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Grendyne groans and starts pulling on her boots when the alarm goes off. Again. She quick-marches to the broom hangar, sits on her machine and is handed a plethora of loaded weapons by attentive corporals.
"Two flyers in one day? They're getting way too common."
"It's worse," the commander informs them, "South Karlsland got hit with three at once. We're taking Lytee's express and sleeping there. You can sit out if you absolutely need to, but Freya's still recovering so we could use you as a comms relay."
"No, I'll come. I just reserve the right to complain about it."
The 42nd United Forces Witch Wing takes off and assembles into a perfect synchronized formation as Lytee charges her teleport power.
...This is not South Karlsland wilderness.
[note: halfway through this thread I created a unique account for Grendyne. Do not be alarmed by the change in account. -Rockeye]
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wormcan
Fog does disperse slightly, but pulls himself together and keeps coming. The ranged attackers are all firing on the Empire capes, but Gren's glowing green weapon is the most visible target. Fenja lunges, not for Citrine Mage but for the stunbomb, both she and her spear increasing in size. Menja rushes ahead of her and engages the close-range fighters.
witchwatcher
The stunbomb shrinks when the spear passes right through it. Citrine Mage applies just enough of telekinetic shove to Fenja to keep her from following up the attack, ascends, and starts charging it again. With her spare concentration she applies various shaker-type effects on the Empire's capes - the immobilization field, elemental things, telekinetic shoves, shields getting in their way, and so on. Watching Purity all the while.
wormcan
Fog reaches the heroes, and passes through Aegis' costume. The hero flies out, yelling that Fog is using his corrosive effect but doesn't seem to be trying to kill from the inside. Citrine Mage's shaker powers slow him down; between the decreased mobility and the shields he's effectively contained.
Everything has a fraction of the effect it should on the giantesses, but the same does not apply to whoever they're fighting. They drag Aegis, Armsmaster, and Dauntless into the immobilization field, where they're much less slow than their opponents. They start exchanging blows. Triumph shouts that he can keep Fog occupied, and then shouts, the sound waves driving the mist back. Gallant alternates blasts between Fenja and Menja, to little effect.
Everything has a fraction of the effect it should on the giantesses, but the same does not apply to whoever they're fighting. They drag Aegis, Armsmaster, and Dauntless into the immobilization field, where they're much less slow than their opponents. They start exchanging blows. Triumph shouts that he can keep Fog occupied, and then shouts, the sound waves driving the mist back. Gallant alternates blasts between Fenja and Menja, to little effect.
witchwatcher
She reverses the immobilization field as soon as it starts doing more harm than good.
The stunbomb is now large enough that she gives it a decent chance to shut down Fenja or Menja. She picks the one that seems easier to hit, and hits them with it.
The stunbomb is now large enough that she gives it a decent chance to shut down Fenja or Menja. She picks the one that seems easier to hit, and hits them with it.
wormcan
Fenja goes down, not unconscious but not getting up either. The other four heroes overwhelm Menja.
While that battle is ongoing, and going badly for the Empire, Purity steps out the window. She's glowing brightly, and raises a hand. Light spirals out, blasting Triumph to the ground, then Gallant, then Aegis. Dauntless' shield blocks one with its own white light, and Armsmaster is surprisingly hard to hit. The next blast is at Gren.
While that battle is ongoing, and going badly for the Empire, Purity steps out the window. She's glowing brightly, and raises a hand. Light spirals out, blasting Triumph to the ground, then Gallant, then Aegis. Dauntless' shield blocks one with its own white light, and Armsmaster is surprisingly hard to hit. The next blast is at Gren.
witchwatcher
She's being careful not to underestimate Purity. A large and tough shield goes up. Stunbolts, hiding in the spiral of her attack, go back the other direction.
Time to be more mobile. Gren starts dodging further attacks, filling the air with a hopefully overwhelming quantity of stunbolts, flitting around and trying to get Purity to make a mistake.
Time to be more mobile. Gren starts dodging further attacks, filling the air with a hopefully overwhelming quantity of stunbolts, flitting around and trying to get Purity to make a mistake.
wormcan
It's not obvious whether her opponent could dodge well enough if she tried. She doesn't try. The stunbolts hit Purity to no effect. Most beams miss, but one hits her shield as powerfully as any blast of its type short of Legend's.
With Gren dodging and the others down or occupied, Purity starts talking.
"You attack me now? I wanted to clean up this world, same as Kaiser did, and do it without the drugs and extortion. With Krieg and Hookwolf gone too, I could maybe even get the whole Empire on board. We don't have to be enemies, but if you all insist then I'll just have to win."
She and Dauntless blast each other. Dauntless goes down.
With Gren dodging and the others down or occupied, Purity starts talking.
"You attack me now? I wanted to clean up this world, same as Kaiser did, and do it without the drugs and extortion. With Krieg and Hookwolf gone too, I could maybe even get the whole Empire on board. We don't have to be enemies, but if you all insist then I'll just have to win."
She and Dauntless blast each other. Dauntless goes down.
witchwatcher
"Even if I agreed with your stupid agenda, which I don't, you're a criminal. We take down criminals."
She blasts into the building, thankful the steelwing is relatively compact, and seeks out Othala. Invulnerability probably means she's doing it.
She blasts into the building, thankful the steelwing is relatively compact, and seeks out Othala. Invulnerability probably means she's doing it.
wormcan
She spots Othala easily, thanks to her cape-detecting senses. Purity fires at the steelwing, not caring for the property damage if she misses, and keeps talking to Armsmaster. Othala runs for the nearest window.
witchwatcher
The steelwing takes a glancing blow and remains flyable, if less so. The blow Othala takes from a rain of stunbolts is not glancing.
wormcan
Othala collapses. If Gren returns outside, she'll see Purity and Armsmaster still talking, neither moving against the other, while Triumph holds Fog at bay and Aegis gets coming back no matter how often Menja hits him. Fenja starts to get up, and Armsmaster gives her a small dose of whatever kept Lung down.
witchwatcher
She takes forty-five seconds to copy Othala. Then she flies back outside and taps all the heroes still present (injured or downed ones first). They all get regeneration for a few seconds each before the next person's turn. That should help!
And since Purity shouldn't be invulnurable anymore, Citrine Mage can go back to trying to get a stunbolt on her.
And since Purity shouldn't be invulnurable anymore, Citrine Mage can go back to trying to get a stunbolt on her.
wormcan
She's suddenly got Menja's shield in front of her face, coming closer. (Menja's arm is attached to it, but it's mostly the shield that's noticeable.)
Armsmaster calls out orders, "Gallant! Aegis! Get back to base, it's under attack." He gets back to dueling Menja, while Dauntless and Citrine Mage blast at Purity.
Armsmaster calls out orders, "Gallant! Aegis! Get back to base, it's under attack." He gets back to dueling Menja, while Dauntless and Citrine Mage blast at Purity.
witchwatcher
Menja is annoying. Good thing Gren can still kinda-fly.
(stunbolt, stunbolt, gust of wind and smoke, stunbolt, stunbolt, flashbang bolt, stunbolt)
(stunbolt, stunbolt, gust of wind and smoke, stunbolt, stunbolt, flashbang bolt, stunbolt)
wormcan
Menja lasts longer than her sister did, but eventually her opponents wear her down enough for the repeated stunbolts and Halberd jabs to bring her down. Purity, between blasts, grabs Othala and flees.
witchwatcher
Citrine Mage curses under her breath. "Shoulda covered her in foam, even stunned." She chases, relying more on what she's copied off capes like Glory Girl and Purity herself than the Steelwing, now.
A shield forms in front of Purity's flight path. If this next round of stunbolts doesn't get her, it'll be better to save her mana than to keep chasing. She's already used quite a bit.
A shield forms in front of Purity's flight path. If this next round of stunbolts doesn't get her, it'll be better to save her mana than to keep chasing. She's already used quite a bit.
wormcan
She tries to fly around the shield, and fires on it when she can't. She blocks as many stunbolts as possible with Othala's already-stunned body. While trying to fly away, she calls back "it's true! Ask Armsmaster!"
witchwatcher
She radios Armsmaster. "Purity's gone, can't catch her, Steelwing's too damaged. Is HQ still under attack?"
witchwatcher
"Faster to ride there. Should probably re-stun and foam everyone before we leave. Don't want the rest of 'em to get up. D'you know what she meant by 'It's true'?"
wormcan
"What she said before, about trying to convince the rest of the Empire to be more vigilante than villain. Not that it isn't good news, but she hadn't made much progress so far."
Not having the time for Armsmaster to try devices against Fog until something reverts him to normal, Triumph's sound waves force Fog's form into the back of an airtight containment van. He and Citrine Mage ride with Armsmaster. Dauntless is a speedster in his own right. Their PRT backup moves in to collect Menja and Fenja, while the capes rush back to the PRT HQ.
Not having the time for Armsmaster to try devices against Fog until something reverts him to normal, Triumph's sound waves force Fog's form into the back of an airtight containment van. He and Citrine Mage ride with Armsmaster. Dauntless is a speedster in his own right. Their PRT backup moves in to collect Menja and Fenja, while the capes rush back to the PRT HQ.
witchwatcher
Citrine Mage speeds Armsmaster's bike along by imitating Vista.
"I've got plenty of juice left, by the way, just can't fly well without a Steelwing. Triumph, when we get there I'll give you regen or invulnurability, your choice - I'll probably lose Othala's power before the day's done, but I still have it for now."
"I've got plenty of juice left, by the way, just can't fly well without a Steelwing. Triumph, when we get there I'll give you regen or invulnurability, your choice - I'll probably lose Othala's power before the day's done, but I still have it for now."
wormcan
"Invulnerability, I'm not injured and we don't know what they've got."
When they arrive, there are PRT personnel surrounding the building and bringing people out. The people being taken out are unconscious but apparently uninjured. "They've got the Director," Miss Militia informs Armsmaster when they arrive. "Released everyone else, and aren't interfering with rescuing unconscious victims. They knocked out everyone on the lower levels, even Lung in the cells, and say they're going to bring down the building."
Gallant gets back from being flown around the building by Aegis. "They're in one of the middle levels, the darkness on the roof is a distraction. They have to know we're here, but aren't worried about whatever their plan is being disrupted. The Director isn't worried either, for what that's worth."
When they arrive, there are PRT personnel surrounding the building and bringing people out. The people being taken out are unconscious but apparently uninjured. "They've got the Director," Miss Militia informs Armsmaster when they arrive. "Released everyone else, and aren't interfering with rescuing unconscious victims. They knocked out everyone on the lower levels, even Lung in the cells, and say they're going to bring down the building."
Gallant gets back from being flown around the building by Aegis. "They're in one of the middle levels, the darkness on the roof is a distraction. They have to know we're here, but aren't worried about whatever their plan is being disrupted. The Director isn't worried either, for what that's worth."
witchwatcher
She taps Triumph. "Invulned, probably for about five minutes. Huh. Bug girl... Let's see if I can mess with your early warning insects... No, I can't copy her control from this far away."
She switches to a whisper spell. "I think she might be able to hear through them. She put thin webs all over the place, and there's mosquitoes or similar on most of us, tracking our position... No clue how she can keep it all straight in her head."
She switches to a whisper spell. "I think she might be able to hear through them. She put thin webs all over the place, and there's mosquitoes or similar on most of us, tracking our position... No clue how she can keep it all straight in her head."
whole_new_can
"We've been assuming they'll know as soon as we try anything," Miss Militia says. "Good to have confirmation. We didn't want to go in in force until everyone is out, especially Lung, in case they were serious about bringing down the building."