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[ Mass Effect ] - Intervention | Small/Large group RP

A friendly suggestion, feel free to ignore, but one thing we can do with our character sheets is to maybe have a "Powers List", or something like that. Below is a screenshot of my old character sheet from another Mass Effect RP I did that does it.

[ Mass Effect ] - Intervention | Small/Large group RP

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[ Mass Effect ] - Intervention | Small/Large group RP

...but I bought @LetMeDoStuff's book.

@Yam I Am

Wait a minute, you wrote a book?

[ Mass Effect ] - Intervention | Small/Large group RP

Already walking in with a character concept? I like that a lot! Always an interesting path to walk down.

@LetMeDoStuff

Well, I mean... it's not that hard when that character is already there and just... sitting around, twiddling her thumbs and doing nothing, lol. I like to reuse characters that don't have their potential realized. Unfortunately Lokea is one of them, but hopefully she'll get another shot in this RP should it come to be!

But yeah. Long story short with Lokea, she's a clone who was still in one of the Thorian pods that woke up after Shepard, she stuck around Zhu's Hope for a bit, moved to Nos Astra and fought as part of a paramilitary force against the reapers there. She helped with rebuilding, often fighting against pirates. Obviously her character is much more complex than that, but that's the long and short of it. I'll be sure to change some details to fit this RP though.

[ Mass Effect ] - Intervention | Small/Large group RP

I might give it a shot! I'm a huge Mass Effect fan, and I have a character from an old Mass Effect RP that I might bring here. Her name is Lokea Zhu and she's one of the Asari Clones from Feros who miraculously survived the Thorian incident. I'm happy to discuss her more in detail if you wish :)

The Hunt, A Modern Fantasy Smorgasbord RP

_Starring...

Scarlet Rubashka as Punished "Venom Bean"

Interactions

@Kumbaris @BigPapaBelial

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As the Barrett threw itself into Scarlet's shoulder, the round it fired threw itself into the abomination's. In reflex, the target recoiled and released its grip from Amanda. With the android now freed from the monster's grasp, Amanda could possibly get somewhere safe while the others subdued the target. Scarlet quickly brought the target back into her sights, getting a good idea of what was happening through her scope. A spectral tomahawk originating from Michael hit the monster square in the chest, the force enough to knock it back a foot. Before the monster could resume its assault, something strange happened. The eldritch characteristics of the target all travelled back to a single point, as if it were all water swirling down a shower drain. The drain in question seemed to be the knife stuck in the target's hand. The target slowly regained his human form, and the knife that was stuck in his hand seemed to be surrounded by a strange bubble-looking effect. The target's knees gave out, and he fell to them. His weapons were far away, and a lot of guns were now trained on him. The moment the knife was neutralized, Amanda moved in for the arrest. The fight was over. Scarlet and her allies won.

The homunculus couldn't help but sigh heavily in relief.

Scarlet unloaded her rifle, and cycled the bolt. As her adrenaline started to fade away, the pain of constantly gripping the bolt and the pistol grip with all of the blisters on her hand slowly sank in. "Ow." Scarlet groaned as she shook her hand around a bit. The gun was now empty and back inside of her tactical bag of holding. The relevant ammunition was also stored away. This time, like normal, she didn't feel anything as she put away her weapon, other than the pain that came with holding a heavy object with a blistered hand. She watched as some new OMR vehicles arrived on scene. Unarmed again, Scarlet rolled onto her back and awkwardly scooted her way down from the top of the roof. Scarlet got to the edge of the roof with a few grunts and light pushes, and eventually hopped off the roof in the safest way she could attempt.

Many OMR agents flooded the area, quickly getting to work on securing the site and scouring it for evidence. A few had already passed her on their way to the building that she was just on top of. As the agents passed her, she pointed towards the door. "Hey, that place has Soviet mines in them. I already got a bit of C4 on one of them, you can use it if you want to." They replied in a professional matter, thanking her but also telling her that they have it handled. Scarlet shrugged. "Hey, can never be too safe with these things. Good luck in there." Scarlet wandered away from the building, watching the OMR agents do their work.

Hearing footsteps coming in her direction, Scarlet turns to the source and sees Michael. "Oh, hey!" She adjusted her ball cap as Michael approached her. She smiled sheepishly at his compliments, looking away briefly. "Oh, you're too kind. The credit should mostly go to the... uhm... scary thing, for standing still for me." Scarlet replied with a joking smile. Once he asked if she was doing okay, Scarlet took the glove off of her right hand and held it up, revealing the blisters and dead skin all along her hand and forearm. "As well as you can be when Scary Thing is screwing with your bags of holding." Scarlet said with a shrug. "Nothing a bit of healing magic can't fix, though. Should be good by tomorrow." She puts her glove back on, wincing a little in pain. "Ouch. Yeah. How about you?"

When Michael turned to Amanda, Scarlet did so as well. She did not say anything, though, as Michael pretty much asked Amanda the same things that she would have. However, Amanda needed a moment. As the homunculus patiently waited for an answer, Scarlet felt a nudge against her shoulder. She turned to Mike and listened. She was confused for a moment in regards to the 'gods' he mentioned, but when she spotted his posse, she knew exactly what he meant. She smiled sadly, thinking about the actual Abomination that was defeated in space. "I wasn't there for that fight, but I could imagine how terrifying it must've been. I heard all kinds of things. Thinking about it still gets to me." She looked to the scene of the battle, where some of the OMR agents were tagging the bodies that remained on the ground. "Still, a monster's a monster. Even if they're otherworldly they die all the same. Doesn't make them any less terrifying, though." Scarlet turned back to Mike, and smiled a little. "And yeah, you're right. That fight was a bit much." She chuckled dryly. "But in all seriousness, you really helped me out there. I probably would've been stuck whimpering behind that tree if it weren't for your song." She gestured to the one tree in the whole property that was severely damaged by gunfire. "Or on the roof, or... you get the idea. Regardless, thank you."

Amanda turned back to them once she finished speaking with the other agents, and gave the two her answer. It turns out that they might actually be finished here, and that they might have a chance to go chill in town for a bit. Before Scarlet could think of anything that she might even want to ask, Amanda walked away towards the other agents, who were holed up by the cars they drove. A demonic-looking lady seemed to be talking with... what's her face... Agent Faye Howard, and a few others were trying to recover from the fight. Everyone looked fine for the most part, no friendlies were down. Hurt? Maybe, but not dead. Out of the sea of black vehicles, the red Honda Prelude that Scarlet rented stood out like a sore thumb. Scarlet blinked, realizing that her rental might have been caught in the crossfire. Despite the distance between Scarlet and the Honda, she could tell that there was about a dozen bullet holes all over the fender and hood, and the windshield took some hard hits.

"Well, fuck. Looks like my rental's been shot to shit." Scarlet sighed. "Even if it'll start I don't think it's road legal anymore, so... I miiiiight have ride back to the office with you guys." Scarlet frowned. "Damn. Poor Honda. I liked driving that thing."

The Hunt, A Modern Fantasy Smorgasbord RP

_Starring...

Scarlet Rubashka as Punished "Venom Bean"

Interactions

@Kumbaris

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The crosshairs briefly leaped from the target's head after Scarlet squeezed the trigger, the recoil of the powerful weapon shoving hard into her shoulder. Sparks and flames flew from the "face" of the target, a small explosion blasting away a large chunk of it. The force of the round and its subsequent incendiary explosion snapped the target's head back a bit and caused him to stagger slightly. Despite that, the hostile mage did not fall.

"What the fuck...?" Scarlet barely uttered the words as fear sank back into her heart. What she just fired was the most expensive piece of firearms ammunition she had in her arsenal, running her up at $5.50 a round. Bullets capable of destroying entire engine blocks and downing small aircraft in one blow. She aimed for the head, and he was still standing. Scarlet's eyes widened in horror, now realizing exactly what she was dealing with. "No fucking way..." She gulped, and before she could figure out what the hell to do, Amanda immediately punched the thing square in the face. The monster staggered once again, and it looked like he couldn't stand up straight for a moment. The fear in Scarlet faded slightly as Amanda stepped into her scope and gave her a thumbs up. Amanda seemed to be saying something, and while Scarlet couldn't make out what Amanda was saying from the distance she was at, she was able to at least read Amanda's lips and connect the dots.

Good job. Pepper him some more. Don't aim for his head, I think we can capture him.

Scarlet smirked. Immediately detaching the magazine from the rifle, she puts it back into her tactical bag of holding and replaces it with a new magazine full of far cheaper .50 caliber full metal jacket rounds. Some new patches of dead skin and blisters appeared on her right hand, but not nearly as much this time. The pain seemed to have subsided too. Either the target's strange eldritch powers waned, or Scarlet was getting more used to it. She couldn't tell. A firm push clicked the new magazine into place, and with a gentle tug upwards and a firm pull back, the spent casing of the previous round flew out from the receiver and rolled down the roof. The homunculus sent the bolt back forward and brought it down, chambering another round. Scarlet's eyes returned to her scope, and she quickly reacquired her target.

In Scarlet's intense focus, she remained oblivious to the almost chaotic events happening to her right. As Faye got a handle on her ability and Morgana prepared a containment ritual of sorts, Scarlet tried her best to get a bead on her target. With it constantly moving in erratic patterns to better fight Amanda, it was hard to keep the crosshairs on his limbs. While aiming for his center of mass might help, Scarlet considered the idea too impractical, feeling that it was a better idea to cripple his mobility instead. Her almost perfect headshot earlier was only possible because he stood still for a few moments. And there weren't too many trees in the way, like there are now. Now if you can stand still again for me, that would be fan-fucking-tastic... Scarlet thought to herself as she maintained her aim.

It appears the target did just that when he managed to grab Amanda's hair. The abomination stood still for a moment while the he and the android shared a deathglare of sorts. Amanda appeared to be struggling, and right now she was in trouble. One good shot should give Amanda a chance to be freed from the target's grasp, and hopefully give her a chance to counterattack. Scarlet quickly adjusted her aim from his right knee to his right shoulder, bringing the crosshairs right above his bicep, or what she could assume was his bicep anyway. Once again, Scarlet steadies her aim, takes a deep breath, and squeezes the trigger.

DOOOOOOOWWWWW!!! The loud echoing crack of Scarlet's Barrett once again rang through the compound. In three tenths of a second, a large 12.7mm full metal jacket round would reach the abomination's shoulder.

The Hunt, A Modern Fantasy Smorgasbord RP

_Starring...

Scarlet Rubashka as Punished "Venom Bean"

Interactions

@13org @Martian @BigPapaBelial @Kumbaris

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The homunculus took cover behind the tree as hostile infantry focused a good portion of their fire towards her. Not exactly knowing what was going on in the wider scheme of things, Scarlet decided to take a glance towards the agents who were pinned down behind their cars. They seemed to be in a bit of a jam themselves, but Scarlet's actions seemed to relieve some gunfire from them. Once Faye gave Scarlet the thumbs up, Scarlet did a little salute herself before tucking herself closer to the tree. One of the male agents fired his handgun from the cover of one of the cars, and managed to hit two targets, judging from the distant grunts she heard from behind her. While there was much less gunfire heading her way, it was enough to keep her pinned down behind the tree. Small geysers of dirt and grass erupted from around her as the gunfire sporadically continued. Her back was up against the tree trunk, her plate carrier making the sharp edges of the tree bark more comfortable against the flat SAPI plates. A mass of splinters exploded from her left as a large round embedded itself into the tree, some of the wood leaving some scratches into her exposed arm. Shit, that was a close one. Scarlet thought to herself.

Despite her situation, she is now feeling... powerful. The little voice telling her that she was going to die was now having a more positive tone. Saying that she'll survive. That she'll get out of this, and that she will be able to overcome this. I've been in far worse situations, and I've gotten out of all of them the same. Scarlet grinned just a little. She felt like she can stand up, and stand against their enemy. She felt badass. Aside from the gunfire and some of the spells, she could hear... singing? It was coming from far ahead of her, behind a large stack of sturdy-looking wood. Scarlet immediately deduced that this is probably where Michael and his friends were. And just as she did, a small pillar of blue light shot up from behind that area, followed by three more. Yup, that's Mikey alright. Scarlet thought to herself with a proud smirk. However, a realization set in. Those faint pillars of light gave away Mike's position, and some of the more nefarious individuals down on the road might use that as an opportunity to toss explosives in that direction. She can't let that happen. With newfound resolve, Scarlet stood up. She checked the remaining rounds in her magazine, she had plenty left. No need to reload. She shot another quick glance towards the agents, and heard Faye shout.

Before Scarlet knew it, chaos erupted amongst the standing enemy force. Many of them fell, briefly incapacitated by a cone of something. Judging by the wounds she could see from afar, it seemed as if a lot of unseen projectiles were launched in a cone of sorts. The gunfire that surrounded her tree immediately stopped. After seeing a small explosion in one of the biker's hands, Scarlet's gaze turned to the one responsible. She couldn't help but smirk a little in Faye's direction. While much of the enemy slowly stood back up, only one remained on the ground. Taking advantage of this situation, Scarlet switched her AUG back to semi-automatic fire and popped out of cover. Taking aim at a healthier biker who brought his aim towards Amanda, she double-tapped him in the chest... POW-POW! and down he fell. The ground seemed to tremble slightly, and right after that, the ground itself crumbled apart beneath the biker's feet, slowing their ability to stand back up. Their weapons fire became much less accurate as the ground below them destabilized. The android-robot woman continued bringing her large battleaxe into targets closest to her, evening the odds by whittling down their numbers. At first, the enemy seemed to have the element of numbers and surprise on their side, but unfortunately for them, the OMR agents are competent and know what they're doing. Predictably, the advantages of very favorable terrain, some basic maneuvering, decent marksmanship and good force variety all very easily win out against large numbers, small surprise and a considerable volume of fire. They got this. Scarlet thought to herself.

Her mind returned to Mike, and her gaze returned to the four subtle magical beams that came out from the stacks of hardwood. Scarlet checked around her, just to make sure that they weren't being flanked by another hostile QRF (quick response force). She ignored the scream of the hostile mage from behind her, keeping her eyes on the surrounding areas. Scarlet's instincts told her that now would be a perfect moment for the enemy to start coming out from the trees, but so far there's no movement or noise coming from any other direction. She brought her AUG up to her shoulder, taking aim at various points that she could see. Nothing worth noting anywhere. Her back was still against the tree, as there was no good cover anywhere else in the area, other than some smaller trees, the two houses and the cars that were quite a distance away from her. She figured that she'd hold her position here.

Scarlet sighed, and outlined her next course of action in her head. "Alright, so-"

BOOM-BOOM-BOOOM!!! A mass of explosions immediately attracted Scarlet's attention to the first house, bringing her aim towards the hole that Amanda left behind. Given that this is where most of her friendlies were concentrated, she quickly brought her muzzle down. She heard the shouts from the remaining bikers from behind her, which sound like some various forms of strained and fearful goodbyes. Before Scarlet could turn towards them, Amanda walked out of the building as if she owned it. Amanda spoke, and while Scarlet could barely hear her from this distance, the cease in gunfire made the acoustics a little easier for her. All she could make out was eldritch abomination and aim for the head. She quickly turned to what remained on the road, and sure enough, a monstrosity stood in the place where the mage was at. Scarlet looked at it through her sights, and had a better look at the thing.

"Ew."

The thing was rather ugly. It retained its masculine humanoid shape, but he lost his leathers and just about everything else. His skin was chromatically black and reptilian in nature, with his face now a scary-looking void with only two glowing dots for eyes. And even worse, he had all kinds of creepy and gross-looking tentacles coming out of his back. He definitely took on a lot of characteristics from The Abomination, and even with Michael's powerful chanting, the perverse energy that the monster carried with it still put fear deep into Scarlet's mortal soul.

"So that's what jawas look like under their hoods, huh?" Scarlet quipped in a vain attempt to bury her fear. She watched as Amanda closed in and engaged it. They matched each other move for move, blocking each other's blows as they made their attempts. Their new priority target was now occupied with its new priority target. Now was their chance to take it down, secure the area and complete their objective.

Given the fear that she was most certainly feeling, as well as her experience with dealing with scary beasts and monsters in her past deployments, Scarlet had a gut feeling that this thing was going to be a hard target, and that her 5.56mm rounds aren't gonna cut it for this guy. Bringing her AUG back onto 'safe', she desummoned it into her tactical bag of holding. When her hand returned to her bag, she felt a strange painful sensation as she put her gun in her bag. She pulled her gloved hand out and examined it, seeing some dead skin already begin to peel off. "Damn..." Scarlet gulped when she looked at her hand. She immediately looked for safer places to move to. When her gaze went upon the agents, she immediately noticed that Faye wasn't reacting well to the monster's presence, and saw the strange magical effects that she was experiencing. The energy Scarlet was feeling might actually be real, and it could be affecting her bag. She gulped, now feeling the urgency of this situation.

She continued looking around for suitable areas to go. Any other place that provided good solid cover wouldn't've allowed her to engage the target. However, the second house provided the elevation necessary. She looked for ways to get onto the roof, finding a nearby tree stump that would allow her to hop on the edge and climb up. While the roof itself didn't have much in terms of cover, if she were prone the triangular slopes would make her a very difficult target. With that, Scarlet immediately dashed from cover back to the second house. Finding a tree stump, Scarlet leaped onto it, and used it to propel herself up to the top edge of the building. "Gah!" Scarlet grunted as she almost bounced off the edge, but thankfully, she held on. Bringing her leg up, she climbed onto the top of the building and crawled onto roof. She looked around for any signs of traps, but there didn't seem to be any. The roofing was somewhat clean. She crawled up to where she needed to be, using the slope of the roof itself as terrain cover as she got herself into position.

Once Michael's empowering song stopped, fear was now fully settling into Scarlet. Her hands trembled as she remained prone on the roof. "Shit... shit shit shit..." Scarlet almost whimpered, barely even getting a good look at the monster. This must be what Faye was feeling right now, except without all of that magic going on. However, looking to her side, she saw Michael. He already seemed to gain his will to fight, and shouted at the target. "I, Shaman Crane will not let you remain!" Michael shouts with hard resolve in his voice. His voice awakened a fire in the frightened homunculus' soul, and while her fear remained, her paralysis slipped away. He carves some runes into the ground, cluing Scarlet that now was the time for her to fight as well.

Reaching into her tactical bag of holding, she grasped onto the large barrel of her light fifty and brought her anti-materiel rifle out into the world. She ignored the pain that it caused, as well as the dead skin and blisters that started to form on her hand. She followed it up by bringing out a full five-round magazine of .50 BMG armor-piercing incendiary rounds. With a gentle shove, the magazine clicked into the well, and with a firm push, the bolt was sent forward and the gun was ready to fire. Using the spine of the roof as leverage for her gun, she made minor adjustments to her scope as needed and disengaged the safety. "Fall!" Michael shouts as he swings his tomahawk, sending a huge bolt of fire towards the target. The illusory rangefinder built into the scope gave her the distance from her target, 208 meters. Factors of travel time and bullet drop had to be taken into effect here, but they were only minor. All she had to do was aim for the head. "Fall!" Michael cried out as he sent a slashing gust of arctic wind at the target's chest. Her crosshairs fell upon the head of the monstrosity, and with a calm sigh, the homunculus squeezed the trigger.

"From Cleveland with hate, motherfucker!"

DOOOOOOOWWWWW!!! The feisty lovechild of a cannon-like BOOM and the barrier-piercing CRACK echoed through the compound as the large 50-cal bullet soared through the sky towards its target. Traveling at 2850 feet (853 meters) per second, it would only take less than three tenths of a second for the armor-piercing incendiary round to reach the abomination's head.

The Hunt, A Modern Fantasy Smorgasbord RP

_Starring...

Scarlet Rubashka as Punished "Venom Bean"

Interactions

@Kumbaris@BigPapaBelial

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Scarlet continued to investigate the bomb. She listened as Amanda spoke to her in regards to that nasty landmine, and nodded with a soft smile. "You got it boss." She turned to the mine, and looked ahead of her, seeing a tripwire just two meters ahead. "Hmph. I would suggest leveling the building with any kind of ordnance we have on hand, but then again, uh... you know. ROE." Scarlet relented. "Oh well. A contract's a contract." She went to work, taking out small pieces of plastic explosive from her tactical bag of holding. "Everything's better with a bit of C4~♫" Scarlet sang to herself as she assembled her explosive. A little blasting cap there, and some remote fuses here, and viola! An ugly clay sculpture was formed around the mine. "I think this goes without saying, but we're gonna have to go outside when we blow this thing up. It might trigger a few of the other traps in the building and ruin the walls, but-"

POP! POP-POP-POP! POP!

Scarlet stopped herself, freezing. The sounds of gunfire echoed to their building. She heard Amanda curse, as well as the spells being cast in the distance. Scarlet twisted 180 and stood up, bringing her rifle back to shoulder. Once Amanda recalled her and gave her orders, Scarlet simply nodded. "You got it, boss. I got a light fifty at my disposal, so just give me a shout if you need sniper support." Before she could finish her sentence, Amanda was already running out the door. Scarlet turned to Micheal and his gods, and nodded to him. "I remember what you said earlier, which is why I came to your aid. If you and your friends here have any support capacity, by all means use it. Any little thing could mean the difference between life and death. But whatever you do, keep your distance, use the thickest cover possible, and stay down." She said with a little more intensity than she intended. She looked at her AUG and checked the safety. Confirming that the fire selector was on semi-automatic fire mode, she nodded to herself. She turned back to Michael and gestured to the landmine just six inches behind her. "I'll blow this up later. When you come out, give me a shout. I'll cover you. Good luck." She patted Micheal on his shoulder before sprinting out the door and out into the green yonder.

Immediately seeing the large number of bikers and their various assortment of weapons on hand, Scarlet got a good glimpse of them as she sprinted to cover. Standard leather outfits, big mean-looking people of different races and genders, a wide variety of scary looking weapons and gear, and somewhat undisciplined tactics. Taking cover behind the thickest tree she could see, she managed to get a good look at the situation. Looks like the beginning of a standard short-range firefight between a large well-armed gang and a small group of well-trained agents, but given that Scarlet was facing them at a different angle and is about 150 meters away, a defensive victory could be feasible for the good guys. However, one of the hostiles closest to them just got chopped in half by Amanda? What the fuck... It took Scarlet a while to get used to the fact that Amanda was a robot of all things, but one weilding an axe? She felt like she just walked into one of those strange animes that she sees from time to time. Except that this is real, and that her allies are in danger. And that she needs to do something now.

Scarlet looked around her. If she started shooting now, she'll no doubt draw a lot of their fire. She made sure her position wouldn't put anyone near her at risk, and given that the house she just came from was a good distance from the tree she stood behind and was surrounded by a lot of foliage, she knew that Michael and his friends could still get out safely even if she started firing now. She crouched, raised her rifle, and took aim down the scope. A biker with a Krinkov was firing on her allies at full auto, but couldn't aim for shit since the stock was still folded. But given the caliber of the weapon, it still posed a dangerous threat. 7.62x39mm would do serious damage to unarmored targets. Scarlet didn't recall seeing any of her allies wearing any armor. The choice was obvious. Just three seconds after she took aim, she squeezed the trigger.

POW-POW!

The Krinkov wielding biker fell. Two clouds of blood exploded from his back as his carbine went skyward, still firing for just a second before his dead hand relinquished it. A few of the bikers stopped firing for a moment. Scarlet took aim at another one.

POW!

A scorching hot hollow-point 5.56mm NATO round found its way inside the head of a biker wielding a machine pistol, and exited her skull just as quickly as it came. The woman fell immediately and spasmed a little, her corpse concealing some other bits of her that came out. A good portion of the bikers immediately shifted their focus to Scarlet, and started firing at her. Scarlet immediately took cover, bits of bark and dirt exploding around her as the bikers fired at her. Thankfully, they still can't hit anything worth a damn, especially at this range.

"HAH! Is that the best you fuckin' got!?" Scarlet shouted at them, chuckling a little as they continued to fire at her. "Even Stormtroopers have better aim than you! You could at least try to hit me! Idiots!" Scarlet chuckled, switching her weapon to full-auto before popping out. She took aim at an orc that was charging at her position with a shotgun. POPPOPPOW! A three round burst of hollow points to the chest was all it took to make him fall. Scarlet took cover again once the gunfire towards her intensified. Scarlet was just about to pull out her radio before she realized that she didn't get communications sorted out with the rest of the agents yet. "Shit!" Now she can't tell her allies that she's drawn quite a bit of their fire, so they are safe to move and cast spells. Well, at least she took out three of them. Three out of who knows how many. It slowly dawned on her that there was an unknown number of enemy hostiles that were firing at her position, and she was now pinned down by their gunfire.

"Well fuck." Scarlet sighed heavily. Despite the lack of good cover, this is still leagues better than fighting Serbian paramilitaries. Hopefully, the other agents will see the opening that Scarlet and Amanda are presently providing, and that the enemy is currently wide open for a variety of attacks.