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daybreakacademy2019-08-26 10:02 pm
thewatchers) wrote in daybreakacademy2019-08-26 10:02 pm
GRIMM TIDINGS
GRIMM TIDINGS
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On the morning of the 27th, the campus is put on high alert. Students and staff alike wake to announcements calling willing volunteers to report to the Anvil of Hadur to be geared appropriately or to have their equipment checked, or else warned to stay within the dorms or other secured buildings on campus to avoid being caught in the fighting.
Those who are sensitive to such things can feel an unsettling presence begin to enroach; monsters that feel little except malice and an urge for destruction, hungering for life.
The Grimm are almost here.
A. DIRECT COMBAT
Students and staff eager to get into the fray are assigned the task of splintering the Grimm forces into more manageable chunks as they approach the Academy and swarm onto its grounds, assisted by Daybreak’s on-campus forces and other allies brought in for the fight. The goal, if any, is twofold - first, to divide and conquer, forcing large groups of Grimm apart into wards where they can be more easily whittled down and neutralized, and second, to keep them as far from the classrooms and dormitories as possible.
B. TOWER DEFENSE
To aid in the defense of the Academy, those who are less able to greet the enemy directly have been granted temporary and supervised access to some of Daybreak’s ranged defense systems. They’re a mix of more traditional magic and advanced technology; runic sniper rifles and enchanted grenade launchers sit side by side with staves and wands made for the purpose of long-range casting and activation of wards.
For the more daring, the gargoyles that commonly sit docile on the Academy’s rooftops are being summoned to service as mobile cannon platforms - magically-reinforced stone creatures able to leap or fly high above the battlefield to target groups of Grimm with arcane cannon blasts and to engage targets in the air. They vary in size - some can only bear a single rider safely, while others can support entire groups. All prioritize the safety of their riders above their own structural integrity.
C. TITAN-KILLING
Among the mass of shadowy forces, one in particular stands out. Towering above the rest of the small army, the Leviathan will initially stand and watch the battle going on, ignoring any attacks - but once it catches sight of its four targets, it refuses to be diverted from its course. Able to move faster and more fluidly across large distances than its bulk would suggest, the Leviathan’s major advantage is in brute strength and size, and its fearsome ability to breathe torrents of electric fire.
However, it’s little more than an exceptionally oversized beast, in the end, and unlike a normal animal, it harbors very little in the way of survival instincts. Though it won’t sit and take any attempts to kill it, it has a tendency to ignore anything that’s not its mission, and therein lies a weakness that can be exploited.
D AFTERMATH
The army of Grimm has been successfully repelled or recalled, likely looking quite a bit worse for wear than when they first arrived. Now is the time for wound care, clean up, and a well-earned rest after such hard work.
E WILDCARD
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Despite himself and the situation, he laughs.]
Why am I not surprised you'd just go from one end to the other.
[He picks up a launcher and brings it on over.]
They're going to take away my license for adulthood for this.
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[Even if by "fun" she means an attack on her school and the people she cares about in danger, because of course that's her type of fun.]
And adults are always the ones making those hard decisions, right? Can't be more hard decisions that giving a fifteen year-old girl access to a military-grade grenade launcher.
[But she's not going to let him take that launcher back, snatching it quickly and beginning to inscribe some runes all over it. She knows she doesn't have a lot of time, but she's going to get as much done as she can.]
Here. Let's see how they like being turned to stone.
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He doesn't try and take it back. They're kind of in a bit of an emergency after all. Instead, he sits down at her side and peers at her work, preparing an arrow all the while. Nothing magic about it beyond the fact that he can use it properly. She might recognize runes done upon the bow Peter's constructed, designed to accommodate a lack of strength.]
Turn stone? Really? Which rune's that, I've got to see this.
Also, if anyone who actually cares asks, it wasn't me who gave a grenade launcher to a fifteen-year-old, even if it's better in your hands than mine.
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You know I'm not going to be running to someone to tell them how I altered the weapons without permission using inscriptions I made up on the fly.
[Does that mean she didn't know they would work? Who knows. She's already prepping the launcher over the ledge and taking aim to fire at the Grimm closing in.]
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Are you sure this is a good idea because I would really love it if I didn't spend the rest of existence as a pompei exhibit.
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Don't insult my skills, Slim. I've been doing inscriptions like this for years now. Just usually not on a grenade launcher. But it's all the same principle.
[And once the Grimm she'd been waiting on are in the right location, she fires. The grenade bursts out and when it explodes on contact with one of the Grimm the shrapnel spreads. Any Grimm they touch immediately begins to freeze as its skin turns to stone. There are howls and screams before they become statues on the ground.]
Good enough test run for you?
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[But at that he does shut up and sit back.
And what a result. It's a little horrifying truth be told.]
Technically, it wasn't a test run so much as a run, but yes, good enough. I'm glad you're on this side of things.
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[Down below some of the Grimm that had been turned to stone crumble and fall away into dust. Sarona stares at them for a moment.]
Well that's an unexpected turn out. Guess being stone doesn't keep always their forms from disintegrating. At least we don't have to haul the statues around later.
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Que?
[He blinks and stares at her, jarred. It could be a turn of phrase. But then why that specific one? Did she find out? When? He was sure he'd been careful.
He almost misses the way the statues crumble, glancing back their way last minute.]
... That's... still horrifying.
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Okay made her a lot more protective of him.]
It's not that bad. It's not like they're people or even sentient animals. I wonder how it would work on something less corporeal than them, though...
[Potential...potential...]
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Ah, I know, but there's always some thing or person out there that assumes the same thing or doesn't care. I know you wouldn't, but it's scary, the things magic can do.
[He shakes his head of that.]
What do you think you would test it on? I've never really seen a lot of incorporeal-- wait! That's a lie! There's this plant, in the outlands, really cool, it's got this orange sort of glow to it, kind of twisty, low to the ground cause I guess everything else gets trampled. Anyway, you can make a drink out of it! It's great. And really weird because it just sort of... [He makes a 'poof' noise and mimes it disappearing with a hand.] disappears if you consume it. I bet that would count. I'd just need to find out the name. Mi familia and I called it ghost-plant but I'm sure it's got some real scientific sounding thing.