As you're sitting out in the grass wet from condensation and looking to the sky, you think for what exactly happened. First moments you're into the war you get shot out of the sky by an unknown enemy with an Archer, you have an honest surprise you actually are alive. Looking to the overcast sky you ponder on where you're supposed to be heading, having been on the move with your new found 'friends' through a battlefield pockmarked by burns, the occasional crater, that sort of thing. But the sheer lack of anything having happened has your stomach in a knot, it's supposed to be a Warzone isn't it? Still, at least this break you called up to take a sit down for you and everyone else does give you time to think. "Can you just let me go already? I've said a hundred times already I won't be able to get away!" "Awww but you look so much cuter bound by cuffs Little Vixen. I'd hate to see such a precious thing as you get maimed by the odd landmine laid somewhere." Your Servant and the Secretary back and forth as you stand back up and head over to the other two Masters, Avenger rubbing her head against a squirming Koyanskaya like a cat. It may be a couple of hours since you all last have made the Leap, but each of you are looking dog tired with no clue as to when any of you ate last. As it turns out a life or death situation so soon can tucker a person out.."I've come to a realization." You say to the two ragged individuals, "I have no clue where it is we have crashed into. We got any plans here?" "I had that sorta feeling..." Acton mutters with the lady, Kiara, has an expression of tense nervousness etched on her face. "In that case there's only one real option. Find ourselves a place to get our bearings, meet with locals to get directions, and head off to Moscow." As he says it he looks between you and the other competitor with suspicion and apprehension "We keep killin' eachother to ourselves 'til we do get to at least several miles from Moscow. Then? We go our seperate ways, back to what we were meant to do." He ssys gravely while looking rather intensely at you in particular. You give him a shrug and nod. "Works for me. I've got an idea for just how we get things rolling, Avenger?" You call out to the devilish beaut who cocks her head at you. "Yyyeeeeessss?" She let's out a playful hiss as she pulls away from tormenting the secretary, "You have something you need me to do?" "Indeed I do. I want you to head East from on high. Enough that even an enemy Servant will have trouble with spotting you." "Mmh, I am to handle this at my own discression right? You remember THAT deal we made before coming here, remember?"
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Hassan of 1,000 IP Addresses !YzkbStJEXY ID:kUrPouFS Sat 06 Jan 2024 19:17:16 No. 5883656 Report >>5883652 You wet your dry lips, you're not going to be bossing around a lady who could tear your guts out. You give a small smirk, "By all means. Do as you will, so long as you do what I ask as well." And with a bright smile, her wings unfurl like several sets of grand scythes. "Just be prepared for tonight my little Ernie. <span class="mu-i">You have such things needed to be experienced</span>." She says breathily and hot as fire, but you keep a straight face despite your roused heart and other important item.
With a mighty <span class="mu-i">foosh</span> she kicks up a powerful gale and is off before you even have time to react to it, holding a hand up to your face like the others save the bound up Koyanskaya to avoid dust getting into her eyes. She instead closes them tightly and rolls to the ground opposite the wind, leading to a sad groan of pitiful annoyance seeing mud on her nice uniform
"Quite the one there." Acton dryly observes as he puts a flat hand over his eyes, squinting to see what is very well a speck by this point, "Where'd you find her again?" The question gets you grinning ear to ear. May as well share a hint!
"Let's just say I got her off someone a bit too high and haughty who now lies low likr the naughty." You cheerfully recount getting an odd look from the sandy-haired fellow. Which actually raises your own question, "Say. How about your Servant. Haven't seen them for some reason, how come?" You ask with an eyebrow raised
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Hassan of 1,000 IP Addresses !YzkbStJEXY ID:kUrPouFS Sat 06 Jan 2024 19:18:24 No. 5883657 Report >>5883652 >>5883656 "Because I wanted to wait 'til I had better footing." A new voice rings out, a gruff yet feminine one as harsh as a military officer. At the side of your Temporary Ally, out of a golden glow a figure manifests into materiality. A woman only a few inches taller than you are but well over Acton, wearing what you could best describe as lacquered armor designed like a crop top and short skirt showing off a muscular frame. Along with this a helmet showing a nice Oriental woman with a sour expression and tired eyes, no tired isn't the right word, world-weary seems to be the better fit. Like she has already seen all there is to be seen, done all there is to be done and is annoyed to be here.
"I tried to get the message through, but SOMEONE wouldn't listen to what I had to say. And I sure wasn't wastin' a Command Seal to get a stubborn mule to listen." The deadpanning gets a sharp slug in the arm from the new arrival
"And like I said Cowboy. A warrior picks and chooses their battles wisely, were you going to expect me to just do like the Fool's own Winged Nightmare did?" She asks incredulously, a Fool? Why you!- No, you would at times
"That was my hope at the very least, yes."
"Well that's stupid on your part."
"No pleasin you...anyhow. This here is Rider, where I got here is a secret that I gotta keep or else-"
"I crush his skull and leave him for a burial to the birds."
".....Right. What she said." He sighs out tersely
A Rider huh, well that does solve for a general mobility problem. May as well do a few quizzes before you suggest something. Cautiously of course.
>What exactly is your mount and how fast can you move with it? >Do you have any particular skills related to navigation or pathfinding? >We have no real clue what sort of enemies are out there, but how'd you rate your fighting ability? >Is there a style of tactics that you'd be able to utilize best? >You got a particular type for men? Anonymous
>>5883657 >Do you have any particular skills related to navigation or pathfinding? This seems most immediately relevant.
As for her identity…I definitely think she’s not a canon Servant. The description of her armor as lacquered makes me think China, but the bird burial makes me think Persia because I’m pretty sure Zoroastrian funerals included that as a possibility. Given her strong-willed personality and class, I’m going to take a shot in the dark at
Khutulun .
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Hassan of 1,000 IP Addresses !YzkbStJEXY ID:kUrPouFS Sat 06 Jan 2024 23:31:03 No. 5883956 Report >>5883836 Your shot in the dark is surprisingly close to who she is in one half. The other? Well you'll have to wait and see to get the idea of that Anonymous
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Hassan of 1,000 IP Addresses !YzkbStJEXY ID:kUrPouFS Mon 08 Jan 2024 00:42:07 No. 5885122 Report Quoted By:
>>5883836 Alright I allowed a day to pass and this is the ome vote so I'll write it up
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Hassan of 1,000 IP Addresses !YzkbStJEXY ID:kUrPouFS Mon 08 Jan 2024 03:48:27 No. 5885245 Report Considering she is a Rider she covers transportation pretty well, so best to ask another question. "Do you have anything in the way of skills which can help us in getting a lay of the land? Kind of what we need at the moment." You ask in hopes she does have what you need, she stares at you for a moment before nodding. "I have experience in it, I know this land rather deeply all considered." She says bluntly, now that's an odd way to phrase that. Has she been here before when she was alive? She looks out at the flatlands before her, putting fingers to her lips and letting out a sharp whistle. A moment later out a man in full lacquered armor like her on a chestnut horse shimmers out of the aether. "However Baatar here is a better wayfinder than I, so we can send him on ahead to-" "Actually I sent my own Servant up ahead for scouting things out." You interupt the taller woman pointing off into the distance where Avenger flew off to, she gives a sharp and taciturn glare before taking an inhale through her nose. Annoyed, but she seems to understand well enough. "Well then, Baatar: Head off in the direction the Boy is pointing at. Should you meet up, report back immediately and give a fulk report." "Yes my Khan." He says with a nod "Don't call me that. It's....inappropriate." with that rather strange phrase the horseman rides off in a full gallop. "Now then. I'd suggest we try and find a landmark to center ourselves around." Rider says tersely, "I believe that there is a river about twenty miles south of here. We can set up camp there by nightfall and wait until the Servant and Baatar return." As she says so a group of three horses appear, and one afterwards which Rider pets affecrionately with a light smile as the besst nuzzles her. "If that works with you Master." She adds on, Acton looks at hsi Servant mounting up and sighs. "Guess we got no other choice. Let's get going then folks." He alongside Kiara mount up on their horses, you head over to the still laying Koyan. Slinging her over your shoulder "Put me down this instant! There's damaging packages the Customer has to pay for and then there's outright Assault!" She winges as you keep a flat face and lay her onto the back of your own horse. "I swear the moment I'm free I'll shoot each and every one of you dead! The assets of your lives are forefit to-" "Lady I'm at least giving a common decency to take you along and not leave you in the middle of nowhere." You blithley state "I would be fine! Even with cuffs I can slaughter even the most experienced soldiers on earth, conscripts would be flies!" "Uh-huh. And I am going to some day cause the end of the world, we all have our own delusions of grandeur somedays." "Joke all you want Mr. Work-Shy, but there's more truth to it than you realize." You give her no response as you climb up onto the equine. Nodding towards the group, you all set off following Rider at the front. Can't help but wonder who is watching you at this time. --------
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Hassan of 1,000 IP Addresses !YzkbStJEXY ID:kUrPouFS Mon 08 Jan 2024 03:49:30 No. 5885247 Report >>5885245 As time passes and the sun has moved into the later noon, you have all settled into a silence. You personally find it bothersome but then again it isn't that much compared to many other things. "Psst, hey you." You shake your head out of a jolted surprise, cocking your head to see Kiara riding alongside smiling kindly.
"Oh hi. Is something the matter?" You ask which leads her to shake her head.
"Oh I'm alright thank you. I just simply wanted to talk a little if that's fine with you, the silence is making me a bit antsy."
"Not exactly a small talk person but if you insist."
"Great! So um-I know you told me your name, but can you tell me about yourself? I'm a good listener."
A part of you wants to say no, but for some reason you want to humor her. You clear your throat and flash a smile, "Well it wouldn't hurt. What do you want to know Ms. Sessyouin?"
"Oh please, you can just call me Kiara! But I just wanted to ask, are you a Magus? You don't seem to really fit the usual apperance of one."
You chuckle a bit, "Well that is true in both cases. I'm a Mage, but I haven't exactly had the 'Full Experience' as it were. My parents had taught me what they could, thankfully I am a fast learner at that sorta stuff and they started early."
"I see I see. I'm sure that they're very proud of you, hopefully you'd see them again after this War if you win." She says rather cheerful, you frown and look off into the clouds. Yeah. You hope that they're proud of you too, wherever it is that the dead go when they die. "My apologies. I shouldn't have said that, you seem to have fraught feelings on it."
"Oh no it's fine." You lie but still put a smile towards the kindly nun, "They're dead, but they were some good people by the standards of Magi."
"Oh dear....if it's okay if I ask. What happened?"
You let out a sigh as a weight fills your chest with a leaded hurt, "We....we had our home broken into. Enforcers. I don't remember exactly why they were there, but they gave the Sealing Excuse about how they were 'Going too far in their Craft'." You pause for a moment before continuing on.
"Me and my folks were simply playing a little game of cards before heading off to bed. My father had told my mother to get me out of there as quickly as possible, their One and Only Son, their Magnum Opus. He held them off, but by the time we were deep into the Black Forest my mom broke her ankle tripping on a root. I had to hide as one of those bastards had shot her and then filled her corpse with lead." As you speak your voice grows shakey with the words having to be pushed out from your throat. "I stayed in the hole in the side of an old tree for the whole night. Not sleeping. I burried my mom there, I couldn't find my dad though...when I returned home it was nothing but soot and ash."
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Hassan of 1,000 IP Addresses !YzkbStJEXY ID:kUrPouFS Mon 08 Jan 2024 03:50:42 No. 5885249 Report >>5885245 >>5885247 She looks at you with a pained sympathy, eyes wide and lips pursed in thoughtful contemplation. "I'm so sorry." She says quietly and soft, enough pain in her voice to speak for two people
"Please don't. It wasn't like you had planned this out yourself, you weren't there." You state with a voice drained of emotion, "But after that I had wandered the place for days until I came into a small town. They let me stay there until I got in touch with my aunt and uncle in America, then....I just lived normally as one could for until today."
"How did that change make you feel?"
>(Force): Dull to say the least. Nothing really happens in the modern world for an individual person. Only being robbed up front brought excitement because then I could smash someone into the ground. But the actions are all render inconsequential >(Egoism): I may not have liked it. But it allowed me to get to meeting people, show myself to those in a world entirely different to one I grew up in. >(Nihility): It was like shit in all honesty. I don't understand how some Magi try and go with the flow of Progress considering what world they live in. Yet I can't hate it >(Chaos): Life has it's changes. I may not have liked it but it's something I adapted to as best I could. I would have left the nest eventually, just wish it was in better circumstances (Choose two)
>So who exactly are you Kiara? Give me a rundown >How exactly did you get pulled into this War? >Do you know what you'll use the Grail for? It does grant wishes if she didn't know that. >What can she do? As a whole, she doesn't seem the type to fight. Anonymous
>>5885249 >(Chaos): Life has it's changes. I may not have liked it but it's something I adapted to as best I could. I would have left the nest eventually, just wish it was in better circumstances >So who exactly are you Kiara? Give me a rundown >How exactly did you get pulled into this War? Hassan of 1,000 IP Addresses !YzkbStJEXY
Hassan of 1,000 IP Addresses !YzkbStJEXY ID:kUrPouFS Mon 08 Jan 2024 23:45:23 No. 5885783 Report >>5885334 Alright this'll do, writing
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Hassan of 1,000 IP Addresses !YzkbStJEXY ID:kUrPouFS Tue 09 Jan 2024 01:02:51 No. 5885839 Report Rolled 21 (1d100) >>5885783 Just about done. Gonna do a little something here
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Hassan of 1,000 IP Addresses !YzkbStJEXY ID:kUrPouFS Tue 09 Jan 2024 01:04:04 No. 5885841 Report Quoted By:
>>5885839 Well fuck me then, guess that isn't gonna happen like I hoped. Oh well
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Hassan of 1,000 IP Addresses !YzkbStJEXY ID:kUrPouFS Tue 09 Jan 2024 01:10:52 No. 5885844 Report But before I do post the update, mind giving me a d100 roll fellas? Best of four as usual
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Rolled 27 (1d100) >>5885844 Rollin’ rollin’ rollin’
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Rolled 71 (1d100) >>5885844 ROLL
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Rolled 50 (1d100) >>5885844 Hassan of 1,000 IP Addresses !YzkbStJEXY
Hassan of 1,000 IP Addresses !YzkbStJEXY ID:kUrPouFS Wed 10 Jan 2024 03:58:48 No. 5886762 Report Quoted By:
Rolled 10 (1d100) Ah I gave this a day so I may as well use the last roll myself. Pray I don't roll a 1 fellas
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Hassan of 1,000 IP Addresses !YzkbStJEXY ID:kUrPouFS Wed 10 Jan 2024 04:56:32 No. 5886806 Report You think for a moment for the right words to come to mind. "While I didn't really like the sudden and dramatic change, it's something I settled into with time." You state simply. Kiara seems to eye you curiously, silently asking for an elaboration "I took a lesson away from that: One either changes or one hard headedly refuses to do so." You say breathily as the cool eastern european air turns your breath to a mist. "Individuals are not Fixed to a point forever, those who ardently hold to their beliefs about the world and concepts, unless they hold to a belief which truly does accept the dynamic nature of life: Either have those weathered away or worse are deae before entering the grave." "I think I get that. People who hold a rigid system of beliefs and view towards things in the world, are those who wind up unhappy and disconnected all the more. Yes?" "Putting it simply yes. People are in constant flux, there's no human being, only a collective of individual drives and desires which make up facinating and unique things. They either change in a gradual manner or in a rupture, like a river they can trickle or flood depending on circumstances." "So...what are you getting at with this?" "Simple. I could've accepted things and tried to move on as best I could, changing to adapt towards a new....alien environment. Or I could have chosen to kill myself there and be with my parents, I made my choice to stick to it long as I could." She looks at you contemplatively, seeing something you yourself have no real clue of what it may be. But that does raise something from you. Your own questions!
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Hassan of 1,000 IP Addresses !YzkbStJEXY ID:kUrPouFS Wed 10 Jan 2024 04:59:19 No. 5886807 Report >>5886806 "But enough about me! Tell me about you my dear Kiara! Who exactly are you?" You boom out in quick jovialness which seems to give her whiplash as she pulls back away for a moment. But she smiles and let's out a light giggle of amusement, no harm no foul.
"M-Me? Well...I'm nothing real special in all honesty. Before getting pulled into this I was looking to get a medical degree, and also working on a....nevermind! Forget I was going to say something of the last bit." She says rather flustered
"Uhh, sure thing, I've already-"
"No! J-gah! I hate when this happens!" She groans and moans in a pitiable frustration
"There something you want to tell me?"
She lets out a deep sigh, shoulders slumping and body leaning forward onto the neck of the horse.
"I don't know what it is, but I've always had a....appeal toward people. I can get them to follow what I say when I say it, like a compulsion." She states rather melancholic, wait a minute. Is that why you're even having this conversation? She has some sort of innate ability which unconciously compels a person to follow her commands? She looks panicked when seeing your face, "B-But I can't control it! It's something I've always had, alongside being able to feel out people's emotions.:
You raise an eyebrow, "What like an Empath?"
She nods. "Something like that, although with mine it's much more intense. I can more or less understand a person's desires and intentions by focusing a bit on them. It's not mind reading, but I can still learn a lot about them. Which makes you so strange to me."
"What's that supposed to mean?"
"Well....don't take it the wrong way, but I for some reason can't get a read on you. It's like you have two souls and two minds despite being so....particular!"
Well that's something to ponder. You can probably guess what that may be, but you still have one more thing to ask. "So how did you get pulled into this War in the first place?"
"I...have no clue honestly. I was just doing some studies on how neurotransmitters affect perceptions in people when I got this burning, painful feeling. I got through, saw I had a mark on my stomach, and was told by an old priest I was now a Contender in the Holy Grail War." Once she finishes elaborating you give a nod, "And you?"
"Similar boat I'd say. Finished up a class teaching students when I was out cold due to a horrendous pain in my hand." You show her your left hand and the Grail-like Command Seal, as you hold it up you feel a sudden pang of intuitive dread. Looking up ahead along the open plains, the closer you get the pang intensifies aa it burns in your guts. "I think we're being watched."
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Hassan of 1,000 IP Addresses !YzkbStJEXY ID:kUrPouFS Wed 10 Jan 2024 05:00:31 No. 5886809 Report >>5886806 >>5886807 Before she can respond you ride up to Acton and Rider, "We have a problem. I'm sensing we're not alone out here, something is just upahead." You tell the two hurriedly
"Are you sure about this? Could just be jumpiness due to bein' in the battlefield?" Acton asks with a layer of skepticism in his voice, not exactly wrong to think, but you still give him a leaded stare. You pull the horse you're on into a gallop to the area up ahead, scanning through in all directions. Then, you see Them.
Three darkly-clothed figures approaching your way in a casual stride, but it seems too stiff and uniform to call it Human movement. Well you now have a bad idea, but it's gonna get something from them either way. "Hold there! What are you guys doing out here? Don't you know what's going on out here?" You call out to the figures who simply keep moving.
Once they're in proper sight you see the full details. They're dressed black militaristic overcoats and berret, carrying axes and crossbows with some kinda whips at their hips in belts. But the thing that tips you off to their Alienness isn't the Venetian Ball-style masks, it's that they seem to not have a face or even a head at all. Just a dark and shadowy mass.
You just barely avoid one firing off an arrow streaking red past you. "Glory to the Tsar. Death to all who oppose the Tsar." They say in robotic unison, shit, that can't be good. You turn the horse around and ride off quickly as the beast can carry, but these spooky bastards are following behind quickly. In fact there seem to be more manifesting out of the air alongside them like perfect replicas.
Aiming your hand and letting your circuits flip on you send a charge into your hand. Firing off three Kevals into the leading chargers, picking up the speed with the horses you see your group. "SORRY TO SAY THAT I WAS RIGHT, IT ISN'T PEOPLE!" You call out before you're suddenly launched out of your horse by one firing a well placed shot into the poor fella's back to sever his spine. You land well as you could be skid out in the mud alongside the group.
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Hassan of 1,000 IP Addresses !YzkbStJEXY ID:kUrPouFS Wed 10 Jan 2024 05:04:22 No. 5886811 Report >>5886806 >>5886807 >>5886809 Before you know it you're surrounded by about twenty of these bastards. You have no idea what these things are but they have capabilities exceeding Human limitations, you're out numbered and they got you encircled. "Well well now, isn't this interesting!" You hear a bemused voice call out, Koyanskaya is snickering to herself. "Seems now I'm not the only one in a bind, I can sense that you may have some trouble struggling with these Black Dogs. So an offer: Let me out of these binds and I'll help handle them alongside you."
"And just what makes you think any of us should listen?" You groan out as you get to your feet as Acton pulls out a hand cannon the size of a kid's arm and Rider unsheathing a black metal cavalry sabre which seems to shimmer like a rainbow in an oil-slick. Meanwhile Kiara is looking on fidgeting nervously, with the Assassin manifesting and merely laying back as she floats in the air. Three of these are going to pop from the Kevals you previously fired off, so it'll be an outnumbered situation, just slightly lessened.
"Weeellll if you MUST know....extermination of Humans is my speciality. A gift if you will, this offer is limited time and I fear once fighting starts you'll have to wait until that Horrid Avenger returns for firepower." Koyan extrapolates with the a courteous and strictly business-like acumen. "Tick-tock now~" She coos with a self-satisfied, foxy smirk on her face.
How're you gonna handle this?
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Hassan of 1,000 IP Addresses !YzkbStJEXY ID:kUrPouFS Wed 10 Jan 2024 05:05:26 No. 5886813 Report >>5886806 >>5886807 >>5886809 >>5886811 >Koyan's offer >Accept >Decline >Counter-Offer(write in): >Force: If you simply go through this fast enough with enough power alongside Acton, Rider and (hopefully) Assassin you should knock them out quickly. But you still have no clue to the level of strength of these guys >Egoism: You can't attack these guys right out of the gate, you'll have to bait them into listening to you plead for your lives until Avenger shows to cook them all into a nice dinner >Nihility: You may have started such a mess, but you're not going to let the rest of them be caught up in the mess that'll happen. You'll use yourself as a diversion and fight all of them best as you can while they Flee ahead >Chaos: They mentioned something about the Tsar, right? Perhaps they have some narrow minded focus related to that, Maybe if you were to try appealing and manipulating that sorta thing by acting as a Representative or Descendent you'll have them back off. Risky, but the rewards should be high Anonymous
>>5886813 >Decline >Egoism: You can't attack these guys right out of the gate, you'll have to bait them into listening to you plead for your lives until Avenger shows to cook them all into a nice dinner Anonymous
>>5886807 >It's like you have two souls and two minds nani?
>I had a mark on my stomach Womb-tattoo command seals?
>>5886813 >Decline >Force: If you simply go through this fast enough with enough power alongside Acton, Rider and (hopefully) Assassin you should knock them out quickly. But you still have no clue to the level of strength of these guys I don't think the Oprichniki care if you beg for mercy. Plus resorting to perfidy immediately leaves a bad taste in my mouth.
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>>5886813 >Decline >Force: If you simply go through this fast enough with enough power alongside Acton, Rider and (hopefully) Assassin you should knock them out quickly. But you still have no clue to the level of strength of these guys Hassan of 1,000 IP Addresses !YzkbStJEXY
Hassan of 1,000 IP Addresses !YzkbStJEXY ID:/tJKKx8b Fri 12 Jan 2024 18:57:57 No. 5889168 Report Rolled 65, 11, 59, 12 = 147 (4d100) >>5887200 One for Ego
>>5888602 >>5888884 Two for force and unanimous decision to not let the Fox go free. Alright fellas gimme rolls, d100s 4 times
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Hassan of 1,000 IP Addresses !YzkbStJEXY ID:/tJKKx8b Sat 13 Jan 2024 19:52:46 No. 5890169 Report Quoted By:
>>5889662 >>5889886 Well it was a clencher at first, but you're doing well
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Rolled 58 (1d100) >>5889168 Let’s see how this goes
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Hassan of 1,000 IP Addresses !YzkbStJEXY ID:/tJKKx8b Tue 16 Jan 2024 05:29:46 No. 5892706 Report Quoted By:
Rolled 22 (1d100) I'll just go ahead and roll for the last one
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Hassan of 1,000 IP Addresses !YzkbStJEXY ID:/tJKKx8b Tue 16 Jan 2024 17:49:53 No. 5893051 Report You have doubts that you can sway them with tearful pleas and remorse. Looking around you can see these hounds just waiting for the moment you make a move to strike. A foolish thing for them to do when they have the initiative, it makes you smile. You pop your knuckles and crack your neck, "Sorry Foxy. I'll have to decline such a generous deal." You call back before turning back to the enemy towards you, a frustrated hiss being a little jingle to perk your ears up to "Time for a little fun." You breath out quietly, kicking off the ground you leap towards one half of the group. Rider taking the opposite one from the corner of your eye, you open up by slamming your fists together between one Hound's head. What normally would lead to a spray of grey matter and blood, leads only to black smoke escaping out from the shattered skull. Taking the corpse you block an axe blow, sweeping the legs out from under you slam the bodies together leading to a cacophany of shattering and cracking before you kick them into another who tried for charging. Kiara seems to be trying to get her own Servant to budge and move her ass, to no effect as her Servant watches on with a faint smirk on her face. Meanwhile Rider is cleaving her own enemies in half with her calvary saber, her face unchanging as five try to gang up on her having upper and lower body seperated spilling out dark fog instead of organs, but eyes burning with joyous excitement each swing and contact with the Hounds' psuedo-flesh. With one trying to grab her from behind she simply punches him before reversing it, power bombing the poor fool head first into the ground. You note to avoid that when you eventually come into conflict Acton however is keeping close to the women, aiming his hand cannon at a group of three he fires. A beam of red energy blasting a hole the size of a football clean through their chest cavities. Quickly expelling and reloading a cartrige he fires another off shaving the head clean from it's shoulders. He even gets brave with blasting one's legs off before doing a twirl of the heavy gun, slicing the fellow in two down the middle. You get your wandering thoughts interupted by a Hound swinging his axe at you in a flurry. It seems to exhibit a great deal of emotiveness for a dead silent killer, swaying beneath swipes and hopping back from verticle chops you kick the axe on one arcing swing hard enough to shatter the the handle. You rapidly follow up with grabbing the arm, pulling hard you rip it off before jamming the jagged axe handle up into it's throat and cranking hard to break the neck. Pulling the arm back, circuits fire on instinct as Reinforcement runs through to smash the sholder into the skull of another like a club before it disapates. "That should do." You say to yourself, succinct and satisfied you hadn't been injured. Nor did anyone for that matter looking to your little group. "Yeah that'll do just fine."
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Hassan of 1,000 IP Addresses !YzkbStJEXY ID:/tJKKx8b Tue 16 Jan 2024 17:53:16 No. 5893052 Report >>5893051 You look about to see that there is just one left, the others having been trampled underfoot by Rider. "All of you will pay for this." The last one says robotically, but you like to imagine indignation and rage would be there if it were a person. "Defiance to the Tsar is defiance to God himself. Enemies to the Tsar are enemies to God himself."
"Hah! As though the Dogs of a Mortal Man have any room to make comparisons to God!" You hear a familiar voice cry out mockingly, you look to see Avenger has returned. Her arms crossed over her chest and smiling at the lone creature with a look of bemused pity. "Yes....I believe even a maggoty little Tulpa like you would understand." You vaguely make out from her speech
"Avenger, you're back!" You call out waving to her, she gives a curt wave in return but seems to focus on the last one. Coming down to it like a feather in freefall, touching the ground before the Hound lightly.
"Bы, oпpичники, вceгдa были вocхититeльным иcтoчникoм paзвлeчeний. Быть yжacными cлyгaми Бoжьими никoгдa нe бывaeт HE cмeшнo." Avenger spoke like a caretaker trying to be gentle with a child, smiling warmly
"Я вceгo лишь Дyх, вызвaнный кopoлeм. Tы нe мoжeшь зacтaвить мeня бoятьcя cмepти, кoтopoй я нe мoгy дocтичь." Spat the Hound back emotionless and monotone. It only makes Avenger give a smile that, isn't at all possible for a human, too much teeth and the lips stretch quite literally ear to ear as her eyes are half lidded.
"Дa! Этo пpaвдa. Ho ты тoчнo знaeшь, ктo я, тeбя вceгдa тaк пyгaли иcтopии, кoтopыe paccкaзывaлa Haнa. Tвoи дeти иcпyгaлиcь eщe бoльшe, yвидeв Meня в Teбe, Bлaдимиp" She softly purrs as that sulfuric stink reaches your nostrils. The Hound flinches at the words, you can swear it even trembles. But before you can even process it he is already gone, not a trace of him left or even a sign that something happened. Except the vague outline in your mind of a pleading young man being dragged by clawed and skeletal hands into a pit of blue flame, like how light lingers in your eye after staring at the sun.
"Well that's that then. I can see the rest of you handled what happened quite handily, especially you Ernie~" Avenger coos coming to your side. Placing a hand ontop your head she pats it, stroking your messy hair gently. "The violence was an enjoyable sight through your own eyes. Good work done by a good boy." She gives a pair of pats before moving away from you....you have some odd feelings from this you'll need to unpack later.
Hassan of 1,000 IP Addresses !YzkbStJEXY
Hassan of 1,000 IP Addresses !YzkbStJEXY ID:/tJKKx8b Tue 16 Jan 2024 17:55:22 No. 5893054 Report >>5893051 >>5893052 "What ended up taking you so long? Thought you would sense your Master in danger. Given how quick you fly off, you took sweet time coming back" Acton voices up with a cutting tone, glaring daggers at the Servant who simply gives him a shrug.
"Well what can I say? I got here fast as I WANTED to go, but you seem to have handled yourselves well!"
"And if you had gotten back sooner. We wouldn't have need to do a thing!"
"Awww you wound me Mon-Stressor! Where would the fun be if there is not at least Some Struggle?"
"Enough." Rider inerupts the two before they can engage any further, "It does not matter what grievances may be had for delays. A horseman bringing back news takes as much time as it needs to." The gruff expression seems to satisfy Avenger while Acton still eyes your Servant warily. "Now. If you did find just where I suggested to, why hasn't Baatar come in tow with you."
Avenger seems to pout as her expression goes flat, "Well if you must know: I told him to stay after we...well, we ran into a Straggler."
"A Straggler?" You speak out in a bit of confusion, does she mean a civilian out here? She looks at you with an apologetic sort of smile, "You'll understand what I mean when we get there. C'mon now." She says fanning her hand off to where she came from. You and the others of the group get back onto your horses, but you nudge the Assassin who looks at you with a bored expression.
"Can I help you?" She says with a coolness that just accentuates an annoyance she had with you. You would feel mutual if she was able to arouse your attention like your own Servant is more capable of.
"Just wanted to ask, but, did you notice what happened with that last guy when Avenger showed back up?" You ask, which leads her expression to shift to one of contemplation.
"I don't suppose I did or....maybe? All I could really make out was how she seemed to spot him out."
"What's that supposed to mean?"
"It means that she knew him somehow. Back when he was alive. And now? I suppose you can ask Her if you're feeling brave." You give her a nod and some thanks before getting back on your horse. If she did see what you did she's not speaking about it for whatever reason, but you do notice something as you ride on.
The Fox is completely white with terror.
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Hassan of 1,000 IP Addresses !YzkbStJEXY
Hassan of 1,000 IP Addresses !YzkbStJEXY ID:/tJKKx8b Tue 16 Jan 2024 18:55:58 No. 5893089 Report Quoted By:
Sorry for the delay fellas. But I can assure that the second half of this update is just about done, wanted to try and make sure this fella got the intro I believe he'd deserve being in this conflict the way he is
Hassan of 1,000 IP Addresses !YzkbStJEXY
Hassan of 1,000 IP Addresses !YzkbStJEXY ID:/tJKKx8b Tue 16 Jan 2024 19:08:20 No. 5893099 Report >>5893051 >>5893052 >>5893054 It takes another half hour of travel amongs creeping, low rolling silvery fog. The sun half way between coming to set and staying up, you don't have a watch, but your internal clock says it is about 5:30 PM. Your gut says that should be right even if your brain doubts it like it doubts a lot of things. But before you spot the horseman Baatar in the distance squatting over a fire, you hear an irritated person.
"C'mon just untie me! It's not like I'm gonna be able to run away!" This voice is an adult's to be sure, but the way it whines makes you think of some indignant kid for whatever reason. An immature type of guy, "What threat would I pose I-I mean, I don't know any martial arts or magic or anything like that! I'm normal as normal can be!"
"Annoying is what you are. Silence already."
"Can you at least tell me WHY you listened to the scary giant woman? I wouldn't listen to someone like that even if they gave me THE BEST advice!"
"It's a simple thing, arms are bound to prevent you from picking at the binds at your legs. Doesn't hurt to have a hostage."
"You can't hold a doctor hostage in an active war zone! That breaks....I don't know how many articles of the Geneva Convention!"
You can feel a heavy exhaustion as this conversation went on and on approaching. As soon as he sees Rider the horseman comes forward at a hurried speed, his face exasperated. "My Khan can you get me away from this.....Man? If I spend one more second I swear upon Tengri I'll have to slice off ONE limb at the least!" He pleads with his voice exploding in weariness, resentment, annoyance and jubilance grasping the reins of Rider's horse. Which itself looks uncomfortable.
"You are relieved Baatar." The Khan says, the warrior has a look of almost indescrible relief and bliss on his face as he goes up in Ether. She sighs wearily you and the rest of your somewhat perturbed team(save Avenger and Assassin) get off their horses. "I suppose this must be your 'Straggler' then, Avenger?"
"Indeed he is...indeed he is..." Your Servant mutters as she glares at this man like he done something personal to slight her. It scares you a little with how her eyes seem to burn with intensity, like she'a trying to melt the man's flesh off with such a hateful look.
"W-Well! Guess you weren't alone were you? Of course not." He says sheepishly and anxious as you walk over alongside Acton, crouching down to meet him face to face. His eyes are a green like your's with a long mane of peach-colored hair, dressed in a thick dark brown coat with a red sweater beneath and hiking boots with thick gloves. Oddly enough while he is nervous, with him now looking at you he seems sad.
Hassan of 1,000 IP Addresses !YzkbStJEXY
Hassan of 1,000 IP Addresses !YzkbStJEXY ID:/tJKKx8b Tue 16 Jan 2024 19:09:54 No. 5893101 Report >>5893051 >>5893052 >>5893054 >>5893099 "You have an odd look to you stranger." You playfully jab the bound man
"You're one to talk yourself....but really you tied me up and now you're saying I look weird? You must be some sorta monster." He shoots back with a nervous yet good-natured humor to him
"We can't be gettin' friendly now." Acton cuts the little moment short as he moves you aside. "So, what's your name buddy? I can start us off with my full one: Montressor Acton Ackretix. Now you." He says with a warm charm which is contrasting to how he still has a revolver the size of a baby in hand.
"It's uh, really nice to meet you! My name's....err uhhh, Roman! I am Doctor Roman at your service" He quickly states, you commend him for not stuttering in face of the interogation. "I-If you got questions I can tell you whatever you like!"
"Is that so? Well tell me about your-"
"Myself? Sure! I'm in my 30s and single! I'm a doctor here on behalf of the Red Cross! Cheesecake is my favorite food! I like to believe I'm a decent guy like anyone else! I've been getting into this series called-"
"SHUT UP! Jesus I was gonna ask about yer knowledge of what's happening. Not a goddamn compendium!"
".......Oh."
This man has spilled his guts out more quickly than you'd even think is possible for a human being to pull off. A genuinely impressive feat if ever there was one, Gold Metal in honesty this guy! You quit grinning to yourself as you come back over, he seems softened up to ask some questions here and there. "Now that you've shared that, why don't you answer some REAL questions? Do that and we'll get you out of the binds."
"You mean that? Really?!" He says with his eyes alight with hope, which you reply with a simple and parent-like nod. "Alright I'll be honest with you then. Ask."
>Why are you REALLY here? He doesn't have any passing resemblance to a Red Cross worker >Who did he come here with? He is obviously ill suited for a battlefield of any time or type, so he must have come here with someone >What were you doing before Avenger had taken him and now wind up in this situation. >Is he a Master? Check him for Command Seals, no Servant worth their salt should be doing this bit. >Does he have a wish of his own he wants? Even if not an actual Master, there's still a chance if one dies he could be selected by the Grail out of dumbluck and asigned a deceased Master's Servant before it goes up into clumps of Ether Anonymous
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>>5893101 >Who did he come here with? He is obviously ill suited for a battlefield of any time or type, so he must have come here with someone Anonymous
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>>5893101 >Who did he come here with? He is obviously ill suited for a battlefield of any time or type, so he must have come here with someone >Is he a Master? Check him for Command Seals, no Servant worth their salt should be doing this bit. In that order
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