Twin Quest 4

[00:01] <PDF> When we last left our heroes in peril, we had a powerfully quick woman with a whip lead a talladin out while they were KO'd! Also, a cowardly illusionist is hiding in some dungeon, but there's probably no relevance in the dungeon being there, right? Right.
[00:03] <PDF> Also, the shorty is still stuck in the dungeon. However, the Faceless somehow forgot to freaking lock the door. Not like she'd notice! Nice.
[00:03] <flashdrive> Claudia stands up and looks around. Hmm... is there any way out?
[00:03] <PDF> ... actually, just touching the door would reveal that it's not locked.
[00:04] <PDF> But enough about locked doors or not! There's two doorways out where Claudia is at. From one, it's where she came from. The other one seems to have something awful coming from that way.
[00:05] <flashdrive> (enough time to recharge to full mana?)
[00:06] <PDF> Claudia could attempt regaining some mana... but she would be exposed if she did so, due to literally emanating magical energy as a catalyst.
[00:07] <flashdrive> (how much mana does she have atm?)
[00:09] <Chisa_Alburn> Chis asimply looke dto the open door... before awaiting. Probably next to the door. No sense breaking out until others are around to see her be dramatic! And, you know, not break out too early for her to leave like that, they'll probably try to stop her once she DOES leave the cell, she's going to wait for a proper time to do this of course.
[00:10] <PDF> > Claudia has... fuck, haven't you recorded this? Sheeeeyyyit, nigga. She has 3 Mana, then.
[00:10] <flashdrive> (I have it recorded somewhere, but I'd have to find the logs... when did we last T-quest?)
[00:11] <PDF> > Seventh of May, 2016.
[00:11] <Chisa_Alburn> (Slightly brb)
[00:12] <flashdrive> (11/13 Mana, since she used Invisibility once)
[00:13] <flashdrive> (5 8  9 13 5  18/18 3/5 11/13 0/6)
[00:13] <PDF> Chisa might notice that... well, there were few footsteps, and it was probably easy enough to just count how many goons were still around. Escape was definitely possible, but... would it be enough?
[00:14] <flashdrive> The illusion twin panics; she hops onto the table and curls up into a ball, her body shimmering before disappearing (casting Invulnerability just before they walk in, if they do walk in)
[00:17] <flashdrive> (..no actually, that's kinda dicky. Casting Invisibility no matter what happens. Also Invis* not Invul dammit)
[00:17] <flashdrive> (9/13 Mana left)
[00:17] <PDF> > Damn straight. The GM would have casted Meteor on your asses.
[00:18] <flashdrive> (heh)
[00:18] <flashdrive> (Make yourself or a target invisible for ~20 seconds out of combat if moving, if static, until mana supply runs out; or 1 round in combat. Can not be targetted with an Offensive action while Invisible. Making an Action breaks invisibility.)
[00:19] <PDF> After about half a minute or so, that whip lady enters the room the way Claudia came from, Amelia in tow. The talladin seems to be coming to... "This'll be good~" It sure would, if there wasn't a kraut on your bed, Siren.
[00:19] <flashdrive> (oh.. also, she doesn't passively regen mana, because her current power's Barrage :|)
[00:20] <Chisa_Alburn> (k back)
[00:21] <flashdrive> She barely resists the urge to yelp, remaining invisible (7/13 MP left) as she shifts over to the side of the bed, out of the way
[00:21] == Impulse has changed nick to ImpulseOffline
[00:21] <Chisa_Alburn> ...Chisa tries to remember how close the exit is from here...
[00:25] <Tangent> ...Everything hurts and her face is being dragged over what feels suspiciously like paving stones. That...and she can feel the whipgirl right there. Amy ignores the way her face, arms, and everything feel like they're on fire...and channels her magic, letting it loose in an instant.
[00:26] <Tangent> There is suddenly a LOT of blue fire and an angry, flailing fire girl in close proximity to the whipgirl. "G-Get off..." Amy snarls. "M'not done yet!"
[00:26] <PDF> The exit... well, as far as Chisa can remember, the exit is preceded by a stupidly easy labyrinth constructed in such a cliche manner, one could only imagine that it was built for the sake of cliches. But that aside, there was a dungeon one had to get past to in order to get into one part of the labyrinth! Also, the labyrinth was apparently some kind of main room, because it also led to the throne room.
[00:27] <PDF> The siren backpedals away from the burning talladin, pulling away what remains of her whip. "So, the girl's still got some fight in her, huh~?" She makes a devilish smirk.
[00:31] <Tangent> "Lemme...show you..." Amy staggers, her injuries...glowing as she staggers forward on unsteady feet and expression twisting into an angry glare.
[00:32] <Chisa_Alburn> Chisa sighs, tilting her head a bit, she could head further into the dungeon, buuuuut.... she would still just await at the moment, for a proper time to strike! Which, is probably when stuff shouts, backup starts running off elsewhere, or she tells where her other half is... trying to make contact to bug her other half curiously! Where are they, are they there yet?
[00:34] <Chisa_Alburn> ...or, of course, if someone comes to close the door, she'll then make a break for it then.
[00:35] <PDF> The whip remains are thrown aside, as the- Presumably, the other halves are very close, but hey, that's still an episode for another time- In any case, Siren's grin... gets wicked. Like, it looked dark, but now it's really dark. And... her ears seem to sharpen? Facial features in general, even. "You'd better put up a good one!"
[00:36] <Chisa_Alburn> (also Flamy... I forgot what I rolled again, I'm retty sure melee and empath but I totally forgot my power I rolled for Alburn again x.x)
[00:36] <Chisa_Alburn> Also can Chisa hear her threat?
[00:38] <Tangent> Amy's response is to swing right at her with the sword that's suddenly appeared in hand! Negotiation or escape don't even cross her mind- or even calling for help! There's just a monster- and her duty.
[00:38] <PDF> Chisa can vaguely hear the "good one" part, but she can definitely hear what happens next. A very monstrous, insane, and insanely monstrous head bursts out from Siren's face, and the rest of her body follows suit. It sounds just like it does.
[00:38] <PDF> Internal gibbing, yo.
[00:39] <PDF> > INITIATE BATTLE
[00:39] <PDF> > Amelia is first! Siren is second! Claudia, being flashdrive, is last!
[00:40] <Tangent> It's a monster- that means it's okay and right to kill it like a monster!
[00:41] <flashdrive> (>being flashdrive   o-oi!)
[00:41] <Chisa_Alburn> "Huuuuh I totally should wait and stuff cause clone me got all mad last time but I mean they're a stick in the mud time to check on the others." she muttered, before, INITIATE SNEAKING! Or something, as she tried to navigate towards that area without being loud.
[00:42] <Tangent> (melee range, right?)
[00:42] <PDF> > Close range. Have at you.
[00:42] <Tangent> (Regen means HP, MP, soak are all back to full by now?)
[00:43] <PDF> > All stats are healed! But sadly, Siren also is fully healed.
[00:43] <PDF> > Because, you know. Fiendish Transformation.
[00:43] <Tangent> "Time to BURN, monster!" Amy yells, and puts her actions to words.
[00:43] <Tangent> (Power Overwhelming, All Out Attack)
[00:44] <Tangent> She swings her sword through the air, the broadsword leaving a bright trail of pure blue-white flame in its wake as she slashes!
[00:45] <flashdrive> (are we rolling ourselves?)
[00:45] <Tangent> (Wait, did stat calcs change in the new edition?)
[00:45] <Tangent> (As in half of /even/ numbgers now?)
[00:45] <flashdrive> (don't think so)
[00:46] <Tangent> (okay then rolling with what I have)
[00:46] <flashdrive> (that's for defence only)
[00:46] <flashdrive> (the even numbers thing)
[00:46] <Tangent> (are we still doing +2 dice to all rolls?)
[00:47] <Flamy> > Yes.
[00:47] <Tangent> !ex 11 vs 7 (Power Overwhelming, All Out Attack)
[00:47] <Zeneroller> Tangent: [4, 9, 9, 1, 10, 1, 8, 1, 8, 1, 1]. Successes total: 6
[00:50] <PDF> > -4 Soak!
[00:51] <PDF> > Siren's turn!
[00:51] <PDF> Disregarding her lack of whips, the monster- no, fiend- swipes at Amelia with its claws!
[00:52] <PDF> > Melee defense!
[00:53] <Tangent> (under new rules 13 would give 6 dice as base, right?)
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[00:54] <flashdrive> (6 for defence, 7 for everything else)
[00:54] <Tangent> (ya)
[00:54] <Tangent> !ex 7 vs 7 (Defender uniform trait)
[00:54] <Zeneroller> Tangent: [6, 9, 2, 7, 6, 2, 7]. Successes total: 3
[00:55] <Tangent> (Trigger scald as a reaction btw)
[00:55] <Tangent> (2 Wounds to offensive party in melee.)
[00:55] <PDF> > We're not using odds and evens.
[00:56] <PDF> > Don't place words in my mouth nigga.
[00:56] <Tangent> (ohhh okay)
[00:56] <Tangent> (So uh do I reroll)
[00:56] <PDF> > Say, don't forget your lost die from All-Out.
[00:56] <Tangent> (...I'm an idiot, but yeah that worked out.)
[00:56] <Tangent> (Since I accidentally -1 and AoA is -1 isn't it?)
[00:56] <PDF> > Parry success!
[00:57] <Tangent> (Amelia's parry trait does 2 wounds because lolparrytrait.)
[00:57] <PDF> "Rrrgh! DIE!" The voice comes out raspy, like it came out from one end of the voicebox, went through a blackbox, a galaxy, then Nidhogg's world.
[00:58] <PDF> Oh, and then came out of the fiend's mouth.
[00:58] <PDF> > Claudia's turn! Flashdrive, stop making spells.
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[00:58] <Tangent> "Not gonna happen! You're just another monster to kill!"
[00:58] <flashdrive> (Never!)
[00:59] <flashdrive> 'Where's my amulet, where's my amulet??' her mind screams as she quivers silently... until all of a sudden, an amulet just like her own, if slightly smaller, materialises in front of her face with a flash of black-red light and a spray of sparkles. An instant later, two silvery, cylindrical hammer-heads appear with similar bursts of light and sparkles on either side of the stone, with a centrepiece connecting them and displaying
[00:59] <flashdrive> the cassiterite in the centre. The cassiterite shifts in colour to an opalescent white-blue-pink with another flash of light, and a metre-long handle grows out of the centrepiece, fitting perfectly into its summoner's hand. At that moment, her invisibility wears off... "S-scheiße!"
[00:59] <flashdrive> !ex 3 She runs over to the fiendish woman and swings her hammer, her petty strength doing little to help her. (Piercing)
[00:59] <Zeneroller> flashdrive: [1, 10, 10]. Successes total: 4
[00:59] <PDF> > You were saying?
[00:59] <flashdrive> (ayy, doubles)
[01:00] <flashdrive> (heh)
[01:00] <PDF> > No effect!
[01:00] <PDF> > You tried.
[01:00] <flashdrive> (...)
[01:00] <flashdrive> (aw)
[01:01] <Tangent> "Stay back!" Amy yells. "I'll take care of it!" Rude...
[01:02] <PDF> > Chisa's turn?
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[01:08] <Tangent> (test)
[01:08] <PDF> > ... Amy's turn- Oh hi.
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[01:10] <Tangent> Amy's injuries glow once more, and her fiery aura flares up...bright light visible...through her cuts. She either doesn't realize or doesn't care just how strange this looks...because she's already battering away at the girl once more!
[01:11] <Tangent> (regenerate 1 HP, use PO again for 2 mana and 2 HP)
[01:11] <Tangent> (At 5/10 Mag, 14/16 HP)
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[01:12] <Tangent> The fires lick away at Amy as she moves, almost caressing the girl's slender, armored body from hair to fingertips...and surrounding her blade as she swings!
[01:12] == Shavyla has changed nick to Shavyla|AFK
[01:12] <Tangent> !ex 11 vs 7 (Power Overwhelming, Piercing Attack)
[01:12] <Zeneroller> Tangent: [9, 3, 7, 9, 10, 10, 9, 6, 8, 1, 10]. Successes total: 11
[01:14] <Tangent> Amy's an armored comet as she slashes away, her blade's edge glowing bright with channeled fire!
[01:16] <PDF> > Just gonna say
[01:16] <PDF> > nice
[01:16] <flashdrive> (^)
[01:16] <PDF> > She explodes in a magnificent burst of bigger gibs.
[01:16] <Tangent> (Amy's lucky today...)
[01:16] <PDF> > -4 Soak! 9 damage!
[01:17] <PDF> > Amy carries the team.
[01:17] <Tangent> (Is whipgirl dead?)
[01:17] <Tangent> (Put her against anything ranged and she just dies tho)
[01:17] <PDF> The whipgirl... well, there's whipgirl all over you. Does that cound as alive?
[01:17] <PDF> Actually, there's floating whipgirl bits on the table...
[01:17] <PDF> In the vague form of a person curling up in the fetal position.
[01:18] <PDF> Specifically, a young girl.
[01:18] <PDF> Like Claudia.
[01:18] <flashdrive> "Uh..." Claudia walks over to the curled up girl, "Um..." placing a hand on her head inquisitively
[01:18] <Tangent> There's no hesitation to her movements as she cuts the whipgirl apart, just a sneer of contempt...a sneer that doesn't quite reach her eyes. Those are strangely...dispassionate. Detached. As though she's going through her motions. It's a monster. She's killed it...So why doesn't it feel...better?
[01:18] <flashdrive> (>young)
[01:18] <flashdrive> (she's one of the oldest mahous out there!)
[01:19] <Tangent> Amy storms forward, sword raised. "I'll deal with it."
[01:19] <Tangent> She might as well be talking about delivering a letter for all that she seems to care about the...person on the table.
[01:19] <Chisa_Alburn> (gah, passed out for a bit, am bak)
[01:20] <Tangent> (Am I overdoing it? Amy is kindaaaaaa not quite right in the head.)
[01:21] <PDF> When Chisa enters the room, usurprisingly outrunning and outwitting the faceless mooks, she sees... a room where there was a massive gibbing, and Amy was point blank with it. Also, there was Claudia.
[01:22] <flashdrive> (...retcon Claudia's bit)
[01:22] <flashdrive> "...mein Gott. Nice work!" she offers a high five
[01:23] <Tangent> Amy looks at her, still holding her sword but sidetracked from her target. She blinks, looking at Claudia's hand for a long moment. Another blink.
[01:24] <Tangent> ...She eventually raises her free hand- it's an armored gauntlet. Metal-coated fingers- almost clawlike- touch Claudia's.
[01:24] <Tangent> The metal chainmail is strangely warm to the touch.
[01:25] <flashdrive> She grins, "Heh. Nice armour! Wish I had something like that..."
[01:25] <Tangent> Amy shrugs. The monster's dead...mostly. But whatever's on the table...
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[01:26] <Tangent> "What are you?" She demands, sword raised, and turning away from her...companions without a second word. Or a first.
[01:26] <PDF> > That was supposed to describe Claudia.
[01:26] <PDF> > Just saying.
[01:27] <PDF> > But now that she's rolled off the table and all... wait, has she? Eh, whatever. Claudia also had bits of whipgirl on her, just leave it at that.
[01:29] <Tangent> "Oh. It's you..." Amy blinks. Now that the fighting's over, she can feel her magic ebbing once more. Her face and arms still sting- even her regeneration hasn't quite removed the ghastly injuries she sustained earlier...but it has helped conceal them somewhat. She certainly doesn't seem hampered by what looks like strange scarring now.
[01:30] <Tangent> "The monster's dead." Amy announces, unnessarily. "We should make sure it didn't have anyone else kept here ...and then go look for..." For the part of her she KNOWS, somehow, she's missing. "...for the others."
[01:31] <Tangent> "...You should probably move." She adds to Claudia. She's suddenly talkative, for her...And by the way she's looking at the bits of monstergirl, it's clear what she has in mind.
[01:31] <flashdrive> "Yeah.. hey, speaking of the others.. where's Chisa?"
[01:32] <flashdrive> "O-oh, okay," she moves out of the way, going wherever Amy directs here
[01:32] <flashdrive> her*
[01:33] <Tangent> There's a crackle of flame. And Amy's just...set what's left of the monstergirl she killed on fire with a controlled gust of flame. Or she tries to, anyway.
[01:35] <Tangent> Amy frowns afterwards at the question. "...We can find her." She sounds as sure about that as she does about everything else- it's like there's no room for doubt with her. Whatever Amy believes, she believes it wholeheartedly.
[01:37] <PDF> And so, our half-heroes have slain yet another enemy in their way! But what of the other half heroes? Could the same be said of them?
[01:38] <PDF> Tune in next time on: Twin Quest!