Holmishire

The Last Bastion: Bunker Chicago

Eira, Mercy. South-East block.
Mech pilot: Medium armour, 2x.50cal, jets & supportsys.

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Pain bolted through multiple points on her body as she lay dazed on the asphalt of the alleyway. Beginning to doubt that there was any chance of them all making it out unscathed, she groaned and moved around a bit. Nothing's broken, she mused, and that means I still need to fight.

Straining her aching body, she staggered to her feet. A sudden headrush afflicted her, but she ignored it. This was a matter of comfort or life, and she hoped she wasn't petty enough to mix them up in importance.

Rubble surrounded her, scattered across the alleyway. It seemed the beast had sent her—along with a large part of the apartment, crashing down. And now it was after them. And Roman.

Roman was close to the beast now, ahead of her. And as always, he was defenseless against a creature so powerful. It wasn't that she doubted his skill. She just doesn't didn't think that this is exactly his domain of expertise.

Turning to face the beast, she called out to Roman. "Get behind me and look for an exit! I'll try to hold him off." Again she raised her twin guns and directed them at the beast. Quickly backing away, she waited for Roman to get behind her before shooting. And if ever that beast tried to charge her, she'd have to use her jets to blast herself up out of the way. She didn't want to abandon Roman, but at the same time, she was of little use dead.

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Tempest said
This made me think. And suddenly. I had this mental image of Georgia scurrying across the exterior walls of the apartment buildings like a gecko. She looks out, sticks her tongue out and starts scurrying around in circles again. xD

I get the impression that would be a bigger distraction for our characters than for the beast. ; ]

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Unless I hear any wish to the contrary, I think I'll divert the Golliath towards me for a bit longer to allow the others time to enter the apartment. After that, though, a distraction would be wonderful.

I should have a post up tomorrow evening.

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catchamber said
Ryan Berkley

Thanks! : ]

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As it stands right now, my biggest worry is Roman. He's pretty much defenseless, and along with Eira, stuck in an alley. At this point, I'm uncertain as to whether or not this alley has an exit.

Now, my original plan for my next post was to get Roman to look for an exit while I shoot at the Goliath and retreat. The shooting was to keep it down, as worked before, while Roman does his search. However, now that I'm on the same level as it, it might just go ahead and attack me—I'm also uncertain as to the width of this alley, and whether the Goliath could fit in it.

Unless it comes to me trying to hold off the Goliath for Roman, however, getting Eira out of there shouldn't be a problem. With the jump jets, I can always just fly out and join the apartment. I considered taking Roman on Mercy's back or something, but that would be pretty risky and I don't want to risk Roman.

So, if Roman goes on a search while I make a last stand, hopefully he'll find an exit, and we can make an escape. I am willing to take that risk to give the tankers more time, if that's what the group thinks best. Or, we could get a diversion, leaving Eira a little safer, but giving the tankers less time to escape, and look for an exit in the back of the alleyway regardless.

Also, on the subject of bodies, I believe we have a fresh Vampyr corpse that would do quite nicely.

I have it on bestest authority

I can't hope to challenge you on this. Though I declare myself master of technicalities, you are most certainly the master of Men.

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So, in the South-West group, it's taken fifteen minutes for them to be dropped off and sprint into the fog.

The rest of us need to catch up. ;]

I have it on bestest authority

They aren't even glittering.

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ImANargleHunter said
Our top card is often meant to represent the question or concern, and it does so here quite literally, representing the seeking of knowledge and deeper meanings. The Fool in this position represents spontaneous actions and the disregard of logic. Take a chance. The four of swords recommends taking advice to move forward and make decisions. While this is all screaming go for it, the five of pentacles when reversed can indicate the inability to overcome a setback, resulting in prolonged suffering. Weird.I'm guessing it's referencing the fact that the tarot cards aren't going to solve your problems.

So, the Tarot cards are telling me not to question their effectiveness, and make my own judgments?

That's a very meta deck. I congratulate you on your reading.

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Kaga said
Wait what? Is Nargle offering readings now, too?I seriously don't understand what you're asking, here.

Aye, she made a thread in your honour, and I jokingly posted the above request in both to see how they would play off each other. It was more for fun than anything, I don't expect an actual reading or anything.

Though I'd like to say, the work you're doing here seems quite fine.