chapter finale ♔ maybe one day we can break the distance

[allaboutme]

♬ break the distance - ashton edminster

WHO || Cordelia, Kate, Ashley, Elijah, Topher, Astrid [Closed]
WHAT || The Knights investigate a man named Estavan, whose Trade Consortium is linked to a series of mysterious attacks
WHERE || PTC Warehouse, London
WHEN || June 12th [forward dated - changing the date from last log being in 2016 to being in 2017 surprise]
HOW || Actionspam. Single thread, don't worry about maintaining tagging order.

A several year operation investigating a Consortium known as PTC run by a mysterious man - now revealed to be a ogre - named Estavan has led to the discovery that he made a a business deal with a trio of demons. To no one's surprise, that did not end well, and Estavan has asked the Knights for help in setting things right. Estavan has asked the Knights to head to his warehouse in London and keep the creatures busy while he goes to meet with the Consortium's Ruling Council to find a way to take care of them. While Phineas, the Doctor, Val'drin, and Alec stay behind to clean things up at Estavan's home, Cordelia and Kate phone for back-up to meet them downtown at the warehouse.

They meet up in the warehouse district of the city, outside the large building.  There are several empty trucks parked out in the lot, but otherwise, no visible lights on, and only one door set in the side of it, and a few closed heavy loading doors. 

Comments

[killmypatience]

[Kate makes her reflex save, probably by the benefit of being at the back of the line (reflex save 21). She will join in the shooting it though (attack 29, damage 6, attack nat 20, damage 12 if not immune to crits, 6 if it is).]

SORRY

[pathology]

[FUCKING RUDE. astrid is innocent! she has done nothing wrong in her entire life! SHE DID NOT ASK TO BE ON FIRE. she screeches like a dying cat, but she's still standing. if not also slightly singed.

watch her double down on her effort to murder this bitch. she fires again. (atk 26; 19 dmg with penetration. double penetration even ........ )]

[andblockbuster]

[Seeing the efreeti getting beaten up, and also Astrid getting lit on fire a little bit, Topher decides to turn his gun on one of the vrocks (atk 18, dmg 7 if it hits). He played some duck hunt as a kid. How hard can this be??]

[allaboutme]

[ well, fuck, kate's attack actually brings down the efreeti, who falls to the ground, his flames extinguishing as he collapses in a heap. i'm gonna assume that dying cat astrid shoots at a vrock instead - and with a spot of 25, she realizes that six of the vrocks are seeming to parrot after one of the others, and that their movements seem to mimic his. her shot strikes the prime vrock... and the others abruptly fade in and out of existence before vanishing - merely an illusion. topher aims at the only remaining vrock now, but his bullet doesn't seem able to pierce through its thick feathers. ]

Oh thank God, I thought we were gonna be here all day. [ she lets off another shot in that direction, but goes incredibly wide, and the vrock wheels around, letting off from whatever summoning ritual it had been doing to start down the tunnel of crates in their direction. as it approaches, it lets out a hideous screech that seems to pierce to the heart of them. everyone must make a fort save DC 17 or be stunned and unable to act for the next round ]

[ofmyword]

[with a fort save of 27 he shrugs off the shriek and his weird suit thing from earlier and prepares to intercept the vrock if it decides to charge at someone.]

[killmypatience]

[Nope, Kate does not even get close to that fort save (fort save 8) and the screech seems to shake her to the core, her gun faltering for the moment and freezing in place.]

[andblockbuster]

[Topher... crit failed.

So he's fucked.]

[pathology]

[with a fort save of 22, astrid is still around and moving. still singed, still furious at the never-ending shitshow that her life has become. she's not going to start off with shooting at it, but she will ready the action in case it gets too close or starts to come at someone.]

Can we not?

[allaboutme]

[ cordy is definitely stunned by the screech, and it keeps coming directly at them, but swoops up right before engaging anyone in melee... which will give astrid a clear shot. ]

[pathology]

[guess what, astrid is still imbued with THE POWER OF ANGER which turns her into an expert marksman ig. (atk 29, 7 dmg) ]

[allaboutme]

[ the bullet strikes its flank, blood spurting from its wound, and as it sweeps upward with an annoyed squawk, a mass of spores comes from its underside, dealing four damage as they strike astrid with surprising force, slamming against her skin and lodging there. ]

[ofmyword]

[what the fuck is that.

still prepared to intercept since there's not a lot else he can do right now.]

[killmypatience]

[Apparently it's the swarm of spores that causes Kate to snap out of her stunned state, and she immediately tries to shoot the thing again, using her double tap feat on the first shot (attack 23 (14 + 11 - 2), damage 12 if it hits), and then throwing in one more shot for good measure (attack 17, damage 9 if that hits).]

[andblockbuster]

[Since Topher critfailed, he's still pretty Shook, so for flavor he just kinda stands there looking a little bit overwhelmed and being a useless boy.]

[pathology]

[ instead of spurring her on like the hulk, being attacked by spores throws astrid off her game as she tries to shoot back. (atk 18, 4 dmg) ]

[allaboutme]

[ the spores begin to dig into her skin, dealing another point of damage. cordelia fires after it again (atk 23), still missing it. the vrock screeches again, wheeling around and attempts to cast charm person on topher (will save DC 12) ]

[ofmyword]

[keeps a close eye on the damn thing as he keeps himself ready to intercept.]

[killmypatience]

[And Kate's just going to keep trying to shoot at it, because this thing really needs to die (attack nat 20, damage 20, attack 19).]

[andblockbuster]

[HE ROLLED A NINE. THIS FIGHT IS OUT TO GET TOPHER.

That vrock sure is cool.]

[pathology]

[ when you're being slowly murdered by spores and Not Feeling It anymore: an astrid madchen story. she fires again. (atk 11 dmg 9 (lol)) ]

[allaboutme]

[ the spores continue to dig in, doing 2 more damage at tiny growths begin to appear on her skin as kate lands a shot right between its eyes. with a horrified squawk, it slams into the stack of crates and crashes through them.

/init ]

... Is it over?

[andblockbuster]

NO!

[Or at least that's Topher's immediate reaction to Astrid shooting at his NEW BEST FRIEND, but then it's dead and he's just blinking in shock.]

Wait... What?

[allaboutme]

Get your shit together, Topher. [ she turns back to look at astrid, who still has... growths forming all over her ] Wow, I'm glad that wasn't me.

[killmypatience]

[Poor Astrid. Kate glances over and looks sympathetic, but she doesn't have anything on her that can fix something like that - she doesn't feel like a healing potion would do the trick.]

We should get you to a cleric.

[allaboutme]

[ it's at that point that one of the doorways floating a little ways above their heads opens, and out steps the tall ogre mage - estavan, still dressed in his impeccable suit.

"Well, well," he says, stepping out into the air and literally floating down to where they stand, glancing about and seeing the felled body of the vrock. "It seems you all did your job marvelously." ]