We Are Our Avatars VI (Closed for Good)

[Random berk]

As the soldiers fired on Stripe he thrashed about even more, honking in agony and terror as the bullets tore through his tough hide. After a while he keeled over, his massive bulk striking the dirt with a heavy thud that caused the ground to vibrate. Even now he continued to kick his stout legs and thrash his tail, all the while bleating in panic.

Cynane yelped as the unconscious soldier's comrades began firing on her position. Grabbing the man's gun she fired without even leaning out of cover, the automatic rounds spraying high and wide. Yanking the drawstring of a hide pouch on her bandolier, she pulled out a mess of small wooden strips and two bone discs that were all held together by some kind of cord. Finding the end of the cord and pulling it, all the pieces were pulled together into the shape of a barrel with about two litres of capacity. A simple, yet ingenious device. Cramming two bags of gunpowder into the barrel she lit the end of the cord with a flint struck against her belt buckle, then hurled the small but heavy explosive keg over her shoulder at the men who were firing.

 

[Outisakanobody]

Tao batted away the grenade that was thrown at her. "So you like explosions bad person? Well take this then!" she said as she tossed a bomb of her own at the man (one of those cartoony round bombs with the fuse, you know the ones).

 

[Saltyk]

Dal'Sheen's shot killed two of the now nearly crippled force of soldiers.

Cynane's fire from the rifle aimed too high to hit any of the soldiers. However, her powder keg did hit the mark, killing several, as the survivors, realizing that the tide has turned, especially with the arrival of Tiberius, began a full retreat.

The soldier stopped to look at Tao's bomb. "Is this a joke? Everyone knows the-" The bomb exploded in his face, as he mocked it.

The Legaian soldiers, now in full retreat began to run for the exit, having been completely routed.

Under Volarian's orders, the Xiphatian's did not pursue the enemy. Instead they took to tending the wounded.

Legaian Forces
14 soldiers

Xiphatian Forces
40 soldiers
Volarian

Victory!  Congratulations!  You have completed the first major battle!

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OOC: I hope you all found this a slightly new twist on the classic fights.
@Slenn: The mech shots would be high caliber, but not necessarily armor piercing.

 

[CmmdrRosh99]

@Salty: Would you mind if this happened?

Noel easily dodged the shots from the mech pilot with a simple move to the left as she detached one of the pistols from the cannon, having to drop the massive weapon. Switching to tranquilizer rounds, she fired twice at the pilots head.

The group would see Charlotte on the ground, bleeding out however the remaining Xiphatian soldiers would see that she was bloodied, her hair in a mess still standing.

 

[Saltyk]

Tiberius approached Savranth. "Are you okay, son?"

The soldiers around the field began to discuss the battle, as they went about their clean up and medical duties. One of the most talked about subjects, however, was Savranth. Specifically how he used the Legaian laser pistol.

A Xiphatian soldier approached Charlotte. "Are you okay, miss? Allow me to heal your wounds." He said as he placed his hands on her to begin using his healing magic.

OoC: @Rosh: That is fine

 

[Gearhead mk2]

Laguna dropped the missile launcher, and it vanished. He looked around. "Everyone allright?"

 

[Random berk]

OOC: @Saltyk That was interesting. Well handled too. Although I'll need to step up my game. Cynane will have to overcome her unfamiliarity with killing humans, and I'll have to bring my second character in to serve as a tank. Shame about the Aptonoth too. A wyvern would have been fun to use in a major battle like that.

Cynane stood up shakily as the sounds of battle died away and the Legaians went into full retreat. She stared around horrified, first at the sight of Stripe bleeding and torn, still honking in terror, and then at the men who had been shredded by the shrapnel and concussive force of her bomb.
"Oh, no... what have I done? What have they done?! Stripe!" She gasped, before rushing to the side of the badly wounded Aptonoth, approaching from his front and grabbing his bill,trying to calm him with strokes and soothing whispers.

 

[ShindoL Shill]

Adam loaded the mag back into the rifle and fired at a fleeing soldier's legs, then slowly approached him, keeping the gun raised in case any of the other Legaians turned around.
"Thought you folks might like a prisoner. Someone to interrogate, find out what's going on."

 

[Chungus]

Landing ontop of the roof of the golem housing and seeing the Legaians retreat, Loki looked at his scapter. Why did it not work? It could not possibly be broken, so why is it that man did not become complacent? Grunting in anoyance, Loki jumped down from the roof. He saw Charlotte bleeding out on the ground, but he was no healer. And even if he was, he still wouldn't lift a finger to aid her. Instead, Loki began looking around for a wounded Legaian soldier that had yet to be tended to by the Xiphatians.
Seeing Adam shoot a Legaian soldier in the leg, Loki searched no longer and began walking over to the man.

 

[Furioso]

Meanwhile, Rita had put her necklace back on and was scribbling in her book. It might be a little bit inefficient, but this could work for now...

 

[CmmdrRosh99]

Noel sighed as the soldier got away, holstering her pistol and detaching the other one from the cylinder. Unfolding it back up, she placed it on its magnetic holder on her back, looking back to Laguna. "I'm well." she said. Laguna would hear Noel's voice as did it with the other people in this world. Eerily calm and slightly hollow.

Charlotte turned to the soldier, as she started gripping her head as a headache started to come in again. "Th-thanks..." she said, gritting her teeth. The Charlotte that was on the ground bleeding out suddenly disappeared.

 

[Gearhead mk2]

Laguna saw the devestation. "Damn..." He knew some basic first aid, but this was way out of his depth.

 

[Saltyk]

Ooc: @Random: Thank you, but I can not take credit for the idea. This was actually something that Nail and Zeph suggested. I wasn't planning any specific changes in how fights happened. They suggested that we should make use of units attacking and supporting each other. Which is something I tried to do here. The group affects the course of the battle, and can turn it to victory or defeat. Not supporting a unit under fire can result in heavy casualties for example.
@Rosh: I said that was fine. I had no problem with her catching the soldier. Did you let him go as we technically have two already?

 

[Slenn]

"This conflict is becoming more intense every time they strike." He was rubbing his neck.

He strapped the rifle and fire marble launcher to his back, and then unequipped his helmet.

"I think it's time we mobilize forces to repel another attack, should it come. Their attacks will probably come more sudden and more often."

 

[CmmdrRosh99]

@Salty: Yeah, pretty much. Though to be honest, I'm not exactly trusting of @Trilby: "interrogating" anybody. (No offensive but looking back at the time with @Rak's plot, the second boss fight and his characters... attitude)

Noel looked around the battlefield again as she muttered. "So much death...." She decided to walk over to Laguna for the hell of it.

Charlotte continued to grip her head as her headache worsened.

 

[Outisakanobody]

"Yay! Tao is the winner, meow! I showed all those guys." Tao cheered happily. She then made her way back to the mess hall.

Echo got out from under the table and looked around to make sue there was no danger.

 

[Random berk]

The Aptonoth gradually began to calm down under Cynane's comfort, but its expansive flank was heaving, and blood still trickled down between its scales in quickly flowing streams. Hurrying to her cart, Cynane retrieved her bowgun. Dropping the magazine in its reciever, she loaded a single shell with a green band around its casing into the chamber and wound the crank to draw back the string. Going back to Stripe and placing the muzzle besside his shoulder, she fired. The casing blew apart as it left the barrel, exposing a single pale green pellet that ripped a new, smaller hole in his hide. The animal snorted as the shot struck him, but then his breathing began to steady and the flow of blod slowed, then stopped.

Glancing back at the unconscious soldier, she called out to a Xiphatian troop as he passed.

"Hey! One of those guys that attacked is asleep over here!" As she called out she tried to get her own breathing under control, still shocked at having seen the men she had killed.

 

[DotSlash]

@Salt: Anything interesting Ness would find?

With the battle over, Ness walks out of the barracks and wanders over to the scene of the battle, namely toward the remains of the destroyed golems. She bends down and starts to analyze them with her PDA.

 

[Gearhead mk2]

Laguna looked at Noel. "Hey, you allright?"

 

[Chungus]

Having walked past Adam, paying him little attention, Loki reached the soldier who Adam had shot in the leg. He walked infront of the soldier to cut him off from trying to crawl away further. "You. Lay on your back. Do as you're told, and you needn't perish." he said to the Legaian, pointing the scepter's blade at him.