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Having moved to the north side of the room, he places his mark on Charlotte. "You're not killing anyone under my protection, Takano." He brandishes Gram at her. "Face me. Swordmage to Swordmage!" As he waits for her next move, doubt starts to seep in. She was half again their level, the most decorated player in DDW, and her support persona was ridiculously strong. How the hell were they supposed to defeat her? All they could do was keep her busy and hope Noriko would get to Akane. Starting my turn at G13, thanks to a teleport from Itsumi. Standard: Argent Rain vs Mirrorblades (Purple, Blue, Green, Black), Takashi, Miyuki Reflex: 6#1d20+26 33, 31, 42, 41, misses all Mirrorblades. 40, hits Takashi. 33 vs Miyuki. 1d10+1d4+24+6 34 Fire Damage, 3 Thunder Damage. Argent Rain: Creates a burst 2 zone centered on J11 that lasts USOMNT. Any creature that enters the zone or ends its turn there takes 10 fire damage, but only once per turn. Move: to D11. Minor: Aegis of Shielding: Charlotte is Marked. Defense modifiers: +2 Reflex (Solid Sound) pre:Ambrose HP: 153/153 (THP: 8) AC: 43 Passive Insight: 35 Surges: 8/15 (V: 44) Fort: 31 Passive Perception: 28 Initiative: +15 Ref: 37 Vision: Low-light Vision Speed: 8 Will: 37 Action Points: 1 Languages: Common, Elven, Deep Speech Fortune Points: 4/4 Resistances: 10 Physical, 10 Ranged, 20 Acid, 30 Cold, 30 Fire, 20 Lightning. Immune to non-damaging effects of Fear powers. Weaknesses: Radiant(+30%), Necrotic(+30%), Psychic(+30%) Melee Basic Attack: 1d20+29; 1d8+20 Physical +1d4 Thunder At-Will Encounter Attack Daily Power Aegis of Shielding [X]Argent Rain [ ]Death's Resurgence Booming Blade [ ]Beguiling Strands [ ]Impenetrable Warding Sword Burst [ ]Dimensional Slash [ ]Reaper's Challenge Bond of Pursuit [ ]Loyal Unto Death [ ]Vanishing Blade [ ]Thundering Vortex Encounter Interrupt Encounter Utility Fate [ ]Dimensional Vortex [ ]Aegis of Lost Souls [X]Compact of Peace [ ]Ever-Present Escort [ ]Brawling Warrior [ ]Rune of Preservation [ ]Gauntlets of Zeal [ ]Rune of the Undeniable Dawn Encounter Teleport [ ]Gram [X]White Tiger Rage [ ]Armathor's Step [ ]Insightful Riposte [ ]Fey Step [ ]Perfect Arcana [ ]Second Wind [ ]Lunar Blessing Magic Items [ ]Blood Fury Weapon (Enc, Minor): Considered Bloodied UEOMNT. [ ]Gram (Daily, Free): Marked/Debuffed target takes Ongoing Damage = ½ of attack it was not part of. [X]Corellon's Boon (Daily, Free): Use any 3rd-level encounter power from arcane class once before EOE. [ ]Dawn Warrior Armor (Daily, Minor): UEONT, when hit, attacker takes 2d8+5 radiant damage. ([ ]Band of Jade Venom (Daily, Free): Targets hit by a daily take 8 Ongoing Poison. Save DC 12.) ([ ]Bladed Bolter Bandolier (Daily, Free): Spawn a Bolter within Range 5.) [ ]Cloak of Translocation +4 (Daily, Minor): Regain the use of a teleportation encounter power. [ ]Eladrin Boots (Daily * Teleportation, Move): Teleport 10. [ ]Guardian's Whistle (Daily, Move): Teleport ally within Close Burst 10 to an adjacent square. ([ ]Incisive Dagger +3 (Daily * Teleportation, Minor): Teleport 10.) [ ]True Eladrin Ring of Passage (Daily * Teleportation, Move): Teleport 8, does not require LOS. 2x Elixir of Owlcat's Features: Grants +4 Dexterity and +4 Wisdom for 1 Day. 2x Beginner's Mocha (Minor): Spend a Healing Surge. Gain 6 HP and +2 Defenses USONT. 1x Teal Tingling Mushroom: +10 Resist Lightning until the end of the next major encounter. 1x Thread of Fate (Free): Gain BV THP or Succeed on Skill Check or Regain 1 Daily & max Fortune Points. 1x Soldier's Valor (Free): Use when hit by an attack. Weaken attacker UEOMNT. 1x Make-up Kit of Enforced Regret (Standard): For 1 day, gain +4 Attack/Damage vs Enemies that mark you. 1x Mimicking Dust (Free): Expand burst or blast by 1. Passives The Song, Weakness Bonus: Gain Primary Mod THP, stacking up to 1 SV separate from other THP. Ring of Uncanny Judgement: Automatically know distance and direction to marked targets. Chant of War:Aegis of Shielding is Close Burst 5 while bloodied. Malec-Keth Action: Ignore enemy resistances until end of turn after spending an action point. Eladrin's Challenge: Penalty of my mark is -3. Baldric of Shielding: Gain THP equal to damage prevented with Aegis of Shielding. Superior Will: Save vs. dazed or stunned at start of turn, even if not save ends. Gram: Gain +1/+2 Attack/Damage for each adjacent enemy up to a maximum of +4/+8. Resounding Thunder: May increase size of Blasts and Bursts with Thunder Powers by 1. Solid Sound: Gain +2 to Fort, Ref or Will UEONT after using Thunder or Force power. Primordial Blade: Add 1d4 cold, fire, thunder, or lightning damage to all attacks. Support Persona: Ouroboros (World ******) Megido +31 vs Will. Range 8, Area burst 1, Enemies. Deals critical 36+7 Divine Damage. (2 FP) Unravel +27 vs Fort. Close Burst 2, All Creatures. 3d6+8+7 Acid Damage and Push 2. Tiles become difficult terrain UEOE. (2 FP) Atomizing Fang +27 vs Reflex, Melee, 1 Enemy. 1d8+8+7 Nuclear Damage. If target has Ongoing Damage, this power deals +40% damage & increases Ongoing Damage by 40%. Else it takes Ongoing Nuclear 6+7. [ ][ ]Null nerve: Immediate Reaction. Trigger: You would become Dazed. Effect: You are not Dazed. 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Shore's Heart Music (Everyone is up for a combat round and free to talk as much as they like, as perhaps you do not wish to fight!)  : "YOU EMO MORON!!" Miyuki Shifts around the nearby Mirror Charlotte twice to escape Akio's zone, keeping her hands raised over her head to combat the raining pitch while glaring daggers at the opponent she's trying not to provoke. "DOESN'T THE TANK PREVENT DAMAGE TO THEIR FRIENDS?!" : Ignoring the others to glare through Tsukiyo and at Takashi, the Mirror Charlottes and the real one raise their blade, glaring around impatiently. The true Charlotte's hand is twitching, gripping her blade overly tight. "Why.. why are you doing this?! Fight me!" None of them will draw their weapons on Takashi. Seeing a cue, Miho and Miyuki back away from the battle, also refusing to fight. Charlotte takes a half step back and jabs a finger at Tsukiyo, screaming! "WHAT'S THIS, CHAVEZ?! FACE ME!" ... After a moment passes and unwilling to strike at her, she turns her back to Tsukiyo and faces Akio! "Very well! Perhaps you'll take THIS to heart!" Tsukiyo: Charlotte(Red Halo) is granting CA to you, her back shown. Move: Shift to E11 and draws out her blade in a profound slash, the echo of steel in the air producing a.. Minor: Perfect Sword Burst vs Akio barely misses(mislabeled again, actually BB) thanks to Solid Sound! Standard: Undaunted, Charlotte assumes a new stance with her blade and uses her free hand to channel arcane energy along it. By Calming the Flames she rips the life's warmth out of Akio and causes his internal organs to hemorrhage to the tune of 34 Cold Damage as well as Slowing and Dazing him(UEOMNT.) Fortune: The sole subject of Charlotte's wrath, the old man's head overhead pulses with power. At Charlotte's gesture it is not unleashed upon the whole of the battlefield. Instead she focuses everything on Akio and the two speak as one. : "DIE." The creator deity echoes the sentiment in a booming proclamation, ordering Akio to perish. The divine command has a resounding effect on Akio's cells as spontaneously several attempt to whither and cease to function. It is only by his own survival instinct that he can interrupt the process and "only" be dealt Bloodied Value as irresistible Damage.To a degree of alarm the Mirrorblades remain alive in the fire, enduring far past the limits of the understood incantation!  Charlotte(Red Halo): Damage Taken: 75, AC/F/R/W 49/40/44/42(52/43/47/45), Mark (-3 Akio) +27(30) Attack, +17(20) Damage, +30 Persona God Save The Queen: Immune to Prone Superior Will, Superior Reflex, +8 Damage on CA, +2 Saves, +3 Attack/Damage/Defenses/Skills [R] God's Voice Mirrorblades: 0/1 + 1/1 + 1/1 + 1/1, 0/1 + 1/1 + 1/1 + 1/1, 0/1 + 1/1 + 1/1 + 1/1, 0/1 + 1/1 + 1/1 + 1/1 AC/F/R/W 52/43/47/45 --- Akane's Heart quote:
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: It won't open. After a few attempts Crowley speaks up. "She isn't ready for this path yet." He sounds odd. It's an unfamiliar voice. But as soon as the line is finished he's back to normal behavior.
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: Akane sneers and acts with no restraint, palm smashing the upper teeth out of some senior girl's mouth. "Who's going to get fat now, you bitch!?"
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: "You don't.. you don't have to do this. We can still be together. We can fix this.. I can fix this!" It seems the Avatar is putting on a brave face even as the little girl trembles and cries. Your eyes glaze over with red static.. it's everywhere.. it's all you can see! This is it. This is undeniably it. Akane's heart. Akane's Fate. The entire night can end right now. But..
: You're not happy with her at the moment but Takano has always stood at Akane's defense and is determined to "get her through this." She's forgiven being pulled into the game and even hurting other people to save her sister. You could help Akane redeem herself, somehow, no matter what it takes.
: But the images of others weigh upon you too. Jun and Manami are even less sympathetic, usually, but Akane undeniably hurt Manami. Jun's brother is dead and Akane shoulders the guilt. Is that really the way forward? You like Akane, so you'll absolve her of the blame? As long as you get what you think you want.
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Akio // Sunday, May 31 - Other Shore / Shore's Heart "WHAT DAMAGE, YOU STIFF SUKEBAN!? YOU'RE UNHARMED!!" Akio yells right back at Miyuki while he faces off against Charlotte. "If I wanted to hit you I would've hit you!" He grits his teeth as he barely parries the Sword Burst, only to quickly have to adjust and channel counter-magic to protect himself from Charlotte's following spell, managing to resist most of the harm. She moves fast! But even so, he was firmly holding his ground. He could almost not believe it, he was holding his ground against the Charlotte! He could feel his confidence soar. But then, so very suddenly, was he brutally brought back to reality, as he was commanded to die. Akio could feel his body start to seize up, and a second later his heart stops beating. Ice and needles fills his veins, a thousand sharp pinpricks all over his body. The agony was omnipresent. Barely aware of what he was doing, he slugs himself in the chest with a fist, releasing a charge of thunder that gives his heart the jolt it needed to start beating again. Somehow, he had survived. He gasps for air, only to double over and start coughing up blood. "Urk!" He spits it out on the floor. "I... can do this... all night... you know..." He looks up at Charlotte and stares at her defiantly. "You... can kick my rear end... as much as you want." He wipes the blood from his mouth and stands up straight, squaring his shoulders. "For Akane's sake, I'll endure." He lifts his sword in a defensive posture, but makes no motion to retaliate against her. Start of turn: Superior Will: 1d20+2 18, saves against daze! Argent Rain zone ends. Standard: Second Wind: Recovering 44 HP. Clearing Slowed. +2 Defenses USOMNT. Defense modifiers: +2 All (Second Wind) pre:Ambrose HP: 125/153 (THP: 0) AC: 43 Passive Insight: 35 Surges: 8/15 (V: 44) Fort: 31 Passive Perception: 28 Initiative: +15 Ref: 35 Vision: Low-light Vision Speed: 8 Will: 37 Action Points: 1 Languages: Common, Elven, Deep Speech Fortune Points: 4/4 Resistances: 10 Physical, 10 Ranged, 20 Acid, 30 Cold, 30 Fire, 20 Lightning. Immune to non-damaging effects of Fear powers. Weaknesses: Radiant(+30%), Necrotic(+30%), Psychic(+30%) Melee Basic Attack: 1d20+29; 1d8+20 Physical +1d4 Thunder At-Will Encounter Attack Daily Power Aegis of Shielding [X]Argent Rain [ ]Death's Resurgence Booming Blade [ ]Beguiling Strands [ ]Impenetrable Warding Sword Burst [ ]Dimensional Slash [ ]Reaper's Challenge Bond of Pursuit [ ]Loyal Unto Death [ ]Vanishing Blade [ ]Thundering Vortex Encounter Interrupt Encounter Utility Fate [ ]Dimensional Vortex [ ]Aegis of Lost Souls [X]Compact of Peace [ ]Ever-Present Escort [ ]Brawling Warrior [ ]Rune of Preservation [ ]Gauntlets of Zeal [ ]Rune of the Undeniable Dawn Encounter Teleport [ ]Gram [X]White Tiger Rage [ ]Armathor's Step [ ]Insightful Riposte [ ]Fey Step [ ]Perfect Arcana [X]Second Wind [ ]Lunar Blessing Magic Items [ ]Blood Fury Weapon (Enc, Minor): Considered Bloodied UEOMNT. [ ]Gram (Daily, Free): Marked/Debuffed target takes Ongoing Damage = ½ of attack it was not part of. [X]Corellon's Boon (Daily, Free): Use any 3rd-level encounter power from arcane class once before EOE. [ ]Dawn Warrior Armor (Daily, Minor): UEONT, when hit, attacker takes 2d8+5 radiant damage. ([ ]Band of Jade Venom (Daily, Free): Targets hit by a daily take 8 Ongoing Poison. Save DC 12.) ([ ]Bladed Bolter Bandolier (Daily, Free): Spawn a Bolter within Range 5.) [ ]Cloak of Translocation +4 (Daily, Minor): Regain the use of a teleportation encounter power. [ ]Eladrin Boots (Daily * Teleportation, Move): Teleport 10. [ ]Guardian's Whistle (Daily, Move): Teleport ally within Close Burst 10 to an adjacent square. ([ ]Incisive Dagger +3 (Daily * Teleportation, Minor): Teleport 10.) [ ]True Eladrin Ring of Passage (Daily * Teleportation, Move): Teleport 8, does not require LOS. 2x Elixir of Owlcat's Features: Grants +4 Dexterity and +4 Wisdom for 1 Day. 2x Beginner's Mocha (Minor): Spend a Healing Surge. Gain 6 HP and +2 Defenses USONT. 1x Teal Tingling Mushroom: +10 Resist Lightning until the end of the next major encounter. 1x Thread of Fate (Free): Gain BV THP or Succeed on Skill Check or Regain 1 Daily & max Fortune Points. 1x Soldier's Valor (Free): Use when hit by an attack. Weaken attacker UEOMNT. 1x Make-up Kit of Enforced Regret (Standard): For 1 day, gain +4 Attack/Damage vs Enemies that mark you. 1x Mimicking Dust (Free): Expand burst or blast by 1. Passives The Song, Weakness Bonus: Gain Primary Mod THP, stacking up to 1 SV separate from other THP. Ring of Uncanny Judgement: Automatically know distance and direction to marked targets. Chant of War: Aegis of Shielding is Close Burst 5 while bloodied. Malec-Keth Action: Ignore enemy resistances until end of turn after spending an action point. Eladrin's Challenge: Penalty of my mark is -3. Baldric of Shielding: Gain THP equal to damage prevented with Aegis of Shielding. Superior Will: Save vs. dazed or stunned at start of turn, even if not save ends. Gram: Gain +1/+2 Attack/Damage for each adjacent enemy up to a maximum of +4/+8. Resounding Thunder: May increase size of Blasts and Bursts with Thunder Powers by 1. Solid Sound: Gain +2 to Fort, Ref or Will UEONT after using Thunder or Force power. Primordial Blade: Add 1d4 cold, fire, thunder, or lightning damage to all attacks. Support Persona: Ouroboros (World ******) Megido +31 vs Will. Range 8, Area burst 1, Enemies. Deals critical 36+7 Divine Damage. (2 FP) Unravel +27 vs Fort. Close Burst 2, All Creatures. 3d6+8+7 Acid Damage and Push 2. Tiles become difficult terrain UEOE. (2 FP) Atomizing Fang +27 vs Reflex, Melee, 1 Enemy. 1d8+8+7 Nuclear Damage. If target has Ongoing Damage, this power deals +40% damage & increases Ongoing Damage by 40%. Else it takes Ongoing Nuclear 6+7. [ ][ ]Null nerve: Immediate Reaction. Trigger: You would become Dazed. Effect: You are not Dazed. Null Mind: Immune to non-damaging effects of Fear powers. Resist 10 Physical, Ranged, Fire, Cold, Lightning, Acid. Weakness: Radiant(+30%), Necrotic(+30%), Psychic(+30%) Social Stats Academics: Rank 3 [6/7] Charm: Rank 3 [4/7] Courage: Rank 3 [2/7]
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 TsukiyoShe... Isn't attacking me? Tsukiyo looks somewhat surprised, she was expecting Takano to attack so she could riposte it with a counter, but instead she went for... Akio and Akio alone? Since Itsumi went for support, and Takashi tried to negotiate, perhaps Charlotte has some sort of... Well, perhaps Shadows have preprogrammed behaviors, maybe she only attacks those who 'aggro' her? She sheathes her swords, and stares at the undead warrior's back... Only to break her silence with a powerful shout! "HATTORI! YOU DON'T TURN YOUR BACK ON ME!" Once attention is gained from her opponent, Tsukiyo's powerful banchou aura starts to displace the air around her, making her look and sound quite more dangerous than normal... "I told you this before... We came here not as you and your sister's playthings, and not as vassals of ORDER! We are going to protect Akane from Bishop and Braixienne, but it won't be under your orders, and we are going to have a real serious talk once we are out of this place..." A powerful stomp forward, as Tsuki sheathes her weapons, armed only with her righteous indignation! "...So make way!" Intimidate: 1d20+24 43
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The Long Hall "If you believe that we are your enemies, then strike me down," or, if you trust me, my heart - as you've said you do - then you know that we are all on the same side here, he continues to offer himself up for execution, hoping against hope that she will not take him up on it.
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Shore's Heart Music : "..." At the provocations, Charlotte holds her ground, looking over her shoulder to acknowledge Tsukiyo's outburst. She keeps her blade raised against Akio. The shadows around her flare and tendrils flail about in three different directions, reaching for Akio, Tsukiyo and Takashi in turn. As the shadows stretch their rippling flow begins to produce wide holes, a familiar face offering a polite smirk from beneath Charlotte's aura. : "You're making this very difficult." Charlotte holds her sword steady and refuses to strike.The ancient face in the sky watches you, waiting to see what you will do. --- Akane's Heart Music quote:
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Akane's Heart Music  : "Remember that, for you will be tested anew by the dangers left in this Game. And to that end, I will "anoint" you two." The Avatar of the Raven Queen smiles and raises a hand, conducting raw power with her fingers.  : First she envelops Akane in a gray-black veil of energy and swiftly dismisses it, leaving your friend wearing a set of shiny new chainmail with shoulder emblems and skirt-tassels with emblems and designs of ornate raven busts. Practical yet sporty, with thick heavy boots with some redundant straps that blend fashion with over the top reliability. They match a similar corset on Akane's torso and a set of strappy elbow-length gloves, the chainmail itself only having sleeves that cover the shoulders. Akane looks herself over and giggles with a big grin. "Wow.. th.. thank you." She turns to the Avatar and bows down, then flushes red and drops down further, prostating herself before them. "I won't screw up this time! I swear it!": "As your sister might say, the proof is in the doing." The Queen's face smiles and she addresses Noriko next, concentrating the imbuing upon a single point with her instead of all around. She empowers Noriko's weapon!quote:Favored Crescent of the Raven Queen (+5 Incisive Dagger+, Level 24 Uncommon) : With a parent's indulgent smile, she tilts her head to look down with a wide smile with closed eyes. "I won't be tipping my hand into this Game any more than I already have. After all, it is now up to you to prove your faith." She opens her eyes again and stands tall, staring ahead past you both, past everything.In the distance a mountain-sized silhouette made of gentle, flowing black curves moves in a single direction, towards nothing in particular that you could see.. or presently understand. "You may think you are settled in this but I warn you: every mortal who has defied the natural order has thought themselves to be prepared. Prepared until that very final moment, when they truly understand what they fear most... that Death is utterly fair. Truly impartial, truly unbiased, with no exceptions. And to realize how small they really are, that is when you make your greatest mistakes, acting in defiance of the truth." "What marks the color of your spirit will be what you do when that trial befalls you." : "I understand. Thank you! Thank you so much!" Akane beams up at her.: The Avatar raises her hand and her attendant crow returns her cigarette holder to her. "Au revoir." With one final exhale she draws in the last of the cigarette and reduces the materials to ash, all of it blown away in the same dissolution that her material form disappears, dozens of crows rising from the spot and flying off into the night sky.--- You're still in Akane's Heart. : Akane looks to Noriko and keeps beaming. "And thank you, Noriko! I know what I have to do now." She slowly raises her hands and frames them around part of her chest, then adjusts the angle a bit, tweaking the positioning until she makes a large two-hand frame in the shape of a heart, over where her own would be. It solidifies with red static and that clarifies to a red mirror pane, filling out the shape she's made. Once it shifts into the material she grins and holds the stone up. She looks to Noriko for a moment and grins. ".. Don't worry, it's my decision." Reaching over, Akane grabs Noriko's hand and wills the two to disappear, leaving her inner space.
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Shore's Heart: Stuck in a stalemate, Charlotte stands firm at the North end of the small chamber, her Mirrorblades mimicking her posture, all watching your group as you stand your ground. Even the old face overhead is simply glaring down at all below, silently judging the party. "..." This stalemate is disrupted by the sudden appearance of Akane with Noriko! Noriko looks as alive as ever, possibly even more so, her usual aura of spooky-bad more subdued than normal. Or perhaps more subtle, refined. An even better sign is that Akane is looking normal and alive as well, dressed in what looks like an elaborate cosplay design of ren faire chainmail: quote:"... a set of shiny new chainmail with shoulder emblems and skirt-tassels with emblems and designs of ornate raven busts. Practical yet sporty, with thick heavy boots with some redundant straps that blend fashion with over the top reliability. They match a similar corset on Akane's torso and a set of strappy elbow-length gloves, the chainmail itself only having sleeves that cover the shoulders." Music Change : "Everyone! Stop fighting!" She whips around to face Charlotte, who is looking utterly shocked!: Takano leans forward with Charlotte, the two moving simultaneously but the aura of Charlotte evaporating as Takano yells! "Akane, get out of here! This is dangerous! Nothing will get by me! They could be here, right now!": Akane runs over and throws her arms around Takano's shoulders in a big hug. "Nee-san, it's OK! I'm.. I'm OK! We don't have to fight! I'm going to be OK!" The shadows wrapping around Takano melt away immediately, leaving the Senpai you know behind in her evening beachwear.: Looking further stunned and incredulous, Takano laughs nervously as her eyes strain, tears building in the corners of her eyes. "Is that so? What happened?": Akane giggles. "It's.. it's a long story. But I know what I want to do." She lets Takano go and turns around, looking everyone in the group over. She bows at the waist to the front, then the side, then the other side. She raises her hands and frames them to make a two-handed heart, manifesting the pure Fate again. "Everyone.. I.. I want you to take this! I want you to win, with my help!": "AKANE!" Takano grabs her shoulder and tries to pull her aside. "You can't just give up!": Holding firm, Akane puts on a flat smile. "I told you, it's fine. I'm choosing a different path." She steps forward again and holds up the glistening red-diamond heart, which levitates a few inches above her upturned palms and rotates slowly. "I'm sorry, everybody. Thank you so much for helping me." : "Uohhh!! It's real!" The change in strength is reflected in your Soulshell immediately!(Fate Power Choices and Updated Fate Powers List coming, feel free to post before then!)
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Tsukiyo Right on time, it seems! Tsukiyo lifts an eyebrow at the weird new getup that Akane now is wearing, between that and changing her avatar shape all the time from ghost princess to chainsaw murderer to that she can't really pick an aesthetic and stick to it it seems. While the sisters and Mori have their touching reunion, she meanwhile turns towards Miyuki and Miho. "You two okay? I heard Miyuki-san bickering with Akio, so I was a bit worried..." Plutonis fucked around with this message at 05:00 on Sep 21, 2019 |
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OOC All Players now have a max of 4 Fate Powers, or x/4. This means you gain a point as well for the current day. If you are currently 0/3 Fate Powers, you're now 1/4. 1/3 becomes 2/4, and so on. This does not restore those used so far. If you have [X] Fate 1 [X] Fate 2 [ ] Fate 3 [X] Fate 4 and 0/3 points, you go up to 1/4 points and [ ] Fate 3 and [ ] Fate 5 for the rest of the in-game day. A summary of the Fate powers offered so far: quote:Akio: Rune of the Final Act(Runepriest 5) OR Silver Phoenix Rage(Barbarian 5) Making a change to Akio's offered Fate Utility 6 from Compact of Peace/Cull Weakness to Rune of Meritorious Alacrity(Runepriest 6) OR Snarling Defiance(Barbarian 6.) New Fate Powers Tier quote:Akio: Rune of the First Fortress(Runepriest 15) OR Flameheart Rage(Barbarian 15) Everyone: If you want to change your previous choices (Daily 5, Utility 6, Daily 9, Utility 16) you may do so now but you will have to stick with it for quite a while. If you change a power and that slot(i.e. Daily 5 to Daily 5) has been used in Other Shore it will still be burned for the rest of the day. Doomykins fucked around with this message at 19:21 on Sep 21, 2019 |
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Shore's Heart Music : "Sukeban!?" Miyuki loudly swears under her breath, glaring at Akio for a few moments before looking to Tsukiyo with a cool head. "I'm fine, it's nothing that carrying a grudge won't cure." She brushes some of the red sparks off her shirt and watches the Hattoris. ".. Is this really alright? We were just fighting and I thought this whole night was about that gloomy musician girl.." : Miho's gaze drifts between everybody briefly before she settles on a smile. "If it's alright and she's not attacking us, then everything is good, right? We did it?": Watching Takano, Miyuki wrings her hands. ".. Should we talk to them? Charlotte was just about to kill us or something.. but.. but.. I really wanna meet her!"
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Akio // Sunday, May 31 - Other Shore / Shore's Heart "Noriko! You made it!" Akio smiles at Noriko, looking a bit weary but relieved. "I knew you'd be able to get through to her." He makes his sword disappear and approaches her and the Hattoris. "But what about the deal?" He asks and turns his head to Akane. "Are you sure you're safe to surrender your fate?" Picking Rune of the First Fortress. Replacing Compact of Peace with Rune of Meritorious Alacrity
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Tsukiyo "Hm, I'd rather not have you hold a grudge against him but..." Tsukiyo scratches her head, finding the situation a bit awkward. "I guess the coast is clear for now. And hey, we made up with Manami and the others before after fighting, after all." With that said and done, she turns to Noriko. "Good job, whatever you've done. I don't think we could have dealt with Charlotte the way things were going. But uh, is the occult thing done with?"
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Noriko nods to Akane. "If you're sure you want to do this... I appreciate your support." she smiles. "The worst of the danger should be over... The rest we can keep you safe from." When they return to the banks of the other shore, Noriko smiles to Akio, a weary, but full smile. "Thank you for believing in me. We got through to each other, in the end, though... I was in a lot more danger than I'd realized. We made other arrangements. It's a long story... I'll tell you everything later, but..." She looks to Takano. "...We're both free of our demons now. Nyarlathotep tried to turn me against Akane so I pushed him aside. I chose her over him. You... Just because you're usually right doesn't mean you always are! It really hurt that you thought so little of me, you know!"
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(Formatting later.) Shore's Heart Music : Subject to Noriko's scolding Takano turns bright red in the cheeks. "I'm.. I'm sorry, Noriko." She looks to the others. Tsukiyo. Takashi. Itsumi. Akio. She slouches at the shoulders and ducks her head behind Akane for a moment, flopsweating. "I'm so sorry! I've said such terrible things!": Akane hugs Takano around the shoulders and looka up to give Noriko a little frown. "It's alright, this place brought out the worst in us." She told her head forward a bit to give you all a pointed stare. *And it was my fault. I hope you can forgive us." The two sisters separate and stand side by side. "I've cancelled my deal with the help of another Outsider. A good one!" She hastily adds in the last bit, taking her turn to look anxious.: "I've said things I keep to myself.. I'm sorry. I just want.. I just want what I think is best. I saw a lot of Akane in you, Noriko. Her old bad habits." She bows her head to Noriko, then rises and looks to the side. "What "other Outsider"?": Akane laughs. "It's OK, I'm happy with what you do for me, Nee-san." She twiddles her fingers together and averts her eyes when Takano scrutinizes her. "Uhm.. it's like, an aspect of a morning culture and a spirit that protects the sanctity of the dead's rest and.." She pulls from some inner confidence and faces Takano directly. "She's super cool, like the boss queen of goths! She said that the Game Over Man, the Devil, he doesn't actually have claim to souls, he just frames it like that when you're are vulnerable! Everything is tied to belief, and when you feel you have no choice, he tricks you into agreeing to forget your soul! So she.. when Noriko helped me.. she offered to help us!": Takano takes this all in with a poker face, able to think in total silence as Akane tries to spot a sign of her reaction. Senpai speaks clearly with a stern tone: "Isn't this trading one deal for another?": "Yes, but is it impossible that there are good ones? The entire game is because someone gives humans a chance too!": Takano sighs. "If you're happy and able to move on. We can address how you'll make amends going forw..": Akane crosses her arms in front of herself in a bit upheld X! "No! ... Er, I'm sorry, Nee-san. I can't.. I won't do it your way.": ".. Why not?": Akane lowers her arms. "I've been feeling guilty about everything for so long.. I.. it made me do worse things to try to fix it. I know you want what looks best for me, but I can't be that kind of person. I still want to apologize to everyone and change my ways, but.." She balls up her hands St her side. "But.. it has to be in a way I can do! Trying to get everyone to my side.. or being repentant.. they're both wrong. All I can do is help everyone finish this game to make up for the wrong I did." She raises a hand and focuses for a moment, dismissing the ambient darkness around the glass walkways. Some of this darkness is cleared from Takano and the visage of the yellowed old man in the sky vanishes.: "... Well.. I have pressured you a lot. And I think.. enabled you." She thinks again for a moment. "I'm sorry for that." The two share another little hug, the taller Takano resting her forehead against the top of her sisters head.: "Nee-san..": "... No sweets for a week. I'll plan your meals." She finishes the hug. Akane's jaw hangs open and she looks to Noriko, hands raised in a helpless pleading gesture. Takano steps up to the whole of the group and raises one hand, her other resting on the hilt of Charlotte's sheathed ssord at her hip. "I will help you too, as best I can." She manifests a perfect shard of platinum in the shape of a sharp, angular crest. "As best as ORDER can, even if I must abandon it now."(Item box) Essence of Perfection(Charlotte): Affects only known, primary class At-Will Attacks. Choose an At-Will Attack that is a Standard Attack Power. It is now a Minor Action twice per Encounter. Tsukiyo: Twin Strike is eligible for this twice per day. Doomykins fucked around with this message at 16:49 on Sep 28, 2019 |
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The Long Hall With his neck stretched taut like a cord, it is impossible to miss the sigh Akane's first words elicit. A bowstring suddenly released, his shoulders collapse as Takashi slouches, chin falling to his chest, before he squares them and rises from his kneeling pose. His eyes open slowly at first, alighting on Akane and Noriko, then to Takano as she is enfolded in a sisterly hug. His trademarked smile surges to full brightness as he approaches them, any thing he could have said stunned to silence when Akane offers her Fate. Mirthless posted:"You... Just because you're usually right doesn't mean you always are! It really hurt that you thought so little of me, you know!" If Takashi's eyes were wide before, they go big as saucers when Noriko lands another perfect censure of Takano in a single day. Picking his jaw up off the floor, he moves to be nearer to Takano, though not enough to intrude on her closeness to her sister. "Weirdly, I think... I think tonight has helped me see something I never had before," he starts cryptically before shaking his head a little to continue, "For my part, there is nothing to forgive. Either of you. It isn't easy to come face-to-face with your own demons, to say nothing of the... very real ones," the rest of her comment hits him, and he lets out a sudden outburst, "Outsider? Are you two... how can you just," Takashi closes his eyes against a suddenly fatherly impulse and a scolding tongue begging to be let loose. Doomykins posted:Takano takes this all in with a poker face, able to think in total silence as Akane tries to spot a sign of her reaction. Senpai speaks clearly with a stern tone: "Isn't this trading one deal for another?" If it were possible to mentally high-five Takano, he would... except for him it is possible! With a smirking paternal look, Takashi projects the image of them high-fiving into Takano's mind briefly, an acknowledgment of silent agreement with her. Akane's response draws his smirk into a frown, but as she continues her words echo his own statements and his frown fades away, replaced by the neutral smile that turns proud. Takano's continued big sister attitude brings the smile to full. "I'm glad you and Noriko are safe, Akane-chan. We've been worried about you all night... speaking of, should we be expecting a spider and a fly soon? Bishop seemed to have the run of this place... even if it isn't exactly your Mindscape." --- Throughout her offered platinum gifts his eyes don't leave her, but he hesitates to speak aloud for a time. When at last he does, his tone is confident but reserved, "So Takano-san," her mind rings with the mirrored Ameru-chan overlaid upon her name, "are we going to talk about the," he gestures with his thumb across his neck and sticks his tongue out, a remnant of all the American movies he and Kaname have watched, "thing?" the smile he wears, and the ardor being passed almost subconsciously through even temporary touches upon her subconscious take any hurt out of the question.
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After a moment, Noriko nods at Takano's explanation. "...I understand. I mean... I was kind of lost when I came to Naoki. For what it's worth..." Noriko fidgets, looking off to the side. "...I appreciate you pushing me... sometimes. Thank you for looking out for me." Forced to reflect, Noriko can't deny the truth: Takano's prodding had mostly helped. poo poo! "She seemed genuinely benign, though it was kind of bizarre... I'd read about the outsider we met before, but, um..." Noriko gets a little quiet. "...it was in resource materials for a game..." she fidgets. "She was so... real, though. I could feel Nyarlathotep leave my body when She laid Her hands on me. It was... The most real thing I've ever experienced. "I agree, it felt a little absurd to trade one deal for another, but in the end... We couldn't afford to pay interest on our debts. The crawling chaos was... consuming me. It was eating me away from the inside out. I thought I could control it, but it was changing me, and it wouldn't have stopped. And Akane... For all we knew she was really going to die tonight." She shudders at the thought. "We were given an opportunity to refinance our debt under clear and acceptable terms. The choice was obvious." Noriko crosses her arms. "Look at us as an example, alright? There's no shortcuts to winning, and playing games with Satan is a really bad idea, so, heheh... Don't die." Noriko says, grinning. As Takano delivers her sweets ultimatum, Noriko acts like she's indifferent to Akane's pleading, but shoots her a look that says "Come see me later". Takano couldn't be everywhere at once! Reminded of the situation by Takashi, Noriko gets serious. "...That's right. Bishop..." She looks around. "I'd hoped we'd be done with him by now, but I'm sure he's either on his way or waiting for us down the line..." she frowns. "He's really into traps, right? Should we be expecting an ambush?"
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Akio // Sunday, May 31 - Other Shore / Shore's Heart "Yes, you haven't exactly been an exemplary senpai lately..." Akio mutters back to Takano as she apologizes, throwing a pointed look behind him at where the yellowed head had been a moment ago. "But I can at least understand wanting to protect your sister, even if your actions were misguided." He shifts his attention to Akane. "And as for you!" He points at her accusingly! "Somehow you've managed to be even more of a handful than usual tonight! How is that even possible!" He closes his eyes and shakes his head slowly, but then the corners of his mouth starts twitching and he breaks out into a laugh. He smiles gently at her. "But of course I forgive you, Akane-chan." --- "You're free from Nyarlathotep? Really!?" Akio looks at Noriko in wide-eyed surprise, and then a great big smile spreads across his face, the weariness from before washed away in an instant. "I knew I wasn't just imagining that there was something different about you when I saw you!" Unable to contain his relief, he throws his hands around her and squeezes her tightly in a hug, letting go of all those heavy emotions he'd kept bottled up. "I've been so worried about you ever since that darkness covered you in the House of Fortune... I know you told me that the presence wasn't evil, but I just couldn't believe that. Each time you spoke in that cursed tongue it sent chills down my back... I was torn between letting you decide your own fate and wanting to purge Nyarlathotep from you, but even if it came to that how was I ever supposed to fight an outsider god? It all was so hopeless, and I felt powerless... Ah, um, s-sorry, I'm rambling..." He pulls away so he can look her in the eyes and smiles bashfully at her. "I just want you to know that I'm proud of you." --- As the subject shifts to Bishop, Akio turns his head and casts an icy stare down the corridor. "Something's not right. Bishop should've gotten here before us if he and his group were able to bypass the guardian like he said he could." He turns his head back to the group. "It's certainly likely that he's lying in ambush somewhere, but... do we really have to move? We have the fate that's up for grabs tonight. All we need to do is wait for dawn, right? We could ambush him instead." "Also, we know he's with Braxienne, but I think it's unlikely that it's just the two of them. It's just a hunch... but I think our old acquaintance Hero 4 Hire is fighting for them. My friend Kane."
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Shore's Heart Music (Finally got an important scene transferred to the thread, relevant to what's about to happen! Takashi Online Meet With Bishop Pt 1 and Pt 2!) : Akane puffs out her cheeks under Takashi's stare, then sticks out her tongue. "People believe in God, don't they!? And you accept the existence of a Devil.. so is it so hard to believe that maybe we met somebody who cares for us?" She nods excitedly at Noriko's points before giving Takashi a smug look. "She's the Raven Queen, and she hasn't asked me to do anything awful. Maybe if you're lucky you can meet the God of Meatheads..": "His name is Kord." Miyuki smiles at Takashi. "And maybe you will.": "You're right. We should be cautious. And Bishop's calling card is preparation and incremental advantages." Takano sighs, then shares a smile with Noriko for her words before withering slightly. "Being exemplary isn't.. it's.. I.." She gives Akio just the smallest smile. "At least, seeing you defend your friends provided something admirable to see on the battlefield." She looks to Takashi for a big smile. "And speaking of admirable.." She steps over to him and grabs his wrist, offering to speak to him to the side, out of immediate earshot of everyone else. Once they've done so: "K-Kyokan, I don't know what could be going through your head sometime!" She fidgets with Takashi's hand and settles on squeezing it. "If I.. if you.. if I hurt you, if you died.." She puffs out her cheeks in a look of embarrassed indignity. "How could you know me so well?"quote:Takashi: Smiling at her, half from her uncertainty and half from her touch, Takashi squeezes her hand back before leaning down to kiss her lips, tenderly and briefly. A small, hot flash of anxiety crosses his mind at the thought of being observed, but it embers and dies against the need to share his affection with her. Takano: Sharing a tender kiss in this distressingly public space leaves Takashi's girlfriend red in the face but looking pleased. "All of me.." In a sudden show of reciprocation Takano channels arcane energy and wills Takashi into a simple teleport, shifting him to being supported by her arms, switching the traditional place of the swooning maiden. She holds her head over his long enough for her hair to shift and hang forward, dropped over her face and his, before leaning down and giving him a passionate liplock. : Working hard to politely ignore what's going on on the side, Akane speaks up with building confidence. "You guys.. thank you. I don't want you to think we're just hiding from what's going on." Akane raises a finger and waggles it with a little spark of red energy. "We can fight together, and.. and this isn't just getting out of my deal! In the name of the Raven Queen, I'm going to fight Satan!" She beams.: "Sugoi..": "We can forget those guys, this *is* my space, Akio! And I'll just.." Akane raises her hand in a spot of showmanship, readying a finger snap. "Finish this night!" She prepares to snap and comes to a stop, bringing her lowered hand to her stomach as she takes on a confused expression. She tries to repeat the dramatic gesture again and has to stop entirely, bringing both hands down and clutching at her stomach. "Ohh..": After a little chance to talk with Takashi, Takano immediately rushes over to Akane's side. "What's wrong?": "I don't.. I don't feel good.. queasy.." She groans again and Takano places her hand to Akane's forehead.: "You're burning up!": "Si.. sick? That's so la.. BLURGHH!!" Akane vomits a small bit of her last meal up and slumps forward, Takano holding her. "I can't.." Akane pants. "I can't stop.. seeing it.." The shadows around you begin to waver and wobble, radically warping!Music Change This prompts everyone to look around, anticipating that this is the much expected ambush! After a few moments a series of clearly audible clicks and buzzes announce the intentional approach along the walkway of Bishop's crawling bio-mechanical hands and eyes, a set of three advancing to just before the group where they balance atop one another. The hand supports two melon-sized mechanical eyes and executes a sweeping bow before juggling the eyes into the air, where they begin to beam out a transmission in a circular screen matching the width of the path they travel.  : "Ailuridae. Hello. This has been a long time in the making. This will be a one-way broadcast." Your Math Teacher, a respectable and recognizable Sensei from Naoki, a bookish man with a natural intelligent edge, Mister Adachi Riku! He appears on the screen standing before an unknown stretch of mechanical space, new structures rising beside him the entire time. Matching metal frames begin to emerge from the darkness around you, as though somebody were rapidly building a new space! "To those of you who do not know me, I apologize. My name is Adachi Riku, online I am known as Bishop, of <ORDER>. I am here tonight to extend a hand to you, to stop this senseless dueling." He sweeps an arm around and brings it to his chest before a small bow. "In accordance with the rules of the Great Game, I declare victory over the Guardians of this space and assert claim to the Fate of their master." The area behind him and the screen itself flash with red static. Akane does too and she winces, mumbling a stream of negatives but looking unhurt, if still ill. Bishop continues: "I wish to meet with you, particularly as your same claim will complicate matters. I believe we can reach a compromise now that you have neutralized the darkness controlling our own Charlotte." Shapes move rapidly behind him. Given their size they're most likely Braxienne's Goblin minions. There's a pair of shadows nearby, larger than those, watching intently but not getting in Bishop's way. "I will open a path to you. Please respond promptly." He gestures and dismisses the screen, which shorts out. The eyes and hand stop their act and beat a hasty retreat down the glass walkway, where it is already rising and being replaced by new mechanical junctions full of ominous moving parts that hum away to some unknown purpose. The rising towers around you have filled out with similar menacing, overly elaborate mechanisms.: "But it's.. yours.." Akane covers her mouth and closes her eyes. She looks exhausted.: Takano grits her teeth. "That bastard.. he's doing this to you! And he waited to avoid facing me! I.. I.." She hugs Akane close and the two settle on the ground, Takano helping Akane lie down and resting her sister's head on her own lap. "I can't leave her..": "They could be ambushed." Miyuki joins them, standing at their side with her hand on her sword's hilt.: Miho looks to Tsukiyo and rubs the back of her head with an awkward smile. "I'm really burnt out from the fights we've had so far, Tsuki-chan.." She puts on a brave face. "B-but I can help Miyuki-chan!"The path ahead beckons. It seems there is one last hurdle to cross. : "WAIT!" Akane shouts, raising a hand and looking to Noriko. ".. Help you.." The sisters give you their support, even if they can't be there when you fight. You gain a new pair of Overseers!quote:Akane: Undying: Gain Regen 4 and Necrotic Resist 10, stacking with existing. --- When you're ready the path ahead rises at a steady pace, leading ever upwards through the growing labyrinth of mindless machinery. It has grown so thoroughly that it blocks out the sky and the darkness around, above and below. It's like you're in a solid structure, a mountain of madness. You soon come to a blocked out square space where the glass walkway reasserts itself briefly and a pair of figures sit, enjoying the comfort of a luxury couch set straight out of the Hattori's apartment. You briefly see a shadow cast from a lamp on a nightstand, a sleek and angular hound's head with mouth open! Is this the return of that monstrous hound!? But.. the shadow rapidly shrinks and leads down to a handsome Akita lounging on the couch, your friend Shikome sitting with him and petting him. Mitsuo the dog is here(Music Change.) : "H-Hello everyone! If.. if you need to change anything, this is my last chance to help you, I think." She grins and scratches around Mitsuo's ears. "This guy says he wants to help too!" : Mitsuo regards the group with a dog's steady patience, mouth closed, gaze steady. He's not the type to pant or wag his tail in too much excitement at the sight of strangers. Instead he seems to be judging you. After a few moments he rises and hops off the couch, striding over to the group, heading for Takashi. He grips Takashi's wrist in his hand firmly yet gently, not using pressure sufficient to penetrate the skin. He gives Takashi a tug down the path before letting go, turning and looking up at the rising mechanical stairs. He turns back to face the group and shares a noble sentiment in his eyes. You restore a single used Daily Power(Non-Fate.) : "Uhm.. you've fought a lot of these people before. Miss Braxienne likes minions and lots of attacks and uses her golems to run interception. They're weak to Fire and Acid, but I think you already proved they can't stop you? She's a strong Warlock with dashes of Invoker, so Thunder and Radiant damage are likely but she can throw all kinds out. If you see Mister Hero, he's an Avenger. Radiant's possible. And.." Shikome gasps and pops out a little notebook, excitedly reading through it. "... Mister Bishop never fought much, but he was an amazing Artificer when he did. Now he wants to be the greatest Overseer! Uhm.. if he does fight, I think he likes to attack from unexpected angles! So if Fire, Ice and Lightning are meta, he'd lean towards others?" Shikome closes the book and laughs nervously. "I hope this helps. And you can change your Personas and the essence of those supporting you before you go!"Last chance to change Support Personas and Overseers. Doomykins fucked around with this message at 18:51 on Sep 26, 2019 |
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Tsukiyo "I was going to say something about the gods of the videogame not existing, Miyuki-san, but considering what Noriko has seen..." Tsukiyo says as she gives a dismissive nod, only to be startled by Akane suddenly doubling in pain again! "D-drat it, I just wanted to go back to our room at this point!" She draws her swordson a panicked rush! And of course here is that smug rear end teacher again trying to strongarm us, Tsuki thinks to herself. She gives a positive nod to Miho, looking a bit more calm now when reassessing the situation. "Take care of them, ok? I'm kinda tired too but... I think we can handle him." Whatever is beyond the path... Will probably be a tough fight. "When the fight starts I'll see if I can get to 'Sensei' and smack him before he manages to take control of the battlefield. He seems to be stripping down this place from the Hattori's command already, so we probably got to hurry or else he'll get too much of a home advantage." Not particularly changing lineup, restoring one use of Blade Cascade. Spending one surge to go to 112 HP. pre:Flagelo HP: 112/143 (0) AC: 37 Passive Insight: 30 Surges: 5/10 (V: 41) For: 33 Passive Perception: 32 Initiative: +18 Ref: 34 Action Points: 1 Speed: 10 Will: 31 Fortune Points: 4/4 Vision: Low-light Fate Points 2/4 At Will Encounter Daily Twin Strike [ ] Second Wind Careful Attack [ ] Sohei Flurry [x] Cruel Cage of Steel Hunter's Quarry [ ] Untamed Outburst [x] Attacks on the Run Bancho's Pride [ ] Disruptive Strike [ ] Blade Cascade [ ] Cross Body Parry [x] Root Gate [ ] Armor Splinter [x] Howling Winds [ ] Elven Accuracy [ ] P. Death Threat [ ] Invigorating Stride [ ] Sneak Attack Fate [ ] Storm Strike [ ] Wilding Strength [ ] Form of the Sirocco [ ] Ironskin [ ] Rubicant's Assault Item [ ] Longbow of Speed (Enc) [ ] Mercurial Mind (Enc) [ ] Great Prowling Cat Armor (Day) [ ] Great Prowling Cat Armor (Enc) [x] Torc of Power (Day) [x] Planestrider Boots (Enc) [ ] Wolf's Fang (Enc) [ ] [ ] Cackling Fencer's Rapier (force burst) (enc) [ ] Cackling Fencer's Rapier (mark) (Enc) [ ] Ring of Giants (Day) [x] Ring of Fury (Day) [ ] Gauntlets of OP (Damage/Enc) [ ] Gauntlets of OP (Ability Check/Enc) [X] Fortune Stone (Earth) (Day) Passives:. Wield One-Handed Weapons as off-hand Give up 1 damage die from HQ to Slow UEOTN CA vs Immobilized/Slowed Hit Immobilized/Slow knocks prone +2 attack with Light Blades, +4 if enemy grants CA Draw weapon/item with same action to attack/use +5 Damage, +1 attack to enemy that I'm closest to or alone Gain CA against all enemies during first turn If crit with main weapon can do MBA with off-hand +1 to AC and Melee rolls if dual-wielding +2 to AC and reflexes UEOTN if hit at least twice with attacks this turn Action Point: Can do MBA with main and off-hand with WIS mod bonus damage +2 attack/damage to persona attacks made with FP Ignore Difficult Terrain when shifting Party within 5 sq gain +1 perception Item Passives Wildrunners: When Running, Move your Speed +4. [Inactive] Ioun Stone of Might: +4 to STR skill and and ability checks, +5 damage to str based attacks Longbow of speed: +4 init while holding it Planestrider Boots: While teleporting with power, can divide teleport in two. True Gauntlets of Ogre Power: + 4 to ath and str ability checkst Penitent Martyr Tattoo: Take damage equal to 2xhealing surges remaining to reroll daily attack Ring of Giants: +8 to crit damage Ring of Fury: +2 insight/dip/bluff vs devils Acrobat's Cincture: Roll Acrobatics twice, extra healing is converted to THP Bracers: +1d6 fire damage to melee Cackling Fencer's Rapier: Crits on 19-20,d10 die damage, 5d10 crit Wolf's Fang: Brutal 2 Cat Armor: Can shift 1 additional square Support Persona Bishamonten (Tower ******) Akasha Arts (vs AC, Close Burst 1, Targets Enemies, Deals 3d8+16 Physical Damage and -2 AC UEONT, Costs 2 Fortune Points) Maziodyne (vs Reflex, Range 8, Burst 2, All Creatures, Deals 1d8+12 Lightning Damage) Arms Master (1/Day, Choose 2, Do Not Require Weapons, Free Actions, Must Choose One after Extended Rest if Daily use is available: Axe Training: 2/Day, Reroll all Damage Die that comes up as a 1, for all Actions taken that Round *Claw Training: 2/Day, Gain +3 Attack/Damage against an Enemy Larger than you, for all Actions taken that Round [0/2] *Mace Training: 2/Day, Add +2 to the Number of Squares you Push/Pull/Slide an Enemy, for all Actions taken that Round [2/2] *Spear Training: 2/Day, Gain Threatening Reach 2(Close Burst 2) UEOE Immune: Fire Half: Ranged, Radiant Weakness: Cold(+40%), Poison(+40%) Overseers Tatsumi: Hell Powder(Passive): Ignore up to 10 Resist an Enemy has 1/Round. Hell Feast(Daily): Allows 2 Allies to use Healing Surges + 3d6. Those Healed gain +3 Attack on their next Power. Redd: Hot-Blooded(Passive): Gain Fire and Cold Resist +10, adding to existing Resistances. Hercules Swing(Daily): Starting at Range 3 from Any one Ally, make a 1d20+22 Attack vs Fortitude on one Enemy. On a Hit deal 3d10+18 Damage and Push 5. On a Miss deal Half Damage and make a Bull Rush (1d20+22) vs Fortitude with Push 1 on a Hit. Miyuki Gaze of Authority(Overseer Passive): Enemies the Party and their Allies Mark, Weaken or Daze have their Speed reduced by 3. Allies have +1 AC. Blade of Justice(Overseer Daily): Applies +1d8 Radiant Damage and option to Mark Enemy on Hit(UEOMNT) to all Standard and Fate Actions(Not Fortune) used this Turn by all Allies. (Vote to use at Start of Round.) Rank 3 Academics *** [+3 Int/Wis Skills] Rank 3 Charm [+3 Dex/Cha Skills] Rank 3 Courage ***** [+3 +Str/Con Skills] Plutonis fucked around with this message at 02:33 on Sep 26, 2019 |
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 Kasaya Itsumi"No." Itsumi replies sharply. "We are not killing anyone. We're better than that. We have been this whole time. We were able to deal with Jun without killing, right? Even if we can't convince Bishop and Braxienne to stand down, we can't kill them. Killing them won't do anything good."
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"I'm not proposing murder, Itsumi... But I'm not treating a fight with Bishop as a game. We are going to war. Dont get caught monologuing. Adachi probably does not share your sentiment."
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Kasaya Itsumi "I don't care whether he shares it or not. I'm not saying it's a game, I'm just saying we're capable of dealing with them without killing them. If we start killing people then we're no better than Takamura's killers."
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Akio // Sunday, May 31 - Other Shore / Shore's Heart "Wait, you're talking about that Raven Queen? She's real? And you met her in person!?" Akio gives Akane a look of sheer incredulity. "Wow, that's so cool..." He says, completely awestruck with nerdy admiration for a moment. "Hold on a minute..." He furrows his brow and peers at her with disbelief. "The Raven Queen offered you, the self-styled princess of the undead, a contract? Aren't those that cheat death supposed to be anathema to her?" A poo poo-eating grin spreads across his face. "I guess she could see past the façade and tell what a harmless fuzzy little kitten you are on the inside, eh?" He says teasingly. --- "What a cheating scumbag." Akio scowls after Bishop's bio-mechanical constructs as they scurry away. "If he wants the dueling to stop then why the hell is he prolonging this night." He clenches his fist at his side. "We won't hand him your fate, Akane," he states grimly without turning around to face her. "And we're going to explain that to him in no uncertain terms." He glances at the others. "Let's go." --- Machine Labyrinth Approach "We're not killing our math teacher, Noriko..." Akio speaks softly, but his voice carries conviction. "Itsumi is right, we're better than that. Even if he was the one that killed Takamura it's not worth it. There has to be a way for us to win this without damning ourselves." "But don't mistake my words. We need to show him a firm hand, and when we inevitably end up fighting we can't hold anything back. It's when he lies defeated that we need to show mercy. Takamura stood alone, we have each other. No one will die." Perfecting Sword Burst. Picking Rune of the First Fortress. Spending a surge to heal to full. HP: 153/153 (THP: 8) Surges: 6/15 (V: 44) Switching Redd for Takano as overseers. Sockerbagarn fucked around with this message at 17:29 on Sep 28, 2019 |
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Tsukiyo "We need him alive for questioning." Tsukiyo shakes her head. "To find the truth about Takamura and everything else. Then we rip his fate off and find a way to throw him in jail."
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Tower of Armament Music or Music : Mitsuo barks once at Takashi and after receiving everyone's affection begins trotting down the stairs, heading back the way you came.: Finalizing your choices, Shikome musters up enough courage to give you some confident encouragement. "Good luck! You can do this.." She fades away as the rest of the glass walkway space does too, the machines overtaking it.--- Rising through the endless tunnel you eventually feel a rush of hot air followed by the chill of Other Shore's perpetual nightfall on the beach, the smell of old salt mingling with the fresh chemical bursts and heating of metal coming from the machines.      It seems your host is intent on one of his patented dungeons. Even as you take in the sights of the primed traps and the ridiculous devices more of the space builds upon itself, dozens of little silhouettes moving along the walls and the open walkways looming hundreds of feet above. By the size and dress you can identify them as Braxienne's Goblins, working to erect additional lines of barbed wire, rows of primed spikes and little fortified stations with mounted bolters. Great gleaming rows of bladed teeth are bared from sleek, angular busts of a grinning Goblin's face, the eyes twisting and turning gears framed around blazing burners. Bishop's machines manned by Braxienne's minions. A terrible combination. Just as soon as you take in the full sight it begins to retract and the platform you're standing on is built upon further, extending towards the exit to the North! You can hear voices nearby, broadcasted and amplified.  : "<What the Hell are you doing?!>" A thick Westerner accent. Powerful, enigmatic, vulgar. Jersey for sure, an American. "If they die in one of those traps that's an easy win!" Some of the receding devices, the rows of mounted spikes and the giant buzzsaws spinning on lengths of metallic frames, they stall and burn in place, smoking and priming, ready to go. : "We've come to talk to them. We don't have time for this kind of game." Everything is smoothly powered down and resumes retreating, including a large platform to the Northwest holding a treasure chest, slowly retreating into an opening in the wall.: "They'll just get in the way. Why not sort through what's left?" The Goblins on the walls and railways above jeer.: "You know that they can surpass a trial such as that. We must meet in good faith." The final retraction is set in motion and everything but the path forward begins to pull back into the walls.Everyone: It is possible to interact with the previous map, although you must do so quickly before everything is cleaned up. Otherwise you advance: --- Apex of Creation Music Change The next rise is short and brings you to the top of the tower. From here you can see that the scope of Other Shore has expanded significantly, a glimpse into a world where the entire globe maybe be a unified machine in service to some unknown end. By the way that red energy hums beneath your feet through the grating along strange lines and occasionally pulses with static you have a hunch what that end is.     Riku: AC/F/R/W: 40/36/40/36 Allison: AC/F/R/W 35/32/30/36 Kane: AC/F/R/W: 38/28/33/35  Hagiwara Kane, a first year at Naoki who attends Karate Club. Akio's friend who is a little too laid back. He seems at ease, standing in the company of the others. The player of Hero from Gank Inc, who you've left embarrassed and beaten multiple times before like at the verdant ruins where you faced Muscles and Catbad. He's dressed casually with his Naoki jacket over a muscle shirt and simple black slacks with sturdy looking brown hiking boots.  By process of elimination the short saucy woman must be Braxienne. She's dressed in a business casual suit, like a traveling company representative. The way she openly crackles with magical power and leers at your group doubly confirms her identity. Your group has overhead her at the resort meeting with your teacher and her real name is Allison Griffin. An ORDER mainstay you defeated at the House of Fortune, which was actually her Mindscape.  And your Sensei, Adachi Riku. He's never had anything but kind or supportive words to say at Naoki. He has helped tutor Takashi in mathematics and always leads his classes with a vital spirit and an intense desire to infect his students with that enthusiasm. You've learned that he's the player of Bishop, ORDER's odd and meticulous craftsman and Overseer perfectionist. He's the head of a group of oddballs online and stresses pursuit of creative ends instead of traditional power play. In spite of all that, or perhaps because of all that, his approaches are innovative and yield fantastic results that enhance others. It seems only natural for the former World's Best Leader to deliver top tier support. Would murdering the opposition be another innovation, crossing the boundaries between Online and Real Life? You witnessed Takamura's end in confronting Bishop online, seared by magic after the raid on Zombiepalooza. : Riku stands before you now, confidently meeting your group halfway. There's no sign of anything untoward, colossal and mechanical or villainously booby-trapped nearby and he is unarmed, although his six familiar body parts flank him in this state. Bio-mechanical eyes and hands, clicking and whirring as they study you. "Allow me to welcome you. I am happy you would meet with us. I believe it is not too late to avert the catastrophic aims of the "Great Game", if you are willing to listen to my parley." 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Akio // Sunday, May 31 - Other Shore / Apex of Creation "Sup, Kane." Akio shoots his friend a nod, treating Adachi with some casual disrespect by ignoring him for now. He'd never done that to a teacher before! He couldn't help but feel like a bit of a bad boy... Looks like his hunch had been on point, at least. With that confirmed he couldn't help but wonder if Kane had been the one to sell out his identity to Adachi, but if so, when had he found out? "My offer from earlier still stands, you know. Anytime you'd like to act on it, just say the word." He turns his head to look straight at Adachi while still addressing Kane. "Unless you prefer hang out with cheaters like him." He narrows his eyes. "Adachi-sensei. We've already won, Akane wanted us to have her fate and she gave it to us willingly, so why are you prolonging this night? If you truly want the fighting to stop then why are we still here?" "You made her sick, you know."
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Apex of Creation Music : Miss Griffin stamps her foot and paces a bit, pointing down at Noriko as she cracks about in her high heels. "Why don't you be quiet, you stupid brat! You think you have a monopoly on wishes, huh!? I should just give up because your little band of bloodthirsty pricks has their eye on the prize! Hah!" She comes to a stop and sets her hand on her hips, shoulders heaving as she laughs. "You guys sound like killers yourselves. Worried you'll fight somebody tougher than you as you get close to the finish line?!": Turning around and taking a step up the stairs Adachi grabs Allison's forearms and whispers to her. His voice rises as he assures her. "Calm down, calm down.." He turns back around and steps down to get closer to your group and give you full attention. "I'm sorry, I don't quite understand what you are implying. Takamura was in the guild before this mess but there was a misunderstanding. We all stopped talking to him and then he took it upon himself to force the issue. I met with him but.. he died before we could talk about what he wanted." He sighs. "Yes, it makes me feel awful. And what about you, Mori-san? I take it you are part of the assault on so many Mindscapes online. Would it be Memento Mori, then? It's very charming." He gives Noriko a friendly smile. "But I believe your own approach is earning a lot of bad blood as well. That is why we must talk. We do not have to fight.": "I don't think they can do peace, teach. It'll only get worse." Kane reaches up and adjust his hat with his patented index finger and thumb grip.: "I don't believe that. Please." He gesties to the group in a sweeping overture. "Akane is in danger? Tell me what you know. The details, the stakes. Please tell me if you are involved as well. You might feel trapped, cornered, helpless. That's by design! Of a malicious other.. we do not have to fight. We can reach a compromise, we can help them both." He steps ever closer to the group. "I've seen this before. Months ago, to a good friend of mine." He gestures around to the darkness in the sky, on the horizon. "I do not have a wish myself. My life has gone swimmingly. This is an agreement, a trust I have fostered, between those who see the violence of this cycle, of forcing a clash with a zero sum prize. We can reach an armistice. In the end we might wish for something that cannot be perverted, or we may even forfeit the wish entirely. All of us. This contest can end with no further pain."He offers the group an outstretched hand. "Please. Be rational." Behind him Allison stiffens up and stands ramrod straight, her arms trembling at her side, hands made into fists. Kane adjust his hat and drops his hand, muttering a "Tch.." Everyone, Passive Insight: There's an undeniable sincerity to Mister Adachi's words and demeanor. Is he telling the truth or is he this cunning? There's no obvious tells. Just a teacher reaching out. Doomykins fucked around with this message at 17:20 on Oct 2, 2019 |
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