Despite Leaf on the Wind we were dropping pretty damn fast. I was spreading the skill over both of us so it was kind of dampened, not to mention I didn't want to drop too slow because the Gargoyles were after us. As mentioned the...
2022-07-31 21:33:28 +0000 UTC View PostApril 22nd 2016 Gotham City 11:00 PM EDT
The wind down of the fight for Gotham was surprisingly orderly. I guess having the demonic footsoldiers of the evil gods who tried to kill you floating in the sky ki...
2022-07-31 18:16:16 +0000 UTC View PostOnce we got down to the treasury it was even more apparent that we had hit the jackpot. The place was wall to wall with impressive looking stuff, though granted based on Impact a not insignificant portion of the treasures were ju...
2022-07-30 23:08:09 +0000 UTC View PostFebruary 1st 2016 Gemworld 8:00 PM EDT
The rest of the day was specifically dedicated to charging the phone. It took tons of electricity to get the damn thing to a point where I could call ...
2022-07-30 15:06:44 +0000 UTC View PostOpening the door back out to the hallway, I finally had a chance to look around. We had hours of time left on the current life force charge, and stealth didn't burn much energy luckily, so we didn't need to rush and could take ou...
2022-07-29 19:38:03 +0000 UTC View PostApril 22nd 2016 Gotham City 10:00 PM EDT
I woke up in pain. Not too much pain thankfully, my armor had stayed on during my brief time unconscious, but still, it was not fun coming back to reality. My head w...
2022-07-29 14:20:25 +0000 UTC View PostThe shadow constructs were surprisingly stable to stand on. I'd expected them to be shaky but my footing was steady as a rock as we mounted the first platform. It was three sided, one below, one behind, and one to the side, leavi...
2022-07-28 16:35:25 +0000 UTC View PostFebruary 1st 2016 Gemworld 8:00 AM EDT
I slept pretty well. The G ranked cottage had a pretty decent bed. Cherry was the only one who climbed in with me, Zee and Barbie mostly deciding to l...
2022-07-28 14:09:48 +0000 UTC View PostThe next six or seven hours were an exercise in constant grinding. We spent half the time sneaking around, and we were so thorough about it that Benny actually got the stealth skill just from the effort. Sarah dragged some of the...
2022-07-27 18:38:32 +0000 UTC View PostApril 22nd 2016 Gotham City 9:00 PM EDT
I took a minute or two by myself on that roof to get my head on right. My perfect memory was biting me in the ass because I couldn't scrub the image of that sobbing l...
2022-07-27 15:27:29 +0000 UTC View PostAfter getting the wishes out of the way (Callie paid four Vitality for four Might putting her literally one point short of a hundred) we all took a break in that huge room to once again search for any loot that might be around. A...
2022-07-26 22:15:17 +0000 UTC View PostJanuary 31st 2016 Gemworld 8:00 PM EDT
The knowledge that we were stranded in another dimension temporarily was understandably not comforting to most of my crew. Zee seemed kind of excited,...
2022-07-26 13:13:19 +0000 UTC View PostWe ran into a few groups of wights on the way down the tunnel, but honestly it was less of a problem than I expected in such cramped quarters. The tunnels were pretty cramped with the exception of the occasional big side cavern, ...
2022-07-25 21:29:18 +0000 UTC View PostApril 22nd 2016 Gotham City 8:30 PM EDT
Gilotina WAS actually really good with a blade. Within three exchanges I was able to confirm she was better with a blade than the Warlord was, and the thought of a ne...
2022-07-25 04:50:32 +0000 UTC View PostThe first thing I noticed heading into the cavern was that while it wasn't bigger than expected, it was a MUCH longer trip than I'd thought, because we had to work our way slowly down from the entrance. We might have been able to...
2022-07-24 22:29:49 +0000 UTC View PostJanuary 31st 2016 Wintermark Castle 7:00 PM EDT
Drench was radiating smugness under the spotlight, not that the expression seemed out of place on him. "My employer has invited you here tonight, &...
2022-07-24 20:45:42 +0000 UTC View PostThe chamber wasn't the biggest underground space I'd seen. The WCP in Rajak was bigger, but something about this one just made me feel...small. Not the size so much as the untamed wildness of it gave the impression that this was a plac...
2022-07-23 23:07:43 +0000 UTC View PostApril 22nd 2016 Gotham City 8:00 PM EDT
We put out the call to all of our allies and then headed for Gotham via the teleporters. I was fucking pissed. I had been planning this entire thing for days if not w...
2022-07-23 19:01:12 +0000 UTC View PostCark took the other Dullahan apart. We literally just sat there and watched him slowly demolish the thing. The wights were downed fast enough, and the others just came over to sit with us as we spectated. We offered to help but C...
2022-07-22 20:39:39 +0000 UTC View PostJanuary 31st 2016 Wintermark Castle 6:30 PM EDT
There are a lot of movies and books that talk about people having an aura or a presence. They tell you that the impression that something powerful ...
2022-07-22 09:48:10 +0000 UTC View PostWe woke up about two hours later, and Jessie was already awake and ready to take on the world. It made me smile to see how much happier and more energetic my friend was. Not just because of the rest, but because she had HOPE. She...
2022-07-21 21:30:00 +0000 UTC View PostApril 22nd 2016 Doomhallow Hall 6:00 PM EDT
So I was in the market for a new perk. Forty thousand points and I needed something that could counter Darkseids influence. That asshole was like the Da Vinci of ...
2022-07-21 21:06:21 +0000 UTC View PostIt took a few minutes for Jessie to cry herself out. I imagined she had been building up quite a bit of pressure and frustration, and having a release for all that tension in the form of hope was bound to take the wind out of her...
2022-07-20 23:42:09 +0000 UTC View PostJanuary 31st 2016 Wintermark Castle 6:00 PM EDT
The inside of the castle was, as one would expect from a castle, really fucking big. I mean, I was used to big, I grew up in a mansion, but s...
2022-07-20 21:29:51 +0000 UTC View PostCallie looked mostly unamused at the question. "We go in obviously, before the fight attracts even more of these damned undead and we end up ass deep in a skeleton army." I snickered slightly. In her defense I had known that, there was...
2022-07-19 22:03:05 +0000 UTC View PostApril 22nd 2016 Doomhallow Hall 4:00 PM EDT
My talk with my mother had brought home the stakes for this next fight, so of course I'd consulted with all my mentors and friends about what we were likely to fa...
2022-07-19 21:08:23 +0000 UTC View PostCark got to fight two of them. He was the strongest of us stat wise, though I didn't know exactly how many points he had, so he decided to take the initiative and hit one of the two duos himself. I personally was annoyed by the f...
2022-07-18 17:15:31 +0000 UTC View PostJanuary 31st 2016 Gotham City 5:00 PM
Zee's plan was...not great. I should have probably expected that. The League's basic idea of strategy, barring Batman when he wasn't relying on the element of surprise,...
2022-07-18 12:37:13 +0000 UTC View PostAt the very least it wasn't too long of a trip to the necropolis. Jessie hadn't been ranging out that far, so it only ended up being ten or twenty miles. Given the enhanced physiques and stamina of the people involved in the trip...
2022-07-17 23:06:29 +0000 UTC View PostApril 21st 2016 Gojo Penthouse 5:00 PM EDT
I stayed up on the roof after Gojo left. Despite his departure I still had training to do. Actual training that would help me get stronger, not a complete nonsense...
2022-07-17 19:57:55 +0000 UTC View Post