Hunger Games: Session 4

[idolpro]

[ You find yourself in your respective unit's zone, with a mini-map on your phone, as well as your objectives:


Kill as many competitors as you can.
Destroy zones by breaking their statues.
Not enough action = We start killing you :)

Underneath the objectives is the number of revivals you have left, as well as whatever miscellaneous details about scoring points—killing a unitmate results in negative points, five units will be healed at most, etc.

The starting horn sounds. Let the games begin. ]

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[carrionmywaywardsun]

[letting Alphinaud go on ahead, and then quietly making his way to the weak beam he identified earlier--staying hidden and waiting for Alphinaud to get in place before he tries to move it out of the way and drop whatever it's supporting on him]

[sagescion]

[He's still moving about, right in place for the beam to come crashing down onto him.]

Have you found anything...?

[carrionmywaywardsun]

[perfect. using Achilles Radar to move this beam just enough to collapse what's above on Alphinaud.]

[rolling Adaptability 10 (the +1 from Slingshot, though it's not reflected on my stats sheet for some reason)

Result: 21 (16 + 5 from Achilles Radar)]

[idolpro]

The beam... topples, just enough, without warning!

If Alphinaud gets hit that's like 1d12 damage.

[sagescion]

[Hahahaha Rolled AGI: 6 and a 1d12 roll of an 8. Good bye.]

Wha-

[He hears the sound of metal coming loose and before he can even react it comes crashing down onto him. He takes 8 damage from his Henshin HP.

If Valor wanted to, he could just keep dropping beams on him.]

[carrionmywaywardsun]

[stupid fucking armor. fine, scanning the area with Achilles Radar--he doesn't hear anyone approaching, so he'll go for another beam to drop.]

[rolling Adaptability 10 (the +1 from Slingshot, though it's not reflected on my stats sheet for some reason)

Result: 19 (14 + 5 from Achilles Radar)]

[idolpro]

if it wasn't for those meddling hss kids and their armor!

it works again, though; falling beams deal 1d12 damage when not dodged.

[sagescion]

[Result: 2, 1d12]

[His cry is a bit more muted as the second beam comes crashing onto him. His Henshin completely breaks as well.]

[scattershot]

[And what in the world is she supposed to do about that?

[Alisaie screams.]

Alphinaud!

[What happened here, what happened? Frantic, she rushes to his side; she struggles to wrest the beams off him.

[STR: 2.]

[It's not going to be enough. She's small. Light. Terrified.]

[sagescion]

[He's not dead, but his armor is gone. His Carbuncle Aibou is at her side, also distressed.]

Ali...saie. [He can barely talk. He feels winded.]

Get... away. [He doesn't want her to be hurt too.]

[scattershot]

No...! I'm not going anywhere!

[She's furious, she's shaking, she feels sick and she can't even see clearly, Twelve damn it. She thinks to summon her Aibou this time, and he, at least, is calm. Between them they manage to haul one of the beams off him, a little: enough, she hopes, that he can breathe.

[STR: 8]

[leaveofabsence]

[ Oh.

Oh no.

When Zhongli does not immediately see the assailant, he summons his dragon aibou to float up above Alphinaud to protect him from more falling debris as he also tries to lift the beams off of him.

STR: 7

Which is enough for his to haul them a few inches to the side. ]

[sagescion]

[He flinches, terrified despite receiving help. He would try to crawl away, but he's hurt. When he realizes it's Zhongli, he relaxes, but doesn't speak.]

[leaveofabsence]

Don't try to move. We need to ensure that the area is safe first.

[ Spoiler.

It's not safe. ]

[inspiteful]

[ Oh. Ohhhhhh no.

Skylark knows he's not going to be much help with the support beams, so instead he tries to see if there's anyone else around, because if nothing else he's deeply suspicious that an accident could just happen in a game where murder is the desired result. ]

[carrionmywaywardsun]

[Valor stuck to the shadows while dropping the beams, and he retreats even further when he hears people arriving. Though...one HSS, two HSS...he's starting to get an idea.

oh. and Lark. smart of him to look around. sorry, kid.

once everyone's distracted--activating Machai Provocation, targeting Alphinaud. "Next action performed by all creatures in room must be an offensive action against target."]

[scattershot]

No--!

[There's one thing

[one single thing

[that makes what has just happened to her okay, and that's a caveat she simply hadn't paid much heed to at the time: Heart Weapons do no harm to the ones that you love. She hadn't thought much of it because why in the world would she ever, for any reason, try to go for a loved one with a sword?

[Today - her hands shaking, tears in her eyes and spilling down her cheeks, no no no no no - she's stabbed her brother. And she fought it until the last second, because why would she be thinking of that one little caveat, now...? No sword she's wielded has ever worked so.

[And then there's nothing. No blood. No sickening thud as blade impacts body. Just her, bent over Alphinaud, a rapier buried hard into the ground beneath him, and she must have hurt him more in toddler rough-and-tumble.]

I'm sorry. Alphinaud. I'm sorry---

[She's shaking.

[In a moment, maybe two, she will remember it.]

[leaveofabsence]

[ There a slow unsteady blink as Machai Provocation takes over. A litany of "Kill. Fight. Defend." ringing through Zhongli's ears as he shifts back mentally to a time of warring gods where mercy was not allowed.

And there's only one way to survive such an era and that is to fight.

ATK: 13

So Zhongli's spear sinks into Alphinaud's chest with the intent to eliminate any who would stand in his way.

DMG: 0 due to friendship is magic.

Look.

It may do 0 damage, but enjoy that nightmare fuel for the rest of your time at Imeeji.

Sorry, Alphinaud. ]

[inspiteful]

[ Before Lark can even think to try and snoop around further a few things happen in short order: one rapier stabbed into Alphinaud, another spear stabbed into Alphinaud, and the feeling that washes all over him whenever anger and hostility take the wheel within, and all pretense of being a reasonable human being gets thrown into the sea.

Pull him under pull him under pull him under pull him under down down down down --

His face is completely devoid of all emotion as he reaches to wrap his hands around Alphinaud's neck and tries to squeeze.

...It's probably very fortunate that he's a skinny noodle without a weapon. (3 damage) ]

[scattershot]

[Alisaie reacts fast.

[Later. She'll think about it later--

[Someone is hurting Alphinaud. She straightens, flinging herself bodily at Lark with a scream.]

Stop!

[AGI: 10]

[Ends up in the dirt with Lark pinned just as bodily beneath him, but he's not strangling her brother any more. That's a win.]

[sagescion]

The stabbing don't hurt physically but it was terrifying emotionally. Alisaie apologizing didn't make it better. It's Lark trying to strangle him that completes this horror he's experiencing. He struggles (3) and it luckily doesn't cause damage, but it's definitely not fun having to go through this.]

[carrionmywaywardsun]

[Valor was taking advantage of the chaos to make his way through the shadows of the construction site and out of the room as quickly as possible...but then the announcement of the rooms being closed goes out and, well, there goes that plan.

and when he glances back to see how the chaos is going, he sees that Alphinaud isn't?? dead??? HOW CAN HE NOT BE DEAD he just took a fucking sword and a spear to the chest okay fuck this if Valor can't get away clean, then he's going to do his damnedest to make sure that Alphinaud doesn't get out of this alive.

he scans Alphinaud with Achilles Radar to line up the best place to strike. it means moving out of the shadows in order to line up a clear shot his Slingshot, and anyone who happens to look back the way they came will see him clearly, but fuck it, he's doing this.]

[Rolling Adaptability 10 (9 + 1 from the Slingshot though that's not showing on his stats sheet for some reason)

Results: 15 (10 + 5 from Achilles Radar)]

[sagescion]

[And with that, he's dead. However, he doesn't stay that way for long. Heroes Never Die... Alisaie had been mad at him for buying this, but it gives him new life. He gasps, terrified and trying to move away from everyone.

Please don't hurt me, please, please, please-

He's absolutely terrified.]

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[scattershot]

You--

[No words.

[There are absolutely no words for what this man is, but she finds one anyway.]

--you bastard!

[It doesn't come even close to good enough for him, bad enough for him, and all of a sudden everything about him is a provocation. The fury cuts through everything with a deadly, burning clarity and, in an eyeblink, everything is only beautifully, brilliantly clear to her. I will have your heart for this.]

[scattershot]

Lark.

[It's half an exhalation.]

I need your help.

[And she reaches out for him, somehow - how the power actually works she has no idea. It'll hit him with the force of a typhoon: anger, boiling and churning, shot through with guilt and grief and hopeless despair.]

You too, Zhongli. You have Buddy Bond, don't you?