- Location
- Elsewhere
I don't think it's a good idea. But I do think it would give something bizarre. Trans smasher fits well for that. The other thing I would jump to for it is superslayer...
- Location
- Earth
I guess we would need a divinity with trans smasher for it. which [Peace] doesn't have.
- Location
- Ekaterinburg, Russia
- (Unified Light / Independent) Magical Girl Judgement Core
Unification "Uni" Sort
Doom Cannon
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Drat. We'd have a decent chance of it, too!
JCore's flight speed is 190 MPH Boosted, so she isn't someone we could never catch. It's difficult but possible.
Her damage is such that we can survive her first successful attack, and we can rush her with Ramming Speed too. Assuming our Inhuman Skill and Diamond Mind combo allows us to make the first shot in to foil her first shot, we just might knock her out before she drops us.
After all, her Attack Negation Negation doesn't kick in until she's made her second successful attack.
Or we make things simpler and Shift-Dropkick her. Works even if we need to Skilled Dodge out of her attack. No, really, her survivability rating is 8390 (850*8+600+990). Rain of Blows and Multi Slash gives us damage of 9000-11000, to account for situational modifiers.
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Unitveras
"Return to nothingness!"
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- Tatsumiyajima
Just to throw my hat into the ring: From my experience prerequisites like this are never this easy (relatively speaking). I can imagine the "mugging a god" part means mugging one of the Goddesses (which will go about as "well" as one would expect something like that to go) or even a Divine Being.
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I read it as meaning a Divine Being.
Unitveras
"Return to nothingness!"
- Location
- Tatsumiyajima
Which would mean that....that prerequisite is more of a "Post-Endgame" kind of prerequisite.
- Location
- Ekaterinburg, Russia
That is correct. Though it somewhat depends on the necessary degree and nature of our participation.
As in, if the task is "Summit personally forcibly takes something away from a Divine Being directly, and lives to tell the tale", it's one thing. Though the hypothetical situation where Summit is tasked to yoink something away from either the WEAPONs or the Maidens of Apocalypse while they're in the presence of their Divine Patron, and she does it and immedieately teleports away, is a possible success... If we take "mug a god" somewhat literally.
If the task is "Summit participates in a battle where the other side has a Divine Being involved directly, and her side walks away victorious after defeating said Divine Being in combat", then it's slightly more survivable. To wit, it means that we could be following one of Cores or one of Goddess Four into the thick of it, as these six are the few Magical Girls I know that actually have Divinity-busting weapons/abilities.
On a side note. @kelllogo, are you keeping the voting open still? The voting seems to have died down, and it's a clear lead.
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Maybe, maybe not. Magical Girls are noted to be combatants no one can just ignore. And Divine Entities are practically falling over themselves to pick up one or two as minions. Gaia in particular was said to mostly value humanity as a weapon against other Divine Beings.
Beating up gods might have been a core deliverable of the whole Magical Girls thing.
It's hard to tell since fighting on those scales hasn't been explained and Solid Core appears to be pretty bad at it (especially bad in a couple places where contesting enemy magic would be handy).
Its something that Summit is unlikely to ever do unless she can somehow in the distant future find a way to get Planet Cracker as a Panoply ability (which seems unlikely as fuck). Getting past that Morality Barrier is tough. Collateral Damage helps a bit, and Heavy Caliber might help a tiny bit, but its still super difficult without a dedicated anti-DB ability.
If you ignore the Morality Barrier, then she could probably cause major damage to a continental scale Divine Being if she gets Superslayer (requires Pioneer, level 50 Panoply, and at least 5 Slayer Abilities), Slash Hell, and an extra Protean level. With all other levels at what they currently are, she could theoretically do the following damage output each turn via the configuration Slash Hell | Crush | Rain of Blows | Laser | Superslayer.
Panoply: 2,000 Base Damage, +1,000 Dice, +54,000 Laser (x27), +200 Light of Discovery, +400 Rain of Blows, +400 Rain of Blows, +400 Rain of Blows, +400 Rain of Blows, +400 Rain of Blows, +15,000 Superslayer, X3 CRUSH = 222,600 Total Damage
Panoply: 2,000 Base Damage, +1,000 Dice, +54,000 Laser (x27), +200 Light of Discovery, +400 Rain of Blows, +400 Rain of Blows, +400 Rain of Blows, +400 Rain of Blows, +400 Rain of Blows, +15,000 Superslayer, X3 CRUSH = 222,600 Total Damage
Panoply: 2,000 Base Damage, +1,000 Dice, +54,000 Laser (x27), +200 Light of Discovery, +400 Rain of Blows, +400 Rain of Blows, +400 Rain of Blows, +400 Rain of Blows, +400 Rain of Blows, +15,000 Superslayer, X3 CRUSH = 222,600 Total Damage
Panoply: 2,000 Base Damage, +1,000 Dice, +54,000 Laser (x27), +200 Light of Discovery, +400 Rain of Blows, +400 Rain of Blows, +400 Rain of Blows, +400 Rain of Blows, +400 Rain of Blows, +15,000 Superslayer, X3 CRUSH = 222,600 Total Damage
Panoply: 2,000 Base Damage, +1,000 Dice, +54,000 Laser (x27), +200 Light of Discovery, +400 Rain of Blows, +400 Rain of Blows, +400 Rain of Blows, +400 Rain of Blows, +400 Rain of Blows, +15,000 Superslayer, X3 CRUSH = 222,600 Total Damage
1,113,000 Total Unified Damage
You could also remove Laser and do 28 individual attacks each turn, but that's probably going to have a much harder time actually hurting a DB.
Of course, we have no clue how 1 million damage from a mortal perspective looks from the perspective of a continental scale Divine Being, but we do know that in general 1 million mortal damage =/= 1 million DB damage.
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Righto.
It looks like more people voted than I thought, so Votes Locked.
In a tense race against time. Can Magical Girl Summit twist the fabric of reality before the forces of darkness beating down her door find her? Find out next time on Under the Open Sky Z!
- Pronouns
- He/Him/His
So, I've been rereading and I have a lot to say.
Anna swore an oath. And written oath, signed in her own blood. And she broke that. ...I'm suddenly thinking that neither Zoe nor Marax is Anna's greatest opponent. And I'm honestly worried about what or who must have been born that moment.
* * * * * *
My next thoughts are on how all the denizens of hell Summit has met, have called her Anna.
The demon captain Zael, who was armed with the Shrieking Spear forged from Magical Girl Iron Age.
This of course, doesn't answer why the demons all seem to immediately recognize her on sight. Is it an effect of the contract? Does it have something to do with Anna's visions?
I mean we DO know why all of the Dark MGs know Anna.
...wait. shit. Shit. Shit. SHIT!!!
Zoe was lying about killing them, but SHE WASN'T LYING ABOUT GODDESS RED COMING TO RETRIEVE HER!!!
Or you know, at least come and PERSONALLY RETRIEVE SUMMIT!!!
Interesting fact to bring up. I had forgotten that demons were born from broken promises. And strongly implied to be every broken promise too. The more important the promise, the more powerful the demon.
Anna swore an oath. And written oath, signed in her own blood. And she broke that. ...I'm suddenly thinking that neither Zoe nor Marax is Anna's greatest opponent. And I'm honestly worried about what or who must have been born that moment.
* * * * * *
My next thoughts are on how all the denizens of hell Summit has met, have called her Anna.
The demon captain Zael, who was armed with the Shrieking Spear forged from Magical Girl Iron Age.
The unnamed Demon Supervisor.
That Imp doing recruiting for Zoe (
What I think is that Anna was some sort of Safari prey / gladiator / Jabba's rancor for Marax.
Bonus:
The flying sharks that shoot freaking laser beams from their head were unsuccessful at menacing Summit or providing an entertaining show. The few that decided not to chase her survived slightly longer, until Anna started hunting them.
This of course, doesn't answer why the demons all seem to immediately recognize her on sight. Is it an effect of the contract? Does it have something to do with Anna's visions?
I mean we DO know why all of the Dark MGs know Anna.
Silver Regent went and trapped at least Goddess White, maybe Goddess Grey as well, in a near-inescapable prison. Summit has gone from being someone that Zoe wants to complete a set (and to avoid letting her enemies have counters to her abilities) to being someone she needs or else Goddess Red is going to personally murder her (Zoe).
...wait. shit. Shit. Shit. SHIT!!!
Zoe was lying about killing them, but SHE WASN'T LYING ABOUT GODDESS RED COMING TO RETRIEVE HER!!!
Or you know, at least come and PERSONALLY RETRIEVE SUMMIT!!!
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Funnily enough escaping from a foul contract doesn't actually make particularly scary demons. Summit is far more powerful than the demon spawned from her defaulting on a promise to serve Marax body and soul.
I wonder how powerful the demon spawned from the French revolution is?
Sounds about right. Think Magical Girl cockfights and you'll be close. Which is also partly to blame for how so many demons know about her by the name Anna.
Anna wasn't entertaining enough to sustain that business. She kept sneaking around and getting cheap shots instead of bloody fights.
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- He/Him/His
Thank you for those clarifications.Funnily enough escaping from a foul contract doesn't actually make particularly scary demons. Summit is far more powerful than the demon spawned from her defaulting on a promise to serve Marax body and soul.
I wonder how powerful the demon spawned from the French revolution is?
Sounds about right. Think Magical Girl cockfights and you'll be close. Which is also partly to blame for how so many demons know about her by the name Anna.
...so, does anybody want to start brainstorming ideas on what to do when Goddess Red realizes Silver Regent isn't coming back?
...who does Flawless Paladin report to?
- Location
- Ekaterinburg, Russia
FYI, @buli-buli. Marax is confirmed dead by Silver Regent, after StarLancer's first death he unwisely mouthed off.
As for Goddess Red, thing is... She knows EXACTLY where she'll find Summit eventually. And that place is - location of the access point to that dimensional prison, prison dimension, whatever. The ONLY thing she truly needs to do is wait for Summit's arrival as part of rescue mission for Solid Core's party.
Capturing Summit (killing her and bringing her body to Red is even better) to free Grey (and White) faster is a bonus to get things done faster, and a show of power due to Silver Regent's folly (you took my sister, FIX this). But as is, we can expect Red to maybe send her Knight on the hunt, and withdraw if it fails.
As for Goddess Red, thing is... She knows EXACTLY where she'll find Summit eventually. And that place is - location of the access point to that dimensional prison, prison dimension, whatever. The ONLY thing she truly needs to do is wait for Summit's arrival as part of rescue mission for Solid Core's party.
Capturing Summit (killing her and bringing her body to Red is even better) to free Grey (and White) faster is a bonus to get things done faster, and a show of power due to Silver Regent's folly (you took my sister, FIX this). But as is, we can expect Red to maybe send her Knight on the hunt, and withdraw if it fails.
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- He/Him/His
Huh. I did not know that. Oh, poor Summit won't get her revenge then.
And while I would normally say you have a good point about Goddess Red, I would point out that Red is already in the area and more importantly Gold is not.
Cause if Red is smart enough to realize Summit will eventually be sent to free all of those heavy hitters, then it follows that she's smart enough to realize that Gold will be equally, if not more, invested in the return of two of her sisters and her apprentice. And the CF has Silver Regent and company to interrogate. They'll know Red is involved.
- Location
- Ekaterinburg, Russia
Counter Force should already know. See UD Tactic "Shadow of Red". And Red explicitly told Silver Regent to NOT expect her to do any fighting.
Also, Madame Morta is here (Madama Morte?). Epic MG and designed to grow into Red's HARD counter, with a HATE ON for Red.
Also, Madame Morta is here (Madama Morte?). Epic MG and designed to grow into Red's HARD counter, with a HATE ON for Red.
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LostDeviljho
Flame Dragon Princess
- Location
- The glorious Pacific Northwest
- Pronouns
- Any
That... Doesn't really follow. How unpleasant a promise is has precisely zero bearing on how powerful the demon spawned from it is.
('course last I checked, promises made by/with demons can't spawn more demons, so there's still no secret megaboss.)
- Location
- Ekaterinburg, Russia
But how powerful a Maker girl's promise to "be a servant of that demon" could be?
Probably depends largerly on two or three things namely how much potential that promise had accumulated before it became considered broken. And how much Anna's power contributed (and whether it was "Anna at the time of making an oath" or "Anna at the time of breaking the oath"), and how much her own potential contributed.
Won't be surprised if we get a ShieldSlayer with Deception affinity and some really good hiding skills.
Heh. Shieldslayer and Lethal Surprise, also invisibility and negation of Anna's Affinity sense. Will be really deadly to Anna.
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- UTC -6
He's a Class 2 with Wind and Chaos magic. And more inclined to explore than fight.
...Or at least he was before Sayaka pointed out he shouldn't exist.
- Location
- madison
unless marax looped in someone else to act as a third party, so technically the promise was made to someone else. I could see a demon doing that for grins. that demon sounds interesting, especially if he's not hostile, so there is a way you could come up for him to still be around.
LostDeviljho
Flame Dragon Princess
- Location
- The glorious Pacific Northwest
- Pronouns
- Any
I know promises made by demons can't cause demons. I'm a little less sure whether promises made to demons can. Lemme go check.
Edit: Nope, if a demon is one of the involved parties, no demons spawn on breakage.
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Crossworlds 16.7
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- UTC -6
"That doesn't look good." High Card mumbles as she looks at the caustic ooze that's dripped on the floor from your portal attempt.
"I should be able to avoid that." you answer quickly, "We'll need to buy a little time."
You sweep over the room with your own light. There's still a lot of dust floating in the air. Above the aquarium Twisted's shots broke a car-sized hole of rock into fragments. The water in the aquarium is still murky from the rock dust that fell into it.
And Starlancer is looking around like… she's definitely got some ability to see in darkness. That could be trouble, she's already trouble.
You reach out a part of the Panoply to seize her by the neck and press on her arteries.
"Urk! Hey!" Starlancer protests, "Let go!"
She claws at the Panoply gripping her neck for a few seconds before starting to go limp.
While waiting for that to resolve you pull her into a harness next to the other two girls you're hauling. This is going to be a rather annoying burden if you get involved in battle. You reposition to tunnel you entered through and start charging up an attack.
"Don't you have a portal or something! How did you get to Hell in the first place?" High Card shouts at you.
Her weapon, at least you think the orbiting stars are her weapon, has dilated to surround her in a field of tiny lights. Even to your vision it provides little light, just an irregular outline of her surroundings.
"We're at Milidia, a Unified Light fortress."
Damn, you can already hear scraping on the other side of the rubble pile. At least you're ready to drop something that can't be cleared by simple claws. Your Panoply snaps out, biting into the rock and tearing a large chunk out to bar the way.
That will have to do for now. From what you can see you've dropped a solid chunk that covers all the width of the corridor and is about half a meter wide at the base and comes to a point after about a meter.
You rush back to the center of the room. A quick bit of shaping makes a sort of diving bell for your captives.
"Get in."
High Card hesitates. You point at the water.
"Hurry," you insist, "It won't be long before they're here."
She makes a face and strides towards you. Not satisfied with her speed you pull her into place and lower yourself into the aquarium.
High Card squirms a bit as you anchor yourself to the bottom, "Is there going to be enough air? How long are you planning on hiding here?"
You've already started feeling out a path, "It should only take me a minute. This is a portal back."
"It's kind of dark…"
You let some light into the air pocket. It's covered and sealed at the bottom of the aquarium, no danger of light getting through.
"Ugh, now it's just creepy."
Picky, picky. You make it dark again.
Twenty seconds pass calmly. Then the ground shudders as something slams into the rock.
The chamber above you lights up in red. You should still be unseen under the hazy water if you keep still.
A rush of feet passes overhead. You hear some shouting and whooping.
And then a presence you can sense even without vision arrives.
"Disappointing, but she will not escape. Search that tunnel." a piercing voice commands.
The ground shudders again.
You're a little more than halfway done by your reckoning.
High Card goes rigid and starts breathing quicker.
The presence starts to depart, then stops.
Just need a bit more time.
"No. She's here, I can sense her." the voice from before sneers.
"Anna Sanchez. You cannot hide from me. If you do not reveal and supplicate yourself the consequences will be harsh. There is no escape now."
High Card squeaks softly.
You've gotten a good hold on how to get past the damaging effect, now all you need to do is hold it steady long enough for it to become still.
"You will burn to ash if you teleport away now. And I will see that one of your arms is flayed off if I have to drag you from your hiding spot." piercing voice threatens, "Also consider your family, I will find them and make them suffer if you anger me."
Something steps on you, you ignore it.
"Idiots!" the voice bellows.
There! A portal opens in your impromptu diving bell.
"She's in the water! Drag her out!"
One, two, three, four, then you pass through your gateway back to the Milidia dorms. You gently land amidst the unconscious bodies of your enemies, and High Card.
High Card pushes herself to her feet and twirls around to take everything in. Several groups of Magical Girls are waiting on folding chairs, several with tables set up for games or food.
Everyone is looking at you. And the rest of the people that just appeared from thin air to land amidst them.
"Hold it right there!" Shapeless Isle shouts.
There are chains everywhere. You are at a loss as to where they came from, but you're suddenly caught up on hooks that come from nowhere will tear into you if you move too much.
"Good reflexes! But that's Summit! Friendly!" Insight shouts as she comes running.
You adjust your Panoply into a smoother configuration, but the hooks tangle up on themselves instead of falling off. And suddenly they vanish.
"What happened?" Floral Glory moves to dab at the blood covering Silver Regent, "She looks terrible."
"I hit her until she stopped moving." you summarize.
"Oops."
Silver Regent's hand darts out towards Floral's neck, "Enough! If I am not permitted to escape I will tear her throat out."
You clamp down with Halting. Floral deliberately points her umbrella at Silver Regent's stomach as the tip starts glowing brightly.
Starlancer sits up, "You're an embarrassment."
A small rush of Magical Girls surges forward. Sakura Saber, Crimson Hood's large hound, and Arc Mastermind take the front row.
"The next words out of your mouth will be 'I warn you! I have a special bomb!'" Insight says with an audible grin.
"I warn you! I have a- what the fuck?" Silver Regent lets go of Floral Glory.
She's promptly smacked by Sakura Saber, then has a dynamo shoved into her gut, and finally has her head caught in the jaws of Crimson's Hound.
Floral dismisses the light on her umbrella and tucks it back at her side.
"Is the noob fine? How about the others?" Arc Mastermind demands.
"High Card was a captive." you point as you talk, "Starlancer is some sort of enforcer for the UD. Silver Regent is a jerk and working for the UD. Twisted Metal was acting odd, I'd like to talk to Team GEAR about her."
"I have been bested." Starlancer interjects.
"Murhph!" Silver Regent thrashes uselessly at Crimson's Hound.
"Life, Horror, Epic? On the brown haired girl?" Insight butts in.
"Yes, that's right."
"I happen to be an expert on this subject!" She shouts, "Oi! We need knockout runes for prisoners here!"
"I activated Machine Code's item." you add.
Arc Mastermind uses another dynamo to prod Starlancer to her feet. Starlancer places her hands on her head.
"Great work. Once these troublemakers get dealt with you'll be able to jump back into the thick of it. The Light Warriors are cleaning things up at the front and the tanks are about to roll in." Insight says.
She rubs her hands, "And I'll get everything set up for our seal-bearing subject here. Did she seem lucid? Where was the seal?"
"Mostly. She said something about Hope. The ...seal as you call it was on the front of her weapon: a tail with a mouth and cannons."
An officer runs up with a box of silver foil bags. Arc Mastermind grabs one, opens it to reveal something like a surgical mask covered with warnings. She presses it to Starlancer's face and the latter girl collapses back into unconsciousness.
Sakura Saber has led High Card off to a table where Card is attempting to eat an entire ice-cream cone in one go.
Insight makes an annoyed huff, "That's not ideal. I'll need to gather a posse of angels for this. She's some bullshit alright…" she taps her fingers together, "There used to be these sort of obsidian 'arms' the fortress could use to block routes or crush intruders. They've started falling off."
There's a sudden change in the air. Like the colors have changed, but you can't quite see what's different.
"Feels like the antimagic started working." Arc Mastermind comments.
"Wait!" High Card spins and points at you, "Her family is in danger! One of the demons knew her name!"
There's a murmur that passes through the small crowd.
You should clarify, "My family is in no danger."
The officer from before looks relieved, "They're already being guarded, I take it?"
"They're dead." you clarify, "My mother, father, little brother, uncle and all of my grandparents. Is there anything I should be working on at the moment?"
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Status of Little Miss Death Star:
Stage 1 - Crashing Sky: COMPLETE
Stage 2 - Heavy Metal: IN PROGRESS
Stage 3 - Zone of Control: UNAVAILABLE
Stage 4 - Glory: UNAVAILABLE
Stage 5 - You May Fire When Ready: UNAVAILABLE
Current UD Tactics:
Underground Roads
Crude Fortifications
Elite Shadows
The Eclipse Device (33%)
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Special Operations available!
Wasp's Nest
-Attack Boatshrieks to provoke them to attack the UD positions. Scholar of Light will teleport you nearby.
Difficulty: Moderate to Extreme
Effect if Successful: Profound
Allies: Primary Wiccan, Crimson Hood,The Emissaries of- (Busy carrying the rest of you scrubs!)
Enemies: All the terrible things that infest a fallen fortress.
Stages: 2 (After that the monsters could get in the way)
Long Reach
-Support a demolition team to destroy UD fortifications near Hero's Path. Your newly-developed gateways will enable them to move much faster than otherwise.
Difficulty: Simple
Effect if Successful: Small
Allies: Fairy METEOR Team.
Enemies: A string of forts overlooking Boatshrieks territory. Possible artillery casters if you linger too long.
Stages: 2 & 3
Ghost Division
Living or dead! Always ahead! Fed by your dread!...
-Those hovertanks you put together aren't doing anything at the moment, anti-magic will stop them dead, use a gateway to get them into the fight. (Tanks are too big for Shifting Portals, you'll need to spend a minute on Gating to get them moving).
Difficulty: Moderate
Effect if Successful: Small
Allies: A pack of hovertanks
Enemies: Sentinels and other elites
Stages: All except stage 5
Deluge
-Those tunnels are a prominent piece of the UD's defenses. Help set up a Noah Device at one of the outlets so we can fill them with water.
Difficulty: Moderate
Effect if Successful: Profound (Removes UD Tactic - Underground Roads)
Allies: Earthmovers and several teams of Magical Girls to help keep a perimeter.
Enemies: Variable
Stages: 3 NOT YET AVAILABLE
Fighting Fires
-You might not be the strongest, but you are very fast. Put that speed to use and intervene to help beleaguered forces
--Lend a hand for dealing with Twisted Metal.
--Fly above the anti-magic effect and look for things to fire upon.
Suppression of Enemy Defenses
-The Counter Force is breaking out the good stuff for this fight. Bring some spotters along and call in all the missiles you could want.
Difficulty: Auto-Success
Effect if Successful: Minimal
Allies: Spotter Team
Enemies: Nothing should spot you if you're careful.
Stages: 2, 3 & 4
Gifts From Heaven
-Use portals to drop some HeavenTech devices into the tunnels you visited.
Difficulty: Auto-Success
Effect if Successful: Minimal (Supports Deluge)
Allies: None
Enemies: None.
Stages: 2, 3 & 4
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(All options take place after Starlancer, Silver Regent, and Twisted Metal are subdued)
[X] Take a mission
-[X] Which one?
[X] Attach yourself to another group and wait to get called up.
-[X] Who?
(Operations will remain open)
[X] Machine Code is setting up a lot of things, give her a hand.
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+30 EXP Back at Base
2381 + 30 = 2411 EXP
[X] [EXP] EXP Plan?
"I should be able to avoid that." you answer quickly, "We'll need to buy a little time."
You sweep over the room with your own light. There's still a lot of dust floating in the air. Above the aquarium Twisted's shots broke a car-sized hole of rock into fragments. The water in the aquarium is still murky from the rock dust that fell into it.
And Starlancer is looking around like… she's definitely got some ability to see in darkness. That could be trouble, she's already trouble.
You reach out a part of the Panoply to seize her by the neck and press on her arteries.
"Urk! Hey!" Starlancer protests, "Let go!"
She claws at the Panoply gripping her neck for a few seconds before starting to go limp.
While waiting for that to resolve you pull her into a harness next to the other two girls you're hauling. This is going to be a rather annoying burden if you get involved in battle. You reposition to tunnel you entered through and start charging up an attack.
"Don't you have a portal or something! How did you get to Hell in the first place?" High Card shouts at you.
Her weapon, at least you think the orbiting stars are her weapon, has dilated to surround her in a field of tiny lights. Even to your vision it provides little light, just an irregular outline of her surroundings.
"We're at Milidia, a Unified Light fortress."
Damn, you can already hear scraping on the other side of the rubble pile. At least you're ready to drop something that can't be cleared by simple claws. Your Panoply snaps out, biting into the rock and tearing a large chunk out to bar the way.
That will have to do for now. From what you can see you've dropped a solid chunk that covers all the width of the corridor and is about half a meter wide at the base and comes to a point after about a meter.
You rush back to the center of the room. A quick bit of shaping makes a sort of diving bell for your captives.
"Get in."
High Card hesitates. You point at the water.
"Hurry," you insist, "It won't be long before they're here."
She makes a face and strides towards you. Not satisfied with her speed you pull her into place and lower yourself into the aquarium.
High Card squirms a bit as you anchor yourself to the bottom, "Is there going to be enough air? How long are you planning on hiding here?"
You've already started feeling out a path, "It should only take me a minute. This is a portal back."
"It's kind of dark…"
You let some light into the air pocket. It's covered and sealed at the bottom of the aquarium, no danger of light getting through.
"Ugh, now it's just creepy."
Picky, picky. You make it dark again.
Twenty seconds pass calmly. Then the ground shudders as something slams into the rock.
The chamber above you lights up in red. You should still be unseen under the hazy water if you keep still.
A rush of feet passes overhead. You hear some shouting and whooping.
And then a presence you can sense even without vision arrives.
"Disappointing, but she will not escape. Search that tunnel." a piercing voice commands.
The ground shudders again.
You're a little more than halfway done by your reckoning.
High Card goes rigid and starts breathing quicker.
The presence starts to depart, then stops.
Just need a bit more time.
"No. She's here, I can sense her." the voice from before sneers.
"Anna Sanchez. You cannot hide from me. If you do not reveal and supplicate yourself the consequences will be harsh. There is no escape now."
High Card squeaks softly.
You've gotten a good hold on how to get past the damaging effect, now all you need to do is hold it steady long enough for it to become still.
"You will burn to ash if you teleport away now. And I will see that one of your arms is flayed off if I have to drag you from your hiding spot." piercing voice threatens, "Also consider your family, I will find them and make them suffer if you anger me."
Something steps on you, you ignore it.
"Idiots!" the voice bellows.
There! A portal opens in your impromptu diving bell.
"She's in the water! Drag her out!"
One, two, three, four, then you pass through your gateway back to the Milidia dorms. You gently land amidst the unconscious bodies of your enemies, and High Card.
High Card pushes herself to her feet and twirls around to take everything in. Several groups of Magical Girls are waiting on folding chairs, several with tables set up for games or food.
Everyone is looking at you. And the rest of the people that just appeared from thin air to land amidst them.
"Hold it right there!" Shapeless Isle shouts.
There are chains everywhere. You are at a loss as to where they came from, but you're suddenly caught up on hooks that come from nowhere will tear into you if you move too much.
"Good reflexes! But that's Summit! Friendly!" Insight shouts as she comes running.
You adjust your Panoply into a smoother configuration, but the hooks tangle up on themselves instead of falling off. And suddenly they vanish.
"What happened?" Floral Glory moves to dab at the blood covering Silver Regent, "She looks terrible."
"I hit her until she stopped moving." you summarize.
"Oops."
Silver Regent's hand darts out towards Floral's neck, "Enough! If I am not permitted to escape I will tear her throat out."
You clamp down with Halting. Floral deliberately points her umbrella at Silver Regent's stomach as the tip starts glowing brightly.
Starlancer sits up, "You're an embarrassment."
A small rush of Magical Girls surges forward. Sakura Saber, Crimson Hood's large hound, and Arc Mastermind take the front row.
"The next words out of your mouth will be 'I warn you! I have a special bomb!'" Insight says with an audible grin.
"I warn you! I have a- what the fuck?" Silver Regent lets go of Floral Glory.
She's promptly smacked by Sakura Saber, then has a dynamo shoved into her gut, and finally has her head caught in the jaws of Crimson's Hound.
Floral dismisses the light on her umbrella and tucks it back at her side.
"Is the noob fine? How about the others?" Arc Mastermind demands.
"High Card was a captive." you point as you talk, "Starlancer is some sort of enforcer for the UD. Silver Regent is a jerk and working for the UD. Twisted Metal was acting odd, I'd like to talk to Team GEAR about her."
"I have been bested." Starlancer interjects.
"Murhph!" Silver Regent thrashes uselessly at Crimson's Hound.
"Life, Horror, Epic? On the brown haired girl?" Insight butts in.
"Yes, that's right."
"I happen to be an expert on this subject!" She shouts, "Oi! We need knockout runes for prisoners here!"
"I activated Machine Code's item." you add.
Arc Mastermind uses another dynamo to prod Starlancer to her feet. Starlancer places her hands on her head.
"Great work. Once these troublemakers get dealt with you'll be able to jump back into the thick of it. The Light Warriors are cleaning things up at the front and the tanks are about to roll in." Insight says.
She rubs her hands, "And I'll get everything set up for our seal-bearing subject here. Did she seem lucid? Where was the seal?"
"Mostly. She said something about Hope. The ...seal as you call it was on the front of her weapon: a tail with a mouth and cannons."
An officer runs up with a box of silver foil bags. Arc Mastermind grabs one, opens it to reveal something like a surgical mask covered with warnings. She presses it to Starlancer's face and the latter girl collapses back into unconsciousness.
Sakura Saber has led High Card off to a table where Card is attempting to eat an entire ice-cream cone in one go.
Insight makes an annoyed huff, "That's not ideal. I'll need to gather a posse of angels for this. She's some bullshit alright…" she taps her fingers together, "There used to be these sort of obsidian 'arms' the fortress could use to block routes or crush intruders. They've started falling off."
There's a sudden change in the air. Like the colors have changed, but you can't quite see what's different.
"Feels like the antimagic started working." Arc Mastermind comments.
"Wait!" High Card spins and points at you, "Her family is in danger! One of the demons knew her name!"
There's a murmur that passes through the small crowd.
You should clarify, "My family is in no danger."
The officer from before looks relieved, "They're already being guarded, I take it?"
"They're dead." you clarify, "My mother, father, little brother, uncle and all of my grandparents. Is there anything I should be working on at the moment?"
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Status of Little Miss Death Star:
Stage 1 - Crashing Sky: COMPLETE
Stage 2 - Heavy Metal: IN PROGRESS
Stage 3 - Zone of Control: UNAVAILABLE
Stage 4 - Glory: UNAVAILABLE
Stage 5 - You May Fire When Ready: UNAVAILABLE
Current UD Tactics:
Underground Roads
Crude Fortifications
Elite Shadows
The Eclipse Device (33%)
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Special Operations available!
Wasp's Nest
-Attack Boatshrieks to provoke them to attack the UD positions. Scholar of Light will teleport you nearby.
Difficulty: Moderate to Extreme
Effect if Successful: Profound
Allies: Primary Wiccan, Crimson Hood,
Enemies: All the terrible things that infest a fallen fortress.
Stages: 2 (After that the monsters could get in the way)
Long Reach
-Support a demolition team to destroy UD fortifications near Hero's Path. Your newly-developed gateways will enable them to move much faster than otherwise.
Difficulty: Simple
Effect if Successful: Small
Allies: Fairy METEOR Team.
Enemies: A string of forts overlooking Boatshrieks territory. Possible artillery casters if you linger too long.
Stages: 2 & 3
Ghost Division
Living or dead! Always ahead! Fed by your dread!...
-Those hovertanks you put together aren't doing anything at the moment, anti-magic will stop them dead, use a gateway to get them into the fight. (Tanks are too big for Shifting Portals, you'll need to spend a minute on Gating to get them moving).
Difficulty: Moderate
Effect if Successful: Small
Allies: A pack of hovertanks
Enemies: Sentinels and other elites
Stages: All except stage 5
Deluge
-Those tunnels are a prominent piece of the UD's defenses. Help set up a Noah Device at one of the outlets so we can fill them with water.
Difficulty: Moderate
Effect if Successful: Profound (Removes UD Tactic - Underground Roads)
Allies: Earthmovers and several teams of Magical Girls to help keep a perimeter.
Enemies: Variable
Stages: 3 NOT YET AVAILABLE
Fighting Fires
-You might not be the strongest, but you are very fast. Put that speed to use and intervene to help beleaguered forces
--Lend a hand for dealing with Twisted Metal.
--Fly above the anti-magic effect and look for things to fire upon.
Suppression of Enemy Defenses
-The Counter Force is breaking out the good stuff for this fight. Bring some spotters along and call in all the missiles you could want.
Difficulty: Auto-Success
Effect if Successful: Minimal
Allies: Spotter Team
Enemies: Nothing should spot you if you're careful.
Stages: 2, 3 & 4
Gifts From Heaven
-Use portals to drop some HeavenTech devices into the tunnels you visited.
Difficulty: Auto-Success
Effect if Successful: Minimal (Supports Deluge)
Allies: None
Enemies: None.
Stages: 2, 3 & 4
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(All options take place after Starlancer, Silver Regent, and Twisted Metal are subdued)
[X] Take a mission
-[X] Which one?
[X] Attach yourself to another group and wait to get called up.
-[X] Who?
(Operations will remain open)
[X] Machine Code is setting up a lot of things, give her a hand.
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+30 EXP Back at Base
2381 + 30 = 2411 EXP
[X] [EXP] EXP Plan?
Anyone remember what we were going to do for phase 2?
I mean, going in to XP grind by smashing faces in since we already kind of cut the anti-us team down is always an option.
We could follow the Hover-tanks in honestly. That's just going to take a couple minutes at most to get that sorted out since we just need to Gate them out to the battlefield.
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We could also see if they have any turret pre-fabs in storage and drag those out to the frontlines and set them up right quick.
Or be an artillery/AA platform.
I mean, going in to XP grind by smashing faces in since we already kind of cut the anti-us team down is always an option.
We could follow the Hover-tanks in honestly. That's just going to take a couple minutes at most to get that sorted out since we just need to Gate them out to the battlefield.
Edit:
We could also see if they have any turret pre-fabs in storage and drag those out to the frontlines and set them up right quick.
Or be an artillery/AA platform.
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Something feels wrong here. To face the tunnel? Toward the tunnel?
spot," the piercing
No EXP for meeting someone important? That sounded a lot like an Overwhelming Presence.