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 Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2011 4:14 pm
'Poof!'
"Sorry, little lady, that'll be another two thousand," Nicolae drawled, looking down at the dwarf seated across from him at the table. This was the third golden giftbox Sereda had commissioned him to make for her this week, and all of them had taken him multiple tries to get right.
Rip-off artist... Sereda thought irritatedly, beginning to wonder if maybe she should just try this alchemy thing herself instead of paying the unsavory (and unpleasant-smelling) conman to do it for her.
Instead of forking over the gold for him to make another attempt, Sereda pushed the trash, fish, and other strange components off the table into a large garbage bag.
"Forget it," she said. "You're just trying to suck me dry."
"Huh, I thought that went the other way around," Nicolae scoffed. "Unless there's something you're not telling me. Not that I'd mind," he added, the smirk on his face making Sereda feel vaguely offended. Rather than dignify the comment, she pulled the drawstrings on the bag closed and headed out the door.
By the ancestors, Thedas is a hell of a lot better than this place, she thought to herself. At least that creep's not in it.
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Cress Sybellos rolled 2 20-sided dice:
8, 19
Total: 27 (2-40)
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Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2011 4:15 pm
After heading back to her storage locker to return the Bag-O-Junk, Sereda's stomach began to growl. It'd been hours since she'd left for the Bifrost, and she hadn't eaten during that time. It was sheer coincidence that she was passing a bakery the moment a troop of grey-and-black-clad soldiers stormed out.
Darkspawn? she thought first. And then, no, Darkspawn don't exist in Gaia. Heck, I don't think I'm supposed to exist on Gaia, but I don't think this is the time to sit around and contemplate our navels. Whatever that's supposed to mean, anyway.
"GET BACK HERE YOU HOOLIGANS!" the owner of the bakery, a large man with thick red hair and a rather impressive set of mutton chops, called out, waving his fist at the greyscale army. "YOU WON'T GET AWAY WITH DESTROYING MY GOODS!"
Sereda hefted her greatsword from her back and ran toward the greyscale army, not really knowing why but figuring it was what she was supposed to do in this particular situation. She almost made it close enough to cleave through the nearest soldiers--robots (whatever those were), she realized upon closer inspection--when she was hit square in the back with something and staggered instead, not hitting a single one.
"Sorry!" the bakery owner called. Telann, it said, on the little badge pinned to the front of his apron. "I didn't think you'd run in like that! I thought I'd try using a little magic on them but you got in the way! At least you're a dwarf, otherwise that would've knocked you clear into next Tuesday!"
Sereda grumbled, righting herself and swearing as she realized the entire robot army had turned its attention on her and the baker-slash-mage.
[Zero Bot Army
AC: 10
Successful/Unsuccessful
Inital HP: 40
Current HP: 40]
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Cress Sybellos rolled 2 20-sided dice:
9, 15
Total: 24 (2-40)
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Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2011 4:36 pm
"Watch where you cast!" she shouted. There wasn't a thought in her mind to report him to any authority; Gaia cared about the actions of their mages about as much as she did the mages back home in Thedas (or was it home? Had she ever really existed there? But that's more belly-button staring, and that's boring to read). In other words, as long as they weren't harassing her or trying to destroy the world, she really didn't care what they did.
She took a deep breath, before beginning to hack and slash her way through the army. There were more of them than she thought though, and her efforts didn't seem to even make a dent. In fact, it seemed like the more she hit, the more there were.
[Zero Bot Army
AC: 10
Successful/Unsuccessful
Inital HP: 40
Current HP: 40]
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Cress Sybellos rolled 2 20-sided dice:
13, 5
Total: 18 (2-40)
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Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2011 6:40 am
Sereda easily ducked under the axe-strikes of the robots (as well as Telann's misfired spells), and smirked in satisfaction as the robots struck one another instead of her. They really were kinda pathetic, once you weren't disoriented.
[Zero Bot Army
AC: 10
Successful/Unsuccessful
Inital HP: 40
Current HP: 35]
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Cress Sybellos rolled 2 20-sided dice:
19, 11
Total: 30 (2-40)
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Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2011 9:42 am
Sereda continued to hack at the robot legion, and this time, fewer seemed to be rushing in to replace the downed bots. She began to wonder, though...who sends an army to attack a bakery? It wasn't like bread and cookies were dangerous military secrets or something.
[Zero Bot Army
AC: 10
Successful/Unsuccessful
Inital HP: 40
Current HP: 24]
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Cress Sybellos rolled 2 20-sided dice:
5, 8
Total: 13 (2-40)
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Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2011 2:32 pm
Though she was doing well and had downed what seemed to be nearly half of the robot legion all on her own, her contemplation of why exactly a bakery was being attacked was what tripped her up...or rather, got her the butt of an ax to the square of the back. She staggered forward, taken by surprise by the blow.
[Zero Bot Army
AC: 10
Successful/Unsuccessful
Inital HP: 40
Current HP: 24]
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Cress Sybellos rolled 2 20-sided dice:
17, 8
Total: 25 (2-40)
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Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2011 2:35 pm
She quickly recovered and swung her greatsword through the torso of the bot, and several others with it.
These things are about as tough as Hurlock Grunts, she thought as she took advantage of a few spare moments to rest and build back her energy.
[Zero Bot Army
AC: 10
Successful/Unsuccessful
Inital HP: 40
Current HP: 16]
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Cress Sybellos rolled 2 20-sided dice:
13, 2
Total: 15 (2-40)
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Posted: Sat Dec 10, 2011 11:21 am
Sereda ducked as she heard a noise from behind her; above her head the air shimmered, headed straight for one of the bots in front of her. She looked back to see Telann pointing his staff toward the bot and grinning. Before her eyes, the robot began to rust and seize up. In a few seconds, the suddenly-inflicted wear and corrosion forced the machine to grind to a halt.
"Not bad, if I do say so myself," Telann bragged.
[Zero Bot Army
AC: 10
Successful/Unsuccessful
Inital HP: 40
Current HP: 14]
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Cress Sybellos rolled 2 20-sided dice:
3, 7
Total: 10 (2-40)
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Posted: Sat Dec 10, 2011 11:25 am
The entirety of the robot army converged on Telann in what felt like an instant, nearly trampling Sareda in the process.
"Thanks, jerk," the dwarf muttered darkly, wincing from her new bruises.
Telann laughed nervously. "Uh, that wasn't supposed to happen..."
[Zero Bot Army
AC: 10
Successful/Unsuccessful
Inital HP: 40
Current HP: 14]
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Cress Sybellos rolled 2 20-sided dice:
15, 1
Total: 16 (2-40)
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Posted: Sun Dec 11, 2011 12:39 pm
A large van came down the street...and braked as it saw the half-dismantled army of bots. Almost as if a single entity, the robots perked their heads up in the air, appearing to sniff it, and ran toward the van. Sereda took advantage of their momentary distraction to swing her greatsword through one or two of them.
[Zero Bot Army
AC: 10
Successful/Unsuccessful
Inital HP: 40
Current HP: 13]
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Cress Sybellos rolled 2 20-sided dice:
5, 9
Total: 14 (2-40)
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Posted: Sun Dec 11, 2011 12:42 pm
Sereda wondered why they would have gone for the truck...perhaps a screaming metal death trap was more threatening to them than a 4-foot-tall girl with a sword and a mage who could hardly aim his spells right.
Instead of going for the driver, though, they tore into the back where any cargo would have been located. Out spilled a mountain of boxed cookies, candies, and other confections.
It was all immediately vaporized by eye lasers Sereda hadn't guessed the robots had. Which again begged the question, what was so bad about dessert that someone sent a robot army to destroy it?
[Zero Bot Army
AC: 10
Successful/Unsuccessful
Inital HP: 40
Current HP: 13]
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Cress Sybellos rolled 2 20-sided dice:
20, 5
Total: 25 (2-40)
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Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2011 10:14 am
While the robot army was occupied with destroying the truck's delicious cargo, Sereda charged them and tore through quite a few more bots. Most of the sweets were damaged beyond edibility, but at the very least some were left.
She looked toward the truck's cab, and saw that the driver had fled. She couldn't say she blamed them.
[Zero Bot Army
AC: 10
Successful/Unsuccessful
Inital HP: 40
Current HP: 8]
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Cress Sybellos rolled 2 20-sided dice:
3, 15
Total: 18 (2-40)
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Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2011 10:17 am
While she was distracted by wondering where the driver had gone, though, one of the Zero Bots clocked her on the head! Her vision blacked at the corners, but she forced herself to stay upright.
[Zero Bot Army
AC: 10
Successful/Unsuccessful
Inital HP: 40
Current HP: 8]
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Cress Sybellos rolled 2 20-sided dice:
19, 17
Total: 36 (2-40)
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Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2011 8:31 am
Shaking off the dizziness, Sereda spun her sword around, wiping out the bots immediately around her. She was about to turn and charge for the remaining few, when a crackling sound caught her attention. She looked over to Telann, who had a satisfied smirk on his face, and was gesturing toward the remaining bots.
Sereda whipped around to see them charred and smoking, completely neutralized.
"Not bad," she said. "For someone who misaimed so bad not even five minutes ago."
Telann rolled his eyes. "You'll get over it. Now, did you see where the truck driver went? I'm worried."
[Zero Bot Army
AC: 10
Successful/Unsuccessful
Inital HP: 40
Current HP: 0]
Zero Bot Army DEFEATED
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Cress Sybellos rolled 2 20-sided dice:
6, 4
Total: 10 (2-40)
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Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2011 8:40 am
"No, I didn't," Sereda sighed. "Whatever those were, it must have scared the hell out of them though."
Sereda began sifting through the robotic remains, hoping to find some sort of clue as to where they came from, and why they were attacking SWEETS. She couldn't say she was having much luck, as most of the bots had been reduced to smoking scrap metal. On one relatively-intact foot, however, there seemed to be something printed.
"If found, please return to Zero Omega..." Sereda read aloud. "Think that could be our guy?" she asked Telann, who had run over to her side to help her search through the remains for clues.
"Who knows," Telann sighed. "Sounds like our best bet, though. And someone's gotta pay for trashing my shop."
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Telann and Sereda spent the next few hours asking anyone who had witnessed the battle whether they had seen anything else suspicious, or whether they knew anything about a 'Zero Omega'.
"Don't know a thing," one woman said. "But I'm worried. WHY would someone want to destroy sweets?"
"Maybe he's a health nut," suggested another.
"I heard some dude by that name got pied in the face once," recalled a man, "but I doubt something like that is gonna cause something like this."
"So, you get anything useful?" Telann asked Sereda that evening, once they'd regrouped. The duo walked down the street, alert for signs of any more attacks.
"Not a damn thing," Sereda responded. "But I'm hungry, and anything that came off that truck was crushed beyond edibility."
"Can't say I have anything salvageable from the bakery, sorry," Telann sighed. "Thanks for helping me take those things out, by the way."
"Pft, I did all the work, boy," Sereda laughed. "But you're welcome anyway."
The peace didn't last long, though. The shrieks of what had to be children echoed down the street, and Sereda immediately drew her greatsword.
"By the ancestors, what was that?" she muttered, running toward the disturbance. Telann followed...or rather, shortly outpaced her, thanks to having much longer legs than her.
Sereda arrived on the scene shortly after Telann, to see children and their parents fleeing a candy store.
"Damn, we're too late," Telann growled, intently watching the entrance for more bots to exit...
But there were no bots.
There were zombies.
[Zero Zombie Army
AC: 13
Successful/Unsuccessful
Initial HP: 60
Current HP: 60]
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