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CathariSarad Since: Jan, 2014
#4276: Jun 9th 2019 at 5:17:19 PM

Siluca - Room 108

Siluca’s eyes widened when she saw the form of Wulfrik on the hologram. The mage had in fact almost forgotten about him, but he was the one who had threatened chaos many weeks ago back at the original council meeting. Moreover, the fact he was controlling these metallic beasts was incredibly alarming. While her district had been developing ways to deal with armored adversaries, Siluca did not know how well her district would stand against multiples of these creatures. Based on Maria’s earlier words, there was a group already producing similar machines, and it was likely Wulfrik would be able to wrest them towards his own control.

“Do we know who else is in charge of administering the factory that produces these machines? Aside from what has been mentioned in this meeting, I know very little of what has transpired in these wastelands.” Siluca briefly glanced towards Jack, “If they’re not already aware, then finding them and informing them of this danger should also be a priority.”

It was a shame Maria had already left, and Siluca had not the slightest idea of where she would have gone off to. Other than that though, the mage did not have much else to say.

Oni-Lord Since: May, 2010
#4277: Jun 9th 2019 at 5:28:47 PM

Shego - Hydie's Tower

The villainess looked up at the floating tower in front of them with a little bit of skepticism. A single person owned something like this? What use could she possibly have for all of that space. "Someones compensating" she mocked under her breath. She still had to play nice after all and get on Lady's good side.

Her attention shifted to her potential boss mentioned a kidnapping issue in the area. It looked like this was going to be her chance to prove her worth in an investigation of these 'Dark Elves' in the area. Flicking her hair back over her shoulder, Shego smirked as she boasted "and here I thought I might have to do something difficult. I'm in."

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#4278: Jun 10th 2019 at 11:09:17 AM

Aun'Shi, The Rebel Is The Reasonable One, Somehow, With Lio and Sisters

Unfortunately, the demon(?) sisters seemed unwilling to entertain his questions, more indignant about the shirtless gue'la talking back to them. Such were conflicting empires and ideologies; hardly ever did they give themselves the time of day. "You needn't baby me, Shas'O. I'm no mere Aun'saal." Assuaging O'Kais's worries, Aun'shi turned back to Lio. The gue'la too was a newcomer to this strange world, but the Ethereal had a couple of ideas for questions to ask him.

"As I've been told, there exists a higher being that brings certain individuals to this place from a particular hill." He said, nodding. "Have you a rough estimate of the road there, having come from there recently? If my assumption is right, that is."


Shigure, Taking It Up A Notch, Bandit Town

"She used to hang out with a bad crowd." He replied with a shrug as they made themselves scarce. It wasn't really Shigure's speed to cut and run, but maybe they could offer their three gald to the plan by distracting the general malicious populace from obstructing the other teams. "So I'm trying to get her to hang with a better one."

"So she doesn't belong to me or anyone; we're just hanging out together for the time being." Having spotted Tira's raven pointing towards the iron grate and then looking up at the rooftops, he turned to his erstwhile fellow escapees. "Up or down, ladies?" He asked with a grin, gesturing between the descent into filth or ascent into... filthy air, probably.

Can't be 5'2 if everyone thinks you're over six feet tall-
Meanken Since: May, 2013
#4279: Jun 10th 2019 at 11:22:51 AM

Tira/Arenea (Bandit Town)-Down we go

Tira hopped off of the roof as they reached the grate. Thany says down, so we go down!

"Fine with me. Arenea said with a shrug. Tira walked over and attempted to grab and open it. Arenea let her struggle for about 5 seconds as she lifted as hard as she could and failed to so much as budge it. Then Arenea used her spear as a lever, hooked it into the gap, and yanked the thing open.

Thanks! Tira said as she jumped in, Arenea behind her and leaving Shigure to close it behind her.

Inside, Tira staggered and started sputtering.

EWWWWWWW! She yelled as she staggered away from the ladder. Motherfucker, it smells like.....FUCK THIS IS TERRIBLE!

"Welcome to the sewer." Arenea said as she grabbed the back of their prisoner's neck. "Try to recover quick, otherwise we'll have to get someone else if we have to bloody him up a bit."

Then she took the man's head and dipped it in the nearest dirty sewer water for a second or two to try to wake him up.

Makaioh Since: Jan, 2015
#4280: Jun 10th 2019 at 2:31:44 PM

Akiba Streets

"Yeah, he's pretty easy to find considering that there's an entire hill staked out where he is. Even if you can't follow directions all that easily, just ask around for the 'Hill of Origin' and people around these parts will point it out pretty easily." Giving the aliens a way towards the custodian apparent of the Frontiers proper, Lio then turned his attention back over to where the demon sisters were continuing with their sass with furrowed brow and more than slight disgust on his face.

"Rules are put into place as restrictions that all society needs though they can easily turn into shackles and prisons for those that go under such systems. Whatever you are trying to do already sounds pretty skeevy as is and there's already some ad-hoc government in place right now so attempting to stamp out undesirable elements like you're doing is a good way to get a target painted on you for being regime shakers and coup raisers."

Languidly rotating his wrist so that a manicured hand gestured at them, the fanciest rebel smirked as he highlighted the difficulties in accomplishing their totalitarian regime. "So yeah, try doing that and see where that'll get you. Once you're on the run from the law instead of being the ones in charge, I'll be there to laugh at your follies." Living up to his leonine name, the youth was quite simply put, incredibly catty at the moment.

Camoa Gates -> Pub

Keeping their weapon in place even as the watch tower archers lined up with great bows nocked and aimed at old Blobespierre himself, it was only sound of clanking armor and the undead's willingness to not show overtly aggressive movements that that stopped him from being attacked. Van himself eventually showed up from the distance, supporting his men over his shoulders with a grunt before yelling out to the guards that the party that went out for the expedition were to be allowed through.

Naturally complying with the words of someone they greatly trusted, it wasn't long before proper access to Camoa was granted and the drow properly interrogated by what looked like a bipedal shaggy dog in robes, with the information concerning them coming out eventually. Wiping his blade, the militia leader looked rather downcast due to not being able to do anything at the moment until they could figure out how to brave the perils of the pitch dark underground.

"Alright, I have good news and bad news. The former is that we now know who these 'Drow' are. The bad one is that there is an entire city of such people lurking miles beneath Baptiste Hill proper which means that properly invading that area will prove both costly and futile for the moment. Still, we finally have the answers to our questions in that these Drow were seeking plunder and prisoners to spirit back down to their damnable den of sins."

Colorado Wastes

"YEAAAART!" Screaming at the top of their lungs and rushing forward to do as stated, weighted nets were thrown atop the lopsided beast to further pressure it from thrashing about too much, with brawny bandits carrying sledgehammers and mallets even going so far as to scurry at the vicinity to smash the heavy stakes connected into the ground to arrest momentum of charging attacks.

And then Wulfrik's bull mount promptly did its own seismic stomp attack laden with sparks that ignited the volatile powder it huffed out to send screaming mooks a crashing while also lighting up the greasy net and a part of the Behemoth on fire. This in turn spurned the thing to once more use its gravity generators to attempt to pull the obstacles tethering it to the earth skyward, lighter debris shunted upwards while the heavier parts rattled ominously from cracked and bulging earth that threatened to explode outwards very soon like a landmine...

Bandit Town Sewers

The dumb one that the murder hobo team had taken hostage and forced his head into the literal shit infested water promptly began to splutter and thrash his limbs before opening his eyes to gaze at the unfamiliar surroundings and all too familiar faces. "COR BLIMEY WHERE AM I?!" Shifting to and fro as best as he could in Aranea's hold, the dumb gonk wasn't feeling all too good atm.

Bandit Town Power Plant

Shooting ineffectually at the giant Rosalina hologram for a moment before realizing it was a mirage due to the telltale signs of solid mass all but sliding through the three dimensional projection like fish through water, the soldiers that weren't blasted by Luma's weird star bit attack did hand signs before tossing out what looked like fragmentation grenades towards the star lady's general vicinity.

Luma meanwhile got people who decided to use their rifles like bludgeons to attack him with the butts in an attempt to shove him outside of their group so they could unload a spray of lead. The person that just got out of the Glasgow meanwhile was doing a frantic climb up to try to grab Rico and physically pull him out from reaching the cockpit proper since giving the enemy access to a giant robot no matter how old and outdated was a bad idea in general when everyone else was on foot.

Finally at the Koopa Kasino, Mayor Cody Party

"Oh, I didn't make this! I stole it! Though apparently you can easily just take over a factory or something if you wanna assemble something like this yourself. If you wanna just take it then you can get it off the streets or at something called a 'car dealership'. Gotham has a bunch of those around." Guilelessly responding to Naga with the same friendly attitude that he would most people, Astolfo then smacked the car horn before handing the adventuress a map of the area to show where to find such factories and auto sales places.


Watching the Giovanni scurry away, Cody simply took out a little black notebook before jotting a few things into that particular missive before closing it into a tiny parcel tube and tossing it into the air with an audible grunt. Something quick flashed through the skies before grabbing said notebook and wheeling off into the distance, turning out to be a particularly well-trained [1].

With that said and done, the man looked quite a bit more relaxed and at ease as he stomped along after Bowsette to eventually arrive at her casino which at this point had gotten a total makeover so that even the front entrance was now a gleaming neon monstrosity of a gateway adorned with Bowser designs up the wazoo. Quirking an eyebrow at the place and turning his attention towards the delivery truck that drove at exactly that right moment to deliver a whole Aptonoth carcass for Velvet's kitchen endeavors, the mayor candidate soon eyed the area to find that it was rather fully functional in stark contrast with the rundown street it was found on.

Part of the reason for that seemed to be due to the lumbering earth golems that moved about the perimeter at set times, top heavy stone ones along with more rounded fatsos made of clay and moss. No doubt the alchemist apparent had something to do with all those constructs in general, with the automatons allowing access to the outer grounds for everyone involved before sliding in seamlessly to form a defensive perimeter about the swanky lightshow palace once more.

"Alright, now that we're here... I suppose we can finally get started on actually getting the nitty gritty down for the events and such as well as plans going forward. You're all taking a big risk throwing in your lot with me and I respect that. If I win, I'll make sure you get acknowledged for your efforts. In any case, surprisingly we got a good base to work with at the moment. Any other suggestions besides the charity event?"

Meanwhile a particularly loud radio of an occupied parked car nearby that was playing the harsh rock music promptly crackled into static before suddenly shifting to emergency announcement mode. "We interrupt your regularly scheduled programs to bring you breaking news! A terrorist attack made upon the Gotham City Founders Gala has all but resulted in a death toll of nearly three dozen socialites as well as an even greater number of staff! Oddly enough all corpses found so far all seem to have some sort of porcelain owl masks on their person, indicating that they belong to some kind of the same secret society or organization? We will keep the public updated on-" And then suddenly the transmission got cut off, as though the signal got forcibly overridden.

Edited by Makaioh on Jun 10th 2019 at 2:43:02 AM

Meanken Since: May, 2013
#4281: Jun 10th 2019 at 2:50:07 PM

Tira/Arenea (Sewers)-Interrogation 101

The second the guy woke up, Tira was ready to go.

Yay, he's up! Now I get to cut him and-

Arenea raised one of her hands to stop Tira as she stepped right in front of the restrained thug, not having particular difficulty restraining the man with one hand.

"Wait, wait, wait. Have you never done an interrogation before?"

She had to think about this. That was a big word. Arenea, seeing her fail to understand, sighed.

"Have you never asked someone a question and threatened to cut them if and only if they didn't respond?"

Oh! No!

"Riiiiiiight. So, we have to ask him a question first. Then, if he doesn't tell us what we want to know or tries to lie to us, then you get to cut but not kill him. Do you understand?"

Errrrrr.....I think so, yep!

She shook her head and looked down at the dumbass thug. "I wouldn't press your luck if I were you. I don't know if she'll be able to hold back once she starts cutting. If you'd like to take the first question?" She said, motioning towards Shigure.

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#4282: Jun 10th 2019 at 5:25:27 PM

Hydaelyn - Spire

Hydie grinned at Lady and changed to her familiar White Mage robes. "Sure I'll do my best to let the new kids have their moment." Hydaelyn noted, agreeing with Lady. "Oh, by the way." She cointiued looking at Shego."I have pretty sharp hearing. If you'd like to put me to the test sometime I'm always up for a challenge." The feline woman winked at her brfore turning back to Lady. "If you've got a starting place in mind I can give you guys a lift."

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Meanken Since: May, 2013
#4283: Jun 10th 2019 at 5:40:58 PM

Lady (Hydie's Spire)-The usual starting location

Lady turned her head backward toward Shigo, smirking.

"Now, don't get too cocky, or I'll send you to do everything on your own while I take a nice, long shower."

She turned back to Hydie.

"Well, I can only think of one place to start, what seems to be the center of all information, trade, and meet up locations."

Hydie undoubtedly already knew what Lady had in mind.

"The local pub."

Lady (Camoa Pub)-Late to the party

Soon enough, the group of 4 would enter the pub. Lady wasted no time as she walked over to the counter. By this point, the man would undoubtedly know her by sight, she'd been around enough picking up jobs the last couple of weeks.

"Afternoon. My and my co-workers and employees are looking for some information on a group of "Dark elves", they've apparently been skulking around the outskirts of town the last couple of weeks. We think they may be connected to the string of kidnappings that's been going on. You happen to have heard anything about them?"

Lady dug into her pocket, laying a couple of coins on the counter.

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#4284: Jun 10th 2019 at 6:07:45 PM

The Joker - Funhouse

"Who he is and what he looks like? Why, missy, if I have the ability to identify someone's super secret identity, I wouldn't have so much trouble with a certain other no-good do-gooder years ago!"

Certainly, he would have had so many options to play against a certain bat otherwise. Thoughts on his nemesis aside though, that doesn't mean he knows absolutely nothing about Scarecrow. "Luckily for you, I just recently got to know the alias that our wonderful sack-wearing Wizard of Oz character goes by. One Dr. Orca Crews. Not too obvious a nickname like John Smith but not too unique and out-of-the-way either, so I give him an above-average score when it comes to secret identity! That's as far as I know, though! The rest, you'll have to find out for yourself or die trying!"

"So you want boring old statistics on Gotham's population, eh? Can't say I really keep track on that one, but I'm sure I have it lying around in my hideout somewhere. I'll send one over when I find it, plus the prison and asylum's criminal records as a bonus!"

Then comes Junko's detailed infodump on Cody and his entourage. Man-eating monsters roaming around is just an average Tuesday in Gotham, just ask Killer Croc, though having one attached to a Mayor candidate would probably be alarming to an average citizen. That being said... "That's all well and good, but does the footage show it eating, I dunno, a kid, elderly or someone that looks like an innocent bystander? See, we're gonna need more impact and 'OOMPH' if we're looking to smear him and I doubt that most of the common people would care much if it's a dangerous criminal that are dying off gruesomely. Like us!"

So this Cody has the 'super-strength and toughness' powerset. No wonder the man's confident and ballsy enough to take on the criminal gangs directly. And now, other Gotham players emerged and made contact with the mayor, the notable ones being the dino-queen of Koopa Kasino, the Italian Mafia of Gotham's trashcan and some fourth-wall-breaking guy from the Electrics Company. "You know, you're absolutely right! He sure sounds like a tough nut to crack! It's times like this that my gang has to flex their muscles. And I was already thinking of taking over Arkham Island from Falcone 2.0, and not because the place is loaded! Call me sentimental, but the asylum was always like a second funhouse to me." Fondly thinking back on the fun he had from past events, it's time he figured to make his next move.

"Now if you'll excuse me for a moment, I got calls to make, invitations to hand out and prize money to give away! I'll be sure to call back later!"

And thus, the Joker plays his hand.

Gotham City

Everywhere in Gotham, small-time criminal gangs, Joker thugs and anyone else with access to cellphones would have an anonymous tip. Upon opening it, the following message is displayed:

Ding ding ding! Special offer! Stand a chance to win $5 Million dollars for the low, low price of one(1) dead Cody Travers! Make selfies with his corpse, mail us his head, we don't care which! So long as you bring proof of him kicking the bucket and you did the deed, you'll come away extra rich and make one clown very happy(and enjoy instant promotion if you're part of the funnest gang in the City!)

Just below the message was a picture of a crudely-photoshopped Joker taking a selfie, with opened briefcases and stacks of cash lying just behind him.

Bunch'o Disposables - Gotham Sewers - Croc Hunting

Underneath the cobbled streets of Gotham, a squad of Joker goons were traversing the sewers where a certain Croc is said to frequently lurk. At the center of it was an oddly-tamed giant of a man, a Titan, with a sack on his head which reads 'Krok Food'.

One of them was outfitted with standard Prison Guard gear, with a stun baton attached on his hip. Two were standard Joker goons in orange jumpsuits while four others were regular civilians forced into this.

Their orders, according to the Joker, was simple. Give the man-eater a gift, relay the Joker's message to him... and survive the entire process. Do that, and maybe the chips embedded onto their head won't explode and the hostages back at home are kept safe.

Deadshot - Apartment Safehouse

From within his secured safehouse from which an assassin-for-hire is cleaning and maintaining his guns, the crudely-made bounty message from the Joker pops up from his phone. Another message followed soon after however, which reads:

Not you, Deadshot. I know you have awfully high standards, so lemme sweeten the deal a bit.

After the message was received, a sound from his laptop attracted his attention which contains info and list on all potential clients, targets and such. On it, $3M was already wired into his account from an anonymous source.

Consider this an advance payment from yours truly~ Now, that bounty earlier? I'll triple it if you're the one who did him in! Sure, there's going to be tons of others chasing after him, but you won't mind additional competition, right?

And that's where the message ends. Ever since the day Gotham was separated from the rest of the world, the amount of his high-risk high-reward jobs had hit an all-time low. Barring the one where the late Two-Face offered up $50M for the Phantom's head, all he had been doing was sniping for and at unscrupulous politicians and no-name crime bosses. And here, was a target important and dangerous enough to warrant such a high price from the Clown himself.

A click and his custom-made rifle maintenance was complete. It's time to hunt down a mayor.

Jokestar Goons - Streets, near Starscream

Out on the street corner, Starscream would find a couple of thugs beaten to hell and back by the Joker gang armed with crowbars and wooden bats. Upon closer inspection, their outfits had the Decepticon insignia, indicating that they're one his. Nearby, was a smeared Henry Arkeville poster.

Upon noticing their leader(whether it be in his Pretender form or otherwise), one of them walks up to him. "Yo boss, that one o'er has been fucking up your posters, so we fucked them up good instead."

One vigorously comical beating at the vandalizers later, he continued. "Buncha same things have been happening everywhere, those cowardly fucks, but we'll find and round them up soon enough. So how's the meet'n, boss? Show them Cody who's boss yet?"

Then, a Joker message popped up from which he picked up his phone and read it.

"... Damn. Gotta admit, that's a lot of cash."

"A post per day keeps the GMs away!"
GameGuruGG Vampire Hunter from Castlevania (Before Recorded History)
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#4285: Jun 10th 2019 at 9:07:37 PM

Juri, Actually Brought Her Bike This Time, Koopa Kasino

Unlike the others, Juri actually brought her bike to Gotham and used it to follow Bowsette to her casino. Having parked it outside the Koopa Kasino, Juri and the Silent Magician simply walked in.

"Swanky," Juri snarked as she looked around the Koopa Kasino, soon spotting the golems there. "Oh, more golems."

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TheodoreHastings Since: Jan, 2013
#4286: Jun 11th 2019 at 11:12:40 AM

Gotham, City Hall: Into the Lion's Den

Alan watched with a suppressed grin as Candidate Travers literally took the problem into his own hands. He glanced at the garbage man's pants to check if the bastard had pissed himself, and was slightly disappointed that he hadn't. Guess the guy had experience brushing with a well-deserved curb-stomp.

So as the coward scrambled into his limo and ordered the driver to get the hell out of here, the Travers Campaign Adviser shouted a message he knew Giovanni wouldn't hear:

"Say hi to the kid for me!" And with a chuckle, he turned to the formerly silver-haired woman; now a humanoid silver-scaled dragon.

"I wouldn't bother with collecting the cash. At this point, refusing it is a matter of principle. Taking campaign money from a guy we threatened to throw in the ICU makes us look bad. 'Gotham Crime Lords' levels of bad."

He studied the dragon-woman's new form with a shade of excitement in his smile. My, what giant teeth you have! Said excitement bloomed further as he turned over to the candidate with a laugh.

"Ho-lee shit." he cackled. "Remind me to never piss you off, okay?"

He sensed that Velvet had both eyes trained on him, but he felt no reason to comment. Let her think what she wants, for now. Wasn't like he was running out of cards to play.

"I like to stay active." he shrugged at the White Serpent's comment about his multi-tasking lifestyle. "Also I drink coffee. Lots of coffee."

That wasn't a lie, either; he shared the old Alan's addiction to coffee. Who else would wander around a horror-fest just to grab every coffee thermos in town?

He had to give the D&D concubine some credit, though; advertising the campaign on cars was a classic and effective move. Not bad for someone who'd never seen a van before.

So while the artists and their newfound director got to work, Wake divided his attention between Travers and the Koopa Queen. Up till now he'd been especially cautious not to speak straight to Bowsette, and to hardly even look at the magenta-haired sociopath giving him the death glare. He'd been hoping that Travers was smart enough to take his advice and keep a safe distance from these crazy chicks. Turns out Bowsette seemed to know exactly what buttons to press to get Cody to do what she wanted.

Thirty years, has a history with other video game characters...how in the hell have I never heard of her before?

This looked like a trap. This reeked of a trap. No one was even pretending that this wasn't a trap. And yet one by one people hopped into the van, or hopped onto a bike, or (in Travers' case) just chose the hoof it to the Koopa Kasino. Mr. Wake stood frozen to the bottom steps of City Hall, puzzled. It wasn't that they didn't know what would happen—shit, even one of his Taken could figure this problem out—it's that none of them seemed to care! So a giant fire-breathing villain was inviting them into her lair. So what? They'd head there, set up for a fund-raiser, thwart whatever cartoonishly-complex trap Bowsette threw at them, and maybe head out for some gelato after it was over!

Half of him couldn't understand what led them to actively make their lives harder; the other half understood because they didn't see Bowsette as a viable threat, and that bothered him far more than just believing they were all idiots. Then again, it wasn't like they shared his weakness—an Achilles heel the size of a barn and which all three of those bitches had easy access to.

Following the crowd was suicide, absolute suicide...but Travers was quickly becoming an asset he couldn't afford to lose. Maybe he could find a silver lining in all this, but for better or worse he'd lose what little faith he'd just earned if he stood here and twiddled his thumbs. He muttered a slew of curses under his breath, and started walking. He caught up to the candidate, and shared some advice...

Gotham, Koopa Kasino: Scratch That...More Like Into the Furnace

"Oh my God." Alan winced; the absolutely glaring light of the Koopa Kasino allowed him to do nothing else. This place wasn't just a fire hazard waiting to happen, it was a goddamn tumor on the electrical grid! Were he confident the Koopa Queen wouldn't flambe him just for suggesting it, he'd shut this place down as a matter Gotham's security. Christ, this place could power two hospitals!

He peered through all-but closed eyes to spot the golems walking around, and deduced they weren't Bowsette's. They looked nothing like the turtles and walking mushrooms he associated with Super Mario Bros. Chances were they belonged to Sunshine, the snake charmer. What a stroke of luck; out of the three, she was the voice of reason.

Expecting either Bowsette, or Cagliostro or (God forbid) Void Termina to spot the annoying man who'd trashed their casino two weeks back, Mr. Wake held up his hands, both as a sign of compliance, and a preemptive request for them to calm the fuck down.

"I'm Mr. Travers' Campaign Adviser, ladies; you want him, I'm part of the package. There's no need to repeat what happened last time. Chuckles isn't here, and I swear on my mother's grave that I'll behave myself. If I don't, you all get a free hit—your giant monsters included. Sound fair?"

He was offering them his execution, and perhaps the manager (and/or her assistants) could see it through his squinting eyes.

As if the scorching lights weren't enough to put Mr. Scratch on edge.

nman Since: Mar, 2010
#4287: Jun 11th 2019 at 1:54:50 PM

Adventurers Guild - DSR-50 and M16A1

"Well, there's much more than two bodies, but it is like we are all fingers on the same glove, ja?" DSR explained to Elize.

"Jesus, you've been wandering around Gotham this entire time?" M16 added. Then she paused, and put a hand to her chin, thinking.

"Hit me," M16A1 said suddenly, smirking slightly. "You can handle yourself, right? So lemme see what you've got."

City Hall -> Koopa Kasino - Gotham - Naga

"Ohhh, I see," Naga said, taking the map from Astolfo and looking it over for a few seconds. "Albedo, hold this for me." She held out the map, which her new dutiful slave intern dilligently took and then held it reverently, her hands trembling.

"Well, that's a good start," she said to Kisara and her minions. "But duty calls! I must be off!"

She floated up, following Juri and her new assistant closely as they all ventured to some new house of pleasures in order to talk business, Albedo flying behind Naga and keeping up with all the weird twists and turns she took. Eventually, they all wound up at their destination, which seemed like a modestly-decorated casino resort of some sort. More interestingly, though, were some of the strange servants that populated the place. Golems! Someone else's golems!

"Not bad work," Naga complimented the golems, peering at one of the odd creatures. "Not bad work at all for a novice. Why, with a few more years of practice and ten times as much power, whoever made these could possibly make something that even I, the great Naga the Serpent, would find passable! Hohohohoho!"

Power Plant - Bandit Town - Rosalina

"That's not good..." Rosalina commented to herself as she took out her wand. With a twing and a twang she continued to hide behind part of pigpen, the wand grabbing the grenades from the ground and plucking them from the air, throwing them back with a grace afforded to her by her Tennis career. After she had thrown a few back, she hunkered down behind her shield and braced for any potential impact.

Luma flailed around as the mean bandit people started hitting him with the barbarically primitive ballistic weapons that these uncivilized cretins used in place of proper energy weapons. He barreled straight back, charging into the water tank and slop pit meant to hold the food and water for the pigs, and smashed into their wooden sides like a bucking bronco in order to send a whole bunch of unpleasant liquids and substances flowing out into the crowd of men.

Bcom Since: Jun, 2014
#4288: Jun 11th 2019 at 3:23:27 PM

Gespenst - Bandit Town HQ

The black mech stood there, some what amazed that what Lelouch said was accepted at face value. Either this knight was an idiot, he knew the royal family extremely well, or there was some spooky shit afoot, but those thoughts had to be buried due to the situation. He could brow beat the teenager for information later.

"Apologies to interrupt this reunion Sir Manfredi, Lord Lelouch, but I believe that for now we should have the Britannian forces stationed within bandit town stand down so as to avoid potential conflict. You did bring allies with you after all, Lord Lelouch, and it'd be best to avoid allies accidentally firing on one another."

Enterprise - Akihabara Adventurer's Guild

Enterprise stopped to look at the notice board before heading all the way back to Eagle Union territory. There was apparently something with a mayoral election in gotham that seemed to be happening, but that involved politics and after the last few hours Enterprise wanted to go out and stretch her legs, not get involved in more talking. There was also a raiding party being scheduled by the Sakura Empire which was better than nothing she supposed.

"As much as I'd regret helping Kaga, I'm gonna have to do this. I need some extra resources."

Looking around she spotted M16...apparently bullying a small child, such a great impression. Still, nothing ventured nothing gained, so she approached.

"Are you in charge of the raid that's on the notice board?"

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#4289: Jun 11th 2019 at 3:56:25 PM

Wulfrik, Wastes

-His hair on fire and several ribs pointing in opposite directions, Wulfrik pulls himself up, the bull's horns twisting to grapple with the rhino's exposed sides. In no state to weather another charge by either beast and seeing the levitating debris, he yells at his warriors through the blood filling his mouth.-

Gehft- hrlf- GET CLEAR!!!

-Throwing one arm around the beast's neck to anchor himself despite the increasing vibrations, he shoves the spear into the juggernaut's head.-

In the Darktl- Gods' name, you wilphgl- be MINE!!!

O'Kais, Akibahara

-Unable to be completely at ease, O'Kais continues to scan for potential hostiles. True, Aun'shi has seen more frontline combat than many Tau, including Shi'Ores, but he is still completely exposed, and the only shield drone on the planet is in the firm grip of Skreeek, who will likely be reluctant to give it back.-

Gotham Sewers

-Without a sound, a pair of slit-pupiled eyes emerges from the water, looking intently at the intruders. After some time, the eyes disappear into the brackish water. Several feet in front of the Joker's delegation, an enormous alligator lumbers up on the concrete bank, hissing territorially. A similar splash is heard behind them, before a mocking voice makes itself heard, an accent originating from the swampier parts of the Americas echoing through the sewer.-

Well, well, looks lahk we got us some city slickers down 'ere. You boys get lost on yer way to the clown convention?

Edited by Chabal2 on Jun 11th 2019 at 12:56:37 PM

Bored_Man Since: Jun, 2015 Relationship Status: Abstaining
#4290: Jun 11th 2019 at 4:34:48 PM

Toriel (Adventurer's Guild) - Coffee Break's Over, Back to Work (Maybe)

"I see, that is a pleasure to hear...truth be told, I am not exactly sure how busy I will be in the coming days; I work in the hospital, and will also be spending time in the recent berry fields, so it may be some time before I am able to speak with you again, or I may be back again the next day." Letting go of Lucy's shoulder, as she suspected it may have been too forward of a gesture after all, Toriel gave her a polite bow of the head. "In any case, I wish the best for you and yours, Miss Lucy. Until we meet again." Giving Lucy a kind smile, Toriel finally set off, allowing Lucy the fleeting pleasure of solitude once again.

Sonia (Adventurer's Guild) - Prime Directive

As Sonia was about to bring up that she could simply use her own Permit to summon Maria's Vampire Killer to her and pass it on that way, not pleased with how blasé Maria was being about the matter, a nagging voice in her head stopped her in her tracks; as helpful as she wanted to be, Maria and her world were not Sonia's responsibility to fix. If she simply took over the matter for her, it would be a clear sign that Sonia didn't think the Renard capable to fight her own battles. With a heavy sigh, and a look of acceptance on her face, Sonia quieted her voice as she spoke again.

"I see. Then if you wish it, we will reconvene once you have another Permit at your disposal. That said, if you should like to seek me out sooner for anything, anything at all, don't hesitate to do so. It's the least I can do." Sonia finished her spiel by offering the Renard her hand, as if to make this a binding promise.

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#4291: Jun 11th 2019 at 5:12:42 PM

The Diamonds, Oil Refinery

"Hm, that's not a bad idea," Pink nodded to Daisy-8. "Well, since Lune seems willing go in, I'll be in her hands."

Pink then turns back into her diamond form and floats over near Lune.

Boomer75 Since: Aug, 2017
#4292: Jun 11th 2019 at 5:41:35 PM

Elize and Teepo- Adventurer's Guild w/ DSR-50, M 16 A 1, and Enterprise

"Wow... that's kinda freaky..."

The girl was... baffled by the T-Doll's request.

"H-hit you? Uh... I-I guess I can...G-get 'em, Teepo!"

And so, M16 would find a suprisingly hard stuffed animal rushing at her, aiming straight for her. There was a look of horror on Elize's face as another new face approached, too late to stop Teepo from trying to make impact.


Daisy (Agent 8-Possessed) with Mythra- Oil Refinery

Alright, seems like they have a strategy. Now to hope that it works.

"Alright then, very well. Since your making the offering, I'll take your lead on approaching them, Lune. What signal should we use when it's go time?"

Edited by Boomer75 on Jun 11th 2019 at 8:42:06 AM

JustSomeGuy732 Just another guy from Somewhere Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
Just another guy
#4293: Jun 11th 2019 at 5:57:34 PM

Gotham Sewers

Startled at the sight of the alligator, their tension only rises up when a giant of a reptilian man sneaked up behind them. This was the territory of the notorious Gotham rogue, one who would devour you if you so much as look at him wrong.

Killer Croc.

Ignoring a couple of civilians already wetting their pants in fear, the prison guard mook cleared his throat and approached the man-eater carefully. "Not lost. We were looking for you, Croc. The Joker's got a message for you, a... partnership, if you will." Afterwards, he cocked his head at the Titan and his men started prodding it. The Titan complied, moving forward with its hands bind by chains.

An offering.

"Not sure how much you heard, but word around the street is that an italian guy, an Outsider, now owns the Waste Disposal Company on Arkham Island. He's got mad cash and even a gang themed around being trashmen. Sooner or later, he probs gonna be using the sewers, aka your territory, to expand his operations too, which is something you might not appreciate."

"Our boss is lookin' to ransack the place and retake Arkham island like the good old days. You're looking to protect your sewers. See where I'm going with this?"

Meanwhile, the other goons traded nervous glances with each other, their hands not being far off from their peashooters even if it'll do diddly squat against him.

"A post per day keeps the GMs away!"
nman Since: Mar, 2010
#4294: Jun 11th 2019 at 6:16:14 PM

Adventurers Guild - DSR-50 and M16A1

M16 gave a curious glance at the girl as her doll did... something. If worse came to worse, could take a solid slug to the chest and make it out alive, and this kid wouldn't go for a killshot... right?

So she blinked a few times as it shot forward, smashing into her gut and knocking her flat on her ass.

"Alright," she said. She nodded once, and then stood back up. "I guess you're good.... Window seat or aisle?"

"Ja, that's us," DSR-50 winked at Enterprise and moved towards her. She didn't even flinch as the M16 a little ways behind her got toppled by a little girl. "Are you here to play for our team now, my little Adlerin?"

josh6243 Akuma Shogun from Dragon Shrine Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
Akuma Shogun
#4295: Jun 11th 2019 at 11:37:46 PM

Gunther - Camoa Pub

“But why would the drow do that in the first place, asked the lazy Darcsen. “Aren't they satisfied with what they have?”

After asking that, Gunther ordered a simple meat sandwich with some mead and listened to the gossip for now.

Kisara and Witchcrafters - Koopa Casino

I arrived at the casino fashionably late in my dragon form. The Witchcrafters were even clinging onto my limbs. Even though this form strained me a lot, I made sure I used this form as little as possible. I quickly changed back into my human form, lest they don't get the wrong image.

Upon seeing the casino's interior, the Witchcrafters gasped in awe.

Edel grinned, “Nice place, but it could use more gemstone decorations... Why not use some diamonds?”

Schimitta rolled her eyes and grumbled, “It's always about the gemstones for you.”

Edel retorted, “Like you're any better, Ms. 'Infinite Chase'!”

Pittore broke up the fight before it even started. “Stop, my fellow artists. Our queen here would be upset if we wrecked the place.” Pittore gestured at the lizard-dragon girl, and the gemologist and blacksmith sighed.

Schimitta and Edel mumbled, “Sorry, Pittore...”

Entry 4 Part 16 - (Lune, Milliana, and Malia - Bandittown Oil Refinery)

For now, I held the Pink Diamond diamond (that was redundant) in my hands. We needed to keep her safe, but not too safe. The Britannians needed to believe our ruse.

I replied, “I'll wink at you when it's time.”

In order to make me look more like a convincing hostage, Malia and Milliana quickly tied me up and threw some dirt on me. Luckily, they used a knot I knew how to break out of with ease. They're pretty good at faking a situation.

Afterwards, Malia got handcuffed with the remaining rope by Milliana. The martial arts dancer was going to join me. For some reason, she was quite eager to do this mission.

With a grin, Malia eagerly said, “We a-are ready.... Let's do th-this.”

Makaioh Since: Jan, 2015
#4296: Jun 12th 2019 at 11:30:42 AM

Bandit Town Sewer

"Uhhhhh..." Eyes shifting around to see that there were no others from his street gang and that he was surrounded by people who were armed, the bandit's mental gears started churning along even as the rather sharp weapon was threateningly placed near him before two brain cells rubbed together and the man nodded rather quickly. "Okay, I'll tell you whatever you want!" Self preservation trumped loyalty to the state and there was no honor among thieves here, nope.

Colorado Wastes

The struggle between one angry man and a berserk machine continued, the gravity field ripping some of the stakes embedded in the earth clear up so that they were now akin to anemones of thrashing steel. Wulfrik for his part would also be similarly dragged upward though his anchoring about the neck and embedding the spear within its wiry neck ensured that he was only in the middle of a perpetual free fall rather than blasted clear into the sky. Snorting and bucking its head to and fro while repeatedly pounding on the earth, the Behemoth's colors slowly turned into a more infected hue a few minutes later, settling down to allow Wulfrik time to recuperate after that particular rodeo.

Akiba Guild

Cynthia simply waved in a welcoming manner to the approaching Enterprise while watching the weird not-Pokemon outright Tackle the T-Doll with an appraising eye. Good form but could still use some work to maximize impact damage.


"Have a nice day as well." Sipping from her mug as she watched Toriel leave, Lucifer waited until the monster woman was out of both eye and ear shot before waving a nearby BUB'S employee on over. "Notify me through the network should that individual ever find herself in trouble." With the gargoyle adopting a crisp salute after being given that order, the fallen angel let out a hum of approval before once more enjoying the calmness of her surroundings.

Camoa Pub

Casually sliding a hand and taking those coinage, the pub owner let out a slight smile before pointing out the group that had the militia leader as well as those who had personally participated in the drow raid event. Thankfully for Lady and co. they were in time to catch the entirety of the exposition on what was known about the drow thus far that was gained from the interrogation session.

Goddess Tea Party

"My, this is a conundrum is it not? Still, your helpful offers are mightily appreciated. If I could trouble you to muster your forces once this meeting is done, then that will be a good start at the very least. Right now what we need is concrete information as well as a window of opportunity to act while Lloth does not yet know of our true capabilities."

Tapping steadily on her hand rest, Mila thoughtfully peered towards the sky before making her decision. "I will let you release the information given here as seen fit since the mortals here have some experience in the military side of things though it would be best not to give command over your forces or my own children to whoever you ask for help. Keep such control separate, lest the inches given get turned into a mile by opportunistic recruiters."

"As for payment... I will use mine powers to grow surplus crops as well as attract livestock for whoever decides to join this expedition with the amount corresponding to contribution in battle. At the very least, no army shall ever go hungry as long as they have my favor so a good deal of the supplies needed to wage warfare are already properly accounted for with my aid. Gold and weapons are not something I can pay with at the moment but none shall ever starve to death in my favor." Closing her eyes, the Kingsgrail smiled benevolently while demonstrating by grabbing a single poppy seed muffin on the tray to turn it into an entire bouquet of flowers in mere seconds.

Cody Party, Gotham

"Ah, so someone does know their golemcraft. Yes, these are simply mass produced goods where aesthetics are secondhand to functionality and raw power. There is no need to be fancy on expendable units made to be easily maintained and replaced defensive units so to speak." Smirking as she glanced over at Naga's own remarks about how to prepare golems, the alchemist couldn't help but respond back with a clarification as to why they were currently on the more meh side of the form department.

Edited by Makaioh on Jun 12th 2019 at 11:54:29 AM

SpartyMcFly Military Grade Shitposter from Not where he should be Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Get out of here, STALKER
Military Grade Shitposter
#4297: Jun 12th 2019 at 12:03:22 PM

Power Plant

The blow didn't kill the man, but what it did do was knock him down into a herd of pigs. The squealing bacon carriers smashed against the fences in fright, until they broke it down and started a riot. Chaos spread; workers ran everywhere, guards had started opening fire, bandits were getting ready to personally interdict.

This was Rico's element.

Quickly, he moved to slide into the cockpit of the mech, only to notice its former pilot climbing up to try and drag him down and away from the cockpit. Working on pure instinct, Rico aimed his Grappler and fired one barb into the pilot; then he shot the second barb at a nearby wall and hit the "reel" button. If all went well, that would forcibly drag the pilot away from where he was climbing and stick him into the wall, immobilizing him until assistance could arrive.

Dimly, he noted the similarity of the Glasgow's cockpit to a fighter jet's; that would hopefully make things simple. Rico's plan was as haphazard and short as any of the rest he came up with; get into the cockpit, smash the "canopy close" button, figure out if there was an eject handle, then learn by doing, and hopefully not dying in the process.

"Seven is here too, dressed like the concept of choosing clothes that look nice together was an arcane secret far beyond their grasp."
Bcom Since: Jun, 2014
#4298: Jun 12th 2019 at 12:58:48 PM

Enterprise - Akihabara Guild

Enterprise took a step back upon being approached by the DSR-50 body and spoken to with what she was pretty sure was the language of Iron blood, which ended up distracting her from M16 getting knocked over by teepo.

"I see, I should have figured Kaga would recruit people from Iron blood if they appeared. Anyway yes I am here to help with the raid, I just saw the notice on the board and I need some resources myself so I'll be coming along."

she gave a small hello wave to Cynthia in return.

LittleMako A dogged fellow, aren't we? from the Great Indoors Since: Jul, 2016 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
A dogged fellow, aren't we?
#4299: Jun 13th 2019 at 4:27:46 AM

Satsuki - Room 108

Both Enterprise and Chun-li were given grateful nods as they agreed to Satsuki's requests for help. Trained sailors for their little river navy, and detectives and peacekeepers for their re-captured territory. Satsuki was not one for bouts of premature optimism, but this was a promising step forward.

As the meeting began to break up, Satsuki turned and gave Jack a small smile, clapping him on the shoulder. "Congratulations, Commander. You are going to have to juggle a lot of competing priorities. My advice would be to make yourself familiar with them first, and weigh them against the good of of the city as a whole."

Taking up her sword in her off-hand, she slipped out of the meeting room and into the adventurer's guild proper.

Chabal2 Fear me from Plains of Tolosa Since: Jan, 2010
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#4300: Jun 13th 2019 at 8:04:00 AM

Wulfrik, Wastes

- A Juggernaut, capable of magic... Such a beast will make a most worthy mount, though its defeat proves it has not the stamina of its true Khornate brethren.-

-As the beast finally submits, Wulfrik maintains his chokehold until he can stand without collapsing, his armor slowly flowing back into its original shape. Spitting blood into his hand, he smears the eight-pointed rune of Chaos onto his conquest's head, before turning to his warband.-

Warriors of Chaos! With this mighty beast in my thrall, our victory grows ever closer. Gather up the dead, that we might send them to their well-deserved reward! Tonight, we feast as they soon shall!

-Hoisting himself onto the beast's back, he positions himself securely. To fall off now would be an unforgivable sign of weakness, especially as he is showing magnanimity to the deserving.-

Point! At the camp, choose any of the iron beasts, it is yours.

[Feed, my beasts, and heal your wounds.]

Gotham Sewers

-Teeth glitter in the shadows, a few feet higher off the ground than an average man's head.-

Well now. Y'all had mah curiosity, now y'all got mah attention.

And whut is it the Joker wants, in exchange for helpin' protect mah turf an' a side o' hormonal long hawg? Muscle or money?

-The alligator continues hissing. A loud slapping sound echoes throughout the sewer as Croc's tail slams down on the water, the alligator snapping irritably but staying still.-

Y'all yellerbellies back there might wanna step away from ol' Quantrill, he don't much lahk it when people piss near where he sleeps.

Edited by Chabal2 on Jun 13th 2019 at 5:04:22 PM


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