Chapter 5: Familiar Faces
Location: Grand Fairbank Mall, Toronto, Canada
"Out of all GM'ing principles, maintaining a schedule the most important by far." - TCM
The Evul Mage lays on the bouncy house for a second, his body limply rolling on the bouncy material until he is able to stand back on his feet, standing slack-jawed but holding his staff high and sending magical blasts out in every direction, taking out chunks of wall and metal aisle around him. [3-2 vs. 8+2] [6-2 vs. 1+2] Two orbs of magic fly towards the general direction of The Road Warrior and his Brothers. The three of them are able to drive and maneuver around the first explosion but the second is too close and takes out the top layer of clothing on The Road Warrior and burning the outer layer of skin on his chest but failing to do more serious damage. He retaliates with a quick burst of shots from Brother Koch, [7+2+1 vs. 6-2] one of which finds the mage's right leg. But he's not done! He casts more Dark Explosions, this time at Segata Sanshiro! [Willpower: 2] However, upon seeing Segata Sanshiro's hair, the Evul Mage puts down his wand and is able to do nothing but stare at the magnificent -doo, stunning him!
Aeyza runs the wall and comes around to the side of the giant plastic castle away from its inhabitants as well as other people trying to get inside. No one is currently engaging him, but that could change any moment. He looks for an entrance out of Toyworld and spots one in the distance that looks like it leads deeper into the mall. Preparing for combat, he takes out his mighty Railcannon and Braces himself.
McKatana, looks at his hands crackling with electrical energy, commenting on his new power,
"...interesting." He looks around for an electrical device that he could use his powers upon, [4] and the best he can find in his immediate area are some of the florescent light structures above that are illuminating the area. McKatana raises his hand up and the electricity from the lights flies into his hand with an almost magnetic attraction. There is enough energy in these lights to heal McKatana's single arm wound, and he notices that after he has drained the lights they remain permanently powered down, as if he had destroyed them as well.
Segata Sanshiro stands in the Sega Saturn aisle with his hands on his hips, basking in the glory that this mall would still dedicate an entire section to a beloved relic. He picks up a single Sega Saturn console system in his hands and walks out of the aisle looking for anyone who isn't playing. The Evul Mage, who would have fired an arcane explosion at Sanshiro, is taken aback by his magnificent hairstyle. Segata sees that this Mage is not playing the Sega Saturn, nor has any inclination to do so in the future. Neither does that schoolgirl on top of the castle, or the spacemen within its walls, or that strange looking man attached to the wall holding a massive gun, not a single one is playing the Sega Saturn. This displeases Segata.
The Viking at Stamford Bridge, despite having been smashed apart by Coldsteel the Hedgehog, is not one to let something like pain or injury stop him from finishing a fight. For this round, the Viking Knows No Pain and completely shrugs off the damage done to his ribcage allowing him the will to lunge at Coldsteel, [9 vs. 8+2] who ducks out of the way and [3+3+2 vs. 9] and punches the Viking in the jaw harder than even Knuckles could punch without chuckling. The Viking, despite getting a hard right to the jawline, stumbles to the side a little but gets right back into a fighting stance with no visible damage having been done to him.
After Blasting the Evul Mage, The Road Warrior turns his sub-machine gun on Kyoko.
"Oi! Eat lead, you bloody bogan! That kill was ours!" The Road Warrior signals Pleasant Brother to activate Banter on Kyoko, filling her with an urgent sense of fury. [10+2+1 vs. 4-2] This causes her to charge directly at The Road Warrior with no fancy or elusive movements and right into the line of fire where he wanted her. Before Kyoko can thrust her Modular Spear at him, she takes a single bullet to the Soul Gem which shatters, sending her body falling to the ground face-first, her spear rolling away from her loosened grip.
Meanwhile, a motorcycle bursts through one of the nearby walls carrying a very punk styled Kyoko.
The Road Warrior baited Kyoko! [+1 Kill]
+Ally: Magical Girl BrotherKars appears to be frustrated with the pace of the fighting he is having with Johnny Jokotaru,
"For fuck's sake, JOJO!!" He activates Bright Blade, [7 vs. 2] which sends out a bright flash powerful enough to temporarily blind both Dog Days and Johnny! Going for this opportunity, Kars jumps back and attacks with Shining Sabers, sending waves and gashes of light through the air to strike at Johnny who stumbles around. [3+2 vs. 7+2+2-3] Despite being blind, Johnny somehow manages to weaves to and fro around each of the Shining Sabers! Just before Kars can curse Johnny out again, the Joestar gets up in his face. [10+2+2-3 vs. 9+2-2] and punches Kars in the jaw again, with the power of two eighteen wheel trucks colliding with the Pillarman at 200 MPH. Kars jaw breaks and he slams into the nearest wall.
Skullduggery briefly considers how he is still alive before driving his Bentley straight through the doors of Ditches and Hoes and down the path until he comes to a spot with a lot of dead people, except for one standing Samurai and a writhing dirty man on the floor. Aiming to get rid of both of them, Skullduggery leans out of his window and fires two shots with his revolver, [1+2 vs. 5+1] [6+2 vs. 4-2-3] McKatana reflects the bullet aimed towards him with his blade, however, the second shot catches Crusty Pete in the neck and quickly ends his turns of suffering.
Skullduggery finished off Crusty Pete! [+1 Kill]
+Ability: Cyclone Spinning: While Flying, Skullduggery Pleasant can attack with a special Cyclone Spin which does heavy Physical damage.McKatana charges at the Bentley and jumps upon it with his Katana, [1+2+2 vs. 10] but Skullduggery Pleasant quickly goes in reverse and backs up by several meters resulting in McKatana driving his Samurai down into the concrete and nothing else.
Coldsteel laughs in a manner that could be either sarcastic or genuine (which shows how little he cares about life and stupid feelings) as he envelops his physic energy around the Viking to hoist him into the air,
"ha ha who is king know". [4+3 vs. 8] The Viking flies towards the wall and lands feet first, absorbing the impact in his soles and muscular legs, and with enough strength and willpower he actually breaks free of Coldsteel's hold and launches himself off the wall and back at him, [4 vs. 5] and performs a tackle-like attack that misses him by inches and sends the Viking crashing into a clothing rack. [6+3] While the Viking is reorienting himself and throwing clothes off of him, Coldsteel presses his severed spike back to his body and uses the power of Chaos Control to reattach it, yet expresses his surprise all the same,
how culd a dum gaijin resist my ultra super powerful super sayan physic attack that doesnt even mak sense". The Viking, once he stands, falls to one knee and clutches at his torso; despite being a man of his stature, he was still a mortal man nonetheless he could not continue to ignore the great pain and injuries he faced.
AL-2048, the last man of his squad, prepares to unleash a volley of blaster fire on Kyoko and going so far as to trigger the explosives on him if she got too close as a last resort. Yet, this never comes, instead hears Kyoko being yelled at and turning her attention to a trio of bikers on the ground. She charges at them, and one of the Bikers kills her instantly with a shot to the chest. It was unnerving to AL-2048 to say the least, his entire squadron was wiped out by this girl and a single bullet from this biker was able to kill her in seconds? And just when he processed all of this, he sees what looks like a reclothed Kyoko smashing through a nearby wall and joining the other bikers, what the hell was going on?
Johnny continues to be in his fighting stance as Kars breaks himself free from the wall, stumbling forward,
"What's wrong, Kars? Having a hard time hitting me? Of course you are, you're too slow!" Dog Days appears behind Kars like an instant flash of sunlight, [9+2 vs. 2+2-2-2] who begins pummeling with a series of blows across his backside, hitting him in the skull, the spine, the shoulderblades, and the kidneys all in rapid fire fashion like a barrage of machine gun bullets that each hit like a sack of bricks. This completely stuns Kars, giving Johnny the set up to rush him from the front and activate Toriya Toryia Toryia! [3+2+2 vs. 10+2-2-2] Despite appearing to be stunned, just before Johnny begins the attack, Kars swings his arm forward with a light blade slash,
"You thought this was over?" [6+2-2 vs. 1+2+2] Kars slashes Johnny across the face and forces him to retreat rather than making a potentially fight-finishing technique. Kars grins as his jaw snaps back into place though his backside is still injured from Dog Days surprise attack, the wounds burning as if Kars had just been splashed by bucket of hot oil from behind.
The Peacekeeper holsters his rifle as he continues to speak to the Huntress,
"How about we try working together? We both have our reasons for being here and having someone to watch your back is also a bonus, consider it a mutually beneficial partnership. So long as you wouldn't betray me, deal?" He tentatively holds out his open palm.
Sans nonchalantly walks through the doors of C.J. Daniels.
Ungrim Ironfist crawls out from under the ground in Toyworld.
Coil waltzes into Ditches & Hoes with 2 heavily armed squadrons.