Faith: 5, Hyper[3]
Minato: 5, Hyper[5]
Noriko: 6, Hyper[R], Hyper[3]
Shef: 2
Yoake: 3, Hyper[4]
Yuki: 1
Arnold: 1, Hyper[5]
Evi: 4, Hyper[5]
Fleur: 5
Mary: 6, Hyper[4]
For a moment there was silence. Absolute silence, still to the point of maddening, the very air seeming to freeze in place. And then came that noise, that great and terrible noise for which no word could describe. It was the wrath of the gods, the judgement of the divine, the sheer unadulterated salt that was Noriko's existence given form, given voice. The air
haemorrhages spears, countless spears, enormous in size and vicious in their fury, immaterial weapons tearing through into reality, the great wounds they gouge becoming their forms, the still air becoming the divine winds that thrust them into their marks. The noise was immense, a terrible cacophony somewhere between a screech and a bang as they slammed into the train in an image more freudian and phallic than most gangbangs. The entire train
shudders and groans, caught in the bastard lovechild of an iron maiden and vice, its blistering haste turned into an agonizing
crawl, thrusters desperately trying to push it forwards against the otherworldly maw in which they found themselves ensnared.
Sparks fly, metal scrapes. The armor, it's too damn thick. Your spears can't break through and adding more doesn't help that. No, the best they could do is jam, scrape, ensnare. And maybe, maybe that will be enough. Faith's got her beams, Minato his explosives. If you could just inflict some damage, rattle its defenses.
There's a few more metallic groans. Thruster housings. Not as armored as the rest of the train. Not enough you can take them out with the impact along, but with the sheer number of spears being forced against them are crushing them, buckling their plating, jamming them shut.
You don't have the time to finish the job. The spears, now even now you can feel them beginning to fade. These attacks, they're powerful, flashy, but they're also draining, not the sorta deal you can afford to spam, and well, you aren't looking too hot yourself. Turns out those cannons fire laser flak. Caught one by graze and that, just let the next one slam right into you. Last thing those cannons did. You made sure of it. Four mounds of spears jammed down into the earth above where they once floated. They were evasive, not evasive enough though.
Missiles, those are all gone for now at least. Jammed right into the ground. Turns out they don't blow up when struck. Nice to know.
Goddamn, this better not become a regular thing.
MinatoNoriko's plan it seemed, was to slam you like a goddamn rag-doll right down into the train again. Interesting plan there. Y'know what's also interesting? The readings you're getting, pressed against bottom of the crater, jammed between a whole load of spears. You can't figure out
too much, this train is evidently way better constructed than that sealing unit, but it seems like it was made in a rush too, you're able to pick up some spirit energy emissions some the surface damage. And well, the emissions are stronger at the front.
Normally you'd be expecting it a bit more uniform, or some kind of interference pattern, internal power cores and like distributing power out to core components and expanding outwards. Maybe some forward bias, some sort of hybrid system meant to leverage a frontal main core with power supply units on each carriage, y'know, because you're probably not gonna be able to power this all with a single core? Nope, not here. It's something else, as if
ALL the energy is coming from something at the very front of the train, spirit energy flowing backwards from it, getting progressively used up as it travels, the leaks along its damage surface yielding weaker and weaker signals.
That, would require one hell of an energy source though, like way more shards than they'd be willing to bet on this train rather than just absorbing, like say... a lost templar superweapon with enough output to induce awakening-like states over the population of an entire city.
You've got a target now. You've got explosives. Now, you just need Noriko to let you fucking move again.
ShefYeah Yoake might have a little trouble getting here, you go grab a bike. Those missiles are pretty interesting, you're fairly sure they're magical but they have quite the striking resemblance to an actual piece of hardware, one you have some familiarity with - the British "rapier" surface-to-air missile. Accurate, simple to use, that was the idea. Record begs to differ. Fair amount of credited kills, not so many confirmed kills. And of course, in the older models, no proximity fuse. They needed to hit their target, and judging by what's happening with Yoake, the case seems to be the same here.
Hmm, they stopped. Same time as the laser cannons went down. That can't be a coincidence could it? Were they being used as guidance radars for the missiles?
"Where are the others?""Karen is currently engaged in combat in the kitchen. Faith and Yuki are currently running upstairs retrieving their clothes."Satoshi meanwhile leaps into a sedan and it seems to,
shift, flattening out and adopting a sleeker appearance resembling that of some sort of sports car, clad in gleaming angular armor, especially at the front. It ignites without her even needing to put in the keys.
With practiced grace she quickly pierces some sort of collapsible spike into the car, just below the instrument panel and clips a small plate and button to the steering wheel - an arcane nitro injector. And then, she floors it. The acceleration was in three bursts, so close they were almost simultaneous. The first from the engine, the second from the nitro, and the third when some ineffable glow came from her hands. Igniting with azure flames the car explodes forwards, tearing straight through into the kitchen
YoakeThere's no time Mary's bearing down fast, missiles aren't closing in much slower either. With a quick slash you bring your assets slicing in a blindingly fast arc tearing into the motorcycle, tearing a deep gouge through it. Doesn't stop Mary from returning the favor though, impaling your car's engine. Looks like you'll need another ride. Hold that thought, missiles incoming. The missiles, okay wow, they do not mess around, you quickly find that dodging doesn't work at all that that you basically end up having to try and outrun the damn things, weaving every now and then to leverage your maneuverability versus their speed to maintain the gap. At least, until the train got snatched up by Noriko's spears. The pursuing missiles suddenly shutting down and crash landing across the lawn.
Mary wrenches her weapon free and sprints towards you, about to go for a lunging slash. Well, she was about to but then Satoshi just fucking runs her down leaving an unconscious and unarmored Mary in her wake. How convenient.
Faith and YukiOkay so Karen just runs straight at Evi before suddenly sliding the canister down on the floor. Smoke emanates from it, the plume quickly enshrouding her foe before a whip strike lashes out, scything through the cloud and splitting it apart. Bladed whips are ineffective against plate. Karen managed to do a bit of damage previously by focusing the energy on the very tip of her weapon. A wide sweep, that's a lot less effective. You know what is effective though? A wide sweep with a binding talisman stuck right on the whip. Smoke clears, Evi's anchored to the floor, ceiling, and bench by chains of paper talismans, Karen turns towards you two and looks like she's about to say something when a missile strikes her right in the side and blasts her straight through a wall. Judging by the scraps of fabric left in the wake, she really isn't going to be happy.
Thankfully no missiles lock onto you two so you guys quickly start running back up into your quarters. As you're running up the stairs, you hear something crash down into the kitchen behind you. As you pass the lounge you notice an awfully large hole in the floor, almost as if say some gold-and-alabaster Catholic rip-off of the
Doof Wagon carrying a laser guitar wielding knight caved in the floor with its sheer weight all while blaring out gregorian chants, y'know, the the one just under the hole now engaged in combat with Karen? Rounding into your rooms, you've just grabbed your clothes (though haven't quite yet put them on) when there's another crash from down below.
Satoshi's voice comes out from your headsets again.
"Hurry down the hole! I'm getting Karen right now, I'll swing back around and pick you up."Faith
Status: Fine (physically, her dignity could use some heals right about now), Shield of Courage x4, minor shielding, skirt has been torn off, rest of her uniform is fairly damaged
World Line: 1 3 1 1 1 5 4 3 5 5
Alterations: 5
Resolve: 3
Minato
Status: Fine, minor shielding, 7 stockpiled units
World Line: 6 3 3 6 2 1 2 2 2 6
Alterations: 2
Resolve: 2
Noriko
Status: Quite Hurt, Narayanastra spears are fading now
World Line: 5 6 5 1 2 2 2 5 2 4
Alterations: 5
Resolve: 0
Shef
Status: Fine
World Line: 4 4 2 4 4 6 3 4 5 4
Alterations: 2
Resolve: 3
Yoake
Status: Slightly hurt
World Line: 5 6 1 5 5 5 3 3 1 6
Alterations: 2
Resolve: 2
Yuki
Status: Fine, some shielding, skirt has been torn off
World Line: 3 2 3 6 1 1 5 6 2 6
Alterations: 5
Resolve: 3
Karen
Status: Hurt, winded, off-balance, probably her powers scaled off of anger rather than arrogance, uniform is in tatters
Satoshi
Status: Fine
Arnold (Altered)
Status: Fine
Evi (Altered)
Status: Slightly hurt, bound up by talisman chains
Fleur (Altered)
Status: Fine, disarmed
Mary (Altered)
Status: Knocked the fuck out
Karen
A precision unit, able to rapidly strike foes at all typical ranges with her magatama jewel whip. Her sheer ego distorts reality, protecting her from harm proportional to her own arrogance.
Satoshi
A highly technical close quarters specialist armed with rod of force that can alter its own dimensions and well-versed in multiple martial arts. She has immense amounts of willpower.
Don't forget you guys have provisions you brought with you! #the_safehouse has a link to your initial inventories pinned!
NPCs are able to use their own Hypers even without you ordering them to, just y'know they normally use it for their own tactics and not to assist you. Can in point here, Satoshi used the stockpiled effect of a [4] in conjunction with a [5] and her arcane nitro.
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