>>4156834
>Stay put and scour your inventory for any tricks – as well as reacquainting yourself with your loadout, you’ll wait to see if the opponent pulls anything.
Welcome back

>>4156834
>>Tell Cinder to advance and scout if she can – her playstyle is built for mobility, and you’re confident she can put her sword to use if she happens upon anything.
Is it really that time again?

>>4156834
>>Tell Cinder to advance and scout if she can – her playstyle is built for mobility, and you’re confident she can put her sword to use if she happens upon anything.

>>4156847
>>4156854
Looks like this goes through - writing now!

>>4156841
Kept you waiting, huh? Good to be back.

>>4156847
Welcome to the danger zone, anon.

>>4156880

“Cinder, you’re a whole lot faster than I am, think you could get ahead and take a look at things?”

You say into the receiver, immediately going to rifle through your bag in order to reacquaint yourself with your arsenal. I mean, it hasn’t been that long since you’ve taken a gander at it, but knowing your options is way better than going in half baked. At least, that’s probably what Fletcher would say, only with more eloquence.

“Sure, I’ll give it a look – not like waiting around’s gonna do us any good!”

A few moments pass, and another gunshot goes off, but this time it’s followed by an incredibly loud clanging that reverberates through the air. Whoever’s firing seems to be pretty fucking accurate – meaning that they most likely have thermal vision of some sort. You sigh deeply – one of many over the past few weeks – and take a look at your loadout.

>Inventory:
>Binoculars
>Grenades w/ additional smoke screen effect x2

Wow, that’s actually pretty piss poor. Hard to use a smokescreen when there’s already one that they can see through! You remember Cinder mentioning that she has an extra health patch on her, though, meaning that you have a very limited amount of padding to work with – whether it’s used on you or her or not.

“Keep your eyes on the prize, asshole!” A voice booms a short distance away from you, and you find yourself ducking away from yet another bullet. A second later, Edit is upon you.

The boy’s face is twisted into one of extreme anger, swinging his wickedly sharp knife in wide arcs as he attempts to carve more hit points off of you.

“Clever fucking trick with that knife, you cunt! All items, no skill, just like I fucking said!”

Pure venom drips from his words as he attempts to corner you against a set of boxes, despite how hypocritical they are. You’ve determined through Cinder and experience that he’s in the possession of some form of haste item, which makes it all the more irritating that he’s decided to give the both of you shit for it.

“Hey, pot. Meet kettle.” You snipe back at him, raising your rifle to knock away a blow, aiming it at his chest and going to pull the trigger. Before you can, you find his foot darting upwards to knock the gun to the side, causing you to destroy a few boxes with gunfire.

“Go fuck yourself!” He screams, causing a petty smirk to come to your face.

Now that you know what buttons to press, he’s not nearly as irritating.

>Move forward and smack him in the face with the butt of your rifle. [This will require a LOW roll.]
>Let go of the rifle and go for your knife. [This will require a roll.]
>Maneuver the rifle back up and unload into his stomach. [This will require a HIGH roll.]
>Write-in.

>>4156926
>Let go of the rifle and go for your knife. [This will require a roll.]

>>4156926
>>Let go of the rifle and go for your knife. [This will require a roll.]
i hope this is our regular knife instead of that suicide one

>>4156940
Suicide knife was spent on blowing up, this is your regular one!

>>4156944
good besides it really isn't helpful here

>>4156926
>>Let go of the rifle and go for your knife. [This will require a roll.]

>>4156937
>>4156940
>>4156965
Alright, looks like this goes through! Please roll me a 1d20, and best of three wins!

Are we still cursed, bros?

Rolled 20 (1d20)

>>4156973

>>4156975
Fuck. I can't believe this - curse is gone, bros. We did it.

Still want two more rolls, though, because who knows - maybe you'll get another 20?

Rolled 10 (1d20)

>>4156973

Rolled 16 (1d20)

>>4156973

>>4156975
Time to show him that you're not all items, and that he's all talk. Writing now!

>>4157050

In that moment, it’s as if something clicks inside your head.

The man rushing towards you with pure hatred in his eyes is looking directly into your eyes, only paying attention to your face and nothing else. You’re not sure if the depths of his anger flow that deep, or if he’s just stupidly unaware. Regardless, you have the right amount of time to let go of your rifle that’s strapped to your chest, and dart your arm down to grab at the knife sheathed on your belt.

You’re sick of this. Time to put him down.

https://youtu.be/plgx--ABInA

Jerking your arm up, you deflect his knife in a shower of sparks, the strength of the action enough to throw him off balance a bit. You don’t allow him any breathing room, and you swing your other fist up to clock him in the jaw, causing you to hear his teeth clack together from the force of the blow.

He weakly flails his knife as he attempts to right himself, but you move forward with determination. You catch the blade with your own and wrench it from his hand, bringing it around and stab him in the arm. Edit yelps in pain and hurriedly puts his hand inside of his bag, and you see the beginnings of golden electricity build around his body.

Too bad he’s not prepared for actual talent.

You let go of the knife still buried in his arm and punch him as hard as you can in the stomach, causing him to double over for air despite the haste flowing through his system. Before it can hit the ground, you catch the boy’s knife and jam it harshly into his side, making him let out yet another scream.

“How’s it feel, Edit?”

You begin to run your mouth as you drive a knee into the disoriented teen’s face, securing a hand tightly around his wrist. It doesn’t matter how fast he is if you have a solid hold on him, and all too quickly, his haste flickers away as he tries desperately to pull himself away from you.

He doesn’t even try to hit you or anything. He’s just trying to run away, perhaps because he’s overtaken by anger, or even fear.

Oh, how the mighty have fallen. You’re sure that Cinder would have offed him if he hadn’t caught her by surprise.

Edit finally pulls a pistol from it’s sheathe and raises it towards you, and you swat it away just as he fires, almost similar to how he did the same to you only seconds prior.

This has gone on far enough. How do you want to finish him?

>Make him submit – you want to hear him concede.
>Show off to his stream – you want him to remember this.
>Be efficient – you still have an enemy left.
>Write-in.

>>4157080
>>Show off to his stream – you want him to remember this.

>>4157080
>>Be efficient – you still have an enemy left.
Don't get ahead of ourselves here, we can do anything we want to piss him off after we win

>>4157080
>>Show off to his stream – you want him to remember this.

Dinner just got made, so I'll leave the vote open until I come back! Thank you very much for coming around to read, and I hope you all are doing wonderful tonight!

>>4157080
>Be efficient – you still have an enemy left.

>>4157080
>Be efficient – you still have an enemy left.
Don't give him that much attention.

>>4157080
>>Be efficient – you still have an enemy left.
Just coldly kill him and start looking for his partner

>>4157080
>Be efficient – you still have an enemy left.

He's not worth the time, and I think that'll sting more.

>>4157080
>>Show off to his stream – you want him to remember this.

>>4157080
>>Be efficient – you still have an enemy left.
Why waste our time with a standing corpse when there's a REAL enemy out there?

>>4157080
>Make him submit – you want to hear him concede.

He can walk off being beaten but he can't walk off being shamed. Time to make him admit our superiority.

>>Be efficient – you still have an enemy left.
fuck him, he is a little shit thats not worth the time or effort, the sniper girl is much more dangerous and also more of an actual player than this shitheel

>>4157080
>>Be efficient – you still have an enemy left.
Once dead. Teabag him, as a show of respect

>>4157080
>>Be efficient – you still have an enemy left.
We can shit talk him after the match ends.

Holy shit, he's back!

>>4157080
>Be efficient – you still have an enemy left.
The deadlier of the two are still around.

>>4157207
We gotta do this, it would make him proverbially punch his screen.
Don't actually touch his face with our balls; they're worth more than that and we aren't gay.

Hello, I'm back! Got pulled away for just a bit longer to hang out with family, but now I'm back, so let's resume! How are you all doing tonight?

>>4157092
>>4157125
>>4157133
>>4157137
>>4157139
>>4157142
>>4157196
>>4157207
>>4157212
>>4157242
Why dawdle when there's a stronger enemy about? Writing now.

>>4157242
Indeed I am anon, and it's good to be back!

>>4157317

As much as you’d seriously love to make a show of taking him out, you realize that Cinder is off in dangerous territories. You know well enough that Sky is a much more serious threat than Edit, and any second used to take the heat off Cinder and locate her is too precious to waste. So, without another word uttered, you yank the boy towards you, rip your knife from his arm, and shove it right beneath his chin and into his head.

He falls with a gurgle yet does not disappear. You look down at him, and you can’t resist just in case his stream is still on.

You step over him, crouch once, and dash towards the direction you saw Cinder go.

What, it’s multiplayer! You may have been a professional at one point, but you aren’t above being cheeky. Fuck that dude.

Moving into the smoke, you hear the occasional sound of gunfire somewhere ahead of you. There has been no word from Cinder of her scouting efforts, and rightfully so – if she’s distracted by Sky, then there’s no room for error. Remembering that loud clang from earlier, you make the connection that it was probably a bullet being deflected off the flat end of Cinder’s sword, showing how precise both your partner and your opponent are.

“Man, what is it about me that keeps causing trouble?”

You murmur to yourself, taking cover behind one of the various buildings dotted around the deck of the ship. You don’t have a lot of time to waste judging by the frequency of fire ahead of you and rushing in without a care in the world will only be detrimental to you.

>Get ahold of Cinder first and foremost – you are blind in this situation, and you need to know if she’s spotted Sky before you can take action. [This will require a LOW roll.]
>Run forwards and try to draw Sky’s fire onto yourself – it’ll be risky, but she physically can’t shoot two people at once, and it’ll allow Cinder to roam free. [This will require a LOW roll.]
>Use the greatest tactic known to man – blind fire and hope you hit her. If it misses, you’ll have suppressed her. If you hit, you’ll have located her. [This will require a roll.]
>You have a grenade in your inventory. Use it as a distraction. [This will require a HIGH roll.]
>Write-in.

>>4157343
>You have a grenade in your inventory. Use it as a distraction. [This will require a HIGH roll.]

>>4157343
>>Use the greatest tactic known to man – blind fire and hope you hit her. If it misses, you’ll have suppressed her. If you hit, you’ll have located her. [This will require a roll.]

>>4157343
>Use the greatest tactic known to man – blind fire and hope you hit her. If it misses, you’ll have suppressed her. If you hit, you’ll have located her. [This will require a roll.]
haha rifle go brrrrrrr

>>4157343
>Use the greatest tactic known to man – blind fire and hope you hit her. If it misses, you’ll have suppressed her. If you hit, you’ll have located her. [This will require a roll.]

>>4157343

>Get ahold of Cinder first and foremost – you are blind in this situation, and you need to know if she’s spotted Sky before you can take action. [This will require a LOW roll.]

>Get ahold of Cinder first and foremost – you are blind in this situation, and you need to know if she’s spotted Sky before you can take action. [This will require a LOW roll.]
against sky, we gotta fight smarter, not harder.

>>4157343
>Get ahold of Cinder first and foremost – you are blind in this situation, and you need to know if she’s spotted Sky before you can take action. [This will require a LOW roll.]

I don't know why people want to give our position away so badly.

>>4157343
>Get ahold of Cinder first and foremost – you are blind in this situation, and you need to know if she’s spotted Sky before you can take action. [This will require a LOW roll.]

>>4157343
>>Run forwards and try to draw Sky’s fire onto yourself – it’ll be risky, but she physically can’t shoot two people at once, and it’ll allow Cinder to roam free. [This will require a LOW roll.]

>>4157355
>>4157370
>>4157379
>>4157385
Keep your position obscured, and try to get ahold of your comrade. Please roll me a d20, best of three wins!

Rolled 15 (1d20)

>>4157389
Fuck 0phelia

Rolled 17 (1d20)

>>4157389

Rolled 15 (1d20)

>>4157389

Rolled 15 (1d20)

>>4157389

>>4157393
Hey, this goes through! Writing now.

>>4157391
>>4157395
>>4157398
Three 15s, though. I find this funny for some reason.

>>4157404

Knowing that rushing out immediately probably isn’t the best idea, you press yourself against the wall and raise a hand to your earpiece. As tempting as getting a shot off on her is, she is a much more difficult opponent than Edit, and should be treated as such.

“Cinder, are you able to respond?” You hiss into the microphone, wincing as another shot goes off in the distance. You don’t want to doubt your friend’s abilities, but if Sky can take advantage of ricochets to get her desired result, you also don’t want to discount her being taken off guard.

Warscape players are scary nowadays!

Thankfully, you’re in luck, because her response is almost immediate.

“Fuckin’ barely—” Another gunshot cuts off her words, but she’s quick to continue even amidst dodging, “she’s up in the tower! Can’t get close, she’s got some form of—”

An extremely loud burst of static causes you to recoil and grit your teeth, the sheer volume of it enough to give you a slight headache. Judging by Cinder’s words, Sky is on the highest point of the ship, which is either the captain’s floor or the roof of it. Knowing the angle of attack will be helpful, but you’re infinitely more curious about why Cinder couldn’t get close.

“Cinder, are you there? Don’t leave me hanging.” You say into the microphone, nervously grasping at your rifle as your heart beats against your ribs.

No response.

Fuck.

“Okay, she’s not dead, at least.” You say to yourself, biting your lip as your mind races. “I’m sure I would have gotten a notification if she was.”

But the gunfire has stopped. The smoke hangs in the air. The only thing that greets you is the crackling of fire, the creaking of the sinking ship, and waves.

You don’t like this one bit. What the fuck just happened?

>Test the waters – hold a piece of rubble around the corner and see if you’re shot at.
>Crouch and move outwards – with your partner MIA, you need to keep mobile.
>Fire up towards the captain’s floor - you need to remain on the offensive.
>Write-in.

>>4157427
>>Crouch and move outwards – with your partner MIA, you need to keep mobile.

>>4157427
>Crouch and move outwards – with your partner MIA, you need to keep mobile.

>>4157427
>Crouch and move outwards – with your partner MIA, you need to keep mobile.

>>4157427
>Crouch and move outwards – with your partner MIA, you need to keep mobile.

>>4157430
>>4157434
>>4157435
>>4157449
Got some ice cream. It's been a while since I've had ice cream. Writing now!

>>4157463

A few moments pass, and then you let out a long sigh. Staying put won’t do anyone any good, so you crouch as low to the ground as you can and emerge from behind cover, praying that your head won’t be taken off the second that you do.

No gunfire is heard. Only eerie silence punctuated by the crashing of waves.

You don’t recall signing up for a horror game.

In any case, you won’t caught as a sitting duck. Making yourself as small as a target as you possibly can, you move forward, being sure to position yourself behind some form of cover every few seconds. Still no word from Cinder, or any sign that she’s died – no sign from Sky, either. You had made an educated guess that she was using some type of thermal sight to see through the smoke, and yet nothing fires at you. Either you were somehow wrong, or she’s on the move.

You pray that the second isn’t true. These mind games are already fucking with you enough, you don’t need an actually capable Warscape player on your ass to top it off.

As you move forward, the smoke becomes less thick, although there’s still enough where seeing is moderately difficult. Now, however, you can pick out the looming tower in front of you – you hadn’t paid it much mind earlier, but knowing that Sky’s within it somehow makes it more nerve-wracking. You don’t know the layout, you don’t know what she’s planned…hell, you don’t even know where your fucking partner is or how long it’ll take for the ship to sink.

“Going to get her for that later,” you murmur with a sigh, raising your rifle and sweeping the area just in case something jumps out at you. It occurs to you that without your partner around, the promise of healing in the future has been revoked, meaning that every bit of health you have will count immensely.

I’m glad I used them earlier, but I’ll be damned if I wouldn’t like some patches right about now.

>Move forward towards the tower, searching for the entrance as you do.
>Take a side route, hopefully ensuring that you’ll remain unimpeded.
>Look around for any supplies, you’re desperate for additional armament. [This will require a roll.]
>Write-in.

>>4157493
>>Look around for any supplies, you’re desperate for additional armament. [This will require a roll.]

>>4157493
>Look around for any supplies, you’re desperate for additional armament. [This will require a roll.]

>>4157493
>>Look around for any supplies, you’re desperate for additional armament. [This will require a roll.]
You know we should find a skill book on scavenging or something.

>>4157499
>>4157509
>>4157529
Please roll me a d20, best of three wins!

>>4157529
Scavenging and You: How Not to Die When You Run Out of Supplies, Third Edition

Rolled 6 (1d20)

>>4157533

Rolled 9 (1d20)

>>4157533
Rolling for Deus Ex Machina

Rolled 4 (1d20)

>>4157533

>>4157538
There is no deus ex machina to be found here. Writing now!

>>4157545

Given the general silence and lack of bullets on the boat, you figure that now’s as good as a time as any to restock on supplies. You’ve always had an uncanny knack for finding things in hidden areas in this game, so why stop now, especially when you have a free moment?

You look around from your position and spot a small looking outpost just across from you, with the door slightly ajar.

If there’s going to be loot anywhere, you’d bet that it’s in there!

Creeping across the open space, your body is tense as it prepares for that sniper shot to ring out. Nothing comes, however, and you’re free to enter and maneuver a nearby box so that the door won’t close on you. If you need a quick escape, you really don’t want a door in the way.

The room is relatively small, and apparently doesn’t lead anywhere. There are a few windows to your left, and a long desk with quite a few drawers sit in front of them. Atop them sit a few computers, and rather than identifying how that links with the map, you immediately start rifling through the drawers. As you go through more and more of them, dejection starts to spread through you, as nothing of use turns up.

“Guess my luck had to run out sometime or another,” you sigh deeply, raising a hand to pinch the bridge of your nose. First your partner disappears, and now nothing is turning up on your little scavenging adjournment! How could things get worse from here, really?

You hear the sound of a gun firing.

You really shouldn’t have opened your mouth.

>[Roll me a d20. Best of three wins.]

Rolled 14 (1d20)

>>4157564

Rolled 12 (1d20)

>>4157564

Rolled 17 (1d20)

>>4157564

>>4157583
Hey, nice roll! Writing now.

Also, I ran out of ice cream. It was a very small tub. These are the sacrifices I make when writing.

>>4157584

(Hey! I’m pretty tired, so I’m going to call it here for the evening! Thanks a lot for reading, and I sincerely hope you’ve enjoyed! Please leave any comments, critiques, questions, or concerns – I’d like to make the quest less shit if I could manage it. Have a great night everyone, and remember – hail 0phelia!)

Thankfully, you’re remaining as alert as you are for a reason. You immediately hit the floor and roll under the desk, just in time to see the bullet go clean through the metal wall, leaving a sizeable hole in its wake. Moments later, smoke begins to properly bleed into the room, where it had only coasted past the doorway.

You hadn’t noticed that before. The metal of the shipping container she had shot earlier had only been dented, but now there was a fucking hole in the wall.

She must have alternate ammunition. How quaint. If that hit me in the head, it might have killed me outright.

Knowing that you can’t afford to be pinned down here, your mind races into overdrive. Plan after plan courses through your head, causing you to grip your rifle as tight as you can.

For one, you could make a mad dash towards the tower, dodging her to the best of your ability. It would open up an opportunity for her to hit you, but you’re agile enough that you might be able to dodge, or at least ensure that it doesn’t hit you in the head.

For two, you could go and look for Cinder’s corpse to confirm what happened to her. Earlier, you had noticed that Edit’s body hadn’t disappeared, meaning that bodies don’t vanish in a 2v2. This means you could score any item she had on her at her time of passing, and you know for a fact that she wouldn’t care if it meant taking these fuckers down.

And third, you could simply tough it out and sit here. You don’t find yourself wanting to stay in this building, but you have it in you to wage a war of attrition and hope you hit her in the process. You’re still unsure as to how much the water has risen on the boat, and maybe after a little bit, the smoke will have cleared so you can maneuver throughout the area better.

Chuckling nervously, you prepare to make your move.

How do you want to approach this?

>Player: N0v4_c43s4r
>HP: 95/100

>Go towards the building.
>Look for Cinder’s body.
>Play chicken with the sniper.
>Write-in.

>>4157603
>Go towards the building.
We need to finish this

>>4157603
>>Go towards the building.

>>4157603
>Write-in
Run back to Edit's body and steal his haste thingy from his bag, then use it to zip around and kill Sky

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>>4157603
>>4157728 is a good idea. Support.

>>4157728
Stealing Edit's items? Now that's fun and efficient at the same time.

>>4157728
Stealing Edit's items? Now that's funny and efficient at the same time.

>>4157728
Fuck why didn’t we think of that earlier.

Great idea

>>4157728
support.
truly a chad move.

Good morning, everyone! How are you today?

>>4157728
>>4157742
>>4157859
>>4157882
>>4157961
Very good idea, guys! Writing now.

>>4158015

In that moment, it’s like a light bulb goes off inside of your head.

It really is a curious thing that bodies might not disappear in this game mode. This could be for a variety of reasons – to use that body as a decoy against enemies, to serve as a reminder that your friends got taken out before you did, or even just for taunting when one eventually wins the match. However, if the body sticks around, it’s only logical that their items would too, right?

You had first considered finding Cinder’s, but you don’t know where she is at the moment. Hell, you don’t even know if she’s alive or dead. You do know, however, exactly where Edit is after you finished him off.

He might have some haste items left over. That’s far too good to ignore.

Moving out from underneath the desk, you know that you have to act quick. If Sky’s a competent player, she may realize what you’re going for, and try her best to stop you from getting there. As well as that, with the boat sinking, you’re on ultra-limited time – but it’s a good thing that haste practically removes the need for time!

Counting down from three, you spring up into a sprinting position and book it out the door, her gun going off only moments after you pass the threshold. You refuse to look behind you to see what kind of bullet she used, partly because you’re afraid of what you’d see, and instead pivot on your foot to head left.

To put it frankly, you’re running for your life, not caring to take cover in the interest of expediency.

It may be your mind playing tricks on you, but it seems like the smoke has lessened somewhat, and you’re able to find Edit’s corpse. It’s exactly where it was, face still frozen in an emotion that lies somewhat between fear and anger. You wonder if there’s a spectator mode of sorts, or if he’s so angry that he’s stopped the stream. That would be pretty fucking funny, honestly.

Unfortunately, you see that the way his body fell after you killed him, his body is practically sticking out from cover in its entirety. To get that haste will require being speedy with your hands, as well as your innate ability to dodge gunfire.

Just another day in the life of Wolfgang, really.

>Go for it – dawdling will get you nowhere, especially in dealing with a sniper like her. [This will require a roll.]
>You have plans that could assist this, and you will deploy them immediately! (Write-in anything you want to do that could either increase your odds.)

>>4158029
>>Go for it – dawdling will get you nowhere, especially in dealing with a sniper like her. [This will require a roll.]

>>4158029
>Go for it – dawdling will get you nowhere, especially in dealing with a sniper like her. [This will require a roll.]

Can we pop a smoke?

>>4158095
We've got the grenades, but Sky might see through the smoke anyways. Worth a shot though.
>>4158090
Changing vote to:
>You have plans that could assist this, and you will deploy them immediately!
Throw a nade right in front of us in whatever direction Sky's shots are coming from and bolt for the body, just rip off his entire bag, no point in searching through it before we get to cover.

>>4158029
>You have plans that could assist this, and you will deploy them immediately!

>Pop a couple smokes, Use his body as a makeshift shield as we dive with it to cover

>>4158101
>>4158113

This is a good strategy, and since it's basically the same, I can work both versions into it.

I'd say this is enough to lower the initial DC, so please roll me a d20, and the best of the three win!

Rolled 5 (1d20)

>>4158137
Curse is here

Rolled 9 (1d20)

>>4158137
Bad rolls here I come

Rolled 17 (1d20)

>>4158137

>>4158150
Thank you, anon

>>4158150
Great roll! Writing now.

>>4158150
You saved us

>>4158159

(Sorry for the slight wait, got pulled into a game of Civ 5 with friends! Zulus are alright, I’ll keep you posted.)

With a flash of worry overcoming your face, you concoct a plan as fast as you can under the current circumstances. Your hand darts into your bag and secures itself around the pack of grenades you had bought from the Gallery, tearing one of them from the ribbon and tossing it behind you. As soon as it leaves your hand, a high pitched beeping breaks through the haze of distant water and your own thoughts.

Moments later, you hear the sharp sound of an explosion, followed by subtle hissing. You immediately surge forth and throw yourself behind a set of boxes, snagging Edit’s leg and pulling the corpse after you. Another round goes off, but you don’t bother to see where it goes, as it doesn’t hit you nor the dead boy in front of you.

Holy shit, that actually worked!

The relief that comes over you is palpable. You waste no time in going for Edit’s item bag and rummaging around it in, more comfortable now that you’re in cover. You’re not quite sure how much ammunition Sky has left on her, but assuming such things never turns out well, so you’ll stick to the following theory – she has a lot more than you, and she’s dangerous enough that if you’re inattentive, your goose will be cooked.

Ah, the glory of war.

Closing your eyes and praying you’re not taken out by a wayward ricochet, you feel your fingers brush up against something smooth and vaguely cylindrical. Feeling a sliver of hope worm its way into your heart, you grasp it and pull it out, eager to see what it is.

In your hands lies a long black tube, with gold decals and embroidery interspersed throughout. There doesn’t seem to be any rhyme or reason behind the designs, but you do spot a name across the cork of the tube as you give it a look over, almost in the form of a maker’s mark.

>R. A. Blackstone

Interesting. Just like with Dahlia, that’s another avenue of something you’ll have to look into at some point. If, you know, you were ever interested in actually continuing to play this under low stakes circumstances.

Y-You’re not saying that you’re interested or anything, though.

Really.

>Inspect the inside of the tube to see what lies within.
>Get closer to Sky before you give it any further inspection.
>Look further within Edit’s bag to see if he has any other surprises. [This will require a roll.]
>Write-in.

>>4158252
>>Look further within Edit’s bag to see if he has any other surprises. [This will require a roll.]
let's check if the curse is truly gone

>>4158252
>>Look further within Edit’s bag to see if he has any other surprises. [This will require a roll.]
I don't even know why you ask, Cirno. You know very well we will pick this

>>4158252
>Look further within Edit’s bag to see if he has any other surprises. [This will require a roll.]
The more items we take, the more we can make fun of him.

>>4158252
>>Look further within Edit’s bag to see if he has any other surprises. [This will require a roll.]
I-it’s not like I like his items or anything

>>4158252
>Look further within Edit’s bag to see if he has any other surprises. [This will require a roll.]

>>4158264
>>4158268
>>4158277
>>4158283
>>4158288
Commit theft. Gimme a d20, best of three wins!

>>4158268
You NEVER KNOW, anon. Maybe one day scavenging will bite back.

>>4158283
A-Absolutely not.

Rolled 13 (1d20)

>>4158289

Rolled 4 (1d20)

>>4158289

Rolled 5 (1d20)

>>4158289

>>4158290
This goes through! Writing now.

>>4158311

Tempted by the promises of extra loot and being able to spite Edit by robbing him, you continue to go through the bag in an attempt to scour out any other things of use. You can look at the tube and its contents later, taking Edit’s things and using them to benefit yourself comes first – especially when you’re now down to only a grenade and a pair of binoculars.

Come to think of it, you’ve only ever used those things once. You should probably swap them out at some point.

Unfortunately, the rest of Edit’s bag is barren. Cinder had implied that he mostly stocks his inventory with haste judging by her findings, and he most likely got pretty fucked up by your suicide knife maneuver, which explains the lack of healing patches on his person. If this tube is what contains all of his haste – which you reckon it has to at this point - then it tracks that there’d be nothing left over.

Well, at least you got the tube! That’s more than you had on your way over here, at least.

You’re jarred from your inner monologue by another round of sniper fire, but this time, it goes far over your head. However, rather than hearing it embed in a wall, you hear a loud clang instead, making you hurriedly yank Edit up from the ground and in front of you.

You feel the vibration of the bullet hitting the body, and you’re certain that if it were competitive, you’d be covered in blood.

More ricochets. With your back to one of the many buildings leading below deck, you’re not safe here. It’s time to move.

You’re not used to having an enemy this crafty. At least 0phelia was somewhat straightforward in her match.

>Go directly towards the tower without haste – you want to save it for when you need it.
>If there’s haste in that tube, now’s the time to use it – time is of the essence, after all.
>Use your last grenade as a cover – there’s already smoke in the air, but the explosion might distract her. [This will require a roll.]
>Fire up at the tower as you move – you’ll keep her pinned down while conserving valuable resources. [This will require a HIGH roll.]
>Write-in.

>>4158348
>Use your last grenade as a cover – there’s already smoke in the air, but the explosion might distract her. [This will require a roll.]
Not like we'll get to use it on her anyways, the smoke's all it's good for.

>>4158348
>>Go directly towards the tower without haste – you want to save it for when you need it.

>>4158348
>>Use your last grenade as a cover – there’s already smoke in the air, but the explosion might distract her. [This will require a roll.]

>>4158348
>Fire up at the tower as you move – you’ll keep her pinned down while conserving valuable resources. [This will require a HIGH roll.]

Going to get something to eat, vote's open until I get back! Thank you very much for coming around, I hope you've enjoyed so far!

>>4158348
>If there’s haste in that tube, now’s the time to use it – time is of the essence, after all.

winners do drugs...right?

>>4158348
>If there’s haste in that tube, now’s the time to use it – time is of the essence, after all.

Well
>>4158348
>Use your last grenade as a cover – there’s already smoke in the air, but the explosion might distract her. [This will require a roll.]

>>4158396
>>4158399
Not yet.

>Use your last grenade as a cover – there’s already smoke in the air, but the explosion might distract her. [This will require a roll.]
i would rather use that haste when we get close to sky so we catch her by surprise, and get the upper hand

Hello! Food was great, hope you all are doing wel!

>>4158354
>>4158357
>>4158401
>>4158457
Looks like this wins, so give me a roll to use your last grenade in your bag! (Still got your grenade launcher as well, though, so never fear!)

Rolled 2 (1d20)

>>4158503

Rolled 4 (1d20)

>>4158503

Rolled 19 (1d20)

>>4158503

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>>4158529
Be thankful for this anon. Writing now!

>>4158532

It takes a moment to steel your resolve as you fish out the last grenade in your bag. You’re certain that the owner of the Gallery had much different ideas in mind as to how you were going to use these, but at least they’re going to fulfill some purpose, and that’s of being distractions!

If Cinder is dead, she’ll probably give you hell for your antics. You wouldn’t exactly blame her.

With all of the force you can muster, you toss the grenade far in the direction of Sky, hoping to god that it will throw her off guard in some fashion. After waiting an additional second, you move out from cover and book it towards the tower, running faster than you ever have in recent memory. You wouldn’t allow her a shot on you, not when your friend’s pride – and your own, you guess – are on the line!

You hear the explosion as the grenade goes off somewhere in front of you, followed by another, smaller explosion. It gives you momentary pause as you dart forwards, vaulting over boxes and moving in and out of cover. It must have pierced some bit of machinery, but you can’t allow yourself to dwell on it, especially when there’s no gunfire yet.

Maybe the universe finally decided to give you a break?

Emerging from the smoke, you’re clearly able to see the captain’s floor and the area leading up to it, yet there’s still no sight of Sky. There’s a single double door leading into the building, and to your surprise, the door is wide open and blackened due to an explosion.

Judging by the smoke curling off the door, and what appears to be a wrecked and sparking sentry turret in front of you, it appears that you got much luckier than you had first realized.

The words of Cinder reverberate in your head – that she couldn’t get close because of something. You can make the mental leap that the something was probably that turret, and that it couldn’t see through smoke, considering you weren’t turned into Swiss cheese by moving towards it.

Fuck, that could have been close – good thing you didn’t rush in right away!

Anywho, you’re now in front of the tower. How do you want to enter?

>Player: N0v4_c43s4r
>HP: 95/100

>L5843 rifle.
>AP magazine: 24/30.
>UAG-36 grenade launcher: 3/3.

>Go in through the front door – if Sky’s on the roof, you don’t want to be outside.
>Try and scale up the side of the building – you may be able to take her off guard.
>Peer in through the window and see if you can spot anything unorthodox – if she has sentries, she might have something else.
>Write-in.

>>4158556
>>Go in through the front door – if Sky’s on the roof, you don’t want to be outside.

>>4158556
>Peer in through the window and see if you can spot anything unorthodox – if she has sentries, she might have something else.

>>4158556
>>Try and scale up the side of the building – you may be able to take her off guard.
we need to bring more rope next time, or a grappling hook

>>4158556
>>Try and scale up the side of the building – you may be able to take her off guard.

>>4158556
>>Try and scale up the side of the building – you may be able to take her off guard.

>Peer in through the window and see if you can spot anything unorthodox – if she has sentries, she might have something else.
im a bit paranoid she is actually expecting us to try the crazy climb the tower move, so better safe then sorry.

>>4158765
I hope the others see the light and change their votes.

>>4158765
She expects the rational options. What she doesn’t expect, is stupidity. And stupidity can trump anything

>>4158765
Changing my vote to this

>>4158556
>Peer in through the window and see if you can spot anything unorthodox – if she has sentries, she might have something else.

>>4158590
>>4158765
>>4158798
>>4158841
Late night update for the win - got pulled away for the majority of the afternoon! Writing now.

>>4159367

(Okay, now I sleep. See you in the morning, and have a great night, everyone!)

Moving as close to the wall as you can, you immediately press your face to a window so you can see further within the building. At first nothing stands out to you as your eyes adjust to the interior, but you’re able to determine that it’s a fairly cluttered room with a door leading down to the depths, and a ladder leading to the next floor.

Man, you’d think that the map generation would put another staircase leading up just for ease of access, but no! Gotta love it when the devs try to make your life more difficult.

Focusing on the minutia of the room rather than the entrances and exits, you just barely manage to spot a flicker of light coursing across one of the rungs of the ladder. It’s hard to tell what’s generating it, or even what color it is, but it’s noticeable and frequent enough to draw attention to it. The fact that it exists at all is quite worrying, and you’re thankful that you took the time to spot it, because now you can avoid it when you get your ass up there.

It’s at that moment when you hear the sound of metal whirring from above you, and just as you look up to see what the noise is, you catch a flash of white gloves as a small metallic box is tossed out towards the smoke. It’s in no danger of hitting you, and you’re able to watch as it sails towards the ground, the impact causing you to wince due to the sheer volume of it.

Seconds later, the box begins to grow legs.

You briefly glance at the smoking sentry in front of the door, then back at the deploying object.

She has more than one of them. Great.

>Throw yourself through the window – you might suffer damage from the glass, but it’s the quickest way. [This will require a LOW roll.]
>Hot foot it through the door and up the ladder – as long as you’re on the same level as this thing, you’re in danger. [This will require a roll.]
>Use your rifle and shoot it as it’s deploying – it may not be that big of a box, but you’re confident you can hit it. [This will require a HIGH roll.]
>Write-in.

>>4159379
>Use your rifle and shoot it as it’s deploying – it may not be that big of a box, but you’re confident you can hit it. [This will require a HIGH roll.]

Running away will probably just mean it will come to bite us in the ass again later.

>>4159379
>Hot foot it through the door and up the ladder – as long as you’re on the same level as this thing, you’re in danger. [This will require a roll.]

As long as we're pretty sure
1) sky doesn't know where we are yet
2) we know what level sky is on and exactly where she is
We should try to maintain stealth advantage and use the haste to help us kill her when she's within our sight and range of using the haste thing

>>4159379
>>Hot foot it through the door and up the ladder – as long as you’re on the same level as this thing, you’re in danger. [This will require a roll.]

>>4159379
>Hot foot it through the door and up the ladder – as long as you’re on the same level as this thing, you’re in danger. [This will require a roll.]

>>4159379
>Hot foot it through the door and up the ladder – as long as you’re on the same level as this thing, you’re in danger. [This will require a roll.]

Good morning! Sorry again for the sudden disappearance yesterday, gotta love getting pulled away. We're back now, though, so let's get the ball rolling!

>>4159396
>>4159468
>>4159506
>>4159533
Play it safe, play it stealthy. Please give me a d20 - best of three wins, as per usual!

Rolled 14 (1d20)

>>4159599
Time to get fucked

Rolled 7 (1d20)

>>4159599

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>>4159600
Anon, you doubt yourself too much! It's not like your're cursed or anything.

>>4159610
You tell me that when the next anon rolls an 1

Rolled 8 (1d20)

>>4159599

>>4159600
Looks like this one goes through! Writing now.

>>4159612
Told you, anon, everything is fine.

>>4159616

Thinking fast on your feet, you immediately pivot and dart for the open door, praying that you’re faster than the sentry she’s just dropped on your head. You catch a glimpse of it over your shoulder – it has four legs that have fully developed, along with a slowly lengthening gun barrel that protrudes from the smoke.

Just as you make it beyond the threshold of the door, you hear a bark of gunfire from behind you, and you feel an electrical current sear through your leg. Pulling yourself around the corner and onto the ground, you watch as the two other bullets that followed it collide with the wall. You grimace – either that sentry fires in a controlled burst, or you got as lucky as you could have in that circumstance.

>Player: N0v4_c43s4r
>HP: 80/100 (-15 HP)

Gritting your teeth, you spring up and dart towards the ladder, very mindful of the rung that’s illuminated. At this stage, triggering a trap could cost you, so you’re glad you took that time to actually examine the room – unfortunately, as soon as your head pops up in view of the window, you hear the sentry gear up again.

Forcing yourself up the ladder as fast as possible, the windows below you shatter due to the hail of gunfire, the sound deafening as you try to focus on climbing. You know that if you stop for even a second, shit might get pretty rough for you, but you’re well aware that you’re gonna need a game plan for when you get to the next floor.

You don’t know what else she has up her sleeve, after all. She’s proven how crafty she is, so to beat her strats, you’ll have to make some on your own! Easy enough, right?

>As soon as you’ve passed the threshold and out of the sight of the turret - examine the room carefully.
>Immediately throw yourself through the threshold - you don’t know if she has anything that triggers on sight.
>You have a grenade launcher with three grenades left – fire one through the threshold and see if it hits anything.
>Write-in.

>>4159634
>>You have a grenade launcher with three grenades left – fire one through the threshold and see if it hits anything.

>>4159634
>Immediately throw yourself through the threshold - you don’t know if she has anything that triggers on sight.
She can't be expecting anyone to throw caution to the wind!

>>4159634
>You have a grenade launcher with three grenades left – fire one through the threshold and see if it hits anything

>>4159667
>>4159698
Use grenades, it's always cash money. Writing now!

Nova a cheat, Fuck Ophelia, and Hail Auxilia.

>>4159704

As you climb the ladder, you grab your rifle and aim it towards the opening, very mindful of the deafening gunfire nipping at your heels. You figure that this is as decent of a strategy as any – if there’s something that triggers on sight, it may be attracted to the grenade. As well as that, the noise may be able to distract Sky just a little bit, especially if she’s on her way down to deal with you.

Too many maneuvers to consider, too many factors. You’re starting to wonder if you’re just cursed!

You pull the trigger on the grenade launcher attachment, and a small ball flies up through the opening, bouncing off of the wall and out of sight into the room. You keep moving upwards despite this, and hope that whatever lies within is taken out by the blast. Just as you reach the cusp of the ladder, the grenade in the room detonates, making some dust fall from the ceiling. Seconds later, however, another explosion follows the first, making you pause.

Did you actually hit something up there? Holy shit, looks like it wasn’t a wasted move after all! You make a silent note to thank the owner of the Gallery even harder the next time you see him.

If you do, of course.

>UAG-36 grenade launcher: 2/3 (-1).

Pulling yourself up into the room and out of the line of sight of the sentry, you’re able to observe it better. For one, rather than a ladder ascending upwards, this time there is a proper staircase leading to the next floor of the captain’s building. There is a set of windows that face both the ocean and the actual boat, and at this level, you’re far and above the rising smoke that lingers over the deck.

Hanging from the ceiling lies a set of wires, and the floor in the middle of the room is blackened. At one point they must have been strung up, but it seems your grenade – whether it was the object or the resulting shrapnel – took care of that.

It looks like you managed to take care of that obstacle. Score one for you!

>Look out the window and gauge how far the water’s risen up the side of the boat.
>Dash up the stairs – time is of the essence, and you don’t want to give her any of it.
>Look around the room for anything of use to you. [This will require a roll.]
>Write-in.

>>4159738
>>Dash up the stairs – time is of the essence, and you don’t want to give her any of it.

>>4159738
>Dash up the stairs – time is of the essence, and you don’t want to give her any of it.

>>4159738
>>Dash up the stairs – time is of the essence, and you don’t want to give her any of it.

>>4159739
>>4159743
>>4159745
Move onward with haste! Writing now.

>>4159738
>>Dash up the stairs – time is of the essence, and you don’t want to give her any of it.

a bit unanimous no?

>>4159754

Rolling your shoulders and preparing yourself for any more sudden moves on Sky’s part, you barrel up the stairs as quick as you can, rifle at the ready. Nothing seems to immediately jump down the metal staircase at you, and you’re able to reach the top with relative ease, eyes darting around the room for any obvious or hidden threats.

The room is empty.

A bead of nervousness worms its way into you as you advance, sweeping the room for traps as you do. There are no visible wires, there are no strange lights, there’s not anything of note. There’s another set of stairs leading upwards, along with a few bits of scattered machinery that have been knocked to the floor.

If there’s the captain’s floor and the roof above you, that might mean that Sky hasn’t bothered for any traps in this location. She may have ran out in the process of trapping the rooms below and above you, or she may simply be trying to mindfuck you into being entirely cautious. You appreciate someone who can play mind games without belittling you, but at the same time, it’s super fucking annoying to fight against!

You wish Cinder were still around. At least then you’d be able to make some sort of plan and have a second opinion, rather than having a giant mental monologue.

You sigh your government mandated sigh and move further into the room, gun at the ready for any more shenanigans or chicanery. The fact that the sound of the water is slightly muted this high up only serves to enhance the threatening silence surrounding the room, and despite the apparent evidence that things are okay, you can’t shake the bad feeling gnawing at your gut.

>Move up the final set of stairs.
>Fire another grenade up the stairs.
>Examine the room in further detail.
>Look out the window.
>Write-in.

>>4159792
>>Look out the window.

>>4159792
>>Move up the final set of stairs.

>>4159792
>Look out the window.
inb4 she's rapelling down the tower to hit us from behind.

>>4159792
>Examine the room in further detail.
Not that simple.

>>4159792
>>Look out the window.

>>4159792
>>Look out the window.
We have gut feelings for a reason

>>4159792
>Look out the window

Yo, I've been pulled away to go and make a late lunch, so vote's open until I get back! Thank you very much for coming around to read, and I sincerely hope you've enjoyed so far!

How are you all doing today?

>>4159853
thank for running at all cirno. hopefully the qm curse will show mercy and not visit you with Corona-chan anytime soon

>>4159792
>Look out the window.

>>4159792
>Look out the window.
A a a a a a a a a a a

>>4159853
The quest is great and I'm doing well. Have a nice lunch!

>>4159792
>>Look out the window.
Time to get spooked.
>>4159853
Glad you;re back, I was thinking of taking a break.

Finally back! Feeling good, so let's kick this off once more!

>>4159803
>>4159808
>>4159812
>>4159820
>>4159848
>>4159913
>>4159966
>>4160016
Look out the window . Writing now!

>>4159893
Corona-chan won't tread on me, especially since now I don't have to leave the house whatsoever!

>>4159966
Very happy you've enjoyed so far, anon! Glad you're doing well despite the current world circumstances.

>>4160016
Glad to be back, anon.

>>4160148

Rather than taking the immediate path up the stairs, you find that the bad feeling in your gut is growing harder to ignore, and so you take a step towards the window that overlooks the ship. The silence hanging over the air is almost too much for you, and the only thing that stops you from cracking open the window to get some sound in the room is the fact that the turret might see you.

Looking out across the deck of the ship, the smoke is finally starting to part somewhat. Maybe it’s due to the explosion only being at the bottom of the ship, or some other external circumstance, but the smoke bleeding onto the deck has ceased, and all that’s left is whatever remains in the air.

You can see Edit’s body from here. You can’t see Cinder’s.

That brings a bit of hope to your mind, that you still have her around, but she could have easily been hauled overboard. And regardless if she’s still alive or not, she’s not giving you any indication to believe that she’s the former, meaning that you still have to rely on your own skills and guile.

You’re snapped out of your mental reverie by something appearing in your vision. From above, another box falls, but one that’s significantly larger than the apparent sentry box. You can see that there’s a rope tied to the top, which explains why it is coming towards the building in a hurried arc. You immediately move away from the window, but you notice that it’s not heading towards you – it’s going to the floor below.

The sound of the window breaking is incredibly loud, and the bark of the sentry turret firing at the disturbance is even louder. You stand there in silence as you observe the rope that’s now in front of you.

Did…did Sky miscalculate? Does she still think you’re on that floor? Why did she even do that?

>Go up the stairs – if she’s not expecting you, might as well ride that wave.
>Climb up the rope to get to the roof quicker – time is of the essence, and you just got a new avenue of approach.
>Look over the room – something still doesn’t feel quite right, and you have a gut feeling for a reason.
>Write-in.

>>4160183
>Look over the room – something still doesn’t feel quite right, and you have a gut feeling for a reason.
I think it's cinder in that room

>>4160183
>Look over the room – something still doesn’t feel quite right, and you have a gut feeling for a reason.

>>4160183
>Look over the room – something still doesn’t feel quite right, and you have a gut feeling for a reason.
99% sure Cinder's getting shot right now but let's be paranoid just to be sure.

>>4160183
>Look over the room – something still doesn’t feel quite right, and you have a gut feeling for a reason.

>>4160191
>>4160196
>>4160198
>>4160208
I'd like you all to roll me a d20, best of three goes through. Thank you kindly.

Rolled 7 (1d20)

>>4160221

Rolled 16 (1d20)

>>4160221

Rolled 18 (1d20)

>>4160221

>>4160228
Writing now.

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>>4160235

The sound of a single footstep makes your blood run cold.

Slowly averting your eyes from the rope that’s supporting the box, and distancing your mind from the rampant sound of gunfire below, you then settle on the opening that leads to the captain’s floor. It is no longer empty. A lone girl stands there, with a pistol that looks big enough to stop a bull in its tracks pointed at you.

Her brown hair is as long as it is in real life, coming down to the small of her back and having slightly messy bangs. You’re close enough that you can see her eyes – brown – that are widened in slight surprise. She appears to be wearing a long white coat of sorts, and a button-up shirt with an armored vest underneath – beneath that, her skirt is buckled to her waist, and if you aren’t mistaken, she’s wearing jeans under that. To top of the ensemble, white gloves adorn her hands, which are firmly wrapped around the handle of the gun.

A moment of silence passes, due to both of your mutual shock.

It’s broken by the flash of the gun nearly blinding you, and you only barely jerk yourself out of the way of its path. She wastes no time descending upon you with a knife in her other hand, which you manage to stop with the butt of your rifle. It would have gone into your heart otherwise.

“You’re not the one I was looking for,” she states neutrally, ducking the punch you send at her and springing halfway across the room.

She glances towards the staircase leading downwards briefly, and that’s enough to confirm that Cinder may have been hiding this entire time. Sneaky girl, that one. You’ll have to give her shit later for being silent! You aren’t allowed to contemplate potential retribution further however, as she fires the gun again, the shot going over your shoulder and shattering the window behind you.

All of the noise that was blocked out rushes in at once, and you’re aware that you might not have much time to react. Your target is in front of you, having given up her sniper’s perch to do so.

That bad feeling is back and stronger than ever.

>Swap the rifle for your shotgun and go all in – as this is an enclosed area, you won’t give her time to run. [This will require a HIGH roll.]
>Pop your haste and go in on her with your knife – you got it specifically for this reason, and you won’t let it go to waste. [This will require a roll.]
>You weren’t expecting to meet her this quick – go through the window, and either descend to meet your comrade, or ascend to get a better vantage. [This will require a LOW roll – specify which direction you’d like to go.]
>Write-in.

>>4160249
>>Pop your haste and go in on her with your knife – you got it specifically for this reason, and you won’t let it go to waste. [This will require a roll.]

>>4160249
>Pop your haste and go in on her with your knife – you got it specifically for this reason, and you won’t let it go to waste. [This will require a roll.]
IT'S TIME

>>4160249
>Pop your haste and go in on her with your knife – you got it specifically for this reason, and you won’t let it go to waste. [This will require a roll.]
Winners do drugs

>>4160249
>>Pop your haste and go in on her with your knife – you got it specifically for this reason, and you won’t let it go to waste. [This will require a roll.]
Gotta go fast

>>4160253
>>4160254
>>4160255
>>4160257
Let's boogie. Roll me a d20, best of three goes through!

Rolled 12 (1d20)

>>4160265

Rolled 8 (1d20)

>>4160265
Let's rock!

Rolled 18 (1d20)

>>4160265
C U R S E D R O L L I N G

>>4160280
AGAINST ALL ODDS, ANON FINDS THE WILL TO FIGHT BACK THE GODS

>>4160280
Alright, let's get this kicked off. Writing now!

>>4160293

There is fire in your eyes as you grab the black cylinder out of your bag, dodge-rolling to the side and behind a desk as Sky shoots off another round at you. You’re not quite sure how this item works, so you tear off the cork emblazoned with the maker’s name, and slam it back into your mouth.

Nothing comes at first, but you could swear that you hear a little beeping from within, almost entirely imperceptible were it not so close to your face. A moment later, a colorless liquid comes out from inside and into your mouth, the potion possessing a strangely citrus quality to it. Nothing happens for a second, and as you brace for another pistol shot to come your way, something hits you fast and hard.

https://youtu.be/Dn4F42bG9Dg

It’s almost as if time has slowed down.

An intense burning comes over the inside of your body, thrumming under your skin in hot electric waves. It feels like your heart has kicked into overdrive, like your senses have heightened, like you’ve just activated a livewire inside your very body. It’s then you can see it – the golden, electric motes dancing across your skin like fairy lights. You grit your teeth, and you stand up.

Sky is standing directly across from you. She fires the pistol. You swat it aside with the broad end of your knife that you weren’t even directly aware you had drawn.

A second later, you’re across the room.

Hurtling towards her with a scream, your knife flashes up and rips the sleeve of her coat, going clean through her upper forearm with no resistance whatsoever. She lets out a gasp of shock and pain before righting herself, firing the gun off into your torso, her eyes turning deathly serious as she does.

You don’t feel it.

>Player: N0v4_c43s4r
>HP: 55/100 (-25 HP)

Ripping it out and going for a stab to the throat, she brings up her own knife in the nick of time to prevent the fatal blow, rearing back and smashing her forehead into your nose. Following up that attack, she attempts to sweep you off your feet with a leg, but you stand strong in the face of her attack. You manage to score another vicious strike on her arm, and it’s at that point that she plants a foot on your stomach and uses it to shove herself away from you, sending herself down the fucking stairwell with reckless abandon.

>Follow her down. [This will require a LOW roll.]
>Slide down the rope outside for a faster approach. [This will require a roll.]
>Open fire with your shotgun. [This will require a HIGH roll.]
>Take your knife and throw it directly at her head. [This will require a VERY HIGH roll.]
>Write-in.

>>4160327
>>Take your knife and throw it directly at her head. [This will require a VERY HIGH roll.]
big bucks no whammies

>>4160327
>>Take your knife and throw it directly at her head. [This will require a VERY HIGH roll.]
I feel lucky today

>>4160327
>Open fire with your shotgun. [This will require a HIGH roll.]
Big gun go boom

Hopefully, Cinder's dealt with the turrets already

Making pizza, will be back soon! Hope you enjoyed the update, anons, and the vote's open until I return!

>>4160327
>Open fire with your shotgun. [This will require a HIGH roll.]

>>4160327
>Open fire with your shotgun. [This will require a HIGH roll.]
Let's be reasonable.

>>4160329
>Open fire with your shotgun. [This will require a HIGH roll.]

>>4160327
>Open fire with your shotgun. [This will require a HIGH roll.]

>>4160327
>Follow her down. [This will require a LOW roll.]

one botched roll with that knife and we're team killing fucktards. just saying

>>4160327
>>Open fire with your shotgun. [This will require a HIGH roll.]

I'm back! Let's get going.

>>4160337
>>4160344
>>4160348
>>4160366
>>4160370
>>4160446
Roll to use shotgun. Best of three goes through!

Rolled 4 (1d20)

>>4160451

Rolled 5 (1d20)

>>4160451

Rolled 12 (1d20)

>>4160451

Rolled 9 (1d20)

>>4160451

Woof.

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>>4160462
Writing now.

>>4160470
I don’t like that look your giving us, cirno.

>>4160470

It takes a negligible amount of time for you to pull your shotgun from its holder and aim it at the falling woman, who’s face is one of dawning realization. As you were certain to plug in your flechette rounds before the match started, the resounding boom that erupts from the barrel sounds like thunder striking the ground, every bit of the shot going directly towards Sky.

However, she’s just a bit too prepared.

With a frankly impressive motion, the girl spins in the air and tears off her overcoat, fanning it outwards and absorbing nearly all of the blast. In spots you can see that it tears, but it seems that none of the shell hit her in lieu of her impromptu defense. In the same motion, she raises the oversized pistol up with her other hand and pulls the trigger, hitting the ground shoulders first.

The bullet flies towards you, and were it not for your haste, you’d be a bit slow on the draw. Thankfully, as well as your physical speed being increased, it seems your mental processing has also been heightened. Ah, the joys of haste in this game. The amount of items that have been added are utterly obscene, but not all of them are so bad.

With only seconds to react, how do you deal with the shot?

>Player: N0v4_c43s4r
>HP: 50/100

>Dodge out of the way, at no peril to yourself - you need the HP.
>Take the hit and run down the stairs – you won’t give her an opening.
>Duck under the bullet and make your way down the stairs towards her. [This will require a LOW roll.]
>Use your shotgun and continue the onslaught – she’s still in sight, after all. [This will require a roll.]
>Swap the shotgun for your rifle and use the grenade launcher. [This will require a HIGH roll.]
>Try to reflect the bullet back at her with your knife – you saw Fletcher do it once, so you’re sure you can replicate it. [This will require a VERY HIGH roll.]
>Write-in.

>>4160490
>Use your shotgun and continue the onslaught – she’s still in sight, after all. [This will require a roll.]

>>4160490
>Use your shotgun and continue the onslaught – she’s still in sight, after all. [This will require a roll.]
Big gun go boom, a simple theory, and one that will eventually work.

>>4160490
>>Try to reflect the bullet back at her with your knife – you saw Fletcher do it once, so you’re sure you can replicate it. [This will require a VERY HIGH roll.]
I still feel lucky

>>4160490
>Swap the shotgun for your rifle and use the grenade launcher. [This will require a HIGH roll.]

Splash damage

>>4160492
>>4160496
Looks like this is the winner! Continue the shotgun strat, oncoming bullets be damned. Please roll me a d20, best of three wins!

Rolled 2 (1d20)

>>4160517

Rolled 15 (1d20)

>>4160517

>>4160518
I thought you felt lucky anon :^)

Rolled 13 (1d20)

>>4160517
god help us

Rolled 19 (1d20)

>>4160517
Hope it's a slug.

>>4160521
I absolutely still do, dear Cirno

>>4160519
Looks like this goes through, writing now!

>>4160523
>just barely late
fug

>>4160519
So for some reason I can't see the post I made saying that this went through and that I was writing, and therefore I'm not certain if anyone else can, so I'm just gonna restate that I'm writing right now.

>>4160536

(This is where I’m gonna call it for the night, as I have some stuff to do tomorrow! Thank you very much for coming around to read, and I hope you enjoyed if you did! Please let me know any comments, compliments, questions, critiques, or concerns that you have – I’d like to make this quest less shit if I could! Have a great night, anons, and I hope you’re doing well.)

You curse to yourself as you raise your gun, uncaring of the bullet that’s about to hit you with the promise of being able to hit her. You level the gun right at Sky and pull the trigger, ready to spring at her as quick as possible so you can ride out this haste. The shot itself is enough to send the approaching bullet off its course, although it does still graze your shoulder.

>Player: N0v4_c43s4r
>HP: 40/100 (-10 HP)

Sky can’t get off the ground fast enough, but you see her lift her body up towards the oncoming blast, and makes sure that her torso is what’s primarily hit by it. The sheer force of it sends her spiraling back out of sight, but you were able to spot that she soaked up the worst of it with her armored vest. You curse to yourself, reloading your shotgun as you do.

Fuck! You hate it when your opponents are this tricky! You’re aware that Cinder may very well be at the bottom floor of this now, but you don’t know how hurt she is, nor how Sky intends to deal with her. Sighing deeply to yourself, you consider what you know.

Sky has rolled out of sight, but unless she rolled directly into the hatch where the ladder is, she may still be in that room. You know that you dealt her a great bit of damage, but you’re unaware if she’s healed it yet, meaning that time is even shorter than first thought. With your haste being finite, your opponent being slippery, and your partner MIA, you’re in a very interesting circumstance.

How do you want to proceed?

>WARNING! Haste will last for two more posts.

>Use your grenade launcher and fire into the room – if she’s caught her footing, this will take her off of it. [This will require a HIGH roll.]
>Go down the stairs with your knife – you’ll finish this before Cinder even needs to get involved. [This will require a roll.]
>Use the rope and rappel directly into the room – it will take her off guard, and you may just gain an advantage. [This will require a LOW roll.]
>Write-in.

>>4160545
>Use your grenade launcher and fire into the room – if she’s caught her footing, this will take her off of it. [This will require a HIGH roll.]

>>4160545
>>Use your grenade launcher and fire into the room – if she’s caught her footing, this will take her off of it. [This will require a HIGH roll.]
I STILL FEEL LUCKY

>>4160545
>Use the rope and rappel directly into the room – it will take her off guard, and you may just gain an advantage. [This will require a LOW roll.]

>>4160545
>Use the rope and rappel directly into the room – it will take her off guard, and you may just gain an advantage. [This will require a LOW roll.]

>Use the rope and rappel directly into the room – it will take her off guard, and you may just gain an advantage. [This will require a LOW roll.]
always be a tricky bastard, and we really need to take advantage of haste as much as we can and rush her the fuck down

>>4160545
>Use the rope and rappel directly into the room – it will take her off guard, and you may just gain an advantage. [This will require a LOW roll.]

>>4160545
>Use the rope and rappel directly into the room – it will take her off guard, and you may just gain an advantage. [This will require a LOW roll.]

>>4160545
>Use your grenade launcher and fire into the room – if she’s caught her footing, this will take her off of it. [This will require a HIGH roll.]

>>4160545
>>Go down the stairs with your knife – you’ll finish this before Cinder even needs to get involved. [This will require a roll.]
PURSUIT

>>4160545
>Use your grenade launcher and fire into the room – if she’s caught her footing, this will take her off of it. [This will require a HIGH roll.]
STEALTH IS OPTIONAL FOR THIS MISSION

Good morning everyone.

Unfortunately, I'm gonna be occupied until the evening, so I am henceforth going to leave the vote open! Anyone who hasn't voted, please come in and do so!

Thank you for understanding, and sorry for the inconvenience! I hope you all are doing great today, and I'll see you soon.

>>4160545
>>Use your grenade launcher and fire into the room – if she’s caught her footing, this will take her off of it. [This will require a HIGH roll.]

>>4160545
>>Use your grenade launcher and fire into the room – if she’s caught her footing, this will take her off of it. [This will require a HIGH roll.]
Time for a noobtube

>>4160545
>Use your grenade launcher and fire into the room – if she’s caught her footing, this will take her off of it. [This will require a HIGH roll.]

>>4161316
have any of you considered that we might end up hitting cinder with that grenade if we roll bad, and that we only have two more rounds of haste left, we need to rush her, since we kinda put her in a desperate spot

Good evening everyone! It's storming out. It's pretty great. Shall we begin?

>>4160551
>>4160552
>>4161146
>>4161212
>>4161233
>>4161316
>>4161337
You know what to do - please give me a d20, best of three wins!

Rolled 9 (1d20)

>>4162071

Rolled 10 (1d20)

>>4162071
360 no scope

Rolled 4 (1d20)

>>4162071
>going for the high roll option
>with our current run
Why.

>>4162094
Because as a hive mind, we’re incredibly stupid

>>4162097
You are single-handedly making us job.

>>4162080
So after a frankly fucking massive amount of technical difficulties on my end, I'm ready to get this ball rolling. Writing now!

>>4162197

Gritting your teeth and forcing yourself to stay put, you stow away your shotgun once more and raise the bullpup, jamming it tight against your stomach. The haste that is coursing relentlessly through your body want you to move, to expend your energy, but logic dictates that you cannot give her any opening whatsoever. With this grenade launcher, you won’t even have to worry about that little detail!

>UAG-36 grenade launcher: 1/3 (-1).

The spring fires and sends the ball down the staircase, and it quickly skitters out of your view. You can’t help but find a little bit of humor in the fact that this is the second time you’ve shot a grenade into that room – both times to counteract the unknown.

Seconds later, the explosion happens, and you hear more windows break due to the sheer pressure and shrapnel that it lets off. You take an additional moment to listen, resisting against the haste thrumming against your skin for just a little bit longer in order to ascertain if she’s still in the room or not.

You hear a distant thump as something hits the floor, followed by a pitter-patter of footsteps.

Fuck, you must have missed or knocked her down the hole. Either way, she now has a lead on you. Why doesn’t luck ever pan out in your fucking favor? If you were a lesser man, you would have ripped off the grenade launcher out of rage and sent it hurtling out the nearest window, but you don’t. It might come in handy later, even if this pisses you off at the moment.

Curiously enough, you don’t hear any gunfire or the turret going off. Your brow furrows – is Cinder still down there? You know for a fact you heard it go off earlier, but you have no fucking idea what’s going on down there, considering there’s two floors between you and there.

Gotta love multi-level maps.

>WARNING! Haste will expire in the next post.

>Rush down the stairs and dive through the hatch – you’ll use your haste to dodge the turret fire while searching for Sky. [This will require a LOW roll.]
>Take the express route and use the cable outside – you’ll use your haste to rain hell on Sky with your knife if you see her. [This will require a roll.]
>Write-in.

>Rush down the stairs and dive through the hatch – you’ll use your haste to dodge the turret fire while searching for Sky. [This will require a LOW roll.]
again, we need to take advantage of the haste

>>4162231
>Rush down the stairs and dive through the hatch – you’ll use your haste to dodge the turret fire while searching for Sky. [This will require a LOW roll.]

>>4162236
>>4162240
Alright, this wins! Please give me a good ol' fashioned ROLL. Best of three wins!

Rolled 20 (1d20)

>>4162255

Rolled 15 (1d20)

>>4162255

>>4162259
Bruh.

Rolled 18 (1d20)

>>4162255

Rolled 13 (1d20)

>>4162255
Thank you anon,

>>4162259
Let's boogie, anon. Writing now!

>>4162332

You shake your head and drop into a sprinting position, darting down the stairs as fast as you can. You can sense that the haste will end at any moment now, and you swore to yourself that you would make the most of it as long as you have it – with that being said, you practically throw yourself through the hatch and hit the ground running.

The turret placed outside immediately swivels in your direction, barrel beginning to heat up as it fires at you. Not allowing your haste-assisted momentum to fade, you bust out a cartwheel to dodge the suppressing fire that the turret lays down upon you, and every single shot misses. As soon as you’re back on your feet, your head is darting around the room, immediately looking for any signs of Cinder or Sky.

Neither are visible in the room, but you can make out something moving through the lessening smoke on the outside – Sky’s figure bolting to the other side of the ship, her pistol and knife gripped tightly in her hands. You have no idea where her sniper rifle went, but the fact that it’s gone bodes very well for you, as that puts a hard cap on her available range.

It also helps that she isn’t looking over her shoulders. She must assume that the turret is keeping you at bay decently enough, allowing her to make her way to a well-guarded location without too much hassle. You can’t blame her for that – it’s what an experienced player should do in this situation, and you’re willing to concede that it might be what you would do as well.

Unfortunately, she isn’t accounting for who you are.

With the last vestiges of haste pulsing through you, you prepare to make use of it in one final fucking hurrah – you don’t care how you do it, but you’re going to make it count.

You’re feeling lucky, after all.

>Use your shotgun – you got the flechette rounds for a reason.
>Use your knife – melee’s becoming second nature to you.
>Use your final grenade – you’ll make sure this one hits.
>Write-in.

>>4162363
>Use your final grenade – you’ll make sure this one hits.