Round 2: Sky Omen
Time: Dawn
NRDL gets back up, obviously favoring her right leg and points her gun at the side of Greatness's truck. [3-1 VS. 6] Her shaky aim fires three bullets, two missing completely and one ricocheting off the side of the vehicle and into the ground.
Failbird waves the family in the house behind him away from the window, mouthing "Get back!" The man of the house shoves his children away and closes the curtains. The soldier locates the largest gap between the wooden picket fence posts, which is just large enough to fit the barrel of his M249 through. He lays down, deploying the bipod on the bottom of his machine gun and laying down behind it, looking through the scope at the scene in the town square. This tactical position gives him a much better shot, although it simultaneously puts limits his movements. Thankfully this lowered mobility is partially mitigated by the cover of the fence.
Fallacy, now separated from the squabble in the town square, walks around searching the ground for acorns, one hand hovering near his revolver in case he needs to make any sudden retaliation. His search comes up fruitless, (pun kinda intended but it doesn't really work either) as the ground is covered in either dirt or cobbling. The fake policeman broadens his search and looks past the rows of houses to see a forest not too far from the town to the West, where flora would be much more plentiful.
Person rides up to the town watch militiaman. "So, you're one of the sheriff's men? You stayed behind to protect the town from us warriors, is that right? Well, consider your bravery rewarded. I intend to end this war quickly and easily, without putting any innocents at risk. Staying with the sheriff won't get you anywhere, but if you help me do this, you'll definitely be rewarded~"[/color]
[Seduction: 6+1+2(Easy Target)] The watchman shrugs, "I'm supposed to stay here and protect the town, especially from people like you. But if you win and make all of these people leave, then I'm doing my job right? Okay, I am in." [+Ally: Town Watchman] Once he is finished rationalizing his actions, he hops onto the electrical bull, sitting snugly behind Person. She hands him the Beholla Pistol, and he accepts it, putting his eye right to the barrel. "What is this thing? Some sort of telescope?" The bull huffs, clearly unhappy with the newest addition.
Just behind Person is the town square where the other contestants continue to fight with tooth and nail and gun and vehicular manslaughter. The bull's horns crackle and Person reckons she could strike someone from say, twenty feet away with good precision.
Greatness sends Blitz the bird (the one that don't fly), and drives his Delivery Truck right at her, full speed. [1+2 VS. 7] Blitz stares down the truck, and when it is close enough she jukes to the side, resulting in the vehicle passing her by harmlessly. Greatness stops the truck for a second so that he can open up the
Book of Silk and find out exactly what it's about. The old dusty parchment opens up slowly, filled with beautifully detailed pictures of the night sky. And look then there is-
The great meteor. Crashing down from the heavens into the forest to the west, flattening trees and embedding itself into a crater in the ground. It will come tonight and it will bring the New Ones, both Great and Terrible.....Greatness wakes up after falling unconscious for a few seconds. What the hell was that? He glances at the book again and for some reason it seems less mysterious and magical than it was previously before he opened it.
"That... was not what I expected." Blitz doesn't have much to say on the enraged state of the vigilantes from mere poetry, but at least it's working. To speed up the process, she shoots KJ. [10 VS. 9] Careful not to hit the vigilantes in the melee, Blitz fires a single focused shot once KJ is in the open, and completely blasts off his right ring finger. Not quite the killshot she was hoping for, but at least it ensures that it's going to be a pain in the ass for KJ to get married in some cultures.
With the final bullet in her revolver, Blitz aims at Greatness through his truck's driver's window. [4 VS. 3] The bullet pierces the window and grazes his left shoulder before embedding into the fabric of his sheet. Blitz is certainly winning the race so far for "Most Non-Lethal Yet Highly Obnoxious Woundings".
Blitz's six shooter is now empty, with no fatal attacks yet. Trying to change this, Blitz points firmly at her vigilantes and then at KJ. Even in their state it isn't hard to get the message through. [1+2 vs. 6] The vigilantes swarm, and KJ responds by grabbing them and throwing them into one another, reducing them from crazed killers into participants of a Three Stodges's skit. And while a disciplined fighter might try and shot KJ with a musket or even stab him with the bayonet, the armed vigilante tries to club him over the head. All KJ has to do is step out of the way and the charging foe trips over one of his fallen comrades.
KJ changes tactics and improvises an entire opera act in the middle of battle while the stumbling vigilantes get back up. [Opera: 4+2 VS. 3] The first act, entitled "Killing Me Like a Bunch of Savages Would Be Real Lame Y'all", begins to have its desired effect as the drooling, hunched over frames of the vigilantes begins to soften and fade. They look at one another, suddenly disgusting with their behavior. One enlightened fellow remarks, "This is ridiculous. This is a deathbattle after all, but that doesn't mean we are reduced to animals! Come on now boys, get your act together." [Bloodlusted Resolved]
The next Act is a direct challenge to Blitz, entitled "Real Wiki Warriors Fight With Art, Not Swords and Guns". The final Act is simply a reiteration of the second Act, with the Opera now replaced with elegant freeform Krumping. KJ finishes and bows to polite applause from the vigilantes, "I think there was something to that Opera, you know boys? Maybe we can settle this with art after all."
"Yeah, I would rather do that then have to fight and get hurt. I have a family I want to go home to."
Oceansoul explains himself to the merchant, "I see...I apologies, sir, for I forgot many details about this location, including the form of currency and types of technology...Hmm. I am...not sure how wealthy of a merchant you are, but I would like a service in...appraising one or more of my goods. It could be very valuable to the people of this world, if one had comprehension of it. Notable technology, the potential to advance science, easy, safer transport in water if the right resources can be obtained, or if it can be adjusted for other means of propulsion. Do you know where I could find such an appraiser?"
The merchant scratches his chin, "All of that highbrow technology and science stuff, well I could take it off your hands if you were willing to trade for gold. But if you're really looking for someone to look at all of it and take it apart, you should find one of those brainy professor or engineer types. I know that there's a lot of them in Agotth, the place has one of those University schools. And my offer for my sons to take you there still stands. I've also heard rumors of that old wizard that lives in the forest near here, but who can trust a rumor?"
Name: Greatness
Gender: Male
Nationality: Congolese
Tshibumba Kanda-Matulu: +2 Congolese Genre Painting, Painting:
The Massacre of ElizabethvilleCarson Helicopters: +Carson Firefighting Helicopter [Prone to Malfunction]
Me and My Pal: +2 Truck Driving, +Delivery Truck, +$200 (From Insurance Fraud)
Divination by Astrological and Meteorological Phenomena: +
Book of Silk (Magical Astronomy Artifact)
Snow Rugby: +2 Tackling, +2 Cold Resistance, +Snow Rugby Uniform
Status: Left Ear Top Pierced, Left Shoulder Grazed
Points: 0
Assets: $200, Painting:
The Massacre of Elizabethville, Carson Firefighting Helicopter [Prone to Malfunction], Delivery Truck [Front Window Damaged, Driver's Window Damaged],
Book of Silk (Magical Astronomy Artifact - Activated), Snow Rugy Uniform
Name: NRDL
Gender: Female
Nationality: Portuguese
The Girl: +1 Painting, + Pistol
Living Environs: +2 Landscape Architecture & Construction, +Hard Hat, +Claw Hammer
Peter Edwards: +2(+1) Portrait Painting, +Painting:
The Liverpool PoetsSalgueiro Maia: +2 Revolutionary Speeches, +MP9 Machine Pistol, +Captain's Uniform
Castro Fortress: +2 Anti-Naval Defense, +Cannon
Status: Pain [-1 All], Hip Damaged [-2 Movement]
Points: 0
Assets: Pistol [3/8] [QR], Hard Hat, Claw Hammer, Painting:
The Liverpool Poets, MP9 Machine Pistol [30/30] [QR], Captain's Uniform, Cannon [1/1] [LR]
Name: Blitz Dungeoneer
Gender: Female
Nationality: English
Robert Allen: +1 Trade, +1 Law, +Colonel's Revolver, +Politician's Suit
Bernard's Watch: +Bernard's Watch [Stops Time, giving user an additional Action. CD:3
Come Hither Child: +3 Poetry
Fidelia Bridges: +3 Nature Watercolor
Community Justice Act 2016: +5 Community Vigilantes
Status: Normal
Points: 0
Assets: Colonel's Revolver [0/6] [QR], Politician's Suit Bernard's Watch [Stops Time, giving user an additional Action. CD:3
Allies: 5 Community Vigilantes, 1 Bayoneted Musket
Name: Person
Gender: Female
Nationality: Bengali/Polish
Europa: +Enamored Lightning Bull
Teeth: +1 Biting, +1 Seduction
Gazaria Upazila: +1 Small Arms, +Sterling SMG, +Light Infantry Uniform
Battle of Annaberg: +Beholla Pistol
Ang Darling Kong Aswang: +Ability: Aswang Transformation
Status: Normal
Points: 0
Assets: Sterling SMG [34/34] [MR], Light Infantry Uniform
Allies: Enamored Lightning Bull, Town Watchman (Beholla Pistol [QR] [7/7])
Abilities:
Aswang Transformation: At night, Person transforms into an Aswang Demon. +2 Speed & Stealth in this form. Can spend 1 turn to shift in or out of an animal form. Animal forms include: Bat, Crow, Wild Boar, Black Cat, Large Black Dog. Eating infants or toddlers heals Person rapidly. At any time, Person's reflection in a mirror will appear to be upside-down. In Aswang form, Person takes damage from garlic, salt and holy items. Person can only be permanently killed by decapitation. If not, she will slowly regenerate.
Name: Ocean Soul
Gender: Male
Nationality: American
USS LST-1022: +
UST LST-1022 Tank-Landing Ship
Eugene Wilton Frémaux: +2 Trade, +2 Tanning, +Business Suit
Phoenix Skywalker: +Phoenix Skywalker Motorized Paraglider
Early Life and Career of Abraham Lincoln: +1 Sailing, +1 Exploration, +1 Rifles, +2 Law, +Hatchet
ING Bank Śląski: +1(+2) Trade, +$500
Status: Normal
Points: 0
Assets:
UST LST-1022 $500, Tank-Landing Ship, Business Suit, Phoenix Skywalker Motorized Paraglider, Hatchet
Name: Fail Bird
Gender: Male
Nationality: American/Japanese
Leicester King: +1 Trade, +1 Law
Corruption Charges Against Benazir Bhutto and Asif Ali Zardari: +Ability: Take the Money and Run!
Walter M. Elsasser: +Ability: Dynamo Power
Chachamaru: +2 Rock & Blues, +Electric Guitar
Operation Northern Lights: +1 LMGs, +M249 LMG, +Light Infantry Uniform
Status: Deployed LMG Bipod [+2 Shooting, -2 Movement], In Cover - Wooden Fence [+1 Defense]
Points: 0
Assets: Electric Guitar, M249 LMG [100/100] [LR], Light Infantry Uniform
Abilities:
Take the Money and Run!: During any turn, Fail Bird can instantly generate $2500. Simultaneously, a Police Unit will spawn nearby and attempt to apprehend Fail Bird for money laundering.
Dynamo Power: Fail Bird has enough Electromagnetic Telepathy that he can attempt to control nearby metallic objects.
Name: KJ 1225
Gender: Male
Nationality: American
Odessa Opera and Ballet Theater +2 Opera & Ballet
Battle of the Plains of Abraham: +1 Muskets, +Bayoneted Musket, +Marching Infantry Uniform
Rieger Tuning: +2 Mechanics, +Modified Sports Car
Solomon Butcher: +2 Photography, +19th-Century Camera, +Picture:
Sod House on the HomesteadMV Victoria: +
MV Victoria Ferry
Status: Right Finger Severed [Bleeding]
Points: 0
Assets: Marching Infantry Uniform, Modified Sports Car, 19th-Century Camera, Picture:
Sod House on the Homestead,
MV Victoria Ferry
After a week of bizarre misadventures I return with an update. I will try my best to handle this better in the future. Until then, I will wait another forty eight hours before updating again, so that everyone has adequate time to respond.(Can I request you pad my ego further, and use my roseheart name in the credit?
Glad to see this shark swimmin' around again.)
Sure thing boss.
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