They tried that once. Operation Vanderson proved a failure, since the recruits didn't manage to keep their eyes closed and were traumatized by exposure to infinity.
Also there's no oxygen in there. That was a problem, too.
[X] "AND THE TWO ANGELS ARRIVED AT SODOM IN THE EVENING! AN' AS LOT SAW 'EM HE BOWED HIS FACE TA THA' GROUND!"
-[X] Begin tha' roof-hopping, whipping out your explosive Bayonets for easy access
--[X] "MAH LORDS," he said, "PLEASE TURN ASIDE TO YON SERVANT'S HOUSE! YE CAN WASH YER FEET, SPEND THA NIGHT, AND BE AWAY IN THE MORNIN'!"
---[X] Let loose a volley of yer party favors as the heathen scum try to make with tha' blockadin'
----[X] "BUT THA MEN AND WOMEN AND WOMEN OF SODEM WERE SINFUL, AN' THEY DID DEMAND THAT LOT TURN THEM OVAH DESPITE BEING UNDER THE PROTECTION OF HIS ROOF! AND THEY WERE REBUFFED, STRUCK BLIND AND DUMB! AND SO THA' ANGELS TOLD LOT TO TAKE THOSE WHOM HE LOVED, AND TO LEAVE THE CITY WITH THEM!"
-----[X] Make haste, allow the flood of turned beast to flow freely into tha' den o' sin itself! Destroy all obstacles towards the tide of retribution!
------[X] "THEN ERE THE SUN ROSE, THA LORD RAINED DOWN BURNING SULFUR UPON SODOM AND GOMORRAH! AND THAT MORNING DID ABRAHAM LOOK DOWN UPON THEIR SMOKING WRECKAGE!"
[X] "AND THE TWO ANGELS ARRIVED AT SODOM IN THE EVENING! AN' AS LOT SAW 'EM HE BOWED HIS FACE TA THA' GROUND!"
-[X] Begin tha' roof-hopping, whipping out your explosive Bayonets for easy access
--[X] "MAH LORDS," he said, "PLEASE TURN ASIDE TO YON SERVANT'S HOUSE! YE CAN WASH YER FEET, SPEND THA NIGHT, AND BE AWAY IN THE MORNIN'!"
---[X] Let loose a volley of yer party favors as the heathen scum try to make with tha' blockadin'
----[X] "BUT THA MEN AND WOMEN AND WOMEN OF SODEM WERE SINFUL, AN' THEY DID DEMAND THAT LOT TURN THEM OVAH DESPITE BEING UNDER THE PROTECTION OF HIS ROOF! AND THEY WERE REBUFFED, STRUCK BLIND AND DUMB! AND SO THA' ANGELS TOLD LOT TO TAKE THOSE WHOM HE LOVED, AND TO LEAVE THE CITY WITH THEM!"
-----[X] Make haste, allow the flood of turned beast to flow freely into tha' den o' sin itself! Destroy all obstacles towards the tide of retribution!
------[X] "THEN ERR THE SUN ROSE, THA LORD RAINED DOWN BURNING SULFUR UPON SODOM AND GOMORRAH! AND THAT MORNING DID ABRAHAM LOOK DOWN UPON THEIR SMOKING WRECKAGE!"
[X] "AND THE TWO ANGELS ARRIVED AT SODOM IN THE EVENING! AN' AS LOT SAW 'EM HE BOWED HIS FACE TA THA' GROUND!"
-[X] Begin tha' roof-hopping, whipping out your explosive Bayonets for easy access
--[X] "MAH LORDS," he said, "PLEASE TURN ASIDE TO YON SERVANT'S HOUSE! YE CAN WASH YER FEET, SPEND THA NIGHT, AND BE AWAY IN THE MORNIN'!"
---[X] Let loose a volley of yer party favors as the heathen scum try to make with tha' blockadin'
----[X] "BUT THA MEN AND WOMEN AND WOMEN OF SODEM WERE SINFUL, AN' THEY DID DEMAND THAT LOT TURN THEM OVAH DESPITE BEING UNDER THE PROTECTION OF HIS ROOF! AND THEY WERE REBUFFED, STRUCK BLIND AND DUMB! AND SO THA' ANGELS TOLD LOT TO TAKE THOSE WHOM HE LOVED, AND TO LEAVE THE CITY WITH THEM!"
-----[X] Make haste, allow the flood of turned beast to flow freely into tha' den o' sin itself! Destroy all obstacles towards the tide of retribution!
------[X] "THEN ERR THE SUN ROSE, THA LORD RAINED DOWN BURNING SULFUR UPON SODOM AND GOMORRAH! AND THAT MORNING DID ABRAHAM LOOK DOWN UPON THEIR SMOKING WRECKAGE!"
[X] "AND THE TWO ANGELS ARRIVED AT SODOM IN THE EVENING! AN' AS LOT SAW 'EM HE BOWED HIS FACE TA THA' GROUND!"
-[X] Begin tha' roof-hopping, whipping out your explosive Bayonets for easy access
--[X] "MAH LORDS," he said, "PLEASE TURN ASIDE TO YON SERVANT'S HOUSE! YE CAN WASH YER FEET, SPEND THA NIGHT, AND BE AWAY IN THE MORNIN'!"
---[X] Let loose a volley of yer party favors as the heathen scum try to make with tha' blockadin'
----[X] "BUT THA MEN AND WOMEN AND WOMEN OF SODEM WERE SINFUL, AN' THEY DID DEMAND THAT LOT TURN THEM OVAH DESPITE BEING UNDER THE PROTECTION OF HIS ROOF! AND THEY WERE REBUFFED, STRUCK BLIND AND DUMB! AND SO THA' ANGELS TOLD LOT TO TAKE THOSE WHOM HE LOVED, AND TO LEAVE THE CITY WITH THEM!"
-----[X] Make haste, allow the flood of turned beast to flow freely into tha' den o' sin itself! Destroy all obstacles towards the tide of retribution!
------[X] "THEN ERR THE SUN ROSE, THA LORD RAINED DOWN BURNING SULFUR UPON SODOM AND GOMORRAH! AND THAT MORNING DID ABRAHAM LOOK DOWN UPON THEIR SMOKING WRECKAGE!"
[X] "AND THE TWO ANGELS ARRIVED AT SODOM IN THE EVENING! AN' AS LOT SAW 'EM HE BOWED HIS FACE TA THA' GROUND!"
-[X] Begin tha' roof-hopping, whipping out your explosive Bayonets for easy access
--[X] "MAH LORDS," he said, "PLEASE TURN ASIDE TO YON SERVANT'S HOUSE! YE CAN WASH YER FEET, SPEND THA NIGHT, AND BE AWAY IN THE MORNIN'!"
---[X] Let loose a volley of yer party favors as the heathen scum try to make with tha' blockadin'
----[X] "BUT THA MEN AND WOMEN AND WOMEN OF SODEM WERE SINFUL, AN' THEY DID DEMAND THAT LOT TURN THEM OVAH DESPITE BEING UNDER THE PROTECTION OF HIS ROOF! AND THEY WERE REBUFFED, STRUCK BLIND AND DUMB! AND SO THA' ANGELS TOLD LOT TO TAKE THOSE WHOM HE LOVED, AND TO LEAVE THE CITY WITH THEM!"
-----[X] Make haste, allow the flood of turned beast to flow freely into tha' den o' sin itself! Destroy all obstacles towards the tide of retribution!
------[X] "THEN ERR THE SUN ROSE, THA LORD RAINED DOWN BURNING SULFUR UPON SODOM AND GOMORRAH! AND THAT MORNING DID ABRAHAM LOOK DOWN UPON THEIR SMOKING WRECKAGE!"
I'VE DONE IT, I'VE FINALLY DONE IT, I'VE FINALLY CAUGHT UP WITH THE THREAD. *Ahem* With that said:
[X] "AND THE TWO ANGELS ARRIVED AT SODOM IN THE EVENING! AN' AS LOT SAW 'EM HE BOWED HIS FACE TA THA' GROUND!"
-[X] Begin tha' roof-hopping, whipping out your explosive Bayonets for easy access
--[X] "MAH LORDS," he said, "PLEASE TURN ASIDE TO YON SERVANT'S HOUSE! YE CAN WASH YER FEET, SPEND THA NIGHT, AND BE AWAY IN THE MORNIN'!"
---[X] Let loose a volley of yer party favors as the heathen scum try to make with tha' blockadin'
----[X] "BUT THA MEN AND WOMEN AND WOMEN OF SODEM WERE SINFUL, AN' THEY DID DEMAND THAT LOT TURN THEM OVAH DESPITE BEING UNDER THE PROTECTION OF HIS ROOF! AND THEY WERE REBUFFED, STRUCK BLIND AND DUMB! AND SO THA' ANGELS TOLD LOT TO TAKE THOSE WHOM HE LOVED, AND TO LEAVE THE CITY WITH THEM!"
-----[X] Make haste, allow the flood of turned beast to flow freely into tha' den o' sin itself! Destroy all obstacles towards the tide of retribution!
------[X] "THEN ERR THE SUN ROSE, THA LORD RAINED DOWN BURNING SULFUR UPON SODOM AND GOMORRAH! AND THAT MORNING DID ABRAHAM LOOK DOWN UPON THEIR SMOKING WRECKAGE!"
We'll show these people why a band was named after us
They tried that once. Operation Vanderson proved a failure, since the recruits didn't manage to keep their eyes closed and were traumatized by exposure to infinity.
Also there's no oxygen in there. That was a problem, too.
They tried that once. Operation Vanderson proved a failure, since the recruits didn't manage to keep their eyes closed and were traumatized by exposure to infinity.
Also there's no oxygen in there. That was a problem, too.
[X] "AND THE TWO ANGELS ARRIVED AT SODOM IN THE EVENING! AN' AS LOT SAW 'EM HE BOWED HIS FACE TA THA' GROUND!"
-[X] Begin tha' roof-hopping, whipping out your explosive Bayonets for easy access
--[X] "MAH LORDS," he said, "PLEASE TURN ASIDE TO YON SERVANT'S HOUSE! YE CAN WASH YER FEET, SPEND THA NIGHT, AND BE AWAY IN THE MORNIN'!"
---[X] Let loose a volley of yer party favors as the heathen scum try to make with tha' blockadin'
----[X] "BUT THA MEN AND WOMEN AND WOMEN OF SODEM WERE SINFUL, AN' THEY DID DEMAND THAT LOT TURN THEM OVAH DESPITE BEING UNDER THE PROTECTION OF HIS ROOF! AND THEY WERE REBUFFED, STRUCK BLIND AND DUMB! AND SO THA' ANGELS TOLD LOT TO TAKE THOSE WHOM HE LOVED, AND TO LEAVE THE CITY WITH THEM!"
-----[X] Make haste, allow the flood of turned beast to flow freely into tha' den o' sin itself! Destroy all obstacles towards the tide of retribution!
------[X] "THEN ERR THE SUN ROSE, THA LORD RAINED DOWN BURNING SULFUR UPON SODOM AND GOMORRAH! AND THAT MORNING DID ABRAHAM LOOK DOWN UPON THEIR SMOKING WRECKAGE!"
As awesome as that is, I'm going to use the Catholic Church's preferred New Jerusalem Bible translation for accuracy's sake. I haven't been very consistent with the translations, so I'm going to try to fix that from now on.
Well, here's hoping that the same guy who arranged Yharnam's architecture didn't build the roofs.
You follow the swarm of beasts towards the Grand Cathedral, leaping from rooftop to rooftop as the smoking colossus grows larger. Sporadic gunfire peppers the evening amidst the staccato rhythm of the rushing wave. You grin and scrape your bayonets together to the beat.
"When the two angels arrived at Sodom in the evening, Lot was sitting at the gate of Sodom," you preach to the oncoming slaughter. "As soon as Lot saw them, he stood up to greet them, and bowed to the ground. 'My lords,' he said, 'please come down to your servant's house to stay the night and wash your feet. Then you can make an early start on your journey.'
"'No,' they said, 'we shall spend the night in the square.'"
You can just about make out a pair of specks in the distance, lit intermittently by muzzle flashes as they traverse the cityscape. More specks swarm after them and the rumble of massive footsteps joins the beastly rhythm.
"They had not gone to bed when the house was surrounded by the townspeople, the men of Sodom both young and old, all the people without exception. Calling out to Lot they said, 'Where are the men who came to you tonight? Send them out to us so that we can have intercourse with them.'"
Ah, shit, you're going to get there before you can finish the whole thing. Oh, well; highlights package it is.
"The men said to Lot, 'Have you anyone else here? Your sons, your daughters and all your people in the city, take them away, since the outcry to Yahweh against those in it has grown so loud that Yahweh has sent us to destroy it.'"
You're breathing hard, almost hyperventilating with anticipation as the waves of monstrous wrath and heretical fury enter a collision course, neither side aware of the other.
"The sun rose over the horizon just as Lot was entering Zoar. Then Yahweh rained down on Sodom and Gomorrah brimstone and fire of his own sending! He overthrew those cities and the whole plain, with all the people living in the cities and everything that grew there!"
You can make out the Powder Kegs now as they bound through the evening. They see you as well, and the next time they leap, it's right back at their pursuers.
"Next morning, Abraham hurried to the place where he had stood before Yahweh, and looking towards Sodom and Gomorrah and the whole area of the plain, he saw the smoke rising from the ground like smoke from a furnace!"
The beasts meet the Hunters and absolute fucking Hell breaks loose. Three of the six Church Hunters drop to the streets to try to deal with them and you leap into the fray with a roaring "amen."
The first one's dead before he even realizes you're here, while the second is quick enough to dodge two of the bayonets you hurled at him. Unfortunately, you threw five. Your intrusion distracts the third long enough for the hairy mob to bulldoze him. Above you, the remaining three are discovering why close combat with Djura is a terrible idea, the booming of his Stake Driver not quite able to drown out the shattering of bones and shrieks of pain.
Steffon potshots the last of them and the duo join you in the street, rushing back towards the Grand Cathedral with the creatures in hot pursuit.
"Three more Hunters and a bunch of those lanky bastards stopped at the edge of the plaza. They're not letting the giants range too far out," the older man informs you. You nod and look over your shoulder to swear at the beasts a bit, get 'em good and riled.
The plaza gates, opened with all the delicacy you've come to expect from the Powder Gates, come into view right about the same time the suppressing fire starts. You hear several members of your horde go down and respond with a hailstorm of bayonets towards the chokepoint the Church manged to set up. Half a dozen tall men drop from the first broadside and two of the three gunners have very short, very intimate interactions with Steffon's follow-up cannon shot.
Fire, including an uncomfortable amount of the real kind, pours down on you as you breach the plaza. The Powder Kegs leap up to deal with the shooters while you and what beasts aren't either dead or currently occupied with gratuitous mauling make a beeline towards the massed defenders at the staircase.
You manage to dodge the massive axe swing that greets you as you pass a large headstone. A sizable chunk of your mob isn't as lucky.
The giant unfolds itself from its hiding spot and towers over you, mountainous and implacable. Despite its relatively rail-thin limbs and torso, it lifts its great blade over its shoulder with relative ease, heedless of the meaty detritus that drips down its gaunt frame.
For all its size, however, its shins don't stand up your bayonets. The thing's on its rear before it can even wind up another swing, bell jingling jauntily as it howls in pain. You manage to get on top and put one through its head before the beasts can begin eating it from the bottom up.
Soaked in blood and surrounded by rampaging beasts, you spread your arms and give the veritable phalanx between you and the Cathedral a massive grin. To your delight, several attempt to shrink back towards the building and their handful of gunners look like they really, really don't want to shoot you.
The formation breaks when a giant shoves its way through the line and plods towards you, scraping its massive axe along the ground before cleaving a headstone in two. You hear the Powder Kegs approach on either side of you and the hiss of their overheated weapons informs you that sneak attacks from the rear are not going to be an issue.
The three of you stare down the towering axeman until a body splats between you and it. The giant makes the mistake of looking up instead of getting out of the way.
Although, to be fair, that wouldn't have made much of a difference.
A bloated form slams into it from above, bringing the giant to its hands and knees. Before the axeman can react, the thing's ripped out a massive chunk of its neck and begun gorging itself on the twitching corpse.
"Hell of an entrance," you mutter.
"Big bastard always had a flair for them," says Djura.
The thing turns to face you, the flensed flaps of skin on its neck swaying to and fro as it looks between you and the remaining Church forces. Its limbs are grotesquely long and grotesquely thin, though its belly hangs ponderously in sharp contrast to its emaciated frame. This thing's been eating like a big boy.
"We can handle it. Get inside, get the leadership," the old man hisses to you.
Nobody's in a hurry to draw its attention and even the beasts have stopped their feasts in fear. There's only faint sloshing from its taut abdomen to fill the evening air.
[] Attack the beast
[] Let Djura and Steffon handle it, get inside the Cathedral.
[X] Let Djura and Steffon handle it, get inside the Cathedral.
Djura and Steffon deserve their revenge against that stupid Blood Starved Beast. Djura can totally take on the stupid monster. Especially with the cannon.
Although if we had Pungent Blood Cocktails and were not Anderson, I would say something like.
[]Throw a bunch of Pungent Blood Cocktails on the Church force. Beast looks like it just wants to gorge its belly on the next tasty morsel.
Soaked in blood and surrounded by rampaging beasts, you spread your arms and give the veritable phalanx between you and the Cathedral a massive grin. To your delight, several attempt to shrink back towards the building and their handful of gunners look like they really, really don't want to shoot you.