Taric SizierBurn a path out of here!
Using the heat from the wall you just made should be easier than making it all now, but still... this might not work. Not that you've got a lot of choice. [Pyrokinesis Air 20, 5+1-2+1] (-20 Stamina) You pull off the mental feat with skill and power, though it drains you significantly. A heatwave lashes out from your old wall of fire, carving a flaming path through the swarm. This is going to hurt. You run through the path, breathing in the sweet stench of burning carapace and trying not to feel your flesh crisping. (-5 HP)
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Dominique Wakeman"Damnit..." Dom grunted in frustration as James rushed out. We gotta be moving on before they get us too. ...damn it. "Come on, this way!" she yelled, turning to run in the direction of Hensfield while she reloaded the Fuath.
You make for the burning path that Taric made, after your prior experience the path is particularly unpleasant but it does keep the ants from devouring you. (-5 HP)
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Tarran Smith"Holy shit what the hell?! ANTS?! Goddammit, I don't have anything to fight them with! James, get out of there NOW!"
If I see the opportunity, get James out of the pile of ants. Otherwise, follow Taric.
James is completely covered in Ants but he's still struggling... ah to hell with common sense. He may be a beacon of bacon to the ants but you aren't leaving another human behind just so you can make good your escape. Your abilities don't lean much towards doing stuff on purpose so you just go with it, yelling at the swarm and thrusting your hand directly into the mass that's covering James. [Luck 1] You find a metric fuckton of ants, and they bite and burn your hands and forearms and begin crawling up your arms and onto your body. [Passive Kinetics 4+1] You snarl in pain at the tiny aggressors, and all of the ones that are touching your skin explode with tiny pops. (-5 HP)
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James EvanJames almost got sick, and ditched the riot shield and ran away as fastas possible whilst trying to kill the ants that are on him.
Screaming and covered in ants you jerk upright again and try to run, throwing away the encumbering riot shield. [luck 3] You manage to orient yourself vaguely in the direction of the circle and stumble at it, beating at the ants that still cover you. (-20 HP) The swarm follows you, reaching out amorphous appendages to draw you back in. You pass Tarran who's rooting through one of the piles of ants, oh God, they must have gotten somebody else. [Observation 4] You spot the flaming path and throw yourself into it, delighting in the sizzling pops of the ants that cover you even as you burn. (-5 HP)
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Trol Grane"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!!" Follow the group out of there
[Sanity roll 2, Insanity 6, Target 5, The swarm] You turn to run, to flee screaming, but something else overtakes you and you turn slowly from safety and back to where the ants reach to consume yourself and Tarran. Laughing wildly you drive your fist into the ground. [Shockwave, 50 special, 5+2-4 Insanity boost, difficulty] A shield surrounds you briefly, crystal and perfect, then it expands with bone snapping force. It hits the ants like a hurricane, ripping up dirt from the ground and splattering little dribblets of ant ichor across trees and ground as it crushes millions of the little beasts. As it hits Tarran it parts around him as though it were made of silk and the closes back behind him in the blink of an eye, continuing to crush and throw back the ants. You now standing in the middle of circular clearing, fifty yards in diameter. Tarran is looking at you with surprise and alarm.
Devouring Swarm is hurt
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Devouring SwarmAs the shockwave's front fades out and the mound of ant corpses it was carrying drops the Swarm pauses to devour their own and send the resulting slurry back to the hive. The tide of ants is effectively stemmed until they're done eating.
Swarm delayed for two turns
Devouring Swarm
Health: hurt
Aggression: Total
Tracking: Mite Spores
Special: Massive, swarm.
Status: Delayed (2)
Health: 110/115
Stamina: 115/115
Carried Weight: 140/200
Attire: Arbiter dress Uniform, pristine [10lbs] Standard Body Armor, 75/100. [25lbs]
Inv:
Abassy Heavy pistol -laser sight- [5, 8lbs]
Chimera Pistol [15, 5lbs]
Chimera Pistol [15, 5lbs]
Fuath Riot suppression carbine [8, 13lbs, Caustic load, in hand]
.50 caliber pistol clips x8 (7, 2lbs)
Jormungandr Assault Rifle (A35, E70, 16lbs,)
.220 gauss slugs x2 (35)
Smoke Grenades x2 (1lb)
days rations x2
Status: In the path of fire, covered in mite spores (muted)
Health: 65/70
Stamina: 28/70
Carried Weight: 113/170
Attire: Technocrat Commander Dress uniform [11lbs] Standard Body armor, 100/100. [35lbs]
Inv:
Energy Cell x8 (3 lbs)
Frankenstein Versatility Rifle (A30, E65, 31lbs, in hand,)
.220 gauss clip x4
Basilisk pulse rifle 4/5 (13 lbs)
Piru Gauss Rifle (4/5 4/5 16lbs)
.45 Gauss slugs x2 (5)
Saun's Helmet (2lbs)
Memory Foam centerfold
Short Range Radio, Nathaniel Hoke (AI)
Tripwire emitter
Status: In the path of fire, covered in mite spores (muted),
Health: 70/75
Stamina: 75/75
Carried Weight: 138/150
Attire: High-prelate Uniform [8lbs] Standard Body Armor 88/100. [35lbs]
Inv:
Ichneumon Anti-Armor Rifle -Scope- (1, 20lbs, 1 rounds in speed loader)
1' sabot packs x3 (2)
Chimera pistol (0, 5lbs, in hand)
Chimera pistol (0, 5lbs, in hand)
Chimera pistol (15, 5lbs)
Combat Knife (1lb)
Basic Medkit (2/5 5lbs)
Sleipnir SMG (A20, E50 9lbs,)
Sleipnir SMG (A25, E50 9lbs,)
1 half power energy cell
3 energy cells
6 .220 gauss clips (35)
1 .220 gauss clip (20)
Jormungandr Assault Rifle (A35, E70, 16lbs)
Status: In the woods, covered in mite spores (muted)
Health: 80/80
Stamina: 60/80
Host Name: Jamie Teague
Carried weight: 89/170
Attire: Technocrat Primate dress Uniform [8lbs] Standard Body Armor 100/100 (35lbs)
Inv:
Irin Combat Shotgun -bayonet- (2/6 14lbs)
Kapre light rifle (14/15, in hand, 12 lbs)
field rations x5 (5lbs)
basic medical kit (5lbs)
.30 caliber rifle clips (15) x5, (1lbs)
Fenrir energy pistol [7, 6lbs]
energy cell x1
Small knife (1lb)
Combat Knife (1lb)
Chimera Pistol [15, 5lbs]
4 .22 caliber clips. [15, neg.]
Field surgery Kit (5/5, 15lbs)
ORS pack 2/3 1lb
Status: . In the woods, Need new host in 15 turns, Delayed cost 3 turns, covered in mite spores (muted).
Health: 25/75
Stamina: 75/75
Carried weight: 44/200
Attire: Exarch Dress uniform [8lbs]
Inv:
Renfield SMG (20, 10lbs, in hand)
1 .115 spike clips (30, neg.)
Riot shield (10lbs 30/30)
Piru Gauss Rifle (E5/5 A5/5 16lbs)
.45 Gauss slug clip (5)
Energy cell
Status: In the path of fire, covered in mite spores, covered in some ants,.
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Topic: Deviation-22. The End of All Things. (Read 535976 times)