GRIMM TIDINGS

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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
For anything else, on or off the battlefield, that doesn’t fit in with any of the above prompts.

code bases by tricklet

Comments

[subroutines]

( keith you can't just yell at people like that —

only because she hasn't known you long enough to understand that's just how you operate. give her a bit, and she'll get with the program.

this might be a far, far cry from her first meeting with both of them, and while she somehow manages not to go barreling straight into allura or a nearby wall, she does manage to take that outstretched hand and use it to pull herself a bit closer.

that doesn't mean, of course, that anything that's going on in front of her makes any more sense than it had while she was still on the ground. ) I. Have. So many questions. ( and it's a shame that none of those are going to get answered anytime soon, pidgeon.

it really is. ) Am I seriously inside a giant robot lion right now? ( and like real talk can she maybe poke around a bit sometime? )

[marmoron]

I'm trying, Allura. It's not my fault your dad didn't think to install seat belts in here!

[That's very nearly snapped as he pulls on another lever and this time, Red leaps into the air and its thrusters activate to keep it suspended there. Look, it's an improvement from the jumping around they were doing before. The Leviathan is massive that siad, and being at arm's height with it, only means one thing: it swings at the Red Lion with an oversized arm, letting out a deafening roar.]

Damn -- [He smacks his hand down on another level, activating another pair of thrusters and this time, he manages to get them all higher up into the sky out of arms reach. It's.. probably not going to stay safe, but for now it is. He breathes out.

Still keeping his eyes on the beast below rather than at the passengers behind him, he finally finally says:]

Hey, Pidge. You okay?

[quintessent]

It is not my father's fault that you don't know how to be delicate!

[Having fun, Pidge? With another few gut-wrenching maneuvers though, they get high in the air, and Allura stands behind Keith's seat, hand against the arm rest as she pensively watches the Leviathan moving below.

(She doesn't mean to snap at Keith, it's just frustrating to feel powerless. That mixed with the tension of the moment and their natural propensity for argument, it was to be expected.)

Answering Pidge's question,] You are. But the questions might be better suited for when we are safely on the ground.

[She is also concerned if Pidge is okay, of course.]