>>17481740

/r/ current forces at our disposal.

>>17481740
Ask Melchior if he knows where Gaspar might be, and if he's met with any other echoes.

If he hasn't, have the Observer check out the Sun Shrine in more detail, VP-99 to the North Palace (blue pyramid) and the VF-25 remnants to the City of Dreams.
While we're still here in the City of Magic, find the energy signature that Egon had detected earlier.

>>17481783
>While we're still here in the City of Magic, find the energy signature that Egon had detected earlier.
Seconding this part. Personally, I am against splitting up much here though.

>>17481763
Finalon the Elf, Lyla the White Mage, Elaine, Darius Fortes, Lt. Commander Data, BLU team, Spike Spiegal, Egon Spengler, Carl “Mouse” Sampson, Star-Lord, Douglas Cartland

You have the following troops, all with kinetic barriers, Shadowrun gear, and reality emitters.
>Enough Advanced Bio-Stabilizer Masks. (Immune mind affect/poison) for 12 squads.
1 squad (4/12) of UNIT troops with Power Armor, Fallout energy weapons, and A280 Blaster Rifles.
1 squad (3/12) of SCP troopers with Tiberium enhanced lasers, Phaser Rifles, and Advanced Power Armor mk 2
1 squad (11/11) of Sandmen with Mass Rifles.
1 squad (7/12) of Delta Greens with Chinese Stealth Armor, Mass Rifles, and A280 Blaster Rifles
3 Mobile Infantry in Marauders equipped with Panther Assault Cannons and Phaser Rifles.
1 Auror team with prototype NOD armor and AK-47 backup weapons
2 (8/20-3/4)(10/20-4/4) Reasonable Marines Tactical Squads with 4 Silencers each.
Zombie Hunter Squad: 15/15. Especially good vs. undead units. Starts with 20th century arms and body armor. Led by Dr. Han.
4 Prawn Combat Suits
TG Soldier Squad(7/12. Equipped with Pulse Rifles, Laser Rifles, and Fat Men.)
Drone Squad (2/16) (Includes 1 Protoss Observer and VP-99.)
Abjurer Team (L9 3/6)

3 Tomahawk Destroids, 2 Mad Cat Battlemechs, 1 squadron of VF-25s (7/12), Char in Hyaku Shiki, and Crowe in Brasta.

>>17481783
>>17481821
Unfortunately, Melchoir does not have any new information to share.

The energy signatures Egon was detecting in the city were from passive magical machines that seem to still function. Lights, water heaters, basic infrastructure.

>If he hasn't, have the Observer check out the Sun Shrine in more detail, VP-99 to the North Palace (blue pyramid) and the VF-25 remnants to the City of Dreams.

These sites are completely intact, but seem to be completely abandoned as well.

>>17481857
Oh, the 3 SCP guys got bowled over by the Tail of Ebon Night when it attacked, are they alright?

>>17481887
Ask Belthasar if he actually has a prototype of the Wings of Time ready. Our technical specialists may be able to fit it to the Blackbird, which I would prefer as our exit method.

Then I believe that, since no other echoes were detected in a search of the other locations, that we only have the Palace left.
Have the Observer begin taking scans of the Palace; I want a floor plan and the locations of any echoes or psionically active individuals.

If I recall from before I lapsed out of consciousness correctly, there seemed to be some suggestion that there might be some early bits of the Epoch around?
I recall bits of Ebon Night interrupted.

>>17481937
They were banged up, but the Medic and Elaine patched them up.

Balthasar winces. "Ah... I wish it was. But everything in this place is an echo. Not the real thing. Not so bad for things like people or plants, but magical devices... well, they don't really work."

The Observer heads towards the Palace.

Enhasa, Kajar, Sun Shrine, and North Palace.
Have we been through all the places and found no items or people of interest?

rolled 50 = 50

>>17481980
The OP forgets to roll.

>>17481980
Do you think it would be possible to make the Blackbird functional?

>>17481986
Is the Mountain of Woe still present?
Might as well check there too.

>>17482009
"Everything's possible, lad. If nothing else works, I guess I could give it a go."

>>17481988
The Observer manages to pick up Tosh's psionic signature within the upper palace levels, along with at least two extremely strong magical signatures. The data seems to indicate at least one is an echo.

The Observer is charting a floor plan and recommend course now.

>>17482026
>Mountain of Woe
>STEAL ELIXIRS FOR THE LOVE OF GOOOOOOOOD!

>>17481857
>>17482026
Send the Brasta to the Mountain of Woe. When that's done have him rendevous with Char.

>>17481980
You know, we should try to make sure we keep the bearings to this place. A nice sunny land with working lights, water heaters, a lake, and isolated from canon would make a great place for TG shore leave.

>>17482039
>>17482057
"Hey Crowe, loot everything you can in there!"

>>17482072
How do you suppose we bookmark a bearing for this place?

>>17482091

Second star and straight on till morning, give or take a couple time loops?

>>17482073
>>17482057
>>17482056
That's IF the Mountain of Woe exists here.

>>17482039
Ask Egon and the Auror team how to stabilize the time ghosts.

>>17482057

Let's scan the are to see if the Mountain of Woe even exists, first.

Sending Crowe to loot something that doesn't even physically exist would spend valuable time and be a little cruel to someone so heavily indebted.

>>17482091
If I knew that, I'd be in the Bureau of Sciences, not the Guard. I'll leave that to Egon, Data, and the Gurus.

>>17482072
If only you didn't repeated get the feeling of being watched, and consistently see movement out of the corner of your eye, but never turning in time to see what it was.

>>17482057
Brasta flies around, but does not find the Mountain of Woe. When it attempts to fly down past a certain point, its sensors begin to go wild and Crowe pulls up.

>>17482138
>>17482039

We should also probably Balthasar and Melchior if they can exist stably outside of this time-lost version of Zeal.

>>17482039
One of those echoes is likely to be Queen Zeal.

Before we go to the Palace, we should make sure that we've at least looked over the other locations for Gaspar. The Three Gurus will likely be needed to get everyone out.

Assuming that the Mountain of Woe doesn't exist, We should probably begin making our way towards the Palace.

>>17482151
>If only you didn't repeated get the feeling of being watched, and consistently see movement out of the corner of your eye, but never turning in time to see what it was.
Which reminds me, we should ask the Gurus about that, it is a little unsettling.

>>17482138
"We might be able to bind them to an object or person like Guts was bound to Gondegal. I'll have to run some tests. Check back in a while," Egon says, running a PK-E meter over the sages.

"Don't talk about us like we aren't here," Melchoir complains.

>>17482151

>Movement out of the corner of our eyes that we can't seem to catch or glimpse

This may be very bad or super bad. And we wouldn't even know it.

>>17482151
Ask the two Gurus if they know what's watching us, if it's the Nu's or something else.

Also, as we walk towards the Palace, ask Egon and Data to run a scan with what equipment they have on Belthasar and Melchior, and see if they can determine what a temporal echo is, and if they can keep their existence stabilized outside of this timestream.

Also have VP-99 and Crowe return to us and form up.

>>17482151
Have Crowe mark down that suspicious place on our maps.

>>17482205

We should also consult the Gurus themselves. They're pretty smart guys, and Balthasar was even working on a time machine; he probably has some valuable theories on time travel and relativity and flux capacitors and all that other technobabble.

>>17482151

I guess this also means he's found the boundary of this place? Anyways we need to see where this point lies on the map.

>>17482181
Indeed, work with them, not just talk about them.
However, I do recall time ghosts seemed more stable than spirits.
Can we interact with them physically? Most time ghost encounters were friendly, so it didn't come up..
Though one might call the whole Devourer of Time thing an echo that got a hostile life of it's own.

>>17482223
That 'suspicious place' would be the borders of this bubble of temporal memory.
You don't want to exit that way if you can help it.

>>17482181
Have the two Gurus, Egon, Data, and even Engineer take a look at the problem of stabilizing time echoes. Maybe by understanding them, we can find not only a way to keep them stable, but also a way to leave this echo of Zeal.

rolled 67 = 67

>>17482170
>>17482205
>>17482227
"You're beginning to see other echoes," Melchoir says. "They're all around. The others who died here. But you won't be able to detect them until you... well, synchronize with this place."

"I would recommend leaving before then if you can," Belthasar says. "It might complicate escape attempts."

Bind the time ghosts to someone, huh?

Alright Egon, you must do what you must.

Also, let's find that clumsy Auror and bind one of the gurus to her, so she can be useful beyond trying to act cute being clumsy and having big boobs.

>>17482287
Egon, Data, and the gurus converse while the group marches to the palace. The Aurors join them in this conversation when they meet up. They conclude that a variant of the spell the Aurors cast on Gondegal might enable the sages to better interact with the physical world outside of Zeal, while anchoring them to an object or person might help them exist without complications.

>>17482287
Looks like we're on the clock, people.
Let's hurry up and get to Tosh.
Do we have any of those newfangled flying contraptions laying about?

>>17482303
When did the clumsy Auror suddenly get a sex-change? They were a HE when we were in Rivendell.

>>17482312
I suppose we should ask the Gurus if they would prefer to be anchored to an item or a person.
If a person, I would recommend Egon or Data, as under normal circumstances we would keep them safe in orbit.

Have the Delta Greens activate their stealth systems and stay ahead of the group towards the Palace. Scout, too. Have them scout ahead, using the Observer's map of the Palace. Don't go up to the top yet, though.

>>17482336
Just shows how many fucks we actually gave on that.

>>17482336
I have no idea. People suddenly started saying he was a she. Though I guess a spell could've backfired or something.

>>17482378
dohohohoho

Does that Observer have the floor plans and/or the recommended course of entry ready?

I think Tosh was at the top of the castle, wasn't he? It'd be nice to have it go closer and try to get a better read on his location. Although the psi-signatures the observer gives off might get detected by any latent defenses. And we can scarcely afford another drone loss.

At this rate the clumsy Auror will evolve into a miserable blob of fetishes ／人 ◕ ‿‿ ◕ 人＼

>>17482368
The Delta Greens activate their suits and move out, scouting a path through the palace just short of the upper levels. They encounter nothing along their way, not even any traps.

>>17482378
>>17482336

Ideally, the Gurus should be bound to people who are going to spend a lot of time in research. I'm not sure if binding them to one or more aurors that are both clumsy or ditzy would help our research effort (though it would do wonders for meeting our monthly schadenfreude limits).

The same principle goes for the objects that they will be bound to.

Hooray, /tg/ quest!
Fuck, I'm late.

>>17482422

>Megane Dojikko

>>17482312
>>17482368
Agree, Egon and Data are the best people for that.
Though if it is a one-per-person thing, we'll need another for Gaspar.

Which reminds me of something my tired brain forgot to ask last night, do the Aurors detect/scry Gondegal anywhere?

>>17482420
Like I said: Flying machines.
But really, all we can do is move forward until something happens.

rolled 92 = 92

>>17482463
They attempt it...

>>17482462
YESSSS


Yessssssssssssssssssssssss......

I think if we bind one of them to the Clumsy Auror, it would help her somehow. It will also keep her out of harm's way too.

>>17482433
Oh, have the Aurors been able to detect Gondegal anywhere? Or did he 'die' when he empowered the Black Arrow and pierced Ebon Night?

As for the Palace, have the Observer stay on passive sensors. Have the mechs stay outside; they won't be able to enter.
Move towards the top of the Palace, Aurors and Abjurers in front and ready to put up magical defenses.
In fact, have the Abjurers cast Shield on themselves before we enter the room where Tosh and the other echoes are; it'll last 8 minutes and can absorb magic missiles.

>>17482463
Problem is that we sent Data into a dangerous situation once or twice, so Data as a binder should only be temporary. I say we use the Abjurer team, or bind the two other gurus to Char and Crowe.

>>17482484
The Aurors manage to locate Gondegal in the upper levels of the palace. He appears to be hiding, masking his presence within Tosh, who is bound to an odd statue. Opposite him is the glowing form of Gaspar, who appears bound by glowing chains to another statue. Dominating the room is a massive Machine.

>>17482491

I'm sure Melchior wouldn't mind. Data may be too much of a jack-of-all-trades hero to be holed up in R&D/Engineering for too long, given his tenure in Starfleet.

But I still think we should bind them to research-exclusive personnel for MAXIMUM MAGISCIENCE. The clumsy auror(s) should be a last resort if we exhaust all of our research personnel.

>>17482524
We need a luck-boosting item for the clumsy auror. Like luck-enhanced eyeglasses.

It seems if we destroy the Mammon Machine, this whole kingdom will go kaboom?

>>17482522
well, that's...ominous.

>>17482515
We plan of getting more engineers so we can shuffle them around if need be, and eventually they'll Science! up a way to stabilize themselves completely.

>>17482522

Shiiiiiiiiiit.

At least we know where our other personnel are.

Consult Melchior and Balthasar. Inform them of the situation, ask them if there's any way to safely deactivate or otherwise render the Mammon machine harmless.

Crazy idea: deactivate Mammon Machine, then LOOT IT with our mechs.

>>17482522
"Good news, Gurus! We have found Gaspar!
Bad news, he's bound to a statue and it looks like the Mammon Machine is active.
"This could get dicey, everyone. Abjurers, you'll want defensive magics thrown up. Lyla and Elaine, ReRaise on yourselves, and a Wall on Darius and Star-Lord, who can stand in front."

>>17482556

Also, ask them if they know of any secret passages or such that we might be able to use to get to the Mammon machine room.

>>17482569
>>17482556
Second these questions.

>>17482567
You know guys, we can have the VF-25's bore a hole in the castle walls with their head lasers and basically airlift people up through the hole.

A VF-25's head lasers were able to slice through the bulkheads and hull of the Battle Galaxy in the finale of Macross Frontier; a castle wall, even magically enhanced, should be able to be cut through.

>>17482522
Well that's where we're headed. To the palace, away!

Looting the Mammon Machine will probably blow this place up. We'll need to doorstop with the Lance of Longinus as that happens.

Where would Magos's echo likely be? Upper floors of the palace? He -might- be worth getting, and also might be worth staying right the fuck away from.

>>17482522
Balls.
Inform the other Gurus of this along with our science and magi folk.
I'll bet my shoes that the power source that's off the carts is that too.
Just how functional that machine is scares me.

If an echo of Lavos can bind with someone to become the Dream Devourer, I wonder if the Queen is trying to bind them to the machine and still tap into that power.
The bit about Dalton aiding Porre in destroying Guardia from outside time keeps running through my head.

>>17482556
>>17482567
"The Mammon room was built for defensibility and security. There aren't secondary ways in..." Melchoir says.

"...but if you get us there, we can probably deactivate it safely. We DID build it, after all," Belthasar says.

>>17482604
Let's have the VF-25's slice into the walls with their head lasers for an express ride to the room?

>>17482566
It has not practical loot potential. It drew power from Lavos.

>>17482604
Will an Invisibility spell work on them? We could go in, keep the echoes talking while Belthasar and Melchior sneak in and deactivate the machine.

>>17482601
Wouldn't he still just be Janus at the time?

>>17482604
Then we'll make secondary ways in.
Cut a way through the wall, airlift people in, turn off the machine, say Hi to Tosh, loot Gaspar, kill the Ebon Night's tentacle, Doorstop the way out, flip Lavos the bird and get the fuck out.

>>17482625
Certainly a way to make an entrance, but it is close enough to an outside wall for this?
I'd be surprised if it was.

>>17482625
>>17482634
So, let me ask you this; when you're cutting through the wall, even assuming that the lasers can penetrate the magic wards, how do you propose to keep the echoes from activating the Mammon Machine to full power?

>>17482625
Pic related

>>17482604

Gurus, is there anything that our other science personnel should know so they can assist in safely disarming the Mammon Machine? If I recall the L-dog/Giant Space Tick/Space Flea/Giant Flea incident correctly, the Red Knife was unable to stop the Mammon Machine from activating as it was gorging on L-dog's power. Having Mr. Spengler, Mr. Data, and the Engineer in the hardhat here may greatly help in the case that the Mammon Machine is siphoning another being's power.

>>17482634
Depends. Will OP reward us for being inventive, or will he punish us for having independent thought-
*BZZRRRT!*
Oh you guys this is my crouming moment of awesome this quest is just lile my japanesse anime

>>17482651
>>close enough to an outside wall

If not, KEEP THE LASER BURNING!

>>17482653
Our options are: Bust down the front door, or Bust down the side wall.
I see both as having downsides and the side wall as having the least.

Data, if YOU were designing defenses for the Enterprise's warp core, and then wanted to breach those defenses. Would you go through the front door, or through a wall?

Char, let's suppose you wanted to, say, break into A Boa Qu and tell Ghiren and Kycilia to go fuck themselves. How would you do it?

>>17482604
Let's ask Char for infiltration advice. Also, suggest the idea of cutting an entrance through the side walls.

>>17482689
Breach the defenses through the Jefferies tubes, of course.

rolled 70 = 70

>>17482604
>...but if you get us there, we can probably deactivate it safely.
I know exactly what will happen.
"Let's see if I can deactivate this safely", he will say as OP rolls a 1d100.
And it will come up 10 or below.
I see it happening now.

>>17482689
Gihren and Kycillia? Make it look like nobody would want to question or suspect you.

ie, have the Aurors transfigure a bunch of stuff into rats and bugs and have them infiltrate as deep as they can.

>>17482708
"You could combine the ideas. Have a force appear to enter through the front door, then have the rest breach from the ceiling," Char suggests. "That may catch any foes in a sort of pincer."

>>17482674
"We'll tell you what we know, then," Melchoir says, beginning to brief Egon, Data, and Engineer on the Mammon Machine. A some of it sails over their heads. But they get the gist of it.

rolled 32 = 32

Here goes.

>>17482771
"Of course there are perfectly good windows right there. Kycillia... well, she was standing in front of one when she died."

>>17482776

"How well defended is the Mammon Machine? We could turn twigs and random things into rats and bugs to set off traps and to scout ahead of us."

(ie, we could transfigure our drones too, I guess?)

>>17482776
Sounds good to me Char. You take the Mechs and a 'handful' of KI and hit the top, we'll take the charge through the front door.

>>17482776
Ask Melchior and Belthasar about the location of the Mammon Machine and compare it with the map that the Observer created.
Is there even a way to get to the Mammon Machine's room without causing massive structural failure, or even getting there in any quick fashion?

>>17482793
Some of the Abjurers should accompany whoever is coming in at the top, or it could be the White Mages.

Definitely, the Aurors come in through the front and try transfiguring anything hostile into harmless things.

>>17482806
"Well... it was sealed with barriers that only the queen's pendant could open. That was its primary defense other than the guards posted around it. You have a way of breaching those barriers? They're extremely strong."

"Or we could break in through the walls and ceiling," Char says.

Belthasar winces. "I... guess you could."

>>17482776
>"You could combine the ideas. Have a force appear to enter through the front door, then have the rest breach from the ceiling," Char suggests. "That may catch any foes in a sort of pincer."
Seems wise.
>>17482806
Also seems wise to go invis, or disguised, and scout ahead before breaching anything.

>>17482832
The Queen won't help us so she's basically an optional bossfight we can skip by going through the wall.
So: Go in invis or disguised, scout a path to the mammon machine, breach the ceiling then get cracking.

Why are we talking about transfiguring? It's probably going to be pretty clear we aren't time-ghosts.

>>17482860
Where do the transfiguration spells factor in?

>>17482870
>Disguised

>>17482860
We could try to find Schala, she might help us.

>>17482860

Agreed. The Aurors aren't time-lost, and I'm unsure if they can even mimic the effect.

Disguising us may be useless unless we're disguised as those water heaters or lamps. Those are the only mundane objects that are fully functional now. But if so, we'd need to find a way to magically disguise our thoroughly non-magical aura.

>>17482862
Transfiguration. As in

http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Transfiguration

>>17482862
"We are totally fellow ghosts."
*char and mechs crash in*
"..They are also ghost."
Yeah, like the Ghost of Asswhupings Present.

>>17482860
There are no traps, so transfiguration is kind of redundant.
And disguises would be useless because it would be obvious that we're not time echoes.

>>17482887
We already had the Observer scan the Palace, and it only found 2 strong signatures.

Observer, confirm that the 2 magic signatures are both in the same room as the Mammon Machine.

>>17482887

Finding Schala's echo would probably be a good way to get access to a pendant that might open the front gates to the throne room. We'd need a good way to infiltrate and detect time-ghosts, though.

>>17482917
The gurus said we're supposed to synchronize with this place to be able to reveal the other time ghosts.

HINT HINT

>>17482936
So how do we, um, synchronise?

>>17482936
They also said if we synchronize, that would be bad.
She should be strong enough of an echo to be found, like the sages, as opposed to her mother.

>>17482915
Realized that the aurors could transfigure random shit in the Mammom Machine as protection or to aid in the fight.

>>17482936
They also said that if we synchronize, leaving will become much harder.

>>17482936
>>17482939

They also said that it might not be a good idea.

We're effectively non-existent from the time-ghosts' point of view, save for the stronger ones.

However, if we synchronize, we could be suddenly beset by thousands of souls that are hungry for release from this plane. That would complicate things, as Balthasar said.

>>17482915
Confirmed.

>>17482952
Give us some examples, and we'll see if they can work or if they're just stupid.

>>17482936
>>17482287

No, much like going full Tang, synching here would be a bad thing.

>>17482942
>>"You're beginning to see other echoes," Melchoir says. "They're all around. The others who died here. But you won't be able to detect them until you... well, synchronize with this place."

>>"I would recommend leaving before then if you can," Belthasar says. "It might complicate escape attempts."

Alright, we bust in and start searching the place for other echoes. Fighting unfriendly types like the Queen and Dalton, and recruiting friendly types like Schala and Janus. Magus.. fucked if I know, he's an edge case, maybe Char can talk him down to our side.
Have mechs bust through walls and ceilings as appropriate. Only one of them gets to shout 'OH YEAH' though.

>>17482975
Magus is a decent guy. He acts kinda like an asshole, but that was simply to kill "The Great Flea."

He joins up with the party in the end, and even Frog forgives him.

>>17482975
>>17482969

Do either of the gurus know if we can even INTERACT with the stronger echos other than waving/talking/giving them the bird. Because, if they are just going to sit there and scream at us, why do we care? Alternately, can we even hurt them if we want/need to?

I guess we have to hurry with the castle break-in before we end up synchronizing.

I have a feeling we're one-third of the way synchronizing, so we need to stop stalling. We need to split up some of our guys so we can find Schala while the rest of our team breaks into the castle both ways.

Of course, we need to delay the side wall breach to throw enemies off-guard.

>>17482969
Alright.
Have Char, Star-Lord, and Darius take a look at the map. Identify the shortest path through the Palace walls to the Mammon Machine from the outside that the mechs could tear through that won't compromise the structural integrity of the Palace.

Once we have that, have the Delta Greens and Scout trying going up to the Mammon Machine room; see if the Gates that would normally stay shut are open.

>>17482975
The Observer already scanned the Palace and only found 2 signatures, one of which an echo.

>>17483006
Not tear through, but BURN A HOLE WITH THE LASERS.

By that I mean VF-25 head lasers because every other beam weapon has output that's way too high.

We have two options:
1. Find the Queen, Dalton, Schala, Magus etc.'s ghosts for pendants, and possibly captured psychics, then go through the front door to the Mammon machine.
2. Knock down the walls (it's alive in you) and Break out yeah.

Which one?

>>17483006
The shortest and safest route would be to drop in from the ceiling or through the huge windows in the back. This precludes use of the Tomahawks, but attempting to use them to breach holes in the landward walls will only invite disaster.

The Delta Greens and Scout head up to the Mammon Machine room, and are stopped by a series of doors with an odd sigil etched into them. They also get the feeling of being watched far more strongly here.

>>17483003
"Well, we echoes have problems interacting physically... but all our magic will still work."

>>17483051
The only time echoes strong enough for us to detect them while we're still out-of-phase are both in the Mammon Machine room. Your choices are invalid, as the second one is the only one that can be done.

>>17483058
Have the Observer go around to the large window in the back, staying about 50 meters away. Have it zoom in visual cameras to see if it can pick up the two magical signatures.

Have the Delta Greens and Scout pull back; we can't get through those doors without the Pendant.

rolled 72 = 72

>>17483098
The Observer floats around, trying to detect the signatures...

>>17483133
The Observer is able to tell that one of the signatures is Gaspar, but it's having trouble pinpointing the second. It's definitely an echo, and it seems as if it's trying to remain concealed, though it's within the room for certain.

>>17483058
Through the ceiling and/or windows it is.
Where's the lowest point of the ceiling to floor? People who take the most falling damage should get slowfall. Also, if anyone has any abseiling ropes or rapelling ropes, those would be neato.

>>17483149
It's Janus (Magus). Anyway, all in.

>>17483149

It's either Dalton, Magus/Janus, Schala, or Zeal.

If this were a Chrono Cross reality, it might be some sort of twisted echo of Crono's death that somehow became sentient.

It seems like the door is going to be locked & barred, so maybe just have everyone drop through the ceiling? Or else, have those who only have physical attacks stand a bit back to act as backup. If they can only hurt us with magic, then it seems to me we need to prepare magic defenses before going down. Shell, at the very least.

>>17483149
Alright, just to be safe.
Abjurers, cast Magic Circle Against Evil on Darius, Star-Lord, and yourselves. Save all of your other spell slots for Feather Fall.
Lyla and Elaine, make sure you have ReRaise on yourselves, and put a Wall on Darius and Star-Lord.
This breaching is going to be difficult without a dropship; we have 7 VF-25's, the Hyaku Shiki, and the Brasta.
How many people can we get up there?
Darius, Star-Lord, Egon, Belthasar, Melchior, and Data are a must.

>>17483214

Hmm...

The First Age LOTR weapons are probably powerful enough to affect time ghosts.

Ask the Gurus if mundane materials can have any effect on Time Ghosts. If not, then we may be better off having our other troops assist in freeing Gaspar & Tosh.

>>17483149
According to the map, is there a way to get above the Mammon Machine room?
We can then cut our way in with infantry, while Char and the VF's bust through the window as a distraction.

>>17483237
"Weapons that are magical or are made of or disrupt energy should prove effective."

The Hyaku Shiki and VFs can transport a total of 15 people safely, or more if you want to risk people falling.

>>17483251
This seems to be the correct plan.
Most people coming in the ceiling, with Char and the VFs coming in the window to distract.
>>17483225
decent tactics for the fignt. Anyway, in we go.

>>17483256
>or disrupt energy should prove effective
Alright, so the Lance of Longinus is going to make this echo's unlife very complicated.

Rather than using the mechs to do the breach, can the infantry simply walk up to an upper level and cut their way down the ceiling?

>>17483293
>>17483282
Specifically, we have 19 mass rifles (Mouse should have one) that fire micro-black holes. I can't think of a better weapon to cut through a floor and breach a hostile-controlled chamber.

>>17483310
Rookies.
Rookies are the best weapon to cut through a floor and breach a hostile-controlled chamber.

Hmm.

Can newtypes communicate telepathically with each other? If so, then Char might be able to contact Tosh and see if we can get any more info about the situation inside the Mammon Machine room.

Transport the fifteen people. We don't need to take risks here. The usual suspects - Darius, Star Lord, White Mages, the needed people for shutting down the machine, and maybe a Prawn or two for lightning guns and TK shenanigans... Would the Abjurers be good here? Dimensional Anchor might be a good option for solidifying an echo or two so we can properly stab/shoot/cast on it.

All magic-based defensive spells should be up and running before people go in. We should do a few physical protection spells here.. This reeks of SUDDENLY EBON NIGHT FRAGMENT to me. Bad shit'd go down if it showed up in the wrong place, right? I'm not versed on Chrono Trigger, so yeah..

>>17483347
Depending on whether we can get above the Mammon Machine chamber or not, we might be able to get in a better position, with Char and the VF's being a distraction while we drop in the sabotage team.

>>17483256
Ok, then.
Egon, Mages, and people with Magic Weapons are go.

Hey Egon, suppose you can get that ghost trap to work on echoes?

>>17483293
Scaling the palace would take an extreme long time and you don't have climbing gear.

>>17483368
Egon pauses, a thought occurring to him.

"It should."

>>17483371
Guess we airlift people 15 at a time and cut in through the ceiling.
>>17483368
>>17483380
Yes! QUEEN ZEAL was captured!
Give a nickname to captured QUEEN ZEAL?

But isn't this whole place kind of an echo?
What's to stop the ghost trap from just sucking up everything?

>>17483368
Don't forget the Gurus so that they can shut down the machine.

>>17483380
Set that up, in case we need it.
Anything else occur to you with that thought?

>>17483371
So the Mammon Machine is effectively at the top-most chamber? Or that the only way to access those upper levels it going through the sealed gates?

Anyway, have Egon work on getting his proton pack and ghost trap attuned to work on time ghosts.

The 15 to be transported:
1. Darius
2. Star-Lord
3. Finalon
4. Egon
5. Data
6. Engineer
7. Melchior
8. Belthasar
9,10,11. Aurors (3)
12,13. Lyla and Elaine
14. 1 KI Silencer with Lance of Longinus
15. Abjurer who hasn't cast any spells and is ready with Feather Falls

Set up the magical protections from here: >>17483225

Have Char cut through the ceiling with his beam saber.

>>17483344
Char reports he is unable to make contact with Tosh.

>>17483347
>>17483225

Strike Team:
Darius, Star-Lord, Egon, Belthasar, Melchior, Data, Prawn Suit, Silencer with Lance, Knight with Spear, Finalon with Nameless Blade, Lyla, Elaine, 3 Abjurers.

Confirm?

And I forgot the MI have jump packs, so they can tag along as well, if you want them to.

>>17483456
Swapping out Abjurers for Aurors, and one Prawn.

>>17483456
Wait a minute...agh, I've been so foolish!

Have the Aurors create a port key and give it to Egon.
Once they're through the ceiling the Aurors can apparate to where the sabotage team is using the port key.

That will free up 3 more slots, which can be: 2 other Abjurers and 1 KI with the Voiceless Spear.

>>17483464

I think we should include the MI.

They may be able to help in any heavy lifting while our other strong troops are busy fending off the time ghost(s), or ferry Gaspar/Tosh to safety.

>>17483380

Wait...couldn't we theoretically use the ghost trap to transport the Gurus out of here, then release them board the ship? Or would it be more reliable to do magocal bonding?

>>17483464
DENY

Instead, use:
1. Darius
2. Star-Lord
3. Finalon
4. Egon
5. Data
6. Engineer
7. Melchior
8. Belthasar
9. Prawn Suit
10,11. Lyla and Elaine
12. 1 KI Silencer with Lance of Longinus
13. 1 KI with Voiceless Spear
14,15. Abjurers who haven't cast any spells and is ready with Feather Falls

The Abjurer that stays behind does all of the buffing for everyone.
Magic Circle Against Evil on Darius, Star-Lord, and the two other Abjurers. Bull's Strength and Cat's Grace for all melee fighters.

>>17483511
Also have the Mobile Infantry come along as well.
Also cast Magic Circle Against Evil on their corporal, and Shell on all three.

>>All magic-based defensive spells

The Aurors can cast Expelliarmus to deflect any physical projectiles.

Additionally, they can cast Accio to retrieve _The Lance_ after it strikes it target.

>>17483511
That seems perfect.
The MIs can jump jet in.
The Aurors can port key in.
The Engineer can start setting up a teleport exit.
The Soldier can rocket jump in. Don't worry; rocket jumping was the #1 way to reach the second floor of buildings before Abraham Lincoln invented stairs, and the Soldier is familiar with the art of Fighting all the way back to Sun Tzu. So I think he knows a LITTLE more about reaching upper floors of buildings than you do, pal.

>>17483504
Magical Bonding, or we risk losing the Gurus after we release them from the ghost trap.

>>17483525
>>17483511
Dammit, I forgot to include the Aurors again!
Have them cast Porta on something to use as a port key, so that they can transport up to the sabotage team once they breach the chamber.

>>17483545
just checking.

So, you think we'll bee stopping by anywhere else on our shopping list?

>>17483559
Well we're looking at riding the Blackbird while running over Ebon Night shards with it on our way back to Cheryl.

>>17483531
Alternatively, the Aurors could cast Depulso to deflect any physical objects.

The Aurors could also cast Apparate instead of using a Port key?

>>17483559
We might end up looting the Blackbird, but we'd have to go through Dalton to do that. Still, beats staying here while shit dies.

>>17483600
I suppose. They can do either one.
The point is that they have a means of transporting themselves up to the chamber without the aid of the VF's.

>>17483605
If Dalton appears, we could attempt to throw him out the hole where we came in. Or blow another hole in the castle with another spell.

>>17483464

Has BLU tested the teleporters since we got here? I specifically mean BLU, since they have the ability to respawn. If we are able to use those, the engineer should be able to either ferry people in or have a quick exit out. Provided we aren't turning people into horrible abominations of nature anymore.

>>17483570
>>17483605
To be honest, I was thinking more along the lines of other universes.

Imagine the look on Ebon Night's face when we show up with a gaggle of Gavs, Agria Oaks, the three Gurus, and a Black Barrel replica in tow.

>>17483643
BLU Engineer makes a teleporter!
>dice:1
Ebon Night shards come out!

Someone suggested looting the Mammon Machine. What for? So we can turn it in for funds, the way we turn in nukes for funds.

Alright, so, are we going with this deployment:
1. Darius
2. Star-Lord
3. Finalon
4. Egon
5. Data
6. Engineer
7. Melchior
8. Belthasar
9. Prawn Suit
10,11. Lyla and Elaine
12. 1 KI Silencer with Lance of Longinus
13. 1 KI with Voiceless Spear
14,15. Abjurers who haven't cast any spells and is ready with Feather Falls

Mobile Infantry use their Jump packs to get up, while the Aurors use apparate/portkey.

The Abjurer that stays behind does all of the buffing for everyone.
Magic Circle Against Evil on Darius, Star-Lord, and the two other Abjurers. Bull's Strength and Cat's Grace for all melee fighters.
Cast Magic Circle Against Evil on the MI corporal, and Shell on all three Mobile Infantry.
Lyla and Elaine cast ReRaise on themselves, Protect and Shell (cheaper than Wall but has same effects combined) on Darius, Star-Lord, Finalon, the two KI's. Haste on the Prawn.

>>17483661

Messing with the Mammon Machine might be a bad idea.

It's probably a time-echo anyway. While it might be functional, there's no way of telling if it'll be stable once we take it out of this time bubble. If it goes critical, it may produce a very large explosion that may affect the fabric of time or something.

The Aurors can cast Shield Charms if necessary.

>>17483661
Pretty soon we'll be able to turn in Research for funds. We're setting up a Research, Engineering, and Magic base that occupies a good 50% of our incoming requisitions.
Amazing how Science and Industry creeps its way into even a bunch of rag-tag heroes fighting the bad guys.
>>17483690
We should try to stop the mammon machine from blowing up this place, but otherwise leave it alone. Hopefully Echo_of_space_flea.wmv won't show up and eat us.

>>17483511
The VFs and the Shiki launch into the sky, followed by the Mobile Infantry. It takes barely a minute of flight before the group reaches the great windows. Beams of intense light lance out from the VFs, burning large breaches in whatever material the windows are made from. In Gerwalk mode, the VFs thrust their giant hands through the openings and drop off their living cargo two at a time until the Shiki does the same and the Mobile Infantry just crash through weakened portions of the window.

Tosh looks up.
"Knew ya'd be comin' for me. But you'd betta watch out, there's..." he begins to say. Gaspar cuts him off.

"Too late, she's here!"

Insane laughter fills the room as a beautiful, luminous woman with a regal air appears in front of the Mammon machine.

"You kept me waiting!" she scolds. "Bad enough that I had to allow such filth as you to desecrate this royal chamber with your presence! But to arrive so late? What impertinence! I'll erase even your names from history once I feed your souls to the Machine!"

"Well, missy, I got just one thing to say to that," Engineer says, slapping his wrench into his gloved palm. Then he grabs a disc-shaped device and slams it on the ground. "Teleporter goin' up!"

If the lance is thrown, an auror should be ready to cast Accio to retrieve it. Hopefully.

If we encounter Dalton, there's a bunch of spells the Aurors can use to stunlock him and basically put him out of commission.

>>17483692
That's true.
However, it seems to be more of a single-use spell that needs to be cast each time, rather than a timed effect like Protect and Shell.

>>17483720
>Teleporter goin' up!
>mfw
Aurors, apparate now!
Get in here and set up magical defenses!

Darius, Star-Lord, everyone, run interference for the Gurus, Egon, and Data while they shut down the Machine!

>>17483720

WAIT! You never answered the question! I don't want our people going through teles only to phase out of existence or become some sort of horrible abomination! Oh, god, this may end so bad. Please, please tell me we tested something going through these before we started.

>>17483766
>>17483720
Mr. Data, break Gaspar and Tosh free! We will need the Guru of Time's help for this!

Abjurers! Cast Magic Weapon on the Mobile Infantry!

I think this bitch needs a good spear to the face. Either Voiceless or Longinus will do nicely. Kite her away from the machine, then get between the team and her. Darius should give some encouragement to help reinforce Echo of the First Age.

Then cleave her crown to crotch. Like a boss.

>>17483720
Weaken her but don't make her faint, then Egon can catch her in the ghost trap.

Let's get Tosh and Gaspar free, and put the Dead into the Queen Zeal.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcRrbC9hRVU
Queen Zeal fight.

>>17483766
The Aurors can cast Protego horribilis around the disarming team if necessary.

If it gets bad, then Protego inimicum.

Just that they have to cast it as a group.

Quickly, Melchior and Belthasar start working to shut down the Mammon Machine! Also, unless Melchior and Belthasar say it should not be done, get Gaspar and Tosh unchain from the statues.

>>17483720

Should we have our WMs attempt to cast slow on Zeal?

I forget if FFT time mages have slow.

>>17483720

Also, if there's time, ask Tosh and Gaspar if there's anything really important that we should know right know other than the crazy time ghost magical Queen who wants to kill all of us and use us as fuel for this not-Mammon Machine.

>>17483821
Yes, time mages can cast slow.

Aurors can also cast Arresto Momentum.

>>17483844
And the Aurors can spam Stupefy on Zeal.

rolled 28 = 28

Your soldiers begin opening fire and surging forward, the Lance of Longinus sailing through the air as the teleporter begins to assemble itself in what seems to be a tortuously slow amount of time.

Belthasar and Melchoir dash for the machine as the Abjurers and White Mages begin to cast protective magics over the group.

Data runs over to Gaspar. After a few moments he looks back.

"These bindings appear to be magical in nature, and are not responding to my phaser," he reports. He pauses for a moment and then reaches out and pulls the glowing chains from the statue, chunks of stone hanging from the end links. "Alternative solution: successful."

>>17483874
>28
Oh, that's gonna hurt.

Mr. Data, get Gaspar out of those chains then do the same for Tosh.

Aurors, we need your magic up here!

>>17483874
Get Tosh and Gaspar free.

Right, here's the problem: Halation. HP goes to 1.
We'll need wards against it.
If you can Reflect it, then good motherfucking game bitch. Otherwise, block as much of it as you can and heal people.

>>17483894
Aurors, cast the shield charm together! Two of you, cast Depulso at the Queen!

rolled 26 = 26

>>17483874
The Lance of Longinius... misses, sailing past Queen Zeal and sticking into a wall. An on the ball Auror Accios it back to the Silencer that carries it however.

Phaser fire, lightning, and even the proton stream pass through Queen Zeal seemingly without effect. She frowns.

"This is it? Best to end it fast. Halation!"

A rainbow ring of light blasts outward from the ghostly woman, nearly killing every single one of the assembled group no matter their defenses. It's as if their very life force had barely escaped annihilation.

>Halation: Drop all targets to 1 HP.

>>17483874
>Magic barrier door.
Go through the window.
>Magic chains.
Pull out the roots.

I love our team.

>>17483923

AUUUGH. JRPG ATTACKS!!!

White mages, time to spam cure!

Medic, time to medic like you've never medic'd before!

>>17483908
AURORS, CAST PROTEGO TOTALUM TOGETHER!

Abjurers and White mages, heal everyone! Medic too!

>>17483923
Lyla and Elaine, concentrate on casting Cure and Regen!

Aurors, Abjurers, defensive magics! She'll cast an offensive spell next!

>>17483923
Aaaand there's Halation. Area of effect heals go up now.
Next up is MP Buster, draining everyone's MP.
Get the Medic through the teleporter.

Stab the bitch with the Voiceless spear, Silence / Counterspell / Reflect her magic, and get Tosh and Gaspar free.

Fortunately, her "kill you" attack leaves a revive-able corpse.

>>17483923
White Mages, Cure 3 all around!
Aurors, see if you can help the White Mages' Cure effect cover more people, got a Amplifio or something?
VFs. project a barrier field in here to shield while we recover!

>>17483923
KI with the Voiceless Spear! Silence her! It's the only way to keep her from casting!

Damn it, people.

Aurors, cast Protego Horribilis to shield everyone!

>>17483679
Darius. May the First age protect us, and deliver Ringil unto evil.
Star-Lord. Give people orders to dodge and evade. Look out for those who cannot look out for themselves.
Finalon, your aim is true. Snipe the bitch.
Egon, there's a ghost. Bust it.
Data, get Tosh free.
Engineer, Erect a Dispenser once the teleporter's finished. Mana-free healing for all is good.
Melchior, figure out a way to disable or shut down the Mammon machine.
Belthasar, you too.
Prawn suit. Deliver fist fulls of lightning or TK to our friend Zeal.
Lyla and Elaine, Heal and raise.
Silencer with the lance? Walk up to the queen and stab her.
KI with the spear? Do the same.
Abjurers? We'll need wards against this shit.

MI? Help break out Tosh, and then see if your flamers can burn ghosts.
Aurors? There's an evil spellcaster here. End her.
Tosh? Time to Psionic blast Mrs. Halation.

Char? Test the effects of Beam Sabers on ghosts.
VFs? Get out of here, bring in more dudes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAYSg__j67I&feature=related
Chrono Trigger battle music.

>>17483988
Do Chrono Trigger spells require vocal components?
Because an Auror could just cast 'silencio' if that was the case.

>>17483963
>>17483986

Calm down, people. We now have someone around who knows what exact spells that the Aurors can cast now.

rolled 16 = 16

The Aurors cast protego totalum, wrapping the group in a bubble of protective magic.

Lyla and Elaine chain-cast Cure 4 on the already grouped together melee fighters.

Darius leads everyone with a melee weapon into combat, but Zeal raises a hand and they are thrown back as a barrage of glowing magical orbs materialize and crash into them. The healing they had just received is what saves them.

Data goes to work on freeing Tosh.

The teleporter completes set up. You may add one unit to this fight every turn unless it is destroyed.

>>17483923
>>17484058
Shield first (protego horribilis + fianto duri + repello inimicum), silencio next.

The Aurors should cast the different spells together at the same time.

>>17484076
Damnit, can we win one battle without sustaining heavy casualties?
Just one?

rolled 100 = 100

>>17484076
Medic first.
Also Op, stop rolling low, let me do it.

>>17484076
Aurors, start casting Silencio and Stupefy repeatedly at Zeal!

>>17484076
Teleport in Medic.
Have Engineer create a Dispenser next.

Have the Aurors keep up the shield charms.

Lyla to cast Holy on Zeal, Elaine to cast Slow on Zeal.

>>17484110

Son of a bi...no. Not going down this route. Rolls are random. RANDOM.

Get healers up here followed by anyone who can do damage to an incorporeal form. Elf dude, I am looking at you and your first age blade.

>>17484110
>100

YOU BASTARD. YOU GODDAMN BASTARD.

All units, brace for incoming! Protect the Mages! Harder stabbing and head lasers and gunpods and beam sabers and all sorts of stuff at Zeal.

Fire Everything. Hell, throw a kitchen sink at her if we've got one.

>>17484110
Oh you asswipe!

>>17484122
Uhh, how many people's worth is the Auror team? Have two people be the one to spamming Silencio and Stupefy at Zeal, the rest maintain the shield, and reinforce it with Fianto Duri and Repello Inimicum)

>>17484076
Have the Aurors do the spells in >>17484152

>>17484076

Combine these two.
>>17484122
>>17484104

Is Gaspar free? Is he helping Melchior and Belthasar?

>>17484152
We have 3 Aurors.

This guy has the better spell casting queue:
>>17484104

>>17484076

EGON WE KINDA NEED A PROTON PACK HERE. No rush or anything. It isn't like we are getting wailed on by A GIANT INCORPOREAL CUNT or anything. Again, take your time.

>>17484193
He needs to remodulate the proton stream, as shown by >>17483923
>even the proton stream pass through Queen Zeal seemingly without effect

>>17484076
Thirding Medic first.

>>17484076
Get the Medic in here!

rolled 9 = 9

>>17484039
The Hyaku Shiki is far too big to enter the room, and to attempt to reach its arm in would certainly hurt friendlies more than the single foe you face.

Medic teleports in and immediately begins sweeping the Medigun over everyone.

Queen Zeal winks and blows a kiss at the Knight Inductor with the Voiceless Spear. He gives out a strangled cry and drops to his knees, the life force sucked out of him.

The melee fighters attempt to rush the Queen once more, but she just starts laughing as her form floats into the air.

The three sages are now at the Mammon Machine, working on it, while the three Aurors erect an impregnable shield around everyone that isn't the melee team or Zeal.

"Incredible! It's just an echo, but... it can still tap into Lavos' power!" Belthasar exclaims.

rolled 89 = 89

>>17484233
Op.
Seriously.
Let me roll.

anyone who is not OP STOP FUCKING ROLLING ALREADY
you fuck it up for the rest of us

>>17484206

Ah. My bad.

EGON! PROTON PACK REMODULATED! NOW! No rush or anything. It isn't like we are getting wailed on by A GIANT INCORPOREAL CUNT or anything. Again, take your time.

Unfortunately, I don't have much to add. Demoman may be useful up here with the claymore seeing as it is a possessed weapon. But we have many, many other units that are needed up here first.

Harry Potter fans, spam with that spell babble!

>>17484233
Elaine, cast Raise on that Knight!

Lyla, cast Holy on Zeal!

Silencer, take careful aim with the Lance of Longinus.

Gurus, shut down the Machine as fast as you can! It's still feeding power to Zeal; if we shut it down she'll be weakened!

Have one of the Aurors try Silencio on Zeal, the others should keep up the shield charms.

>>17484233

WMs may want to raise the KI with the Voiceless Spear.

Good idea? (y/n)

>>17484233

>roll a 9

Alright, everyone into the defensive!

One of the Aurors, go cast Accio on that KI and bring him back in!

Raise the shields again!

>>17484233
Well, everyone huddle together. Res the dead KI if it's possible.
Queen bitch is being ... a bitch, predictably. Throw more Lances of Longinus at her to win.
Turn off that Mammon machine, it's going to kill us all.

That's incredible, Belthasar. Could you please shut it off here before she manages to kill us all.

Elain, rez/heal the inductor so he can steal her voice. Egon, modulate your proton pack so we can capture her.

Engineer. Need a dispenser here!

>>17484233
Gurus, turn off the Mammon Machine.

Have one of the Aurors cast accio to bring the dead Knight and the Voiceless Spear back behind the shield charms. Pull the entire melee team back for now.
Elaine, try to Raise the Knight.

The White Mages need to cast Reflect on anyone that's trying to hit Zeal in melee.

They should do this after they're done healing.

>>17484233
Who's next through the teleporter?
I'm thinking:
>Zombie Hunter Squad: 15/15. Especially good vs. undead units.
Either Dr. Han, or a Sandman with a mass rifle.
Get the Observer in through the window. Click it repeatedly until it hurries up.

>>17484233

Medic! Call out when you have uber ready to deploy! With the amount of hurt being laid down, it shouldn't take very long. If we get the demo up here with his eyelander, use it on him. Otherwise, pop it to save yourself or the Engie.

Engie? If you go invincible for a bit, KEEP DOING WHATEVER YOU ARE DOING. DON"T BE AN IDIOT AND GO SWINGING YOUR WRENCH AT THE BITCH HOPING FOR A CRIT. SHIT ONLY WORKS ON SPYS.

rolled 85 = 85

>>17484233
>These are the wages of low rolls.

Lyla and Elaine, along with the Medic, spam as much healing as they can to as many people as they can.

"There's something wrong with my pack. Wait for a minute," Egon states, fiddling with the unlicensed nuclear accelerator strapped to his back.

"Do you think that silly barrier will stop me?" the Echo of Queen Zeal asks. She raises a hand to the heavens and slashes down with it. The magical barrier shimmers as it absorbs whatever magic Zeal just used, then a series of explosions batter the entire part of the room that is unshielded, killing the melee fighters. The Knight Inductor with the spear is the only one to survive, being raised and pulled behind the shield just before it chain reacts.

Caught on the other side of the room, Tosh is knocked unconscious, and Data is severely damaged by the explosion.

Demoman pops in from the teleporter to futilely charge the flying Zeal.

"AH!" Melchior screams. "That explosion jarred something in the machine! Er... Hang on! Maybe if we..."

>>17484233
Careful Gurus, that might be because there's a Lavos echo around, and I don't feel like recreating that fight, we need to get this thing shut down.

>>17484352
I don't any of those choices will be good, since Zeal is a time echo and immune to their weapons.

No, the only other person that I can think of that might make some kind of difference is the 3rd Abjurer who might still have some spells left for the day.

>>17484356
Re: >>17484361

When we're going on offensive, one or two of the aurors should start casting Silencio and Stupefy on Zeal to stun her long enough to get hit.

Likewise, the Aurors should cast Holy Aura on anyone trying to hit Zeal in melee.

Res the melee! We need them! Heroes first!

>>17484356
Balls. That was Darius, Star-Lord, Finalon, and who else that just got themselves dead?
Hope Reraise gets some of them. Whoever isn't dead, get a Raise.
Erect that Dispenser.
Data, grab Tosh and drag him into the Barrier.

Accio Lance, throw lance. At least one person in the barrier's gotta have a good throwing arm.

>>17484403

Seconding the raising of the heroes.

rolled 2 = 2

>>17484356
"Dispenser going up!" Engineer calls as he plunks the device down and starts hitting it with his wrench.

"OK. Testing..." Egon says as he turns and fires his proton pack at Zeal. A shimmering beam of yellow and crimson lightning lashes out to wrap around the time-lost echo.

"What magic is this?!" Zeal shouts as she tries to free herself in vain from the beam. "Put me down you bespectacled buffoon! Yo-"

Zeal is cut off as one of the Aurors finally manages to get a Silencio spell past her magical defenses.

Lyla and Elaine hastily raise Darius and Star-Lord.

>>17484356
Aurors, keep up that shield!
The two of you not keeping it up, accio everyone's bodies back behind the shield for Elaine and Lyla to Raise.

Mr. Data, are you still able to free Tosh?

And if anyone can throw the Lance of Longinus at Zeal, take the shot!

>>17484413

/TG/ DIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIICE!!!!!!!!

>>17484413
And here's Lavos!

>>17484356

The spear KI should be buffed now with WM's Reflect + Abjurer's Holy Aura to charge at Zeal right now.

The other Aurors should start casting Silencio and Stupefy to get her vulnerable enough. The White mages should revive Darius.

>>17484413
Shields to maximum, brace for impact!
Mr. Data, help monitor Egon's proton pack.
Gurus.. be very careful.

rolled 79 = 79

>>17484413
OP.
seriously.
Let me roll man.
Seriously.
Give me the dice man.

>>17484356

>Demo can't fly while charging with a ramp. Or with a sticky jump.

That being said, res everyone we can and get the KI with the voiceless spear to try again.

>>17484413
THROW THE LONGINUS!

>>17484413
>2
Aurors, keep that shield up!
Elaine and Lyla, you're going to have more casualties!

Prawn, use your TK field to drag everyone's bodies behind the Auror's shield.

rolled 23, 18, 60, 58, 62, 43, 30, 12, 77, 49, 87, 92, 43, 65, 13 = 732

>>17484444
Stop being a retard with the rolling. You're not even trying to absorb bad rolls by rolling multiple times, like this.

rolled 97 = 97

>>17484110
>>17484255
>>17484444
I mean shit man
Geez
Fine, get another KI in here for the melee weapons since our melee team just died.
And let me roll god damn
>>17484459
Just showing that I roll good. I mean check this.

>>17484413

MEDIC IF YOU HAVE THAT UBER, YOU BETTER USE IT!

We at least will have 1 healer left alive.

>>17484449
NO DON'T THROW THE LANCE YET!

>>17484457
>>17484440
These!

Man I'm hate these shit rolls dicking with a good thing..

rolled 37 = 37

>>17484413
"GRAGH!" Zeal roars as she shakes off the Silence and the proton pack's ensnaring beam alive with a sudden burst of power. "You snakes! You'll pay for that!"

The Knight Inductor with the Spear takes aim and throws it. The Prawn Suit is about to haul in bodies, when it realizes the Aurors have beat him to it. Instead, he telekinetically grabs the Lance and fires it towards Zeal once more...

The three Aurors hastily recover the Silencer, Finalon, and Tosh's unconscious body behind the shield.

"Something's wrong! The Mammon Machine... it's drawing huge amounts of power! It's..." Gaspar begins to say. He is cut off by Belthasar as the room begins to shake.

"Something's coming through!!!"

>>17484433
Holy Aura?
Are you fucking stupid?
Holy Aura is an 8th level Cleric spell! These are Abjurers! Not only are they nowhere near the level needed for a spell of that power, but it's not even a spell that they could learn!

Clumsy Auror, take the bad roll quick!

rolled 55 = 55

>>17484491
God
Fucking
Damn it op Give me the dice GIVE ME THE DICE GIVE THE DICE TO ME NOW.

>>17484444
>>17484468

...And yet further proof that TG dice are GIANT trolls. Well played random site code. Well played.

http://chrono.wikia.com/wiki/Lavos
Read up, motherfuckers.

rolled 58 = 58

>>17484491
Both Lance and Spear sail harmlessly past Queen Zeal.

Meanwhile the Mammon Machine begins to smoke and spark, cracks beginning to spiderweb across its frame as the three sages hesitantly back away, then begin to run at full tilt away from the thing.

>>17484491
>Lavos is coming through
>We just fired the Lance of Longinus, one of our most powerful weapons
That's just great.

Aurors, one of you accio the Lance of Longinus back, and the others cast Protego Maxima.

>>17484491
Damn it!

SOMEONE GO SMASH THE DAMN MACHINE!

>>17484531
Accio Lance! We need it back!

>>17484538

ENGIE! I HAVE A JOB FOR YOU WHEN YOU GET THAT UBER!

>>17484531
Aurors, cast Diffindo and Reducto on the machine! Destroy it now while it's not yet done spawning the monster!

rolled 17 = 17

>>17484531
Everyone other than Egon and the Lance of Longinus shooter, switch focus of fire to the Mammon machine.
Lyla, try to Holy the bitch.
Abjurors, got any magic spells to try?
Aurors, need more silence and stupefy for Zeal. Fuck, turn her to stone, I don't give a shit.
Prawn, grab Lance.
Lance thrower, Throw Lance.
Elaine, Medic, Heal and raise the dead.

Through the teleport now comes:
The Spy, gentlemen.
Get Sappers on that mammon machine.

>>17484531

>something's coming through!

>>17484578
Wait, why'd I roll there?

THE AUTOSAGE IS COMING THROUGH.
YOUR THREAD, AND ALL THAT LIVE WITHIN IT, ARE DOOMED.

>>17484531

Aurors, cast Reducto and Diffindo on the machine to smash it to pieces!

>>17484561
>>17484624
THE TIMESTREAM IS STARTING TO UNRAVEL.
Wait, it's just a repost.

rolled 52 = 52

"Lavos will destroy you all!" Zeal shouts with glee as the machine rumbles.

>>17484561
"Reducto!"
"Diffindo!"

An ear-jarring explosion rocks the room as the Mammon Machine suddenly explodes. Pieces of metal go ripping across the battlefield as a giant, skeletal dragon skull rises from its smoking remains. Baleful red orbs are set into its blood-spattered skull.

"YOU...." it roars. "LOOK WHAT YOU'VE DONE TO ME?! YOU THINK YOU CAN HIDE?! YOU THINK THAT PATHETIC BUBBLE WILL SAVE YOU?!"

The skull rears back and sprays a cone of utter darkness over the Auror's magical ward, dissolving it completely.

"You're not Lavos..." Zeal says, with a frown. Then she smiles. "But the enemy of my enemy..."

Queen Zeal snaps her fingers and the air wavers around the room, all of the magic users suddenly feeling very drained.

>>17484531
1 Auror and the Prawn pull back the Voiceless Spear and Lance of Longinus, respectively.

Hand the Lance back to the Silencer, and have him drive it into the Mammon Machine. That will hopefully sever the dimensional connection it has with Lavos.

Other 2 Aurors, keep the Protego Horribilis up.

Elaine and Lyla, keep Raising and Curing. Same with Medic.

Grab ahold of Melchior, or any one of the Gurus.
"If we destroy the Mammon Machine, will it kill us or will it save us?"

Ebon Night x Lavos?

Aragh.

VF, knife the machine before it comes through!

>>17484658
>>17484643
Update that to knifing the Ebon Skull!
>no magic?
Egon, show that bitch how we do things downtown!

>>17484643
Goddammit.

Egon! Hit Zeal with your proton pack again!

Aurors, get that protego charm up again!

Lyla, Elaine, hit Ebon Night with a double holy if you've got the strength left.

Mobile Infantry, hit Ebon Night with your cannons, then Star-Lord and Darius get in there and cut him up.

>>17484643
Prawn suits, use your TK fields to hurl the Ebon Skull out of the castle!

VFs, Hyaku Shiki, Brasta, be careful, but try grab the skull if it resists! Make sure it doesn't go back into the castle!

If they manage to remove the skull, the Brasta is to fire it's Bunker Breaker and use the cable to jam the skull.

>>17484643
Next into the room should be a Sandman.

Egon, we have a massive cunt that needs sandpapering. Mind seeing to that?
Everyone else, there's a Skeleton here.

Elaine, Lyla, Abjurers, Aurors ... now's a good time to max elixir. Don't have one? Then pick up a rock and throw it.

Throw the Voiceless spear at Zeal. Everyone else, point guns at the Ebon Night and fire.
Char? I know you can see this asshole through the window. Feel free to chop him to pieces.

How long until the VFs arrive with our next set of troops?

>>17484681
This!
Plus hitting her with the Voiceless Spear, and getting Longinus as well.

>>17484643
Mechs get targetting data
Mechs aim at Ebon Night
Mechs put the dead in the Ebon Night.

And we are now in Autosage. there is no longer any hope for us.

>>17484658
>>17484681

The mechs outside are too big to safely reach inside of the castle.

The Prawn suits need to toss Ebon Skull outside.

>>17484643
>>17484643

The Prawn suits might be able to mute Zeal the old-fashioned way: by using their minds to strangle her.

Y/N?

>>17484698
What's the Sandman going to do?
And the more people we bring up here, the more people are going to need healing because Zeal uses mass-area spells, and their weapons aren't going to be able to harm her.

>>17484643


Is it bad my first reaction was:

"Phew! It is only Ebon Night soul's rage made corporal. A god like entity that we killed(?) and now are being chased by his pure hatred of us across time and space. That wasn't so terrible."

>>17484714
Like that would stop a knife. There's as much room for that as Ebon's head!

>>17484740
Ha, we should totally say this.

>>17484727
No, and...

I think Zeal just casted MP buster on all the magic users.

>>17484710
Any weapons fire that close will incinerate our other troops.

>>17484727
>>17484714
Only 1 Prawn suit is here.
Most attacks are unlikely to have an effect on Zeal unless they're magical or proton-based.

The Prawn can try to throw Ebon Night out, but I doubt that the TK field is strong enough.

>>17484714

Char's Bazooka-thing was able to hurt other Ebon Fragments. It may be for the best if the Prawns hurled the Ebon Remains outside so the 'mechs can deal with it.

>>17484767
No. Char used the beam saber on the fragments.

FUUUUU‌‍‎‏‪‫‬‭‮‌‍‎‏‪‫‬‭‮UUUU
UCK

>>17484762

Where are the other 3 Prawns?

rolled 46 = 46

k guys watch this
bam, 100

>>17484781
Still on the ground with the other ground forces that wouldn't be able to contribute to this fight.

rolled 50 = 50

>>17484687
The beam of energy lashes out once again and ensnares Zeal as the Aurors erect another charm... which is promptly brought down by another one of the Ebon Night's dark-breaths. The Aurors are out of magical strength for a while. Another prismatic ring blasts your forces as Zeal casts Halation once more.

Lyla and Elaine dual cast Holy on the Ebon Night, the great skull writhing on its skeletal neck as it shrieks in pain.

A Sandman teleports in as the Prawn suit recovers the lance with telekinesis and hands it off to the Spear Inductor, who attempts to throw it once more.

Finalon and the Silencer's bodies stay dead, their time beginning to run out for Raise casting.

"I am charged!"

Agree with:
Voiceless Spear at Zeal.
Egon, proton beam at Zeal.
Other fighters who can't hurt Zeal target Ebon Dragon remains.

No other suggestions for magic users or teleporting in.

>>17484808

Gondegal, if you're going to do something to help us out, now would be a *very* good time!

>>17484808
ELAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAINE!

CAST RAISE ON FINALON!

PRAWN, DRAG FINALON TO SAFETY!

>>17484808
You're charged, eh?
Only nearby target is the Demoman ...
... And there's a giant stack of bones for him to destroy.

Problem: Halation. everyone's on 1 hp, we're out of mana, and we're tied up fighting the Ebon Night.
We're ... we're fucked, aren't we? At least we can blow up the Ebon Night.
Hope that Dispenser's been erected and up to level 3. We could use the healing.

>>17484808

Should the Medic start distributing the healing of the heroes so that as many people are healthy as possible? Or Should he focus on healing the WMs while they focus on healing everyone?

>>17484808
>>17484851
Medic, heal the WMs!

>>17484851
WMs are ... well, they've been mana drained.
I'd say this is game over. It makes me sad.

>>17484832
>>17484808

Lyla, start the healing cycle again.

If anyone else has any tricks up their sleeve, now is the time!

>>17484808
>get a Sandman
>Medic just got ubercharge
>We could have had Heavy come in instead

Godamn it.
Fine, I'll find some way to make this work.

Lyla, Elaine, Raise on Finalon and the Silencer.
Medic, Ubercharge Demoman, attack Ebon Night.
Sandman, fire your mass rifle at Ebon Night.
Prawn, attempt to throw Ebon Night's skull out the window for the waiting mechs to destroy.
If you can't, then Darius and Star-Lord try to destroy the skull.

Egon, can you trap Zeal? If you can, now's the time.

>>17484808
Alright then, send Pryo through first, Uber him for a fiery charge up Ebon Skull's nose.

White Mages, Raise on Finalon and the Silencer.

The gurus are casters, at least one should be either Wind or Water.

Use Raise or Arise on Finalon and our Inductors Gurus

People.

Stop panicking.

>>17484865
>>17484808
Get the Gurus to stop running and fight!
Or at least, start casting some Revive's and Cures for our forces.

rolled 10 = 10

>>17484865
>>17484832
Elaine looks up, horrified. "I'm out of mana!"

"Let me! Spirits of life... return to us! Raise!" Lyla shouts, casting Raise with the last of her own mana on Finalon, and consigning the Silencer to death.

Ensnared by the proton beam, Queen Zeal is unable to dodge the Lance as it morphs itself into a cruel multibarbed spike that impales her through the chest. She utters a deafening screech as her form flickers, severely damaged by the weapon. Suddenly the Voiceless Spear floats up of its own accord, Gondegal materializing around it as he throws the weapon with all of his might towards the trapped ghost. The weapon hits home just under the Lance, and Zeal's screaming halts as her voice is stolen, the Spear passing through the incorporeal being to clatter against the wall.

Egon kicks out a ghost trap just as Darius and Star Lord charge the Ebon Night with Sandman cover fire.

Pyro appears and the Medic hits him with an ubercharge.

>>17484865

Everyone's at 1 HP right now due to Halation. We need to get some healing out or a *very* large portion of our force is going to be knocked out by a stiff breeze.

>>17484891
for (int i=0; i<100; i++) {cout << "f";}
for (int i=0; i<100; i++) {cout << "u";}
cout << "ck" << endl;

>>17484913

These dice rolls.

>>17484901
I don't think the Gurus really have combat applicable talents.

Medic should NOT focus healing on the White Mages; they're out of mana and can't heal any more.
Medic should focus on healing everyone evenly, as much as possible to prevent Hallation from ruining our day too much more.

>>17484913
Why does probability hate us so?

>>17484913
Gondegal! Grab the Voiceless Spear and help against Ebon Night!

Prawn, fire ARC shots against Ebon Night!

Gurus, now would be a really good time for some heal spells!

>>17484938
Anyone who's out of magic should attempt to withdraw for now.
Medic, heal everyone you can.

rolled 35, 43 = 78

>>17484937
It's okay! I'll save us with ... These dice rolls!
>>17484913
Godsfuckingdamnit we're all dead. Hope the Dispenser and Medic's been able to heal everyone.

Hope those Mechs were able to cut a hole in the wall and shoot the Ebon Night.

rolled 7 = 7

Egon stomps on the ghost trap only for Zeal to wiggle out of the way just before she can be caught by the device. A trio of glowing orbs smash into the machine, destroying it. Egon frowns.

"That was the only trap I had on hand," he comments.

Darius and Star-Lord charge only for the Ebon Night to swing around and bite at them at the last minute. A sudden flash of foresight causes Darius to grab Star-Lord and pull him down, just underneath the clashing jaws. The two barely evade the counterattack.

>Valiant Savior
>Gifted with the ability to keep nearby squads and Heroes safe and intact in crises.
>Ability activates, negating this bad roll. Now on cooldown.

rolled 13 = 13

>>17484963
*Steals the dice out of the OP's hand and rolls for him*
Had it with your low rolling bs.

>>17484963
>>17484913

>>17484963
Is that Dispenser healing anybody, or...can the Austraillium technology help to restore the MP of the Aurors, White Mages, and spell slots of the Abjurers? Try it.

Next unit to come through the teleporter should be Soldier.

Prawn, grab the Lance of Longinus again. Egon, wrangle Zeal again with your proton pack, and hit her with the Lance again.

>>17484963

Bad roll, but ugh.

Who should the medic prioritize healing now?

>>17484954
This man speaks the truth. Anyone who's been mana drained needs to GTFO with extreme prejudice. Worst case scenario, we bugger off this place, take a few days (or weeks) to recoup our losses and let Holtz chew our collective heads off, and go on to the next world.

We got in way over our heads this time, and right now we can't be focused on winning. we have to be focused on surviving to fight another day. If that means letting shards of Ebon Night go, so be it.

>>17484963
Get Douglas in there! We can use his persona!

New /tg/ dice rolling scheme:

90-100: You win forever
80-90: You win and get max loot
70-80: You win
60-70: Critical damage:
50-60: Good shit happens
40-50: Noticably above average
30-40: Average
20-30: Noticably below average
10-20: Bad shit happens
00-10: You die

>>17484913
>and consigning the Silencer to death.
That seems harsh, you can usually let people sit a little while longer and still get them up from these attacks in the source material.

>>17485003
Ebon Night is chasing US, not the other way around. Also, where are we going to escape TO? This is a limited echo of the Kingdom of Zeal; there's no where to run or hide.

>>17484963
Terrible news, everyone! Lavos just killed the Ebon Night for us!
Good news, everyone! Lavos came here to say hello!

>>17485005
Seconded!

Bearsona chasing Zeal sounds good.

>>17485005
Oh, that's right!
Get Douglas up here and using his Persona! It's at full strength, so should be a match for Ebon Night's shard!

While it is nice that we found those Three Gurus we were talking about, I wish it didn't come at the cost of so many of our soldiers.
I mean people just keep dying, and I can't think of any strategies regarding the echo of Queen Zeal and the shard of Ebon Night beyond 'hit them and try to stop them from hitting us'.

>>17485044

Dice rolls can be harsh at times. Bad luck strings, etc. etc. etc.

>>17484963
You negate the 10...only to roll a goddamned SEVEN.

That's it, I give up. take it from the top with Paellion, guys.

>Matthew's hetona

Yes CAPTCHA, golden sun heroes are good. too bad we can't recruit them because they never die.

rolled 55 = 55

>>17484996
The Dispenser has not been restoring MP, but it HAS been restoring HP to the casters near it.

>>17484963
The Ebon Night rears up and grabs Star-Lord with its fanged maw, biting through the hero's armor and inflicting fatal wounds as the great skull twists to the side and hurls the broken body against the far wall.

>RED: Star-Lord has been given a dose of R.E.D., meaning he can be recovered despite injury back at base. However, he's still dead until you get there.

The Gurus are out of mana as well.

Queen Zeal laughs silently blowing another kiss to the Knight Inductor that had thrown the Lance as he stiffens and falls down dead.

The Pyro and Medic charge the Ebon Night and enhanced flames wash over the unholy creature. The shard of the Night rears back at this assault.

Douglas pops out of the teleporter.

>>17485009
The White Mages are out of mana, not because of the time limit.

Gondegal runs for the Spear as Data fires his phaser at the Ebon Night. The Sandman is having difficulty lining up a shot with the melee in the way.

These dice are really starting to kill my enjoyment.

>>17485044
What strategies? The entire battle's success or failure is (mostly) slaved to the whims of the dice. All you need to do is suggest an action and the roll from OP is used to determine the degree of success or failure arising from that suggested action.

>>17484963
It's bad when the DM has to pull a "fuck da dice police" ability out of nowhere mid-fight.

>>17484985
It's also bad if a 10 is preferable.

>>17485044
USE THE PRAWN"S TK FIELD TO TOSS THE EBON SKULL OUT OF THE CASTLE.

God damn you people.

>>17485044
Yes, the idea is very basic, but it requires very precise management and application of the protection spells, which you people mess up by panicking by going "BANZAI! CHARGE!"

>>17485053

Lord Quest
>Falling off cliffs...

Commander Quest
>Almost die to shitty mountain bandits

I swear, /tg/ dice has it in for us when we go to high places.

>>17485057
Douglas.
This fight is getting hard to BEAR.
So if you could BEAR arms and help us fight back, that would be good.

>>17485086
BRING SAJUUK TO BEAR!

>>17485057

Should we assign Douglas' to kill Zeal with his bear hands?

Or should we see if he has any healing available to him?

>>17485057

DOUG. A PERSONA WITH MEDIARAMA. STAT

>>17485057
Douglas! Bear down on them!

>>17485057
PRAWN!

PRAAAAAAAAAAAWN!

USE THE TK FIELD TO THROW EBON OUT OF THE CASTLE!

>>Prawn suits, use your TK fields to hurl the Ebon Skull out of the castle! VFs, Hyaku Shiki, Brasta, be careful, but try grab the skull if it resists! Make sure it doesn't go back into the castle!If they manage to remove the skull, the Brasta is to fire it's Bunker Breaker and use the cable to jam the skull.

>>17485057
Douglas, use your Bearsona to attack Ebon Night!
Darius, pull back and get healed up by the Dispenser.

Prawn, TK grab the Lance of Longinus, wait for Egon to hit Zeal with his proton stream, then launch the Lance at her again.

Medic and Pyro, as soon as Douglas gets his Persona to engage Ebon Night, pull back and begin healing everyone else.

Guru's! Do you know where there may be a stock of Ethers in the cities? Anything that can restore magic?

Okay guys, time for the escape plan. RUN! Have everyone get out of there with mech assistance.

We'll have an easier time being far away from the castle and fighting outdoors.

>>17485057

Doug should have a persona with the mass heal spell.

Cast that before going into combat!

We need to save our troops!

If he has recarm, he can also raise the silencers as well.

>>17485116
What happens if the Prawn tries to throw the Lance at Zeal, and guide it with TK?

>>17485116
This.

No running!

>>17485110
>>17485080
Has it occurred to either of you that such an action is likely doomed to failure since Ebon Night can magically resist it and like the other shards, there's probably a dimensional tear he's still connected to?

rolled 5 = 5

>>17485071
You've had that ability for a while, this is just the first time it's triggered beyond its passive buff.

>>17485057
The mass rifle collapses a chunk out of the Ebon Night's skull as it roars and grabs Pyro in its jaws, futilely attempting to chew up the flamer... until his uber wears off. But while so distracted, Darius stands with a scream and begins to carve into the skull with Ringil. The Ebon Night roars with pain as the ancient blade bites into it.

Douglas flips a card into the air. "PERSONA!"

Once again, the bear of the rainbow hide bounds forward, issuing a bestial roar before rearing up on his hind legs and slamming the ground. Columns of blazing light erupt under Zeal and the Ebon Night, wounding the latter and causing the former to wordlessly evaporate to nothing.

>Megidola cast. Large Almighty damage, all opponents.

The Prawn attempts to TK rip the Ebon Night out of the floor, but it fails.

>>17485116
No! Stop trying to get them to flail around recklessly! We need to either do the escape plan or toss Ebon out of the fucking castle.

>>17485137
Doesn't have control once launched, it seems.
It can aim, but Zeal could still twist out of the way unless she's held in place by a proton stream.

>>17485125
We can't 'run' two at a time into a mech hands.
We're cornered, we have to fight it out.

>>17485145

....sonofa-

Doug, mass heal spells! We're gonna need it!

Is demoman still up and about? This bit of Ebon Night has eyeballs.

RED eyeballs, even.

>>17485145

THESE ROLLS

FFFFFFF

>>17485145

OP, what troops have yet to enter the combat space?

What are the VFs doing? If they can't participate, have them transport the rest away.

Do we have any with sniper equipment? Use them to snipe Queen Zeal.

>>17485145
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7j6ABYCL4U

Have the Prawn attack Zeal with the lance. But this time, throw the lance like a swirling boomerang!

>>17485137
>>guide it with TK

FUCK MAN, why didn't I think of that before? If it misses, make it fly around to hit her again and again.

>>17485145
Good news! We redefeated Ebon Night!
Bad news! The Machine is still running...

>>17485145
Doug, if you've got a mass heal spell in there, now's the time to use it!

Medic, see if you can heal Darius as he fights.
Is there a Knight still standing? If not have one come through the teleporter and grab the Lance of Longinus, help Darius and Gondegal fight Ebon Night.

>>17485185
I thought the machine already exploded.

>>17485145

Queen Zeal (Time Ghost) has been destroyed. Good.

On the other hand, we just rolled a 5.

Should we direct Douglas to attempt to heal, or see if those "protecting others" description of his Persona will come in handy now?

>>17485145

Fuck it. Nothing we do matters at this point. We are panicked, bloodied and in the negatives. Just roll until we wipe, because for every idea we have the dice look down on us and whisper "No."

>>17485145
Anyone! Do anything defense you have left!
Douglas, this is probably all on you man, show us what you got.

>>17485181
>guide it with TK
Not gonna work.
You can aim it with TK, but once launched, the Lance accelerates under its own power, becoming like a cruise missile.

rolled 17 = 17

>>17485163
>>17485145
"YAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" The Demoman charges in only to have the Ebon Night grab him with his teeth and fling him out the window, leaving a Demoman-shaped hole in the glass-equivalent.

Unable to cast healing Douglas instead glances to his Persona, who nods in understanding.

"FIEND!" the bear roars, bounding towards the Ebon Night. "SEE HOW YOU FARE AGAINST A GOD OF BEARS!"

The Ebon Night's red eyes flare and he drops whatever he was doing to viciously bite into the bear-god as Darius desperately tries to cut through the monster's spiny neck with Ringil. Unholy fangs bite deeply into ethereal fur as bellows of pain echo throughout the hall.

>>17485233
Kick his ass Okku!

>>17485233
Gondegal, now would be a good time to help Darius out.

Teleport in a fresh Silencer, to pick up the Lance of Longinus and use it to carve up Ebon Night.

>>17485233

These fucking dice rolls.

>>17485233
...It looks like Ebon Night fares just fine against the god of bears, thank you very much.

rolled 4 = 4

>>17485233
Welp, Bear's dead.
Melee, Step back. As in, right the fuck back.

MI, Fire.
Any Mechs that could fire through the window, fire.
Prawn, Fire.
Fuck it, everyone Fire.

Now, let's hope we can make an instrument of Bad Luck out of this.
>Our luck was absolutely fucking terrible in Raccoon City
>Our luck is absolutely fucking terrible against the Ebon Night
It's obvious this Ebon Night motherfucker has the power to cause Bad Luck. I want to harness it and make it my own.

>>17485253
>>17485233
Also, any chance of getting the Gurus to answer my question about any Ethers or magic-restoring items left in the cities?
The VF pilots are doing nothing, and if there was a chance for them retrieve an Ether, no matter how slight, I'd like them to at least be trying.

rolled 21, 61, 35, 79, 71, 68, 85, 4 = 424

>>17485271
Sorry we're late! ROOKIES ATTACK! ABSORB ALL THE SHIT ROLLS

>>17485233

Prawn dude, use the TK field to push open Ebon Night' jaw!

>>17485233

These dice rolls... seriously...

>>17485233

VF pilots, grab Ethers and give em to our guys!

>>17485233

Welp. At least we broke the double digits.

Everyone standing, keep fighting. Everyone who can crawl, crawl to the dispenser. Medic, keep spamming heals. White mages, get to cover. You can't do anything else at this point and you are too valuable to lose. Try and move people to safety if you can.

Egon, keep hitting the witch with your pack one you get it running. It at least keeps her distracted.

Data, move to get people out of the way.

Darius, try to pin the head with the sword and get ready to jump back.

Aurors, if there are any of you left standing, keep spamming defense spells. Hobble over to the dispense if necessary and do if from there.

Guys with the mass rifles, wait for an opening and fire.

Prawns, arc the head.

rolled 32 = 32

>>17485196
The Medic switches to healing Darius as the Ebon Night bites through Okku's form. The lord of bears gives one painful roar and fades away. Douglas stumbles back as if struck.

"Sentry going up!" Engineer reports, laying down the machine and setting it up as fast as he can as the others continue to pelt the Night with everything they have to seemingly no avail.

Darius winces, but complies, the melee fighters falling back as a Silencer teleports in.

>>17485271
The Mobile Infantry open up with their autocannon, the Sandman fires with his mass rifle, the Prawn with the ARC, and Hyaku Shiki, the only mech still present in the area, fires with its beam rifle.

So guys, what plan for the mechs?

All I can think of, is for Crowe to smash in another hole somewhere with his rocket anchor, and then use it to yank Ebon.

>>17485301
So, any word on those Ethers, if they exist or not?

Medic, keep concentrating your medigun on Darius.
Darius, keep Ebon Night's attention until the Silencer can get the Lance and join you.

>>17485301
YES! a 32! That's slightly above average!>>17485313
I imagine the Mechs are trying to smash their way through every walls right at this moment, and all the soldiers are on the way as fast as they possibly can be.

OP, are you SURE we defeated the ebon night? It seems he has a rather nasty case of the Still Alive.

>>17485301

VF pilots, MAKE A BIGGER HOLE WITH YOUR LASERS.

Crowe, punch through the walls with the Bunker Breaker.

Lastly, START ESCAPING!

rolled 29 = 29

>>17485323
It seems the dice are the true boss of this stage.

>>17485301
The barrage of fire causes the Ebon Night to roar in pain. It retaliates by strafing the room with its breath of darkness. The smothering cloud of night steals the life from Engineer and destroys his sentry, but Darius, Finalon, and the Sandman manage to hold onto life as another barrage goes off.

"No Ethers here," Melchoir reports. "Nothing so mundane that you can use..."

>>17485301
>and Hyaku Shiki, the only mech still present in the area, fires with its beam rifle.

Good news everyone! We're all getting a deep suntan like those movie models get. Just make sure you're wearing my special heat reflective SPF 1,000 sunscreen.

>>17485330
Alright, if not us, what about you? Anything you can use, as time echoes?

If we get everyone to fall back to a corner of the chamber away from Ebon Night and the hole in the window, would that clear the area enough that Char could thrust his beam saber into Ebon Night without cooking our own troops?

>>17485330

Which particularly sucks, since there is literally nothing we can do about it.

Everyone keep fighting. Utter a prayer to whatever deity suits your fancy for some luck and keep shooting or stabbing. Healers, keep healing. Mechs, get to making a bigger door.

>>17485330

DO THIS:
>>17485328

COMMENCE ESCAPE PLAN.

After we make a bigger escape hole...

...Cram as many people into the Brasta and Hyaku's cockpits, then the VFs.

GUYS GUYS GUYS:

Where the fuck are our SCPs, UNITs and MI?

rolled 31, 65, 86, 16, 22, 54, 50, 99, 25, 39 = 487

>>17485330
>It seems the dice are the true boss of this stage.
Indeed.
Might be a good time to escape. If we haven't done so already, of course!

Is it even possible to roll above 70 in this fight? Seems "10" is normal and "30" is above average.

>>17485330
>>17485332
How about we stab him in the back of the skull with the beam saber while the rest make with what little attacking they have left while he wriggles in pain from the back-attack.