The Will to Fight: Ongoing: Red and Purple

[voidtreckermods]

Dawn Attack

It's been a busy few days of fighting demons, attacking keystones and fighting both on the demon and human planes. On the morning of day nine of the month of Kazoo a gate opens close to the base camp that the two teams have made.

It seems the demons have decided to focus on this unexpected threat, because it is a sizable force, with a number of the large demons. They march towards the camp with single-minded focus, the opportunity to stop these unwanted defenders taking precedence over their desire to destroy the city.

The advantage to the landscape being as ruined as it is, is that there isn't much to stop the lookouts from seeing this force headed towards them. A gate opening is not subtle. There should be enough time to make sure the defenders are ready.

Scouting Ahead

Once that skirmish is won those on the Red team will find their SCA's beeping, with an exclamation point far out to the east.

A group of demons is congregating at the location indicated. Investigate why, defeat the demons and close any gates nearby.

It will take a while to get there and there is plenty to do on the way for those that follow the exclamation point. Roaming packs of demons, gates to be closed. Exhausting work, especially for those going in and out of the demon gates.

Protecting the City

Once it is clear that these defenders are not going to be easy to wipe out, the attacks on the city itself get more frequent. The demons have changed tactics: rather than sending in large groups they open many small portals, sending small strike teams to harry and target individuals.

Some of the attacks are clearly meant as traps: they open the gates in or very close to the city, to lure the Voidtreckers in to where they will be affected by the spell. Ranged attacks may be useful here.

Comments

Brief Rest

[azrthmtrnznthos]

The dawn attack had been surprising. Raven had managed to get some sleep, thanks to her awareness that Soldat was there. She trusted him, and he promised he'd take care of her. But the attack had still been draining, and Raven knew if she wasn't going to sleep well, she needed to eat well.

She's headed for that, when she notices 47's SCA beeping. "What's going on?" She asks--she's guesting on Red, but that doesn't mean she got the alert.

[rieper]

"A new formation of demons. They're gathering at this point."

He showed her the map on his SCA briefly. It was at the edge of Red's territory, not too far away but enough for a day's worth of trek to get there by normal means. Something they were now going to have to take care of.

"We're to go to them and take them out before they can attack again."

[azrthmtrnznthos]

Raven looked at the SCA with interest, and then nodded. "Let's hope we can. Some of us could scout ahead. We fly."

[rieper]

47 was quiet for a moment, lost in thought, but then he looked at her as he nodded in turn. "True, some will probably scout ahead more quickly than others. The additional information gathered from such excursions would be beneficial."

[azrthmtrnznthos]

"I can also teleport, and bring one person with me." Raven murmured, as that sounded like a plan to her.

[rieper]

That brought another careful pause from the assassin. That was a great asset.

"That's highly efficient. It could mean gathering Intel rapidly and conveying it from safety just as quickly."

[azrthmtrnznthos]

"I'll see if anyone else is planning to scout. Best we all coordinate, if we're going to do this." Raven nodded her head. "Thanks."

[rieper]

"...Stealth is my specialty if you plan on getting in and out quickly. Otherwise, I'll stick with the main group--we'll have to head out soon."

That was as close to asking to go as he would get. It wasn't strictly necessary to him though he always did prefer to scout out his target ahead of time. Or have Intel given to him ahead of time. So either way worked. He'd let her decide who she wanted to bring along.