Round 65: Banishment of the SnakesLocation: Denmark, WisconsinWeather Conditions: Light RainTime: Night Hawk picks up her scepter and looks at it in all of its splendor, glowing but not necessarily awe-inspiring or anything. She points the tip of it at a nearby abandoned one-story house and lets loose with it, sending a fairly-slow moving white orb at the structure. It's not a very interesting sight until the orb makes connect with the house and obliterates the front-half of it in a brilliant explosion that lights up the area like a white firecracker. Satisfied with these results, Hawk heads down the road looking for people in need of a good smiting. She comes across a street corner where several contestant-looking people are hunkdrered behind a giant golem as explosives go off around them.
Also, for fun, Hawk gets down on one knee and utters a terse prayer. From her perspective, nothing has even happened, yet in reality she has unleashed a cataclysmic event that could change the United State's natural ecosystem permanently.
NAV continues to fly through the Manitowoc hospital, terrifying everyone and sending those who are able to move running. The Soucouyant head towards the Intensive Care Unit section of the hospital, knowing it will be full of weakened, crippled and comatose prey who can offer no resistance. [Hunting: 10] NAV flies into the I.C.U., full of critically ill individuals and the brave medical staff staying behind, refusing to abandon their patients even if there is a fireball zooming about inside in the hospital, jackpot. [1 vs. 3] NAV flies towards an elderly man, but just before he can attach to him, a nurse throws a medical blanket at him, knocking him off course. In the time that NAV shrugs off the blanket, some of the patients are already being transferred out of the room with haste.
Piratejoe ignores the part of his body that has turned to metal and tries to look past the grey fog, spewed from the mouth of the golem, to find his targets, but has little luck. He takes his final two grenades, and just as he prepares to launch them over the fog and as close to where he suspects Elephant Parade to be standing, Cinder springs from her racecar and runs to the aid of E.P. and Thousand Bones. [5-2(Low Visibility) vs. 8] [3-2 vs. 10] The grenades go over the metal fog, but as they fall Cinder has already gotten into a hitting stance, her bat held behind her. With one solid swing, she knocks both of the grenades back over the fog, sending one back, rolling just a few feet from Piratejoe, while the other lands directly on him. [4] [3] Piratejoe attempts to move, but the grenades have been cooked for too long at this point and the explosion mechanism triggers in both. The grenadier suffers both a hail of metal shrapnel going into his side, while simultaneously having one of his legs blown off. [Will to Survive: 6 = Insufficient] Piratejoe crumples to the ground, struggling for a few moments to right himself back up before quickly succumbing to several major injuries. His corpse is then engulfed in the fog, turning it into metal, instantly turning him into a statue that portarys his moment of defeat. Cinder snarkily makes a comment to Elephant Parade and Thousand Bones, "Hmph, bloody inaccurate travel brochures."
Cinder batted Piratejoe's grenades right back at him!
+1 Point
+Article: Garrard Tyrwhitt-Drake: +2 Relationships with Animals, +Loyal Zoo Animal Companion of Choice
Elephant Parade is rescued from by the efforts of Cinder, which Thousand Bones is immediately grateful for as he turns to her, "My thanks, young mistress, from saving my companion and myself from that dangerous rogue. For your efforts, I will let you in on some information; do you see that tear right there?" He raises a finger and points to the glowing blue anomaly that sits in the middle of a nearby empty lot, filled with the bodies of dead Aztecs, existing like a tear in the space of the universe. "That is a closed portal. My companion and I intend to enter it, in order to leave this world which has, since my arrival in it, has consisted of nothing but terror and treachery. Should you choose, I will allow you to cross it with us and enter into whatever exists on the other side." Thousand Bones waves at the Iron Golem and the metal guardian groans, suddenly collapsing into a pile of scrap metal consisting of the many miscellaneous parts which it was created from, the metal fog also disperses at this time. Thousand Bones and Elephant Parade, no longer in the midst of combat, stroll up to the closed portal. Thousand Bones pushes his hands apart as if he were imitating Moses's parting of the red sea, and suddenly the once portal once sealed by Execute opens up, revealing an opulent looking mansion on the other end. "Interesting...Elephant, you may proceed, I will stay for our savior and await her decision."
The portal to the Spanish Mansion has re-opened.Greatness, on her first order of business in Denmark, speaks to her mercenary knight companion, "
Sir Lorne, we are here! Beautiful Denmark, Wisconsin! This place has been the sight for many battles. Sir Lorne, we must add to this conflict!" The armored man nods, "Of course my lady, my lance is eager to taste the blood of the heretics!" [Tracking: 2+2] Greatness uses her tracking ability to scan the area for recent activity of Wiki-Warriors but finds little of use, all of the footprints appear to old to be of use, as they could have been made hours previously with their originator miles away at this point. Sir Lorne is able does spot something of interest, "Lady Greatness, in the distance yonder I believe I spotted a giant monument caving in on itself. There must be some great commotion hence."
Execute explains to the Shaman, longwindedly, the nature of Wiki Wars and how they started and what they could possibly be, and why someone might want to join the games. "I can't say I understand why these games exist but...somethings are not left up to mortals to know." Then, Execute notices the arrival of Twinwolf, who rather reluctantly went along with Execute's plans. "Oh, hey, friend! Good to see you here, I was wondering where you went, see, I just remembered that I could open portal into paintings, and have been preparing myself as such, I need you, and some of the Jaguar Warriors, to go into the land Fallacy has painted, and take some painting supplies, they're the big boxes in the field, you can't miss them." As he goes to open up Fallacy's painting into the world of spontaneously appearing painting boxs, he turns to the Shaman once more, "Oh, Shaman, please, make a painting of whatever charms or focuses or... Anything you can think of, then give the result to me, I'll be able to give you them once I open the world inside of it, Yuri, that's the same for you, too, armour, weapons, anything you'd deem useful, it doesn't matter how it looks, as long as I'm capable of understanding what it is, I can open it without any troubles, Jaguar warriors and you, civilian, keep an eye on Twinwolf and help him out if needed, Fallacy, try to make a landscape painting of an enormous bunker, easily defensible and very durable."
The Shaman takes a paintbrush, "I am by no means an artist , but I can try." [Painting: 9] Despite her humility, the Shaman produces a well-crafted and accurate depiction of a Shaman charm.
Yuri also takes a paintbrush and gets to work on portraying equipment for his forces. [Painting: 1] Yuri excitedly gets to work on an elaborate painting of the Russian Army at its height, full of lines of infantry and tanks, with planes soaring above. And just before Yuri finishes it, he knocks over a vial of paint that spillls onto the canvas, ruining his creation and spilling valuable painting supplies. The Boyar sighs deeply.
Fallacy, perhaps the best artist in the vicinity, responds to her master's request,
"I think I'll do you one better!" [Landscape Painting: 4+2] She creates a forest, and deep within the greenery a giant tower rises into the air, what remains of an abandoned nuclear missile silo. In the throes of creative exploration, Fallacy may have gone too far with the 'abandoned' part, as the missile silo is overgrown with plant life and is cracked or broken in certain areas, in fact the top of it is partially missing.
Execute opens up the portal to the world of painting supply crates, and Twinwolf, accompanied by the Jaguar Warriors and the Aztec civillian, step within. Before them is an open field, where various crates line the ground, though not as if they were dropped there. They appear to be coming forth from the ground, varying in size, with some of the smaller crates partially embedded in the earth. The crates are actually growing from the ground, as crops would do. As the party approaches the crates, in the distance they spot a few individuals in the distance staring back at them, likely the tribal inhabitants of this world that Fallacy had created. They do not act hostile or friendly at the moment, they simply observe Twinwolf and his Aztec companions.
Finally, Execute sets himself to work on creating an illustration of some tools that will come in use in the very near future. [Painting: 10] Execute immediately opens up a small portal into his picture and pulls out a Futuristic Megaphone as well as a pair of Futuristic Binoculars, both high-tech creations that surpass the technology of the present day even in the modern world beyond the portals. Execute uses the Binoculars to calculate the exact distance of the American Warship, and then applies the Megaphone to hail them. While he has no doubt that the naval soldiers received his message, they are either unable or unwilling to answer back and continue proceeding towards Execute's position.
U.S. Warship arrives next turn.Wipeout boards her majestic cargo ship and assumes the captain's position, starting up the large vessel and beginning the journey to the waters of Minnesota. [Sailing: 6] After a few hours of sailing the ship, which admittedly was built with capacity in mind way over speed, Wipeout reaches Summer Island. The problem with using a ship of this size is that she'll have to sail all the way around Wisconsin the long way, as she is unable to take any of the smaller in-land waterways.
Dolosus is occupied at the moment with getting the Soucouyant, formerly known as The Ensorceler, off of his pinkie finger.
"JESUS SHIT FUCK STUPID FIREBALL BULLSHIT GET OFF OF MY ARM!!!" Fortunately for him, there is a river that runs perpendicular to the road nearby. [3 vs. 2] Dolosus sprints for the water and dips the fireball off of it, which forces it to slip off of his finger, much like water removes a sticky substance from someone's body. While this removes the Soucouyant, it does not harm it, and the fireball remains blood-thirsty. [5 vs. 3] The Soucyouant flies up and reattaches itself to Dolosus's lower body, sucking blood from him once again. [8+2 vs. 2] Dolosus removes the Soucouyant again by slamming his Katana into it, and while it slices the Soucouyant in half, the fireball simply reforms into one whole orb. Frustrated, Dolosus takes the blunt end of his Katana and begins beating it into the shore of the river, burying it in the soil and then shoving a pile of dirt above it. That should keep it contained for a while.
H4zardZ1, looking for something of interest, rolls her tank down the road. After passing a series of ruined houses and rubble, they finally come across Greatness and Sir Lorne. The Knight hails the tank with a wave, "Greetings!"
News Update: Reports are coming in that snakes in the United States have suddenly entered into a frenzied state, hurrying towards the edges of the country and leaving, whether through the Canadian and Mexican border, or even straight into the ocean if it is closest. While millions of Americans are in the paths of the snakes, no incidents of snake attacks have been reported. "I was just at the beach with my family, when the snakes started coming onto the sand," says Jose Igauldo who was vacationing on the eastern coast of Virginia. "We thought they were going to come after us but they just slithered by and went into the water. It was like a movie..." Scientists have been unable to explain this behavior so far, and attempts to contain the snakes are failing. Even snakes that were contained in commercial farms, zoos and research facilities have managed to escape. More on this story at 11..."
A flying car races towards Denmark, hovering over the town. There are multiple people inside, including car-pilot Person, a Macedonian Nationalist and a hunting dog. "We take this city for the motherland!" As the Nationalist declares this, the hunting dog barks.
Active Portals and Current Spawns:
Spanish Mansion - 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, and a Shaman.
Painting Supply Box World - World where boxes of painting supplies grow like plants, inhabited by tribal people. Being explored by Twinwolf, Jaguar Soldiers and Aztec Civillion.
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, Futuristic Megaphone, Futuristic Binoculars
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: Normal
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: Normal
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: 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
Garrard Tyrwhitt-Drake: +2 Relationships with Animals, +Loyal Zoo Animal Companion of Choice
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: Normal
Assets: Bicycle, Bicycle Helmet, Musket, BT Light Tank [2/3 Crew], British Officer's Uniform
Ally: Loyal Caribbean Soldier [Footsoldier Uniform, Saber]
Name: Person
Gender:
Nationality:
José de Almada Negreiros: +2 Futurist Paintings, +Flying Car
Gyorche Petrov: +WWI Rifle, +Macedonian Nationalist Soldier
Carl Davis Drumond: +2 Punching
Huỳnh Phú Sổ: +2 Prostelyzation of
Hoa Hoa Religio, +Holy Hoa Hoa Robes
Call of the Wildman: +4 Nuisance Animal Catching, +Loyal Hunting Dog
Status: Normal
Assets: WWI Rifle [Moderate Reload] [5/5], Holy Hoa Hoa Robes
Allies: Macedonian Nationalist Soldier [WWI Pistol [7/7], Trench Knife, Macedonian Soldier's Uniform], Loyal Hunting Dog
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
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