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

[miseris_socios]

"I know. I'm not worried." He probably should be. He knows he's going to have a rough time. He knows he hasn't really fought anything huge before, not like SEES did. But there's a calm over him, like when he was planning on confronting Aragaki. It's a cold sort of calm that's likely familiar to Soldat.

... It's also mostly dissociating, but it's not like he knows that.

[worthallthis]

Calm is easier to deal with than the touchy defensiveness. Soldat'll take it. Also, they don't actually know about disassociating in that fashion. That's just mission focus, right?

So they nod. "See if you can get a little sleep. We'll probably be back on the road in couple hours again."

[miseris_socios]

Sure, Soldat. Call it that.

"I'll try. An hour or two, maybe. I'm not going to get left behind." He's not going to be able to cross that distance on his own if they leave without him.

[worthallthis]

It's all they can call it, when they can't see inside Ken's head.

"I'll make sure you don't get left behind," they say, and pick themselves up for a stretch. Maybe a quick patrol around the little camp. "Promise."