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Spears Of The Seas Operation In Miami Florida
In the forests near Miami, Florida, an intense skirmish unfolds as Samantha and her allies aim to adjust a mystical astrolabe within the Cape Florida Lighthouse to harness celestial power. During the mission, they encounter both Declan, their human adversary whose weapon jams amid exchange of gunfire with Samantha, and menacing humanoid crustaceans that emerge from the ocean, creating havoc. Despite experiencing close calls and weapon malfunctions, Samantha displays strategic prowess by magically jamming Declan’s gun and using a combination of firearms and spears in combat. Jett, exhibiting extraordinary agility, climbs the lighthouse after a few missteps and attempts to make sense of the arcane device.
The conflict reaches a critical point as Samantha and Jett face the increasing number of aggressive crustaceans. Jett, with his tactical knife, fights off the crustaceans while Samantha, after a moment of recovery and reassurance from their positions, rushes to adjust the astrolabe. Samantha juggles between shooting at crustaceans and aligning the ancient instrument, expertly switching to armor-piercing rounds when necessary. Samantha's perseverance pays off as she correctly positions the astrolabe, causing streams of celestial light to cascade into the lighthouse, empowering the device with a radiant glow and leading the Autocratic Extremists Alliance to triumph.
At Sun Dec 10 2023, in a forest near Miami, Florida
Mission: Get to the designated site and continue adjusting the astrolabe until the process is complete.
Almost a hundred years ago a group or arcanists placed a mystical astrolabe in a hidden compartment of the Cape Florida Lighthouse. Soon a rare alignment of the stars will allow power to be channeled through the lighthouse to work great magical workings. The Spears of the Sea are set to head to the coast to attempt this ritual, but the black hull of The Black Symphony has also been seen off the coast nearby.
Near Cape Florida Lighthouse
It is afternoon, about 45F(7C) degrees, and the sky is covered by thin white clouds.
Samantha charges toward brush.
Samantha says "Ok, lets head for the brush."
Declan charges toward tree.
Samantha sets off at a jog towards the brush in the distance, shouldering her rifle.
Jett sprints off towards depression, like a teen might. Or maybe hes actually just running at the brush Samantha called out.
The sun is beaming down on the ocean on this lovely day in Miami, but strange mist is none the less forming far off the coast, swirling around the base of the lighthouse.
Declan charges toward tree.
Declan fires off a shot at Samantha which sends up a spray of soil near her feet.
Samantha says "Ok we might have to kill Declan first."
A humanoid crustacean draws and quickly fires an arrow at Declan, it misses him.
Samantha goes down to one knee before firing off a three-round burst at Declan with her M4, it misses him.
Samantha charges toward Declan.
Samantha says "Commence advanced strategy run at bad guys."
Declan charges toward tree.
"Sounds fun to me," Jett says turning his attention off towards the opposition, ".. Is that a crab person? Holy shit."
Declan's gun looks like it suddenly jams.
Declan fires off a shot at Samantha which sends up a spray of soil near her feet.
Jett makes a supernatural leap to Samantha.
Jett draws and quickly fires an arrow at Declan, it strikes the tree he's taking cover behind.
Samantha charges toward Declan.
From the mist near the shore there comes a strange clicking sound before humanoid crab people start to pull themselves from the water, struggling to figure out how their legs work for a moment as if unused to them before they rush forward, firing sharp coral barbs from improvised weapons.
Declan fires off a shot at Samantha which misses her.
Jett charges toward Samantha.
Jett takes aim at tree, nocking a bone-tipped arrow. The projectile whizzes towards tree, shattering on impact and scattering shrapnel across the area. The attack damages it.
Samantha ducks and weaves as Declan shoots at her, her eyes glimmering with light as she magically jams up his gun, giving him a little grin when his attempts to shoot her fail as she rushes in.
Samantha charges toward Declan.
Samantha lashes out at Declan with her spear, it is parried by his black ceramic knife.
Declan launches a stab at Samantha, it is parried by her pair of fighting tridents.
"Hey," Declan greets Samantha as she charges at him, like a friend despite the context. "Rematch soon?"
Jett charges toward tree.
A humanoid crustacean swings her weapon at Samantha, it is parried by her pair of fighting tridents.
Samantha covers the last of the distance to the tree and runs around it to immediately attack Declan with her spears, trying to push him back and drive him towards one of the oncoming crab monsters. "Sure."
Jett draws and quickly fires an arrow at a humanoid crustacean, it strikes the tree she's taking cover behind.
Samantha lashes out at Declan with her spear, it impacts against his armor.
Declan fades out of the nightmare.
"Ah fuck!" Samantha curses when the crab monster hits her instead, going tumbling to the ground before she picks herself back up. "Jett? What're you doing?"
A humanoid crustacean swings her weapon at Samantha, it is parried by her pair of fighting tridents.
".. I'm coming!" Jett calls over towards the tree, despite having taken his sweet ass time trying.
Jett charges toward tree.
Samantha says "Come stab this crab!"
Samantha lashes out at a humanoid crustacean with her spear, it is parried by her.
"Fuck fuck fuck." Samantha curses as she tries to skip out of the way of the snapping claws, poking at the monster a few times with her spears without being able to find much of of an opening in its armor.
A humanoid crustacean swings her weapon at Samantha, it ineffectually wounds her forehead.
Jett charges toward tree.
Samantha lashes out at a humanoid crustacean with her spear, it is parried by her.
Samantha charges toward Jett.
Samantha says "Cover me?"
Jett says "Uhh, sure."
Samantha says "Like, move your body between me and the big claws I mean."
A humanoid crustacean draws and quickly fires an arrow at Samantha, it ineffectually wounds her stomach.
"Sounds like a plan to me," Jett agrees as he pulls out his knife in preparation for pain.
Jett moves protectively towards Samantha.
Jett takes aim at a humanoid crustacean, nocking a bone-tipped arrow. The projectile whizzes towards a humanoid crustacean, shattering on impact and scattering shrapnel across the area. The attack strikes the tree she's taking cover behind.
Samantha swaps out her original clip for armor piecing rounds as she stares at the crab. "This is probably a stupid way to do this." she admits, "But it's the plan I came up with so just... stand still." She requests, bracing her rifle on Jett's shoulder as she uses him for cover.
A humanoid crustacean draws and quickly fires an arrow at Jett, it misses him.
Samantha goes down to one knee before firing off a three-round burst at a humanoid crustacean with her M4, it strikes the tree she's taking cover behind.
Jett flinches as an arrow strikes nearby and then he drones over to Samantha, "Wingin' it! Where is your baby gator?"
Jett draws and quickly fires an arrow at tree, it damages it.
Jett moves protectively towards Samantha.
A humanoid crustacean draws and quickly fires an arrow at Jett, it misses him.
"Right yeah, good thinking." Samantha agrees, shouldering her rifle. "Also he doesn't hurt much here actually, you can probably run in at him if you want."
Samantha draws a rune in the air with her fingertip, water vapor trailing behind her finger.
"Not sure what it says about me that I gendered the crab as male..." Samantha ponders as she draws a rune in the air.
Jett charges toward tree.
Jett launches a stab at a humanoid crustacean, it is parried by her.
A humanoid crustacean swings her weapon at Jett, it is parried by his tactical hunting knife.
Samantha goes down to one knee before firing off a three-round burst at a humanoid crustacean with her M4, it misses him.
"You can't just assume every crab is a man," Jett says wincing as he tries to parry the angry claws of his opponent with his small blade.
A humanoid crustacean swings her weapon at Jett, it is parried by his tactical hunting knife.
A humanoid crustacean swings his weapon at Jett, it is parried by his tactical hunting knife.
Samantha charges toward tree.
Samantha lashes out at a humanoid crustacean with her spear, it is parried by him.
"Oh shit," Jett mutters as a second crabby companion comes to join the first in stabbing the hell out of Jett.
"How do you sex crabs anyway?" Samantha wonders as she rushes in to help with the fight. "Is it like the color of the shell or something?"
Jett launches a stab at a humanoid crustacean, it is parried by him.
Samantha says "I'm recovered, you can step away if you need to."
A humanoid crustacean swings her weapon at Samantha, it is parried by her pair of fighting tridents.
A humanoid crustacean swings his weapon at Samantha, it is parried by her pair of fighting tridents.
Samantha lashes out at a humanoid crustacean with her spear, it deflects off his armor.
Jett charges toward tree.
A humanoid crustacean swings her weapon at Samantha, it is parried by her pair of fighting tridents.
A humanoid crustacean swings his weapon at Samantha, it is parried by her pair of fighting tridents.
a humanoid crustacean fades out of the nightmare.
Samantha lashes out at a humanoid crustacean with her spear, it deflects off her armor.
Jett launches a stab at a humanoid crustacean, it strikes her armor with bruising force.
a humanoid crustacean fades out of the nightmare.
"Legend." Samantha praises a small, dark green baby crocodile when he takes out the crustacean and then nods at Jett when he takes out the other one. "That was ok too."
"I think you sex them by their claws," Jett touches on the previous conversation and gives an appreciative nod to Samantha while he fixes up his armor. He peers off towards the brush, "Ready to move?"
The crustaceans disolve into sea-water when they are slain and thunder rolls ominiously in the distance from where the mist encroaches on the shore.
"I'm gonna take a minute but you can go ahead." Samantha says, "If you're completely recovered want to head straight for the light house and the astrolabe?"
"Yeah, I can do that," Jett says, shaking out his limbs before he rushes along towards the lighthouse.
Samantha pants as she runs across the field, hitching her rifle further up on her shoulder as she moves pretty slowly, still trying to catch her breath.
The distance between Jett and the lighthouse shortens, but he seems eager to keep charging forth. He does peer back over his shoulder to check on Samantha and a small, dark green baby crocodile.
Samantha charges toward brush.
Samantha charges toward brush.
Samantha rushes into the brush with her crocodile and pulls out a small combat knife, hacking away at several of the branches to make for more tactically useful cover and then unshouldering her rifle so she can put it into the gap she just created and peer down the scope.
Samantha says "Ok there's an astrolabe at the top of the lighthouse inside a cabinet marked with a moon. You wanna turn that south-southwest."
Jett runs towards the objective.
Jett's pace slows as he reaches the lighthouse looking high up with some hesitation as he imagines the climb. ".. At the very top?" he echoes back, reconsidering his positional decisions now that he's coveted the distance. "Fff..ugh-- aye aye cap'n!" He begins his ascension up the stairs of the lighthouse, trying to watch his breathing.
Jett continues adjusting the astrolabe.
"Yeah." Samantha confirms, "Can you not just use those weird grasshopper legs in your armor or something?" She checks as she scans for more threats.
".. They're kind of tricky," Jett admits as he fusses about with his armor for a time, then he gives it his best and flings himself with those snazzy jumping skills -- nearly splatting into a wall. "Look at that," he says somewhat surprised at his own success, and then he searches for the correct drawer and the treasure that lays within.
Jett continues adjusting the astrolabe.
When Jett pushes on the draw it unfolds all on its own, revealing a shiny brass astrolabe covered with arcane runes.
What even is an astrolabe again? That is probably what Jett wonders when he plucks up the round device to look it over, ".. Looks like a watch, kinda.." He fusses with adjusting the pieces, aiming the device towards south-southwest as he does so.
Jett continues adjusting the astrolabe.
"It's like gonna channel the power of the celestial something something." Samantha explains, "You need a lot of celestrial power to build a monorail."
Samantha fires off a quick shot at a humanoid crustacean with her M4, it sends up a spray of soil near her feet.
".. Like star power?" Jett questions, his brows furrowing with a serious expression as he continues making precise adjustments to the astrolabe.
Jett continues adjusting the astrolabe.
"Shit!" Samantha ducks down as more of those coral darts come flying into her brush, letting off a burst of fire in response. "More incoming, head back here if you need to."
A humanoid crustacean swings her weapon at Samantha, it is parried by her pair of fighting tridents.
Samantha lashes out at a humanoid crustacean with her spear, it is parried by her.
Samantha says "My thing is still saying you're zero percent done, it going ok there?"
A humanoid crustacean swings her weapon at Samantha, it is parried by her pair of fighting tridents.
Samantha lashes out at a humanoid crustacean with her spear, it is parried by her.
a humanoid crustacean fades out of the nightmare.
Samantha shoulders her rifle and whips out her tridents as the crustacean charges into the brush, slipping around to pin it between her and crikey as they make short work of the beast.
Jett runs towards the objective.
Jett continues adjusting the astrolabe.
Samantha says "Uhh.. Have you done the thing at all yet?"
".. I think so!" Jett reports back as he continues to adjust the astrolabe with some trouble.
Jett continues adjusting the astrolabe.
Jett continues adjusting the astrolabe.
Samantha charges toward Jett.
"Maybe I'm holding it backwards?" Jett wonders with a squint at the device before handing it over to Samantha.
Jett continues adjusting the astrolabe.
Samantha jogs over, groaning at the stairs as she starts to hike up them before getting to the top alongside Jett, breathing hard. "Well... It's not saying you are to me, but uhh... I dunno if that means it's better for me to or you too."
Samantha swipes at the astrolabe and her hand slips off it making her frown. "Well whatever, just keep doing it and if it all goes fuckey at least we'll have got a bit of a tan..."
".. Thats weird," Jett laments and then he settles with a tan when Samantha suggests it, "Cool, now they wont call me pasty anymore."
Jett continues adjusting the astrolabe.
Samantha says "Hmm, actually gimme a go for a bit?"
Jett says "Go for it."
Samantha continues adjusting the astrolabe.
".. Yeah that looks right," Jett says as he watches Samantha handle the astrolabe with more tact.
Samantha continues adjusting the astrolabe.
Samantha continues adjusting the astrolabe.
Samantha says "Ok this feels right, you getting two non zero numbers now in your report?"
Samantha continues twisting the astrolabe towards the correct direction, breathing a little heavily as she heaves on it.
"I'm not even getting a report," Jett admits to Samantha as he peers off in the distance to keep an eye out for more crab people.
Samantha says "Oh... "
Samantha says "More crab people."
Samantha continues adjusting the astrolabe.
Samantha says "Go kill them please?"
Jett says "Craaab people..!"
Samantha says "Man you can really move when you want to."
A humanoid crustacean draws and quickly fires an arrow at Jett, it sends up a spray of soil near his feet.
Samantha continues adjusting the astrolabe.
Jett draws and quickly fires an arrow at a humanoid crustacean, it sends up a spray of soil near his feet.
Jett charges toward brush.
Samantha says "That's it Crikey, look big!"
Samantha continues adjusting the astrolabe.
Jett draws and quickly fires an arrow at a humanoid crustacean, it sends up a spray of soil near his feet.
Samantha continues adjusting the astrolabe.
Jett draws and quickly fires an arrow at a humanoid crustacean, it misses him.
A humanoid crustacean swings his weapon at Jett, it is parried by his tactical hunting knife.
Samantha continues adjusting the astrolabe.
Jett launches a stab at a humanoid crustacean, it deflects off his armor.
A humanoid crustacean swings his weapon at Jett, it is parried by his tactical hunting knife.
Samantha glances over the edge of the lighthouse from where she's turning the astrolabe and gives a cheer of support for Jett and a small, dark green baby crocodile as the fight the crab person.
Samantha continues adjusting the astrolabe.
a humanoid crustacean fades out of the nightmare.
Samantha continues adjusting the astrolabe.
Samantha continues adjusting the astrolabe.
Samantha continues adjusting the astrolabe.
"How's it going back there?" Jett wonders over to Samantha though he leans over to try and pet the alligator.
Samantha continues adjusting the astrolabe.
"Going great!" Samantha claims, popping up to give Jett a big thumbs up from the top of the lighthouse as she forces the astrolabe into position.
Samantha continues adjusting the astrolabe.
As another humaoid crustacean disolves into sea water near the brush the sun starts to dim a little in the sky, the stars seeming to become all the more visible as streams of light from the heavens start to weave down into the lighthouse, making the astrolabe glow with unearthly power.
The Autocratic Extremists Alliance has proved victorious.
The conflict reaches a critical point as Samantha and Jett face the increasing number of aggressive crustaceans. Jett, with his tactical knife, fights off the crustaceans while Samantha, after a moment of recovery and reassurance from their positions, rushes to adjust the astrolabe. Samantha juggles between shooting at crustaceans and aligning the ancient instrument, expertly switching to armor-piercing rounds when necessary. Samantha's perseverance pays off as she correctly positions the astrolabe, causing streams of celestial light to cascade into the lighthouse, empowering the device with a radiant glow and leading the Autocratic Extremists Alliance to triumph.
At Sun Dec 10 2023, in a forest near Miami, Florida
Mission: Get to the designated site and continue adjusting the astrolabe until the process is complete.
Almost a hundred years ago a group or arcanists placed a mystical astrolabe in a hidden compartment of the Cape Florida Lighthouse. Soon a rare alignment of the stars will allow power to be channeled through the lighthouse to work great magical workings. The Spears of the Sea are set to head to the coast to attempt this ritual, but the black hull of The Black Symphony has also been seen off the coast nearby.
Near Cape Florida Lighthouse
It is afternoon, about 45F(7C) degrees, and the sky is covered by thin white clouds.
Samantha charges toward brush.
Samantha says "Ok, lets head for the brush."
Declan charges toward tree.
Samantha sets off at a jog towards the brush in the distance, shouldering her rifle.
Jett sprints off towards depression, like a teen might. Or maybe hes actually just running at the brush Samantha called out.
The sun is beaming down on the ocean on this lovely day in Miami, but strange mist is none the less forming far off the coast, swirling around the base of the lighthouse.
Declan charges toward tree.
Declan fires off a shot at Samantha which sends up a spray of soil near her feet.
Samantha says "Ok we might have to kill Declan first."
A humanoid crustacean draws and quickly fires an arrow at Declan, it misses him.
Samantha goes down to one knee before firing off a three-round burst at Declan with her M4, it misses him.
Samantha charges toward Declan.
Samantha says "Commence advanced strategy run at bad guys."
Declan charges toward tree.
"Sounds fun to me," Jett says turning his attention off towards the opposition, ".. Is that a crab person? Holy shit."
Declan's gun looks like it suddenly jams.
Declan fires off a shot at Samantha which sends up a spray of soil near her feet.
Jett makes a supernatural leap to Samantha.
Jett draws and quickly fires an arrow at Declan, it strikes the tree he's taking cover behind.
Samantha charges toward Declan.
From the mist near the shore there comes a strange clicking sound before humanoid crab people start to pull themselves from the water, struggling to figure out how their legs work for a moment as if unused to them before they rush forward, firing sharp coral barbs from improvised weapons.
Declan fires off a shot at Samantha which misses her.
Jett charges toward Samantha.
Jett takes aim at tree, nocking a bone-tipped arrow. The projectile whizzes towards tree, shattering on impact and scattering shrapnel across the area. The attack damages it.
Samantha ducks and weaves as Declan shoots at her, her eyes glimmering with light as she magically jams up his gun, giving him a little grin when his attempts to shoot her fail as she rushes in.
Samantha charges toward Declan.
Samantha lashes out at Declan with her spear, it is parried by his black ceramic knife.
Declan launches a stab at Samantha, it is parried by her pair of fighting tridents.
"Hey," Declan greets Samantha as she charges at him, like a friend despite the context. "Rematch soon?"
Jett charges toward tree.
A humanoid crustacean swings her weapon at Samantha, it is parried by her pair of fighting tridents.
Samantha covers the last of the distance to the tree and runs around it to immediately attack Declan with her spears, trying to push him back and drive him towards one of the oncoming crab monsters. "Sure."
Jett draws and quickly fires an arrow at a humanoid crustacean, it strikes the tree she's taking cover behind.
Samantha lashes out at Declan with her spear, it impacts against his armor.
Declan fades out of the nightmare.
"Ah fuck!" Samantha curses when the crab monster hits her instead, going tumbling to the ground before she picks herself back up. "Jett? What're you doing?"
A humanoid crustacean swings her weapon at Samantha, it is parried by her pair of fighting tridents.
".. I'm coming!" Jett calls over towards the tree, despite having taken his sweet ass time trying.
Jett charges toward tree.
Samantha says "Come stab this crab!"
Samantha lashes out at a humanoid crustacean with her spear, it is parried by her.
"Fuck fuck fuck." Samantha curses as she tries to skip out of the way of the snapping claws, poking at the monster a few times with her spears without being able to find much of of an opening in its armor.
A humanoid crustacean swings her weapon at Samantha, it ineffectually wounds her forehead.
Jett charges toward tree.
Samantha lashes out at a humanoid crustacean with her spear, it is parried by her.
Samantha charges toward Jett.
Samantha says "Cover me?"
Jett says "Uhh, sure."
Samantha says "Like, move your body between me and the big claws I mean."
A humanoid crustacean draws and quickly fires an arrow at Samantha, it ineffectually wounds her stomach.
"Sounds like a plan to me," Jett agrees as he pulls out his knife in preparation for pain.
Jett moves protectively towards Samantha.
Jett takes aim at a humanoid crustacean, nocking a bone-tipped arrow. The projectile whizzes towards a humanoid crustacean, shattering on impact and scattering shrapnel across the area. The attack strikes the tree she's taking cover behind.
Samantha swaps out her original clip for armor piecing rounds as she stares at the crab. "This is probably a stupid way to do this." she admits, "But it's the plan I came up with so just... stand still." She requests, bracing her rifle on Jett's shoulder as she uses him for cover.
A humanoid crustacean draws and quickly fires an arrow at Jett, it misses him.
Samantha goes down to one knee before firing off a three-round burst at a humanoid crustacean with her M4, it strikes the tree she's taking cover behind.
Jett flinches as an arrow strikes nearby and then he drones over to Samantha, "Wingin' it! Where is your baby gator?"
Jett draws and quickly fires an arrow at tree, it damages it.
Jett moves protectively towards Samantha.
A humanoid crustacean draws and quickly fires an arrow at Jett, it misses him.
"Right yeah, good thinking." Samantha agrees, shouldering her rifle. "Also he doesn't hurt much here actually, you can probably run in at him if you want."
Samantha draws a rune in the air with her fingertip, water vapor trailing behind her finger.
"Not sure what it says about me that I gendered the crab as male..." Samantha ponders as she draws a rune in the air.
Jett charges toward tree.
Jett launches a stab at a humanoid crustacean, it is parried by her.
A humanoid crustacean swings her weapon at Jett, it is parried by his tactical hunting knife.
Samantha goes down to one knee before firing off a three-round burst at a humanoid crustacean with her M4, it misses him.
"You can't just assume every crab is a man," Jett says wincing as he tries to parry the angry claws of his opponent with his small blade.
A humanoid crustacean swings her weapon at Jett, it is parried by his tactical hunting knife.
A humanoid crustacean swings his weapon at Jett, it is parried by his tactical hunting knife.
Samantha charges toward tree.
Samantha lashes out at a humanoid crustacean with her spear, it is parried by him.
"Oh shit," Jett mutters as a second crabby companion comes to join the first in stabbing the hell out of Jett.
"How do you sex crabs anyway?" Samantha wonders as she rushes in to help with the fight. "Is it like the color of the shell or something?"
Jett launches a stab at a humanoid crustacean, it is parried by him.
Samantha says "I'm recovered, you can step away if you need to."
A humanoid crustacean swings her weapon at Samantha, it is parried by her pair of fighting tridents.
A humanoid crustacean swings his weapon at Samantha, it is parried by her pair of fighting tridents.
Samantha lashes out at a humanoid crustacean with her spear, it deflects off his armor.
Jett charges toward tree.
A humanoid crustacean swings her weapon at Samantha, it is parried by her pair of fighting tridents.
A humanoid crustacean swings his weapon at Samantha, it is parried by her pair of fighting tridents.
a humanoid crustacean fades out of the nightmare.
Samantha lashes out at a humanoid crustacean with her spear, it deflects off her armor.
Jett launches a stab at a humanoid crustacean, it strikes her armor with bruising force.
a humanoid crustacean fades out of the nightmare.
"Legend." Samantha praises a small, dark green baby crocodile when he takes out the crustacean and then nods at Jett when he takes out the other one. "That was ok too."
"I think you sex them by their claws," Jett touches on the previous conversation and gives an appreciative nod to Samantha while he fixes up his armor. He peers off towards the brush, "Ready to move?"
The crustaceans disolve into sea-water when they are slain and thunder rolls ominiously in the distance from where the mist encroaches on the shore.
"I'm gonna take a minute but you can go ahead." Samantha says, "If you're completely recovered want to head straight for the light house and the astrolabe?"
"Yeah, I can do that," Jett says, shaking out his limbs before he rushes along towards the lighthouse.
Samantha pants as she runs across the field, hitching her rifle further up on her shoulder as she moves pretty slowly, still trying to catch her breath.
The distance between Jett and the lighthouse shortens, but he seems eager to keep charging forth. He does peer back over his shoulder to check on Samantha and a small, dark green baby crocodile.
Samantha charges toward brush.
Samantha charges toward brush.
Samantha rushes into the brush with her crocodile and pulls out a small combat knife, hacking away at several of the branches to make for more tactically useful cover and then unshouldering her rifle so she can put it into the gap she just created and peer down the scope.
Samantha says "Ok there's an astrolabe at the top of the lighthouse inside a cabinet marked with a moon. You wanna turn that south-southwest."
Jett runs towards the objective.
Jett's pace slows as he reaches the lighthouse looking high up with some hesitation as he imagines the climb. ".. At the very top?" he echoes back, reconsidering his positional decisions now that he's coveted the distance. "Fff..ugh-- aye aye cap'n!" He begins his ascension up the stairs of the lighthouse, trying to watch his breathing.
Jett continues adjusting the astrolabe.
"Yeah." Samantha confirms, "Can you not just use those weird grasshopper legs in your armor or something?" She checks as she scans for more threats.
".. They're kind of tricky," Jett admits as he fusses about with his armor for a time, then he gives it his best and flings himself with those snazzy jumping skills -- nearly splatting into a wall. "Look at that," he says somewhat surprised at his own success, and then he searches for the correct drawer and the treasure that lays within.
Jett continues adjusting the astrolabe.
When Jett pushes on the draw it unfolds all on its own, revealing a shiny brass astrolabe covered with arcane runes.
What even is an astrolabe again? That is probably what Jett wonders when he plucks up the round device to look it over, ".. Looks like a watch, kinda.." He fusses with adjusting the pieces, aiming the device towards south-southwest as he does so.
Jett continues adjusting the astrolabe.
"It's like gonna channel the power of the celestial something something." Samantha explains, "You need a lot of celestrial power to build a monorail."
Samantha fires off a quick shot at a humanoid crustacean with her M4, it sends up a spray of soil near her feet.
".. Like star power?" Jett questions, his brows furrowing with a serious expression as he continues making precise adjustments to the astrolabe.
Jett continues adjusting the astrolabe.
"Shit!" Samantha ducks down as more of those coral darts come flying into her brush, letting off a burst of fire in response. "More incoming, head back here if you need to."
A humanoid crustacean swings her weapon at Samantha, it is parried by her pair of fighting tridents.
Samantha lashes out at a humanoid crustacean with her spear, it is parried by her.
Samantha says "My thing is still saying you're zero percent done, it going ok there?"
A humanoid crustacean swings her weapon at Samantha, it is parried by her pair of fighting tridents.
Samantha lashes out at a humanoid crustacean with her spear, it is parried by her.
a humanoid crustacean fades out of the nightmare.
Samantha shoulders her rifle and whips out her tridents as the crustacean charges into the brush, slipping around to pin it between her and crikey as they make short work of the beast.
Jett runs towards the objective.
Jett continues adjusting the astrolabe.
Samantha says "Uhh.. Have you done the thing at all yet?"
".. I think so!" Jett reports back as he continues to adjust the astrolabe with some trouble.
Jett continues adjusting the astrolabe.
Jett continues adjusting the astrolabe.
Samantha charges toward Jett.
"Maybe I'm holding it backwards?" Jett wonders with a squint at the device before handing it over to Samantha.
Jett continues adjusting the astrolabe.
Samantha jogs over, groaning at the stairs as she starts to hike up them before getting to the top alongside Jett, breathing hard. "Well... It's not saying you are to me, but uhh... I dunno if that means it's better for me to or you too."
Samantha swipes at the astrolabe and her hand slips off it making her frown. "Well whatever, just keep doing it and if it all goes fuckey at least we'll have got a bit of a tan..."
".. Thats weird," Jett laments and then he settles with a tan when Samantha suggests it, "Cool, now they wont call me pasty anymore."
Jett continues adjusting the astrolabe.
Samantha says "Hmm, actually gimme a go for a bit?"
Jett says "Go for it."
Samantha continues adjusting the astrolabe.
".. Yeah that looks right," Jett says as he watches Samantha handle the astrolabe with more tact.
Samantha continues adjusting the astrolabe.
Samantha continues adjusting the astrolabe.
Samantha says "Ok this feels right, you getting two non zero numbers now in your report?"
Samantha continues twisting the astrolabe towards the correct direction, breathing a little heavily as she heaves on it.
"I'm not even getting a report," Jett admits to Samantha as he peers off in the distance to keep an eye out for more crab people.
Samantha says "Oh... "
Samantha says "More crab people."
Samantha continues adjusting the astrolabe.
Samantha says "Go kill them please?"
Jett says "Craaab people..!"
Samantha says "Man you can really move when you want to."
A humanoid crustacean draws and quickly fires an arrow at Jett, it sends up a spray of soil near his feet.
Samantha continues adjusting the astrolabe.
Jett draws and quickly fires an arrow at a humanoid crustacean, it sends up a spray of soil near his feet.
Jett charges toward brush.
Samantha says "That's it Crikey, look big!"
Samantha continues adjusting the astrolabe.
Jett draws and quickly fires an arrow at a humanoid crustacean, it sends up a spray of soil near his feet.
Samantha continues adjusting the astrolabe.
Jett draws and quickly fires an arrow at a humanoid crustacean, it misses him.
A humanoid crustacean swings his weapon at Jett, it is parried by his tactical hunting knife.
Samantha continues adjusting the astrolabe.
Jett launches a stab at a humanoid crustacean, it deflects off his armor.
A humanoid crustacean swings his weapon at Jett, it is parried by his tactical hunting knife.
Samantha glances over the edge of the lighthouse from where she's turning the astrolabe and gives a cheer of support for Jett and a small, dark green baby crocodile as the fight the crab person.
Samantha continues adjusting the astrolabe.
a humanoid crustacean fades out of the nightmare.
Samantha continues adjusting the astrolabe.
Samantha continues adjusting the astrolabe.
Samantha continues adjusting the astrolabe.
"How's it going back there?" Jett wonders over to Samantha though he leans over to try and pet the alligator.
Samantha continues adjusting the astrolabe.
"Going great!" Samantha claims, popping up to give Jett a big thumbs up from the top of the lighthouse as she forces the astrolabe into position.
Samantha continues adjusting the astrolabe.
As another humaoid crustacean disolves into sea water near the brush the sun starts to dim a little in the sky, the stars seeming to become all the more visible as streams of light from the heavens start to weave down into the lighthouse, making the astrolabe glow with unearthly power.
The Autocratic Extremists Alliance has proved victorious.