Payback Time

[thewatchers]

PAYBACK TIME
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The daemon base was large, a massive obsidian skull carved from the base of a black, foreboding mountain within the Outlands and surrounded by a forest of dead trees. This was inevitable, as accompanying faculty could explain. As much as it could influence the human world, the Outland was heavily influenced and shaped by human thought and culture. Weaker daemons, such as those within the base, would find their personality, forms, and even desires inexorably shaped by the thoughts of humanity and what was perceived humans would expect and fear.

The focus of the two main assault groups would be the clearing of the main hall and the lower dungeons. The groups will be divided as follows:

Main Hall:
Ky
Mav
Kanata
Tyzias
Gunvolt
Bumblebee

Main Hall Support:
Toki
Kano

Dungeon:
Valvatorez
Goro Akechi
Ren
Minako
Naoki
Keith

Dungeon Support:
Ekkehardt
James

Control Room Supervisor:
Yang

To get through to the fortress proper, the students will have to make their way through the forest. This is an open log, even for those who didn’t sign up and will consist of clearing a path and fighting off living trees and mimics in the form of any number of objects that would otherwise be expected in forests such as rocks, brambles, bushes, and other foliage..

The Main Hall is lined with massive rooms full of daemons such as the banquet hall, treasure vault, and throne room where the daemon lord resides. The Daemon Lord is the target here, and he’ll be well-guarded. Beware! Many of the rooms are trapped with mimics taking the form of treasure chests, braziers, boxes, barrels, and just about any other item.

The Dungeons are where captured humans are kept and tortured. The objective is to free the humans and defeat the Jailer, a powerful Daemon who runs the chambers. Students should beware, doppelgangers are said to be commonly slipped in amongst prisoners to ferret out rebellion and will be hidden in with those who are to be rescued.

The Control Room is located in the Citadel, with a massive monitor visualizing the area with floor plans and video feeds. All students and faculty will be wearing small cameras that will record live footage, and will be wired with a communication earpiece that will let those in the Control Room communicate freely. Students working in the Control Room will be able to relay data and information, and use the powerful supercomputers to analyze items on the ground in near real-time.

code bases by tricklet

Comments

[thebreakfastbug]

"Yeah, that's probably gonna be me. My armor's not exactly built for this kind of infiltration."

Put him anywhere that cars had regular access too, and he'd be fine. Needless to say, ancient demonic castles weren't somewhere that cars had regular access to.

[bejustorbedead]

Ky looks over the group, giving Maverick's suggestion some serious consideration. He dislikes breaking the groups up, especially given their numbers aren't that large, but they could cover more ground and attract less attention. Gunvolt's accurate assessment of the mission was good to hear, but a little worrying to hear from a child of this era, but that is something to dwell on later.

The man closes his eyes, and exhale - wondering what the Seers were thinking. "Bumblebee, you will take leadership of the second group, and split up as evenly as possible. I will take my group to the left-hand side. If either of us finds the ruler's chambers, immediately sent a message and wait for the rest of us to regroup. Daemons tend to abide by 'Might makes right' so this daemon will be far stronger than their guards."

Then firmly he added. "Do whatever you need to survive, there is no shame in ambushing or backstabbing an enemy when it's a matter of life or death."

[shockingblue]

Bee and Mav both brought up a good point, though he was loathe to want to split the group much; one bad turn could see a smaller team get wiped out. Still, if that was the best course of action for getting closer to the leader while drawing as little attention as possible... that would be better. And for his part, GV was used to working alone or in an element of no more than two.

"How are we splitting up, then?"

[bejustorbedead]

Ky looks over the group. "Gunvolt, you'll go with Bumblebee, our similar powersets would overlap in a small group. As for Taylor, and Entykk, you can decide who goes where, but one of you will come with me. According to Rikugou there is a patrol on the right." He relays the given coordinates. "So exercise caution."

[deuteranope]

What about me? Maverick thinks to himself, before his brain snaps back, You're 'Taylor' you fucking moronic asshole. Right... It's so hard to throw your entire identity into a single name you've chosen for yourself.

Once he's done kicking himself, though, he reaches out and grabs Kanata by the arm. Cat daddy, rescue him from this situation... "Freakshow creeps me out, so I'd really rather fucking not team up with her. Don't really fucking care if y'all take offense to that or not, it is what it fucking is."

[bejustorbedead]

There was a long sigh, but honestly, at least it's best to get that out now before it would be an actual issue. "Then you'll come with me, and she'll go with the other two. Stay on your guard."

[shockingblue]

Gunvolt nodded in response to the Professor's orders, looking over to Tyzias and Bumblebee after the fact. He didn't voice any thoughts on Mav's opinions; while he wasn't crazy about the attitude, he kept quiet because the matter was decided. At this point, getting a move on mattered more.

"Lead the way, Bumblebee. I've got your back."

[deuteranope]

[whoopsie doodle, heads up Kanata's player dropped, so maybe he has a sore throat and can't speak idk.]

Maverick could have found issue with any group he was in, honestly, so the lack of pushback let's him feel content, like he made a real choice that mattered, or something. Hurray for less bitching down the line...probably. Unless he discovers that either of his companions in his chosen group don't have much in the way of being "normal humans" either, gosh have so much fun babysitting this brat.

"Guess this means I'm in scout mode. Still got a sword and board I'm not using here, if anyone wants that shit before we split up," he says carelessly, waving the brown paper bag of holding he got from Kano. "I definitely ain't fucking using it."

[thebreakfastbug]

"I'm the tank, you guys are DPS. Got it.."

Bee's legs partially transform, so he's rolling on wheels instead of stomping around on big clanky metal feet. It's not a perfect method for stealth by any means, but the silence and somewhat lower profile should at least help.

[bejustorbedead]

"Good," he nods. Once exchanges were made, the group splits off.

On Ky and Maverick's side, things were a little more quiet, though the tapestries are looking rather shady for a bunch of fabric, then again everything looks pretty shady here. An uncomfortably warm and sticky breeze blows in... but there's no windows here.

Bumblebee's group will soon hear the distant sound of demonic chatter, sounding like the griping one would get from antsy and bored guards having to check every crook and cranny. Speaking of which, there's at least one alcove with a very big and hideous statue of some demon tearing an angel's wings that might be large enough to hide two people. There is a door across from it, and the patrol is coming in the group's direction.

What do?