Theo sighed in frustration. "Zeus-Dammit!"
"Gay Receiver! Do you have an outer audio system for announcements?" Theo asks frantically.
"Did no one watch the video tutorial?" mumbles Gay Deceiver. "Yes. I have an outer audio system. Would you like to choose some music?"
Henri will remain in Gay Deceiver. They (pilot and ship) will gather any heroes before departure. In the meanwhile, his head is on a swivel watching for any airborne threats.
"Do what you must, but we cannot get killed here overstaying our welcome. When we can leave, we need to jump. Hopefully we can prevent this from ever happening at all."
Gay Deceiver is hovering above the parking lot, quite near to the portal to Tartarus
Zellgato hears Henri but is already standing up. "There's a port on top right? I'm better off covering fire for now." nodding at Unity, "If you've got that Ice Blaster, might be good artiliry from the ship."
"Yes, there's a port on top," says Gay Deceiver in a tone that says, "You've been through the port! It's also shown in the welcome video."
[dice=Init]d20+9
"If she's not back here in 60 seconds," grumbles Gay Deceiver, "I have no qualms against jumping without her."
One of the Harpy's will begin to dive towards Zellgato if he opens the ship's port to fire through.
The weird spirits that had harassed the scientist are now swirling around Valkyrie.
"They're Regrets," she yells. "Don't let them touch you!"
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Nissa uses her fire to keep the Regrets away.
If an enemy enters her personal bubble and Valkyrie’s, she strikes with her tiny fist!
Theo yells at his two teammates. "You've got 60 seconds to get back here, or Gay Receiver is leaving us!" The godling cursed himself, because he still could fly.
Unity sigh. "It does seem like some practice is in order before we do this next... a pity we won't want to share footage of this to convince MOTEL that this is a bad idea."
They climb out by Zellgato, planning to fend off flying enemies while he fires.
The Olympian whips around. "Unity! You're a fuçking genius!!! Gay Deceiver! Start recording this. Audio, Video, Holo if possible! Capture it all!"
"NOT realy how we want to do this Theo!" the whole time travel reveal thing~ "Or at least leave me out of it."
Zellgato ambles out with Unity. taking aim at the centeaur, pausing a moment wondering if it'll even work on a demon centeaur?, and pulling a trigger. His rifle hissing and ejecting the forces projecting his dart further.
to hit. 250ft increment (sniper)
Also applies: -50% movement penalty. -1 to hit penalty.
"I regret being here already. GD, load queue those videos for later please." as the wind wipes past them from the heat and terror of the area.
Henri is watching gauges. "Gay Deceiver, we are a team. We don't leave anyone behind. I wish you had told me there was a welcome video."
Switching on the microphone for the external speakers, "Bombshell, T minus 60. 59. 58."
"Sensors up, my dear. We are unlikely to remain here for a minute without someone or something trying to prevent our departure, probably violently."
A few of the Regrets take the fire damage just to touch a feather on Valkyrie's wing. As soon as they make contact they transform, taking the shape of people. People falling, reaching out to Valkryie, and then slipping down and turning to mist again.
She ignores the first couple but, by the third, she's trying to save them, by the fifth, she's crying out, "No! Not again!". By the seventh she's in anguish, but that's enough fire for them. They swirl around beneath Valkyrie and Nissa looking for unprotected prey.
Valkyrie spends her turn shaking in anguish and rage.
One of the harpies begins to dive at Zellgato. Unity can attack it top of next round as he is defending Z.
Zellgato managed to get the attention of the flaming centaur. He roars something and a dozen different flying creatures hear his command. They begin to fly towards Gay Deceiver.
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“They’re not real! Lemme see if I can blow them to bits.”
Nissa flies a short distance from Valkyrie, into the Regrets’ paths—
She explodes, blasting as many as she can!
Nissa's blast send the Regrets scattering. Valkyrie roars swinging at the retreating mists.
Unity leap into the air at the diving harpy, trying to intercept it before it reaches Zellgato.
External loudspeaker:"53. 52. 51. 50."
Henri is scanning sensors and listening to the nanites and Gay Deceiver mentally.
Personal comms: "Zellgato, Theo, let us know if we need to reposition you."
Chiming back to Henri "Avoid them. I've got range." reaffirmed by the percussion of his shot.
to hit. 250ft increment (sniper)
Also applies: -50% movement penalty. -1 to hit penalty.
"Anything close is yours Unity."
The Olympian whips around. "Unity! You're a fuçking genius!!! Gay Deceiver! Start recording this. Audio, Video, Holo if possible! Capture it all!"
"Since you've finally learned my name, I will continue recording everything, as I have been since we jumped," replies Gay Deceiver.
Unity leap into the air at the diving harpy, trying to intercept it before it reaches Zellgato.
[dice=Claws]1d20+13
[dice=Damage]1d6+18
Unity barely misses the harpy, their claws catching no more than a loose feather as the winged creature circles quickly and lunges at the Chimera, scraping Unity with a talon. Other harpies spot the wounded prey and circle toward Unity.
Unity has kept the harpies off Zellgato for another round.
Is Theo staying inside the ship?
Is Theo staying inside the ship?
He could join the fight but would be stranded one day in the future.[/ooc]
The centaur roars at Zellgato again. It roars back to the gaping pit to hell. Perhaps it is calling for reinforcements.
"I'm not sure we will be able to hold this position. Who knows what might come through that gate next?" worries Gay Deceiver. Raising the volume in Theo's vicinity, GD continues, "You're the Greek Godling. Think of something."
"Henri, I have no weapons, but I can electrify my hull. I know you're attached to your teammates though and one of them is on my hull," says GD.
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Nissa calls to Valkyrie, ”You go, girl! Lemme find the biggest thing and kick its ass—or should I say ‘anus?’”
She waves the wand at the flaming centaur to create a portal in its path!
“Enjoy your journey to the center of Uranus, asshoIe!”
(She wills the portal shut as soon as the centaur is inside!)
Unity slash at the harpy again with their claws, hardly bothered by the little scratch.
Then they turn their flight towards the portal. If things look desperate enough, they think, they can dive and plunge the Sword of Truth into, hoping that they can close the portal. But that is a last resort, for they have no idea if it will work quickly on so large a portal. For now, though, they should draw the attention of the harpies after them.
As he aims in down, woop a portal appears in his view "Huh." instead opting to aim at the Harpy is attempting to end and firing at it as well, ducking a moment to start reloading.
-1penality to hit and -50% movement speeds if hit.
move action to reload.
The flaming centaur tries to rear onto its hind hooves to avoid the portal Nissa has opened in front of it, but the army charging behind it does not react as quickly. The centaur and a few grotesque followers are pushed in by the swelling mass of monstrosity right behind it.
"Cute, Nissa," mutters Gay Deceiver to itself. "But that's not gonna solve our problem."
The face of an EU military commander appears on a viewscreen in front of Theo. Gay Deceiver explains, "Calls coming through. Deal with it please. I'm a time ship not a translator."
In Greek, the commander barks, "Άγνωστο πλοίο, βρίσκεστε σε ... περιορισμένος εναέριος χώρος. Προσδιορίστε τον εαυτό σας και τον σκοπό σας."
Henri replies in French, ” Bonjour, officier. Parlez-vous par hasard français ou anglais?”
Theo responds in Latin, hoping for the best.
Man, I gotta learn Greek!
"How can you be a Greek demi-god and not speak Greek?" asks Gay Deceiver. "Updating your personnel file now ... wow."
"I can speak Angliss. TAROT? The American TAROT Group, you mean, yes? This is I am speaking to Theo Nephus, yes? And you don't speak the Greek?" the Greek commander sounds disappointed. "You must leave this airspess now. We are about to drop a big bomb into it very soon."
Theo actively nods to the Greek Commander, then sticks his head out of the time ship.
"NISSA! ZELL! MOVE YOUR G*D DAMN A$$ES NOW! GET YOUR FU<KING A$$ES BACK IN THIS SHIP NOW! BOMBS ARE FALLING NOW!! FU<KING MOVE!!"
The Regrets have been scattered.
Unity cut one of the harpies. It was about to come around again despite is wound, but the disappearance of their commander caused a shriek to go up amongst the flight of harpies. They're confused, anxious, and directionless.
ROUND 4 Initiative Order: Something New (xx), Unity (24), Nissa (19), Theo (13), Valkryie (12), Large Flaming Centaur (9), Zellgato (8), Confused harpies (4)
Something in the portal roars. The harpies flap excitedly. There's rhythmic throbbing screeching noise coming from the portal now that could be heavy metal music. The armies of the Titans tremble and quiver in anticipation.
"We will not be ready to jump for another 36 seconds," says Gay Deceiver, "35. Ask them to hold off until then at least, 33, 32, ..."
L.C. looks at Theo and says, "I'm a civilian. You're a superhero. You take this."
"Commander. My team just closed the hole to Tartarus. Give us 90 seconds, and you can blot it out of existence; saving Greece from the nightmares of it's youth", Theo spoke, like two ancient Greek generals over the spoils of a costly war.
Nissa hears her dad loud and clear. She turns to Valkyrie and says to her, “This is our job, as you said. Go… and fly fast because they’re gonna nuke this entire site from orbit.”
If her diplomatic tone doesn’t charm the Valkyrie into leaving, perhaps Nissa’s sunspot eyes will.
“It’s the only way to be sure.”
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"Umm ... Okay," says Valkyrie, trying to figure out why a nuke would need to be launched from orbit when she could have carried one on her belt. She adds shyly, "My name is Valerie. The Powers Institute in Copenhagen knows how to reach me."
With that, she takes her hockey stick and flies off at an impressive speed.
“Uncanny!”
Nissa watches in awe as Valerie flies off!
Unity turn back towards the ship. "If they're going to drop a bomb here, we're not going to close the portal," they say over their comm unit. "Just as long as we can hold out until we leave, it hopefully will work out."
"Works for me." as he readies a shot for whatever comes out of that portal."I'll try to slow things"
Pullinga silver goop filled dart, he loads and fires it. On impact closer to the portal the ground bubbles a moment before a small patch of threads spread out from the impact point, rapidly growing into a strange patch of bio matter. "Don't go near that."
DC should be 10+1/2lv+6(int)
Large mushrooms sprout in the square and release toxic
spores in a 10 foot radius. Any creature who starts its turn
in or enters the area takes 2d4 acid damage, plus 2 damage
per biohacker level (Fortitude save for half damage). The
mushroom cluster lasts for 1 round per biohacker level and
causes the original square (not the entire area) to become
difficult terrain.
"I have gathered all relevant newsfeeds and security footage from the area over the past 14-hours. Perhaps you will be able to figure out what caused this, before it happens," says Gay Deceiver to Henri. "28 ... 27 ..."
Something new comes from the pit. Something large. A smoking black minotaur emerges with a roar. The harpies screech in fangirl delight. Its hide shines like polished obsidian; its eyes are rubies; its hooves made of gold. It stands 30-feet-tall. Shrugging off what little is left of the motel that sat above MOTEL, the beast steps forward into the mushroom patch Zellgato created and acidic spores fill the air. It pauses. And then sneezes.
"26"
And it sneezes again.
"We don't think we have time for that one's horns, Theo," Unity comment.
"How close to the ground do we have to be for you to keep charging at the present rate?" They ask Gay Deceiver. "Can we get out of its reach?"
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“Gesundheit,” Nissa says to the holy shit that guy is humongous!!!
. . . .
Nissa calls out to the minotaur, “HEY, DON’T LOOK NOW BUT SOMEBODY’S BLOWING UP YOUR FAN CLUB!”
Nissa rockets past the harpies, but too high in the air, mostly because a thirty-foot-tall giant can reach a fairy if she’s forty feet in the air!
For a few seconds, Henri stops moving, staring into the middle ground ahead of him as he stops using his eyes to take in data. Moving at the speed of nanite-enhanced thought, he is taking in data as fast as his biology and his nanites will allow. His focus returns to the physical world and he calls out, "We don't have to recharge in this location. Get the team aboard and let's get out of the blast zone."
Over the loudspeaker, he says, "Your taxi's waiting, boys, get in!"
I don't even know if a Sarenrite-powered mote would care about a direct nuclear strike. If not, I hope she's coming - the sensors are full of after-images of where she was - I can't find her actual location.
Henri would yell at Theo that she can handle herself, you need to buckle up because we are lighting this candle at first opportunity - this may be your only warning.
Theo, his face awash with concern, takes his seat and straps in.
"Come ON!! Move it, you two!" The Olympian says to himself through gritted teeth.
Unity circle the hatch, waiting for the others to get in before they do, feeling themself more capable of playing rearguard than the others.
"Gay Deceiver, how long will it take to recharge if we retreat from the portal? And more importantly, how long will it take you to get outside the blast radius of the incoming nuke? Theo, what exactly did he say about that bomb?"
"The Commander said it was a 'big bomb '", Theo explained. "Something may have been lost in translation but why take chances, especially when we can go to where this whole thing started."
Henri nods without looking at the godling, "Agreed. Until our ride is ready, my goal is to get far enough from ground zero to survive to reach where this whole thing started. Far enough is determined by how big that bomb is."
"Zellgato, get in and buckle down! Unity, the Bombshell will join us shortly, get in so we can slam the door shut behind her!"
Zellgato takes a quick shot at the newcomer before dropping down the hatch fully getting out of the way for Unity. "Watch out if it throws debris."
-1penalty to hit, and -50% movement speed.