Fae Mood - A Flying Circus Quest

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5-7 Man on The Wing
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    • Riya was done for if you didn't intervene. You probably couldn't cast another spell with the searing pain in your gut, so you'd need to do this the old fashioned way. You banked right 270° and flew towards Riya, trying to get into a position where you could light up the pursuer at the nose. While flying there, you reached down into your bag at your feet, feeling around for the perfect seashell at the bottom of it, and taking a deep breath as you focused on the lovely memories of that night out on the town with Riya. You could use it later to heal whatever was going on with you. But you needed to help Riya now.

    While you were staring down your sights, a roar soared above your head. You turned right and saw the tumbling flaming monoplane you ruined less than a second before your plane rocked like it was being weighed down by something. You looked around, then at the upper wing deck, seeing a young man in a white and red uniform, covered in soot, looking at you with wild eyes through his flight goggles, brandishing a small shovel with a serrated edge. These assholes really were insane.

    WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!

    [ ] You better have a good plan.
     
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    • [X] SPIN CYCLE! - Yank the stick and perform as many aileron rolls as you can, spinning him off your wings. Make it Daring -or at least vulgar- by yelling something insulting and flipping him off as you twirl.
     
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    [X] SPIN CYCLE! - Yank the stick and perform as many aileron rolls as you can, spinning him off your wings. Make it Daring -or at least vulgar- by yelling something insulting and flipping him off as you twirl.
     
    [X] SPIN CYCLE! - Yank the stick and perform as many aileron rolls as you can, spinning him off your wings. Make it Daring -or at least vulgar- by yelling something insulting and flipping him off as you twirl.
     
    I'm gonna say we can make this a Dogfight! +Daring instead of an induced spin as you're turning the tables on this fella.
    • -1 for Injury
    • Disadvantage for being taken by surprised
    Total is 3d10+3 take the lowest 2 d10s. We are ready to roll!
     
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    digital2 said:
    Rolling

    Edit: It's a 8. We are not doing hot right now.
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    Ooooooh fuck. Uhhhhh, roll Take Personal Attack? 1d20-Keen, so 1d20+3 for your negative Keen and injury, and roll this whole thing twice separately. Oh god fuck this is not good. Low numbers are good by the way!
     
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    Sure, I will try again. Luck can't get much worse than this.

    Edit: Should be a 6.
    digital2 threw 1 20-faced dice. Reason: 1d20 + 3 Total: 3
    3 3
     
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    5-8 OOC Is This The End?
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    • Alright. Well. This is certainly not going our way. That's a total of 7 injury which would instantly kill a character most of the time. In any case, you've lost. You're definitely gonna get captured if you survive, considering you were taken out by a Goth pilot and he can just kinda sit in your lap while you're knocked out and fly you back to base. No clue what could happen to Riya tbh, and Edgar and Tomas are both effectively contractors so I'm not even sure if either of them would stick around. Plus you're still at 7 injury, meaning a minus 7 on everything even when you are conscious, unless you heal, which takes 3 days per point of injury if you do it slowly.

    On top of that, we have to deal with the fact that the character is captured by Goths. As a witch you're probably gonna have an easier time than most getting out. But you still have 7 injury.

    I say we put what happens next to a vote.

    [ ] End the Quest. Like so many others, Hilda dies doing what she loved, being a daring pilot and knowing the risks of what could happen. I'm gonna like immediately make a new Quest with a new character up in like Loring or something if this choice is picked.
    [ ] Continue as Hilda. Pick up the story in some far away Goth base or camp where this airship was going.
    [ ] Continue as Riya. Her plane is shot to shit though, and is missing an engine. Top speed is 10 now. You'll have to fight for your life, maybe run, and look for where Hilda could have gone. It will be emotional and I don't know if it could even end with saving Hilda considering you have no money.
     
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    • [X] Continue as Riya
    There are allies coming, which should make this 3v3 (and Hilda's plane, but he may not be able fight properly, and we certainly shouldn't shoot him down).
    We might be able to force the Goth down before he makes it back to the airship, or they'll want to use her as a hostage, or something. Surely she can't be dead. Hilda could heal, right? Her subconscious mind used her magic to stay alive. Witches can do that. Right? Right...?
     
    if we end the quest,not that i want to ,can we say she used all her magic to blow herself and the goths up? i would be sad to see her captured by these -these


    [X] Continue as Riya
     
    Yeesh, talk about The best laid plans of Mice and Men. You're the Author, and you've run this quest wonderfully, if you want to call it a day on this quest; not a jury in the world would convict you. If you're not done with they characters, then:

    [X] Continue as Riya
    There are allies coming, which should make this 3v3 (and Hilda's plane, but he may not be able fight properly, and we certainly shouldn't shoot him down).
    We might be able to force the Goth down before he makes it back to the airship, or they'll want to use her as a hostage, or something. Surely she can't be dead. Hilda could heal, right? Her subconscious mind used her magic to stay alive. Witches can do that. Right? Right...?

    That said, i'll be one of the first folks to comment and follow your new quest, If you decide to go that route. As always, thank you for sharing your writing with us!
     
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    5-9 It’s So Over
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    • Once again, thank you very, very much @CallmeIshma3l !!! I'm not "done" with the characters, but even if the quest ended it would he an abrupt but fitting end. A tragic one, but fitting a witch who overextends her abilities constantly.

    Thinking quickly, you tried to shake him off. You did a couple rolls, keeping yourself out of a spin but forcing the plane to stop after a 3, scared your engine would stall out from the lack of fuel from going upside down. You looked back up at the boarder, hoping you would have shaken him off with that, only to catch a shovel against the top of your head smashing your face into the dashboard, feeling the glass of your goggle glass necklace shattering against your rib cage and the wood of the dash.
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    You are Riya. You fly a baby blue Bahadur Escort you fitted with a heavy machine gun yourself. You aren't fearless, by any means, not like everyone thinks. Flying is a constant panic attack for you, but at least it keeps you alert. You've been flying since you were 14, so you barely even feel the workout of the flight anymore. This mission had gone to shit. Like really to shit. You had a Goth on your tail, one of your engines was out, Edgar and Tomas were missing, and you just watched someone on Hilda's plane swing a shovel at her and make her let go of the controls, before hopping in the pilot seat and starting to fly the plane for her. Your panic attack doubled watching them start to fly off. You couldn't let them take her, not a fucking chance, you'd shoot her down yourself if you had to. No, no, you wouldn't do that. But you needed to save her. She was the only friend you'd had a in a long, long time.

    HardKeenCalmDaring
    -1+2+3-2

    Riya's Plane With A Dead Engine
    Current Altitude: 35/29
    Current Speed: 11/11 (Altitude)
    Toughness: 8/21
    Strain: 28/28
    Fuel: 7/15
    Engine 1 RPM: 0/7
    Engine 1 Wear: 5/5 (Stopped)
    Engine 2 RPM: 3/7
    Engine 2 Wear: 0/5

    Bandit on your tail, one of your engines is dead, and you just saw your best friend and probably crush get clobbered on the head, what are you doing?

    [ ] MOAR MAGIC (You already know, tell me)
    [ ] Patch Fix your engine and get your regular plane instead of this almost dead one. (+Keen)
    [ ] Disengage and Pursue Hilda's captor back to the airship, take a hit but you'll be able to shoot the airship or the plane without needing to roll dogfight, which would make you stall out.
    [ ] Eyeball to look for Tomas and Edgar, or look for something else. (+Keen)
    [ ] Somethin' Else (Write In)
     
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    • [X] Eyeball Keep an eye on our pursuer. He's on our tail and we want to dodge just as he fires. (Looking for advantage on the Take Fire roll)
    [X] Patch Fix your engine and get your regular plane instead of this almost dead one. (+Keen)
    -[X] Somethin' Else After or during the Patch Job, angle down and trade Altitude for Speed. You can't let yourself get slow or you'll never catch up to your captured Witchy Friend.
     
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