Chapter 3: The Great Stalemate
Location: Grand Fairbank Mall, Toronto, Canada
"This turn of Carnage Fiesta has been brought to you by marriage." - Sl4cker, PhD. Shitposter
When the Evul Mage finds himself in Toyland, soaked like everyone else from sprinkler fluid, he runs into the center of the store and pulls out a Gatling Gun from under his robes, despite there being not nearly enough room possible under them for that to be possible. The mage fires off the gun randomly, magic missiles going in every direction and slamming into shelves and walls. The first of the random targets for the gun is Kyoko, though the agile and experienced magical girl is easily able to weave under the the barrage of shots and closes in on the dark mage quickly, but just as she thrusts her spear at him, he teleports in a black cloud of magic and reappears next to the Stormtroopers. Firing upon them, the Stromtroopers run, as missiles blow up the ground around them. During their retreat, one Stormtrooper turns around and fires a series of laser blasts at the Evul Mage, one skimming his right arm but doing no serious damage. When the squadron retreats, Evul Mage turns to shoot at Kyoko again, but before he can even say something about evil again, Kyoko is up in his face, kicks the gun out of his hands and smashes the shaft of her spear against the side of his head, bruising his skull and sending him flying into a wall, collapsing unconscious.
Cthulu Dundee acknowledges that being coated in perfume really puts a damper on his stealth tactics.
"Nao Unfortunately, this smayel is going ta put me at a disadvantage ere, but with seumple applaycation of calm force..." He gets up and sneaks up behind Johnny who is staring down where Kars has ended up, and suddenly the Australian launches himself through the air, aiming to grab both Jokotaru and Dog Days in a flying rear choke hold! Neither Johnny nor his stand move an inch, and Dundee sails past them by several feet and slams into a shelf displaying summer fashions, which topples on him and covers him in sundresses.
"Oh sh... Jedi Protocol, now!" AL-2048 orders his troops to spread out, to prevent any one of them to be individually taken out and reducing the effectivness of area-of-effect style attacks. A magical girl wielding a giant spear was not the same as a Jedi warrior, but they were just as dangerous, and as the Stormtroopers would find out, just as agile as well; while they retreated and fired their blasters at her, Kyoko evaded each strike with unprecedented agility, leaping from shelf to shelf as she were a Force user herself. She jumps at one of the Stormtroopers, reaching him before he can take evasive manuevers and she plunges her spear into his right shoulder, breaking the armor. The Stormtrooper mutters something incomprehensible into his communications and falls down.
Kars doesn't stand up so much as he wills his body onto his feet by contorting it into various shapes until he's standing, a grimace across his face and wiping sweat off his brow.
"Urgh... You bastard, Jojo...! You will pay for this!!" Then, like the big strong scary Pillerman he is, he runs off and hides. He first attempts this by standing next to a mannequin and striking a pose, though Johnny quickly figures out his hiding spot and points at him.
"Curses!" Kars flees again and goes into the coat section, hiding underneath a rack of coats. Johnny isn't far behind and turns the corner, knowing that Kars is somewhere in the coat section, though behind which of these coats is a mystery.
Some of Kars' ribs automatically shift back into place.
Johnny, despite losing track of his foe, smirks and remains confident, speaking out into the coat section so that Kars would be able to hear him no matter what his position was,
"You ever hear of a man by the name of Joshua Joestar? He was a master with the art of Hamon. From his grandfather down the line of succession." Johnny inhales deeply and yawns, an aura spreading around him that slows down the speed of anyone nearby while he stays normal. Johnny then takes a fighting stance and prepares for combat, although none comes at the moment and Kars remains hidden.
McKatana was getting frustrated with how Mecha-Hitler seemed to shrug off every one of his attacks, but he was about to end that. He builds his chi, a firey red aura surrounding him as he charges Mecha-Hitler.
"BAKA GAIJIN! YOU HAVE RESISTED MY BLADE FOR TOO LONG! NOW, WITNESS MY TRUMP CARD! HAAAAAAAAH! IAI: THE ART OF A SINGLE STRIKE!" The Single Strike comes down on Hitler's right hand and severs both his pinky and ring finger, both of the mechanical digits falling to the ground twitching and smoking as oil pours forth from the wound. McKatana follows this up with a flurry of Katana strikes, [10+2 vs. 2] starting off by cutting off Hitler's left arm, followed by a horizontal slash that bisects the cyborg, cutting him completely across the waist. Hitler looks down at his wound and then up at McKatana, how only offers the words,
"Axis: 0, Japan: 1."[/b][/color] Hitler's top half slides off of his legs and onto the floor, and then explodes in a brilliant burst of metal pieces and oil.
McKatana has cut down Mecha-Hitler! [+1 Kill]
+Ability: Electricity Manipulation: +2 Manipulating Electricity; Can Manipulate Electricity out of the air or from a nearby source for extra power. Can also drain electrical devices to heal.As Kyoko causes another Stormtrooper to fall, she looks to face the remaining Stormtroopers who are continuing to backpedal. She takes her spear and holds it upright, its head coated with the blood of imperial soldiers,
"Whats wrong? I thought you wanted to fight me, not so brave now are ya, but i wont let you get away so easily." [2+1 vs. 10] Kyoko gives chase to the Stormtroopers who continue to run, and this time they hole up in a huge toy castle, locking the gates behind them. Kyoko smirks, does these Stormtroopers really think that a plastic door is going to stop her? With one punch, she obliterates the door, and behind it she finds herself face-to-face with several E-11 Blaster Rifles. [4 vs. 1+1] Kyoko runs away as the blasters begin to fire upon her, one of the Stormtroopers gets a good shot that hits her in the back of her right shoulder. Kyoko is able to shrug off the pain, but the force of the blast causes her to drop her Modular Spear and when she turns around to grab it, several blaster shots pepper the area around her, forcing her deeper into the store to get into cover.
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heh. nice try, kiddo. now, i gotta go argue with someone about my ability to pun". With his newfound ability, Sans doesn't have to chase after Kyoko, (which is good because it allows Sans to run as little as possible) and instead just opens up a portal in front of him and its other end opens directly in front of the magical girl. [6 vs. 8+1-1] A storm of flying bones comes towards Kyoko, but she doesn't lose a step in her stride and actively runs towards the Portal while juking and jiving every bone. Kyoko launches herself through the portal just before Sans closes it and she lunges at the skeleton with a flying punch. [3+1+1-1 vs. 8+1] When Kyoko finishes her punch, she ends up swinging into thin air as Sans disappears in a blur and reappears several feet behind her with the same perpetual grin.
As The Road Warrior rides away from Skullduggery Pleasant, he gives him a friendly farewell,
"You are awaited in Valhalla. Have a safe trip." He spins his bike around and coming to a near halt, holds Brother Koch in both hands and begins to unload upon the engine of Skullduggery's car. [7+2+1 vs. 9-4(Disabled)] [6+2+1 vs. 8-4] The Road Warrior fills the front of the car with lead, piercing it dozens of times and causing the flames to rise higher and higher. The skeleton attempts to take control of the fire for his own usage, but it is too late, and the Bentley explodes in a miraculous fireball that rises up into the sky, TRW's Brother-At-Arms begins to cheer, "VALHALLA!"
The Bentley sinks into the ground, glass and tires littering the ground around it. And then a second fireball engulfs the car, and from this fire rides a Skeleton on a Motorcycle.
The Road Warrior exploded Skullduggery Pleasant's Bentley with him inside! [+1 Kill]
+Ally: Pleasant Brother"YES! MORE BLOOD!" The bloodlusted fighter runs at McKatana giving the Samurai not a second to bask in the glory of killing Mecha-Hitler. [9+2-1 vs. 5+2+1] With a giant grin, Rez runs his blade across his right forearm, cutting through the robe and into his arm, creating more blood which does little more than to excite Rez further. [2+2-1 vs. 9+2+1] Rez, without thinking, thrusts wildly and McKatana is able to evade by stepping to the side and swinging his blade at Rez, [6+2+2-1 vs. 4+2] and slashes him across the back, creating no more injuries but a lot more blood from a large wound.
"YES, ALL OF IT!" Cries the blood knight as the back of his clothing becomes soaked with blood. [Constitution: 2+2] Despite his love of blood, all this excessive bleeding was beginning to take its toll on Rez, he begins to feel weak and places a hand against the edge of a shelf to keep himself standing.
The Huntress, despite being one of the newest arrivals, is the first one to exit one of the main entrance stores and head deeper into the mall. As she steps out of C.J. Nickels and into the 'Strip', the longest straight section in the mall, she prepares for attack from every angle, whether from any of the stores or up above on the second floor. Yet, nothing comes; all of the stores are open and lit up, as if inviting shoppers to come inside and spend all of their cash, but no one is actually around. It's quite eerie actually. The stores immediately around her appear to be focused on either clothing or hobbies, one looks like an electronics store.
The Peacekeeper looks around the entire area of Toyworld, says
"Fuck it," and runs out of the store, exiting deeper into the mall.
A cloud of darkness and angst forms in the middle of C.J. Daniels and from it spawns Coldsteel the Hedgehog. "fucking fuck my mom use to take me to .cj daneils n now i hate it i hate you mom tihs place is ghey"
After the cloud dissipates, one statue of a bear standing next to the "Camping Clothes" section in C.J. Daniels suddenly explodes as the viking hidden inside breaks free, roaring.
Aeyza, a sort of futuristic supersoldier, puts a large hole one of the walls in Toyland with a single railcannon shot and steps inside.
Apologies for the brevity and lack of creativity this turn, I was focused on getting it out more than being detailed. This should be improved by next turn.
Since no consensus was reached on what to do about keeping Extra Abilities Post-Respawn, it will stand that players will Respawn only with their initial 5 Abilities they created for their characters. If there is enough interest I can hold a revote, and more discussion on this encouraged, especially on the Discord page.