Empiricist Posted April 11, 2018 Author Share Posted April 11, 2018 Sasha The first thing you hear is an explosion, soon followed by the chatter of gunfire and the crash of bolts arcane and eldritch. Finally Aiko speaks, her voice calm, serene-almost "Hello Sasha, do you need something?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zetaark Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 "Hoping for some talismans of yours to hold a missile of a bike together. The enchants should probably work, but things happen ya know? Best to cover your bases so you don't get an angry client screaming at you later," Sasha chuckles before looking at Aiko. "By the way, sounds like you were having some fun. What's the deal today?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Empiricist Posted April 11, 2018 Author Share Posted April 11, 2018 Sasha "A besieged Sanctuary, the battle is winding down now-" "I AM THE FUCK TRAIN. THERE ARE NO BRAKES." Guess Lucia's there too. The gunfire seems to peter out. "As I was saying, everything has been resolved. I can have some talismans delivered this evening, as always, please take care with them. They're meant for binding not building. Is there anything else I may do for you?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zetaark Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 "Noted. And as for my work right now, not particularly. As for other stuff, you'll have to tell me about what just got resolved. Sounds like it was a time. Also say hi to Lucia for me, okay?" she asks with a smile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Empiricist Posted April 12, 2018 Author Share Posted April 12, 2018 Sasha "Very well, I wish you the best of luck with your work." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zetaark Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 "Same to you," Sasha replies before heading off through her garage to find some food. She would call up Paracelsus later; she had done quite a bit of work for the day and hadn't eaten much. As such, she starts to prepare a simple lunch to pass the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Empiricist Posted April 12, 2018 Author Share Posted April 12, 2018 Sasha You've just about finished lunch when you hear a crash outside, one followed by a few softer impacts. Car alarms go off, civilians start shouting about something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zetaark Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 "Well that sounds like something perfectly normal," Sasha remarks in a sarcastic tone before preparing to walk outside to figure out what the heck just happened. Her guns and bike are on standby, just in case things go south fast. At the very least, Sasha was glad that whatever commotion decided to show up had the courtesy to wait until after her lunch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Empiricist Posted April 12, 2018 Author Share Posted April 12, 2018 Sasha The scene you come to is one of chaos, so y'know, the usual. So here's the situation - at the very center of the street a car has had bonnet smashed, couple more have been overturned. Civilians are running throughout the road, some running away, some running towards, and at the very center of this all are the perpetrators, five figures, standing spread out in an x-shaped formation. They resemble statues, physiques barrel-chested and impossibly well-built, their alabaster forms almost mannequin-like, smooth, lacking in detail beyond the general curve of their musculature, and assembled from dozens of vaguely carved cubes that undulate in sync with the pulses of the faintly luminous skeleton within. Floating around each of them is are noh masks. The one in the center, let's call them A, has five masks. The others, which we'll call B through to E each have three. Menreikis, from the Night Parade of One Thousand Smackdowns. You've heard of them, biological weapons developed back in the days of the war. Ones left without a purpose at its end, going feral and becoming what you see before you now, drifters without purpose, wreaking havoc and chaos in search for a fight, for it is in besting others that they develop new masks, new powers. They say the masks you recognize are the safe ones, ones that they were came loaded with, the ones you don't recognize, those are the problem ones, the ones they took during the war, trouble when they appear, and trouble too when they don't, because as long as their collective remains, the data's still out there somewhere, just waiting to return. Also they're y'know, luchadores. They don't react to your entry, it's basically impossible to figure out if someone's Awakened unless they y'know, start doing something supernatural, so right now they're just waiting for someone to give them a fight. Would be a good chance to plan out a surprise attack, would be but well... Something crashes out, no crashes though a building, slamming into the asphalt below. A hulking beast, somewhere between canine and humanoid in layout, a blend of bleeding fur and sparking metal, with an alligator's maw lined with teeth and with slit-like lights that serve as eyes. The maw hangs open, the jaw broken unable to close, its eyes burning bright red with otherworldly rage, the few still working at least. Screaming thrusters driving it down, its spine snapping from the impact, tearing out of its abdomen. It howls the world around it seeming to burn with its rage, blue flames dancing higher and higher into the air around it, but to no avail. "I AM THE FUCK TRAIN. THERE ARE NO BRAKES." Lucia TALLEYRAND brings her weapon down once more. The first blow silence the howls. The second crushes the beast's head, dust and debris exploding upwards, smothering out the last vestiges of the Aramitama's flames. Her weapon cries, it is the cry of a newborn baby. ...It is a newborn baby. Aiko turns the corner casually sipping a healing potion, pace leisurely and talismans readied in hand. You don't see their markings, but you already know they're those of mahjong tiles, her specialty. It is at this point, that the Menreiki react, donning their masks and readying for battle. Luchador A immediately dons a Phantom of the Opera mask, bombastic orchestral music blaring out as glowing musical staves wreath its allies. Luchador B dons an Iron Man mask and begins to start flying upwards with its new energy thrusters, C takes a mask modeled after a pilot's helmet, while D and E equip Batman masks readying batarangs for interception as they begin to develop shirtless batsuits. Spoiler Sasha Status: Fine World Line: 2 4 5 6 4 1 3 4 4 5 5 Alterations: 3 Resolve: 3 Lucia Status: Somewhat hurt Aiko Status: Fine Luchador Menreiki A Status: Fine Masks: Gasmask, Nixon, Phantom of the Opera (equipped), Batman, Darth Vader Luchador Menreiki B Status: Fine Masks: Oni, Iron Man (equipped), Zorro Luchador Menreiki C Status: Fine Masks: Rooster, Pilot (equipped), Luchador Luchador Menreiki D Status: Fine Masks: Batman (equipped), Zorro, Jason Voorhees Luchador Menreiki E Status: Fine Masks: Pilot, Batman (equipped), Oni Unidentified Aramitama Status: Dead Spoiler Lucia An exceedingly durable close quarters specialist who devastates foes with both sheer force and technical skill provided she can get close. Though her thrusters have abysmal acceleration, she can move incredibly quickly given enough time. <Donation>: Lucia donates a point of Resolve for an ally's immediate use. She has 1 point of Resolve remaining. Aiko A support unit who twists unseeable factors to harass enemies and doom their attacks from all ranges. Though severely lacking in both mobility and passive defenses, she is more than capable of protecting herself. Enhancement - Make [3]: A technique that tweaks the use of talismans, increasing their contribution to the build-up of reality-distorting finisher. Enhancement - Unmake [3]: A technique that tweaks the use of talismans, enhancing their compatibility with attack-disrupting Requiem Trap - Hidden Talisman [5]: Aiko secretly marks a target using her talismans. The next time she uses this skill, a deluge of talismans explode outwards from the target, the power increasing the longer it has been since them first being marked. <Donation>: Aiko donates a point of Resolve for an ally's immediate use. She has 2 points of Resolve remaining. Spoiler Okay gonna introduce a new mechanic that seems to be working out pretty well in the other game: Every turn you do not use a Hyper, you are allowed to discard one result from your Worldline. Also here's how allies work, they basically just do their best to assist in whatever you're doing, unless you give them orders. In which case they execute those orders. The allies spoiler lists all hypers they are willing to use as part of your orders during the current turn. You do not pay the cost of that Hyper nor does it count towards your own turn-wise Hyper usage limit. What allies are willing to use depends on the circumstances and other factors such as how close they are to you. They will use Hypers even without orders, but generally for their own interests rather than yours. Allies cannot be defeated in battle. They're not as useful as another PC helping you out, but you don't have to look after their health either, attacks and effects may impair their actions but that's about it. In this case, Aiko and Lucia are on quite friendly terms with Sasha and their current "Chapter" is basically over, so they're willing to even donate Resolve to her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Empiricist Posted April 12, 2018 Author Share Posted April 12, 2018 Marina You're a kilometer out from Remi's house when you hear it. Ringing. A faint melodic ringing in your ears. It reverberates once, twice, three times, growing ever louder. Instinct tells you to swerve. Instinct was right. The space where you were about to occupy shifts, radiant ripples racing across the spherical region as half a dozen blades of starlight appear at once around it and pierce inwards, shattering the prison. The ringing continues, and you accelerate, more and more imprisoning spheres blooming and breaking in your wake. They don't even lead you, just continuing to fire, continuing to miss. Descending into view, just at the center of the next intersection, is the culprit. It takes the form of an enormous rhizophysa easily twice the size of a person, its tubular body pellucid and glowing a faint blue inside what first appears to be a nebula. One that quickly untangles into an array of thin filaments of stars and stardust. As the ringing in your ears begin anew, it fires these piercing tendrils forwards in a wide shotgun-like scatter towards you. Spoiler Marina Status: Fine Worldline: 3 5 5 6 4 1 2 3 4 5 Alterations: 3 Resolve: 3 Aetherbell Status: Fine Spoiler Its membranes look like they'd make for some pretty high quality fabrics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IntSys Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 "Woah, it's like a Bullet Hell out of nowhere! You don't get to just fire at me while I'm on my way to dinner!" Marina remarked at the waves of fancy curtain fire generated by the rhizophysa. "Now, just give me a few seconds to prepare so I can properly kick your ass." She pulled her distance away from the scattering tendrils and wished for extra firepower and accuracy, while parrying the few that got too close to her with a few Repelling Bursts, knocking them away or just outright destroying them. [Worldline: 3 5 5 6 4 1 2 (3) 4 5] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Empiricist Posted April 12, 2018 Author Share Posted April 12, 2018 Marina Spoiler Marina: 3, Hyper[3] Aetherbell: 5, Hyper[3] Weaving through the air, you blast away a handful of tendrils as the air behind you fills with more of those sphere prisons each proving to be just as ineffective as the first. You actually didn't have to deal with too many of those tendrils either - the wide spread and distance meant that most of them only served to try and restrict your movement or missed entirely, burying themselves only a couple inches into the edifices of nearby buildings. Soon enough most of them retract, fruitless. But not all of them. A few, a few buried just behind you in buildings remain and stretch taut with a high pitched whine. And then, your foe reels itself in, rapidly dragging itself forwards, a ring of swords appearing around its body like the world's least inviting hula-hoop, and as it streaks towards you, more blades join it, an entire constellation of murder growing behind its back. Spoiler Marina Status: Fine, increased firepower and accuracy Worldline: 5 5 6 4 1 2 4 5 5 6 Alterations: 3+ Resolve: 3 Aetherbell Status: Fine Spoiler The plus sign next to your Alterations indicates that the count will increase if you do not use another one this turn. It's just a new record keeping tool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IntSys Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 Marina took notice of the tendrils stuck in the buildings behind her. "Now I'm ready! You look like you eager for a beating, so come and eat a load of THIS!" She began to throw a barrage of starry fireballs at the tentacle creature lunging at her, punching it right back with a decent amount of force. [Worldline: 5 5 6 4 1 2 4 5 5 6] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Empiricist Posted April 12, 2018 Author Share Posted April 12, 2018 Marina Spoiler Marina: 5 Aetherbell: 5, Hyper[5] There's a metallic screech as you start blasting it, less the noise it makes and more its ring of blades scraping together as they lock together to block your spellfire, the tendrils halting and going slack once more. You're keeping it at bay for now but but one by one, the constellation of weapons behind it line up and fire forwards towards you, a storm of blades streaking forwards as your ears begin to ring once more. The tendrils around its body sweep outwards, glistening before snapping backwards, filaments weaving together into a rectangular nebula, a shield. You hear the tension return to the anchored tendrils. It's making another charge now, and it's levying an awful lot of firepower behind it this time. Spoiler Marina Status: Fine, increased firepower and accuracy Worldline: 5 6 4 1 2 4 5 5 6 5 Alterations: 4+ Resolve: 3 Aetherbell Status: Fine, blade ring is locked in place in front of its body Spoiler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yours Truly Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 Immanuel (cont) An awkward silence seemed to pervade the air as Immanuel just... stood there for a few moments, I mean how was he going to say this? 'Do you remember that time where you offered to teach me how to not 'get my ass whupped by some kid with a blue belt'? Well guess who is finally taking you up on that offer'? 'I need you to teach me how to throw a punch because setting literally everyone I get into a fight with on fire will raise some troubling questions about my apparent pyromania'?. The silence was broken when the old man coughed and gestured at the seat in front of him before he said, "Well? Did you want to talk? Or did you just want to awkwardly stare at me from a distance just like in the old days?." Immanuel shook his head and walked over to proferred seat, "No actually, I mostly came here to see how you were doing, 80 year old men are not supposed to left alone after all, especially not in the cold and dark night." The old man had a bit of an odd smirk on his face when he rather confidently stated, "Well I assure you that all I need to do to fulfill my desire for...accompaniment tonight is to head to a certain...section of the library downstairs and show some of these Japanese girls what a real man looks like in bed." Immanuel looked a little bit uncomfortable as his mind naturally drifted towards a certain...subject, "That is actually disgusting." Adolf lifted up a mug of something that smelled of green tea with his right hand while he smiled widely and said, "You're only saying that because you are virgin," just before he tilted his head slightly to the right, shrugged his shoulders, and gave a half wink with his monocled left eye. To this Immanuel swiftly replied with, "I am not a virgin," which was just as quickly matched with, "But you act like one." Immanuel had a slightly annoyed look on his face when he said, "Just because I am not dating a woman righ-," but before he could finish, the old man quickly interjected with, "Doesn't mean that you're a virgin, I understand," this statement caused Immanuel to raise one of his eyebrows up in suspicion before he said, "Y-you do?," to which the old man slowly replied with an excessively serious, "I understand, I mean it only took you the better part of two decades, but I am glad that you finally decided to tell me..." the old man purposefully left a dramatic pause as his smirk widened slightly and his voice went flat, "That you are a homosexual." An awkward silence pervaded throughout the air once more as Immanuel's expression slowly but surely turned sour, "Did you...have to make that joke?," to which Adolf replied by gesturing at Immanuel's mustache with his mug carrying hand's little finger, "Did you have to grow that mustache?," Immanuel seemed to grit his teeth a bit as he said, "I think it looks dashing," and of course Adolf replied with, "I think it looks gay, and besides." He lowered the mug on the table for a little bit as he leaned forward, formed a tent using both of his hands, and poked his grandson's mustache, "You're a scientist, not Burt Reynolds." Adolf had an extremely annoying grin on his face as he started to slowly move the mug closer and closer to his mouth, causing Immanuel to awkwardly try to change the subject by saying, "Anyway, I didn't come here to talk about my sex life," which in all honesty was just an open invitation for Adolf to quickly reply with, "You mean your lack, of a sex life," which was met with a slight look of disapproval as Immanuel shook his head and let out a sigh before he said, "...yes," which caused the old man to chuckle a little bit as he said, "Knew it, you know that i have been dying to introduce you to someone right? I think she's downstairs right now actually, we could probabl-," this time Immanuel was doing the cutting off when he said, "No, I actually have something more important than women to do in my spare time these days," this caused the old man to affect a look of disbelief as he said, "Wait, I was actually joking when I said that I thought that you were coming out, are you actuall-," another, more stern sounding interjection followed in the form of a, "NO!. I came here because I needed you to teach me how to punch people," Rather unfortunately this was just waiting for the old man to affect a tone of indignation as he shouted out, "I AM NOT TEACHING MY 40 YEAR OLD HOMOSEXUAL GRANDSON HOW TO FIST PEOPLE, you should already know how to do that by now." It was at this point that Immanuel's palm flew up to greet his face as he let out an annoyed sigh and said, "Damn it, could you...not do that, in every, single, fucking, conversation?," to which Adolf simply replied by laughing heartily once more before he said, "Now, now, mind the language, would you kiss your mother with that mouth?," this elicited another sigh from Immanuel, "But I'll stop doing this when you get a girlfriend, which to be brutally honest, doesn't seem like it would happen anytime soon." Immanuel shook his head slightly before he tried his best to maintain his composure by saying, "Well it's not a really a priority for me right now," which elicited a surprisingly violent response from the old man, as he suddenly barked out, "WELL WHEN THE HELL IS IT A PRIORITY? The both of us aren't getting any younger over here." The old man firmly poked Immanuel's chest with tented fingers, "You're 35, and I'm 73 years old, and I don't know about you but I want to have great grandchildren before I die. Because most people don't get to do that, and when I arrive at the pearly gates, I just want to be able to sneer at everyone else whose grandsons and daughters couldn't quite make it. Also something about your happiness but who here really cares about that, certainly not you." Immanuel seemed a bit stunned for the moment as the old man leaned back on his seat and let out a sigh, "I just want what's best for you. Now tell me, when was the last time you went out with a..." there was a slight hint of hesitation present in his voice as his eyes quickly darted around the room, "Let's say woman, when was the last time you went out with an actual woman? And no, it doesn't count if it is work related." Immanuel swiftly recovered by shaking his head and saying, "Can we just...talk about literally anything else right now? Because I actually want you to teach how me to fight." Adolf replied by simply shaking his head and saying, "Well I can't help you there I'm afraid, I honestly don't have the time for it right now, you're not the only person who works on a weekday you know." Immanuel sighed for what was hopefully the last time in this conversation when he said, "So what you're telling me right now is that this was a complete and utter waste of time." To which Adolf's grandfather simply replied with, "Well that was an awfully rude way to describe talking to your grandfather, but yes." (cont.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IntSys Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 "Aww... You blocked it. You're not as dumb as you look, I'll give you that!" Marina continued her bravado, wishing for extra agility as she readied to fly around the swarm of blades. She would attempt to get around the creature as it charged on with the anchored tendrils, before dumping even more fireballs at its back as it presumably crashed into sun-baked asphalt. [Worldline: 5 6 4 1 2 4 5 5 6 5] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Empiricist Posted April 12, 2018 Author Share Posted April 12, 2018 Marina Spoiler Marina: 5 Aetherbell: 6, Hyper[4] Well... the good news is, with its ring crumpled into a defensive position, the Aetherbell isn't able to quickly shift to the offensive quickly enough to catch you. Unfortunately, in this catching you means less landing the first hit, and more not being able to follow up and rail you as one of the many swords drives itself straight into your chest, which not only happens to sting quite a bit, but also hitconfirms the next imprisonment spell, catching you're sent reeling and then bashing you with a few more blades of light. Your foe launches forwards to capitalize on this, but well, judging by the angle of its release, it got a bit too zealous about it and released too late, so it's currently not so much heading towards you so much as it's heading sorta in your vague direction out of reach of its blades for now at least. Though it is compensating for this by unweaving its shield and spinning its tendrils outwards, the filaments almost singing as they tighten and relax over and over again, scything through the air around it in a web of attempted murder.. Spoiler Marina Status: Fairly hurt, increased firepower and accuracy, increased agility Worldline: 6 4 1 2 4 5 5 6 5 6 Alterations: 5 Resolve: 3 Aetherbell Status: Fine Spoiler A single non-hyper agility buff is insufficient for evading both the constellation of blades which is a Hyper[5], and the imprisonment spheres. By the looks of things, the membranes are like the least impressive part of this thing. Those tendrils! Oh the fabric Remi could make out of them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zetaark Posted April 13, 2018 Share Posted April 13, 2018 "You know Aiko, I've seen a lot of crazy stuff. And knowing Lucia, I'm used to really strange things happening. But where the heck did she get the baby from?" Sasha asks, hoping that the pair didn't somehow end up raiding some nursery or something. Sighing, she assembles her full rifle and starts aiming at a nearby wall, but with the flying luchador in the corner of her eyes. "At any rate, I feel like trying to be stealthy for a change," Sasha tries to say with a straight face before chuckling a bit. "Ok not exactly, though I will try one thing. Depending on how it works, the flying luchador will end up crashing and burning in spectacular fashion, or at the very least get a bit scratched. You can make those talismans into a trap right? Between that and a ticking time bomb so to speak from me, it should do something. Sound good to you?" she says as she readies an Explosive Shot to be warpshot at the unsuspecting Luchador B, hopefully without being too conspicuous. Alteration to 5 also World Line: [2 4 5 6 4 1 3 4 4 (5 5)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Empiricist Posted April 13, 2018 Author Share Posted April 13, 2018 Sasha Spoiler Sasha: 5, Hyper[5] Luchador Menreiki A: 4, Hyper[5] Luchador Menreiki B: 6, Hyper[5] Luchador Menreiki C: 6, Hyper[5] Luchador Menreiki D: 4, Hyper[5] Luchador Menreiki E: 1, Hyper[5] "It was going for the baby. I couldn't let it succeed, so I parried it." "Using the baby." Aiko clarifies. A trails of talismans rises up around the shrine maiden, spiralling into a cylinder, spinning and shrinking before exploding forwards as a hail of paper. Your enemies, honestly don't react that much, just blocking with their forearms and soldiering on with their opening, unphased by the attack. Lucia for her part meanwhile just walks over to a nearby man and dumps the baby in his hands "Hold this for me." It is your bullet that commences the hostilities. A single shot pointed towards a wall and warped right into B's spine. It catches them by surprise, nailing them right there, though you've a feeling they're onto you, seeing as one of their own just got shot and you're the only one holding a gun here, even if it is pointed completely off target. B swings C around, sending them hurtling towards Lucia, the helmeted luchador swooping down for a flying elbow drop while its ally tries to crash down onto you as payback. A switches to its Vader mask going for a Force chokeslam on Aiko while D uses their grappling hook for a long ranged dropkick against you, E preparing to cover them with their batarangs. Spoiler Sasha Status: Fine World Line: 2 4 5 6 4 1 3 4 4 5 6 Alterations: 2 Resolve: 3 Lucia Status: Somewhat hurt Aiko Status: Fine Luchador Menreiki A Status: Slightly hurt, some sort of musical effect has been placed on them Masks: Gasmask, Nixon, Phantom of the Opera, Batman, Darth Vader (equipped) Luchador Menreiki B Status: Slightly hurt, some sort of musical effect has been placed on them, Hidden Talisman (0 Turns), Explosive Shot (0 Turns) Masks: Oni, Iron Man (equipped), Zorro Luchador Menreiki C Status: Slightly hurt, some sort of musical effect has been placed on them Masks: Rooster, Pilot (equipped), Luchador Luchador Menreiki D Status: Slightly hurt, some sort of musical effect has been placed on them Masks: Batman (equipped), Zorro, Jason Voorhees Luchador Menreiki E Status: Slightly hurt, some sort of musical effect has been placed on them Masks: Pilot, Batman (equipped), Oni Spoiler Lucia An exceedingly durable close quarters specialist who devastates foes with both sheer force and technical skill provided she can get close. Though her thrusters have abysmal acceleration, she can move incredibly quickly given enough time. <Donation>: Lucia donates a point of Resolve for an ally's immediate use. She has 1 point of Resolve remaining. Aiko A support unit who twists unseeable factors to harass enemies and doom their attacks from all ranges. Though severely lacking in both mobility and passive defenses, she is more than capable of protecting herself. Enhancement - Make [3]: A technique that tweaks the use of talismans, increasing their contribution to the build-up of Aiko's reality-distorting finisher. Enhancement - Unmake [3]: A technique that tweaks the use of talismans, enhancing their compatibility with Aiko's attack-disrupting Requiem Trap - Hidden Talisman [5]: Aiko secretly marks a target using her talismans. The next time she uses this skill, a deluge of talismans explode outwards from the target, the power increasing the longer it has been since them first being marked. <Donation>: Aiko donates a point of Resolve for an ally's immediate use. She has 2 points of Resolve remaining. Spoiler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zetaark Posted April 13, 2018 Share Posted April 13, 2018 "So long as the baby gets returned to its parents later in one piece and alive I guess," Sasha mutters as the luchadors start to mobilize. Guess the stealth approach failed miserably. Whatever, taking things on head first was something Sasha didn't mind doing. Seeing the Luchador grappling towards her, she summoned her bike and floored the gas, aiming straight for the luchadors. "Try and cover for me if you can, but make sure to keep an eye out," Sasha says as she drives straight at the two luchadors, hoping to ram them, but also to maybe bash them into one another if she got lucky. World Line: 2 4 5 6 4 1 3 4 4 5 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DragonRage Posted April 13, 2018 Share Posted April 13, 2018 "Not really, unfortunately. Even benevolent god cards would have to listen to whoever summoned them, and any power can be misused to some pretty disturbing results. Hell, there's a reason we've only released carriers as our top tier starship cards, even though the setting we're drawing from has space battleships. We have released some powerful healing cards, of course. Heck, I go down and volunteer at hospitals sometimes. But there's only so much one person can do. Most people who get hurt or sick don't need magic healing, just a regular doctor. And unfortunately, most people aren't as altruistic as us." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IntSys Posted April 13, 2018 Share Posted April 13, 2018 "You're... one tough customer," Marina groaned at the wounds, growing irritated of the Aetherbell's defiance. "You'll make fine fabric, you know? Just... Be cooperative and hold still!" She raised her hand, drawing several wormholes in the middle of the sky, as they began to spit out shining meteors at an alarming rate. The meteors fell all over the Aetherbell, pummeling it with continuous explosions. The meteors that missed would go on to sever the remaining tendrils lodged in buildings. They covered a decent amount of area around the creature, too, leaving it with little space for escape. She used the opportunity to wish back her vitality and increase her firepower and agility even more, as she gazed upon the show she had created. [Worldline: 6 4 1 2 4 5 5 6 5 6] (Using one Resolve to execute the Excel Hyper: Meteor Shower) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Empiricist Posted April 13, 2018 Author Share Posted April 13, 2018 Sasha Spoiler Sasha: 2 Luchador Menreiki A: 4, Hyper[5] Luchador Menreiki B: 6 Luchador Menreiki C: 6 Luchador Menreiki D: 5 Luchador Menreiki E: 1 C slams straight into Lucia, the sheer force of the impact sending the android skidding the backwards, heels tearing tracks into the asphalt. What it doesn't do however, is harm her. Lucia's, tough, you know that pretty well, and Lucia has a shield. Well, she now has a shield. Some random lady she dragged in front of the attack, before casually tossing aside, confused but unharmed. She makes a step forwards, driving her fist towards her assailant, who is now the one on the defensive, stepping back just out of reach and switching to a rooster mask as Lucia's hand closes around a nearby street sign, the ground beneath it exploding as spirit energy is sent coursing through its form. E responds to this by tossing a volley of batarangs at her. Yeah that, that's really not gonna do much. You meanwhile summon your bike, blazing forwards and crashing straight into D, your raw speed surprising both your assailants. Still not everything's coming up Sasha today because rather than being sent flying, or tumbling, or turning into the bastard lovechild of a piece of roadkill and a modern art installation, D just digs their heels in, barrier shattering as their body ripples from the impact. Cracks are spreading across their exterior, but it's not enough, not nearly enough. Their mask detaches, flying off as a new one takes its place - a bloodstained hockey mask. They seem to grow markedly larger as they bring their fist, and most of their body weight down, aiming for the front of your bike, aiming to slam into into the ground and catapult you upwards into a grab with their other hand. B meanwhile decides that it's better served just helping A beat on Aiko, and boy is A beating on Aiko. It's fucking choking her, and slamming her into the ground, into walls, just, one slight problem - it, doesn't seem to be doing that much. The uh, slamming seems to mostly consist of just, pushing and prodding her around and generally just doing a pretty bad of stopping her from continuing to spray out talismans at everyone nearby. Having decided that repeated chokeslams really aren't helping, it just hurls a fucking car at her, B readying a missile for good measure. Spoiler Sasha Status: Fine World Line: 4 5 6 4 1 3 4 4 5 6 3 Alterations: 2+ Resolve: 3 Lucia Status: Somewhat hurt, off-balance Aiko Status: Not particularly hurt, off-balance Luchador Menreiki A Status: Slightly hurt, some sort of musical effect has been placed on them Masks: Gasmask, Nixon, Phantom of the Opera, Batman, Darth Vader (equipped) Luchador Menreiki B Status: Slightly hurt, some sort of musical effect has been placed on them, Hidden Talisman (1 Turns), Explosive Shot (1 Turns) Masks: Oni, Iron Man (equipped), Zorro Luchador Menreiki C Status: Slightly hurt, some sort of musical effect has been placed on them Masks: Rooster (equipped), Pilot, Luchador Luchador Menreiki D Status: Chest has cracked open slightly with some chipping to the central cubes Masks: Batman, Zorro, Jason Voorhees (equipped) Luchador Menreiki E Status: Slightly hurt, some sort of musical effect has been placed on them Masks: Pilot, Batman (equipped), Oni Spoiler Lucia An exceedingly durable close quarters specialist who devastates foes with both sheer force and technical skill provided she can get close. Though her thrusters have abysmal acceleration, she can move incredibly quickly given enough time. <Donation>: Lucia donates a point of Resolve for an ally's immediate use. She has 1 point of Resolve remaining. Aiko A support unit who twists unseeable factors to harass enemies and doom their attacks from all ranges. Though severely lacking in both mobility and passive defenses, she is more than capable of protecting herself. <Donation>: Aiko donates a point of Resolve for an ally's immediate use. She has 2 points of Resolve remaining. Spoiler Under most circumstances, your course of action would not have gone too well, trying to avoid two fairly fast strikes with a roll difference just by counter-ramming. But, well, fucking 12 Mobility and a Regalia bike are enough to tip the scales. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Empiricist Posted April 13, 2018 Author Share Posted April 13, 2018 Marina Spoiler Marina: 6, Hyper[R] Aetherbell: 6 You know how according to anime magical girls are supposed to only use their most powerful attack as a finisher? Fuck that noise. Marina von Siemens is gonna give it to a motherfucker right now, right fucking now. You ain't got not time for this bullshit, you were planning on having a nice dinner, maybe reading a light novel or catching a rom-com. But nope, this thing decided to just jump you outta nowhere. But you know what, you will be having dinner on time, because this floaty asshole just fucked with the wrong magical loli. Wormholes tear open right above it, and the just start bombarding it with blazing space rocks. There's another screech of metal as it begins shielding itself with the blade ring, but it's not quick enough, the first handful of impacts managing to blast away some of its tubular... tube thingies, and slam it into the pavement below. Its tendrils retract as the continuous barrage just strikes it over and over again, not really breaking its guard, but pushing it backwards until its forced to start just tearing a hole into the ground as to not get crushed against it. Spoiler Marina Status: Somewhat hurt, fairly increased firepower, increased accuracy, fairly increased agility, Meteor Shower active for 2 more turns Worldline: 4 1 2 4 5 5 6 5 6 2 Alterations: 5 Resolve: 2 Aetherbell Status: Several tubes have been blasted off, blades are locked together, rear membranes are haemorrhaging slightly, pinned down in a hole. Spoiler Yeah um, I didn't expect you to just, drop a Meteor Shower on this. And no, it's not making any attacks this turn, it's, stuck in a hole, protecting against a presumably ever-worsening barrage. You're not fully healed yet, but, nothing's stopping you from wishing for heals again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yours Truly Posted April 13, 2018 Share Posted April 13, 2018 Immanuel "Great, that's just...great," another awkward moment of relative silence passed as Immanuel shifted in his seat and checked his phone for new messages while his grandfather started to quaff some of the green tea like liquid present in his mug. The silence was finally broken when Immanuel, having become sick and tired of hearing the rather disturbing noises his grandfather was making, decided that this was a perfect time to say, "Well when are you free then?," which caused the old man to hold out a finger to signal that he needed a moment as he drained the remaining contents of the mug, and placed it back down on the table with a pleased sigh of contentment. "Well not anytime soon if you were planning on waiting, since unlike you I do have a social calendar, that and besides can't you just go to a gym or a dojo like everyone else does?," to which Immanuel could only reply by saying, "And get my ass kicked in a room full of sweaty and mostly male strangers?," this caused the old man to make an odd and inscrutable gesture in the air with both of his hands while he said, "Well if you'd like I could always se-," he was quickly cut off by Immanuel suddenly interjecting with, "You're just going to set me up on a date with a 'personal trainer' aren't you?." Adolf shrugged his shoulders a little bit as he replied with, "Well... I mean, if you were into guys then sure...are you into guys though?," to which Immanuel decided to reply by slowly and confidently stating that he is, "Not a homosexual, and also not shaving this mustache," and of course the old man quickly replied with, "What for? All of the nonexistent women it gets you?." (cont.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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