Round 64: Phillipino Painting PartyLocation: Denmark, WisconsinWeather Conditions: Light RainTime: Night Cinder drives around the city of Denmark, distributing flyers asking for donations in order to fulfill her dream of creating the world's first baseball team consisting entirely of steampunk robots. However, as she drives around she finds that there are not many people out and about, in fact the whole city seems to be dead, not just randomly deserted; craters and debris like broken vehicle and chunks of concrete litter the roads and sidewalks, while buildings burn all around her. Apparently something happened before she had arrived, the brochure said that Denmark was a tranquil town in the mid-west, not the sight of a aerial bombing raid. As she drives down one road, she spots a couple people hunkered behind some sort of giant metal humanoid.
NAV, no comfortable living inside of The Ensorceler's throat, attempts to drain him of all of his blood from the inside. [10 vs. 2] Imagine a giant leech stuck inside of your throat, draining it of blood while simultaneously choking you, this would be a similar situation to what The Ensorceler is facing right now. [6+2(Stamina)-4(Suffocating)] The Ensorceler sprints for the Hospital without being able to breath and losing blood very fast, clutching his neck as he goes straight for the entrance. Right before he can cross the threshold of the automatic door, he collapses, out of breath and out of blood. A group of medical staff sees this and rushes forward, but as they do The Ensorceler suddenly molts his skin into a fleshy pile beneath his clothes, two orbs ascending from the body. There are screams and shouts of awe and surprise as the medical staff flee from the rise of the Soucouyants.
NAV suffocated/exsanguinated The Ensorceler to death.
+1 Point.
+Article: Esteban Julio Ricardo Montoya de la Rosa Ramírez: +2 Dancing, +1 Agility, +Bellhop's Uniform, +Blue-footed ChickenDolosusDoleus, now equipped with 1 Kilo of Pure Cocaine aka Powder aka Snow aka Tony Montana aka The Yayo etc., goes around Manitowoc, looking for somewhere he can peddle his goods without being caught. [Drug Dealing: 8] Dolosus walks until he spots a car full of college aged men loitering in an empty parking lot behind a paper factory next to a river. The Samurai walks up to them and offers them ninety percent of his supply. They talk among themselves for a bit, before settling on just a couple hundred grams. Despite this reduced quantity, Dolosus makes the biggest profit anyone has in one turn all game. (-.2 Kilograms of Cocaine, +$14,000) With this immediate high revenue, Dolosus runs back into the Mantiowoc medical center to pay off all his medical bills. Just as he's handing over his money, he sees his ally The Ensorceler run towards only to collapse and then spawn two of those firey orbs that had harassed them before. [3+1(Athleticism) vs. 5] Dolosus runs out a side exit, trying to outpace the Soucouyant that was once The Ensorceler, but the fireball catches up with him and attaches to the end of his left ring finger. [Athleticism: 8+1] Dolosus simultaneously runs in the direction of Denmark while unsuccessfully trying to shake free of the Soucouyant. (He would stop to look for a new horse, but that's a little difficult when a vampire is feeding off of you.) Being on foot, he gets nowhere close to Denmark, but he does get to the intersection of Route 10 and Highway 43 which is in the right direction.
Hawk calls up to the heavens and asks for God to smite all of the heathens that are within the ruins of Denmark. [Divinity: 7+2] The clouds above Hawk part and a patch of sky glows brightly despite it being nighttime.
"You want me to smite this place? I swear I just did. Listen, I'm really busy for Christ's sake. If you want some smiting to happen, go do it yourself." The sky returns to normal but not before a golden ray from the Heaven's shoots a golden scepter right into Hawk's left hand, since his right is already equipped with Saint Patrick's Holy Staff. The tip of it glows with a bright white pulse. (+Divine Scepter of Smiting)
When her driver asks Wipeout why she is being driven to the Bay, she enigmatically replies that she has "business" to attend to. With an unsure smile, the driver lets her out and wishes her a good day before speeding off. The harbor stands before her with an assortment of boats for everything from business to pleasure. She walks along a long dock until she finds the SS
Alba standing in all of its glory as if it had never sank that fateful winter day back in '38.
Execute takes the roll of paper and rolls it along a nearby flat rock, in lieu of a proper table, and orders the Aztec citizen to finger-paint a picture of paint brushes in a most meta way. [Painting: 9] While not a professional, the citizen's simple painting works and Execute reaches inside, pulling out several paint brushes of varying sizes and textures. (+Paintbrushes) Then, as per her request, he takes the Shaman aside and explains why this whole complicated ordeal has to happen, and while she understands why they have arrived here, she questions the validity of the Wiki-Wars as a whole. "Why would you want to join something like that though? In my home, except among the warrior tribes, warfare is a last resort for when all other options have failed. Why start a war when there is no reason for one, and put so many lives at stake?"
During this moral debate, Fallacy takes some paintbrushes from Execute and on a fresh piece of paper, begins to draw a field full of crates containing additional painting supplies. [Landscape Painting: 3+2] Fallacy does her best, though she ends up getting a bit caught up in making the painting expressive and detailed. Not only does she make a field full of crates, she draws with the crates a whole tribe of people who's lives and society are centered around painting and the painting crates. It's excessive, but hopefully Execute won't mind.
Twinwolf, cured of his wounds by the Aztecs, reloads his pistol and steps through the portal that Execute had most recently set up. He finds himself whisked away from the lofty mansion and now standing in jungle terrain surrounded by rich plant life and a humid atmosphere, while a fat river bubbles besides him. Just up ahead, he spots Execute, Yuri, Twinwolf, a Shaman and some Aztecs congregated around a large flat rock.
One of the Aztecs spots something and points down the river, and in the far distance, the group can see a steamboat waving an American flag coming in their direction, leaving them with only a couple turns left to prepare before contact.
U.S. Warship arrives in 2 Turns.Piratejoe takes out two grenades and lobs both of them, one arching over and behind the metal giant to where Elephant Parade was hiding, the other directly at the Iron Golem. [9 vs. 7] The first grenade lands pretty close to Elephant Parade and a piece of shrapnel slashes the front of his right forearm, giving him another wound in already damaged area. [2 vs. 6-2(Large)] The second grenade lands too from the giant and rolls across the ground, exploding harmlessly. The golem turns to Piratejoe and bends its head down, opening its mouth and unleashing a stream of purple grey at him. [7 vs. 3] Piratejoe runs from this strange breath attack but it moves quickly and part of it manages to touch his left leg. Joe's movement begins to get sluggish and he looks down to discover that everything below his left knee has turned to metal!
The Grey Gas cloud persists, swirling around like a fog, separating Piratejoe from Elephant Parade, Thousand Bones, the Iron Golem, and Cinder who has not been discovered by either competitor yet.
Thousand Bones spreads his palms on the badly injured Elephant Parade and begins to heal him, [Healing: 2+4(Cleric)] and heals him up his most recent wound, but the rest remain and he is quickly losing blood. "You are in bad shape my friend, we should proceed somewhere safer so I can focus my healing energies onto you without fear of attack, this last foe has proven that he can attack through my Iron Golem." The old Cleric looks around before spotting the closed portal in the empty lot nearby, "Do you see that glowing tear? If we can get close enough to that, I can use my magic to open it up and we could escape this assailant while my Golem keeps him busy."
No longer interested in the Wiki-Wars, High Tyrol decides to continue pursuing her poetry career instead.
High Tyrol has retired.
Greatness942 enters Denmark from the West, dressed in a business suit and she does mean business, carrying both a crossbow and a survival knife. She is accompanied by a knight straight out of the Crusades.
H4zardZ1 comes from the opposite side of town, from the East, bringing a Loyal Caribbean Soldier along with her. She has a bike, but she isn't riding it at the moment since it is stowed away in the back of her tank that she is currently commanding.
Active Portals and Current Spawns:
Mansion (Closed) - The gateway dimension between Denmark and other universes.
Central America/Age of Exploration - Aztecs.
Philippines/Spanish-American War - Being explored by Execute w/ Yuri & 12 Jaguar Soldiers. 1 Aztec Citizen. Abundant Painting Supplies. Reinforced by FallacyofUrist, a Shaman, and Twinwolf.
Night falls over Wisconsin.
Name: Execute/Dumbo.exe "Amihiyotzinuatmotlapal"
Gender: Male
Nationality: Iranian/Russian
Karaindash: +2 Administration, +2 Diplomacy
Rufa Mae Quinto: +2 Acting, +2 Singing
The Other Face of Janus: +Ability: Trans-dimensional Painting Transportation
Arman Sedghi: +2 Engineering
Sviatopolk I of Kiev: +2 Military Strategy, +2 Assassination, +Loyal Boyar Subject
Jacques Bernard Hombron: +2 Medical, +2 Botany, +1 Sailing
Status: Right Shoulder Bludgeoned [Bruised], Chest Seared [Burning Pain: 50% Chance of -2 on Any Action],
Points: 1
Assets: Police Pistol [7/9], Trench Knife, Type 69 RPG [0/1] [Long Reload], Paintbrushes
Abilities:
Trans-dimensional Painting Transportation - Can open up portals in paintings to travel in and out of them. A strange and enigmatic power, use it carefully.
Wings of Quetzalcoatl - Can fly.
Vassals: The Aztec Empire, The Texcocan Empire
Army:
Yuri - Aztec High Priest (Dagger, High Priest Robes, AR15 Assault Rifle [18/30] [Moderate Reload]) [In High Cover] [Right Foot Shot, Light Bleeding, -1 Agility]
87 Generals
308,884 Aztec Soldiers
Standard War Party Equipment - Bows, Obsidian Spears, Cloth Armor, Hardwood Helmets
Looted European Equipment: Muskets, Crossbows, Rapiers, Steel Armor, Steel Helmets
Name: Twinwolf
Gender: Male
Nationality: English/Yugoslavian
Johnny Strange: +2 Juggling, +2 Marksmanship, +Abilities: Black Hole Swallow Technique + Fire-breath Manipulator
Sluggish schizophrenia: +2 Psychological Torture
Dimitrije Ljotić: +2 Nationalistic Leadership, +2 Law, +Judge's Suit
Black Thunder: +Black Thunder Chocolate Bar (When a bite of the bar is taken, lightning will randomly strike in the nearby area)
Kartouwe: +Kartouwe Cannon
Abraham Louis Breguet: +3 Clock Making, +3 Clock Repair, +Small Antique Clock
Status: Normal
Points: 1
Assets: Judge's Suit, Kartouwe Cannon, Lighter, Pistol [8/8], Small Antique Clock
Abilities:
Black Hole Swallow Technique - Swallows any dangerous weapon or object that can fit inside his stomach with no negative effects.
Fire-breath Manipulator - Inhales a nearby source of fire and then can breathe it out of his mouth.
Name: Elephant Parade
Gender: Male
Nationality: Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani Art: +2 Art
Sean Buckley: +2 Entrepreneurship, +Thoroughbred Racehorse, +Business Suit
Thomas Wentworth: +2 Muskets, +1 Swords, +Musket, +British Empire Officer's Saber
LaVern Gibson Championship Cross Country Course: +2 Agility & Speed in Natural Environments
Jake Deitchler: +2 Wrestling
Dmitri Tymoczko: +2 Music Composition, +2 Music Theory
Status: Right Shoulderblade Shot [-2 Dual Handed, Moderate Bleeding], Upper Left Ear Shot Off, Right Side of Upper Torso Shot [Serious Bleeding]
Assets: Musket [1/1] [Moderate Reload], British Empire Officer's Saber, Untitled Song with Musket Fire, Thoroughbred Racehorse, Untitled Song Inspired by Animal Noises, Song Inspired by Horse: "Horse, Of Course"
Allies: Thousand Bones [Legendary Cleric] - Iron Golem [Breath Attack: 4-Turn CD (Cooling: 4 Turns)] [Immune to Magic] [Large & Powerful]
Name: NAV
Gender: Male
Nationality: British/Polish
The Last Seven: +2 Scavenging, +2 Demon Hunting, +Bullpup Assault Rifle, +Post-Apocalyptic Rags
Bill Spence: +2 Driving, +Sports Car
Jaws Unleashed: +Ability: We Need A Bigger Boat
Ludomir Benedyktowicz: +2 Landscape Painting, +1 Guerrilla Warfare, +1 War Poetry, +1 Chess
Cardenas Medal: Cardenas Medal
Soucouyant: +Ability: The Bloodsucking Fireball
Esteban Julio Ricardo Montoya de la Rosa Ramírez: +2 Dancing, +1 Agility, +Bellhop's Uniform, +Blue-footed Chicken
Status: Soucouyant Form, Chest Shot [Light Bleeding], Left Hand Crisped [Burning Pain: 75% Chance -2 to Any Action, -2 Two-Handed]
Points: 2
Assets: $761.90, Old Poncho [Dirty], Boxers [Dirty], Katana, 2 Javelins, Bellhop's Uniform, Blue-footed Chicken
Abilities:
We Need A Bigger Boat! - While in water, NAV can turn into a Giant Great White Shark. While in this form, he gains +4 Swimming, +3 Biting, and eating large living organisms, such as dolphins or humans, will cure wounds.
The Bloodsucking Fireball - While in human form, NAV can shed all of his skin into a pile and turn into a sentient Fireball that can fly and fit through holes as small as a keyhole. The Fireball can not ignite people with fire, but it can attach to them and drain them of their blood like a vampire. If a person is killed in this way, they will become an NPC Soucouyant. If the Soucouyant encounters any rice, it is forced to gather the rice one grain at a time unless it is caught by a person in this act, in which case it must return back to where its skin lies before it can set out again. The Soucoyant can be hurt in its fireball form, but not killed, by water. If someone destroys the Soucoyant's human skin, it will die.
Name: DolosusDoleus
Gender: Male
Nationality: Japanese
Okita Rintarō: +2 Swords, +Katana, +Yari, +Samurai Armor, +Samurai Helmet
Bill Nichols: +2 Documentary Filming, +Filming Camera
2003 Cheltenham Gold Cup: +2 Horseback Riding, +Racehorse
John F. Bickford: +2 Sailing, +2 Naval Combat, +Civil War Revolver, +Naval Captain's Uniform
Borovo Treasure: +Pouch containing the Borovo Treasure
RV Belgica (1884): +RV Belgica Steamship
O.J. Mayo: +2 Basketball, +1 Athleticism, +Basketball Shoes, +Basketball, +Large Ziploc Bag containing 1 Kilo of Cocaine, +Lifetime Ban from the NBA
Status: Soucouyant Attached to Left Ring Finger
Points: 2
Assets: $11,556, Katana, Yari, Samurai Armor, Samurai Helmet, Filming Camera, Potato Vehicle Keys, RV Belgica Steamship, Basketball Shoes, Basketball, Large Ziploc Bag [0.8 Kilograms of High-Quality Cocaine], Lifetime Ban from the NBA
Pouch [The Borovo Treasure]
Name: wipeout1024
Gender: Female
Nationality: American/Swedish
Bonnie Blair: +3 Speedskating, +Ice Skates
Krister Stendhal: +2 Christian Theology (+3 New Testament Theology), +2 Christian Education
SS Alba: +SS Alba Cargo Ship
Space Jam: +2 Basketball (+4 vs. Aliens), +1 Reflexes, +Basketball, +Basketball Uniform, +Ability: Come on and Slam!
Dorothy Blum: +2 Computer Science, +2 Cryptanalysis
Status: Fine
Assets: Ice Skates, SS Alba Cargo Ship, Basketball, Basketball Uniform
Abilities:
Come on and Slam! - Wipeout can Dunk any held object on targets for increased accuracy and damage output. Must be within melee-range of target to use. 1-Turn Cooldown. [Ready]
Name: piratejoe
Gender: Male
Nationality: Indian
Telangana Rebellion: +2 Peasant Recruitment, +2 Morale when Leading Peasant Rebels, +Lee Enfield Rifle, +4 No. 69 Hand Grenades
New England Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame: +2 Wrestling
NASA Equal Employment Opportunity Medal: +NASA Equal Employment Opportunity Medal
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Leclerc_du_Tremblay: +2 Persuasion, +2 Spying, +1 Catholic Proselytizing
Filipe de Brito e Nicote: +2 Scouting, +2 Swords, +Portuguese Rapier, +Renaissance Armor, +Small Bag of Gold
Status: Normal
Assets: Lee Enfield Rifle [5/10] [Moderate Reload], 2 No. 69 Hand Grenades, NASA Equal Employment Opportunity Medal, Portuguese Rapier, Renaissance Armor, Small Bag of Gold
Name: Cinder
Gender: Female
Nationality: German/Irish
Moscow Children's Ecological & Biology Center: +2 Ecology & Biology Knowledge
Moe Drabowsky: +2 Throwing, +Baseball Glove, +Baseball
Karl Friedrich Schinkel: +2 Architecture, +2 Painting, +German Aristocratic Garbs, +Ability: New Age of Industrialization
Ryan Hemphil: +2 Driving, +Racecar
Josie Dwyer: +2
Camogie, +2 Stick-Whacking, +Camogie Stick, +Camogie Helmet
Status: Normal
Assets: Baseball Glove, Baseball, German Aristocratic Garbs, Racecar, Camogie Stick, Camogie Helmet
Abilities:
New Age of Industrialization - This ability can target a city/town/village/community/etc. that is either unindustrialized or was industrialized but has fallen into despair since. When used, the target city will rapidly industrialize and thrive with a whole new architecture and revitalized economy. 15 Turn CD. (Note: For some reason, this industrialization takes the form of an androgynous naked blonde person flying a Pegasus and blowing bubbles.
See here for details.)
Name: Hawk132
Gender: Female
Nationality: Irish
Susan B. Anthony: +3 Leading Suffragist, Feminist and Anti-Slavery Movements, +2 Persuasion, +2 Writing,
Yamaha C40: +Yamaha C40 Classical Guitar
MS European Mariner: +MS European Mariner Freight Ferry
Wilson Whitley: +2 Tackling, +Football Shoulderpads, +Football Helmet
Saint Patrick: +3 Catholic Divinity, +Saint Patrick's Holy Staff, +Saint's Robes, +Ability: Snake Banishment
Status: Normal
Assets: Saint's Robes [Divine], Saint Patrick's Holy Staff [Divine], Divine Scepter of Smiting [Divine]
Abilities:
Snake Banishment - Forces all of the snakes in the country where Hawk stands to flee immediately.
Name: Greatness942
Gender: Female
Nationality: American/French/Moroccan
Vernon Harrell: +2 R&B Singing and Songwriting, +Business Suit
Fitna of al-Andalus: +2 Leading Coup-de-etats, +2 Assassination, +Crossbow, +Ally: Mercenary Knight
Bouchra Ghezielle: +1 Athleticism, +Plastic Bag of Steroid Pills
Umanosuke Ueda: +2 Wrestling
John Locke (Lost): +2 Wilderness Survival, +2 Tracking, +Survival Knife
Status: Normal
Assets: Business Suit, Crossbow [1/1] [Moderate Reload], Plastic Bag [Steroid Pills], Survival Knife
Allies: Mercenary Knight [Plate Armor, Horse, Lance, Shortsword, Round Shield]
Name: H4zardZ1
Gender: Female
Nationality: Irish
Jan Ullrich: +2 Cycling, +Bicycle, +Bicycle Helmet
Wolfe Tone: +2 Irish Nationalism, +Musket
Susan Penelope Rosse: +2 Portrait Miniature Painting
BT Tank: +BT Light Tank
Hugh Lyle Carmichael: +2 Administration, +2 Troop Morale, +British Officer's Uniform, +Ally: Loyal Caribbean Soldier
Status: Fine
Assets: Bicycle, Bicycle Helmet, Musket, BT Light Tank [2/3 Crew], British Officer's Uniform
Ally: Loyal Caribbean Soldier [Footsoldier Uniform, Saber]
Goodnight Sweet Prince
The skies over Minnesota remain purple, it seems that Prince isn't willing to go just yet. He left behind a cryptic note asking for "One last performance in the purifying waters."
Conditions:
*Locate the "purifying waters".
*Perform a cover of Purple Rain at this location, uninterrupted for a full turn. At the very least it should be a great performance so getting an [8] on the performance roll is required to fulfill the Quest. Music/Performance related abilities count toward this roll.
Reward: 2 Points
The inevitable has happened, someone has spawned with a tank.
In homage to Execute, who has somehow survived 40+ turns, I have based a character on Prince Executus and Yuri in Shadestyle's Darkness Redeemed RPG, as a Russian Prince and his loyal Boyar subject who can travel through paintings.
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