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Platonicsolid
Nov 17, 2008


Freak: -1 | Danger: -1 | Savior: +2 | Superior: +1 | Mundane: +2
Potential: 0/5 | Conditions: None! | Location: Crowley Park

What's that noise?

That's roaring sound?

Through the darkness of the park comes a bright glow of light from behind a hill, which grows and resolves itself into a bright beam. The beam races down the hill, kicking chunks of turf behind it. Feel bad about that later. The light resolves into a sleek yellow motorcycle, with a young woman in black and yellow atop it.

Bravura grins as she revs the engine, racing down the slope towards Raiken. And she's not slowing down. Gwen leans to the side as she zooms past, reaching out and grabbing Raiken about the waist, plucking her out of the way of the monster.

"Man that dude is ten feet of ugly," Bravura declares. The bike crests another low hill and she slides to a stop, putting down her cargo. "What did we say about the buddy system?" she asks, dismounting and grabbing her bow. "And about observing? This is not observing."

"Okay, it *is*, but we're observing things going sideways. I'm lucky I can't just get fired from this 'leader' gig," Bravura observes. After all, she was the one who read through their paperwork with the city and actually signed it, which meant...leader. Nobody's called her out on it yet, which means she can't be screwing up too badly. Bravura pulls an arrow out and nocks it. "Don't suppose this'll do much to it, will it?"

Defending Raiken
SidekickBOT - Today at 10:51 PM
@Bravura (Platonicsolid): 2d6+2 = (4+4)+2 = 10
Will add one team and take Influence over Raiken

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Platonicsolid
Nov 17, 2008


Freak: -1 | Danger: -1 | Savior: +2 | Superior: +1 | Mundane: +2
Potential: 0/5 | Conditions: None! | Location: Crowley Park

Bravura snaps off a quick shot at one of the approaching werewolves that goes wide, then stows her bow and hops back on her motorcycle. A quick rev and she looks at Raiken. "Wanna go for a ride?" she offers. "You can shoot from the back of a bike, right?"

It was the thought, at least - until the fog starts rolling in, giving Bravura pause. "Or, maaaaaybe we should book it home." "Hey team?" Bravura radios up. "You all okay? You'll probably see us in a minute, we've still got some werewolves behind us." And with that Gwen kicks it into gear and takes off, pushing away from the approaching wolves. She glances back. "And me without snausages..."


SidekickBOT - Today at 10:06 AM
@Bravura (Platonicsolid): 2d6+2 Straight Up Creepin = (4+4)+2 = 10
Gwen will ask "What's my best way out?" and "What is being concealed here?"

Platonicsolid fucked around with this message at 15:07 on Oct 3, 2017

Platonicsolid
Nov 17, 2008


Freak: -1 | Danger: -1 | Savior: +2 | Superior: +1 | Mundane: +2
Potential: 0/5 | Conditions: None! | Location: Crowley Park

Slydingdoor posted:

The best way back out of the middle of the park is probably the "secret" subway tunnel that runs under Crowley Park. Construction keeps getting delayed, but you've been down there and it's completely functional. The lunacy fog probably wouldn't reach down there, and if you were being chased worst case scenario you could collapse it behind you.
The city admitted that it exists and isn't randomly hiding it on some maps and not others anymore
As for what is being concealed... the whole perimeter of the park is walled by mist. It clears up sharply once it passes an invisible border though based on certain trees which the werewolves must have marked. Their domain is under attack and they are hiding their movements: it's a guerilla war.
oh and one more thing, even your mechanical instrument's readouts are affected by the lunacy
You could swear your speedometer started fluctuating and your odometer ticked backwards at one point. But you aren't certain, they're back to normal when you escape far enough away from the fog.(edited)
Perhaps it's just a deterrent? If this fog were truly a weapon there's no reason it shouldn't spread and have longer lasting effects... right?

Bravura swings the bike in circles, trying to make long enough runs to stay out of range of the werewolves without going into the fog. It's...trickier than it looks. Thing Gwen, think! There must be a clever way out of here...

The Subway! Yes, that would work. Bravura leans into a turn, skidding and chewing up dirt. "If all the other humans are out, I say we book it too. No need to be in the middle of a guerilla war. Or a wolf war." A quick rev of the engine, a stream of dirt and Bravura and Raiken take off, rounding a hill and heading towards a blocked off building. It's a weird little brick thing and if you didn't know what to look for it probably wouldn't mean much - you wouldn't know it's part of a subway the city's been trying to build since the freaking 30's, and that this brick house is part of an old entrance. It's just sealed off with some plywood and beams, and if you run a motorcycle into it fast enough...

"Follow me to the subway! Uh, Raiken, hold on, kay?"

Platonicsolid
Nov 17, 2008

Bravura winces as Luci sniffs and then ducks back out onto the field. Respect for her determination, but that little angel's going to get herself smashed.

The battle with Ognjen rages, and here she is, a human with a stick and some pullys. That's not going to do much against a...demon? Gwen's not all up on the theology of it, question for another time. As she's lost in thought, Ognjen turns and begins to rush her. Gwen gets up into a crouch, ready to run until....


..Raiken dashes in and saves her. With lightning! Oh my. Amidst the mystical lightning and epic fights, Gwen finds a new spot behind a fountain and narrows her eyes, looking about. They probably can't stay here forever, and even if they beat Ognjen - big if! - these storms don't seem like the 'get hot cocoa and wait it out' type. Attention darts here and there...

Slydingdoor posted:

Bravura, the lunar hellstorms are definitely going to destroy the park, from your vantage point you realize the best way out is back through hell! All you'd need to do is open one up with one of your trick arrows, go to hell, then navigate the chaos until you find where the grate is closest to your bike, thanks to your electronic key making it beep.

Crap. The ground definitely isn't solid. Bravura reaches back into her quiver andpulls and an arrow. It's bigger than normal, with a straight, large shaft, more like a tiny missile than the normal arrow. When she got it from Memoriam, he'd said to hold onto it until an emergency. This qualifies.

"Hey, Luci, Raiken!" Bravura calls. "This place isn't going to last. We need to get going now, and I only have one 'Holy crap things are bad' arrow!"

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