>>33333152

“Look, I’m going to be honest with you,” you say flatly, glancing over at Batgirl. “You can’t come in there with me.”

Ro glares back at you. “Don’t be stupid. This isn’t the time for macho crap,” she says. “This the kind of stuff that gets people killed.”

“Okay, yes, but Waldric said come alone. Sure it’s dangerous, but he spooks so easy – I mean, it’s already risking it brining you along,” you explain. “What if he sees you coming and ditches out, and we miss out on what he’s got? We can’t risk it to play safe.”

That really grinds Rowan’s gears. “What, you want me to just drop you off and wish you luck?” she asks derisively. “Hokay Sierra, see you later, hope your demon buddy doesn’t eat your face.”

You throw your hands in the air. “Yeah that’s exactly what I’m asking!” you say in exasperation. “Of course that’s not what I want you to do! You’re going to like, be nearby, and if you get a call from me, then like, go into holy wrath mode.”

“What if I don’t get a call from you?” she asks.

>>33333160

“Well, maybe like, if I don’t call you, you can assume something’s wrong,” you say, kind of switching your plans up. “But in that case you’ll probably hear explosions and see fire, so it won’t take a genius to figure it out.”

Rowan thinks it over for a moment. “Okay,” she says after awhile. “That can work.” She reaches into her shoulder bag, which is set down between the two of you, and pulls out her five-seven, and offers it to you, grip first, while keeping her eyes on the road. “You should take this at least,” she tells you.

Claws or no, guns are pretty damn good at doing what guns do best: shooting stuff to death.

>Probably.
>Are you sure?
>If I need it, I’ll need you to have it more.
>Other (?)

Oh shit. This was a nice surprise. Caught it just randomly updating the catalog before I even saw the tweet.

>>33333183
>Probably.
>Are you sure?

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>>33333183
>Remind me to start carrying around a gun of my own.

Some guy in the QTG did a sketch of Sierra.

>>33333183
>>Probably.
>>Are you sure?

>>33333275

Neat.

>>33333152
oh snap, Hellborn Quest. Was not expecting you to run, Languid. Nice surprise!

Reminder of Rowan's abilities since she's probably going to be joining in on the fight.


Light of Righteousness: Becomes encased in a solid sheath of impenetrable light, giving her great defense against many forms of physical damage.
Smite: Double a weapon's damage and switch it's type to Holy.
Uncanny Reflexes: Pretty much the same as yours, though Rowan's a little quicker on the draw.
Holy Zeal: The more damage dealt, the stronger and more accurate her attacks become. (Burns energy to maintain)
Hallow Ground: Pour heavenly energy into the ground, dissipating hostile energy or spell-craft that passes over it.
Bless: Give an ally a light buff to all rolls for a short duration.


She also has about 15(?)HP and we don't know her PP, but I'm pretty sure that at some point during the training sessions Sierra might have Dark Hearted her and figured out a rough estimate of her numbers compared to some of the other things we've drained. If we were to compare it to the golem(10PP), we could get an approximate on it and Languid could tell us that if he wanted.

>>33333183
>>Probably.

why don't we have our own gun?

>>33333338

Rowan's become better at things since you've started training with her. Also, she has 17 HP and a similar PP pool.

>>33333378
Because we can throw fireballs, depressionballs, unleash shockwaves similar to the detonation of an incendiary grenade, and control shadows to make them strangle people.

Really, it was probably because we weren't wearing clothes we could really hide a gun in, were planning to dance like, don't seem to carry a purse/bag to stash one in, and didn't expect Walnuts to call us tonight about Meckor.

>>33333385
I cannot express how glad I am that I don't have to wait for monday.

>>33333183
>>If I need it, I’ll need you to have it more.
"I got the claws and the fire, unless you've got another weapon it's best off with you."

>>33333443
Meckor is infernus and if things go weird and we get forced into a fight or something, then we're gonna need that gun.

Anybody find it interesting that the Hallows don't seem to have any offensive-minded abilities that aren't buffs? I just think it's interesting that people descended from warrior caste angels don't have some kind of hilarious holy beamspam.

>>33333464
It'd be better off with Rowan using it though. She can double the damage on weapons and is probably better at shooting than we are.

Plus, if Meckor is right here, I suggest we book it. The two of us without our gear vs Meckor is not something I want to bet on.

You accept the weapon. “Probably,” you say, feeling the weight of the handgun before you place it in your jacket. It’s obvious you’re packing heat, since it’s not really a baggy jacket, which is why you didn’t bring a gun in the first place. You didn’t want to have to bring a bag or something lame and lug it around all night. “Are you sure you won’t need it?”

Rowan smiles fiercely. “I know like, two and a half styles of martial arts,” she says. “I can manage.”

True enough, you suppose. It’s more than you can say.

The drive only takes like, ten minutes with clear roads and rampant speeding, which Ro is very good at.

Anyway, eventually you come to the address. It’s a posh apartment complex, about six stories up. By the looks of things the place you’re after is on the third floor. Ro turns early and goes down the neighboring street and out of view, then finds a spot and parks in it, despite it being a no-parking area.

You pop the door and step out, but you find Rowan right behind you.

“What do you think you’re doing?” you ask, turning toward her.

>>33333746

Rowan does a weird kind of gesture with her right hand and brings it down with ponderous slowness to trace out an odd pattern before you. “For the Lord your God is the one who goes with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you,” she intones. “May His Spirit go with thee and be a shield unto thee in this hour.” She finishes tracing out the pattern thing then.

A slight glimmer of gold burns in the air before Rowan, filling the space between you with light in the shape of some indecipherable arcane symbol. It fades a second afterward.

You give Ro a curious look.

“Just in case,” she explains. “Every little bit helps, right?”

>Uh. Okay.
>What exactly did you just do?
>So, yeah, I’ll like, be over there I guess.
>You didn’t just like, burn yourself out to do that, did you?
>Wish me luck. Unless that’s like, what you just did.
>Go meet with Waldric.
>Other (?)

>>33333763
I guess that was the Bless ability?
>Thanks I think?
>What exactly did you just do?
>Listen to her answer.
>Go meet with Waldric.

>>33333763
>>What exactly did you just do?
And after she answers
>Go meet with Waldric.

>>33333763
>Thanks, I think?
>What exactly did you just do?
>Go meet with Waldric

>>33333763
>>Uh. Okay.
>>What exactly did you just do?

>>So, yeah, I’ll like, be over there I guess.
>Go meet with Waldric.

>>33333763
>Thanks, I think
>What exactly did you just do?
>So, yeah, I’ll like, be over there I guess.
>Go meet with Waldric.

>>33333763
Is it really the best idea to use holy anti-demon magicy stuff on Sierra? I mean, I don't exactly know much about this stuff, but it seems like spraying your pet rat with rat poison so that the dickass neighbor rats don't bite it.

>>33333885
>spraying your pet rat with rat poison so that the dickass neighbor rats don't bite it.
That seem like an efficient strategy to me.

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Friday isn't Monday, Languid. Geez.

>>33333919
>dat Ro-butt

>>33333885
Nowhere in her powerset except for Hallowed Ground is her abilitiest anti demon, and Hallowed Ground's ability is a heavenly energy/destructive energy, which could cover more then demonic stuff

>>33333934
>stupid sexy Rowan

>>33333934
>>33333959
Suddenly Beatrice's crazed desire to get Ro' back on the soccer team doesn't seem so outlandish...

“Thanks,” you say. “I think? What exactly was that?” It wasn’t really the subtle and quick gesture she’s done to bless you before. It was a whole lot more ceremonial and complex-looking.

“You’re not the only one that can pick up new tricks,” she says. “It should help if, you know, anyone tries to do magic stuff to you.”

“Right,” you say. You recall when Cordeliate tried to force fear into you through your eyes. It wouldn’t hurt to have some kind of protection. “Well uh. See you later,” you say.

“Be safe,” says Ro.

You shoot her a smile in reply, and then head off to the apartment building. The front lobby is well-lit, and there’s a security dude there behind a desk, with his shoes up on the table. Your appearance shouldn’t really be a thing, since it is Halloween, but maybe he’ll have some kind of issue if you try to head in unannounced.

Maybe you can have Waldric buzz you in – you have the apartment number he told you to meet at, after all. Or you could like, call him, maybe. Or maybe you could be like, all secretive and just go up the fire escape at the side of the building and come in from the roof. Maybe being unannounced is the way to go? You wouldn’t really want to explain if the guard guy notices you have something bulky and gun-like sticking out of your inside breast pocket.

>Walk right in.
>Go talk to the guard, ask if you need to be buzzed in or anything.
>Access the roof access.
>Other (?)

>>33334180
>>Access the roof access.

>>33334180
>Access the roof access.

>>33334180
>Access the roof access.

Maximum ninja up in this bitch. God knows what's waiting for us.

Sure would be good to have wings now.

>>33334180
>Other (?)
Call Waldric
Lets not be stupid about this shall we.

>>33334225
Second

>>33334180
We should see if we could sense a landwell nearby. Like really focus to see if we can sense anything.

>>33334180
Turn phone on silent, go in through the roof.

>>33334481
Actually, changing my vote to >>33334225

>>33334225
This

You figure the best way to go is to just drop in unannounced. So, you skip the main entryway and go around to the side of the building, where the fire escape is. It’s pretty high above you, but a slight nudge of shadow is all it takes to make the ladder fall down for your convenience. (-1 PP: 25/26)

You make your way to the top, which is kind of a task – ladders and dresses don’t go together – and then stroll across the vacant roof to the roof access thing. Another bout of shadow trickery is enough to spring the lock, and then you make your way down and into the building. You pause to call Waldric while you're still in the utility corridor, but it goes straight to voice mail. That could be ominous. Or it could mean all kinds of other things, like, his phone’s out of batteries or something.

>Proceed forth.
>Proceed forth with maximum paranoia.
>Call Ro and tell her that something’s up.
>>Meet up with Ro before going forward.
>Maybe time sensitivity is less important than not doing obviously dangerous stuff. Wait for Isaac to get here.
>Other (?)

>>33334687
>Proceed forth with maximum paranoia.
>Call Ro and tell her that something’s up.

>>33334687
>Proceed forth with maximum paranoia.
No need to freak Rowan out just yet

>>33334687
>Proceed forth with maximum paranoia.
>Turn phone on to silent, then text Ro that we're here in the building. Tell her that Waldric's phone is probably off, will text back in the next few minutes, if not go in hard & that Isaac should really be getting over there.

>>33334687
>>Proceed forth with maximum paranoia.
>>Call Ro and tell her that something’s up.
I'm remembering the damn pool and thinking that perhaps it's not the best idea to lone wolf it.

>>33334687
>Proceed forth with maximum paranoia.
Text Rowan

Dice for carefulness.

Rolled 31

>>33334903

Rolled 12

>>33334903

Rolled 35

>>33334903

Rolled 28

>>33334903

Rolled 92

>>33334903
I hope I don't ruin it for everyone.

>>33334914
Good job, anon.

>>33334922
You could have.

>>33334930
Aren't crits only 1-5 & 96-100?

>>33334948
Only 1 and 100

You text Rowan a heads up that Waldric’s phone is off, and that if you don’t get back to her in a few minutes, she is to go into panic mode. And then you proceed forward with utmost caution, paying attention to the minute sounds and odors around you.

Once you get into the building itself, you find it to be the kind of place that self-absorbed, arrogant yuppies with yachts would be likely to live. The hallways are wide and inviting, with pieces of modern art hung in the halls. Everything smells like glass cleaner with a slight, lilac air-freshener scent that’s probably supposed to cover it up. Then there’s like, little cubbies with window views and angular stainless steel tables and chairs that are far too monochromatic and pretentious to be anything a real person would actually buy.

It doesn’t really seem like the kind of place you’d have a secret meeting. Maybe this is where Waldric lives? Because, you could totally see him living in a place where the monthly rent is your soul plus tax.

Much to your disliking, everything is brightly lit. Like, everything. There’s nothing to work with as far as shadows are concerned. But whatever. You go forward, making due with being alert. You sneakily proceed down the stairs and to the floor where you’re supposed to be going, and begin looking around for the correct apartment.

>>33335447
And there it is, ahead of you on the left. Apartment 315.

But, as you are being maximumly paranoid, you take stock of your surroundings. Light switches are ahead of you, across from one of those little cubby hole nook things. There’s a dude chilling out there with an iPad. He has carefully tousled brown hair, and wears a floppy beanie, skinny jeans, and a checkered t-shirt. A pair of thick-framed glasses is perched on his nose. He’s currently involved in something on his mobile device – he might not take kindly to it if you walked over there and switched them off.

>>33335458

You wonder to yourself if he’s being serious or if he’s really wearing a hipster Halloween costume. Because, you could see that right now.

Anyway, apartment’s ahead of you, so you walk towards it, carefully. You catch a hint of expensive, sky-flavor in the air. If memory serves correctly, that would belong to Waldric, and juding from how he’s not even nearby, he must come here a lot for the scent to stick around without him being present.

You pause slightly before going before the door. You smell something else. It’s like a hint of sand or something. You wouldn’t have noticed it, except for the fact it’s not really a flavor that goes with everything else here.

>Try just walking in the door.
>>Unlock the door yourself if it’s locked.
>Knock on the door.
>Go turn off the lights. Tell Hipster guy it’s for a prank or something.
>Get your gun out.
>Text Rowan to come over.
>Go back and meet up with Rowan.
>Forget it. This has bad news written all over it.
>Other (?)

>>33335475
>Go turn off the lights. Tell Hipster guy it’s for a prank or something.
>Try just walking in the door.
>>Unlock the door yourself if it’s locked.

>>33335458
>>Try just walking in the door.

>Knock on the door.

>>33335475
>Try just walking in the door.
>>Unlock the door yourself if it’s locked.

>>33335475
>Go turn off the lights. Tell Hipster guy it’s for a prank or something.
>Unlock the door yourself if it’s locked.

>>33335458
Why is there a hipster in the corridor on his mobile device at 2 AM IN THE MORNING?

>>33335526
That's what I thought too. We should scare him away and/or punch him in the face.

>>33335526
Because he's a late teens - early 20s douche standing around on halloween and this is the kind of thing they do when waiting around for people. I've done more suspicious stuff probably because I just didn't have anywhere to be at that second or was waiting for something or the people I was with were being really fucking annoying so I just went to stand outside until I felt like I could deal with them again.


Or he is the demons. That could also be a possibility.

>>33335475
Adding
>Other: Call Rowan, leave phone on, hide it in a pocket.
to >>33335511

>>33335475
Right, lets analyze this.
1. Smells like Waldric lives here
2. He was sudden and not careful about his call, this is not like him.
3. There is a smell of someone else here.
4. This is halloween, there be demons about.
5. THERE SMELLS LIKE SOMONE ELSE WITH SPECIFIC SMELL HERE

Conclusion: Wladric was surprised at night and is being held hostage. They made him call us to lure us out.

WE NEED TO GET OUT OF HERE.
NOW.
CALL THE HALLOWS AND THE CROWTHERS.

>>33335475
>Forget it. This has bad news written all over it.
Isaac backup.s

>>33336025
And goblin. Got to remember to call the goblin.

>>33336149
What the fuck do we want the goblin here? Why would the goblin even come?

[Well, I just finished writing your actions with the majority decisions to proceed forward, so that's what we're doing.]

Well, it couldn’t hurt to be extra careful. You walk over to where the hipster dude is sitting down. You have to get his attention since he’s got earbuds in. He looks up at you, curiously.

“Hey dude, I’m going to hit the lights,” you say, putting one set of claws over the switches. “Friend lives down the hall – you know, Halloween and pranks and all that.”

He gives you a kind of flat look and goes back to his iPad, putting his ear buds back in.

Having encountered no resistance, you turn off the lights, throwing the hall into darkness. The lights around the edges of the halls still give some ambient illumination to the scene, but you feel a lot safer than you did a second ago. The dude next to you barely bats an eye, his face alit by the soft glow of his computer thing.

You head back to the door, and try the handle. It swings open, and you carefully let yourself in. It’s a huge studio apartment with hardwood floors. One wall is a huge window, with a sliding glass door that leads out onto a small balcony. Along the other walls are paintings of various sizes, depicting abstract stuff that you would probably call boring, but is actually kind of interesting in subject matter. The furniture is all white leather and stainless steel stuff with glass everywhere. Classy, you guess?

>>33336192

The lighting is dim. You hear the sizzling of a frying pan, and step slowly forward into the main room, intrigued. The flavorful aroma of rich, cooking bacon and sweet, zesty blood hits you like a brick wall, and recall that you haven’t eaten anything in like, a million years. Wait.

You stop where you are, now that you can see everything. Waldric’s in the center of the room. He’s dressed in a black vest and white dress shirt, and a pair of slacks. More importantly, he’s lying facedown in a pool of his own blood. You catch the movement of the rise and fall of his chest. He’s still breathing. (Waldric: 3/22 HP)

Uh oh. (+14 Stress: 1/100)

There’s a man sitting on the couch along the wall. He’s bald, and has a dignified air about him. He’s wearing a breastplate wrought thoroughly with fine, gold designs, and gray fatigues. The way he sits shows he’s not really relaxing at all, and his dark eyes regard you with cold contempt. He grips a forked trident with one hand, his knuckles turning white on the grip. “Disgusting,” he says, his face contorting into an expression of absolute hatred. (Meckor [Probably?]: 10/10 [Probably not?] HP)

>What do you do?

>>33336192
>[Well, I just finished writing your actions with the majority decisions to proceed forward, so that's what we're doing.]
This does not bode well...

>>33336192
>>33336218
Duck back into the hallway, press call and speakerphone to Rowan, drop the phone (she'll at least get the call letting her know we need her), and then turn back around the corner and unload into Meckor.

>>33336218
>DIAL ROWAN RIGHT NOW JESUS FUCK
>Also distract Meckor somehow. Like, punch him over the balcony or something.

As much as I dislike Wally, keeping him alive for Family Hellion scores points.

>>33336218
That's not the smell of bacon. That's the smell of cooked Waldric.
>3/22 HP
Yep. Motherfucker done tortured Wally.

>What do you do?
Uhh... I guess this guy is demonbane? No... That's not right. Well, maybe. He might be if non-Seraphs stay at normal human HP.
At the very least, he has some equipment that looks very angely and he doesn't seem to like demons all that much. It doesn't look like it's Meckor, anyway.

>>33336218
"Something smells good what are we cooking?"
Stall that shit, get the imp ready and wait for Ro to come get us.

>>33336218
If it's possible to dial Rowan, that would be cool. But I doubt we'd be able to. Mr. Trident ain't gonna let us just walk out. He also ain't gonna take too kindly to us making a call in front of him.

Maybe try to stall him with conversation while blind-dialing Ro? We got her on speed dial where we could do it without looking?

>Yo man, I know Waldo is annoying and stuff, but did you really have to cook him?

>>33336218
>"Uhhh... Trick or treat?"

>>33336428
This
Also, what's this guy look like?

>>33336500
Bald, pissed, wearing gear that screams "demon hunter".

>>33336500
Bald and spooky.

>>33336510
Why don't we proclaim we're a US Marshal? If he is a legit demon hunter he should at least pause at that. It's even true.

Also call Rowan.

>>33336218
Quick dial rowan and just let it run, don't speak unless he already notices you..

>>33336218
>NOPE your way outta there, call rowan and Issac. Tell them we have a trap set by some kind of deamon hunter, give description.

>>33336548
He looked right at us and said "disgusting". Pretty sure we done been noticed.

>>33336218

Oh man. I totally forgot the safeword.

>>33336218
Call rank on him, see what he is up to and have him explain himself, and at the first sudden movement he makes, light the place on fire, more to signal Ro then to deal damage.

dial rowan

keep him talking until she busts in

>>33336530
>>33336578
I have a feeling that he don't give a shit about rank and just wants to kill demons.

>>33336578
>light the place on fire
>with a near dead Waldric lying on the floor.
Sierra doesn't have that much brain damage anon.

>>33336606
Possible, but it should at least buy a bit of time.

>>33336530
"You think your lies will work on me, DEMON! AUUAEHAGGHA DIEE!"

>>33336562
Yeah we did walk in the front door and all.

Give him a chance to talk, knowledge is power and all, but be on guard and if he pulls some shit, then kill his ass.

>>33336614
>Implying Waldo is a priority.

>>33336606
>>33336638
Lets not murder him just cause, but definatly keep our guard up.

Also Waldo probably got his face shoved in a frying pan.

>>33336638
Maybe, but it has the best chance at making him pause out of the things we could say.

>>33336218
> Since our phone is hopefully on silent, text "FUCK" to Rowan.
> Try to ambush this person, maybe they'll let slip their identity.
> If they try to finish Mr. Cullin, use Shadow Wall to sup the armored man.

>>33336650
>>Implying Waldo is a priority.
We shouldn't torch him if we don't have to.

>>33336675
>If

If the guy is a hostile then we want to plan for the worst. Calling in Rowan is a priority and I don't think we have time to dial her or text her as that dude tries to kill us. So lighting a fire tends to be less the subtle, we don't have to light it near Waldo, but getting Waldo out is a secondary objective.

>>33336218
"Hey dude"

>>33336459
If we could open with this, that'd be fun.

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>>33336759
/tg/ I swear to god...

>>33336812
It's Halloween and we're 'in costume'!

>>33336812
It's not nearly as stupid as some things we have done before. What we say here does not matter at all. Really, it has absolutely no consequence. We will fight this guy anyway.

>>33336347
He's got a damn trident, nigga be Meckor or a demon hunter getting in the way.
>>33336837
He's already seen through it.

Just want to say Meckor known for trickery. Lets get the Hallows here, listen in to confirm the attacker's identity. If they are a demon hunter, we might try diplomacy, bit this is probably Meckor

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>>33336837
Dude saw us and we know he tortured a guy. Also he is probably a legit demon/hunter so he can probably tell.

>>33336845
>It's not nearly as stupid as some things we have done before.

Oh trust me, I know.

>>33336864
>>33336883
It's not about whether or not he can tell, it's about Sierra being Sierra and saying cheeky shit.

And on the one in a million chance that he does somehow fall for this shit, well wouldn't that be a hoot.

>>33336911
I think our introduction should be turning out the lights and tossing him out a third story window.

>>33336911
Pretty sure even Sierra is smart enough to know this is srs bzns time.

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>>33336759
>Going to go meet a contact who is going to tell you where a demon general who is planning on razing as much as he can, is.
>Find your contact tortured and get spotted by his torturer.
>What would be the fun thing to do?

>>33337101
No man, it's flawless logic don't you SEE?

I'm all for silly one-liners but there's time for them and this isn't it.

>Demon hunter
Why the fuck do you guys think he's a demon hunter? The dude is Meckor.

Your voice catches in your throat. “I’m a – a US Deputy Marshal,” you say, your voice sounding higher and strained than you hoped it would. Who the hell is this guy? Is it another demon hunter? “Is this a bad time? Should I come back later?” While you talk, you dial Ro behind your back. You don’t need to answer, if you just call she’ll know.

Maybe demonbane guy stands, and stares at you with fire in his eyes. Literally, actually, his eyes are starting to glow. He speaks quietly and emphasizes every single word as he goes. “You. Ruined. Everything,” he says. His eye twitches as he intensifies the hatred he’s directing at you.

“GREETINGS SPAWNLING,” says Ranthix, stepping out of the kitchen, being all huge and red and armor plated, wearing a pair of cargo shorts and a tactical vest. He holds an M60 in one hand, and a pan filled with cooking bacon in the other. He licks the still-hot pan with a forked tongue, emptying it of both boiling greese and bacon in one go, and swallows, gasping satisfactorily after it goes down. “SAVOR THE PROSPECT OF THE IMMINENT CONQUEST!”

“Excuse me?” you ask.

>>33337399

A pale, thin woman walks out of the kitchen behind Ranthix, and stops beside him. She wears a long, flowing boring gray dress, and has thin, almost translucent skin crisscrossed with blue veins. She has thin, ghostly hair. She looks at you with wide eyes. She has no irises – only the tiny black dots of her pupils. “Bereavement and death await her,,” she says to the guy with the trident. “There is no grand design for this one. Fear no reprisal.”

You feel insulted and threatened at the same time. (+5 Stress: 6/100) “Excuse me?!”

“She is fit only to die, my Lord,” the woman pronounces sneeringly.

Yeah, this guy’s probably not a demonhunter and probably is Meckor if he’s hanging out with Ranthix and has people calling him ‘my Lord’. Meckor grips his trident and goes to stand. “Then it shall be done.”

Ranthix tosses the emptied pan over his shoulder and takes a step forward. “IF SHE DOES NOT JOIN US SHE SHALL CERTAINLY DESTROY US,” says Ranthix, somehow speaking even louder than before. “THIS IS THE SPAWN OF THE IMPERIATE, SLAYER AND BEGUILER OF ONE THOUSAND SOULS!”

“Let her destroy us then,” says Meckor, calmly, standing and pointing his trident at you. He doesn’t look like he’s getting ready to throw it….

>WHAT DO YOU DO?!

Trident gonna shoot a beam of FUCK at us.

Dodge, look for shadows to hide in

>>33337423
we explode then run like hell
also i seems like ranthix is not that hostile which is a plus

>>33337423
DON'T explode here, Waldric may be hurt by it.

Jump out the window. when they come after you EXPLODE.

>>33337423
Dodgin and sneakin

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>>33337423
Ok here is my plan:KILLMAIMBURNKILLMAIMBURNKILLMAIMBURNKILLMAIMBURNKILLMAIMBURNKILLMAIMBURNKILLMAIMBURNKILLMAIMBURNKILLMAIMBURNKILLMAIMBURNKILLMAIMBURNKILLMAIMBURNKILLMAIMBURNKILLMAIMBURNKILLMAIMBURNKILLMAIMBURNKILLMAIMBURNKILLMAIMBURNKILLMAIMBURNKILLMAIMBURNKILLMAIMBURNKILLMAIMBURNKILLMAIMBURNKILLMAIMBURN

>>33337423
Pop the lights, grab Wally and jump out the window.

>>33337423
"Hello there Ranthix with a M60, pale not obviously armed woman and whom I presume is Meckor with a scary looking trident thing, what are you doing in this apartment with Waldric on the floor near death"
Say it loud enough to pick up on the phone.
Then run.

>>33337423
>"Wait.'IF SHE DOES NOT JOIN US' is that, like, you know, an option? What do you want?
Maybe we can get some time out of that.

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>>33337576
I like this idea.

>>33337576
Stalling for time is good plan.

Us and Ro can grab Wally together and book

>>33337423
Oh fuck this is bad. Really, REALLY bad. There's no way we could even burn through all of that hp. We don't have enough PP and bullets.

We can either try to shimmy some time out of the "join us" thing, or we could try to summon the fire bat while throwing a Sap Will/Hellbolt/'splodin and running the fuck away while shooting back at Ranthix because he ain't gonna be bothered by none o that.

>>33337576
Yeah, that'll probably do it.
Thirdeded.

Then >>33337552 if that doesn't work.

>>33337423
Get as much info out of them as we possibly can.

If we can get away from Meckor and the witch we might have a chance at taking Ranthix.

And then we can try recruiting him again

I just remembered that we have enhanced hearing and we totally could have stood outside the door and listened to see if someone else was in there before we decided to walk in. No way we would have missed Ranthix shuffling around the kitchen if we actually tried to listen.

>>33337552
Good plan, use shadows to cushion the fall/slow it. we might be able to take it but Wally is looking pretty fragile right now.

>>33337423
Run. Our shadow powers should let us avoid them for a little bit at least.
,
Do whatever you can to run.

Every second we gain counts, we need the hallows here.

When we can not run any more, we will fight. When we can not keep it anymore, we will go berserk and hope for the best.

Stop trying to save Waldric. He is lying close to death in the middle of those three

>>33337423
Offer to hear them out, we have only heard info about them from biased sources.

>>33337854
He's got 3 left, plus going across and out a window we'd be able to keep our eyes on them, only one I'm worried about with the lights off is the new girl.

I'm more for attempting the join up ruse.

I don't know if you guys realized, but Meckor got Waldo the moment Wolfgang put two and two together and figured Waldo was our contact.

http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/33256218/#p33260322

>“You’re his contact? You’re the one killing Meckor’s conclave? Oh my life, this is ridiculous. Moriah is going to flip her lid when she finds out.”

>>33337905
I don't like Wolfgang either way. So, I don't really care.

>>33337896
I could actually vote to join them if they arn't all psychotic.

>>33337905
Are you trying to say that Wolfgang is working for Meckor? Because I will fight you.

>>33337905
I don't think that's a very relevant coincidence

>>33337896
>>33337930
Even if they are "all psychotic" listening to them gets us intel.

Also, if stalling won't work, try destroying/opening a window behind them with our shadow powers to distract them, before we try to do anything else.
And I doubt that Waldric's going to be really useful, now that he's busted. So saving him would be a nice extra, but imho not top priority.

>>33337657
>+1

>>33337930
yah but its pretty much been confirmed that Meckor is definatly psychotic. A deamon army showing up in LA is a very bad thing.

>>33337970
We don't know that to be true though.

“Wait! Hold on!” you say, raising your claws. “Is joining you guys like, an option?”

“YES!” screams Ranthix. “YOU CAN JOIN US IN CONQUERING THIS UNSUSPECTING MORTAL REALM AND WHO KNOWS, WE’LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS FROM THERE!”

Meckor raises his trident. “It dies,” he says.

There’s a flare of heat and energy, and a brilliant flash of light and howling thunder from Meckor’s trident. You dodge, but you’re too slow.

But then, somehow, Ranthix is between you and Meckor. A column of solid fire roils off his back and catches the room everywhere around and behind you on fire, except for the patch of floor directly before the demon’s hulking form.

“This is mutiny,” says Meckor, circling around and looking fierce.

“IF SHE DIES,” Ranthix screams back, turning to face him, “THEN I DEMAND THE SATISFACTION OF HER DEATH. SHE BESTED ME IN COMBAT, AND THE RECOMPENSE IS MINE!”

Ranthix’s back is charred and cracked, his vest completely ruined. You can smell the thick blood oozing from between the smoking plates of his armored flesh as it drips to the ground. You can only imagine what would have happened if the beam had hit you, instead. (Ranthix: 40/51 HP)

Meckor frowns dangerously, and keeps his trident pointed at you, but nods once. “Tear its head off.”

“YOUR CONDESCENTION KNOWS NO BOUNDS, LORD GENERAL,” Ranthix says, turning back toward you. There’s a frenzied power in his fiery eyes as he reaches down to seize you.

>What do you do?

>>33337500
There could be no saving him at this point. It's dangerous as fuck, I don't we can even take them on even with Ro. If anything happens to Demonbanewaifu we're fucked.

>>33337423
Offer to hear them out, the hollows have been keeping things from us and even if they are right about Meckor wanting to burn LA we at least buy time and gain info.

And perhaps he isn't bad but we were just told that he is.

>>33338005
Play along with Ranthix's plan for now and fight. Take a swing at him and then roll for Wally and then book it for better ground.

>>33338005
Explode and jump out a window or something.

>>33338005
Blast a window with shadow powers, get the fuck outta there. Maybe try to get the M60 from Ranthix' hands (hellbolt, probably).
Also, try to stay in the shadows, we have child of the night now, no?

>>33338005
"Thanks Rax..."
Shadow wall between us and him
Run

>>33338059
Seems best.

>>33338005
Oh hell...

Simultaneously Sap Will while either slashing at him or drawing the gun and shooting Ranthix.

If we can manage to steal the m60 at some point, that could be a thing.

>>33337942
Well, Meckor does have two lieutenants we haven't met yet. Pretty sure the woman is one of them, but that means the other one is MIA from this little ambush. Really hope it isn't him, though. That's really gonna strain our relationship with the Crowthers.

>"Oh, hey, Moriah, I let your sister's boyfriend get tortured to death. Oh, and I killed your brother cuz he was working for Meckor and trying to summon an army of demons to the city. We still cool?"

>>33338005
You know I was thinking that Meckor would be more dangerous then just a 11 damage hit.

>>33338005
Corrupt the Trident, leg it.

>>33338104
>Implying Moriah isn't Meckor.

>>33338131
Fairly sure he is the corruption.

>>33338005
Sap Will Ranthix, corrupt the trident, shoot Ran, get into the hallway at least.

>>33338128
It went through some fancypants heavy armour.

>>33338005
Run already, for fucks sake...

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>>33338005
Hey recall all those people who were bitching when we let best husbando live.

>>33338005
You know, this is the exact sort of situation I wish we had Inflict Pain for. But I digress.

One good thing we have going right now is that Ranthix and Meckor aren't getting along.

We can pretty much ignore the fire Ranthix set up. So, try to dodge past him and stick a Sap Will on him, run through the flames, Corrupt Meckor's trident before he gets another shot off, and kill Meckor.

Fucking pounce on the motherfucker and inflict as much damage as possible, tail, claws, teeth with as much venom as possible, hellfire attached to these, and then Explosive Flare him point blank. Once he's down or damaged we can use hit and run tactics to buy us enough time to get reinforcements, but if we can geek the mage real quick, or at least cripple him, than this fight will be a lot easier.

>>33338128
Who knows how much damage mitigations Ranthix has though.

>>33338005
This >>33338059 but also pop the lights with shadow fuckery, we need that armor and sight advantage.

>>33338128
Ranthix is extremely durable, probably has natural armor, and at least as much fire resistance as we do, if not more. And the Trident seems like a fire/heat based attack, and it still did 11 points of damage to him.

>>33338128
He is, he's part hellion and they've already shown themselves capable of hiding their true HP.

Maybe this is greedy as fuck, but you know what? I want that trident. Meckor, we will smash your head on a rock and we will take your stuff and it will be awesome.

>>33338239
Actually, nevermind the fire will light this place up like no other, lets bring this fight into the hallways, start running

>>33338218
I like this, but you're ignoring ghostly chick who is pretty sided with Meckor when it comes to her views on "kill Sierra".

>>33338005
Scream "HUG ME RANTHIX, YOU ARE THE BEST"
And when he hugs us we explode.

>>33338301
Which won't do anything to him.
It's fire.

Move in, tag Ranthix with our claws to get his attention, then book it, hopefully he'll chase us.

>>33338282
Also a problem. But I don't think she's immune to fire so she won't be getting too close to us, and hopefully she won't mindfuck us too hard while we're busy trying to hurt Meckor.

It's not that she isn't a problem, it's just that we don't have much we can do about her at the moment, and Meckor is a higher priority. We could try shooting at her while we're doing other stuff, she probably wouldn't like a few bullets in the gut.

>>33338005
We need to get into the hallway. Sap Will and run. Maybe Corrupt the trident too if we can.

People saying to go for Wally, please no. There's no way in hell we'd be able to get him out of here. Sierra does not have enhanced strength. She does not have enhanced speed. We couldn't even get out of the way of the trident blast, Ranthix had to take it for us. We go for Wally and we just get blasted.

>>33338005
Ask Ranthrax out for coffee while running away.

If we both don't die, why the fuck not?

>"THIS COFFEE BURNS LIKE THE CENTER OF HELL!"
>"IT IS DELICIOUS!"

Okay, we've got some dissenting ideas here and there can only be one. So, let's figure out some of the major, guiding decisions.

Movement
>Flee out the door.
>Charge Meckor.
>Run for the window and hopefully also get past the woman.
Ranthix
>Trying to kill you.
>Trying to save you.
Waldric
>He's a lost cause.
>Try to avoid killing him.

For anyone not familiar with Sierra's power set, I recommend you look at the character sheet. Note how you do not have super strength.

>>33338442
>Flee out the door.
>Doesb't matter.
>He's a lost cause.

>>33338442
>Flee out the door.
>Trying to save you.
>Try to avoid killing him.

>>33338442
>Flee out the door.
>Honestly, they're both probably the same thing in his weird mind
>Avoid killing him, but I do not want to put any extra effort into saving him

>>33338442
>>Flee out the door.
>>33338442
>>Trying to kill you.
>>Trying to save you.
>>33338442
>>Try to avoid killing him.

>>33338442
>Flee out the door.
>Trying to save you.
>Try to avoid killing him.

>>33338442
>Flee out the door.
>Let's not assume anything. Ranthix has weird logic
>Try to avoid killing him.

>>33338442
>Charge Meckor.
>Trying to kill you.
>He's a lost cause.

>>33338442
>>Flee out the door.
>>There might be rough sweaty sex later
>>Try to avoid killing him, but at the moment he's on his own.

>>33338442
Can we summon the fire bat to pull a Dale Gribble?

>POCKET FIRE BAT HAAAAA!!!!

>>33338442
>Flee out the door.
>Trying to save you.
>Try to avoid killing him.

>>33338519
I like the way you think

>>33338442
>Charge Meckor.
>Trying to save you.
>Try to avoid killing him.

Also, sic our Familiar on the chick, it might distract her and hopefully keep her from keeping us from getting Meckor down.

>>33338442
>Flee out the door.

>Trying to save you. so he can kill us in proper combat - i like him he is like a demon lawfull pala. he will kill and murder your ass BUT IN RIGHTEOUS COMBAT!
>Try to avoid killing him.

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>People want to husbando Ranthix, so they're ignoring the fact that he's a violent weirdo who is totally behind this insane plan to conquer LA and wants to kill us right now
Well, at least you're thinking like a teenage girl.

Okay, that's probably good. Roll some dice. High, low, whatever, something good's bound to happen.

Rolled 52

>>33338612

Fleeing won't really help all that much. It'll be playing into their hands. It means that Ranthix will follow us, he's Infernus and thus can probably track us by smell and hearing, and can set fires so hiding in the shadows won't be all that effective.

Also, it means he can hunt us down to get his kill, instead of getting mad at Meckor for fighting back and trying to keep him from being the one who kills us.

Rolled 80

>>33338612

Rolled 95

>>33338612

Rolled 35

>>33338612
I'm gonna win this!

Rolled 31

>>33338612

>>33338619
Neutral!
>>33338624
>>33338627
Holy fuck we're dead!
Unless Languid has switched on us that is *wink wink* ey Languid?

>>33338624
>>33338627
Fuck we're gonna end up chained in someones basement with these rolls

>>33338611
I already gave up. I just wait for it to be over when they go full retard.

>>33338623
We're fleeing out into the hall because it's darker, which means more damage reduction and less ghosty chick and Meckor's trident. Also helps make it so Ro will be here quicker if we can fight/flee towards the entrance.

But with rolls like we just got, we're about to be slammed into the wall and loved tenderly!

>>33338612
>High, low, whatever, something good's bound to happen.
Man with those rolls I hope so.

Rolled 59

>>33338612

>>33338442
>Flee out the door.
>Trying to ...do his thing. Probably kill you!
>Try to avoid killing him.

How about layering shadow shields for extreme risky actions?

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>>33338611
I'm thinking something like this relationship.

>>33338665
It won't be darker for long, you know with the rampaging Infernus that can set everything on fire.

And it means we'll be stuck in a brawl with Ranthix even if we do get out, a brawl that Meckor will happily sit out of and let Ranthix rip our spine out.

If we charged than Ranthix would be fighting against Meckor and pupil chick as they might steal his kill, it'd force all of the opponents to split their attentions and utterly garble their chain of command and loyalty.

I just had a thought. We have AD, which means we can manipulate shadows in out general vicinity without having to touch them.

People tend to have shadows inside their lungs, stomachs, and colons.

All of those things will make you bleed out hella fast if punctured. There's a power we could get which causes shadows to turn into a churning mass of umbrakinetic razor-wire.


Are you thinking what I'm thinking?

>>33338665
>we're about to be slammed into the wall and loved tenderly!

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>>33338753
>Are you thinking what I'm thinking?

That Languid won't let us cheese it like this?

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>>33338442
1vs1 me faggot!

We're about to get wrecked. I can smell it in the air.

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>>33339017
What could possibly go wrong?

You do the natural thing. You run. You dodge Ranthix’s clawed clutches and dart back into the hallway. The lights are on. You turned them off? You have no time. You run out and turn the hall, then come face to face with the hipster. He looks up at you from his iPad, unimpressed.

And then all you know is pain. (+45 Stress: 51/100)

When you come back to your senses, you realize you’re not dead, but also that you’re not lying spazzed out on the ground. You’re being gripped my massive claws that cut through your flesh, and you’re like, seven, eight feet off the ground. (-3 HP: 23/26)

“No!” shouts Meckor, bursting into the hallway behind you and putting his trident up. You have a split second to notice hipster guy laid out prostrate beside a huge crushed portion in the drywall, into which he may have been thrown.

You hear Ranthix bellow from below you as he hurls you overhead with his mountainous strength. You go flying, and your world is confusion until you hit the window.

You smash through the glass shoulder first, shadows from outside flowing about you protectively as you go. You find yourself in freefall – blood flies from a dozen slashes in your skin as you sail through the air. (-3 HP: 20/26) (+7 Stress: 58/100) You fighting through the pain to see the window from which you’ve been cast explode outward with a fiery explosion.

And then you keep spinning, just in time to see the ground rush up to meet you.

--End Part 35--

Next game on Monday.

>>33339059
That man gets a dinner date.

Or maybe a boxing match, I'm not sure.

>>33339059
Looks like Hipster guy was the other demon minion guy and he's a Belphegoran.

Wasn't Wolfgang after all maybe.

>>33339059
God damnit, hipster, you ruined everything.

>>33339059
Ranthix a best.

>>33339059
Ranthix, you cool guy who doesn't afraid of anything

>>33339059
Wait, Hipster guy was a Belphegoran, and we didn't notice anything earlier? No extra HP, he didn't have any smells indicating heritage or that he hangs out with Inferni?

Ranthix's foreplay is pretty rough

>>33339059
Well this is bad. I wonder if Rowan is about to get up there in time to be without her gun and without us there to help.

>>33339163
Remember last thread where Moriah said "Oh, you must be part Belphegoran. That'd explain why I didn't pick up on you being a demon at all".

Belphs are pretty much the best at faking being human, and even Tweedy was good enough to do a fake HP bar.

So, next thread we get to fight ranthix solo?

>>33339059
You and your goddamn cliffhangers LANGUIIIDDD!

>>33339059
I think I'm going to vote for Inflict Pain next round of upgrades. Maybe the fear thing too, or if the new Verwelken power is cool then I'll vote for that. Or the Blood thing. That looks like a good debuff.

>>33339251
No I think next thread is us waking up after a long period of pavement induced unconsciousness to find Ranthrax +2 other demon's dead and us being wisked away in Rowan's strong, manly arms.

>>33339251
Go reread that.

We ran, hipster-Belphegoran shot us with Inflict Pain, Ranthix threw him through a wall, Meckor ran out and tried to shoot us with the trident when Ranthix revealed he was a traitor.
Ranthix then threw us through a window to get us away from there (we're part Infernus, the fall is not much of a problem) and then exploded in Meckor's face.

Note for future reference. If we smell ash and/or sand Ranthix or another Infernus is likely nearby, if we smell "expensive" and/or sky there's a Belphegoran, if we smell waterfall or something like that it's likely Hellion.

Though I'm surprised that we smelled the Belphegoran scent and didn't notice it belonged to the guy literally right in front of us. Seriously Sierra, get your shit together.

>>33339200
I don't think Tweedy had a glamour, the difference between Tweedy and his true form seems larger that what it would cover, and it hugely altered his physical capabilities.

>>33339341
Maybe Ranthy served under mom? Or just has great respect for her?

>>33339466
Probably this.
>>33339341
Actually, Ranthix can say he knocked out the Hipster because he interfered.

>>33339596
Considering that he pretty much impaled us with his claws after we got pained, it is believable.

>>33339636
I think that's more that he was fully shifted at the time, his claws are sharp enough to cut into our flesh a little just from gravity.
If he wanted to kill us, he wouldn't have thrown us through the window, he would've just crushed us to death.

>>33339596
That still wouldn't explain him exploding after we were already out of the blast radius.
Even if it's because Meckor was interfering, I doubt he would be forgiven for attacking his boss, whether he had intent to kill or not.
Plus, he has other fire abilities, if it was just Meckor's interference he wouldn't have exploded, which probably finished off the Belph and wounded witch lady.

>>33339251
We decided that fighting 3 vs 1 with our back to them, was a better idea then 1 vs 1.

You know, like a bitch.

>>33339991
The explosion was probably Meckor's Trident and/or Ranthix smacking Meckor because now Meckor was interfering in the fight.

>>33340245
Thinking it's Ranthix doing his "EVERYTHING IS NOW ON FIRE!" thing.

>>33340312
We should steal that line.

>>33340245
And?
If that's the case, then Meckor just attacked Ranthix, which means that Ranthix is still on our side.
Whether it's by his choice or because Meckor believed he was being betrayed and attacked him is irrelevant.
You've somehow managed to make an argument for the side you're disputing.

>>33340437
Having a common enemy does not make you friends. It possibly makes you allies, but Ranthrix is surprisingly hard to read.

Also, who the hell cooks bacon while they're waiting for the person they baited into a trap?
When we have fire resistance we should definitely do the hot bacon thing. That was awesome.

>>33341985
Thought we already had it.

>>33342316
We do.

Time for bacon.

>>33340437
I actually think Ranthix is on our side, otherwise we'd be dead when we raided the house & first met him.

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>>33342403
My theory is that Ranthix is going to be like pic related.

>>33340000
better to live like a bitch than die like a retard, retard

Regardless of Ranthix's affiliation, at this time it seems he's trying to keep us alive, which regardless of his reasons is pretty cool. I think given that, Sierra'd be open to talking to working with Ranthrix

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>>33342489
MFW Ranthrix has been disguised as Trixie this entire time.

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