Event 1: Gods and Monsters

[letsplayamod]

[Time is a bit difficult to measure in this place. The storms that rage beyond your safe barrier, overtaking the horizon with their shifting lights and shadows, aren't doing it any favors. If you were to ask Athena, she'd say it's been about a week since your arrival. And since then... there's been scant signs of things improving.

Today, you wake up to quiet. No drone of distant winds. Not even birdsong breaches your bedrooms. Like a inhaled breath, the world seems to have paused.

And then, it exhales. The ground under your feet trembles and shakes. Dirt flies. Rocks shower down from the direction of the cliffs.

There, like an open wound stabbed into the earth, was a large crack where there wasn't before, spilling out an oppressive red light. Stranger still, some larger rocks are floating over the opening itself.

...Investigate?]

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Round 4

[letsplayamod]

[The world rocks beneath the weight of your attacks. Thunder and lightning rain down with explosive blows, on top of the absolute havoc of Omega's ordinance. The forces were well and truly smashed with the might of a god.

Disoriented and scattered, it gives Athena the perfect opportunity to swoop down on the rift. Shifting back into her godly form, she beholds the entrance for a moment. None of you can see her expression from here.

And she rears up, spear in hand, and plunges it into the earth.

A light envelops the world for a moment. Washing away the lightning and flashes of red. Seconds pass before it fades, and you are left where you were. Athena now standing over a tear in the earth that is very quickly sealing itself shut. Rocks and dirt float back down into the ground, closing like something reversed the process of its creation.

But as that's happening, there's still some stragglers left, putting up a desperate fight. Now's the time to finish it off.

Again, this round has inspiration. Please roll a 2d20.]

[threeapplestall]

[The red glow... flickers and fades.

A moment later, Mutsumi abruptly passes out, slumping against Ai. All the mysterious coincidences that had been nudging the battle in all the right places stop.]

[liedol]

Ah...!

[ The sudden weight of Mutsumi's body against her almost has Ai stumbling too - but she steels herself and does her best to keep them both upright. And more importantly, to keep them both moving. ]

Mutsumi-chan, are you alright?!

[threeapplestall]

Mm... [Ai's going to have to drag them both along. Mutsumi's wholly asleep.]

[necromants]

[Last round to do something cool?? Nah, lmao. (7, 2)]

18

[sweetsynergy]

[Yeah, she's gonna try to roll back to what she was doing the first time and try to take one of these guys' swords. And then take their head with it.]

[letsplayamod]

[Vanity has gained: A sword!

Vanity has gained: A head!]

[sweetsynergy]

[She is grabbing that head and spiking it like a beachball.]

WHO FUCKING WANTS SOME?

(12)

[eeeonetwothree]

[ Omega lands as the conflict dies down...just as a soldier tries to sneak up on him with a spear. Nonchalantly, the robot aims behind him and blasts them with a laser, destroying them without even turning around. ]

Mission: Success.

6

[taintedfayth]

[Some of us are apparently immune to inspiration so RIP bozo I guess]

[pariunt]

[Don't mind him taking out another one of the bad guys (14).]

16 byeeeee

[latinumsbetter]

[Quark scrambles to his feet, yelping as he covers his head, bolting through Cerejeira's lightning to stumble past Aglaea's barrier, falling to his hands and knees once he's inside and breathing heavily]

19

[tailoredfate]

[Chaos averted. Forces scattering. The front line fighters can take care of the stragglers, Aglaea knows. It's only a matter of time.

Instead, she weaves her way through the soldiers charging, dodging sword and axe and spear, with an almost ethereal grace, moving forward until she's at the edge of where the scar in the earth was moments before. Enough to call out to Athena.]

Athena. Do you require aid?

[mygoodbye]

[Briefly, it seems like Athena didn't hear her. But as Algaea gets closer, Athena looks up.]

Thank you. I'm still closing the rift. It runs deep - very deep.

[she exhales.] How are the others?

[tailoredfate]

[She still keeps a bit of a distance. She can't read Athena as well as she could have back home, with the power of her threads dulled somewhat. She can't tell if this is a trap or if something's wrong with Athena.

But she takes a few steps closer. Guarded, but still attempting to reach out to one who has successfully proved to be an ally.]

They're fighting back. United. Some are injured, some are scared, but we all live.

[There's no small amount of pride in her voice, as the remnants of the battle ring behind her.]

Can I assist, in any way?

7

[fillets]

[ She gets her hair free just in time to do nothing! Can't have shit in this house!

... is the presence still there, though, can she have a consolation prize ]

DOUBLE 19 BABYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!

[catsgothistongue]

[This battle's wrapping up already? Geez, for all that show of the world literally tearing open, these guys weren't anything more than mooks. Ranma isn't disappointed - he pulled off a sick tornado after all -, the less threats attacking the nonfighters the better.

By the end of it all, he's clearly toying with the undead soldiers. Hopping and weaving over their attacks, yelling 'Miss me' and other demeaning remarks (19) and knocking in their blocks with a kick to the skull or back (19) once he finally gets done/bored with them and goes onto the next stragglers sticking around or see if anyone needs any help.]

14

[literarybehemoth]

[OKAY he is functioning again. time to try and knock a straggler's head off like he's a bear or something.]

[mygoodbye]

[Boof. There it goes.

Somewhere, Athena is quite proud.]

12, 3

[rockymountaindie]

[ The bleeding stops. So, it's fine. Right?

Recovering from his momentary disorientation, Alex approaches another soldier, reaching out to grab it. But the instant the wind around him starts up, well, there goes his head again, blood running down into his eye. ]

Ah- damn it, stop—

[ He's useless. So it's pretty good the battle's over, right? ]

[catsgothistongue]

[Now that the fighting's dying down to a standstill, Ranma's shifting gears to getting any noncombatants on their side to that safety net Algaea's got up.

So. Hi Alex, a 5'5" teenager's gonna nonchalantly head in your direction and heave you up over his shoulder like a sack of potatoes.]

Alley-oop!

[no need to thank him!]

9

[atu709]

[ She wants to tell her new allies to go after the stragglers, but I think this is where one of those stragglers actually locates her and tries to take a swing at her so she can't get the command off, rip ]

3

[raisethemoon]

[ Things seem to be winding down. Luna canters in a tight circle, trying to take a headcount. ]

Is anyone injured? We must -

[ Then then one of those floating rocks smacks her in the side of the face lmao ]

7

[markofnobility]

[So Ferdinand is... well, he might have ended up too cocky from the earlier saves and Athena's apparent victory. But finally all the chaos catches up to poor Derick.

Who just takes off into the air and circles the battle, yelling in lizard as Ferdinand tries to rein him in. Real Gold Ship level shit here]

17

[stringup]

[ Okay, you know what. She's just going to axe one of those straggler and then find somewhere to sit down because this is way more physical exertion than she is normally used to. ]