA WARBOSS!"

 

With that, a loud crack of electricity emanated from Azgrurk's rifle as he began opening fire upon the hordes, bolts of lightning flying at the Goblins down below.

 

Azgrurk opens fire upon "Goblin Horde(SW1-3)" with his Lightning Mauler, dealing 3d6+6 damage, along with ignoring the first 4 points of Res.

 

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Az's tank is still around if anyone wants to use it

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Jun will head to the eastern wall and activate his A.G.I.L.E. system to multiply her Dexterity by 1.8 for two rounds, she will drink a Life Force potion to up her own MHP by 20, and an Ironskin potion to add +3 RES.

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Arminius calmly made his way to the tower. He didn't actually know who it was that was there but he could tell they had some kind of long range weapon, and likely one that would be good for taking down important targets.

Arminius requests that Amelie aim for the goblins maintaining the little order there is first. (Drummers, Bannermen, Big Goblins.)

With that out of the way, Arminius preps the tank with the cactus cocktail as Piglet gets into it.

Arminius action: Poison the tank's choppy bits.

Piglet action: Start Driving the tank. Also consume an Ironskin Potion.


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Kusuke goes South. He'll fire the SHOT Trebuchet at Horde 1, and store one action for later use.

 

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Toshiro drinks a Drinks a Swiftness potion (+3 Dex in relation to moves-per-round, Free Action, Can’t stack) and the Endurance potion (Reduce Damage for the rest of the encounter by 10%, Can’t stack, 3/3 Uses [now 2/3]) He then goes to the West side.

 

Using the Pink Phaseblade, Toshiro creates a wall of force that throws two targets back [Goblin Horde(W1-2)] and deals 2d4+2 Fire damage to each, cooldown of one round.

 

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Leo grabs and drinks an Ironskin potion. He also takes two standard health potions.
 Once ready he climbs up onto the South wall, and takes position.

"All defense systems were online at last check. Im out of range of a fair bit of it, but we should be good to go"

"Right, just sit back and relax, we've got this."

 

"Not like I have much of choice"

Leo draws the Starfury, electing for a weapon he can use at range. The staff they had acquired from the fight with the big angry cloud was set on his person for quick and easy reach, in the event he needed to use it.

 

"Alright everyone this is it! Don't let a single one of these creeps through!"
  Leo raises his arms and cast his Blizzard Wind, throwing the frigid gust at all enemies on the south side.


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Between the shield, machine synergy and potion, the bonus res is 7 

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The Villagers grab up any remaining supplies to improve their own chances of survival.
 

The spike plants trigger in the West, Ogre W1 takes 11 damage and Ogre W2 takes 15.

And again more spike plants in the Southeast, Ogre SE1 takes 15 damage and Horde SE3 takes 7.

Plasma from the Southwest blasts each of the Hordes for 10, 14, 12, and 15 damage respectively.

Golem squads in the East attack Goblin Hordes E1 and E2 for 11 and 11 damage.

 

A rifle shot cracks out from the North and impacts with the wall of meat that is Ogre W1.  [78 Crit!] Amelie deals 108 damage.

 

Jun buffs herself.

 

Toshiro creates a wall of force that pushes back the two Hordes in the West, the heat from it is absorbed by their shields.

 

The Arms Dealer let’s loose with his .50 cal dealing a grand total of 40 damage to Horde E1.  That Horde is significantly weakened losing it’s Warriors and Archers, leaving only Brutes.

 

The Hordes move into action!

The Hordes in the West fire arrows at the wall dealing 36 damage.

Two Hordes in the Southwest charge, attacking with their melee weapons for 71 damage, the other two Hordes fire arrows at Leo and Az for 2 and 16 damage respectively.

One Horde in the Southeast fires arrows at the Dryad for 14 damage while the other two hunker down for some reason….

All four Hordes in the East hunker down for some reason….

 

The Dryad drops some odd seed pods over the wall, shortly afterward they explode dealing 18 damage to Horde SW4.

It seems all the Brutes in that Horde have been finished.

 

Kusuke works some time magic and(with Tattletale’s assistance) fires that SHOT trebuchet at Horde SW1 but the shot spreads out dealing 7 damage to each enemy on the West-bank and 3 damage to two of the Hordes on the East bank.

 

Lucille and Do descend upon Ogre W1 dealing 13, 15, and 5 damage to it.

 

The Demo drops a grenade that deals 13 and 15 damage to Hordes SW1 and SW2.

Horde SW2 is now short more than a few Warriors.

 

Satomi prepares herself for the total destruction she’s about to unleash upon these poor bastards.

 

The Guide gives Toshiro some helpful tips about movement around the wall boosting his Dex by 4 for two rounds.

 

The Blacksmith buffs the East wall with 13 THP

 

The Mason and Carpenter hold their turns.

 

The Mages in the West start working their strange purple magic, one group to create a fiery barrier around Ogre W2 and the other to send bolts of energy at the Tavern Keep dealing 12 damage and setting him on Shadowfire.  He immediately burns for 2 damage.

The Mages in the Southwest form another fiery barrier around Ogre SW1.

 

The Siege Ogres all march forward into melee range of the walls, not much else to say here.

 

Two small goblins carrying crates move with Hordes SE1 and SE2 towards the walls, gaining the protection of their thick shields.

 

The Tavern Keep throws a Molotov at the Mages who just set him on fire and the wounded Ogre.  They’re all set on fire for 8 damage for two rounds.

 

The Engineers in the East each produce a Siege ladder(can be targeted) which Hordes E2, E3, and E4 grab and set against the walls.  

Up to three troops in the East can move over the walls each round now.

 

Rose blasts Horde E1 with her Frost Staff for 15 damage.

 

Leo creates a maelstrom of icy wind in the South making everyone but the Mages extremely uncomfortable but unhindered beyond that.  The Mages take 3 damage.

 

Arminius continues his Scorpion shinanigens by poisoning the tank’s blades before one of his minions drives off with it.

Piglet drives off with the tank.

 

Az fires his gun(gaining an Anorky stack) at Horde SW1 dealing 20 damage and bullets spark and jolt into the goblins.

All the Warriors in that group are dead now.

 

The Mason and Carpenter move to the South.

 

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[6] Medium Siege Crossbow is fired at Ogre W1 by the Labor Golems for 49 damage, the bolt sticks and starts smoking.

The Clockwork Auto-Turret hits Horde W1 for 42 damage and Horde W2 for 17 damage.

Horde W1 has lost its Archers.

The Plasma Cannon fires three times at Horde W1 for 4 damage each.

The Brutes in Horde W1 are dead now too.

 

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The Plasma Cannons fire on Hordes SW1 and SE1 for 12 and 6 damage.

 

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[1] Medium Siege Crossbow is fired at Engineers E1 by the Labor Golems only for the bolt to sail out into the great beyond, smoking and burning all the way.

The Plasma Cannon deals 12 damage to Horde E1, putting the last of them into their fiery graves.

 

 

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Using the Guide's advice, Toshrio activates his Dash to to quickly and efficiently maneuver around the western front and cut through both of the goblin hoards, leaving a fiery blue trail in his wake.

 

As a Free action Toshiro activates his Dash Tech to increase his Dex by 1.5 for 1 Turn, 3 Turn cooldown

The Fishman then uses Rending Strike on the two Western hoards, 1 Turn cooldown (2d6+2d4+26 Cold Damage) [When this weapon successfully deals damage it inflicts a Frostburn effect(not to be confused with IceFire) that deals 2d3 cold damage at the start of the user's next turn.]

 

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Fingers Drifts into the fray in the South East, revving the engines of the tank as she goes.

Arminius looses an arrow at the bombers.

"If anyone can use fire I'd advise using it on the crate guys! Hopefully that'll set their bombs off!"

 

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"AND NOW!" Satomi roared once the ogres walked within range of the walls -- because as the ogre on her side of the southern wall got into range to strike the wall in melee, it also got into range for things on the wall to strike it in melee. And along with her roar came a furious blur of motion from her hands, as she operated each and every step of the complicated duds and real levers that made up the axe trebuchet, the genius engineer's memory firing on all cylinders before she yanked a final level furiously... causing the device to fire, just as she slammed onto the side of it and, as mechanisms engaged, it pushed to the side, hopefully swinging the axe at a diagonal angle directly into the ogre. This was an idea she'd had just now -- it would have a far higher likelihood to lop something off or destroy an organ in the torso or something this way than plainly vertical.

 

Satomi fires the Axe Trebuchet at Siege Ogre 1 in the Southwest! 52+Int (12) damage, ignoring RES, with a 33% chance to deal a x3 damage crit and deal an additional effect!

After the first time Satomi gets hit, thanks to the Slaughtaur Shield, she will take 50% damage from then until her next action or turn end!

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