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.

code bases by tricklet

Comments

[arcadianvampire]

Valvatorez stalked forward, his blade glinting in the dim light. His gait was deliberate, and his red eyes slowly scanned the environs, he hearing perked up. Unfortunately, the wails and anguish of the people around them all drowned out much of the telling sounds of patrols. Short of them talking or making a lot of specific noise, anyway.

Which one of them happily provided on the way. as it happened. A rowdy pair of daemons began laughing at one human in a cage that looked especially afraid; it might be their turn next.

Valvatorez motioned for everyone to halt, and pressed himself against one of the stone walls at the corner of a juncture to get a better look. They didn't look like much... normal grunts, not the elites Ekkehardt talked about. Even if Valvatorez wasn't hellbent on eliminating every last daemon in these tunnels, they'd have to go. Last thing they needed was to be bounced by these two in the middle of a tougher battle. His eyes turned to his pupils.

"Two targets. Don't know we're here. I'll create a diversion to draw their attention, kill them while they're distracted. Pair up, two on one, and keep it as quiet as you can. Remember their hides are weak at the base of their wings. Strike there if you favor precision, and if not, use overwhelming force. Ready to go?"

Once he was sure, he'd nod.

"Three. Two. One. Mark."

And with that, Valvatorez dematerialized into a swarm of bats and flew down the hallway, blowing past the now startled daemons in the hallway. Lacerations quickly made themselves apparent on their foes as the vampire formed back together beyond them; apparently, Valvatorez could very easily attack in that form as well. His weapon drawn and facing the daemons, he looked at them squarely.

"Pathetic. Getting hurt by something as lowly as some bats."

The daemons quickly turned their backs on the rest of the students to face their attacker, blissfully unaware that Valvatorez's smirk was not due to overconfidence, but because he knew what was coming.

[prisoneroffate]

"JACK FROST!"

Ren tore the mask from his face as the impish creature appeared beside him, unleashing a blast of ice at the Daemon jailers to open the attack.

[foolishjustice]

"Robin Hood!"

Akechi followed suit in removing his mask, the imposing figure appearing behind him and launching strong bolts of raw magical energy from his bow at their targets.

[gaiarage]

Naoki launches himself forward the second the daemons turn their backs, giving Val just barely enough time to finish his witty retort. An animal growl rises in his throat. Instead of adding to the salvo of magic attacks, he does the next best thing.

That is, he cocks back a fist and punches one of the daemons as hard as he possibly can, square in the space between their wings.

[missleading]

As Naoki charges ahead, and Ren and Akechi launch a volley of attacks from the back line, Minako quietly pulls the evoker out of its holster. Until this point, she's relied on quick strikes from her naginata, but seeing the state of the prisoners held captive here, she wants to finish this quickly. Drawing up her weapon, she points it at herself instead.

"Oberon!"

Pulling the trigger, the winged fae bursts forth, sending a shock-wave of electric energy at the daemonic jailers.

[arcadianvampire]

Valvatorez simply watches as his students savage both daemon grunts from behind, but a special bit of a smirk came about when he watched Naoki connect with his fist. That particular daemon made a satisfying gasp on that connection, before being fried by electrical bolts. The other daemon barely had time to think as the twin blasts of ice and pure, channeled magical power tore through its back.

Both daemons slumped forward dead practically synchronized, and were it not for the environment surrounding them, it would've drawn more of a proud smile from the vampire. But things as they were... not so, at the moment. The person the daemons were threatening gasped and backed up further into their cell. Valvatorez motioned for him to remain quiet, and then beckoned his students over.

"Well done. But there's more to be done. I believe the elites that Ekkehardt warned of are near. Come, and be ready."

The daemon turned on his heel and started marching down the hallway, pausing only at corners to peer around them carefully. As they drew deeper into the prison, they came across a much larger chamber, which looked like a hub for the higher ranking jailers. And sure enough, within the chamber were three much stronger looking daemons, whose scales were jet black which slowly gradiented into a dark purple over their chests and stomach.

One of them made a guttural growl upon their approach. Seemed like the element of surprise wouldn't be there this time.

"Come on out... we can smell you. You reek of... defiance."

Val exchanged a glance with his students, nodding with them to be ready for combat.... and they didn't have long before the daemons decided to push the issue, launching two fireballs their way to force them out of cover and into the open... and preferably scattering their formation in the process.

The team will have a brief moment to regroup or counterattack, but it won't be long before the trio of daemons begin their attack in earnest...

[prisoneroffate]

[Joker darts behind a nearby wall, taking cover and drawing his gun, preparing for the next attack from a place of relative safety]

[foolishjustice]

[Akechi ducks out of sight himself, drawing his bow rather than his gun. He nocks one of his orichalcum tipped arrows to it, giving his teammates a chance to see the glittering gold arrowhead before he draws the string back. He'll be ready to fire as soon as everyone else is in place to strike.]

[gaiarage]

Naoki spends a couple seconds wailing on the downed monster in front of him, just to make sure they stay dead. He doesn't stick around long, though. There's plenty of other things to vent his frustrations on up ahead.

Where the others scatter from the fiery assault, Naoki stands his ground, marching steadily through the haze of smoke and cinder. He's not stupid, but he's not a coward either and he can definitely take these two head-on.

"Hey."

As he speaks, thick green fog starts to roll out of his mouth, rapidly filling the room and giving the team plenty of cover to attack from.

"Come here to die?"

[marmoron]

Leading the rear, Keith's grip tightens around a sword. There's defiance in his eyes as he ducks behind a wall for cover from the incoming fireballs. But he's no slouch, and after watching the rest of the group take their shots at the weaker demons he's not content to play a game of duck and cover.

"You wanna play with fire? Come and get it."

The blade ignites, and when he swings, it sends a flames right back towards their attackers.

[missleading]

Like Naoki, Minako holds her ground, side-stepping only enough to avoid the fireball's blast. She is happy to let him act as a diversion, and as the fog begins to billow over the battlefield, she ducks down low, moving quickly to attempt to flank. Someone needs to look out for their front line, after all. She holds her attack, waiting to give Naoki back-up as needed.