"That was...your...?" Luxara's brow furrowed, smile twitching a little. "But on the radio they said...it was a REBEL base, right...? Y-yeah..." The COORDINATES were right! Of course they were! She had run through here before, for crying out loud! "So...if this was yours...and we took down the right base...then YOU'RE..."
Oh no. It couldn't be. "You're on THEIR side, aren't you, Gan?" It couldn't be, no, not to her, but it made so much sense, too. All too much sense. She was so, so stupid. They had defeated the WACKY before. He had led the team. For the rebels. Of course he would still be working on their side! Of COURSE! She should've known.
This was...all supposed to be a game, right? It was just putting the city back together...moving out vagrants and stuff...THEY started the bombing! THEY were destroying her team's bases! Surely Ganyma wasn't an actual PART of that. They were FRIENDS. He was her CAPTAIN.
"You're not hurt, are you? Lotsa stuff fell down and who knows what bounced or splintered and flew off to hurt people and stuff..." If he got hurt it would be HER fault. SHE did this. But...they were still friends? Still friends. It would be okay...right? "I-I didn't do anything BAD, did I?" Though she already felt like she did. It was clear in her face. She did something very, very wrong by letting herself feel scared and intimidated. Maybe he WOULD hate her for his. For being a big stinking coward and following orders because she didn't want to get CAUGHT.
Sypon
It all comes crashing down... :'>
Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2014 11:27 pm
Oh no, oh no. Forera was a lot faster than him, she'd catch up in no time! Unless... Vulpin ran to the side wall. It was tall, but he could pull off some sweet parkour tactics. All he had to do was run, take one step on the wall, jump from there, and grab the top rail. Easy right?
He braced himself and charged the wall. He jumped and planted his foot on the wall, only to discover that his poncho had gotten caught between the two. When he pushed off, his poncho threw his body out of balance, and he came crashing down to the ground. He landed on his back and groaned. His head was buzzing badly. He rubbed his forehead with the palm of his hand to try and nurse the pain.
Ganyma's expression changed. First, harried confusion. Then, as he processed Luxara's words, his eyebrows furrowed. Lips parted, eyes opened with fear. He sunk back into the ground, arching his back away from the girl. She had destroyed the rebel base. But he thought she was...?
She wasn't on his side. How could this be? She'd been so close to him, and now she was in the line of fire herself. His line of fire. Ganyma was hurting his own friends. Was Didero here, too? Rasali? What the hell were... What the hell were children doing in this... War zone?
"I-I didn't do anything BAD, did I?"
Ganyma choked up and suddenly rose from his spot, horrified. Everything about upending the quo changed now. The Phoenix Initiative promised change for the destruction of the Alternian Military, at a cost that he hadn't yet understood. These weren't royalists, culling lowbloods and misplacing them left and right. These were kids. The heat rose in Ganyma's face and he sputtered simply:
"W-what are you doing out here? Don't you know it's dangerous!?" For once, he erupted. He lunged toward her and picked her up by her oversized coat, panicking. "You could have killed me! You could die! Luxara, you could die! What the hell is wrong with you?" He put her down and took a step back, realizing with horror that more royalists had appeared over the horizon. His pumpbiscuit beat rapidly. If he stayed here any longer, he'd be caught and culled. They'd know his face. Everything would be in vain.
But now, he had no idea what "everything" meant. What was he doing out here? Ganyma pictured Milieu, Odette. Kursha. Even Stryke was too young for this. Ganyma pulled away from Luxara and began to backtrack.
"I--I have to go. You need to get out of here. Get away from all of this. You don't know what you're doing..."
He started to run as fast as he could. Away from her. Towards the Library -- a safe place he'd frequented. One of the few safe places left.
Wow. She never thought a troll could ******** up so bad. Holy s**t. Her screams and laughter was almost deafening and as soon as he fell, Forera jumped up, flying flying flying... before falling straight on Vulpin. "BELLY FLOOOOPPP!!" She had screamed, and by the time she rolled off of him, sure she felt a little sore but sore wasn't hurting a LOT. She stood up, tied him up and suddenly felt and URGE TO BUILD. So she dropped him off with Etsali and said she'd be back in a sec.
AND SO FORERA BUILT SOME s**t. Hella.
Group Progress: Coordinates Unlocked: [5,2] [1,2] [1,1] [3,2] [3,4] [2,2] [5,6] [2,5] [1,4] [6,3] [3,3] Defenders on Standby: N/A Result of Action: Base built at Shipyard Warehouses [6,3] with durability of 8!
BAM BAM BAM!! She was totally kicking a**. She added a little fort around it and added a sign to it just to mock Vulpin if he ever came across this area-- NO VULPIN'S ALLOWED. Hehehe.
Group Progress: Coordinates Unlocked: [5,2] [1,2] [1,1] [3,2] [3,4] [2,2] [5,6] [2,5] [1,4] [6,3] [3,3] Defenders on Standby: N/A Result of Action: Base fortified at Shipyard Warehouses [6,3] with durability of 9!
Once she was satisfied with the first base, Forera moved to the second... and was surprised to see it didn't need anything new. BUT!! It was always good to reinforce things!! So she did so!
Group Progress: Coordinates Unlocked: [5,2] [1,2] [1,1] [3,2] [3,4] [2,2] [5,6] [2,5] [1,4] [6,3] [2,6] [3,3] Defenders on Standby: N/A Result of Action: Base fortified at Daylight Mall [2,6] with durability of 13!
Long after Ganyma was gone, Luxara still hadn't moved much. Ever since he had violently tugged her up by her coat, she had basically gone limp. Even now, she was totally numb. She couldn't recall the last time someone yelled at her like that. Or, really, yelled at her at all. Stagdad could be angry, but rather stony-silent than anything else. Or aggressive, but...not like this. Actually, it was amazing that Stagdad hadn't charged Gan. Luxara couldn't even claim that she wasn't scared of her captain herself when he was screaming and yanking her up so suddenly.
But she did do something wrong. Something very, very wrong. And now Ganyma might very well hate her. Despite her best efforts, she sniffled. Luxara didn't know what to do anymore. She had betrayed one of her best friends who was actually DEDICATED and NOT a total coward, someone who wasn't a stupid little girl, and for what?
Was it really just a game if people were bombing each other left and right? If troops were fighting each other head-on? People were getting hurt. Her team exempted, probably because...they were lucky, maybe. Or just DUMB. She was dumb, and none of them had any idea...
It didn't take long before Luxara, hunched over in a knees-up sitting position, arms wrapped around her legs, quietly bloo-hoo-hoo'd into her huge trench coat. She was tired, her sides ached, and she had never felt so horrible in her life. She didn't know what to do, and she just couldn't stop bawling, which frustrated her even more.
Stagdad curled around her in the meantime, gently nosing at her hair every once in a while.
Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2014 2:07 am
For once, Ephias had decided to help with the construction in person. He needed to keep himself occupied from all that had happened, and if he sitting back at camp that was impossible. So he found himself once more at the Daylight Mall. This time, instead of destroying though, he was building, taking measurements, marking foundations, and organising materials. It was satisfying work and felt considerably less awful than demolition.
Having wrapped things up at the east end and passed the heavy lifting onto his crew, Ephias moved into the west end of the mall. He was dutifully marking things off on his map, when he saw a huddled lump near a dark corner. Ephias' pump biscuit beat fast. Was that... a body? Even just the thought made him feel sick. Though he was young, he was not so naive to think that conflict between the royalists and the rebels was a game. Trolls were dying on both sides and it was awful. He swallowed nervously.
“H-hello?” he called out, approaching slowly. “Is s-someone there? Are you all-all right?”
Vulpin wriggled like a dirtbeast and gnawed at the ropes that kept him restrained. He tried his best to escape, but the ropes were much too tight. They had no give, well except for giving him rope burn. He laid in his spot and pouted. He looked up at Etsali with pleading eyes— eyes that said please please let me go. He wasn't entirely sure if she even noticed.
He started to shout. "Help me please, somebody! Anybody!" He screamed over and over, until a large group of trolls rushed over to check him out. If his own teammates weren't going to help him, he'd find a way out himself. And he'd damage the image of those who defied him. Two featherbeasts, one stone.
Group Progress: Coordinates Unlocked: [1,1] [1,2] [1,4] [2,2] [2,5] [2,6] [3,2] [3,3] [3,4] [5,2] [5,6] [6,3] Defenders on Standby: 12 Result of Action: Rallied 12 Defenders!
Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2014 9:57 am
Etsali is sending all 12 of Vulpin's defenders AWAY!
While Etsali and Forera grinned about their very awesome plan, Vulpin decided he was going to run. Even she knew that wasn't going to end well. She didn't even have to move, Forera was already all over that chase scene. So the thief held back and celebrated her perfect vantage point by nearly falling over laughing. Oh man, what was Vulpin even trying to do? And that belly flop! This time she did flop to the ground, laughing so hard she could barely breathe. She'd mostly gotten it under control by the time a tied up Vulpin was deposited by her side, but another fit of giggles struck as she saluted Forera off to building.
When a crowd started to gather at Vulpin's screaming, she waved them off, then on better though waved her radio at them to demonstrate that she was totally in charge here right now. Oh, that was a sort of a fun thought. "He's just playing around! But you know where you should go?" She searched her memory for where they'd last sent people. "The Mall! I'm assigning you all there!" She waved as they wandered off that way, then looked back at Vulpin, a mischievous smile spreading.
"Hey, I got an idea. How about we make a new trade? Tell me something interesting and I'll untie you."
Group Progress: Coordinates Unlocked: [1,1] [1,2] [1,4] [2,2] [2,5] [2,6] [3,2] [3,3] [3,4] [5,2] [5,6] [6,3] Defenders on Standby: 0 Result of Action: Sent 12 defenders to Daylight Mall
She hadn't moved very far from where the old base had been, but could hear banging and construction in the distance. It was a large mall with plenty of extra space; the new base location could easily be anywhere else but here. And good riddance. The last thing Luxara needed was a construction crew working around her, staring as she kept being a total wreck, or even worse, trying to shoo her away or something. She wasn't at the emotional capacity to NOT kick someone in the shin for something like that at the moment.
The area around her shirt collar was quite damp by now, and her coat sleeves were coated with rubbed-off tears and snot. And she wasn't quiiiiite done yet. It's hard growing up. Especially when you're being pulled by two different factions, being young enough to think that those in charge are always righteous, and worrying that you yourself are already scum for one of those sides. And now, honestly, she was scum for both parties. Would she be able to face Ganyma after this? Would he even let her near him? He had been so mad at her about so much stuff...she could barely even WHAT he was mad about. Just that he was MAD. And wasn't that what mattered more than anything else?
Her mind was still a painful whirlwind when someone quietly came up behind her. "H-huh?" Luxara sniffled and looked at the redblood behind her with puffy eyes. "Oh. Hi." God, she must look horrible. "Y-yeah, I'm okay...just...yeah. I'm fine." The kid looked like he had the best intentions, but she really, really didn't want to be seen like this. Luxara wobbily got to her feet and rubbed her eyes with one coat-sleeved arm. She sniffled again. "Just taking a break from the good fight n' all that...don't mind me."
Was the new base a royalist one? Yep. And this kiddo didn't have any bombs or anything on him. Probably one of them.
"K-keep up the good work." She flashed a half-assed grin at him before toddling off.
Katanari
Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2014 12:02 pm
DAILY REFRESH!
It's a new day! While the Royalists struggle to keep their ground against the rebel threat, the rebels realize true danger in up close combat. Open fighting has ceased as the rebels decide on a sneakier strategy, and it seems as though the peak of the outward conflict has passed (hopefully).
With the capture of rebel trolls, many trolls within the Phoenix Initiative have realized the gravity of the situation. An impressive amount of coordination and resource pooling has established a new, simple form of cohesion and stealth between the rebels. In each rebel base, simple black hemoanonymous uniforms are given out. A simple mask accompanies the outfit, to hide the troll's face. A prototype outfit for the rebellion. Rebel trolls are encouraged to not be identified, and elude capture at all costs. A note on the attire reads: "Whatever happens after this conflict, if you're branded as a traitor, the worst will happen. For you, and for the rebellion. Keep your identity safe. Protect yourself.
Today's Happenstance: A rogue Surf Gang has taken coordinate [6,6], The Bungalows. These gnarly trolls are not only radical, but have stocked their stores with enough goods to last through an apocalypse! It's a party over there! Building a base on The Bungalows will reward double points and cannot be attacked today.
Members of the Royalist Teams can roll 1D6 once every hour in the Coastal Base thread to assist the wounded in the medical bay. The corresponding number will subtract from the number of wounded, and at 0 this effect will go away. If a 6 is rolled, a new action can be taken. These posts must be accompanied by RP text.
There is a medical station set-up at the rebel base, for those who would like additional RP in the Wooded Sanctuary.
Each troll is refreshed and ready to go with 2 available actions.
Refreshers: POSSIBLE ACTIONS ARE:
Build: Roll 1D6 to build on a coordinate that you have unlocked – the roll result determines the durability of the base. You can also build on friendly bases to add durability, up to a maximum of 30 durability. You cannot build on a coordinate that already has an enemy base on it. Trolls with training in Construction get a bonus to their roll: Apprentice: Roll 2D6 Journeytroll: Roll 3D6 Master: Roll 4D6 Grandmaster: Roll 5D6
Rally: Roll 1D6 to organize defenders, which can be assigned to any coordinate you have unlocked. The roll result determines the amount of defenders you have rallied. Defenders will be on stand-by until you mobilize them. Defenders are the second level of defense that can be assigned to protect a base. You must use defenders to take out defenders if you want to demolish an enemy base! Trolls with training in Recruiting get a bonus to their roll: Apprentice: Roll 2D6 Journeytroll: Roll 3D6 Master: Roll 4D6 Grandmaster: Roll 5D6 Demolish: Roll 1D6 to destroy a base on a coordinate that you have unlocked – the roll result determines the amount of damage done to the durability of the base. At 0 durability, the base is destroyed. You cannot demolish a base with defenders assigned to it. Trolls with training in Demolition get a bonus to their roll: Apprentice: Roll 2D6 Journeytroll: Roll 3D6 Master: Roll 4D6 Grandmaster: Roll 5D6
Intelligence: Roll a new coordinate (2D6). If you roll a coordinate you have already unlocked, the roll is wasted. Trolls with training in Intelligence get a bonus to their rolls: Apprentice: Roll 2 new coordinates (4D6) Journeytroll: Roll 2 new coordinates (4D6); if at least 1 of the coordinates is not unique, re-roll 2D6 until a new coordinate has been unlocked. Master: Journeytroll effect OR select one new coordinate from another team and unlock it. You must post with roleplay in your own thread and the other team’s thread for this to take effect. Grandmaster: Journeytroll effect OR Master effect OR… Roll 1 coordinate (2D6). If your allies control the coordinate rolled: add 5 durability and 5 defenders to that coordinate (may surpass the maximum durability/defender limit by 5). If your opponents control the coordinate rolled: it loses 5 durability and 5 recruits (does not apply if the numbers would decrease past 0). You additionally unlock the coordinate.
Mobilize: Choose one of two options: 1. Send defenders from your stand-by or a friendly-base you control to any friendly-base on a coordinate that you have unlocked. 2. Assault an enemy-controlled coordinate that you have unlocked using defenders from a friendly base. Defenders must be deployed to a base before they can assault an enemy base and cannot attack directly from your standby.
POST IN THE WAR ROOM THREAD IF:
You build a new base on a coordinate You reinforce a friendly base You assign defenders to a base You assault a base You do damage to a base You destroy a base You use the Grandmaster Intelligence perk to affect a base
Vulpin stared at Etsali, processing her question. That wasn't a very fair way to get information out of him. Then again, Vulpin didn't play fair either. He screamed some more, drawing more unwanted attention.
Group Progress: Coordinates Unlocked: [1,1] [1,2] [1,4] [2,2] [2,5] [2,6] [3,2] [3,3] [3,4] [5,2] [5,6] [6,3] Defenders on Standby: 8 Result of Action: Rallied 8 more troops!
For a moment Etsali thought he was gonna go for it, so she leaned forward eagerly. His mouth opened, ready to spill something interesting she just knew it, and then the screaming started again. She jumped, scrambling back, and then glanced around as more trolls appeared from out of the market. Where were these people even coming from? She reached for her radio, to try being in charge again, but some of these guys were looking at her like she was a bad guy or something and oh, they must have thought she was the one who'd tied him up. Making a face at Vulpin, she hopped up onto her feet and ran for it. Let his stupid new friends untie him then!
While she was running around, she guessed she might as well look for new interesting things! There was a weird building she'd never noticed over this way, but before she could go in for a closer look she realized it didn't seem very royal. Rebels then? Maybe she should go- No, Keeper was pulling her back, better keep moving then. Her next new discovery was a collapsed highway! It looked like someone had been building here already too, though. A little bummed she hadn't found somewhere to build a brand new base, she turned and started back.
Soon enough she was peeking around buildings at the Old Market again, to see if Vulpin's friends had gone away yet.
Coordinates Unlocked: [1,1] [1,2] [1,4] [2,2] [2,5] [2,6] [3,1] [3,2] [3,3] [3,4] [4,5] [5,2] [5,6] [6,3] Defenders on Standby: 8 Result of Action: Found Club Condescension [3,1] and Four Fronds Highway [4,5]
Forera actually stayed around the mall looting it after she constructed the base around it, searching for new goodies... only to see a figure in the distance, hobbling like an old lady. GASP! Could it be? Was that... "LUXARAAA!!!" She exclaimed, bouncing off to her close friend and grabbing her shoulder, smiling brightly and turning her around. Then... she saw her face. Forera's smile changed into a confused and worried expression. "Uh... Luxy, whassup? Ya don't look too good." She blinked once or twice, then put both arms on both her shoulders-- "Heeyyy, let's go to the bathroom reaaal quick!! Washin yer face will TOTALLY make ya feel better!!" She said, a little lower, expression still confused but wanting to help her new friend as much as she could.
