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 Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2012 11:34 pm
 Life Hunter
BATTLE ARENA
The portal opens up into an observation room, and down the stairs, an odd chamber for something like hunter training. At the center of a piranha-filled pool stands a solid stone table and several chairs. The Life Arena was built underneath the demolitions and ballistics testing areas, and the chamber rumbles with the occasional explosions above. Pinpoint red lasers sweep across the room regularly, as if hidden snipers are searching for a nice target. In the center of the table sits a wooden tower, made up of smaller wooden blocks. Yes. That's right. The Life Hunters prefer to train via Jenga.
Note: Distraction techniques and Yo Momma jokes are considered viable weapons when playing competitively.
If you fail: you have knocked down the tower! A small dart hits the back of your neck. You come to several hours later, and hope Dr. H didn't do anything to your body while you were unconscious. When you look into the mirror...
If you win: you have reached 50 points! You get a sharpie marker to do with as you please. peen points go to those with the highest scores.
Mechanics
- by carefully removing pieces of the tower, you earn points and advance to the next round. As the rounds continue, the odds grow steadily against you. Rolling a 1 at any point means you have knocked down the tower. Please do enjoy your mystery dart. Anything after reaching 50 points is purely for peen.
- you may roll pieces individually (suggested for group play) or in batches of 5 (basically, a full round.)
Round 1
Pieces: 5
Points per piece: 1
Trainee Roll: 1d10
Life Trainee Roll: 1d12
Hunter Roll: 1d12
Life Hunter Roll: 1d20
Round 2
Pieces: 5
Points per piece: 3
Trainee Roll: 1d8
Life Trainee Roll: 1d10
Hunter Roll: 1d10
Life Hunter Roll: 1d12
Round 3
Pieces: 5
Points per piece: 4
Trainee Roll: 1d6
Life Trainee Roll: 1d8
Hunter Roll: 1d8
Life Hunter Roll: 1d10
Round 4
Pieces: 5
Points per piece: 10
Trainee Roll: 1d4
Life Trainee Roll: 1d6
Hunter Roll: 1d6
Life Hunter Roll: 1d8
Bonus Mechanics
Life Hunters train for precise hand eye coordination and exceptional judgement, thus they have a slightly lower chance of knocking down the tower.
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Rown rolled 5 10-sided dice:
7, 5, 3, 2, 3
Total: 20 (5-50)
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Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2012 11:37 pm
It was funny, but Ofelia hadn't thought about going to the training grounds in a very long time. It wasn't that she didn't have any interest in training but it was. . . . well, she didn't have any interest in training. Lately her interest in anything (even baking) had been waning and the teen often spent her days just wandering around or sitting in random places. The sky was still clear at this point in time, what with all the clearing of the fog that threatened to settle back in, and though Ofelia should have been venting her anger or nerves on the dummies in the outside training grounds she instead chose to pick one of the indoor training courses.
The Shadow Run was something she'd already completed. The Deathsweeper thing was something she'd done already with Cass and probably didn't need to do again? There were a lot of other things she needed to do, probably about three more courses (if each division had a course) and if she wanted to get certified on everything she needed to do them all. (It had taken her a bit to realize that the training got her certified for things, which was weird).
The words BATTLE ARENA had her attention. The fact that it was more or less like a massive gang of Jenga near lost it. If it weren't for the fact she'd already gotten started and there was something or another about a dart in the neck if she lost she would have already left. Now she had to play the game until she was taken out of commission or something, and with a sigh Ofelia started in at it. Hopefully those sweeping red lasers wouldn't be coming her way. . . .
. . . .andin the end she passed by taking out five pieces without any trouble. They all slid away easily, no grief involved, and the teen chuckled bitterly as she prepared herself for a second set. Her luck wasn't going to hold out forever.Status Round: 1 Pieces Taken: 5 Total Points: 5
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Rown rolled 5 8-sided dice:
3, 7, 6, 4, 6
Total: 26 (5-40)
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Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2012 11:47 pm
The second round started without any further ado, being a solo player making life easier on the teen when she didn't have to stress about anyone else making a move, and with her tongue pressed between her lips Ofelia started to pull out pieces. First one, then two, and finally onward until she ended at five to signal the stop of the round.
All together ten pieces, how many more to go? Just ten there too? She wasn't going to make it, it was worth a cackle to think she could even get that far, and the silence that echoed through her skull didn't do anything to make her thoughts easier or even stressed. Rue was quiet, so very quiet, and Ofelia was actually . . . .enjoying the silence?
It was always so weird, but she needed to keep going and get this over with.
. . . Right?
Her eye twitched.Status Round: 2 Pieces Taken: 5 (total, 10) Total Points: 20
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Rown rolled 5 6-sided dice:
6, 3, 3, 6, 1
Total: 19 (5-30)
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Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2012 11:57 pm
She moved into round three just as silent as she had the other rounds, her eyes narrowing as she pulled out pieces.
One.
Two.
Three.
Four.
A sudden screech inside her skull prompted her to scream and suddenly stand up, her hand flailing and knocking down the tower she'd been so carefully pulling apart. Her hands were clamped over the sides of her ears and were ringing, enough that her vision whited for a moment or two, and the teen was about to shout when a sudden sting struck her in the back of the neck.
Ofelia was out cold before she hit the ground, her body splaying against the floor in the way so many before her had. Inside her mind, where Ofelia could not hear, Rue cackled. Serves you right.
GAME ENDED 36 pointsStatus Round: 3 Pieces Taken: 4 (total 14) Total Points: 36 [ game ended ]
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Rown rolled 5 10-sided dice:
10, 8, 9, 9, 6
Total: 42 (5-50)
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Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2012 12:06 am
TRY TWO
Ofelia woke up still in the gaming area, apparently either left because she'd gotten so far or apparently not out long enough for someone to come and grab her. Either she was super awesome at accepting knock-out darts to the point her body burned through them like tissue paper or someone was feeling lazy. The teen wasn't going to argue as she pulled the dart from her neck, it was still there and still stinging, and she felt the spot where blood had oozed from the p***k.
She was still dizzy and probably should have gone back, but Ofelia was being stubborn like an a** and went ahead and set the pieces back up. Round One was restarting, she kept a hand over her ear just in case Rue started again (not that it would help at all) and she pulled out different parts as she went.
One, two, three, four and five. No problems there, the first round passed, and Ofelia leaned back into the chair. Easy enough, no need to stress right now. If she tried maybe this would become fun? Also maybe the longer she went at this she might be able to walk out in the end and not stagger.Status Round: 1 Pieces Taken: 5 Total Points: 5
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Rown rolled 5 8-sided dice:
7, 6, 3, 2, 7
Total: 25 (5-40)
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Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2012 12:12 am
Round Two passed without a hitch, just as it had the first time, and Ofelia yawned against the drugs that had taken her down. Her eyes felt heavy, even the one that wasn't there anymore, and after she finished pulling out the pieces she rubbed at the both with the heel of her palms.
Two rounds down, two more to go. Rue was still silent but Ofelia knew she was waiting. So were the sweeping red lasers if her eye wasn't mistaken. A second dart would likely end her chances for the day entirely, not just the period of time she was passed out from before.
Hopefully getting two doses in a single day wouldn't kill her?Status Round: 2 Pieces Taken: 5 (total, 10) Total Points: 20
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Rown rolled 5 6-sided dice:
4, 4, 4, 5, 5
Total: 22 (5-30)
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Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2012 12:16 am
It was silly that she was a bit nervous of making it through the round, seeing as Rue had taken the chance last time to make sure Ofelia knew she was still there despite her period of radio silence, but when everything went off without a hitch she leaned in her chair once again and gave a happier sigh of relief.
There was only one more round to go, if she was reading the board correctly, but in the end she still wasn't sure what all the points were really for. Fifty points got her certified in bandages? How did playing Jenga and avoiding darts in the neck prep her for bandages? She wasn't even trained in them, she really only knew how to use them because she'd patched up an injured person once or twice.
This was dumb, but she was almost done.Status Round: 3 Pieces Taken: 5 ( total 15 ) Total Points: 40
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Rown rolled 5 4-sided dice:
1, 4, 4, 2, 3
Total: 14 (5-20)
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Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2012 12:20 am
The tower wobbled and before it fell Ofelia felt the sting of a dart in her neck. Her head connected with the table, sending it all falling down in front of her.
She was out cold for the rest of the day this time.
GAME ENDED 40 pts
Status Round: 4 Pieces Taken: 0 ( total, 15 ) Total Points: 40
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Rown rolled 5 10-sided dice:
6, 2, 7, 6, 1
Total: 22 (5-50)
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Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2012 12:30 am
TRY THREE
Ofelia came back about six hours later, somewhat fresher, and still somehow managed to screw up and get darted in the neck before the first round was even over. At least this time she fell to the side and didn't have her head hit the table top.
GAME ENDED 4 ptsStatus Round: 1 Pieces Taken: 4 Total Points: 4
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Rown rolled 5 10-sided dice:
9, 4, 10, 3, 1
Total: 27 (5-50)
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Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2012 12:31 am
TRY FOUR
Fourth time was not the charm, even if she was a bit more rested than her second attempt (which had gotten her the farthest). Once again she was almost done when her hand slipped, the dart hit, and everything went dark.
Dammit.
GAME ENDED 4 ptsStatus Round: 1 Pieces Taken: 4 Total Points: 4
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Rown rolled 5 10-sided dice:
8, 9, 8, 10, 5
Total: 40 (5-50)
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Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2012 12:32 am
TRY FIVE
She wasn't well rested, she wasn't even fully aware. She was dizzy, she had a line of beautiful dart marks all over her neck, but she was pissed off now and was going to beat this stupid game even if she ended up poisoned from being darted entirely too much. Would whomever was out there shooting even do it? Were they amused to see her back or were they super ready to take her down again?
If they wanted to shoot they would be disappointed as she cleared the round without too much troubles, zooming at grabbing pieces so quickly it didn't even look like she moved.
Take that.Status Round: 1 Pieces Taken: 5 Total Points: 5
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Rown rolled 5 8-sided dice:
6, 2, 4, 2, 5
Total: 19 (5-40)
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Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2012 12:34 am
Round two? She didn't need no stinkin' round two.
It was over before it even started, the pieces stacked up so nice.Status Round: 2 Pieces Taken: 5 ( total 10 ) Total Points: 20
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Rown rolled 5 6-sided dice:
3, 5, 6, 2, 3
Total: 19 (5-30)
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Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2012 12:35 am
Ofelia looked at the closest red laser dot and flipped it off as she finished the round.
One more to go and she was still sitting properly. She had this.Status Round: 3 Pieces Taken: 5 ( total 15 ) Total Points: 40
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Rown rolled 5 4-sided dice:
3, 4, 3, 4, 3
Total: 17 (5-20)
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Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2012 12:36 am
Everything was down, she registered not fifty, but ninety points on the scale as the last of the pieces came out at her hands. The game was over, she passed, and she was happy enough that she stood up and knocked the entire tower over now that everything was done.
A dart got her in the back of the neck and she went down.
At least this time she went down as a champ.
GAME CLEARED 90 ptsStatus Round: 4 Pieces Taken: 5 ( total 20 ) Total Points: 90
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