The Last Oddetsey

[shadowflare]

"Maaaan, if we don't fight he'll probably kill us just on principle. He *IS* a bad guy after all, ze." Marisa answered Twitch anyway, "And I have better things to do then get zapped by his evil riftness or whatever."

After listening to the rest of the bird's speech, Marisa widened her eyes, "Oh, guess that explains all the diffrent people in the holes in the tree, there was a bunch of powerful people and then.... some young guy with a glowbox. My head got all weird for a second after seeing that guy, so I had to stop looking. Wish I peeked into the tree a little more now, to see where else the bugs were coming from... (I mean, how cool would it be to see somebody from her own world in there? At least then she'd know who'd be a bad idea to shoot at! Or at least, more of a bad idea then usual.) Oh! and there was a room with weapons and stuff in it. We were kinda in a hurry and just grabbed whatever. Ask George about it."

Marisa turned to the Botanist, "When we get back from blasting the jerk over there, can you teach me more about that tree? I'm curious now. I know about mushrooms, not trees."

[alex_holt]

AURELIA

Caspasian and the other members of the Trans-Solar Host nod sagely as they are told all the plot details:
"Accessing the ship is no challenge to us, but the upcoming battle will truely test all of our skills"

TWITCH

George points him in the direction of the weapons room and repeats the instructions - limited access time and the ability to pick any weapon and a side weapons or defensive item.

(OOC: one phrase searches please, it'll be a lucky dip within that phrase eg. "big red laser gun" or "ice beam pistol" - I'll try to find something good within that description)

MARISA
The Botanist lights up at this suggestion, clearly he would relish the opportunity to talk abotu plants, and there is a good chance that Marisa will get more than she bargained for.

"This tree is very near to completing its cycle though, you should probably get as close a look as you can now - the energy that will be thrown around here when you start your battle will probably be enough for it to hatch! Very exciting, even I have only seen this a once before!"

[NFX]

Twitch managed to locate the weapons room without making any wrong turns at all, which was definitely worth pointing out.

Okay, he was planning to use his bladed wings to do close-quarters attacking, so ideally he'd want something that he could use easily at a distance. Plus some sort of energy shield for defense and protection. Technically, he only really had that helmet of his at the moment. He also needed to remember when choosing his equipment that he had no hands, that was becoming a real problem...

[NWOWWE]

Gaunt stared at the Vengeance-clone. He thought about pulling out The Golden Gun and firing at him. Subsequently he also thought about a smoking crater appearing where he was now standing and hastily dismissed the idea.. He was convinced that no good would come out of this clone succeeding but he also had no interest in sacrificing himself for anyone. Let some other sap do that if they wished. Of course with more and more hired goons appearing around here, some kind of decisive strike by either side seemed agonizingly imminent. He'd rather not be mistaken for one of this lot if his original group came calling. He decided to make one last attempt to get some real information and approached the crab-creature again.

"It looks like you're doing a good enough job finding recruits so I assume something must be happening soon. Since we're all congregating here it better be something more useful than frontline infantry. There has to be someone here that knows what the plan is. I can't speak for everyone here, but I doubt people showed up to be a part of "Operation Meatshield". Even a general idea would be nice at this point."

[majinb]

(OOC, if I don't get round posting a more detailed tactic, Aurelia and her army will join those that attack Vengancier, at all times being protective over those that are less rift resistant, using them as ranged support mostly)

[alex_holt]

TWITCH

Grabbing some items that look appropriate, Twitch gets:

CHI FOCUSING RING
Designed as an aid for those who have trouble focusing their Chi naturally, it makes even a novice capable of firing a hadouken. Although intended as a ring, it fits Twitch as an anklet.

ION FIELD PROJECTOR
While activated, this shield projects a super charged ion field in a bubble around the wearer. It's calibrated to be automatically reactive so that any fast moving projectile will be incinerated on impact, while letting slower things pass through. It also provides little protection from energy or anti-matter unfortunatly.

LELAND GAUNT

The Crab blinks at you. You have no idea what this actually means, but it seems disdainful.

"Theres a load of enemies of the guy paying your bill over there. One of them has a dangerous power called the Rift. Lord Vengeance wants to remove that power for everyones safety, but they are not keen. The wielder is too dangerous to engage directly, all you guys in support are basically just to keep the rest of those hooligans occupied while Lord Vengeance deals with the wielder personally. You should be well beyond them, don't concern yourself, just keep out of the range of the rift blasts."

[shadowflare]

i dun too many wurdz.

Marisa blinked at the Botanist. She knew it was probably gonna pop soon, but not THAT soon!
"Good point, ze, a good, quick look over the tree should be fine until we get underway, right?"

[NFX]

Having grabbed some stuff that looked like he would be able to use properly, the parrot quickly made his way back to the main hall, but not without going back to his usual habits, and first finding a room chock-full of various cleaning products with the tallest stepladder Twitch had ever seen residing behind them.

"Right," Twitch announced, coming in to land near the middle of the group, "I'll give us all a flash bomb, and then we can attack the...thing. Whoever's left up there." The macaw dipped his beak into his bag of items, pulling out the second of his three Flash Bombs. "I am still invisible, yeah?" he added.

[andrewj]

"Keep the hooligans occupied, you say? I think we can do that... but how exactly does Lord Vengeance intend to 'deal' with the rift wielder? Does he even know who in particular he is looking for?"

[alex_holt]

MARISA
Upon examining the tree closer, Marisa notices the following:
- It's leaves are the distinctive wavy shape of Oak leaves.
- The whole thing has a thick, heavy radience of ambient magic from it at the minute, and being near it now has a strange feeling projecting of hot lazy evenings of late summer
- The whole thing is very slightly starting to take on Autumnal colours.
- Slowly beginning to gather around the canopy of the tree are tiny fleck of gold glowing stuff hovering like fireflies, which Marisa realises are very much like the "fleck of old magic" she acquired long ago. It looks very Ghibli.

CLEO
"He has not bequeathed any such information to me, but I would assume a rift wielder would wade in using their complete powers, why risk dying when you have such abilities at your command?"

[shadowflare]

"Oh woooow~"

Marisa took the fleck of old magic out, trying to compare it to the gold stuff floating around and to see if it is drawn to the tree somehow.
"Hey, Mr. Botanist, what do you make of those golden flecks up there?"

[alex_holt]

MARISA

"They are flecks of the Old Magic - the magic created as the Universe was formed - very powerful stuff it is yes. Some few organisms like this Tree naturally attract it and use it. But if your one is unique.... it is not bonded to another organism yet, were you to take it into yourself, you would become connected to this Earth forever. You'd never be able to leave it again or go home to your own world, but the power that ties you to this plane forever would give you access to greater and more primal magic than anyone living."

[NWOWWE]

Well... Either someone from the group had been holding back some information or they'd picked up someone else along the way that Gaunt hadn't had time to hear about. That could be a question for later though. As for the present situation... glorified decoy duty. But since Gaunt had no interest in fighting any of the others it shouldn't be as bad as all that. Since this lot wouldn't be expecting a traitor on their side it would be all too easy. A discrete shot with The Golden Gun here. A smack with this magical sea-staff perhaps. Maybe even a stab in the back with the harpoon. Oh and wouldn't he love to see this crab down the business end of a shrimp fork. Powerful though this Vengeance-clone must be, he probably wouldn't be expecting his hit squad to be taken care of rather efficiently.

Gaunt then addressed the loathsome crab-spider again, but smiled all the same.

"I guess we'll have to leave it at that for now. I think we can handle who ever will be over there. I just generally prefer to have a clearer idea of what the opposition is. Dealing with unknowns is never a very thrilling prospect, but I've worked with less before."

[Badnik96]

Slammer has no clue what's going on but posts to avoid death :V

[alex_holt]

EVERYONE

There is a strange Tardisian noise and a strange shop is suddenly there on one side of the courtyard, and Spod tumbles out the front door, having been in the strange places between worlds for the duration of the story. It would seem that most of inventory has been mashed up by spending too long between worlds, but one section has remained miraculously unharmed...

The clothing and outfit section - there is nothing magical or even vaguely helpful defensively here, entirely cosmetic, but you are all about to partake in ultimate battle with the multiverse at stake, this bizarrely comprehensive room will allow you to do so while looking like a stylish badass should you wish it.

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Below in the City, shielded by the most expensive scanner blockers an outrageously rich Church can buy, Cardinal Khloe, Head of the Grand New Melded Church of Vengeance, prepares the equally outrageously expensive Faith Artillery, known colloquially as Canon Cannons. Blasting the concentrated faith out as bolts of heavenly fire. She prepares to bombard Lord Vengeance - the False Prophet - to shoot him down should he be targetable.