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Field Mission 6: A Day in Thay, Part 1
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![]() ![]() Ready or not, rested or not, it's time to get moving, Reclaimers. You've got a very, very long day ahead of you. And another one. And another one. And, you get the joke. Early Friday morning, with the Director there to see them off, the Reclaimers load up into the Bureau's transportation orbs for the sixth time since this whole ordeal began, and make their way to about a mile or two outside of Thay. It's important to try to stick to the story, at least — that you're all visitors from a faraway school, here to spend some time with the students and faculty of Boarbumps. As much as Lucretia would have liked to join you, she can't. None of the other leading members of the Bureau of Balance can. Whoever enters Thay, after all, is entering a bubble, after all. A time trap. Nobody will be able to leave until the Relic, the Lamp of Undoing, is either retrieved or destroyed. Someone needs to be able to continue if you all can't. 1. SEVEN O'CLOCK ALREADYAs we noted in the OOC post, prompts on this log will be a quick few sentences of specific things happening during each hour. It's expected that Reclaimers will be seeing all of these events multiple times! So feel free to play with them as you see fit. If you're not sure if something you want to do would warrant a roll, please ask us in the RNG thread. ![]() ○ The Reclaimers have arrived in Thay, much to the curiosity of the highly intelligent, occasionally highly ... suspicious ... residents. Nevertheless, they recognize you as visiting, esteemed students, and, though perhaps still suspicious, welcome you into their fold. Also, as a note: Every time the relic is used, time is reset to this moment. ![]() ○ Afternoon classes at Boarbumps begin, starting with a lecture on the magical circuits of the common toad. If you happen to sit in on this one, as a visitor from another school, you may be asked to assist in the dissection. You will be heckled by the rest of the class as deemed fit. ![]() ○ The second afternoon class at Boarbumps begins. Are you three or four time loops in and in desperate need of a nap? This class, The History of Boarbumps, is for you. You will be treated to a long and droning lecture about how the students attending during Boarbumps' very first semester banded together to stop a particularly plucky troll. Which you'd think would be an interesting tale. It is not. ![]() ○ The third and final afternoon class at Boarbumps — Fighting with Fire — begins. The professor, known to be slightly more unorthodox in her teaching methods, will recruit any Reclaimer who happens to be there to defend themselves from the students' incoming fireball spells. The potency of the fireballs themselves range from the tickle of a candle, to that one time you ate a ghost pepper, to one particularly fiery spell that might actually hurt you. ![]() ○ There's a slight catastrophe over in the Town Square. That is to say, a giant spider seems to have escaped from Boarbumps and is terrorizing the vendors, to everyone's surprise. Subdue or dispatch it, it's up to you. ![]() ○ Cleanup of whatever damage the spider did is underway. In the meantime, the faculty of Boarbumps and the Hermetic Order of Red Wizards invite the Reclaimers to a small dinner in one of the public meeting rooms at the Red Keep. Every member of the Red Wizards are present, aside from Onerion Wyvernspur and Brian Darling. ![]() ○ No matter where you are in Thay, you'll feel the ground rumble underneath your feet. The residents largely pass it off as an earthquake, but will note that they have become much more frequent lately. ![]() ○ With a sudden loud roar, the ground of the town square suddenly begins to split. People, shops, and everything else begin to drop into the chasm, despite the Red Wizards, and everyone else's, attempts to save them. 2. OOC: A SPECIAL SHOUTOUTYou are welcome to keep track of how your character experiences these time loops as much or as little as you're comfortable with — we'll also be tracking what you all are doing! Our Minato player Kel came up with some extremely snazzy coding if you would like to track how each loop plays out for your character more closely. Thank you, Kel! Of course, this is completely optional. Keep up with as much as you'd like, have fun as you see fit, and we hope you enjoy this mission! |
Closed to Ogata and Shuichi
Ferran has faced a fiend before, stalled it long enough with words alone for the Director to deal with it. He made it through Wonderland, a place that did its best to terrify him into submission, and picked up the pieces (whether they were his own or someone else's) and walked out of there... eventually. Even death itself, facing Adrian, could have been worse.
None of that was the Abyss. There are no allies here except the three people around him, and one of them just threw an enormous fire spell into their enemies. Ferran stares wide-eyed as the creatures are incinerated, stock-still and his breath caught in his throat. He would have started to sweat even without the oppressive heat.
It's only when Gromph snaps at him that he startles and remembers the need for oxygen, breaths shaky as he scans the surroundings for the sake of strategizing. But he'll be the one concentrating, not fighting—and after a brief moment, he meets the eyes of Shuichi and Ogata.]
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[Well that explains that, though it does nothing to soothe the detective's nerves. This is, after all, the first combat situation he's been in that's actually real. That isn't just a simulation in the arena or training with Maki in the dojo.]
[So much for easing himself into fighting. This is definitely a tossed into the deep end, sink-or-swim situation if ever he's seen one.]
[He swallows thickly, glancing between the other three as Gromph explains things, wondering vaguely why he didn't do that BEFORE he decided to drag them to hell but whatever man, you do you. He offers the Drow a small nod as his best attempt to "look alive" before turning his attention to Ferran and Ogata, just in time to catch the former's eyes as he does the same.]
It...it'll b-be okay, Ferran-san. Just worry about the mirror, w-we'll take care of everything else.
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And well, Ogata's been told by various people to go to hell several times. Surely it actually happening was inevitable. This is actually all rather funny in a cosmic sort of way. If you die in hell, where do you even go? Do you just stay there? It's all comically stupid.
Speaking of stupid, he glances over at the reedy teenager he's supposed to be working with while the OTHER teenager does some nonsense with a mirror.]
Try not to make this take any longer than it has to take. [To Ferran, as he unslings his rifles from his shoulder, pulling ammunition out of his belt. As he loads his gun, he gestures with an elbow at Shuichi.] I don't trust this one to be much help and I only have so many bullets.
[Well. Rude.]
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Ferran casts a Haste spell on Shuichi, to help him through the initial volley. It will only last five minutes, but it's something. His bearded vulture familiar, Agate, appears out of a sparkling light to lend her own assistance with distraction. And finally, he conjures several sets of ammunition for the other two Reclaimers at their feet, and turns a serious look at Ogata.]
Shut up and do your job.
[His voice is still shaking as he says it—there's only so much he can do about the adrenaline and the fear—but he then turns to settle down in front of the mirror, leaving them and Gromph to deal with the demons.
Please let this succeed, for once.]
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[So as Ferran makes a few preparations for them, Shuichi does some of his own. He opens the messenger bag slung over his shoulder, rummaging inside it for a moment before pulling out a crossbow, a small quiver of crossbow bolts, and a small round bottle of a cloudy reddish potion. It's at that point that he notices someone is trying to contact him on his bracer, but that can wait for a few seconds. He's pretty sure he knows who it is, and he needs to do this before Ferran is lost to his magical concentration.]
Ferran-san...drink this before you start. [He holds the little bottle out towards the other boy once he's settled himself in front of the mirror.] It'll give you fire resistance for an hour.
[He saw Ferran's face when he saw that bigass fireball their host cast. He may not know exactly what Ferran's issue with fire is, but he can at least tell that there IS a problem of some sort. And fear only makes it harder to concentrate, even if one specializes in magical concentration. Or at least, that's what Shuichi assumes.]
[He says nothing else, nor does he wait for a response from Ferran. They need to be quick, after all, a full conversation can wait until later. He loads his crossbow as he takes a moment to briefly answer his bracer.]
[Alright. Time to put Maki's training to use and shoot some demonspawn!]
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I don't need you to tell me that.
[Meanwhile there's this.... teenager. Why are there so many teenagers here? Ogata really doesn't understand it. Look, this one isn't even focused on the mission. What could POSSIBLY be important enough that he has to talk to someone else while they're in literally hell? Once he's done, Ogata fixes him and his crossbow with a vaguely judgemental stare.]
What's your effective range with that thing?
[He's guessing not much, but at least the bolts will do a fair amount of damage if he hits anything.]
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Speaking of that mage, Gromph is probably about as pleased with the bracer interruption as Ogata; for all he's capable of throwing fire, ice and lightning at will, he's only one man, and there's already another incoming wave of fiends, some of them diving towards the group through the air.
Nothing like a trial by fire to test out your marksmanship.]
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[But at least Shuichi is eager to try and make up for the interruption. He immediately takes a shot at one of those divebombing fiends, catching it right in the heart(?). Which...probably answers Ogata's question a little bit, since the thing was only about ten or fifteen feet away. His range isn't very far, but it's seemingly fairly accurate. He dips the next bolt in a vial of something on one of the belts around his waist before loading it, and it's only then that he actually answers Ogata:]
Um...a-about six meters?
[His second shot catches a demon about thirty feet away in the collarbone, but the thing freezes in place immediately, easy prey for a more accurate fireball or bullet. The crossbow itself obviously has a much further range, but Shuichi himself only feels confident in his accuracy for about 20 feet or so. Luckily, he has poison tip and a variety of other poisons to make up for that. It doesn't matter if you hit a fatal point if you can paralyze or poison an enemy, after all.]
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He watches him hit the second demon and freeze it in place. Alright. That seems useful. He can work with that. He can work with all of this, really. Still. Six meters. Six!! Meters!! Children are useless. The worst part is the fact that if Shuichi’s poor competency gets him killed or injured, it will, surely, somehow be Ogata’s fault. He feels this in his gut. Especially the people already looking to blame him for something. Six meters.]
Alright. You stay close to Ferran and pick off any that get close. If you can move and shoot, do it. Otherwise you should change your position every minute or so. Old man, [Old man?! Gromph repeats, offended, and is ignored;] You keep the bulk of them pinned down up front with your magic. I’ll be in back.
[He loads his rifle, five bullets, thumb pressing down on the chamber not quite filled. The way he was trained to do. Pushing the bolt back in and his finger finds its familiar place at the trigger, pressing down, and letting the muted sound of a dry fire ring out. He’s done this hundreds of times. It’s at that precise moment he truly feels at peace with this ridiculous situation.]
Shout if you mess up. I’ll take care of it.
[Helpful? He turns to head off to a good shooting perch in the back. Apparently he’s not interested in answering any questions.]