Ryonara

The War of the Three

I guess. Still feel like things would have turned out differently if she was actively fighting alongside someone to watch her back or at least save her from a deathblow. After this battle I want to try to have Hibiki and Shizuka train everyone as a team to increase their effectiveness. I'm sure everyone is able to take care of themselves in one-on-one combat, but if they worked together none of the Machina will have to deal with a two-on-one like what happened with Nu-Mu.

The War of the Three

I'm aware, but Hibiki and Shizuka don't know that. They also don't know about Alexi's death either, so as the commanders they'll feel a bit guilty that they've allowed themselves to be so disorganized. If everyone worked together and buddied up they no one would have died. Though I did hope maybe Cherry could bring back Nu-Mu, but after rereading your post I don't think there's anything left of Nu-Mu to bring back.

The War of the Three

Hibiki & Shizuka

The two sisters smiled as the combined attack by the Machina worked. Not the most coordinated strike, but Hibiki would take everything she can get. Unfortunately things were too chaotic to celebrate yet. One of the angels rained ranged attacks onto Hibiki and Shizuka, and while try avoided immediate destruction Hibiki's craft got hit. It sustained major damage, though it was still flyable. One engine was damaged and the angel's were lucky shot the Excalibur TLS, rendering it nonfunctional. Shizuka got off much lighter, as the shots on her plane only managed to destroy the wards she had set up previously.

"Nova 1, what's the status of your aircraft?"

"Light damage to the hull, but one of my engines is shot and the Excalibur TLS has been disabled. Let's clear out!"

The sisters flew away out of immediately hostile airspace only to receive a message from Nu-Mu. She was being attacked by two angel warriors of great power; one that was able to severely damage Grafdakka, and another who's power levels were off-the scales. Nu-Mu wanted them to deal with the Laguna, but before either sisters could respond, Nu-Mu's signal was cut off. Both Hibiki and Shizuka were too high up to see what had happened. "Nu-Mu? Nu-Mu, do you copy? No response! That can only mean... She's been killed!" The Machina's technology were too powerful for Heaven's magic to interfere, and surely there weren't any demons powerful enough to possess Nu-Mu. But Hibiki simply didn't know what happened. She needed to think of a plan before things turn badly for the Machina.

Fortunately, Shizuka was much better at thinking on her feet and started parking out orders to the Machina near by, including her sister. "Nova 1, use the V2 to eliminate the Laguna and Henry. Our allies should be outside the blast radius and ensure both their deaths. I will retrieve Unit Cherry and see if she can't bring back Nu-Mu." Hibiki glanced at her sister training to her side. Surely Shizuka didn't expect Hibiki to do that on a shot engine? Not only would she need to head back into hostile airspace, but with only one functioning engine she'd be too slow to avoid any attacks on her. But just as Hibiki could read Shizuka's mind, Shizuka could also sense Hibiki's thoughts.

"We'll need to swap. Just like we practiced, alright?" Hibiki's eyes widen. True she did practice it with her sister, but under controlled circumstances. Right now they were in the middle of a battle... But desperate times called for desperate measures. Hibiki trained her sister to be able to take charge like right now so she could turn the tide of battle with her own power. Hibiki would have to put faith in her sister now. "Roger that. I'll maintain current speed." Hibiki prepared to eject from her aircraft, taking her emergency ejection equipment with her. It contained a one-use matter replicator that would create a single copy of her usual load out. Shizuka flew just a bit ahead of Hibiki and also prepared to eject, taking a matter replicator and her sword.

"Prepare to swap in 3... 2... 1! Rex tremendae majestatis!"

Shizuka and Hibiki ejected from their aircraft at the same time. Shizuka emerged from her aircraft with wings on her back. While she was airborne she use the replicator to create her Power Fist and deftly strapped Seier onto her waste. Unlike before Seier was as small as a dagger. When Hibiki ejected she had no wings or parachute to save her from her fall but she wouldn't fall for long. Instead she angled her body directly towards Shizuka's airplane, and in a well-practiced motion fell into into the cockpit and took control of Shizuka's airplane midflight. Everything happened in the span of seconds. Hibiki's previous aircraft took a nosedive right into one of the floating islands and exploded upon impact.

"Unit Grafdakka and Cherry, this is Lunatic 1, Shizuka. I need to take Cherry to Nu-Mu, she's been critically damaged but may be saved. I'm coming in hot, get ready!"

"All machina forces this is Nova 1, Hibiki. I will be sending a V2, a nuclear warhead, onto the Laguna location to eliminate him and any other enemy forces. Clear out of that area immediately, I repeat, clear out of that area immediately!"

The two sisters flew off for their objectives at sonic speeds. Shizuka went to retreive Cherry, while Hibiki went to deliver the deathblow to the angels and demons. Nu-Mu was too powerful an asset for either sisters to lose, and they were both determined to bring the Machina a perfect victory this time. Not one negotiated as a compromise, or scrapped together as a consolation prize. Their pride and honor as not just soldiers of the Machina of Man, but as Maids, demanded nothing less but perfection.

@Lucius Cypher@ReaptheMusic@KoL@TheWindel@Mega Birb@Lmpkio@Banana

The War of the Three

@KoL

Just so you know, you can have Hibiki and Shizuka fire their lasers next time you post for Nu-Mu. They will be shooting as soon as Nu-Mu unleashes her attack to capitalize on the broken barrier. If for some reason Nu-Mu can't attack however, they'll also hold their fire. I'll write up Hibiki's and Shizuka's reaction to everyone else's attack afterwards.

Konosuba: Resurrection

Lupa Velouria

Name: Lupa Velouria
Gender: Female
Race: Werewolf
Appearance:


Personality: Shy around new people, and even with people she knows Lupa is very quiet. She prefers just doing things instead of talking due to her stutter. Lupa grew up in a very sheltered home so she doesn’t really know much about the world or anything beyond the forest she grew up in, making her naive and sometimes stupid. But Lupa has a good heart and can understand emotional instinctively, allowing her to easily see when people are lying or distressed.

But when Lupa is in her beast form, she’s much more savage and barbaric. While it only awakens when she’s hungry, in this form Lupa is nothing like her old self at all. She fights a lot, kills anyone she wants, and eats whatever meat she can get her hands on. In this form Lupa talks a lot about how killing is natural, and that only the strongest makes the rules no matter who it hurts. Not really pleasant, and the only way Lupa can retain control is when this form has its fill for food.

Biography: Lupa grew up away from the city and civilization, among monsters known as Werewolves. Unlike some monsters Werewolves were capable of forming communities for themselves, and often fought other monsters for food, territory, or just strengthening themselves. Lupa’s clan never stayed in one place for long due to the Demon King’s armies forcing them away from many lands, but they could never find a place among civilization due to their beastial natures. And even among these werewolves, Lupa was very sheltered. Her father died saving Lupa and her mother from the Demon King’s soldiers, and since than her mother kept Lupa safe at home, not wanting her daughter to ever leave and get hurt. But because she couldn’t go out to even do basic things like hunt, Lupa never made many friends. She loved her mother, but she wanted to see the world.

This resentment started to grow inside of her, creating a void in her stomach that no amount of delicious food could fill. Where most werewolf children were able to change between their humans and beast forms at an early age, when Lupa was a teen she still couldn’t. Until one day, after growing old enough that Lupa should have left home already, her mother still demanded that Lupa stay home. In a burst of anger Lupa exploded at her mother, shouting and yelling at her about how unfair she’s been and that Lupa needed to see the world on her own. As tensions grew Lupa suddenly changed into her werewolf form, and it was powerful despite being the first time she’s ever changed. Lupa overpowered her mother and went on a rampage through the countryside for a week until Lupa was able to take control again. When she did, she found herself in the middle of a slaughtered family, a family she killed when she was in her beast form.

Since that day Lupa swore never to change back into her beast form again, but she also wasn’t going to go back home. She wanted to see the world outside her mother’s protection and learn what there was out there, both good and bad.

Skills:
Beast Form - Lupa is capable of turning into a powerful werewolf, a creature strong enough to face on demon lords with nothing but their claws, fangs, and ferocity. They grow stronger with age, gaining additional powers as well as just being tough to kill. Lupa’s werewolf form is controlled by her own hunger and the moon's setting. She tries to control this form by eating a lot, but on full moons she will be forced to change into her Beast Form. However on new moons she can't change at all.

Tracking - Lupa is a skilled tracker who utilizes both the knowledge of her surroundings as well as her animalistic sense to find her target. Whether she’s looking for a stolen necklace or an outlaw, all she needs is one hint and she will find it.

Archery - The only hunting skill Lupa learned as a child was how to use a bow and arrow, and that was only because she had a friend in the pack who taught her. Lupa is scared of fighting at close range because the smell of blood makes her hungry and makes her want to transform, so fighting from long range prevents this. Her keen sense allow her to detect her enemies from afar and around her, making her a decent shot.

Other: While Lupa wants to help people and make them feel better, her upbringing and nature as a werewolf often causes her to clash with people. While she’s scared of her beast form, she sees no problem with eating people if they’re dead, and if forced to fight up she isn’t afraid of using her powerful jaws to rip a piece of her enemy off their body.

The clothing she wears came from the home of the family she killed when she first awoke from her beast form, and she’s simply been buying new clothes whenever they’re damaged or dirty. She mostly wears clothes for warmth, and doesn’t find being naked a problem until she gets cold. Though she does like pretty clothes.

Lupa has a habit of sleeping outside near bushes or trees, and finds beds to be stuffy and uncomfortable. She has a very hard time sitting still and can only stay in place if she’s eating something.

Lupa also likes to collect random things and put them into her “treasure box”, which can be anything from bags, baskets, and actual boxes which she hoards her treasures. What counts as treasure can be a bit odd for others, as Lupa collects anything from acorns, rocks, dead bugs, live bugs, wild animals, and body parts.

Lupa doesn’t understand the concept of money or wealth so coins and jewelry have no value to her beyond trading with others for stuff, and even then she would throw them away if they’re inconvenient. Though this also means she has a bad habit of stealing everything she wants instead of paying for it, which often leads her to getting chased off.

Lupa has a habit of picking her teeth when she is idle or thinking about something.

D&D 5e - Hoard of the Dragon Queen

Once at the temple, Parum’s body grew cold. Seeing so many enemies here just reminded Parum why she was so scared and why she wanted to leave this village as soon as possible. There was just no way they could take all of them on themselves! Putting side the fact most of the party was low on resources to fight against one encounter, there was well over twenty here; including two more drakes and one who looked like a professional warrior. These people with her are brave, but courage would not save them.

That being said, Parum did have an ethical debate with herself. All her senses was screaming at her to flee while she can, to run for her life and save herself. She could do so easily, as all the attention seemed to be focused on raiding this temple. But part of her knew she couldn’t. That innocent, heroic part of her mind that still believed in the fantasies of heroes who could fight against the odds and save the day. Parum doesn’t think they could take on this entire group, but perhaps they could distract part of it?

Looking over to Mr. Lake, Parum had an idea. ”Mr. Lake, what spells can you cast at the moment? I have only access to cantrips now, but I could use a Minor Illusion to create a disturbance for the patrolling group to investigate. That would give us some time to deal with the enemies at the rear without the patrol’s interference. And as long as we are relatively quiet, the banging from the battering ram should mask the sound of our attack.” It was a long shot. Parum wasn’t sure what would adequately distract these raiders. Perhaps a cry for help? Beating of war drums? An explosion? Parum wasn’t sure but she was willing to try anything.

Rolls

Investigation = 22 What would distract the enemies?

The War of the Three

Hibiki & Shizuka

The Smash Sister's alpha strike failed to do any notable harm to Zeruel despite catching him by surprise. Hibiki wasn't too alarmed; she figured that it would be too easy to take him out with just one shot to his heartstone. When he faced them and shot lasers from his eyes however, that caught Hibiki by surprise. However Shizuka was on point. She flew behind and slightly below Hibiki and started chanting. "O reino dorme e as crianças se sacrificam dia a dia..." A faint glowing barrier appeared behind Shizuka just as the shockwave of the explosions struck her aircraft. There was heavy turbulence as the ward shattered, however it was nothing that Shizuka couldn't handle and Hibiki didn't feel a thing. "Até se extinguirem e nunca mais acordar." The barrier strengthen as more explosions occurred behind Shizuka. The shield took the shock, cracking the first time, but as she continued her chanting the barrier grew stronger and absorbed the shockwaves. As long as they kept speeding ahead and didn't get hit directly, Shizuka and Hibiki would be fine.

As Shizuka worked on defense Hibiki received Dawnbreaker's information. "Queen of Hell? Isn't the leader of Hell Rufus? There must have been a coup, and for the leader to take to the field..." This was unexpected and frightening. Hibiki already had her hands full taking on the various powerful warriors of Heaven and Hell, but for one of their leaders to take part of the battle itself? Nothing short of another god would be able to take them on. But Hibiki needed to keep a level head. As long as she keeps her eyes peeled and doesn't lower her guard she could at least potentially escape Ira. For now she had to focus on the task at hand. Nu-Mu, Bastion, and Titania had just arrived to battle and they would be immensely helpful. From a quick reading it seems like Titania and Bastion were already engaged with demon forces, while Nu-Mu was attacking Zeruel. Grafdakka had also attacked Zeruel, which would explain why there wasn't any more explosions.

Nu-Mu relayed a command to the two that she'll be bringing down Zeruel's barrier soon enough. There TLS, Excalibur, still needed a few seconds to recharge, a few seconds that may be too late. Shizuka herself didn't like the idea of following Nu-Mu's orders however Hibiki picked up on this and spoke curtly. "Lunatic 1 follow my lead. Prepare TLS. Looks like we also have more boogies, let's see if we can't take care of them." Hibiki and SHizuka returned for another strafe, flying in from behind the angel's forces. Hibiki spotted a large flying rock heading right towards Nu-Mu and marked the target. "Fox 2, Fox 2." Hibiki and Shizuka each fired off a heat-seeking missile honed in on Cydone's heat signature. As soon as the missiles were launched they twisted away once again and got ready to strafe Zeruel.

"Nu-Mu this is Nova 1. Lunatic 1 and I are ready to fire Excalibur at the giant on your cue." Circling around Hibiki and Shizuka were another 3000 meters away from Zeruel again. They both made sure to steer clear of any islands or land mass for Zeruel to target and catch them in an explosion. Hibiki also kept her eyes peeled for any other hostile targets; no doubt that more angels would be converging on their position soon, and she was positive the demons wouldn't let this opportunity go to waste either. "Get ready for anything Lunatic 1. Grafdakka, Cherry, steer clear of the black giant. I don't want you caught in the crossfire."

@KoL@The 42nd Gecko@ReaptheMusic@Lonewolf685@Lmpkio@Lucius Cypher

Konosuba: Resurrection

@Lady Athena

I also changed Lupa's transformation so it's not empowered by her emotions. Instead it's controlled by her hunger and moon phases. If she's starving she'll change into her beast mode to survive, and on full moons she'll transform into her beast mode until the next morning. However she can't transform at all on days with a new moon.

Heroes of Beacon - the Next Chapter

I guess if she starts in the ropes she could do it like that, or jump off the ring. I think that might be illegal though.

Heroes of Beacon - the Next Chapter

Only if she can get momentum for the jump. She doesn't have the raw strength to do the jump from standing.