Project Apocalypse RPG Session 16 Log Session Start: Sun Apr 02 19:27:31 2000 ============================================================================ Cast of Characters: Dragonmaster Lou as Gamemaster, Wounded Man, Claw Man, Gordon Bray, Guards Aerian as Xorn Bryann as Dragoona Lucia as Rista Scott Kroush as LeBeau (Dragonmaster Lou as ~LeBeau) Seath as Ashmodeel Danny Capote as Richard (Dragonmaster Lou as ~Richard) ============================================================================ ===GAME ON=== --You're still riding on horseback to the fortress just outside Leuna where the nation's Dark Mana is stored...-- * Dragoona rides! :O Woo! :P * Richard smiles slightly. * Xorn run-hover-flies =p --The road is quiet, fortunately... No beasties on the way. :)-- * Rista shifts in her saddle, and tries /again/ to keep her skirt in place. ~LeBeau: "How much further do you think it is, mes amis?" Richard: "It can't be too much..." Rista: "I hope it's not much farther." --You can barely smell smoke in the wind...-- * Dragoona stays quiet. --The noises of gunfire and explosions can barely be heard up ahead.-- * Rista snaps her head up. "What's that?" * Richard hits the horse lightly with the reins to speed it up. Dragoona: "Nani?!" * Dragoona does, yeah... what Richard did. :p --You can see, just barely, what looks like a small Technomage airship hovering above a small fortress... The ship doesn't seem to be flying the Technomage colors though, almost as if it was stolen...-- Richard: "Hmmmm..." Ashmodeel: "That is very interesting." Rista: "........." Dragoona: "What is, Ash?" Ashmodeel: "That ship." --There seems to be some sort of ropes dangling from below it, being used to cart things up to the ship...-- Dragoona: "Uh... O_o Other than the fact it's _attacking the town_, what makes it so interesting?" Ashmodeel: "Could it be that the Technomages are helping the Tenshi?" --The airship, as it comes to be more and more into view, appears to be significantly older than the Arcadia, as if it's an outdated model...-- Richard: "The designs on the ship seem different than those on the Arcadia... Maybe it was stolen from the Technomages." * Dragoona blinks. "Uh... why? The Tenshi are allied with Savanti, aren't they? And don't Savanti and Betulia hate each other?" Rista: "I doubt that... It looks rather old..." Ashmodeel: "Ahem, the Tenshi USED to be allied with Savanti." * Richard quickens the pace of the horse. He goes ahead of the others. Dragoona: "Oh, yeah. You killed the guy and whatnot. Gotcha." * Ashmodeel shakes his head a few times. --As you get closer to the fortress, you find various bodies lying beside the road... Some are dead, some are unconscious but badly wounded... Some appear to have gunshot wounds, others as if they were clawed by some wild animal.-- * Rista stares... "Dear Gods above and below!" * Dragoona blinks. "What in the HELLS happened here?!" ~LeBeau: "Mon Dieu..." Richard: "It was probably that guy Quai Chang was talking about..." * Richard dismounts his horse to check some of the people. He kneels down by one who is still breathing. "What happened here?" Wounded Man: "That... man... Claws... attacked the fortress... Wants... Dark Mana..." Richard: "Can you give us a name?" Dragoona: "I think he said his name was 'Claws.'" Wounded Man: "B... B... Bray... G... Gordon Bray..." * ~LeBeau pales. Ashmodeel: "Does anybody know of a person by that name?" Richard: "I haven't the foggiest idea of who that could be..." Rista: "No idea..." ~LeBeau: "Ah do..." * Richard looks around at everyone else and then at LeBeau. "Who is he, Henri?" * Rista nods... "Who is he?" ~LeBeau: "Years ago, a man went on a killin' spree back in Iria." ~LeBeau: "He was a lunatic, wit' claws as his weapons." ~LeBeau: "Back then, Ah was still a thief, but because of this man, Gordon Bray, I changed." * ~LeBeau bows his head and sighs in despair. * Rista pales a trifle. * Rista rests a hand on Henri's shoulder. Richard: "So what happened? You let him get away?" ~LeBeau: "I joined the Irian guard because of him, however, not before he killed Genevieve..." Richard: "Genevieve? A former lover?" Rista: "........." * Rista turns away slightly. ~LeBeau: "She was... my first true love... I pledged I would defeat him after that day." * ~LeBeau: "....." * Richard looks at Rista. "Oh... I'm sorry." Richard: "So what happened when you tried to kill him? Was it a stalemate?" ~LeBeau: "I was never able ta' find him again... He has been on the run for ahl these years..." Richard: "I see..." Richard: "Well, I guess you're going to get your chance today..." * ~LeBeau looks up and nods with a look of determination... ~LeBeau: "Anyway, le's go, mes amis..." Dragoona: "..." --Smoke gets heavier in the air as you approach the small fortress... You can also see that the substance being loaded about the airship is apparently... Dark Mana!-- Rista: "... Oh no..." Dragoona: "..." -_- Dragoona: "Why are we always too late for these things?" --Finally, you can see some more bodies strewn about the outside of the building... Standing near them is a large, powerfully-built man. He is wearing artificial claws on his hands and has a gun at his side.-- * Dragoona draws her sword. * Richard mutters to LeBeau, "Is that him?" --The claw-man seems to be supervising the operation from the ground...-- * ~LeBeau nods. Rista: "..........." * Rista tries to keep in the background as much as possible... Claw Man: "Let's see... There shouldn't be much more Dark Mana left here... Deimu should be most pleased..." Dragoona: "..." Dragoona: (q) "Deimu... So he's behind the Tenshi and stuff, then?" Ashmodeel: "Shh!" * Richard says to Dragoona quietly, "Ummm... We already established that a few days ago, Dragoona... In Thunder Wind, when we defeated Theran..." Rista: "...." ~LeBeau: "C'mon, mes amis, now's our chance to get him..." Dragoona: (q) "Oh yeah..." ~LeBeau: "What ah' we waitin' for?" Richard: "For you to lead us on, Henri. This is your battle..." Ashmodeel: "This is your revenge, you should confront him first." Rista: "... Just... please be careful, Henri..." Dragoona: "Go, LB! Kick ass and take names!" ^_- * ~LeBeau runs off to confront Bray! --The party continues to confront Gordon Bray. He is still standing between you and the fortress, claws on his hands, pistol holstered at his hip. The stolen airship continues to hover overhead.-- Gordon Bray: "I never thought I'd see you here, LeBeau..." * LeBeau pulls a card out of his pocket. "Ah t'ought ya'd still be in 'de Irian dungeon rottin', Bray." Gordon Bray: "They haven't built the dungeon that could hold me. Besides, I was hired by Deimu when he said he needed some muscle, so to speak..." Gordon Bray: "Part of my contract included bustin' me out..." LeBeau: "'Den ah'll bet yer out ta settle 'de score fer my beatin ya b'fore, eh?" Gordon Bray: "Actually, I never expected to get the chance... However *clenches his fists* let's just say I've been waiting for this day for a long time..." LeBeau: "Ya wanna settle 'dis, Mon ami, 'den le's do it." Gordon Bray: "Hehehe, just one warning, I'm a lot stronger than I once was..." ===BOSS COMBAT! GORDON BRAY=== Dragoona: (q) "This is your fight, LB... but if you're in trouble, I'm not afraid to help. Rista'd go completely off the handle if you died..." LeBeau: "Same 'ere...an' ah still ain' fergot 'ow ya killed Gen years ago." * Gordon Bray licks his lips. "As yes... Smelling her blood was quite sweet..." LeBeau: "Ah'll make sure ya die 'ere, Bray." Gordon Bray: "Heh, we'll see... Personally, I'm looking forward to smelling your own blood..." * Dragoona takes the front row, still keeping it behind LB, though. * Gordon Bray draws his pistol and takes aim... --You also notice that Gordon Bray has several glowing crystals, appearing to be Mana Eggs, on his belt...-- Richard casts Confidence! * Richard smiles at the group and says to each of them, trying to boost their confidence, "C'mon you guys! We can finish this quickly! Just focus on your target!" Everyone's hit% up 9! * LeBeau narrows his eyes. "Ah'm as focused as ah kin git... Ah've wanted 'de chance ta kill 'dis bastard fer years." Dragoona casts Leviathan's Rage! Dragoona: "Leviathan, sea dragon, may you let your power become mine..." * Dragoona slashes out at Bray, her sword letting out a small tidal wave as it hits! Gordon Bray is hit for 644 damage! LeBeau summons the Thunderbird! * LeBeau throws a sphere of energy into the air. "T'underbird... WASTE 'DIS JOKER!" In the heavens above, storm clouds gather... Emerging from one is the majestic, legendary creature known as the Thunderbird, surrounded by a shroud of lightning... Thunderbird casts Diving Bolt! The Thunderbird goes into a sharp dive, pulling up at the last second just after firing a devastating bolt of lightning from its beak! Gordon Bray is hit for 1029 damage! Ashmodeel casts Grey Lightning! Gordon Bray is hit for 337 damage! Gordon Bray casts Jerk Shot! Gordon Bray fires three shots from his pistol at Ashmodeel, LeBeau, and Xorn! LeBeau: "'Dat fits Bray... Jerk Shot from a jerk." LeBeau: "Or shoul' ah say, Jerk Shot from a jerk OFF!" Ashmodeel is hit by the shot for 21 damage and is paralyzed. LeBeau is hit by the shot for 36 damage and is paralyzed. Xorn is hit for 1 damage and resists paralysis. LeBeau: "Youch." LeBeau: "Fig'res... couln' beat me wit'out a gun." Gordon Bray casts Rockslide on the back row! The entire rear of the party is hit by a deluge of falling boulders! * Richard looks at Bray..." Ashmodeel is hit for 1 damage. Richard 28. Rista 12. Gordon Bray attacks Dragoona with his claws! Dragoona is scratched for 1 damage. Xorn attacks! Dragoona: "... Was that supposed to hurt again?" ^^; First attack... 38 damage... Second attack... 45 damage. Rista casts Risk on Gordon Bray! A cloud of new a new form of chaotic magic forms overhead... It swirls until it homes in on... Gordon Bray! Gordon Bray is hit by the intense blast for 90 damage! ===ROUND 2=== Ashmodeel and LeBeau remain paralyzed... * Dragoona takes the crest outta her headband... Dragoona: "Looks like I may actually use you for once..." ^_- Richard casts Confidence! * Richard smiles at the group and says to each of them, trying to boost their confidence, "C'mon you guys! We can finish this quickly! Just focus on your target!" Everyone's hit% up 10! Dragoona lays the smack down and summons Neptune! * Dragoona ... uh... summons Neptune. And has like NO MP left now. :p A huge wave of water comes from over the horizon... Riding atop it is the elven founder known as Neptune! Neptune raises his cane and prepares to cast a spell... Neptune casts Snowbind! The moisture in the air surrounding Gordon Bray begins to condense into sonow flakes... The flakes then surround bray and encase him in a large ball of ice and snow! Gordon Bray suffers 1049 damage! LeBeau remains paralyzed... Ashmodeel remains paralyzed... Gordon Bray casts Air Blade on Ashmodeel! Ashmodeel is hit by a knife of pure air for 20 damage. Gordon Bray casts Psycho Claw on the front row! Bray slices and dices through the front row with his clawed hands like a true lunatic! LeBeau: "Fig'res... a psycho usin' a psycho technique." * Dragoona blinks. * Richard looks at LeBeau oddly. "Riiight..." LeBeau: "Ah fought 'im b'fore, Richard." * Richard shrugs and looks at Bray. Dragoona is hit for 7 damage. LeBeau 23 damage. Xorn 1 damage. Gordon Bray casts Diving Claw on Dragoona! Dragoona: "..." * Dragoona brings up her shield to stop the madperson. Gordon Bray leaps high up into the air and does a kamikaze dive into Dragoona with his claw. Dragoona the mighty suffers 9 damage. Gordon Bray attacks Dragoona! Dragoona: "... Okay. You can stop trying to annoy me now." Dragoona is hit for 1 damage. Xorn attacks! First attack... Critical hit! 80 damage! Second attack... 39 damage... Rista casts Heal Aura on the front row! Everyone in the front row regains 27 HP... ===ROUND 3=== Ashmodeel and LeBeau remain paralyzed... Richard uses Sacred Incense on Ashmodeel! Paralysis cured! * Richard takes out a Sacred Incense and lights it in front of Ashmodeel. Dragoona casts Illusion Litany on the front row! Dragoona: "Winds of Change, obscure with your power! Illusion Litany!" * Dragoona casts Illusion Litany on the front row! The row seems to fade into the nearby surroundings with the power of the spell! Everyone in front gains 4 Dod% LeBeau remains paralyzed... Ashmodeel casts Negate Beam on Gordon Bray! The intense blast of darkness hits Gordon Bray for 174 damage! Gordon Bray casts Flood Rain on the entire party! Dragoona: "... Can't you just die already?" The entire party is deluged by a a flood of water from the heavens... Ashmodeel suffers 1 damage. Dragoona suffers 1. Richard 19. LeBeau 13. Rista 11. Xorn 7. Gordon Bray attacks Xorn! Xorn is scratched by his claws for 7 damage. Xorn attacks! First attack... 46 damage. Second attack... Critical hit! 93 damage! Rista casts Recovery Blessing on LeBeau! LeBeau recovers 108 HP! LeBeau: "T'anks, Rista." ===ROUND 4=== LeBeau is no longer paralyzed! Rista: "My pleasure..." * LeBeau charges the card in his hand with his light tech. "'Dis is fer Gen, an' fer de rest 'o 'de folks ya killed, Bray." Gordon Bray: "Heh... You think you're going to hurt me with your parlor tricks? I can already smell your blood... My mouth is watering as we speak!" Dragoona: "... You're a freak. Yanno that?" Gordon Bray: "You do realize after I'm done with him, you're next..." Richard attacks! First attack... Critical hit! 99 damage! Dragoona: "Yeah, yeah... whatever. Just don't run into my sword in your bloodlust." * Rista glares... "Touch them, and you will regret it..." Second attack... Critical hit! 97 damage! Dragoona: "Or, for that matter, hit my fist with your face." LeBeau: "'E knows 'dat, Dragoona... Ah've gotta settle 'dis... Ah didn't kill 'im back 'den w'en ah should've." Dragoona casts Bahamut's Fang! * Dragoona ... uh... casts Bahamut's Fang! Gordon Bray is hit for 444 damage! LeBeau casts Winning Hand! * LeBeau throws the light infused card at Bray. It explodes on impact into a shower of light. Gordon Bray is hit for 359 damage... Gordon Bray staggers... Gordon Bray collapses on the ground... VICTORY! * LeBeau looks at Dragoona. "'Kin ah borrah yer sword fer a sec?" 100 XP, 60 MXP, 750 Cira, 8 SXP acquired. * Rista stands a tad to the side, watching with wide eyes. Dragoona: "... Sure." * Dragoona falters for a second, and then hands the sword to LB. * LeBeau takes the blade, and infuses it with his light tech as he walks over to Bray's body. "J'est ta make sure." He runs the blade through Bray's head. * Dragoona winces. Dragoona: "Wasn't that a bit... harsh, LB?" ^^; Gordon Bray is quite dead now... * Rista gasps and turns away. LeBeau: "No more 'arsh 'dan w'at 'e did ta' all 'dose folks years ago. 'E was scheduled ta die anyway." Dragoona: "..." --The stolen airship continues to hover overhead, loading itself full of Dark Mana...-- Rista: "......" * LeBeau hands the blade back to Dragoona. "T'was j'est bad luck 'dat ah woun' up fightin' 'im again." LeBeau: "Now, 'owda we stop 'dat airship?" --A woman's voice, too distant to be fully recognized, can be heard saying, "Hurry up and load that mana, Bray's already died and we don't have time!"-- --Bray was the only guard surrounding the conveyer pulling Dark Mana aboard the ship...-- LeBeau: "Ah know..." Dragoona: "... Should we sneak on?" ;) LeBeau: "Good idea." LeBeau: "Comin' Rista?" * Dragoona gets on the conveyer. ^-^ * LeBeau follows Dragoona. * Rista follows the others, slowly. --The conveyer climbs slowly up to the airship...-- --When you get up to the airship, you are immediately attacked by a dozen guards!-- Dragoona: "Oh, hi there." ^_^ * Dragoona draws her sword Guards: "Stop them! Stop them in the name of Lady Kasumi!" * LeBeau pulls out about 10 cards, infuses them and throws them at the guards. Rista: "... Yeah." LeBeau: "Wanna play wit' LB? 'Ere... take a card." --The guards are knocked out easily enough...-- Dragoona: "..." --There is a ladder heading up to a higher deck up ahead...-- * Rista walks up to a guard all seductive-like. "Hi babe," Then, she knees him. Dragoona: "Uh... what was the point of that?" ^^; * Dragoona climbs up, sword still drawn. ~Richard: "I guess you just can't find good help anymore..." * LeBeau follows Dragoona. LeBeau: "Guess so..." Rista: "I've always wanted to do that." ^_^ --On this deck, you are attacked by two dozen guards!-- LeBeau: "Dragoona? Wanna do 'de honors?" Guards: "Seize them! Lady Kasumi ordered all boarders to be captured!" LeBeau: "Not t'day, ya jackoff." Dragoona: "..." Rista: "You people aren't very smart, are you?" * Dragoona starts to attack them, knocking most of them out but skewering one right through the gut. ^^; Guard: "Lady Kasumi, we have failed..." --There is a stairwell leading up to a higher deck up ahead...-- * LeBeau takes the stairs. Dragoona: "..." * Dragoona stares at the now shish-kabobbed soldier and blinks. * Rista follows LB up the stairs. * Dragoona just stands there, shocked. LeBeau: "COME ON, DRAGOONA!" Dragoona: "..." Dragoona: "I..." --On this floor, you're attacked by three dozen guards!-- LeBeau: "Okay..." Guards: "We must not let the intruders reach Lady Kasumi!" LeBeau: "Ok... that's it..." * LeBeau starts bashing one after the other with his bo staff. --The guards are quite easily knocked out...-- * Dragoona slowly walks up the stairs in enough time to see LB chew ass and kick bubble gugum... * Dragoona still seems REALLY out of it, though. Rista: "... Are you okay, Dragoona?" --There is one more stairwell ahead with a sign above that says "main deck."-- Dragoona: "I... can't... I... my god..." LeBeau: "Ya a'ight, Dragoona?" Rista: "... Dragoona?" Dragoona: "..." Dragoona: "I... killed someone..." o_o LeBeau: "Dragoona, Ah know it wears 'way at ya. Ah've seen people killed bot' in battle an' murdered. In 'dis case, killin' may j'est be necessary." Dragoona: "... I..." * Rista rests a hand on Dragoona's shoulder. Dragoona: "But..." LeBeau: "Snap outta it, Dragoona... We need yer 'elp 'ere... Come on." Rista: "It's all right, Dragoona... calm down... relax." Dragoona: "You... you guys don't understand. It's... you don't know what it's like... to just suddenly see someone staring up at you... pleading with lifeless eyes... pleading to give back what you just took." LeBeau: "Ya'd be su'prised... Ah saw someone ah loved get killed by 'de man ah killed down 'dere..." Rista: "I do understand Dragoona, I know how you feel... When I used to try to heal those in my village... they looked to me for help..." Dragoona: "..." Dragoona: "It's not the same... you... you weren't directly responsible for their deaths..." Rista: "And I killed them instead... and the last thing I saw in their eyes was confusion... asking me /why/... And I could never answer..." LeBeau: "T'was not a great day in my life w'en she died in my arms." Rista: "I wasn't violent about it... but... it /was/ me who killed them." Rista: "... I could never answer... because I didn't /know/ why my healing killed them... I'm surprised that I haven't killed all of /you/." Dragoona: "..." * Dragoona sighs. "Well... I guess you're right... We have to do this, whether it hurts or not..." * Rista shakes herself out of the memory. "You're not alone Dragoona.." * LeBeau pats both of them on the shoulder. "Neithah o' ya are... So le's get 'dis ovah wit." Dragoona: "There's time to mope around later... We have a ship to stop." ^_^ * Rista nods. "Let's go." LeBeau: "Dragoona, w'at's 'de bes' way ta stop a ship? Take out 'de engines..." * Dragoona goes forward, but not before sheathing her sword. Dragoona: "Yeah." * LeBeau follows Dragoona. Dragoona: "But where would the engines be?" ~Richard: "We also could take out the captain..." * Rista follows the others. --There is another door on this floor that says, "Galley, Quarters, Mess Hall, and Engine Room", but it is locked tight.-- Dragoona: "... I heard the name 'Kasumi.' Remember her, Rich? The cold-hearted bitch?" ~Richard: "I do... Do you think she's on board?" Dragoona: "She's probably the captain. If that's the case... we do NOT want to take that course." * ~Richard nods. --The stairwell leading to the main deck is still open...-- ===SESSION END===