"Hm. I'll be back in a bit. I'm going to go check out the village."
Alena leaps out of the plane, using her robe as a parachute. When she gets to the ground, she tries to find someone to ask about the dragon.
You land gracefully without injuring yourself, but it's more because Village Genius thought ahead and flew low to the ground than your 'parachute'. You enter the nearest building, and walk in on a group of tall, thin men loading all sorts of firearms and strapping them to their bodies. One of them notices you and nearly spits out the cigarette in his mouth as he curses and unslings a massive shotgun from his back, which he levels at your face, before shouting in some unrecognizable language. Within seconds, everyone in the room has a weapon trained on you, with various looks of fear and hatred upon their faces.
(wwolin, English homework?)
Take the claymore. See what my newfound powers are by trying to fly.
(Cello aff: 3-3)
(Cello dex: 1+3)
(Cello end: 6-3)
Tucking the knife into your belt, you pick up the claymore and attempt to fly with it. A savage bullet of razor-sharp wind immediately launches itself from the blade and curves around towards you, slicing into your abdomen, turning your lower body into a nasty looking pulp of organs and bone splinters. As you curl up in pain, a man carrying a rifle and humming the tune of 'singing in the rain' enters the temple, the birds scattering as he does so.
"Charlie?! Damn! Okay focus."
Rend Nekik.
Fire at Ushil to impede his progress with the circle!
Four... Three shots? Can't tell... Still, this is quite a mismatch, I need a strategy...
(Annie dex: 5+6-3)
(ALGEM dex: 5+1)
(Nekik dex: 3+4)
(Ushil dex: 3)
(Usir dex: 3-4)
(Annie dex: 4+6+3)
(Nekik dex: 5+4)
(Nekik dex: 1+4)
(Annie dex: 1+6-3)
(Nekik str: 5+4)
(Annie end: 4+6)
(Nekik str: 1+4)
(Annie end: 5+6)
(Algem dex: 5+1)
(Ushil dex: 6)
(Ushil dex: 1)
(Ushil aff: 6+4)
(Usir dex: 2-4)
(Usir end: 3+4)
Pushing herself off with her good foot, Annie lunges ferociously at Nekik, but he ducks under the attack with an exaggerated bow before lashing out with both of his swords, striking Annie twice but failing to break her supernaturally tough skin. ALGEM meanwhile tries to fire at Ushil, but misses by just a few inches as the fairy completes her bloody design.
"Now, all that we need is some bait, and we'll be good to go!"With that, she twirls her parasol daintily, sending a barrage of razor-sharp red magic discs into Usir's skull.
"FATHER! Ushil, you traitorous bitch, what have you done?"As Nekik sprints towards his father's corpse, a scything claw reaches from the circle and digs into the ground. This claw is followed by another, and with a mighty tug, the limbs drag a massive eyeless shark-like head forwards, followed by a body that would not look out of place on a gigantic grub. The abomination sniffs at the air for a moment, before skewering Usir's body and dragging it into the gaping maw like a kebab.
"Ahahahahaha! Just try calling me useless now! Now, Petipor, no need to wait for orders! Eat as much as you'd like!"The shark-beast slavers hungrily in response, letting its unbelievably long tongue roll to the ground as it contemplates who would make the best meal.
All right! Now THIS is awesome!
Search for someone.
Although nobody seems to be in the immediate area, you have a feeling that if you just stick around, someone will end up spawning in.
"KAHAHAHA! I'm fucked Kahahaha!" Evil Lucky says in his madness. Lucky let's go of the Spear.... he maybe mad but he knows when he needs to run and holding the spear won't let him run.
"Aurwyn! This is where we run!" Lucky says as he runs to where Aurwyn is hiding.
Let go of the spear and run as fast as I can toward Aurwyn and pick her up and just keep running.... in particular to a forest or someplace where it'd be hard for the dragon to spot me. Have Aurwyn crash the meteor into the dragon.... even better more try to increase the gravity on it so it'll do more damage. ((If that meteor was able to blow up a whole mountain, then it sure as hell is the only chance I have in damaging it.))
Also, not that I'm complaining, but shouldn't the bad loot actually have some consequences? As it is it's rather OP for Osborn getting awesome loot with no negative consequences and his bonuses to other stats.
Oh, it has some consequences alright. He was statted to deal with the book, but if you couldn't tell from the last round, the bookwyrm attacks whoever has the lowest badassery. Now, it doesn't matter if you roll a 6+6+10 for badassery. If you're the only one around, that's still the lowest.
((thanks for the info!))
fly up and find my throne room in the castle. Command wyrm to kill the lucky guy. THE BOOK-WYRM BRAKES FOR NOBODY!
(Lucky dex: 2-1)
(Aurwyn dex: 2-6)
(Osborn dex: 3)
(Bookwyrm dex: 4-4) It's too big to be quick, but it's also too big to dodge easily
(Osborn dex: 6)
(Ballista 1 dex: 4+2)
(Ballista 2 dex: 2+2)
(Ballista 3 dex: 6+2)
(Osborn end: 2+6)
(Aurwyn aff: 4+2)
(Meteor force: 10)
(Bookwyrm end: 14)
As Lucky looks on in awe and horror at the bookwyrm, Osborn seizes the opportunity to fly up towards the fortress on its back. As he approaches the black structure, he spots a pair of enormous black arrows hurtling towards him and rolls out of the way just in time to slam into a third arrow, which shears off one of his flaming wings. Cursing, he uses his remaining wing to glide down to where the shots were fired from, landing on the top of a tower connected to the main castle by a grand bridge. As his feet touch down on the black cobbles that the fortress is composed of, a trio of insect-like soldiers leap from the ballistae that they had been manning and draw their shortswords, advancing nervously towards Osborn.
The bookwyrm itself seems to be rather calm, perhaps because it is simply too large to notice the puny figures surrounding it. However, as Lucky and Aurwyn flee, the meteor is set in motion again, crashing into the great book atop the beast's neck with enough force to slam it shut and send the monster reeling. Scores of twisted black creatures are shaken off of its back, although the great castle seems to be unshaken, perhaps through some sort of dark magic. As the bookwyrm shakes itself off, a set of eyes form on the cover of its book and lock onto Aurwyn as the monster begins to move towards her and Lucky.
"What was that noise? I need to be better equipped to deal with such rabble!"
Cautiously move through the forest. If anything attacks me, throw my paper airplane at it.
((Oh dear, Osborne needs to be stopped.))
You travel slowly through the forest, eventually reaching the source of the smoke, which is not a village, but instead a massive steam-powered airship which has been anchored to several trees. A team of loggers are at work nearby, furiously gathering wood and placing it in what must be the engine room. As you marvel at the sight, a grey-bearded man who seems to be overseeing the process calls out to you.
"Hey, what do you think you're doing taking a break like that!? Either get to work gathering wood or get on board and help the engineers with that harpoon-gun that's been malfunctioning! I told you all at the beginning of this voyage that there would be no time for breaks! Now hurry the hell up!"Pick up pole-speaker, then tell Bobby and Sir Iron-Blood to investigate the dragon and attack it if it gives them trouble.
(don't want to be anywhere near them when their marks are all gone)
(Squitange bad: 4+4)
You pick up the speaker as your minions take the chariot into the mountains, and it immediately releases a massive blast of earth-shaking bass sound. While the sound would probably qualify as literally face-melting for most people, you just grin and turn it up to 11. That's right... it goes to 11.
take the hunters rifle and all of his spare ammo, run for the hills.
You do just that, winding up in ancient temple where a young man carrying a rune-covered claymore is bleeding to death, his entire lower body turned into a bloody pulp.
"OK, I'll land down here!"
Land in a clearing in the village. Briefly wonder why Alena jumped out of the plane, then push the thought out of mind. Talk to the villagers to gain QUESTS while waiting for Alena.
You land and holler at a group of villagers fleeing from the hot springs, waving in a friendly manner. Even though they don't seem to speak English, you can tell that they're far more focused on the dragon than they are on you, and they hardly notice you as they disappear into a small building.
DARIUS, CRAIG, KORDOS, RAYNEN, AND VAREN ALL SPAWN/RESPAWN/ARRIVE IN THE SPAWN AREA!(Darius luk: -1-6)
Darius' waiver becomes a vial of foul-looking liquid. It seems to be eating away at the inside of the vial rather quickly... perhaps it might be a good idea to dispose of it soon.
(Kordos luk: 5+3)
Even if he doesn't recognize the location, Kordos knows what the waiver in his hand is about to do, and sets it down carefully as it begins to transform. It changes into a rather magnificent looking triple-barrel shotgun, the stock of which is wrapped in expensive-looking red and black striped fur.
(Craig luk: 6+3)
As Craig arrives out of breath at spawn, he notices a suspicious bulge in the front of his pants, which grows larger with every passing second. Reaching into his trousers, he fishes out a Glock 17 pistol... First that crazy woman in the robot, now this? Shit's about to get weird.
(Raynen luk: 4+3)
Raynen's waiver becomes a plain-looking plastic bow, covered in all sorts of cutesy childish designs. A quiver of arrows also appears next to it, ending in plunger-like tips instead of points. Hopefully it's more useful than it looks.
(Varen luk: 6+2)
Varen's waiver becomes a wicked looking dagger covered in intricate web-like patterns. A short red ribbon dangles from the hilt, and as Varen picks the weapon up, it begins to vibrate softly.
ALSO, BOLD YOUR ACTIONS IF YOU DON'T ALREADY! IT MAKES THINGS SO MUCH EASIER FOR ME. M.A.G.U.S. WILL BE UP AFTER I HAVE SOME DINNER.
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