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The Golden Shadows Operation In Lauriea 240121

In the shadow of evening's approach, the financial district of Lauriea became a battleground for control among the covert operatives. Among them, the Golden Shadow were swift to stake their claim, exploiting the chaos with intent to grasp the reins of power through ownership of influential corporations. The street was alive with the sounds of clashing steel and the sharp twang of bowstrings as each participant maneuvered for advantage. Autumn, with her swift and targeted arrow attacks, narrowly escaped harm's way as sparks flew from ricocheting shots. Meanwhile, Samantha and Jodie, in coordination, deftly navigated the scene—rune-casting and wielding tridents against the relentless advances of opponents such as the composed Harriet and Carter, who hummed amidst the frenzy.

The dance of combat wove through alley and corner, with each operative employing a mix of mysticism and firepower. Samantha's steadfast M4 rhythm punctuated the fray as she and Jodie clashed with the Golden Shadow's elusive archers. The air crackled with magic and the street became a canvas of ever-changing tactics. Close calls ensued with near-misses and parries; the glint of athame knives and the silhouette of a crocodile undertaking its own battle, a herald of nature's raw power amid the urban strife. At pivotal moments, a comrade would fade from the fray—their departure marked by the term "nightmare," as though the struggle itself were a dark vision that could only be survived, not won.

As the struggle continued, Jodie determinedly captured corporate strongholds, unswayed by the ceaseless exchange of fire and close-quarter confrontation. The battle lines ebbed and flowed, until Autumn's persistence waned and she, too, succumbed to the relentless push of the Golden Shadow. Through perseverance and tactical ingenuity, Jodie and Samantha maintained their push towards domination, eventually overshadowing the opposition. In the end, as adversaries dematerialized amid whispers of "nightmare," the Temple emerged as the force supreme in Lauriea's war for corporate dominion, sealing their victory over the twilight-cloaked streets.
At Sat Jan 20 2024, in the city of Lauriea

Mission: Get to one of the three designated sites and continue seizing control of influential corporations until the process is complete.

Operation 'Aurelian Takeover' is a cunning move by the Golden Shadow to amass wealth and extend their influence in Lauriea. Their target is the financial district, known for its high concentration of lucrative corporations. The Golden Shadow's plan is to infiltrate these companies, leveraging their financial prowess and ruthless cunning to seize control. If successful, they would not only gain vast amounts of wealth, but also gain a substantial amount of influence within the city.

The financial district of Lauriea
It is dusk, about 44F(6C) degrees, and the sky is partly covered by grey clouds.


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

Samantha says "Hey Jodie."
Samantha charges toward bus.
Samantha draws a rune in the air with her fingertip, water vapor trailing behind her finger.

Jodie says "Hey..where the hell should we go?"
Jodie charges toward Samantha.
Carter charges toward Harriet.
Autumn runs towards the objective.
Harriet looks about and calls out, "Goodness!" as she runs towards the corner.

Jodie says "The corner looks like prime real estate"
Samantha says "Yeah ok, lets go there."
Samantha charges toward corner.
Samantha draws a rune in the air with her fingertip, water vapor trailing behind her finger.

"Busy, busy, busy.", Carter hums as he gives a cursory glance around, following after Harriet with some haste.

Autumn runs towards the objective.
A figure in sleek, black tactical gear, with a golden emblem on their shoulder draws and quickly fires an arrow at Autumn, it sparks off the ground near her feet.

Harriet charges toward corner.
Autumn draws and quickly fires an arrow at a figure in sleek, black tactical gear, with a golden emblem on their shoulder, it misses him.

Carter charges toward corner.
Autumn charges toward alley.
Autumn draws and quickly fires an arrow at van, it damages it.

Jodie charges toward corner.
Carter charges toward corner.
Harriet fires off a shot at Samantha which misses her.

Carter draws and quickly fires an arrow at Jodie, it misses her.

Autumn draws and quickly fires an arrow at van, it damages it.

Harriet charges toward corner.
Samantha goes down to one knee before firing off a three-round burst at Harriet with her M4, it strikes the corner she's taking cover behind.

Samantha charges toward corner.
Jodie charges toward corner.
Jodie swings her weapon at Carter, it is parried by his talonite athame knife.

Harriet fires off a shot at Samantha which strikes the corner she's taking cover behind.

A small, dark green baby crocodile launches a slashing rake attack at Carter with her claws which is dodged by him.

Autumn draws and quickly fires an arrow at van, it damages it.

Samantha dashes around the corner and attacks Carter, trying to pin him between herself and Jodie.

Samantha lashes out at Carter with her spear, it is parried by his talonite athame knife.

Carter preps a particularly wicked looking bolt, taking a moment to line up the shot, letting it soar at Jodie before taking a moment to recover his bearings. The shot misses her.

Jodie charges toward corner.
Jodie says "Whoa what happened"
Harriet fires off a shot at Samantha which strikes the corner she's taking cover behind.

"Ack. A bit rude, yeah?", Carter mumbles.

Harriet looks very confused as she attacks her own cover, despite Samantha not being behind it, but she's swinging at Samantha again.

A small, dark green baby crocodile launches a slashing rake attack at Carter with her claws which impacts against his black fitted kevlar vest.

Autumn draws and quickly fires an arrow at van, it damages it.

Samantha lashes out at Carter with her spear, it impacts against his armor.

Carter lunges forward with his blade, attempting to shiv a small, dark green baby crocodile at a vital point before taking a moment to recover. The strike is parried by her.

Harriet charges toward Samantha.
Jodie charges toward corner.
Harriet swings her weapon at Samantha, it is parried by her pair of fighting tridents.

Jodie swings her weapon at Carter, it impacts against his armor.


Carter fades out of the nightmare.
A small, dark green baby crocodile launches a slashing rake attack at Harriet with her claws which is dodged by her.

Jodie's armor blackens and burns.

Samantha grunts when she's hit by Harriet, her breath knocked out of her. "Owww...." She whines.

Samantha lashes out at Harriet with her spear, it is parried by her elegant platinum 150lbs Warhammer.

Jodie says "Hand me a bandage if you want help"
Samantha disarms Harriet.

Harriet swings her weapon at Samantha, it is parried by her pair of fighting tridents.

Jodie swings her weapon at Harriet, it is parried by her elegant platinum 150lbs Warhammer.

"Yes, ow," Harriet replies to Samantha as she fights with her.

A small, dark green baby crocodile launches a slashing rake attack at Harriet with her claws which is dodged by her.

Autumn draws and quickly fires an arrow at a figure in sleek, black tactical gear, with a golden emblem on their shoulder, it sparks off the ground near his feet.

"I'll be ok." Samantha claims over to Jodie, snaring Harriet's weapon with her trident and twisting it out of her grip

Samantha lashes out at Harriet with her spear, it is parried by her elegant platinum 150lbs Warhammer.

Harriet swings her weapon at Samantha, it is parried by her pair of fighting tridents.

A small, dark green baby crocodile launches a slashing rake attack at Harriet with her claws which ineffectually wounds her left leg.

Jodie nods to Samantha then looks towards Harriet and says, "She wont be."

Jodie swings her weapon at Harriet, it ineffectually wounds her forehead.


Harriet fades out of the nightmare.
Autumn draws and quickly fires an arrow at a figure in sleek, black tactical gear, with a golden emblem on their shoulder, it misses him.

Samantha starts to sweat.

Samantha crouches down to give a small, dark green baby crocodile some scritches.

Jodie says "I'll head up north to start working on the point there"
Jodie charges toward a figure in sleek, black tactical gear, with a golden emblem on their shoulder.
A figure in sleek, black tactical gear, with a golden emblem on their shoulder draws and quickly fires an arrow at Jodie, it sparks off the ground near her feet.

Samantha goes down to one knee before firing off a three-round burst at a figure in sleek, black tactical gear, with a golden emblem on their shoulder with her M4, it misses him.

A figure in sleek, black tactical gear, with a golden emblem on their shoulder swings his weapon at Autumn, it is parried by her steel khopesh.

Jodie charges toward a figure in sleek, black tactical gear, with a golden emblem on their shoulder.
Jodie swings her weapon at a figure in sleek, black tactical gear, with a golden emblem on their shoulder, it is parried by him.

Autumn draws and quickly fires an arrow at Jodie, it misses her.

A figure in sleek, black tactical gear, with a golden emblem on their shoulder draws and quickly fires an arrow at Jodie, it misses her.

Samantha goes down to one knee before firing off a three-round burst at a figure in sleek, black tactical gear, with a golden emblem on their shoulder with her M4, it sparks off the ground near his feet.

A figure in sleek, black tactical gear, with a golden emblem on their shoulder swings his weapon at Autumn, it is parried by her steel khopesh.

Jodie charges toward a figure in sleek, black tactical gear, with a golden emblem on their shoulder.
Jodie swings her weapon at a figure in sleek, black tactical gear, with a golden emblem on their shoulder, it deflects off his armor.


a figure in sleek, black tactical gear, with a golden emblem on their shoulder fades out of the nightmare.
Jodie says "Maybe not yet, not till we deal with Autumn over there"
Autumn swings her weapon at a figure in sleek, black tactical gear, with a golden emblem on their shoulder, it is parried by him.

Samantha swaps out her magazine. "Yeah I suppose we should do that."

Jodie charges toward corner.
Autumn swings her weapon at a figure in sleek, black tactical gear, with a golden emblem on their shoulder, it strikes his armor with bruising force.


a figure in sleek, black tactical gear, with a golden emblem on their shoulder fades out of the nightmare.
Samantha goes down to one knee before firing off a three-round burst at Autumn with her M4, it strikes the alley she's taking cover behind.

"So..storm the alley?" Jodie ask Samantha with a casual glance

Samantha says "I was just gonna shoot her through the cover because I'm too lazy to walk over there, but that sounds good too."
Autumn draws and quickly fires an arrow at van, it damages it.

Samantha goes down to one knee before firing off a three-round burst at Autumn with her M4, it strikes the alley she's taking cover behind.

Jodie says "Either or, if you think you are going to win that duel. I have no ranged weapon"
Samantha says "Do you want to grab a point then?"
Jodie says "Yes I'm going"
Autumn draws and quickly fires an arrow at Jodie, it misses her.

Samantha goes down to one knee before firing off a three-round burst at Autumn with her M4, it strikes the alley she's taking cover behind.

Samantha starts to sweat.

Samantha goes down to one knee before firing off a three-round burst at Autumn with her M4, it deflects off her shield.

Jodie continues seizing control of influential corporations.

Autumn draws and quickly fires an arrow at Jodie, it misses her.

Samantha goes down to one knee before firing off a three-round burst at Autumn with her M4, it impacts against her armor.

Autumn says "Get that bitch, Ifrit!"
Autumn draws and quickly fires an arrow at van, it damages it.

Samantha goes down to one knee before firing off a three-round burst at Autumn with her M4, it impacts against her armor.

Jodie continues seizing control of influential corporations.

Autumn draws and quickly fires an arrow at van, it damages it.

Samantha goes down to one knee before firing off a three-round burst at Autumn with her M4, it ineffectually wounds her right shoulder.


Autumn fades out of the nightmare.
Jodie continues seizing control of influential corporations.

Samantha says "Ok, she's down."
Jodie says "The salamander is working its way towards me"
Samantha says "Maybe it wants to be your friend?"
Jodie continues seizing control of influential corporations.

Jodie says "That much is obvious, who wouldn't want that?"
Samantha fires off a quick shot at A glowing salamander with fiery wings with her M4, it ineffectually wounds her right shoulder.

Jodie continues seizing control of influential corporations.

A glowing salamander with fiery wings launches a slashing rake attack at Samantha with her claws which is dodged by her.


A glowing salamander with fiery wings fades out of the nightmare.
Jodie continues seizing control of influential corporations.

"Ah crap." Samantha curses as she tries to hop back out of the way of the Salamander trying to eat her ankles and then nods at a small, dark green baby crocodile. "Good boy."

Jodie continues seizing control of influential corporations.

Jodie continues seizing control of influential corporations.

Jodie continues seizing control of influential corporations.

Samantha runs towards the objective.
Jodie continues seizing control of influential corporations.

Samantha continues seizing control of influential corporations.

Jodie continues seizing control of influential corporations.

Samantha continues seizing control of influential corporations.

Jodie continues seizing control of influential corporations.

Samantha continues seizing control of influential corporations.


a small, dark green baby crocodile fades out of the nightmare.
Jodie continues seizing control of influential corporations.

Samantha continues seizing control of influential corporations.

A figure in sleek, black tactical gear, with a golden emblem on their shoulder draws and quickly fires an arrow at Jodie, it misses her.

Jodie continues seizing control of influential corporations.

Samantha continues seizing control of influential corporations.

A figure in sleek, black tactical gear, with a golden emblem on their shoulder draws and quickly fires an arrow at Jodie, it misses her.

Jodie continues seizing control of influential corporations.

The Temple has proved victorious.