Superheroes of the Trust Game Thread II

[DM_Matt]

(Fangor: Remember a while back when I changed my mind about allowing Persistent on healing? That applies here. Wren would know that he cant heal those wounds, a circumstance which he notes seem to be caused by whatever metal Ares' and Demos' weapons are made of.)

Viridian manages to telekinetically wrench the weapon towards Hope, who in turn catches it and runs at Ares, marshaling her power into physical strength while guided by her realization of the evil this blade has done. Hope tries to effectively swing Ares scythe, but barely manages to connect, cutting his forward shoulder before he parries the weapon away (1 bruise/injury, incurable).

Apollo blasts Ares as well, wounding him this time.

Nightweaver groggily watches the battle and realizes that Ares seems to physically benefit form the presence of violence...at minimum, it seems to boost his regenerative abilities.

(Star can take the weapon away from the ship now...does Hope let her take it?)

 

[DM_Matt]

"How far out is this thing? How much time do we have?"]

"Its coming in for a landing on the ships' deck. Its slowing. It looks like a very, very, flat craft, small and fast"

 

[Fangor the Fierce]

Wren HP 1, 2 Injuries, 3 Bruises

Wren takes note of the incoming traffic, knowing all too well that it would be a slim chance that they were reinforcements to his own group, and more than likely, Barrington's stooges. Noting that only Ares was still up, and that he can't heal the wounded Nitro (I will ammend my powers on the character sheet to reflect this), Wren decides that he would not allow the other villains to escape so easily. One of them is already snared and tethered, so he won't be escaping so easily. Deimos and Ares were left. Deimos looks out of it, yet Ares is still a force to be reckoned with.

Charging forth, with full force, Wren takes to Ares, as he calls out to the others, "Time's running out!"

He then strikes at Ares with his Cosmic Knife, the blue-white energy harnessed into one brutal strike. Hopefully it will be enough...

Unfortunately, it seems that the battle field is not his forte, as the strike goes wide right...
Strike Attack (1d20 13=14)

Luckily though, his new spot can afford the others close by a chance to be defended. (Will use Interpose as needed, to save the others)

 

[kirinke]

(Star can take the weapon away from the ship now...does Hope let her take it?)

At the moment, I'd think that Hope would realize that the weapon is probably their best chance of hurting Aron. Plus, she might not be willing to let go of it quite yet.

ooc:
"Viridian, we need to get the innocents out of here," she shouts, her voice tripling upon itself as she begins summoning up her own windborn abilities to scoot any of the ones in harm's way out danger, if necessary.

She takes another swipe at Aron with the weapon. Her eyes are still black, still being possessed by the Furies. "I have seen your past unnatural one, I know your future!" she taunts, grief and anger twisting her face.

Her tears are black as night, black as death.

 

[Victim]

(Star can take the weapon away from the ship now...does Hope let her take it?)

At the moment, I'd think that Hope would realize that the weapon is probably their best chance of hurting Aron. Plus, she might not be willing to let go of it quite yet.

(Looks like that a 'No' to the pollution plan.)

 

[kirinke]

(Looks like that a 'No' to the pollution plan.)

ooc:
Pretty much. It wouldn't make sense in game at the moment. Once they get back to the ship and Hope comes down from the Furies battle-rage, she'll want to get rid of it. Right now, she has only two things in mind, protecting her team-mates and killing Aron. And alot of the latter has to do with what the Furies are and with what Aron has done. They are practically demanding his death and Hope is really only too glad to comply, especially since she has directly seen what he has done.

IC:
Hope continues to taunt Aron, keeping his attention on her while Viridian sets up a portal to get them the heck outta there. She'll use the weapon on him, seeing as how it appears to be doing real damage.

"All of your years, all of your fighting, all of your supposed mastery of war.... All you really are is a common, classless butcher, a child tearing off the wings of flies, a coward protecting his own skin." Hope sneers, her ancient sounding voice bouncing off the walls of the ship, adding to the eerie effect. "You are no warrior, no soldier, no cunning killer. All you do is dance around, clapping at the sounds of the dead and dying. You are pathetic."

She laughs bitterly, grudgingly. "We have killed many like you, rended them to lie upon the gray wastes of Hades. You emulate the gods, but you have no real understanding of them."

 

[Raylis]

"You're just making him stronger! Nightweaver shouts, "He's supposed to be a war god and he said earlier he thrives off violence! Back down or we won't be him!

 

[kirinke]

"If we back down, he will beat us!" Hope snarls, but to Wren, she uses her wind-born voice.

"I'll distract him, use your cosmic abilities to cage him!" she said.

She levels the weapon against Aron, her clumsy movements belying an underlying grace as she swings and connects.


OOC take 2:
Die roll: 1d20+10 (weather attack array as she is using her powers to augment herself)
1d20+10 → [10,10] = (20) http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/1537002/
(Using Hope Winters) I just hope I did this right....

 

[DM_Matt]

Wren runs at Ares, but the skillful warrior jumps to the left, such that he misses entirely. Hope swings the blade clumsily at Ares as he moves into her rightward swing, but he suddenly ducks the blow entirely (surge to bluff-redirect Hope, takes the fatigue for now). Hope buries the scythe in Wren's chest (Crit! Disabled, Staggered, Stunned, Injury, Bruise...all incurable...this result is even with a reroll)

Ares laughs gleefully "Silly girl and your silly lectures." He grabs the scythe with both hands as if he was going to yank it away, but instead he yanks himself towards Hope and slams his armored forehead into hers. She goes down (KO, staggered, stunned, bruised...after another successful bluff) and he opens his hand, the scythe returning to it. "Pathetic, arrogant little fool. You clearly know I am Ares, so I can tell you that I knew the Furies, I battled the Furies, and they were no more gods than I...just a superpowered vigilante group. And you arent them, not by a long shot. The Furies in your head are just manifestations of your rage and hatred that you cannot face yourself. Like me, these emotions grant you power...but far less. Hey, don't pass out while I'm talking to you." She does anyway. (He has a few ranks of Quickness(Limited:Gloating) )


Meanwhile, Jacobson reports. "The ship landed on the deck. Its top is opening up. Oh crap, I get it now. No wonder its so thin. Its a drone...basically just an engine and a nav system attached to a teleportal. Five hostiles just teleported in. They are wearing the masks and armor like Barrington's supers, black with a globe logo on the chest, with some individual customization, especially on the shoulders. I'll try to ID them."

 

[Victim]

(Since Star didn't get a chance to run off with the weapon, shouldn't she have feinted and shot (at) Ares that round? Best case scenario is probably that Star gets another HP though, since I can't see that bit of awesomeness getting redone... )