Midtown Cleansing III
Mathen57
Shotgun for a brain
- Location
- Jakarta, Indonesia
Winning votes
[X] Use your lance to strike at it
-[X] Engulf the entire area with fire
Number of voters: 3
STOP, HavocKeeper, Captain Hunt
[X] Stab with the lance for that sweet bonus vs large (wait this isn't Warhammer)
-[X] Try and kill it with fire (the same thing really)
Number of voters: 1
dat_noob1926812
With the head of a squid and a body of a huge man, it is an unholy abomination, one not meant for this world. But where did it come from? It can't have come from the summoning circle you just destroyed it. Could there be more in Midtown? And does it have anything to do with what's happening in the Guild district?
What a mess...
You will your fire into the squid-man, yet it sidesteps and jumps for you. This time you're ready, and you block its fist by grabbing it. It stops it at its track as it backs off from you, staring at you with its mindless gaze.
Good, he isn't as strong as you, but he's almost as fast, he even dodged your fire attacks. You've faced worse than some summoned monster; this will be a piece of cake, you just hope that there aren't more running loose in this city.
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You materialize your lance and point at the monstrous horror. It may not be as strong as you, but it is nearly as fast, so you remedy this with the reach of your lance. Now all you need to do is corner it or at least whittle away at it to a point where the monster cannot escape your fire.
In a blink of an eye, it disappears from your sight, though you see the small crater it left behind. You look down on the ground and see a large shadow over yours, very predictable. You parry its fist with your lance, but the beast wraps its face-tentacles on the shaft, trying to pry your lance away from you. You've got to give it credit, the monster can give a nasty pull, but like all your other foes who tried to separate you from your lance, it is destined to fail.
It should've known that you could pull it back with your superior strength, a fact that it either strangely forgot or dismisses. Either way, you pull it towards you and give it a devastating kick, bones crack as metal boot meets ribs. Though you wonder how its anatomy differs from normal humans, it is essential to know which bones to break after all.
It flies and crashes into a building as parts of the structure caves in and falls onto the squid man. You rush in to give the finishing blow, but it recovers and jumps out of the rubble, sending the wood and bricks flying. It lands right behind you and sends out a fast jab for your back. You turn around quick and use the momentum to stab at his incoming fists with your lance, the tip completely stops the jab as you penetrate its skin, the lance going through its fingers and palm. Dark blue blood drips down to the ground.
You push the lance deeper as the squid man convulses in pain, and by the time you see his free arm come at you it was already too late, BWAM, you're sent flying to the pavement as the world spins in your view. You land hard but recover and come up to stand, you look at your lance wielding hand to see the weapon missing, stuck into the beast's hand. You look up to see the beast's reach for your lance to remove it as you smile. You raise your hand up, calling forth fire to not come from you but from the lance itself. The squid goes into a spasm at the sudden increase of heat, as the hot metal melts through bone, sinew, and muscle. The burning worsens as a column of fire envelopes half of its body, where your lance is, before it jumps away, silent but in pain. Its half is charred black, and bits of its flesh has melted off, making your lance slowly fall out of it and into the ground.
You would dematerialize it and summon it back to your hand, but that would take too much time, so you make a dash for it, but the monster obstructs you as he jumps down in front of you. You summon St.Catherine in time to intercept his fist and slash at it, cutting fingers and spewing blood but it still keeps going. You block it with St.Catherine which absorbed most of the impact, luckily it didn't affect your footing, so you kick at it again and make a run for it.
The squid man is ready for your attack this time, and your metal boot strikes at his one forearm rather than his chest, which makes him skid across rather than fly, creating a trail on the brick pavement. You make it to your lance and grasp it, the shaft scorching hot but bearable thanks to your nature and the flag is intact despite being enveloped by flames.
You look balefully at the arrogant creature, to take your lance away from you isn't something you'll forgive that easily. You stare it down despite its distinct height advantage. Around you is a desolate wasteland of a plaza, purified by your fire. Though the buildings around the square lay untouched, a testament to your control over the flames. What used to be a busy centre of trade and civilian activity is now just a charred ruin, and in the middle of it all is only you and that monster waiting for the other to make a move. The sun is high but the fire and smoke blots a considerable part of the sky out, most of it from the cathedral, and some from the South Market.
The beast walks to you mindlessly and undeterred, it tenses its body up, readying itself for an all-out attack with its remaining arm. It jumps towards you much slower than before, and now you could completely predict when it will reach you. In the last second, you bring your lance up and thrust suddenly, impaling its chest and stopping its momentum. The lance is buried deep into its body as the creature struggles to get it out. You smile, it won't be going anywhere now, so you bring the full wrath of your fire as the creature is consumed by the inferno, its flesh turning into sludge, and after a few moments, even that burns away.
You look at your work, satisfied at the utter disintegration of the monster. Now it seems like you've got another objective on your belt, to find more summoning circles and monsters and neutralize them. Strangely enough, you see the corpse of the exact same beast you just fought fly towards you, a gaping hole at its chest and its head gone. It lands right in front of you with a thud, and you look towards the direction of its origin.
A dark figure appears on a roof, it jumps off and lands so hard on the ground that its feet sink into it. It walks closer to you, and as you squint you begin to recognize the figure's armour, thank goodness, Saber has arrived. You run towards her to speak, and as you arrive, you notice how much blood is on her sword, yet Saber herself seems unmarred and unhurt.
She speaks with heavy breath, " Temple district pacified, damage on the Temple is minimized, sustained moderate losses. What's the situation on your end?"
"Good, till I met these freaks," You point towards the squidman's corpse, "There was a summoning circle here, a possible connection."
"Has to be, the couple that I've killed so far were near these circles" She replies, "what happened here?" She asks while looking around the desolation.
"Found some cultists, freed their sacrifice and burned them all."
Artoria gives a double-take before massaging her temples with her clawlike gauntlets, "You mean to tell me that you killed the cultist en masse, on a summoning circle that is powered by sacrifice?" She asks with a hint of exasperation and incredulity.
You nod, a bit red on the cheeks, it's a good thing you've got a helmet on.
"Well, at least this dog can clean up her own mess."
[] Write in...(You've been letting Saber walk over you, whats your retort players? Jeanne will stay silent if there are no votes)
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"Where are your soldiers?" You ask Saber.
"They've split up, some going to the Southside, while the other half is moving to station at Bridgeton through the road at Riverton. I've told them to stay away from Midtown and the other districts you're responsible for until I give further orders. Didn't want them to disturb the Pyrotechnician."
"How thoughtful of you..." You say sarcastically, typical of her to not support you with her soldiers, though it is sensible to keep them away since you were pulling out all the stops at the time. You shake your head, "So any ideas, chief?"
"Main priority should be to find any summoning circles and these freaks and eliminate them. The cultist and the safety of the civilians will be the secondary objectives. I was planning on moving straight to the Guild District together after we finish up on Midtown. Any suggestions?"
Map
Sitrep
Midtown: Destroyed summoning circle and the majority of cultist presence, stragglers and civilians are roaming about.
Guildtown: Not much exact information, only rumours of some supernatural activity. (Could be something huge or not, you're operating on hearsay.)
South Market: Massive Slave revolt, damages are extensive, may take time to get things back in order if left alone (Harder time to find a ship and a willing captain to Westeros if left alone for too long, supplies for the trip will be hard to come by)
Thieves Quarters, Rat Town, and The Warrens: Anarchy, criminals and looters roam around, small cultist activity.
Total Men in Bridgeton available to reinforce you: 500 able men
[] Do you have any questions for Saber on the situation at hand?
Battle Planning:
-[] Split up
---[] Who goes to what district?
----[] What are their main objectives?
-----[] How many men will be with each of them?
-[] Go to a District together
--[] Where?
---[] Objectives?
----[] How many men are with how?
----[] What do the other available men do in the meantime?
[] Write-in...
QM Note:
Whew, this one was a doozy to make! Well that and my tendency to procrastinate.
Will double-check for errors again after I slép.
[X] Use your lance to strike at it
-[X] Engulf the entire area with fire
Number of voters: 3
STOP, HavocKeeper, Captain Hunt
[X] Stab with the lance for that sweet bonus vs large (wait this isn't Warhammer)
-[X] Try and kill it with fire (the same thing really)
Number of voters: 1
dat_noob1926812
With the head of a squid and a body of a huge man, it is an unholy abomination, one not meant for this world. But where did it come from? It can't have come from the summoning circle you just destroyed it. Could there be more in Midtown? And does it have anything to do with what's happening in the Guild district?
What a mess...
You will your fire into the squid-man, yet it sidesteps and jumps for you. This time you're ready, and you block its fist by grabbing it. It stops it at its track as it backs off from you, staring at you with its mindless gaze.
Good, he isn't as strong as you, but he's almost as fast, he even dodged your fire attacks. You've faced worse than some summoned monster; this will be a piece of cake, you just hope that there aren't more running loose in this city.
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You materialize your lance and point at the monstrous horror. It may not be as strong as you, but it is nearly as fast, so you remedy this with the reach of your lance. Now all you need to do is corner it or at least whittle away at it to a point where the monster cannot escape your fire.
In a blink of an eye, it disappears from your sight, though you see the small crater it left behind. You look down on the ground and see a large shadow over yours, very predictable. You parry its fist with your lance, but the beast wraps its face-tentacles on the shaft, trying to pry your lance away from you. You've got to give it credit, the monster can give a nasty pull, but like all your other foes who tried to separate you from your lance, it is destined to fail.
It should've known that you could pull it back with your superior strength, a fact that it either strangely forgot or dismisses. Either way, you pull it towards you and give it a devastating kick, bones crack as metal boot meets ribs. Though you wonder how its anatomy differs from normal humans, it is essential to know which bones to break after all.
It flies and crashes into a building as parts of the structure caves in and falls onto the squid man. You rush in to give the finishing blow, but it recovers and jumps out of the rubble, sending the wood and bricks flying. It lands right behind you and sends out a fast jab for your back. You turn around quick and use the momentum to stab at his incoming fists with your lance, the tip completely stops the jab as you penetrate its skin, the lance going through its fingers and palm. Dark blue blood drips down to the ground.
You push the lance deeper as the squid man convulses in pain, and by the time you see his free arm come at you it was already too late, BWAM, you're sent flying to the pavement as the world spins in your view. You land hard but recover and come up to stand, you look at your lance wielding hand to see the weapon missing, stuck into the beast's hand. You look up to see the beast's reach for your lance to remove it as you smile. You raise your hand up, calling forth fire to not come from you but from the lance itself. The squid goes into a spasm at the sudden increase of heat, as the hot metal melts through bone, sinew, and muscle. The burning worsens as a column of fire envelopes half of its body, where your lance is, before it jumps away, silent but in pain. Its half is charred black, and bits of its flesh has melted off, making your lance slowly fall out of it and into the ground.
You would dematerialize it and summon it back to your hand, but that would take too much time, so you make a dash for it, but the monster obstructs you as he jumps down in front of you. You summon St.Catherine in time to intercept his fist and slash at it, cutting fingers and spewing blood but it still keeps going. You block it with St.Catherine which absorbed most of the impact, luckily it didn't affect your footing, so you kick at it again and make a run for it.
The squid man is ready for your attack this time, and your metal boot strikes at his one forearm rather than his chest, which makes him skid across rather than fly, creating a trail on the brick pavement. You make it to your lance and grasp it, the shaft scorching hot but bearable thanks to your nature and the flag is intact despite being enveloped by flames.
You look balefully at the arrogant creature, to take your lance away from you isn't something you'll forgive that easily. You stare it down despite its distinct height advantage. Around you is a desolate wasteland of a plaza, purified by your fire. Though the buildings around the square lay untouched, a testament to your control over the flames. What used to be a busy centre of trade and civilian activity is now just a charred ruin, and in the middle of it all is only you and that monster waiting for the other to make a move. The sun is high but the fire and smoke blots a considerable part of the sky out, most of it from the cathedral, and some from the South Market.
The beast walks to you mindlessly and undeterred, it tenses its body up, readying itself for an all-out attack with its remaining arm. It jumps towards you much slower than before, and now you could completely predict when it will reach you. In the last second, you bring your lance up and thrust suddenly, impaling its chest and stopping its momentum. The lance is buried deep into its body as the creature struggles to get it out. You smile, it won't be going anywhere now, so you bring the full wrath of your fire as the creature is consumed by the inferno, its flesh turning into sludge, and after a few moments, even that burns away.
You look at your work, satisfied at the utter disintegration of the monster. Now it seems like you've got another objective on your belt, to find more summoning circles and monsters and neutralize them. Strangely enough, you see the corpse of the exact same beast you just fought fly towards you, a gaping hole at its chest and its head gone. It lands right in front of you with a thud, and you look towards the direction of its origin.
A dark figure appears on a roof, it jumps off and lands so hard on the ground that its feet sink into it. It walks closer to you, and as you squint you begin to recognize the figure's armour, thank goodness, Saber has arrived. You run towards her to speak, and as you arrive, you notice how much blood is on her sword, yet Saber herself seems unmarred and unhurt.
She speaks with heavy breath, " Temple district pacified, damage on the Temple is minimized, sustained moderate losses. What's the situation on your end?"
"Good, till I met these freaks," You point towards the squidman's corpse, "There was a summoning circle here, a possible connection."
"Has to be, the couple that I've killed so far were near these circles" She replies, "what happened here?" She asks while looking around the desolation.
"Found some cultists, freed their sacrifice and burned them all."
Artoria gives a double-take before massaging her temples with her clawlike gauntlets, "You mean to tell me that you killed the cultist en masse, on a summoning circle that is powered by sacrifice?" She asks with a hint of exasperation and incredulity.
You nod, a bit red on the cheeks, it's a good thing you've got a helmet on.
"Well, at least this dog can clean up her own mess."
[] Write in...(You've been letting Saber walk over you, whats your retort players? Jeanne will stay silent if there are no votes)
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"Where are your soldiers?" You ask Saber.
"They've split up, some going to the Southside, while the other half is moving to station at Bridgeton through the road at Riverton. I've told them to stay away from Midtown and the other districts you're responsible for until I give further orders. Didn't want them to disturb the Pyrotechnician."
"How thoughtful of you..." You say sarcastically, typical of her to not support you with her soldiers, though it is sensible to keep them away since you were pulling out all the stops at the time. You shake your head, "So any ideas, chief?"
"Main priority should be to find any summoning circles and these freaks and eliminate them. The cultist and the safety of the civilians will be the secondary objectives. I was planning on moving straight to the Guild District together after we finish up on Midtown. Any suggestions?"
Map
Sitrep
Midtown: Destroyed summoning circle and the majority of cultist presence, stragglers and civilians are roaming about.
Guildtown: Not much exact information, only rumours of some supernatural activity. (Could be something huge or not, you're operating on hearsay.)
South Market: Massive Slave revolt, damages are extensive, may take time to get things back in order if left alone (Harder time to find a ship and a willing captain to Westeros if left alone for too long, supplies for the trip will be hard to come by)
Thieves Quarters, Rat Town, and The Warrens: Anarchy, criminals and looters roam around, small cultist activity.
Total Men in Bridgeton available to reinforce you: 500 able men
[] Do you have any questions for Saber on the situation at hand?
Battle Planning:
-[] Split up
---[] Who goes to what district?
----[] What are their main objectives?
-----[] How many men will be with each of them?
-[] Go to a District together
--[] Where?
---[] Objectives?
----[] How many men are with how?
----[] What do the other available men do in the meantime?
[] Write-in...
QM Note:
Whew, this one was a doozy to make! Well that and my tendency to procrastinate.
Embarrassment and guilt have occupied her head recently. Ever since she's arrived in Braavos, the merchants, wives, and their children speak of a ruined mountain near the Hills of Norvos. They talk of bad omens and of what it could mean, all the while the perpetrator herself feels the need to crawl to a deep hole even more. It wasn't her fault that she was spooked by some weird bearded troupe who tried to kidnap her and convert her. And besides, she was absolutely tired and confused at the time, of course, she would sic her full power onto anything that scared her one bit. It's a reasonable justification, right?
She slumps back on her chair, dropping the request she was reading from her client onto the floor. Now she just wanted to forget the fact that she used her Noble Phantasm on some creepy bearded freaks.
Suddenly she hears someone knock on the door heavily, and as she's about to go downstairs to get it the blonde woman gets a sensation she hasn't gotten in a while. Behind that door, she senses another servant.
She slumps back on her chair, dropping the request she was reading from her client onto the floor. Now she just wanted to forget the fact that she used her Noble Phantasm on some creepy bearded freaks.
Suddenly she hears someone knock on the door heavily, and as she's about to go downstairs to get it the blonde woman gets a sensation she hasn't gotten in a while. Behind that door, she senses another servant.
Will double-check for errors again after I slép.
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