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

[worthallthis]

Well, fuck. They're even more alike than originally anticipated, aren't they. Soldat sighs a little, lowers their voice, and says. "Yeah, that's. My life force is technically in this." They tap the strap for their lantern, hanging off their shoulder. "It's why the demon magic can't really hurt me."

They hesitate to call it a "soul", in part because "life force" is what Solis always called it, and a soul feels like an awfully person-ish thing. They're not sure they have much of a soul left, after seventy years of murder. But it's clearly similar enough.

[bakegarasu]

It's fine, he still has a little trouble grappling with the concept of a soul, too. Let alone him having one.

"You carry it everywhere... I kind of had a feeling it was something special." He sighs and runs his hands through his hair. "... We should probably get going soon. Don't wanna miss the party."

[worthallthis]

"Yeah." Soldat picks themselves up again, and ducks into their tent to put their tablet back away again. They don't need it in battle, not even for the trip out... though they do squirrel a few pieces of paper away in their combat uniform. Origami will probably be needed. "I've got to wash up a little before we go," they add apologetically as they come back out. There's blood all splattered in places all over their clothes and some in their hair, which they'd ignored while eating, but stepping into the pristine tent made painfully obvious. "If you wanna go ahead, I can catch up in a few minutes."

[bakegarasu]

"Sure. I'm going to stretch a bit so it's not as bad when I come back out of the armor." It's not physical fatigue, but his body's in one position while he's unconscious so it's not the best when he wakes up again.

"I'll see you there." He gets up and nods to Soldat, heading off towards his tent and the white cat inside of it.