54+33+35+15(They Have Rocket Launchers)=137
OH THAT'S JUST CHEAP!!!!!!!!
Flipping open the case, he pulled out an enormous, cherry-red chainsaw, which he proceeded to rev.

"That is completely impractical." Lizzy pointed out.

"Maybe. But it's also terrifying." Marco replied, flipping up his hood.
He's not wrong. Chainsaws are fucking scary
"Isn't that… the Huntsclan?"

"The Huntsclan?!" Marco asked. "I thought they hated anything not human."

Huntsmaster Martial check: 82+30+10+20=142
Demona's Horde contest: 31+33+30=94
Success!

A broadside of laser fire poured down over the monstrous throng.

"Yep, seems like it." Janna agreed.
Aw man, do we have to accept help from these schmucks?
Janna Martial Check: 2+13+12+7+44= 78
Demona's Horde Opposed: 37+33+25=95
Failure!

Janna drew back to cast another spell, but a gargoyles managed to grab ahold of Feldrake!

"Oof! Hey! Get your claws off me, you batbrain!" The staff whined.

Janna engaged in a furious tug of war with a six foot winged monster. But even as Janna struggled, a figure leapt down into the fray.

Huntsmaster Martial check: 92+30+10+20=152
Demona's Horde contest: 61+33+30=124
Success

A bright green bolt of energy impacted the gargoyle side, causing it to flinch. A moment later it screamed in pain as a bone-white spear pierced its back.

Janna yanked Feldrake out of the dying gargoyle's grip and looked warily at her savior. The spear was held by a broad-shouldered man dressed in the magenta uniform of the Hunsclan, topped by an enormous dragon's skull. His face beneath it was masked in darkness, invisible except for a pair of red, glowing eyes.

"Soooo." Janna said. "Are you in charge of the Volkssturm brigade here?"

The man ripped his spear out of the gargoyle, drawing a sickening squelch as it dislodged itself from muscle and bone.

"I am the Huntsmaster."

"Gonna take that as a yes."

The Huntsmaster glanced over each member of the party in turn.

"I do not know who you are, but if you will stay out of my way and keep your demon under control, I will deal with these pests for you."

"Hey!" Tom said. "I've been taking anger management for years and, you know what, I'm proud of that!"

Janna frowned. "Fine, but only because we have bigger things to deal with.
Apparently we do. Shit.
There was a noise. Lizzy looked up.

"Oh dear, are we late? I think we're late."

"We're definitely late, Grimmy."

A witch's broomstick screeched to a halt as a pair of pink and blue warlocks joined the party.

"This is the Crystal Ball's fault, you know. It foretold we had time to stop for a snack. It always makes us late!"

"Don't you talk to me about timing." The Crystal Ball said. "You know what they say about timing."

"You two?" Janna asked dubiously. "What are you doing here?"

Hildy Gloom waved. "Our dear friend Mr. Xanatos asked us if he could help him out with a teensy pest problem!"
Wow. Everybody's showing up. Who's next, Horvath?
Hildy and Janna Occult check:
79+20+13+12+7=131
Demona's Horde contest: 5+33+30=68
Huge Success!

Rocketing through the air on Beelzebub, Hildy and Grim began raining spellfire and explosive potions down on the horde. A moment later, Janna leapt onto Leopold and followed after them, taking out gargoyles distracted by the Hunstclan.

Lizzy Martial Roll: 67+13+12+7+26=125
Demona's Horde contest: 6+33+25-5=59
Critical Success!

With a new front to fight on and destruction in their midst, the gargoyles had almost completely forgotten about the people blocking them from entering the building. This was a grave mistake. With a disturbing chattering noise, Lizzy called a pair of ant droids to her side.

"You brought them with you??" Tom asked, half confused and half concerned.

"They get lonely." Lizzy replied tonelessly, before waving a hand and sending the massive exoskeletons into combat. The remaining mobsters took this as a clear sign to launch an assault of their own, pressing the horde on all sides. Surrounded, inexperienced, and lacking a way out, the gargoyles began to panic.
Big oof. Demona's not having a good year. Sucks to be her! Ha ha!
"...We may actually win this." Lizzy said tonelessly.

Janna paused.

"Does saying it sarcastically mean we're safe?" Janna asked.

"I wasn't being sarcastic."
Universe. Don't. You. DARE-!
A dark blue VTOL let off a volley of laser fire, clearing the way for it to land in the middle of the active battlefield. The backdoor of the ship dropped down, revealing a grey mutant man with canine features, two cyborg warriors with gold armor, and a man in a flashy, striped animal costume backed by a pair of revived thylacines. They were all armed with heavy weapons, gazing out over the carnage with a smug air.

"Did somebody call for reinforcements?" the wolf mutant shouted over the fire.

"Oh good!" Tom said. "That's us!"

The four of them then turned their weapons on him. The cyborg woman cackled.

"That's just too bad! Ah ha haha!!"

Janna pulled out her phone. "I should probably make a call."
OH, YA THINK?!?!?!?!?!?!? (On the bright side, Kitsune's coming! That's a plus!)
 
Ha she hired the pack I didn't see that coming but I could've sworn that they worked mostly for Xanatos.

Regardless Team Janna (sorry Marco best girl gets top billing) is working together like a well oiled machine, Xanatos's mooks are holding well and Huntsclan is being useful for the first time ever.

still Brooklyn and Demona haven't committed themselves to the fight so 6 ish hero units are still fresh ( 3 for pack 3 for Demona's crew)while most of our heroes are already committed.

really Hope Xanatos has hired on more staff .
 
Okay, seriously. We need to get those mandatory Narrative Timing company seminars uderway ASAP.

In unrelated news, the Glooms continue to be surprisingly hypercompetent (well, at least compared to what we expected of them). Maybe they're under the Team Rocket effect that means they can actually be competent when fighting against a greater Evil?
It was more of when they do anything other then try to get things from Ash and co. So if the Glooms are like that, then I want them more then ever.
 
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huh, so Grim and Hildy are Xanatos-aligned now?

Is that why he gave them the ball? He wanted to check the prophecy first, and get some allies? Good Job, Davy Jones!

Wish you'd hired the Pack instead of the Huntsclan for us though, Davy Jones...
 
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Tom delicately waved his fingers over Marco's sneakers. A moment later they seemed to catch alight, leaving a flaming imprint with every step Marco took. Flipping open the case, he pulled out an enormous, cherry-red chainsaw, which he proceeded to rev.

"That is completely impractical." Lizzy pointed out.

"Maybe. But it's also terrifying." Marco replied, flipping up his hood.

A second later he was in the midst of the horde, chain flashing, every step leaving an imprint like, well… like a demon from hell. As smoke continued to rise up around them, several of the Gargoyles displayed their inexperience, breaking and fleeing in the face of violent dismemberment and hellfire.

Janna threw up her hands. "Okay fine, I admit it, the Cazador thing isn't completely lame!"
RIP AND TEAR UNTIL IT'S DONE!

In other news, the Huntsclan and Glooms joining up on our side is an interesting turn of events. War makes for strange bedfellows. On the downside, we're going against the Pack now. BUT! This is good news! You know why? Because this clears out some of the bad options in our Rolodex, because this is gonna end with them hating us and definitely not able to be recruited.

Also Lizzy had her ant droids, yay! Let's go Agent A! Also Lizzy tempted fate, no!
 
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@Made in Heaven PLEASE give us an action that allows us to set up Narrative Law classes. If our employees keep taunting Murphey like this, we'll never get anywhere
 
I wonder how the Glooms will think of us after learning that we have Lizzy on our payroll.
 
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Oh goodie...how'd she hire The Pack?!
With money?

Seriously, though, as far as I'm concerned this is only mildly surprising. With Fox long out of the picture and Dingo known to have parted ways, that leaves Wolf (who isn't exactly stable), Hyena (who's even less stable), Jackal (remember that one time with Anubis?) and... Coyote? Not sure about that, but given the other three...
 
Maaan, the Huntsclan are gonna bug us in Doofania after this aren't they. We're sending Kitsune right? And the Huntsclan are pretty good at bypassing magical defenses which is basically our main line of defense right now.
 
Okay, seriously. We need to get those mandatory Narrative Timing company seminars uderway ASAP.

In unrelated news, the Grimms continue to be surprisingly hypercompetent (well, at least compared to what we expected of them). Maybe they're under the Team Rocket effect that means they can actually be competent when fighting against a greater Evil?
Nah, the Team Rocket trio is actually really competent when they aren't obsessing over a Pikachu. See both their record before they encountered Ash, as well as their brief period of non-Ash competence during Unova

Maybe that applies here to the Glooms now that they aren't focused on the dwarves? :V
 
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All in favor of letting the Hunstclan and the Gargoyles do most of the heavy lifting on each other and then mopping up the survivors?
Personally I think "mopping up" the huntsclan after this fight is over is an horrible idea.
They came and helped us, turning on them as soon as this is over is not the kind of reputation we want.
If they try to take out Tom after this is over, then we have an excuse, but for now we should't throw the first blow.
 
Nah, the Team Rocket trio is actually really competent when they aren't obsessing over a Pikachu. See both their record before they encountered Ash, as well as their brief period of non-Ash competence during Unova

Maybe that applies here to the Grimms now that they aren't focused on the dwarves? :V
Ok I'm fairly sure their name is the Glooms not Grimms.
 
Personally I think "mopping up" the huntsclan after this fight is over is an horrible idea.
They came and helped us, turning on them as soon as this is over is not the kind of reputation we want.
If they try to take out Tom after this is over, then we have an excuse, but for now we should't throw the first blow.
Turning on the Huntsclan is exactly the kind of reputation we want. Everyone whose opinion we value hates them. We could probably use video of Janna stabbing the Huntsmaster in the back for a bonus to reaching out to magical New York.
 
Well, let's just see how big this battle can get. I haven't seen everyone from the auction yet. Magica might show up for revenge against the huntsclan
 
One trope I really don't like is the 'oh but why didn't Iron Man show up' that seems to pervade large shared universes due to plot contrivance.

Thankfully, the basis of this story allows for a fair amount of side players.

We thought long and hard about every single character in and around New York, whether we'd introduced them yet or not, and what they'd be doing tonight.

Speaking of, time is running out to guess what Demona is doing. Just a few more interludes and the truth will be revealed.
 
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