EVENT#08 VINDESS LIBERATION MISSION LOG

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EVENT#08 VINDESS LIBERATION MISSION LOG

Content warnings: Blood, Gore, and Cannibalism

The Corsairs strike quickly. As soon as Gaurus the Bleeder steps off the Imperial airship, Corsair airships emerge from hiding around the settlement and take to the air, peppering the Imperials with a salvo of cannonfire. Corsairs leap from the deck and emerge from hiding within the settlement, weapons drawn and battle-ready.

For his part, Gaurus the Bleeder meets the charging Corsairs without surprise. The man’s immense bulk is imposing enough on his own, but he carries an unmistakable stench of blood, death and decay about him. His enormous body is toned with heavy muscle, and his hands seem to permanently drip blood as he unleashes a feral belly laugh.

“Take them! Capture them! Flay them alive!” he bellows, his voice ringing out across the city. “Their corpses shall decorate my table, their heads my wall! Come lads, let us punish these rebels and teach them the pain and despair of standing against the Empire!”

The stench of blood seems to spread, thick and metallic as the eyes of the Imperial soldiers seem to dim, blood beginning to trickle from every pore like sweat and seep from their mouths in the place of drool. They surge forward, a beastial hunger consuming them as terror quickly spreads among the civilians who turn to flee. For good or for ill, the battle is joined. With Gaurus at its head, the axe of the Empire descends, and the Corsairs will need to bring their all to bear, lest they be ground underfoot.

All logs have full sign-ups, but characters are still welcome to join any open logs. Additional participants will boost the potential for the log’s success and potential bonuses. Outside of Closed logs, all logs can be as many open threads as the participants desire, involving as many of the total participants as they wish.

Consequences
There is the possibility of consequence, depending on the logs characters take part in and the amount of participants.
Serious Injury: A character is seriously injured and will require bed rest and intensive healing. If they choose to participate in an active and intensive log the following month, their injuries will impede them to the point that it may disrupt the log (but not necessarily make the log fail).
Minor Injury: A character is injured, but not badly. They will require some healing to recuperate but will otherwise be fine for logs in the following month.

MISSIONS

Vindess Raid: The Corsairs face off against Gaurus’s Bloodfrenzied Legion.
Status: Open
Description: Gaurus’s mastery of life ether allows him to manipulate blood within willing and unwilling targets. The Bloodfrenzied Legion are soldiers whose blood and hunger have been set aflame. They fight with more ferocity, move faster, and hit harder. They consume their own blood to fight harder, and thus are overwhelmed with a hunger for more blood, driving them to consume their fallen foes, ripping them apart and drinking their blood.

Bloodfrenzied soldiers are extremely dangerous, while a powerful Corsair may be able to take 3 in a straight fight, more is exceptionally dangerous. Corsairs will need to rely on high pressure and exceptional tactics if they wish to succeed. The Corsairs are buoyed by the local militia, Corsair support allowing some people to fight to the last for their families to ensure they escape.
Current Participants: Donnie, Raph, Rezo, Kanna
Log Leader: None
Anticipated Result: The Bloodfrenzied Legion is held at bay, and the Corsairs emerge relatively unscathed.

Escape Vindess: The Corsairs must cover the escape of the airships as they evacuate the civilians and keep themselves alive against the Bloodfrenzied Armors.
Status: Open
Description: The Bloodfrenzied Armors are armors piloted by soldiers under Gaurus’s Bloodfrenzied Legion. In this case, he uses his magic upon the armors as well as the pilots, so the armors enhance themselves by feeding off the blood of their pilot, compelling the pilots to fight aggressively and target large crowds of fighters on foot or civilians to bathe in their blood and enhance their combat prowess.

Additional details will be sent to the Log Leader.
Current Participants: Shu, Terra, Kanna, Harlock
Log Leader: Shu
Anticipated Result: With the placed traps, the Corsairs will emerge unscathed, their civilian charges maintained safely.

Evacuate Citizens: The Corsairs within the town will evacuate civilians, helping them flee the Bloodfrenzied Legion.
Status: Open
Description: The Bloodfrenzied Legion fights ferociously aggressively, specifically targeting civilians with an aim to tear them open, drink their blood and feast on their organs. They are the core of why Gaurus inspires such fear and obedience within the populace, and it will be difficult to maintain calm.

Corsairs will need to calm their charges and efficiently move them through the town, employing the maze of homes, pulling down break lines, and doing whatever they can to keep the soldiers away from the civilians.
Current Participants: Emery, Matt, Shu
Anticipated Result: The Corsairs will successfully evacuate the civilians, keeping them mostly safe from harm.

Tend Citizens: The Corsairs will need to tend to the wounds of the evacuated civilians, preventing as much death as they can.
Status: Open
Description: It’s rare for a civilian to survive a run-in with even one Bloodfrenzied soldier, but any who do will be brutally maimed. Additionally, in an escape wreathed in fire and devastation, injuries in the flight are common. Corsairs will have a range of injuries, from people torn open by soldiers to people crushed by falling, flaming debris.
Current Participants: Tsuyukusa, Matt, Thomas
Anticipated Result: The Corsairs will successfully heal and save a majority of those who can be saved, although casualties will still happen. Their success frees up the local militia to fight harder, aiding the Corsairs in their fight.

Entrap the Imperials: Before the arrival of Gaurus the Bleeder, the Corsairs set up traps around the town, ensuring they had many ways to entrap both the man himself, and his ships and armors.
Status: Open
Description: Corsairs will spend this quiet pre-battle time laying out traps meant to take down Gaurus the Bleeder and hamper the armors and airships upon landing. Corsairs have access to heavy explosives and enough poison to kill several large monsters, which may even be enough to slow down the man who can manipulate his very bloodstream with his ether.
Current Participants: Ilphyl, Aira, Natalia, Atom
Anticipated Result: The Corsairs will lay so many traps that they can target both the Assassinate Gaurus the Bleeder log and the Escape Vindess log.

Assassinate Gaurus the Bleeder: The Corsairs will face off against the head interrogator and Bloodfrenzied Legion commander Gaurus the Bloody.
Status: Closed, this log will be a single thread between all four participants
Description:Gaurus the Bleeder is an enormously powerful fighter who can manipulate blood on a wide scale. Those who face him in combat can hold their blood to a point, but if Gaurus manages to come in physical contact with a person he can begin to turn their very blood against them. Gaurus is exceptionally dangerous to approach, and must be handled with utmost care.

Gaurus is a huge, barrel-shaped giant who stands at 10’9” and wields cruel cleavers, hooks, knives, and spikes. He wears a bloodied apron over thick, high-quality leather armor, and his body is heavy and muscular. His combat power and ether control are further enhanced by the Empire’s drugs, making his capacity truly beyond belief.

Additional details will be sent to the Log Leader.
Current Participants: Link, Natalia, Atom, Ilphyl
Log Leader: Ilphyl
Anticipated Result: Voting will occur in a sub-thread at the start of the log. Either Gaurus will be captured and the team will be seriously injured or Gaurus will be killed and the team will escape with minor injuries.

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[testygirl]

Boy, is she sick of these damn birds. Aira swipes away the feathers around her face, then lands somewhat off-balance. Her heart is pounding hard in her ears, but she can still hear what Maleficent is saying. Why the hell does she think she can order Donnie around?

"Don't you dare listen to her!" she shouts.

Still defying her pain and weariness by force of will, she darts behind Raph and follows his charge, close enough so that she can say a few quick words. "She might have a spell on him or something. But if you can make an opening, then I'll go right for her and take her out."

It's a rudimentary strategy, but what other options do they have? Still, Aira manages to sound way more confident than she actually is. There's no choice; she has to act like they're going to get through this.

[supersmashbrother]

"Aira!"

Raph dashes to meet her halfway after the failed attempt to kick evil in the face, glancing over a shoulder to make sure she's still okay. He isn't a stranger to being used as a shield, and he'd rather be the one blocking any other attacks coming their way instead of having her left alone to defend herself while she's still reorienting to the situation at hand.

His brow creases upon hearing what Aira relays to him. "A spell? Now that's sick. An' not in a good way." The options really are few and far between, but the cobbled-together tactic she has in mind can do in a pinch.

He reminds himself that now is not the time to get sentimental over how similar she is to April in moments like this.

"With these guys?" The turtle's arms are once again encased in glowing red gauntlets, locking into position out and to either side of his large frame. "Not a problem."

Raph does many things. Some of those things relating to being a ninja aren't very ninja-like at all. In this case, however, he uses that ninja speed, kicking up a few notches as he fearlessly rushes the raven-soldiers with a primal yell. He'll take on one. Heck, he'll take them all on. Giant red fists meet beaks and armor with extreme prejudice, giving Aira the chance she needs to get through.

[purplexing]

Another step forward, like he's walking a tightrope. He flinches as Aira shouts, closing his mouth as he swallows another protest, not necessarily meaning to acquiesce to Maleficent's order, but Donnie feels it all the same, that brightness that starts to fill his inner being, a nameless, unbridled joy that breaks through the fear and anger, and he's unable to keep the smile from his face. It's almost intoxicating, it's far better than the pain he knows will come if he disobeys, the bottomless pit of wretchedness that will pull him down in a heartbeat.

His feet carry him farther, hesitating only because his turtle brother is moving to plow through the raven guard- but then that just clears a path for him in turn.

No, no, he can't, he shouldn't- Raph and Aira...

[allthepowersofhell]

Maleficent stands to the side, unbothered and unaffected as her raven soldiers battle before her. Several of the soldier-ravens crumple beneath Raph's fists, but more keep coming.

Meanwhile, the crystal atop her staff has begun to glow - and is becoming brighter and brighter with every moment.

"Quickly now," she tells Donnie. "Surely you don't wish to try my patience, little turtlekin."

[supersmashbrother]

Raph sniffs at the wrong time, shaking his head as if to try ridding himself of the smell that comes with the burning. "Hah. I feel like Mikey'd be jealous of that move," he coughs, still showing some amazement at the feat.

To answer her question in turn: "Ah, yeah!" He knocks a soldier down to trip up two other madmen who are trying to close in, letting them do what they do when fresh blood is available. "Well, not entirely. Master Splinter taught me an' my brothers specific skills we needed to improve our craft." His sai meets the neck of another soldier with a disconcerting wet thud, yanking it back again to twirl off the excess. "Raph definitely likes training on his own time, though."

[testygirl]

"Heh..."

It's quite impressive and inspiring to witness Raph smashing away. He's not a match personality-wise to any of her own friends from back home, but all the same, he has the same kind of dependable strength—and on the battlefield, there's nothing more valuable.

Unfortunately, Maleficent isn't exactly fighting fair. It seems there may be too many raven soldiers for Raph to clear away on his own, even with all of his exceptional smashing, and so Aira crushes a few herself with a set of powerful kicks. Ugh, but are they seriously going to just keep coming?

"Sorry!"

That's an apology for not finding an immediate opening, and also for what she's about to do—which is to use the back of his shell as a springboard. She builds momentum, then bounds off his back and vaults towards Maleficent. While airborne, the staff draws her attention. If that's the source of power controlling Donnie, then maybe she doesn't need a clean shot at the witch herself.

Groaning from the exertion, and blinded partially from the crystal's glow, Aira extenders a tendril of her hair out towards the staff. Closer, closer, come on...!

[supersmashbrother]

To Raph, the vault off of his back doesn't last for more than a second. Aira's light on her feet and he's as solid as can be. No complaint comes from him here, having his hands full with thinning out the raven soldiers.

But no matter how many he swings he takes, how frequent his stabs are, they just keep coming.

Things get distorted once he pulls back, trying to breathe, crouched in the middle of the path where Donnie is now closer than he should have been.

That expression. That smile. It isn't right.

"Donnie, no!" Raph tries to reach out to stop him, grab him, anything, elbowing a soldier away from him. "Stay with us!"

[purplexing]

He's already seen her cruel in a good mood- he's not sure how much more frightening Maleficent can be if she were to get upset, and yet he still can't help for that smile, that happiness that fills him as he comes closer, even if seeing the glow of her staff just screams bad bad BAD in his head.

Aira's already hurt and she's still trying so hard, but it's Raph's desperate shout that halts him. Donnie turns to look back at him as he stops by the sorceress. He can't ignore his brother, and the last thing he wants is to leave him.

"Raph..." His smile breaks. "Raph, Aira- get out of here!!"

[allthepowersofhell]

Aira and Raph might as not exist, at this moment, to Maleficent. She has her prey in her sights. She will not be distracted.

She moves her staff, lightly touching the crystal just underneath Donnie's chin. And at that same moment, Aira's tendril of hair curls around the staff.

The crystal flashes, a blinding-bright green light - and then Maleficent, Donnie, and Aira all transform into a burst of green fire.

And then, they are gone.

Re: Entrap the Imperials

[frost_and_shinies]

"Okay, so, fight it. Preferably quietly. Can do."

... Given what Natalia's seen of Kaitlyn's style, that may be a bit of an understatement, as blades of ice begin to form in her hands.

Re: Entrap the Imperials

[theriflespiral]

Natalia smirks slightly, and nods. "I'll keep its attention; time to earn our reputation."

She reaches into a small pouch and, among the coins, she produces... a shard of Ether Stone.

The pulsing stops for a second, and what leaps out is somewhere between a mole and an alligator, if it were the size of a large dog.

Natalia slips away from the claws that catch with less than a centimeter to spare, and pockets the stone, making sure the monster knows where it is.

[straykitty]

"Splinter? A curious name, but I can tell he was quite the master."

Ether surges around Renne, for a moment Raph almost seems to see the image of an ornate castle framed in a blood red moon surrounding an elegant but frightening young lady as she propels herself forward in a burst of speed, slashing with her scythe and claiming a frightful number of heads in one swing before alighting elegantly on the ruins of a nearby building, once again removing the blood from her scythe with a single sharp downward swing.

"And what is it that drives you to train on your own? Does your style not suit training alongside your brothers?"

[singlemilletgrain]

"What...?"

Arm out beside her keeping the civilians back, Shu peers around the building and down the street at this strange sight playing out on the roof. Though the sight is somewhat obscured by a poor vantage point, she can still clearly see a man stepping out from thin air. This, perhaps, is not too strange, given her own abilities to transport people through space, but he seems to be armed with nothing more than his instrument.

"That must be... an Arts Unit."

This is not unheard of. Virtuosa could kill with music alone, though it was an exceedingly rare talent.

Shu does not think it is currently wise to interfere with whatever he is planning. She holds up a finger to communicate to the civilians to wait.

[spacetogrow]

Ilphyl nods. They write, "Hide or move?"

[spacetogrow]

Ilphyl is taking a risk by focusing on staying in their own shape, fighting off the curse's effects as long as they can, so they ahev a healer and someone for crowd control. They talk another risk, by sliding silently to Atom's side, holding a spell on their quarter staff to have it spark with lightning. Let Natalia and Link cover the ranged options, Ilphyl will help keep Gaurus off them, and provide some moral support to Atom, because they know Atom isn't used to a fight where they might have to kill their opponent.

[spacetogrow]

The shots hit, and leave blood (and singed hair from the lightning), but Gaurus has clearly been magically enhancing himself so that what should be a kill shot from Natalia doesn't penetrate. Link and Atom's followup are enough to stun him for a moment, but he still isn't coming across as worried. Instead he laughs.

"You have a bit of a sting to you, and you took out some of my soldiers. This won't be boring. Do you want to play a game, child?"

Before Atom's answer, Gaurus sends out a wave of blood magic, targeting the legs of the other three present. The magic itself is meant to cause pain and difficulty moving (if not total paralysis), but nothing permanent (yet). He can't help it if the snipers lose their balance, of course.

"You might be able to run with one of your friends. I'll even let you leave with one, so I can keep the other two to repay those stings. Or you can fight me while I tear your friends apart."

[OOC: Feel free to set how bad the attack is -- I'm keeping a mental count of when Gaurus starts getting actually worried the group will kill him and ups his game. In the mean time, he's messing with Atom, since it seems more fun than trying to stab him.]

[theriflespiral]

Either way they make noise. What's important is that they do it quickly, but...

Vindess? Is a mining town.

And there's a reason Natalia picked this particular shack for preparations.

She pulled aside a set of clapboards to reveal the cut earth, leading back into the collapsed mine. "Hide."

She dims the light.

[theriflespiral]

Ah, yes. This familiar feeling, of being in trouble.

Behind her, something hits the roof of the shotgun shack where she'd put her first blind. She rolls, winces in pain. Terrifying how he's able to keep concentration on the Bloodstained Legion and fight. But she gets the shot off, watching as the one fellow who had actually climbed up the ladder falls among his thirsting brethren.

She controls her breath. Gaurus is not the only one with impressive control over his own body in this fight. Still, she can't help but feel like she's going through the Tribulations now. "when will I learn..." she grumbles to herself.

Just fucking start with the Inner Lotus unfurled. Either they can sense you, or they can't, and you are in the middle of a fight.

Slowly, she gets to her feet, and manages, barely, to maneuver.

[newmemorywhodis]

Link's leg's spasm - and while his position on the roof should have been stable, he does stumble, slipping off of the edge of the roof with a faintly strangled noise of surprise.

From someone else, the stumble could have been very costly - but heights aren't something that worry Link. He's fallen from higher. He pulls out his paraglider by reflex, almost immediately, and begins to glide.

Well. Now he's rather exposed - and closer to Gaurus than Link would prefer. But on the plus side, now that Link is in mid-air, when he can draw his bow - and suddenly, Link is able to shoot impossibly fast.

In less than a second, he fires off seven shots - each Fused to a high damage monster horn, and each one aimed directly at Gaurus.

But those seven shots take up most of his stamina. Link still needs to settle down somewhere safely, and he angles his paraglider just off to one side. If he can just reach that next roof safely...

[upupatomway]

The way Natalia's bullet falls away from Gaurus as if he isn't flesh nearly makes Atom's recognition system question the species of the giant. Robot? The question is overridden immediately by his consciousness, but he does start to wonder how much this battle will resemble a fight with another robot.

"Nobody is running away. You won't be killing anyone else!" Atom starts to charge a more advanced spell, a ball of lightning starting to form a few feet above his head, making his hair stand with static.

He can hear Natalia and Link moving, possibly stumbling, but no cries of pain. He keeps his eyes focused on the opponent.

[supersmashbrother]

"Ooh, special effects!"

That at least holds his attention away from all of the heads flying off in one fell swoop.

"I can train with them, but it turns out I'm too strong. I need someone who can hold their own against me!" Although he sounds boastful, he's being very honest about how the dynamics are. "Which is why I'd rather do rounds with our paper ninja buddy!"

[straykitty]

From her perch, Renne casts down a swarm of magical silver needles as she turns her head toward Raph and gives him something of a wry look.

"I see. So you are the strongest of your brothers, then?"

[spacetogrow]

Raccoons can not grin, but Ilphyl appreciates this, and the raccoon's night vision is good enough to keep pace with most humans. Ilphyl offers her the slate back, then scurries forward to check that the coast is clear here.

[spacetogrow]

Ilhypl drops, but rolls. They manage not to cry out with pain, either, but their spell gutters, leaving their dropped quarterstaff near them. They start chanting a second spell, pointing with a hand to target Gaurus: 'elemental bane' might as well make all the lightning flying around hit Gaurus harder.

They don't want Atom to strike the lethal blow, but between the curse and the pain, they are going to need to get out of range and wild shape to be more useful.

[spacetogrow]

Sorry, Link, but while one arrow or bullet is something Gaurus can shrug off, the continued assault is making a difference and the arrows all hit, overwhelming his ability to regenerate. With a wordless yell, he reaches out to crush one of Link's legs, breaking it.

"Move or die, whelp!" Gaurus is planning on charging to make sure Link is downed, but he doesn't particularly mind swinging his giant hook to remove Atom (or Ilphyl) before he gets to the offending party. Atom is going to get run down and hit if he does not move (or no one acts).