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The Black Flames Operation In Lauriea 240530

In the mystical golden city of Lauriea, nestled within a lush forest, an intense skirmish unfolds as several factions vie for the legendary portal key, capable of bridging the realms of Fae and Earth. Amidst the chaos, Autumn, Harriet, Selina, and Meridith, each with their own unique skills and magical abilities, engage in a fierce battle. Autumn and Meridith work closely, manipulating the elements and landscape to their advantage, while Harriet, armed with her powerful rifle, struggles to find her mark amidst the magical tumult. Selina, with her quick wit and mastery over fire and ice, proves to be a formidable opponent, launching devastating spells at her foes. The warriors face not only each other but also the environment itself, as they navigate the water-logged battlefield, striving to outmaneuver one another for the upper hand.

As the confrontation reaches its climax, Meridith secures the coveted portal key, though not without cost. Wounded yet determined, she finds an uneasy ally in Selina. Together, they fend off the relentless assaults of the Black Flame warriors and the Destined Host soldiers, their blades dancing in the fading light. The duo's synergy grows stronger with each parried blow and countered strike, their resilience evident as they protect one another against the onslaught. In a daring move, they decide to break for the extraction point, leveraging the water to slow their pursuers. Despite their injuries and the weight of their mission, Meridith and Selina press on, their spirits buoyed by the prospect of victory. Their final dash across the battlefield is fraught with peril, but the Balanced Alliance emerges triumphant, securing not only the portal key but also a moment of respite in their ongoing struggle to protect the realms.
At Wed May 29 2024, in a forest near Lauriea

Mission: Intercept a portal key and bring it back to the extraction point.

Deep within the golden city of Lauriea, a portal key is rumoured to be located. This key holds the power to control the gateways between the Fae and Earth realms. The goal of this operation is to locate and secure this key before any rival groups do. However, the city is home to fierce guardians who are sworn to protect the city's treasures. It will take all of a group's skill and cunning to outsmart these guardians and retrieve the key.

Lauriea, the golden city in the Fae realm
It is afternoon, about 91F(32C) degrees, and there are a few wispy white clouds in the sky.


Autumn chants a few words and a puff of black smoke appears.

Autumn charges toward sapling.
Harriet charges toward Autumn.
Selina charges toward brush.
Meridith says "Hrmph... "
Harriet glances about the area.

Harriet charges toward Autumn.
Selina charges toward brush.
Harriet takes aim with her rifle, firing off a long, heavy bullet at Meridith, and

Meridith charges toward brush.
Autumn charges toward sapling.
Meridith fires a fulldraw shot at Autumn

Selina manages to get to the nearest cover, but it is also in the water. She sighs and glances around at the field. "August is against us today, huh?"

Harriet charges toward sapling.
Selina shouts, "Raui-o Echor!" then points at Harriet. A chilly ray blasts out toward her and

Meridith says "Yes, this is an Order op is it not?"
Harriet takes aim with her rifle, firing off a long, heavy bullet at Meridith, and

Meridith says "Oh, no it isn't"
Selina says "No. "
Autumn says "Gotta even things out,"
Autumn draws and quickly fires an arrow at brush, it damages it.

Autumn charges toward sapling.
Meridith fires a fulldraw shot at Autumn

Harriet charges toward sapling.
Selina shouts, "Raui-o Echor!" then points at Harriet. A chilly ray blasts out toward her and

Selina says "The water is too deep..."
Autumn charges toward sapling.
Meridith says "Hrmmm...I do have a solution..."
Selina says "Step over here."
Meridith charges toward Selina.
Meridith fires a ranging shot at Autumn strikes the sapling she's taking cover behind.

Harriet charges toward sapling.
Selina shouts, "Raui-o Echor!" then points at Harriet. A chilly ray blasts out toward her and strikes the sapling she's taking cover behind.

Meridith nods gently.

Harriet takes aim with her rifle, firing off a long, heavy bullet at Meridith, and

Autumn says "Wow, these covers in water makes shooting arrows terrible."
Meridith fires a fulldraw shot at sapling damages it.

Autumn launches an attack at Meridith which misses her.

Selina nods to Meridith as she starts preparing fireballs for the Orderites.

Selina gestures frantically and shouts, "Naurcorn!" A fireball forms in her hand. she launches it toward sapling, and it damages it.

Harriet nods. "I can't hit anything either from here."

A nearby object suddenly flings itself into Harriet.

Meridith fires a ranging shot at A glowing salamander with fiery wings ineffectually wounds his left leg.


A glowing salamander with fiery wings fades out of the nightmare.
Selina gestures frantically and shouts, "Naurcorn!" A fireball forms in her hand. she launches it toward sapling, and it damages it.

Harriet watches as Meridith charges towards her and Autumn.

Meridith runs paralell to the river, getting a cleaner shot of them.

Autumn launches an attack at Meridith which misses her.

Harriet takes aim with her rifle, firing off a long, heavy bullet at Meridith, and

Meridith fires a rain of arrows at Harriet strikes the sapling she's taking cover behind.

Selina gestures frantically and shouts, "Naurcorn!" A fireball forms in her hand. she launches it toward sapling, and it damages it.

"Are you gonna swim to them?" Selina asks of her companion, shaking her head a little as she continues tossing fireballs toward the water-logged sapling and the Orderites behind it.

Autumn launches an attack at Meridith which misses her.

Meridith says "Focus the cover. And no, no need to."
Harriet takes aim with her rifle, firing off a long, heavy bullet at Meridith, and

Meridith fires a ranging shot at sapling damages it.

Selina gestures frantically and shouts, "Naurcorn!" A fireball forms in her hand. she launches it toward sapling, and it damages it.

Harriet asks, "Autumn, should we make a run towards the depression?"

Harriet can't hit anything from here.

Autumn launches an attack at Meridith which misses her.

Meridith watches them from the shore, patient.

Selina gestures frantically and shouts, "Naurcorn!" A fireball forms in her hand. she launches it toward sapling, and it damages it.

Harriet just goes for it, since she can't do anything else.

Meridith fires a fulldraw shot at Harriet misses her.

Harriet is picked up by an invisible force..

Selina does not mind the Orderites heading for the depression, where the Black Flame Warriors are already waiting. She prepares to switch to icy beams instead.

Selina charges toward Meridith.
Selina shouts, "Raui-o Echor!" then points at Autumn. A chilly ray blasts out toward her and misses her.

Meridith fires a ranging shot at Harriet misses her.

Harriet calls out, "We don't stand a chance, but that's okay!"

Selina shouts, "Raui-o Echor!" then points at Autumn. A chilly ray blasts out toward her and misses her.

Autumn says "Yeah. "
Meridith fires a fulldraw shot at Harriet misses her.

Harriet is pulled towards Meridith by an invisible force.

Selina charges toward Meridith.
Selina shouts, "Raui-o Echor!" then points at Autumn. A chilly ray blasts out toward her and ineffectually wounds her stomach.


Autumn fades out of the nightmare.
Meridith fires a ranging shot at Harriet misses her.

Meridith stretches out some, gazing at the water, readying

Selina waits until Autumn is down, then pats Meridith on the shoulder and prepares to sprint/swim through the water as fast as she can.

Harriet takes aim with her rifle, firing off a long, heavy bullet at Meridith, and misses her.

Meridith fires a fulldraw shot at Harriet deflects off her shield.


Harriet fades out of the nightmare.
Meridith blinks, about to dive into the water when someone triumphantly flies out and fires at her. "Ow!"

Meridith blinks, about to dive into the water when the maven of the order triumphantly flies out and fires at her. "Ow!"

Meridith pivots and loses the arrow, shooting her out of the sky

A Black Flame warrior in dark robes draws and quickly fires an arrow at Selina, it sends up a spray of soil near her feet.

A Black Flame warrior in dark robes draws and quickly fires an arrow at Selina, it misses her.

Selina says "You alright?"
A Black Flame warrior in dark robes draws and quickly fires an arrow at Selina, it misses her.

A Black Flame warrior in dark robes draws and quickly fires an arrow at Selina, it sends up a spray of soil near her feet.

Selina gestures frantically and shouts, "Naurcorn!" A fireball forms in her hand. she launches it toward depression, and it damages it.

A Black Flame warrior in dark robes draws and quickly fires an arrow at Selina, it misses her.

A Black Flame warrior in dark robes draws and quickly fires an arrow at Selina, it misses her.

Meridith says "Just needed a moment to try to clear the water as quick as possible"
Selina gestures frantically and shouts, "Naurcorn!" A fireball forms in her hand. she launches it toward depression, and it damages it.

Meridith charges toward Selina.
A Black Flame warrior in dark robes draws and quickly fires an arrow at Selina, it misses her.

A Black Flame warrior in dark robes draws and quickly fires an arrow at Selina, it misses her.

Selina gestures frantically and shouts, "Naurcorn!" A fireball forms in her hand. she launches it toward depression, and it damages it.

Selina is in a position to throw fireballs at the Black Flame, but the Destined Host is closing in on her. But then they start shooting the Black Flame cover. She snorts behind her gas mask and keeps up the pressure on them.

A nearby object suddenly flings itself into a Black Flame warrior in dark robes.

A Black Flame warrior in dark robes draws and quickly fires an arrow at Selina, it misses her.

A Black Flame warrior in dark robes draws and quickly fires an arrow at Selina, it misses her.

Selina gestures frantically and shouts, "Naurcorn!" A fireball forms in her hand. she launches it toward depression, and it damages it.

Selina gestures frantically and shouts, "Naurcorn!" A fireball forms in her hand. she launches it toward depression, and it damages it.

Meridith charges toward depression.
A Black Flame warrior in dark robes swings his weapon at Meridith, it is parried by her an elegant rapier with a slender, straight blade and intricate hilt.

A Black Flame warrior in dark robes swings her weapon at Meridith, it is parried by her an elegant rapier with a slender, straight blade and intricate hilt.

Meridith swings hard at a Black Flame warrior in dark robes is parried by him.

Meridith winces a bit from their blades. "Help me clear 'em."

Selina says "Keeping the heat on unless you say turn it off."
Meridith says "Just come up close!"
A Black Flame warrior in dark robes swings his weapon at Meridith, it is parried by her an elegant rapier with a slender, straight blade and intricate hilt.

A Black Flame warrior in dark robes swings her weapon at Meridith, it is parried by her an elegant rapier with a slender, straight blade and intricate hilt.

Meridith swings hard at a Black Flame warrior in dark robes is parried by him.

A Black Flame warrior in dark robes swings his weapon at Meridith, it is parried by her an elegant rapier with a slender, straight blade and intricate hilt.

A Black Flame warrior in dark robes swings her weapon at Meridith, it is parried by her an elegant rapier with a slender, straight blade and intricate hilt.

Meridith swings hard at a Black Flame warrior in dark robes is parried by him.


a Black Flame warrior in dark robes fades out of the nightmare.
Meridith has a portal key.

Meridith fights a tough battle against the two warriors, as two more close in. Swearing as she steals the object. "Damnit I don't want this right now."

Selina charges toward depression.
Selina swings her weapon at a Black Flame warrior in dark robes, it is parried by her.

A Black Flame warrior in dark robes swings her weapon at Meridith, it ineffectually wounds her left leg.


a Black Flame warrior in dark robes fades out of the nightmare.
Meridith swings hard at a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry is parried by him.

Selina swings her weapon at a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry, it is parried by him.

A Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry launches a stab at Selina, it is parried by her rapier.

A Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry launches a stab at Meridith, it ineffectually wounds her left arm.

A Black Flame warrior in dark robes swings her weapon at Meridith, it ineffectually wounds her forehead.

Meridith swings hard at a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry is parried by him.


a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry fades out of the nightmare.
Meridith is panting now, narrowing fending slashes back.

Selina swings her weapon at a Black Flame warrior in dark robes, it is parried by her.

Selina is perfectly willing to be back to back with Meridith against the odds. She focuses her blade work on her target and lets Meridith handle hers.

A Black Flame warrior in dark robes swings her weapon at Meridith, it ineffectually wounds her left shoulder.

Meridith swings hard at a Black Flame warrior in dark robes is parried by her.

Selina swings her weapon at a Black Flame warrior in dark robes, it is parried by her.

Meridith's wounds heal as quick as they come, but soon one'll slip through that counts. She holds on.


a Black Flame warrior in dark robes fades out of the nightmare.
Meridith swings hard at a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry is parried by him.

Meridith in the chaotic melee, pivots around and slams her blade into her momentary Hosted hero

Selina swings her weapon at a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry, it impacts against his armor.


a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry fades out of the nightmare.
Meridith says "There. "
Selina says "Now we gotta get back to the brush..."
Meridith says "Ehh, let's stay here for a bit"
Selina nods to Meridith and says, "Till you catch your breath at least. But the extraction point is over there." She points toward it past the brush in question.

Meridith says "I'm ready."
Selina says "Wait for the wave."
Meridith says "But the sapling is shit cover..."
Selina focuses her attention mostly to the southeast, leaving Meridith to cover a different direction while looking out for the next wave of enemies that should be arriving soon.

Meridith peers in the opposite direction

Selina says "Still clear to the southeast."
Meridith says "Clear everywhere else too"
Selina says "Incoming. "
Selina shouts, "Raui-o Echor!" then points at a Black Flame warrior in dark robes. A chilly ray blasts out toward her and misses her.

A Black Flame warrior in dark robes swings her weapon at Meridith, it is parried by her an elegant rapier with a slender, straight blade and intricate hilt.

A Black Flame warrior in dark robes swings her weapon at Meridith, it is parried by her an elegant rapier with a slender, straight blade and intricate hilt.

Selina swings her weapon at a Black Flame warrior in dark robes, it is parried by her.

Meridith swings hard at a Black Flame warrior in dark robes is parried by her.

A nearby object suddenly flings itself into a Black Flame warrior in dark robes.

A Black Flame warrior in dark robes swings her weapon at Meridith, it is parried by her an elegant rapier with a slender, straight blade and intricate hilt.

A Black Flame warrior in dark robes swings her weapon at Meridith, it is parried by her an elegant rapier with a slender, straight blade and intricate hilt.

Meridith swings hard at a Black Flame warrior in dark robes deflects off her armor.


a Black Flame warrior in dark robes fades out of the nightmare.
Selina swings her weapon at a Black Flame warrior in dark robes, it is parried by her.

A Black Flame warrior in dark robes swings her weapon at Meridith, it is parried by her an elegant rapier with a slender, straight blade and intricate hilt.

Meridith swings hard at a Black Flame warrior in dark robes is parried by her.

Selina swings her weapon at a Black Flame warrior in dark robes, it is parried by her.

A Black Flame warrior in dark robes swings her weapon at Meridith, it is parried by her an elegant rapier with a slender, straight blade and intricate hilt.

Meridith swings hard at a Black Flame warrior in dark robes deflects off her armor.


a Black Flame warrior in dark robes fades out of the nightmare.
Selina says "We can move to the brush at three minutes."
Meridith ehh's. "We could take off now I think, with the water, it'll take awhile."

Selina says "Sure. Let's go then."
Selina says "For a change, I am faster than you because of the key."
Meridith grins. "Must be nice."

Selina says "I'm just enjoying the fact!"
Selina charges toward brush.
Selina charges toward brush.
Meridith says "Extraction, we can handle some in the open, the cover is in the water."
Selina says "Let's get to the point!"
Meridith runs towards the extraction point.
Selina runs towards the extraction point.
Selina says "Just a little further, Meri!"
Meridith runs towards the extraction point.
The Balanced Alliance has proved victorious.