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The Destined Hosts Operation In Westrend 241223
In the shadowed, ethereal realm of nightmare-set Berlin, a tense mission unfolded with the crux being a crucial briefcase filled with evidence, vital for bringing down a formidable crime syndicate. The mission's participants, drawn from varying factions and armed with supernatural abilities and tools, found themselves intertwined in a complex dance of strategy, power, and determination. Among them were Luciano, Sophie, and Colton, each with their own unique approach to navigating the dangers that lay in wait. Luciano, with his bold charges and frantic gunfire; Sophie, calculated and cool, her actions precise; and Colton, whose casual demeanor belied a keen instinct for survival and strategy. The mission saw alliances swiftly formed and tested as they maneuvered through the city's spectral counterpart, engaging in explosive encounters with opponents both human and otherworldly.
As the narrative crescendoed, the battle for the briefcase reached its zenith amidst chaos: bullets flew, supernatural powers clashed, and the line between victory and defeat blurred with every passing moment. Luciano, overwhelmed by the relentless assault and noxious gas, retreated, handing a temporary advantage to his opponents. In the end, amidst a whirlwind of psychic energy, strategic combat, and fleeting alliances, it was Harriet, emerging through the miasma with the briefcase in hand, who claimed victory for the Balanced Alliance. The mission concluded not with the grandiosity of clear winners and losers but with the subdued acknowledgment of the complex interplay between skill, luck, and timing. Even as Harriet and her allies celebrated their hard-earned success, the remnants of battle lingered in the air, a testament to the high stakes and personal costs of their supernatural undertaking.
At Sun Dec 22 2024, in the city of Westrend
Mission: Intercept a briefcase containing evidence and bring it back to the extraction point.
An important briefcase containing valuable evidence crucial for an ongoing investigation is travelling through the echo of Berlin in the nightmare. In the real world, its destination is the Interpol headquarters, where it can potentially bring down a major criminal syndicate. To push fate in their favor, various factions will need to secure the briefcase in the nightmare. It matters not to the nightmare who employs it - what matters is who succeeds.
A Psychic mirror of Berlin
It is afternoon, about 72F(22C) degrees, and the sky is partly covered by thin white clouds.
Luciano charges toward sedan.
Sophie reaches down to adjust her bracelet, her fingers brushing against a hidden button in a discreet signal.
Sophie charges toward corner.
Luciano charges toward sedan.
Colton says "Not a real big fan of all these extraction jobs, won't lie."
Sophie moves protectively towards corner.
Colton says "Saw a big, fast fucker with wings earlier. Bona fide angel. Keep an eye out."
Sophie charges toward corner.
Luciano charges toward taxi.
Colton makes a supernatural leap to corner.
Sophie finds her way to the corner, glancing over from behind it at Colton curiously to see where he's leaping off to.
Luciano charges toward taxi.
Colton moves protectively towards corner.
Colton says "I'm going to move for that sedan, see what I can spot over there. Harriet, you with us?"
Luciano charges toward taxi.
Colton moves protectively towards sedan.
Sophie moves protectively towards Colton.
"Is whoever has the thing behind there?" Sophie asks Colton with a gesture over towards the ridges or whatever they are to the south, as though his supernatural eyes can see all.
Colton says "Can't tell from this distance. Going to try and scope things out a little better."
Sophie says "Hrmph. I'm coming with."
Colton moves protectively towards sedan.
Sophie moves protectively towards Colton.
Luciano lifts up his carbine and plants his feet, bracing his stock into his shoulder and sending a duo of shots towards Colton misses him.
Sophie fires off a shot at taxi which damages it.
Sophie says "Who's the balaclava guy?"
Colton says "That's Luca. Saw him mask up."
Sophie says "Oh. /That's/ Luca."
Sophie moves protectively towards sedan.
Colton says "Going to move in on him."
Colton moves protectively towards Luciano.
Sophie fires off a shot at taxi which damages it.
Harriet charges toward corner.
Colton throws a tear gas grenade at Luciano.
Harriet wakes up, eventually.
Sophie says "Yeah, sure. I'm trying, but bullets are mostly just hitting the taxi."
Sophie moves protectively towards sedan.
Luciano says "God- FUCKING GAS??? AGAIN???"
Sophie fires off a shot at taxi which damages it.
Harriet charges toward Colton.
Colton says, belatedly, "I gassed the fucker."
Colton charges toward Luciano.
Eschewing aiming in favour of a quick shot, Colton fires a bolt at Luciano, which sparks off the ground near his feet.
Sophie lets out a quiet little 'hm' while she watches the fucker who has been gassed - she definitely doesn't want to be him right now.
A blonde dressed in all black, wielding a pair of batons fires off a shot at Luciano which misses him.
Sophie fires off a shot at Luciano which misses him.
Harriet charges toward sedan.
Luciano says "WHY AM I ALWAYS THE ONLY ONE THAT SHOWS UP!?!?"
Luciano fires off a quick blast at Colton which completely misses him.
Sophie charges toward Luciano.
Colton charges toward Luciano.
Harriet is apologetic in her facial expression as she's running along.
Colton says "Cause you got a good work ethic, I guess. Bringin a fucking shotgun's a bad idea, though."
Colton trips Luciano.
Colton swings his weapon up in a wicked hack aimed at Luciano and it is parried by his black m48 warhammer.
A blonde dressed in all black, wielding a pair of batons fires off a shot at Luciano which strikes his armor with bruising force.
Harriet says "I'm awake!"
Sophie fires off a shot at Luciano which strikes his armor with bruising force.
Luciano fades out of the nightmare.
Harriet charges toward Sophie.
Colton says "Just dropped the Forged Fortune guy."
Sophie charges toward taxi.
Colton says "We haven't spotted the caracter yet."
Colton says "I'm going to move for that bus."
Colton moves protectively towards bus.
Sophie squints. "What bus?"
Sophie says "Angela, if you can stop hitting the taxi nobody's hiding behind, that'll be great, thanks."
Colton says "To the distant east of the van."
Sophie says "Mmmm. I don't see it, but I'll take your word for it."
Sophie says "Aha. I have found them."
Colton says "Where's that at?"
Sophie says "Far south. Behind the alley."
Colton makes a supernatural leap to Sophie.
Sophie says "I'm not going any closer. Don't fancy being shot at."
Sophie fires off a shot at alley which damages it.
Sailing back over to Sophie in a single jump, Colton gives her shoulder a little pat before he takes off to the south with his piddly crossbow range.
Colton charges toward a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry.
Sophie moves protectively towards alley.
Sophie fires off a shot at a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry which strikes the alley he's taking cover behind.
A Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry draws and quickly fires an arrow at Sophie, it misses her.
A Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry draws and quickly fires an arrow at Colton, it misses him.
Colton moves protectively towards alley.
Harriet continues trotting along, commenting, "They truly sought out the furthest place they could be from where any of us want to be..." about the obvious.
Sophie yelps aloud as the Host soldier shoots an arrow her way, quickly ducking behind Colton.
Sophie fires off a shot at a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry which strikes the alley he's taking cover behind.
Sophie moves protectively towards van.
Colton moves protectively towards alley.
A Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry swings his weapon at Colton, it is parried by his lumberjack's axe.
A Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry swings her weapon at Colton, it is parried by his lumberjack's axe.
Colton swings his weapon at a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry, it is parried by him.
Sophie fires off a shot at a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry which strikes the alley he's taking cover behind.
Sophie moves protectively towards alley.
Harriet charges toward alley.
A Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry swings his weapon at Harriet, it is parried by her elegant platinum 150lbs Warhammer.
A Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry swings her weapon at Harriet, it is parried by her elegant platinum 150lbs Warhammer.
Harriet locks her gaze onto a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry before she channels all her strength and determination into one decisive motion with her warhammer and is parried by him.
a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry fades out of the nightmare.
Harriet has a briefcase containing evidence.
Colton says "Huh. I was... just in range of 'em."
Colton says "Now I am not."
Sophie fires off a shot at a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry which strikes the alley she's taking cover behind.
Colton says "How the hell did I get here?"
Colton moves protectively towards alley.
Eschewing aiming in favour of a quick shot, Colton fires a bolt at a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry, which strikes the alley she's taking cover behind.
Sophie moves protectively towards alley.
A Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry draws and quickly fires an arrow at Colton, it misses him.
Harriet also gets teleported away.
Sophie fires off a shot at a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry which strikes the alley she's taking cover behind.
Harriet glances around uncertainly.
Colton moves protectively towards alley.
Colton swings his weapon up in a wicked hack aimed at a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry and it is parried by her.
a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry fades out of the nightmare.
Colton has a briefcase containing evidence.
Sophie moves protectively towards alley.
Colton says "Fuckin' nightmare."
Harriet gets taken even further away.
Colton says "Okay, I got the evidence, let's skedaddle."
Harriet charges toward alley.
Sophie says "Skedaddle? Really?"
Colton makes a supernatural leap to Harriet.
Harriet does a visual sweep of the area.
Colton says "You gotta learn to enjoy yourself on the job, Wilson, or the whole murdering people business starts to take a toll."
Harriet charges toward Sophie.
Colton says "Sometimes you switch up the words."
Sophie says "Thank you, I'll keep that in mind for my prospective career as a serial killer."
Harriet admits, "I've never moved so far at a run in my life, so quickly. I wish that could happen when I wanted it to..."
Colton says "Yeah, eery, isn't it?"
Colton says "Briefcase isn't slowing me down too much, which is nice."
Harriet charges toward Colton.
Colton runs towards the extraction point.
Harriet charges toward Colton.
Colton runs towards the extraction point.
Sophie charges toward Colton.
Harriet charges toward Colton.
Sophie says "Just four. That's better than sixty."
A Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry suddenly freezes in place.
Harriet gives a nod to Sophie. "I still am not sure how I managed to slaughter all of them last time, but I am not complaining."
Sophie fires off a shot at a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry which sparks off the ground near her feet.
Harriet steadies herself, rifle nestled against her shoulder, and then rings out one shot after the next at a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry with their echoing cracks splitting the air and sparks off the ground near her feet.
Colton draws and quickly fires an arrow at a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry, it sparks off the ground near her feet.
Colton says "When they get a bit closer I'll sight one down for you two."
A Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry draws and quickly fires an arrow at Colton, it misses him.
A Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry draws and quickly fires an arrow at Colton, it misses him.
A Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry draws and quickly fires an arrow at Colton, it misses him.
A Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry draws and quickly fires an arrow at Colton, it misses him.
Sophie fires off a shot at a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry which misses her.
A red dot appears on a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry
Harriet steadies herself, rifle nestled against her shoulder, and then rings out one shot after the next at a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry with their echoing cracks splitting the air and deflects off her armor.
Harriet peers through the scope of her rifle, focusing in on just one a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry now.
A Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry draws and quickly fires an arrow at Colton, it misses him.
A Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry draws and quickly fires an arrow at Colton, it misses him.
A Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry draws and quickly fires an arrow at Colton, it misses him.
A Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry draws and quickly fires an arrow at Colton, it misses him.
Sophie fires off a shot at a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry which deflects off her armor.
a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry fades out of the nightmare.
Harriet takes aim with her rifle, firing off a long, heavy bullet at a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry, and sparks off the ground near her feet.
Sophie says "Did they just all run away...?"
Colton draws and quickly fires an arrow at a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry, it sparks off the ground near her feet.
Harriet shakes her head at Sophie, "No, they are still coming at us."
Sophie squints.
Sophie fires off a shot at a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry which strikes her armor with bruising force.
Harriet takes aim with her rifle, firing off a long, heavy bullet at a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry, and strikes her armor with bruising force.
Colton draws and quickly fires an arrow at a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry, it completely misses her.
Sophie fires off a shot at a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry which strikes her armor with bruising force.
a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry fades out of the nightmare.
Colton says "I'm comfortable leaving them behind that bus."
Sophie lets out a little 'mm' in thought, lining up another shot in an attempt to snipe out the two behind the bus while a blonde dressed in all black, wielding a pair of batons gets all up close on them.
Sophie fires off a shot at a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry which strikes the bus he's taking cover behind.
Harriet takes aim with her rifle, firing off a long, heavy bullet at a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry, and deflects off his armor.
Sophie fires off a shot at a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry which strikes his armor with bruising force.
a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry fades out of the nightmare.
Harriet takes aim with her rifle, firing off a long, heavy bullet at a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry, and strikes the bus she's taking cover behind.
Harriet hmms as she watches the a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry's retreat to the bus and says to Sophie, "Well, they did make a detour. The call of the nostalgic school bus. Maybe they are reminiscing about field trips from days of old."
a blonde dressed in all black, wielding a pair of batons fades out of the nightmare.
Sophie fires off a shot at a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry which strikes the bus she's taking cover behind.
Harriet takes aim with her rifle, firing off a long, heavy bullet at a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry, and strikes the bus she's taking cover behind.
A Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry draws and quickly fires an arrow at Colton, it misses him.
Sophie fires off a shot at a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry which misses her.
Harriet takes aim with her rifle, firing off a long, heavy bullet at a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry, and deflects off her armor.
A Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry draws and quickly fires an arrow at Colton, it misses him.
Sophie fires off a shot at a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry which strikes her armor with bruising force.
a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry fades out of the nightmare.
"Maybe they're millennials and really into the magic school bus from their childhood days," Sophie says, brow furrowed, though she perks up a little when the Host soldier leaves the cover of the bus, taking the opportunity to shoot a bullet right at them. Some Angelas had to die for it, but that's just a sacrifice she's willing to make.
Harriet asks Sophie and Colton, "Who was that woman?" with a gesture towards the bus where the former taxi shooter has faded away from view. She chuckles softly over Sophie's reply. "Miss Frizzle made a strong impact, apparently..." Then she is raising her rifle as the next group of soldiers come running towards them.
"My bodyguard," Sophie tells Harriet as though bodyguards are just a thing regular people have, and she shifts a little more behind Colton, watching the new wave of soldiers approaching with no intention of being shot at.
Sophie says, belatedly, "Angela."
Harriet gives a nod of understanding to Sophie. Bodyguards do not appear to be out of the ordinary to her. "A loyal one, I see," she says, recognising the sacrifice made there.
Sophie fires off a shot at a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry which sparks off the ground near her feet.
Clearing his throat after dissociating a moment under a repetitive plinking of bullets that'd lost most - if not all - of their inertia, Colton says, "Good shooting, you two. They're not really proving dangerous. Maybe sixty of them would be."
A Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry draws and quickly fires an arrow at Colton, it misses him.
A Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry draws and quickly fires an arrow at Colton, it misses him.
A Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry draws and quickly fires an arrow at Colton, it misses him.
A Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry draws and quickly fires an arrow at Colton, it misses him.
A Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry draws and quickly fires an arrow at Colton, it misses him.
Colton draws and quickly fires an arrow at bus, it damages it.
Sophie fires off a shot at a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry which misses her.
Sophie peers at Colton as he starts shooting the bus instead of the Host soldiers who are definitely not behind the bus.
A Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry draws and quickly fires an arrow at Colton, it misses him.
A Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry draws and quickly fires an arrow at Colton, it misses him.
A Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry draws and quickly fires an arrow at Colton, it misses him.
A Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry draws and quickly fires an arrow at Colton, it misses him.
A Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry draws and quickly fires an arrow at Colton, it misses him.
Colton draws and quickly fires an arrow at a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry, it sparks off the ground near her feet.
Sophie fires off a shot at a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry which strikes her armor with bruising force.
a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry fades out of the nightmare.
"She gets paid very well," Sophie tells Harriet, swapping out her rifle for her revolver as the soldiers get closer, quickly loading the chamber up with bullets and giving it a fun little spin before she bang-bangs to her heart's content.
Harriet takes aim with her rifle, firing off a long, heavy bullet at a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry, and misses her.
Colton draws and quickly fires an arrow at a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry, it misses her.
Sophie fires off a shot at a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry which misses her.
A Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry swings her weapon at Colton, it is parried by his lumberjack's axe.
A Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry swings her weapon at Colton, it is parried by his lumberjack's axe.
A Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry swings her weapon at Colton, it is parried by his lumberjack's axe.
A Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry swings his weapon at Colton, it is parried by his lumberjack's axe.
Harriet locks her gaze onto a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry before she channels all her strength and determination into one decisive motion with her warhammer and is parried by her.
Sophie launches an attack at a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry which strikes her armor with bruising force.
a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry fades out of the nightmare.
Colton swings his weapon at a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry, it is parried by her.
A Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry swings her weapon at Colton, it is parried by his lumberjack's axe.
A Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry swings her weapon at Colton, it is parried by his lumberjack's axe.
A Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry swings his weapon at Colton, it is parried by his lumberjack's axe.
Harriet lifts her heavy warhammer effortlessly, fluidly swinging it in a wide arc at a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry as its platinum surface gleams and is parried by her.
Sophie launches an attack at a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry which deflects off her armor.
a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry fades out of the nightmare.
Colton swings his weapon at a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry, it is parried by her.
Sophie is clearly the strongest (at kill-stealing) here, soldier after soldier falling to her puny spear pokes.
Harriet disarms a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry.
A Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry swings his weapon at Colton, it is parried by his lumberjack's axe.
Harriet locks her gaze onto a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry before she channels all her strength and determination into one decisive motion with her warhammer and is parried by her.
a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry fades out of the nightmare.
Sophie launches an attack at a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry which is parried by him.
Colton swings his weapon at a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry, it is parried by him.
A Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry swings his weapon at Colton, it is parried by his lumberjack's axe.
Harriet lifts her heavy warhammer effortlessly, fluidly swinging it in a wide arc at a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry as its platinum surface gleams and deflects off his armor.
Sophie launches an attack at a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry which strikes his armor with bruising force.
a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry fades out of the nightmare.
Harriet gives a nod to Colton and Sophie, then she mentions to the latter, "I truly am considering that whole 'doll' bit for the parter as my plus one."
Sophie pauses, giving it real thought for a second, then tells Harriet, "Please just make sure it's clothed."
Sophie says, correcting herself, "She."
Harriet replies, "And wiped clean of all bodily fluids," just because.
Lifting his eyebrows as he turns to look Harriet up and down, Colton asks, "I wouldn't have thought a woman like you needed a date of the inflatable persuasion, Fairfax. What happened?"
"My early to bed, early to rise Salte girl will be sleeping," Harriet explains to Colton about her fiancee.
Colton says "Yeah, well, that's what you get for sleeping with professional fishermen and their family."
Colton says "They're fucking /crepuscular/."
Harriet gestures to Sophie, "So, Sophie advised I bring a Samantha plushie or something like that."
Harriet smirks at Colton.
Sophie says "... don't put this on me."
Harriet points at Sophie. "It is on you."
Glancing back at Sophie, Colton asks, "Did you suggest she bring it in a jar, Wilson?"
Sophie refuses to take responsibility for this.
The Balanced Alliance has proved victorious.
As the narrative crescendoed, the battle for the briefcase reached its zenith amidst chaos: bullets flew, supernatural powers clashed, and the line between victory and defeat blurred with every passing moment. Luciano, overwhelmed by the relentless assault and noxious gas, retreated, handing a temporary advantage to his opponents. In the end, amidst a whirlwind of psychic energy, strategic combat, and fleeting alliances, it was Harriet, emerging through the miasma with the briefcase in hand, who claimed victory for the Balanced Alliance. The mission concluded not with the grandiosity of clear winners and losers but with the subdued acknowledgment of the complex interplay between skill, luck, and timing. Even as Harriet and her allies celebrated their hard-earned success, the remnants of battle lingered in the air, a testament to the high stakes and personal costs of their supernatural undertaking.
At Sun Dec 22 2024, in the city of Westrend
Mission: Intercept a briefcase containing evidence and bring it back to the extraction point.
An important briefcase containing valuable evidence crucial for an ongoing investigation is travelling through the echo of Berlin in the nightmare. In the real world, its destination is the Interpol headquarters, where it can potentially bring down a major criminal syndicate. To push fate in their favor, various factions will need to secure the briefcase in the nightmare. It matters not to the nightmare who employs it - what matters is who succeeds.
A Psychic mirror of Berlin
It is afternoon, about 72F(22C) degrees, and the sky is partly covered by thin white clouds.
Luciano charges toward sedan.
Sophie reaches down to adjust her bracelet, her fingers brushing against a hidden button in a discreet signal.
Sophie charges toward corner.
Luciano charges toward sedan.
Colton says "Not a real big fan of all these extraction jobs, won't lie."
Sophie moves protectively towards corner.
Colton says "Saw a big, fast fucker with wings earlier. Bona fide angel. Keep an eye out."
Sophie charges toward corner.
Luciano charges toward taxi.
Colton makes a supernatural leap to corner.
Sophie finds her way to the corner, glancing over from behind it at Colton curiously to see where he's leaping off to.
Luciano charges toward taxi.
Colton moves protectively towards corner.
Colton says "I'm going to move for that sedan, see what I can spot over there. Harriet, you with us?"
Luciano charges toward taxi.
Colton moves protectively towards sedan.
Sophie moves protectively towards Colton.
"Is whoever has the thing behind there?" Sophie asks Colton with a gesture over towards the ridges or whatever they are to the south, as though his supernatural eyes can see all.
Colton says "Can't tell from this distance. Going to try and scope things out a little better."
Sophie says "Hrmph. I'm coming with."
Colton moves protectively towards sedan.
Sophie moves protectively towards Colton.
Luciano lifts up his carbine and plants his feet, bracing his stock into his shoulder and sending a duo of shots towards Colton misses him.
Sophie fires off a shot at taxi which damages it.
Sophie says "Who's the balaclava guy?"
Colton says "That's Luca. Saw him mask up."
Sophie says "Oh. /That's/ Luca."
Sophie moves protectively towards sedan.
Colton says "Going to move in on him."
Colton moves protectively towards Luciano.
Sophie fires off a shot at taxi which damages it.
Harriet charges toward corner.
Colton throws a tear gas grenade at Luciano.
Harriet wakes up, eventually.
Sophie says "Yeah, sure. I'm trying, but bullets are mostly just hitting the taxi."
Sophie moves protectively towards sedan.
Luciano says "God- FUCKING GAS??? AGAIN???"
Sophie fires off a shot at taxi which damages it.
Harriet charges toward Colton.
Colton says, belatedly, "I gassed the fucker."
Colton charges toward Luciano.
Eschewing aiming in favour of a quick shot, Colton fires a bolt at Luciano, which sparks off the ground near his feet.
Sophie lets out a quiet little 'hm' while she watches the fucker who has been gassed - she definitely doesn't want to be him right now.
A blonde dressed in all black, wielding a pair of batons fires off a shot at Luciano which misses him.
Sophie fires off a shot at Luciano which misses him.
Harriet charges toward sedan.
Luciano says "WHY AM I ALWAYS THE ONLY ONE THAT SHOWS UP!?!?"
Luciano fires off a quick blast at Colton which completely misses him.
Sophie charges toward Luciano.
Colton charges toward Luciano.
Harriet is apologetic in her facial expression as she's running along.
Colton says "Cause you got a good work ethic, I guess. Bringin a fucking shotgun's a bad idea, though."
Colton trips Luciano.
Colton swings his weapon up in a wicked hack aimed at Luciano and it is parried by his black m48 warhammer.
A blonde dressed in all black, wielding a pair of batons fires off a shot at Luciano which strikes his armor with bruising force.
Harriet says "I'm awake!"
Sophie fires off a shot at Luciano which strikes his armor with bruising force.
Luciano fades out of the nightmare.
Harriet charges toward Sophie.
Colton says "Just dropped the Forged Fortune guy."
Sophie charges toward taxi.
Colton says "We haven't spotted the caracter yet."
Colton says "I'm going to move for that bus."
Colton moves protectively towards bus.
Sophie squints. "What bus?"
Sophie says "Angela, if you can stop hitting the taxi nobody's hiding behind, that'll be great, thanks."
Colton says "To the distant east of the van."
Sophie says "Mmmm. I don't see it, but I'll take your word for it."
Sophie says "Aha. I have found them."
Colton says "Where's that at?"
Sophie says "Far south. Behind the alley."
Colton makes a supernatural leap to Sophie.
Sophie says "I'm not going any closer. Don't fancy being shot at."
Sophie fires off a shot at alley which damages it.
Sailing back over to Sophie in a single jump, Colton gives her shoulder a little pat before he takes off to the south with his piddly crossbow range.
Colton charges toward a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry.
Sophie moves protectively towards alley.
Sophie fires off a shot at a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry which strikes the alley he's taking cover behind.
A Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry draws and quickly fires an arrow at Sophie, it misses her.
A Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry draws and quickly fires an arrow at Colton, it misses him.
Colton moves protectively towards alley.
Harriet continues trotting along, commenting, "They truly sought out the furthest place they could be from where any of us want to be..." about the obvious.
Sophie yelps aloud as the Host soldier shoots an arrow her way, quickly ducking behind Colton.
Sophie fires off a shot at a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry which strikes the alley he's taking cover behind.
Sophie moves protectively towards van.
Colton moves protectively towards alley.
A Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry swings his weapon at Colton, it is parried by his lumberjack's axe.
A Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry swings her weapon at Colton, it is parried by his lumberjack's axe.
Colton swings his weapon at a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry, it is parried by him.
Sophie fires off a shot at a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry which strikes the alley he's taking cover behind.
Sophie moves protectively towards alley.
Harriet charges toward alley.
A Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry swings his weapon at Harriet, it is parried by her elegant platinum 150lbs Warhammer.
A Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry swings her weapon at Harriet, it is parried by her elegant platinum 150lbs Warhammer.
Harriet locks her gaze onto a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry before she channels all her strength and determination into one decisive motion with her warhammer and is parried by him.
a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry fades out of the nightmare.
Harriet has a briefcase containing evidence.
Colton says "Huh. I was... just in range of 'em."
Colton says "Now I am not."
Sophie fires off a shot at a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry which strikes the alley she's taking cover behind.
Colton says "How the hell did I get here?"
Colton moves protectively towards alley.
Eschewing aiming in favour of a quick shot, Colton fires a bolt at a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry, which strikes the alley she's taking cover behind.
Sophie moves protectively towards alley.
A Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry draws and quickly fires an arrow at Colton, it misses him.
Harriet also gets teleported away.
Sophie fires off a shot at a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry which strikes the alley she's taking cover behind.
Harriet glances around uncertainly.
Colton moves protectively towards alley.
Colton swings his weapon up in a wicked hack aimed at a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry and it is parried by her.
a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry fades out of the nightmare.
Colton has a briefcase containing evidence.
Sophie moves protectively towards alley.
Colton says "Fuckin' nightmare."
Harriet gets taken even further away.
Colton says "Okay, I got the evidence, let's skedaddle."
Harriet charges toward alley.
Sophie says "Skedaddle? Really?"
Colton makes a supernatural leap to Harriet.
Harriet does a visual sweep of the area.
Colton says "You gotta learn to enjoy yourself on the job, Wilson, or the whole murdering people business starts to take a toll."
Harriet charges toward Sophie.
Colton says "Sometimes you switch up the words."
Sophie says "Thank you, I'll keep that in mind for my prospective career as a serial killer."
Harriet admits, "I've never moved so far at a run in my life, so quickly. I wish that could happen when I wanted it to..."
Colton says "Yeah, eery, isn't it?"
Colton says "Briefcase isn't slowing me down too much, which is nice."
Harriet charges toward Colton.
Colton runs towards the extraction point.
Harriet charges toward Colton.
Colton runs towards the extraction point.
Sophie charges toward Colton.
Harriet charges toward Colton.
Sophie says "Just four. That's better than sixty."
A Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry suddenly freezes in place.
Harriet gives a nod to Sophie. "I still am not sure how I managed to slaughter all of them last time, but I am not complaining."
Sophie fires off a shot at a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry which sparks off the ground near her feet.
Harriet steadies herself, rifle nestled against her shoulder, and then rings out one shot after the next at a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry with their echoing cracks splitting the air and sparks off the ground near her feet.
Colton draws and quickly fires an arrow at a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry, it sparks off the ground near her feet.
Colton says "When they get a bit closer I'll sight one down for you two."
A Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry draws and quickly fires an arrow at Colton, it misses him.
A Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry draws and quickly fires an arrow at Colton, it misses him.
A Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry draws and quickly fires an arrow at Colton, it misses him.
A Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry draws and quickly fires an arrow at Colton, it misses him.
Sophie fires off a shot at a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry which misses her.
A red dot appears on a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry
Harriet steadies herself, rifle nestled against her shoulder, and then rings out one shot after the next at a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry with their echoing cracks splitting the air and deflects off her armor.
Harriet peers through the scope of her rifle, focusing in on just one a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry now.
A Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry draws and quickly fires an arrow at Colton, it misses him.
A Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry draws and quickly fires an arrow at Colton, it misses him.
A Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry draws and quickly fires an arrow at Colton, it misses him.
A Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry draws and quickly fires an arrow at Colton, it misses him.
Sophie fires off a shot at a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry which deflects off her armor.
a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry fades out of the nightmare.
Harriet takes aim with her rifle, firing off a long, heavy bullet at a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry, and sparks off the ground near her feet.
Sophie says "Did they just all run away...?"
Colton draws and quickly fires an arrow at a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry, it sparks off the ground near her feet.
Harriet shakes her head at Sophie, "No, they are still coming at us."
Sophie squints.
Sophie fires off a shot at a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry which strikes her armor with bruising force.
Harriet takes aim with her rifle, firing off a long, heavy bullet at a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry, and strikes her armor with bruising force.
Colton draws and quickly fires an arrow at a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry, it completely misses her.
Sophie fires off a shot at a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry which strikes her armor with bruising force.
a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry fades out of the nightmare.
Colton says "I'm comfortable leaving them behind that bus."
Sophie lets out a little 'mm' in thought, lining up another shot in an attempt to snipe out the two behind the bus while a blonde dressed in all black, wielding a pair of batons gets all up close on them.
Sophie fires off a shot at a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry which strikes the bus he's taking cover behind.
Harriet takes aim with her rifle, firing off a long, heavy bullet at a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry, and deflects off his armor.
Sophie fires off a shot at a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry which strikes his armor with bruising force.
a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry fades out of the nightmare.
Harriet takes aim with her rifle, firing off a long, heavy bullet at a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry, and strikes the bus she's taking cover behind.
Harriet hmms as she watches the a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry's retreat to the bus and says to Sophie, "Well, they did make a detour. The call of the nostalgic school bus. Maybe they are reminiscing about field trips from days of old."
a blonde dressed in all black, wielding a pair of batons fades out of the nightmare.
Sophie fires off a shot at a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry which strikes the bus she's taking cover behind.
Harriet takes aim with her rifle, firing off a long, heavy bullet at a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry, and strikes the bus she's taking cover behind.
A Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry draws and quickly fires an arrow at Colton, it misses him.
Sophie fires off a shot at a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry which misses her.
Harriet takes aim with her rifle, firing off a long, heavy bullet at a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry, and deflects off her armor.
A Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry draws and quickly fires an arrow at Colton, it misses him.
Sophie fires off a shot at a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry which strikes her armor with bruising force.
a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry fades out of the nightmare.
"Maybe they're millennials and really into the magic school bus from their childhood days," Sophie says, brow furrowed, though she perks up a little when the Host soldier leaves the cover of the bus, taking the opportunity to shoot a bullet right at them. Some Angelas had to die for it, but that's just a sacrifice she's willing to make.
Harriet asks Sophie and Colton, "Who was that woman?" with a gesture towards the bus where the former taxi shooter has faded away from view. She chuckles softly over Sophie's reply. "Miss Frizzle made a strong impact, apparently..." Then she is raising her rifle as the next group of soldiers come running towards them.
"My bodyguard," Sophie tells Harriet as though bodyguards are just a thing regular people have, and she shifts a little more behind Colton, watching the new wave of soldiers approaching with no intention of being shot at.
Sophie says, belatedly, "Angela."
Harriet gives a nod of understanding to Sophie. Bodyguards do not appear to be out of the ordinary to her. "A loyal one, I see," she says, recognising the sacrifice made there.
Sophie fires off a shot at a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry which sparks off the ground near her feet.
Clearing his throat after dissociating a moment under a repetitive plinking of bullets that'd lost most - if not all - of their inertia, Colton says, "Good shooting, you two. They're not really proving dangerous. Maybe sixty of them would be."
A Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry draws and quickly fires an arrow at Colton, it misses him.
A Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry draws and quickly fires an arrow at Colton, it misses him.
A Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry draws and quickly fires an arrow at Colton, it misses him.
A Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry draws and quickly fires an arrow at Colton, it misses him.
A Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry draws and quickly fires an arrow at Colton, it misses him.
Colton draws and quickly fires an arrow at bus, it damages it.
Sophie fires off a shot at a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry which misses her.
Sophie peers at Colton as he starts shooting the bus instead of the Host soldiers who are definitely not behind the bus.
A Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry draws and quickly fires an arrow at Colton, it misses him.
A Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry draws and quickly fires an arrow at Colton, it misses him.
A Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry draws and quickly fires an arrow at Colton, it misses him.
A Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry draws and quickly fires an arrow at Colton, it misses him.
A Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry draws and quickly fires an arrow at Colton, it misses him.
Colton draws and quickly fires an arrow at a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry, it sparks off the ground near her feet.
Sophie fires off a shot at a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry which strikes her armor with bruising force.
a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry fades out of the nightmare.
"She gets paid very well," Sophie tells Harriet, swapping out her rifle for her revolver as the soldiers get closer, quickly loading the chamber up with bullets and giving it a fun little spin before she bang-bangs to her heart's content.
Harriet takes aim with her rifle, firing off a long, heavy bullet at a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry, and misses her.
Colton draws and quickly fires an arrow at a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry, it misses her.
Sophie fires off a shot at a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry which misses her.
A Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry swings her weapon at Colton, it is parried by his lumberjack's axe.
A Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry swings her weapon at Colton, it is parried by his lumberjack's axe.
A Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry swings her weapon at Colton, it is parried by his lumberjack's axe.
A Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry swings his weapon at Colton, it is parried by his lumberjack's axe.
Harriet locks her gaze onto a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry before she channels all her strength and determination into one decisive motion with her warhammer and is parried by her.
Sophie launches an attack at a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry which strikes her armor with bruising force.
a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry fades out of the nightmare.
Colton swings his weapon at a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry, it is parried by her.
A Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry swings her weapon at Colton, it is parried by his lumberjack's axe.
A Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry swings her weapon at Colton, it is parried by his lumberjack's axe.
A Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry swings his weapon at Colton, it is parried by his lumberjack's axe.
Harriet lifts her heavy warhammer effortlessly, fluidly swinging it in a wide arc at a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry as its platinum surface gleams and is parried by her.
Sophie launches an attack at a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry which deflects off her armor.
a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry fades out of the nightmare.
Colton swings his weapon at a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry, it is parried by her.
Sophie is clearly the strongest (at kill-stealing) here, soldier after soldier falling to her puny spear pokes.
Harriet disarms a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry.
A Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry swings his weapon at Colton, it is parried by his lumberjack's axe.
Harriet locks her gaze onto a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry before she channels all her strength and determination into one decisive motion with her warhammer and is parried by her.
a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry fades out of the nightmare.
Sophie launches an attack at a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry which is parried by him.
Colton swings his weapon at a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry, it is parried by him.
A Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry swings his weapon at Colton, it is parried by his lumberjack's axe.
Harriet lifts her heavy warhammer effortlessly, fluidly swinging it in a wide arc at a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry as its platinum surface gleams and deflects off his armor.
Sophie launches an attack at a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry which strikes his armor with bruising force.
a Destined Host soldier with sigil-etched weaponry fades out of the nightmare.
Harriet gives a nod to Colton and Sophie, then she mentions to the latter, "I truly am considering that whole 'doll' bit for the parter as my plus one."
Sophie pauses, giving it real thought for a second, then tells Harriet, "Please just make sure it's clothed."
Sophie says, correcting herself, "She."
Harriet replies, "And wiped clean of all bodily fluids," just because.
Lifting his eyebrows as he turns to look Harriet up and down, Colton asks, "I wouldn't have thought a woman like you needed a date of the inflatable persuasion, Fairfax. What happened?"
"My early to bed, early to rise Salte girl will be sleeping," Harriet explains to Colton about her fiancee.
Colton says "Yeah, well, that's what you get for sleeping with professional fishermen and their family."
Colton says "They're fucking /crepuscular/."
Harriet gestures to Sophie, "So, Sophie advised I bring a Samantha plushie or something like that."
Harriet smirks at Colton.
Sophie says "... don't put this on me."
Harriet points at Sophie. "It is on you."
Glancing back at Sophie, Colton asks, "Did you suggest she bring it in a jar, Wilson?"
Sophie refuses to take responsibility for this.
The Balanced Alliance has proved victorious.