Payback Time

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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.

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Comments

[spelleton]

You should use this time to prepare, then. Do you need any assistance? [ Thankfully, there's options in the systems for those who haven't taken part in such missions before, but it might be hard to find without help. ]

[yokeye]

[Toki's first instinct is to say that he will be fine and have no problems with this, but then he'd ask a million questions later on about the system functions or how to interpret the data anyway. He might as well admit he has no idea what he's doing from the start, so he has time to learn something before there's too much else to do.]

Assistance would be appreciated, yes. Nothing's too complicated though, right?

[It looks complicated; readouts of objects and projected attack paths and too many things to keep track of at once. He thought it was just watching camera streams and talking to people, but there appears to be much more to it.]

[spelleton]

Nothing too complicated, but maybe a little overwhelming. Here. [ He reaches over and toggles a little switch, and more prompts pop up on the screens, highlighting certain aspects. ]

This is a training mode. Press on the things you want to know about, like so - [ and here he gently touches a diagram of a daemon] - and it will tell you about them.

[ As if on cue, an automated voice pipes up. ]

"This screen is used for information on current enemies within scanner range. This screen should be considered low priority unless information changes drastically, in which case you will be alerted by a high-pitched alarm noise."

And, of course, if you require further information, you can always ask Professor Yang, or myself. Try not to worry too much - you're still learning, after all. You're allowed to make mistakes.

[yokeye]

[Toki observes Ekkehardt's demonstration without asking questions. He's relieved when it appears the screens aren't all going to require the same amount of attention. Alarms are good too, then he won't miss something too important. He's allowed to make mistakes. That knowledge helps too.]

Okay! I'm going to look through everything I can while there's still time!

[It's not so hard. Not yet.]

[spelleton]

[ He hesitates for a moment, and then puts a hand on Toki's shoulder briefly. Trying to be reassuring, at least. ]

Good luck, Mr Rikugou. Do your best, now.