Final: Purple

[voidtreckermods]

It has been a long and exhausting trek through the underwater caverns, even in the rare times they surfaced onto sandbanks they are attacked by creatures from the sea.

But eventually they arrive, one last water filled tunnel and a short climb they arrive in an large dry cave. In the centre there is a marble plinth. On the ground nearby there is a shell bowl, intact luckily but toppled off to the side.

Fighting

More pressing however are the two shark head beasts and uncountable number of crabs in the cavern. It seems, no matter how exhausted the voidtreckers are their fight is not yet over.

Preparing the chamber

Though the chamber doesn't have all that much in it, what there is is in a mess. There has been a concerted effort to wreck the place. Ripped tapestries cover the walls and there are candles, some smashed, some just toppled. The place smells strongly of a mix of different smells as if oils had been poured out, indeed there are empty and smashed bottles around.

At some point during this fight their SCA's glow and through them they may hear some familiar voices. It seems there is more to do than just fight crabs and indeed clearing this mess might not be able to wait until the battle is over!

Clear the chamber and set things to rights! Whilst also fighting off an army of crabs!

Comments

Open to mulitple

[laurefindil]

Glorfindel makes sure the room is lit up so everyone can see.

"Knock the crabs on their backs!" he says to those who might not have heard yet. "Get the priests to where they need to be!"

"I'll take the one on the right. Who's with me!" he said of the shark headed beasts.

[theturksway]

"Well shit, Nightlight." Reno said as he walked up from behind the elf, his baton tapping on his own shoulder lightly. "Look you all lighting the way and calling the shots. You gonna hit that thing, too, are just stand there all day!"

The last sentence he said in a rush as he dashed towards the shark-headed beast on the right, a burst of electricity streaking behind him. Clearly he hadn't learned his lesson. Or maybe he just thought Glorfindel was fine with the lightshow, being one himself and all.

He was teasing the elf, but also here to help him. Hell, they weren't that bad a team before why not try it again.

[laurefindil]

"Not the first time I've been called that!" Glorfindel said with a laugh. He was right behind Reno, and used a handy stalagmite to kick off to to jump high enough to stab at the shark eye with his sharp stick. "But at least I'm bright!"

[theturksway]

"Not surprised with that glow!" Reno replied as he hit the beast from below. He was used to working with someone and easily compensated for the other's aerial attack. He slid along the ground as he swept by the creature, busting its legs as he went.

[voidtreckernpcs]

"We are where we need to be." Hera spoke softly, yet could be heard over the din.

"Yet we did not expect... this devastation."

She sounds almost in pain.

[laurefindil]

"What do we need to do to fix it?" Glorfindel asked. Normally he would be able to sense the pain he heard in her voice, and the fact he couldn't added to his feeling of powerlessness. But he wasn't actually powerless and neither were the priests. Not with Team Purple backing them up.

"We'll take out those two cave troll wannabes and clear out the crabs, have no worries about that, please."

[voidtreckernpcs]

"Yes, these creatures need dealing with. This place has been defiled. We need to make it sanctified once again. Getting rid of these is a start, and cleaning... what has been done."

She looked very sad for a moment before it was taken over by a look of determination.

[cassiefuckingcage]

Cassie wipes a gob of crab blood off her face and smiles weakly.

"Hell, why not? I've fought bigger and uglier."

She could conceivably take the one on the left on her own. But she's not interested in fighting fair. She surges skyward in an upward motion, hoping to use an air shadow kick to get behind the one on the right.

[laurefindil]

Even though those shark/bears were quite fast, they weren't going to be a match for Team Purple. There were enough on this mission to not need to take anything on by themselves.

Which was nice. He wished he'd had Team Purple back in Gondolin. That Balrog that killed him wouldn't have stood a chance.

"Same, but glad I don't have to by myself this time!" he said with a grin. Since she went up, he went down, trying to pin one massive paw to the floor with a bamboo spear.

[cassiefuckingcage]

As the bearshark howls in response to Glorfindel's attack, Cassie arcs downward. Seeing that it is now otherwise occupied, she redirects her momentum to strike the monster directly.

Her boot connects first - stepping on its head more than kicking it. She somersaults in the air with her second step and strikes with one of her tonfas, landing a rabbit punch to the back of the head.

She can hear the blood trickle on the floor behind her ass he lands, as the bearshark takes a dazed step forward...

Reno | OTA -- fighting and cleaning up

[theturksway]

I. Fighting

There were too many of these creatures to ignore for long. Reno liked violence anyway. He was a Turk. Turks did things that nobody else had the stomach for and that typically involved lots of violence. So he was down for all the fighting.

He continued to use his electricity attacks despite the danger to sparks in the room full of oil and dripping water. Although he did try to reign it in whenever he got close to other people. He was more considerate around the younger members than other fighters.

II. Cleaning Up

After it seemed apparent that it was important to get this ritual started thanks to the new SCA comm system, Reno tried to help get that started, too. Usually it was Tseng that handed out orders but Reno prided himself on being the second top Turk so it was time to live up to those expectations. He rounded up the spiritual leaders they brought with them and got them to start on cleaning up the ritual area. While they did that, he helped keep the crabs off their backs.

"Whatever you guys normally do here, now's the time to do it! Everyone else," he turned towards whatever fellow Voidtreckers were closest, "keep them safe!"

[voidtreckernpcs]

"It cannot be done like this." The man nearby him was fighting off crabs in between clearing up what he could.

He was elderly but was using his staff as an efficient weapon, knocking crabs back from where they tried to attack.

[theturksway]

Well at least the old guy could handle a few crabs. Reno helped the guy out once for free with a dropkick to a nearby crab as he turned to face the geezer.

"What does that mean! What do we have to do to get this party started?"

[voidtreckermods]

"We cannot..." He turned to bat another crab out of the way, stick sweeping it away and sending it scuttling. "...conduct a ceremony in a desecrated temple."

I

[dredefulchilde]

“Fucking hell bugger shit fuck fuck!”

Joscelin isn’t doing particularly well against the crabs. They’re massive, almost as big as he is, and there’s only so much that an exhausted and not particularly athletic ten year old can do against such creatures. Any time he manages to tip one onto its back, five more seem to take its place.

He barely manages to avoid an enormous claw and stumbles backwards, tripping over some of the detritus in the cave and landing painfully on his bottom. .

“Fuck!”

[myblueskies]

"Joss!"

Romeo is not much bigger than him, nor does he have the borderlines that would normally work for ranged fighting or a shield to give him and others a break. But at least he has always been this tiny and weak.

He darts through the crabs to try and get to Joss' side and wacks another crab with his spear. He's exhausted but he knows if they stop the crabs will pincer them to pieces!

Whisper - Open

[silentwoof]

FIGHT

Aw heck. There are definitely still people who'd be doing better here than Whisper in a still kinda too small space for pure sniping. Amy's hammer would just turn these things into crab cakes in one swing. Whisper was doing her best beating them back, cracking shells and crushing claws, but what she really wanted to do was clear out space to switch to laser mode so she could plug away at the big shark nasties.

Just gotta find some help is all.

...keep fighting?

...the biggest difference once they find out that they have to straighten up their room is that Whisper at least has specific targets to defend. That's her strength.

So don't be surprised when a crab gets whacked or blasted away while you're doing the important stuff.

Re: Whisper - Open

[laurefindil]

Glorfindel spotted Whisper between crab bashing and helping with the sharkbears. "Didn't you say you were a sniper?" he asked. "If I could get you to the top of the plinth, think you could clear some space?"

[silentwoof]

"...I'd appreciate that," was her quick answer. At this point, she'd accept being thrown, teleported, flown up...

Shaw | OTA

[aablublublu]

There were a lot of people here who could fight. Many of them much better at it than Shaw. She was confident enough in her abilities, but she also figured that there was somewhere else her skills were better applied.

"Someone holdthisinplace! Thedamagecontinues higherupthewall!"

While the others were holding the monsters at bay, Shaw worked tirelessly on restoring the shape of the ritual chamber. Okay, not tirelessly, she was actually very tired, but damned if that was going to slow her down right when the stakes were at their highest. The only trouble she was having was that her attempts to organize the efforts were hampered by her unassuming appearance and rapid-fire speech patterns. On that bit, she could use a bit of help, but if you need something heavy moved into or out of place, you could count on Shaw.

Re: Shaw | OTA

[laurefindil]

Glorfindel was concentrating on the monsters, but he wasn't about to lose track of his Team mates (too many years fighting orcs for that), so when he recognized the speech pattern, he quickly located her. "What help do you need?"

[aablublublu]

"Needhelpwith thistapestry. Haveto putitbackup. Importanttoritual. Can'treach, evenwithladder."

The perils of being short.

Ifrit, better late than never

[oripyrothy]

Huge swarms of large monsters? Enclosed space? An actual DRY cave without moisture trying to smother every flame??

This is a battlefield MADE for Ifrit. And she is LIVING for it.

Ifrit stands probably further up front than is strictly necessary, flames burning and bursting in the general direction of the giant crabs and/or giant shark-headed monstrosities. Her laugh sounds a little villainous, or at least delinquent-on-a-rampage-ish. "COME ON! Is THIS all you've GOT!? I'm going to turn you all into ash!"

Just a girl going into a battle high. But at least these intense flames are actually coming in handy here.

Re: Ifrit, better late than never

[laurefindil]

"That works," Glorfindel said, watching her torch the crabs. "A little early for the post-victory barbecue, though." Fortunately he was now flameproof. Though he wasn't entirely sure about the wetsuit.

[oripyrothy]

"You think this is a barbecue? You haven't seen nothing yet!" You mean anything, Ifrit.

Still, she punctuates her words by turning up the heat. Flames intensify, and even start licking back towards Ifrit, her skin blistering from the heat. Her flames would eat away at any fire-resistance (including what meager resistances Ifrit herself has) so be careful about getting too close.

Willing to burn herself up to get the monsters? Yep. She calls it Scorched Earth.