Round 68: Meeting the FactionsLocation: A Coruña, SpainWeather Conditions: SunnyTime: Early Afternoon Hazard looks around in the surrounding area. There are flat plains that stretch out for miles before turning into dynamic rolling hills and descending valleys. The flat plains are flooded with farmland and crops, fenced pastures that contain orchards of olives and tomatoes, and livestock like cattle, pigs, and sheep, a herd of which now scour around the tank. On these farmlands are houses of varying size, one in particular is grand, like a mansion among these modest stone homesteads.
A frustrated Greatness informs Sir Lorne of what the sheep herder said, and the knight responds, "That is curious, there has been no such Soviet Union for many years. If this man is telling the truth, we are caught in the middle of some great civil war." Greatness confronts the herder and speaks in Spanish,
"Sir, I am becoming quite short with you, so I will ask only a couple of questions, and if I don't like the answer, you won't like mine. First, what year is it, and where are we?" The goat herder takes a deep breath, "You are in A Coruna, Spain. It is the year 1937. Does that make you happy? I want to ask a question in return, how did you obtain that tank? Is it stolen? Or are you Soviet spies? If you are spies, you are doing an awful job."
Hawk searches for available and appropriate targets for the purpose of smiting. [Perception: 6] Looking around, the priest figure sees only regular people, who are pretty smitable but "purifying" them does nothing in the way of gaining points and new powers. What is an interesting sight however, is when she spots the flying car that appears from behind a church swerve around its steeple and dives for her location. Hawk has to both move and shoot, and so she fires an inaccurate holy ball to try and divert Person while she runs for cover, [6-2(Run & Gun) vs. 1] and the divine attack hits the left wing of the car, somewhat damaging it and setting it on fire.
Dolosus does his best vague and generic accent that he can muster up,
" 'Ello, Mr. D is who I is, I travel through land this. I horse look for buy to yes. Do tell please me what mean you fascist by?" The armed men try to stifle their laughter while the speaking one puts on a huge grin as he answers, "Fascism, comrade, is a diseased mockery of ideology. The rich and powerful think that they can take the means of production away from the proletariat by overthrowing this country. But we shall not let them, we will give our lives in stopping their coup and we will drive them into the ocean or into their graves!" He leans over the edge of the roof, to get a better look at the odd "Mr. D". "You want a horse? Well, you will not have to spend any money to acquire one. We will provide you with a horse and more, if you join our cause. You will get a horse, weapons, tools, food and protection for your family if you promise to take up arms against the Fascists!"
Person carries out the strategy laid out by his companion, though what he does not expect is that while Hawk appears unarmed, she conjures up a magical attack that smashes into the left wing of his vehicle, causing the apparatus to shudder. [Flying: 1] Person does his best to recover, but he now severely regrets skipping out on "Flying Lessons" that one semester in college and instead taking "Theories of Futurism in the Americas", a fascinating course but one that was a lot less applicable in the current situation. The plane careens to the right and smashes into tree. [4] Person is thrust forward by the impact of the crash and his right arm takes the brunt of the damage, slamming against the steering wheel, and feeling rather numb and bent. The Macedonian, besides some cuts and bruises, appears to be fine, and the hunting dog is uninjured if a little shaken and stunned. "For the motherland!" The Macedonian cries this out as a battle charge throws open the passenger side door and slides over the hood of the car, simultaneously drawing his WWI Pistol. He lands on the other side and takes aim at Hawk, [7 vs. 6] firing three shots at her as she runs for cover behind the church. One bullet grazes her left shoulder and does superficial damage, but she is otherwise unharmed.
Cinder lays down a mental curse with her mind on the bastard that had developed the racing car before she had the chance to come out with it first. However this person was, they must of had creativity and logistics and the ability to implement their ideas, but Cinder was from the
future, which is infinitely cooler. As Edison had done with Tesla, if you can't invent it, just steal it! In this case literally, as Cinder hops inside (easily, due to the lack of a closed roof) and starts fiddling with the ancient controls. [Grand Theft Auto'ing: Auto-Success] A-ha! This anonymous inventor may have created the racing car, but in his arrogant foolishness he forgot to invent car keys. Just by pulling a crank, Cinder is able to get the engine roaring. It's a bit of a tight squeeze in a one-seat vehicle with the hefty Mr. Lion, but the two manage to fit in their snazzy new ride. [+30's Racing Car]
"NOOOOO!!! I can't think of any way to abuse my ability! And if I try to get another... I'll be rather dead..." Fallacy is rather peeved at getting what she feels in an underwhelming Devil Fruit Power, especially with Yuri now able to turn his body into metal. She doesn't take the risk of eating a second Devil Fruit, knowing that having second helpings of the mystical food usually resulted in painful death. She responds to Yuri's inquiry at why she's staring at him strangely,
"If you're wondering... some sort of... path, to you." Yuri bends down and grabs armfuls of various fruit on the ground and stuffs them into the folds of her judges' robe. The two of them head back into the portal to the Nuclear Silo World, running over to show off their new abilities and loot to Execute, who appears to be tied up.
Execute screams at the cop in the portal who is clinging to his forearm, "I AM NOT SOME CIVILIAN,
SIR, I AM EXECUTE/DUMBO.EXE AND I AM ROYALTY, REMOVE YOUR HAND FROM MY PERSON OR I SHALL BE FORCED TO RESPOND." When this fails to intimidate the policeman, Execute forfeits the gun and lets it drop back into the portal, and his would-be captor removes his hand to retrieve the fallen gun. Immediately, Execute closes the portal, deciding that "Police Gun World" was a universe that was more trouble than it was worth dealing with.
Execute runs back to the portal to see if the American Gunboat back in the Philippines has passed and indeed, it has no moved down the river passed the portal, missing it in their search of the Shaman.
Execute asks Yuri about the extents of his new powers. "I can make parts of my body metal, but not the whole thing," he says, demonstrating by turning his entire left arm into a steel-like material.
Wipeout explains to the soldiers that she is lost and wandered into the forbidden zone by mistake. The officer barks at her in an irritated tone, "Do not sail here, turn around and head back! But first, you must explain what that flag is!" He says, continuing to gesture to the Panamanian flag on Wipeout's ship. "What does that mean? What faction does that flag ally itself with? The Republicans? Fascists? Anarchists?"
New Quest: History in the Making
The Spanish Civil War didn't originally feature Wikipedia-Warriors. It's up to you to alter it now, for better or worse.
Condition:
*Successfully disrupt the war effort of the Spanish Communists or Fascists, (or Anarchists, but they are rarer around A Coruna and tend to be more "underground".) This can be accomplished in one of three ways:
A. Assassination: Kill an official who's rank is at equivalent to a Lieutenant Colonel. (If an official has at least 500 soldiers under his command, he fills the role for this method.)
B. Sabotage: Destroy an important physical institution for a faction, such as a base, military hospital, major outpost, factory or storage area.
C. Espionage: Steal physical intelligence from one faction and give it to the leader of an enemy faction.
*Only one of these methods has to be completed in order to succeed at the mission.
Reward: 2 Points, Possible Reputation/Notoriety among Factions.
Central America/Age of Exploration - Aztecs.
Philippines/Spanish-American War - The Spanish and Americans are battling it out in a major colonial war taking place in the Philippine Islands.
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 Civilian.
Nuclear Silo World - World where all that has been found so far has been a forest and a large, abandoned nuclear silo. Being explored by Execute, 12 Jaguar Soldiers, 1 Aztec Civilian, Fallacy and a Shaman.
Devil Fruit World - World filled with the mystical Devil Fruit.
Police Gun World - A world filled with police and police guns, unintentionally created by Execute. Closed.
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, Shaman Nature Charm [Pacifies Wild Animals, +2 Animal Befriending, Can be broken to unleash an emergency magical spell of nature]
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]), Ability: Body-Metal Manipulation - From eating a Devil Fruit, can turn parts of his body into a natural metal substance. Can no longer swim.
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: Fine
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: FallacyofUrist
Gender: Female
Nationality: Danish/Singaporean
Tilly van der Zwaard: +2 Running, +2 Stamina
Mountain Gun: +Mountain Gun
Wee Chong Jin: +2 Law, +Judge's Robes
2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: +Stock Racing Car, +2 Driving
George Henry Burgess: +2 Landscape Painting, +1 Mechanical Repair
Status: Normal
Assets: Judge's Robes, Stock Racing Car, M1903 Springfield Rifle [5/5] [Moderate Reload], Shaman Companion
Abilities:
Genetic Tracking: From eating a Devil Fruit, can now track anyone once she knows of a single piece of their DNA. Can no longer swim.
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, 30's Racing Car
Allies: Loyal Lion Companion
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: Male
Nationality: Portuguese/Vietnamese
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: Right Arm Broken
Assets: WWI Rifle [Moderate Reload] [5/5], Holy Hoa Hoa Robes
Allies: Flying Car [Disabled, Damaged Left Wing/Fire], Macedonian Nationalist Soldier [WWI Pistol [4/7], Trench Knife, Macedonian Soldier's Uniform], Loyal Hunting Dog [Stunned]
New Quest: History in the Making
The Spanish Civil War didn't originally feature Wikipedia-Warriors. It's up to you to alter it now, for better or worse.
Condition:
*Successfully disrupt the war effort of the Spanish Communists or Fascists, (or Anarchists, but they are rarer around A Coruna and tend to be more "underground".) This can be accomplished in one of three ways:
A. Assassination: Kill an official who's rank is at equivalent to a Lieutenant Colonel. (If an official has at least 500 soldiers under his command, he fills the role for this method.)
B. Sabotage: Destroy an important physical institution for a faction, such as a base, barracks, military hospital, major outpost, factory or storage area.
C. Espionage: Steal physical intelligence from one faction and give it to the leader of an enemy faction.
*Only one of these methods has to be completed in order to succeed at the mission.
Reward: 2 Points, Possible Reputation/Notoriety among Factions.
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