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Everybody Wants to Die 3: Fun Guy Edition (Game Thread)
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@The_Divine_Phoenix
Upon entering behind Aya and walking for a few moments, passing a good few doors along the way, the guard points to map at the end of a hallway and nervously tells her to follow the indicated directions, those being small LEDs placed across the plate. Assuming she does so, Aya would hortly find herself in a much larger room, almost looking like a padded cell, but with an extremely thick glass sheet separating it into two sections with wooden-looking chairs and a man in a hazmat suit sitting in the other section. A voice, presumably his, comes on over loud-speakers in the corners of the room, loud and clear but not threatening.
"Please, take a seat. it is clear we have much to discuss."
@CrimsonStarFallen
Without skipping a beat, the thing instantly swings its club down, bringing the tendril-look projection straight down onto Matricardo through his open head. Weirdly, it makes no attempts to avoid his attack, but the feedback makes it clear why. The pellets hitting it make an... odd noise, like dropping a two-by-four onto the ground from head-height, an almost-hollow "thunk." The dust plume being cleared by the attack somewhat, Matricardo can see the thing's skin is cracked open, rather than being cut into like normal flesh, almost as though he shot a ridiculously durable tree.
Matricardo's other attacks do much the same, even if they hit traditionally vital areas such as the neck or eye, and don't appear to hinder the thing at all. Given the supernatural nature of its body and seemingly main method of attack, his calculations aren't of much use so soon, but it's clear that everything the thing has done was entirely intentional and of its own volition, and not done in some mindless rage.
@Paul_Frank
"Well, he was probably evacuated when the alarm sounded, and I have no clue where he went."
@ZephyrosOmega
The explanation Corrin gets is rather technical and long, but the jist is as such: at most six months prior to her appearance, a previously undiscovered marine fungus evolved the ability to survive inside of and hijack the nervous tissue of mammals, notably humans and most farm animals. This lead to the near-total deaths of everyone inhabiting coastline settlements, such as Nuuk. Most bodies effected by the fungus were thrown back into the water before proper disposal policies were implemented, as most graveyards were filled quickly, which resulted in further proliferation of the fungus. Death tolls from it alone are estimated at around one billion.
@Oliver_de_jesus
The men nervous run a variety of instruments over Noah's body, resulting in a rather wide variety of beeps and noises, but seemingly none that they were expecting. One of them nervously informs him that he's clear, but moves over to discuss something with the other men in the suits. Noah hears something about "unusual DNA sequences", although it evidently isn't what they were primarily scanning for or caused by it.
One of them from the group he came with asks him to stay at the edge of the deck and wait for someone "important-looking."
@Listentomyrhytm
As Giju closes in, it becomes clear that the presences are functionally normal humans, although they are moving much faster than normal people would walk. They can be heard discussing how they expected there to be "survivors."
@Lou_change
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@DMUA @Spider_Kaiju @HowManyMemes @Totadileplayz
Mr. Greenwood destroys most of the material, although it doesn't appear to be doing anything at all.
The group can hear, a bit uncomfortably close at that, a great movement of water, caused by an extremely large creature, about twenty meters tall, emerging from the water. [Thrasher]
@Dusty_Raider
Gezora doesn't find any living humans, although farther from the water he does find actual corpses, mostly crushed by falling buildings and seemingly separated into many pieces by explosives.
@ThisThingisReallyBroken
The metal bird eventually leads Ernest into a larger opening, some kind of park. He can see men watching him from around the area, holding things he can identify as weapons of some kind, although they aren't pointed at him and the men generally seem quite confused.
@Andykhang
ILEK finds a somewhat run-down Starbucks in the direction indicated, although it's still somewhat popular, evidently, given the several people drinking or lounging about inside.
Upon entering behind Aya and walking for a few moments, passing a good few doors along the way, the guard points to map at the end of a hallway and nervously tells her to follow the indicated directions, those being small LEDs placed across the plate. Assuming she does so, Aya would hortly find herself in a much larger room, almost looking like a padded cell, but with an extremely thick glass sheet separating it into two sections with wooden-looking chairs and a man in a hazmat suit sitting in the other section. A voice, presumably his, comes on over loud-speakers in the corners of the room, loud and clear but not threatening.
"Please, take a seat. it is clear we have much to discuss."
@CrimsonStarFallen
Without skipping a beat, the thing instantly swings its club down, bringing the tendril-look projection straight down onto Matricardo through his open head. Weirdly, it makes no attempts to avoid his attack, but the feedback makes it clear why. The pellets hitting it make an... odd noise, like dropping a two-by-four onto the ground from head-height, an almost-hollow "thunk." The dust plume being cleared by the attack somewhat, Matricardo can see the thing's skin is cracked open, rather than being cut into like normal flesh, almost as though he shot a ridiculously durable tree.
Matricardo's other attacks do much the same, even if they hit traditionally vital areas such as the neck or eye, and don't appear to hinder the thing at all. Given the supernatural nature of its body and seemingly main method of attack, his calculations aren't of much use so soon, but it's clear that everything the thing has done was entirely intentional and of its own volition, and not done in some mindless rage.
@Paul_Frank
"Well, he was probably evacuated when the alarm sounded, and I have no clue where he went."
@ZephyrosOmega
The explanation Corrin gets is rather technical and long, but the jist is as such: at most six months prior to her appearance, a previously undiscovered marine fungus evolved the ability to survive inside of and hijack the nervous tissue of mammals, notably humans and most farm animals. This lead to the near-total deaths of everyone inhabiting coastline settlements, such as Nuuk. Most bodies effected by the fungus were thrown back into the water before proper disposal policies were implemented, as most graveyards were filled quickly, which resulted in further proliferation of the fungus. Death tolls from it alone are estimated at around one billion.
@Oliver_de_jesus
The men nervous run a variety of instruments over Noah's body, resulting in a rather wide variety of beeps and noises, but seemingly none that they were expecting. One of them nervously informs him that he's clear, but moves over to discuss something with the other men in the suits. Noah hears something about "unusual DNA sequences", although it evidently isn't what they were primarily scanning for or caused by it.
One of them from the group he came with asks him to stay at the edge of the deck and wait for someone "important-looking."
@Listentomyrhytm
As Giju closes in, it becomes clear that the presences are functionally normal humans, although they are moving much faster than normal people would walk. They can be heard discussing how they expected there to be "survivors."
@Lou_change
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@DMUA @Spider_Kaiju @HowManyMemes @Totadileplayz
Mr. Greenwood destroys most of the material, although it doesn't appear to be doing anything at all.
The group can hear, a bit uncomfortably close at that, a great movement of water, caused by an extremely large creature, about twenty meters tall, emerging from the water. [Thrasher]
@Dusty_Raider
Gezora doesn't find any living humans, although farther from the water he does find actual corpses, mostly crushed by falling buildings and seemingly separated into many pieces by explosives.
@ThisThingisReallyBroken
The metal bird eventually leads Ernest into a larger opening, some kind of park. He can see men watching him from around the area, holding things he can identify as weapons of some kind, although they aren't pointed at him and the men generally seem quite confused.
@Andykhang
ILEK finds a somewhat run-down Starbucks in the direction indicated, although it's still somewhat popular, evidently, given the several people drinking or lounging about inside.
Listentomyrhytm
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"Humans... but, fast ones at that. Hm..." She slowly approaches the humans, trying to show that she's no harm.
Oliver_de_jesus
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Noah wait in the right place, while he play with a rubber band
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Seeing as no one was around, Gezora stuffed a few of the corpses into his mouth and began eating. Might as well get a snack, who knows when the next opportunity will rise.
Thrasher noticed the group of people near the lake. He was honestly happy just to see something alive even if they were small and bizarre looking. Thrasher wasn’t very good with people but tried his best to greet them politely not wanting to give his distrust away. His voice traveled far as he spoke
“Hello there. You were summoned here like me correct?”
Thrasher noticed the group of people near the lake. He was honestly happy just to see something alive even if they were small and bizarre looking. Thrasher wasn’t very good with people but tried his best to greet them politely not wanting to give his distrust away. His voice traveled far as he spoke
“Hello there. You were summoned here like me correct?”
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The golems move in between Thrasher and the group protectively, with Nika looking at the one in question.
"...Yes."
"...Yes."
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The wood projection punches through the hole where my head was, crushing my spine and leaving through my crotch. I pull my body out of it, spewing a few organs in the process, but my rapid regeneration takes care of it. Mental note, destroy it's projectiles instead of dodging, if i want to avoid the pain of dying thricefold.
Let's try a bit of brute force then.
"Kazikli Bey!"
By opening my body, hundreds of stakes fly out at the monster at blinding speeds, hitting 3 times as hard as my normal attacks.
Let's try a bit of brute force then.
"Kazikli Bey!"
By opening my body, hundreds of stakes fly out at the monster at blinding speeds, hitting 3 times as hard as my normal attacks.
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@HowManyMemes
“Forgive my intrusion but I was curious to see if anyone has found any living being native to this world. I was hoping to find someone who could give me some information on this world and what happened but...” He seemed a sad as he spoke “...Everything I’ve found so far seems to have died shortly before we arrived.”
“Forgive my intrusion but I was curious to see if anyone has found any living being native to this world. I was hoping to find someone who could give me some information on this world and what happened but...” He seemed a sad as he spoke “...Everything I’ve found so far seems to have died shortly before we arrived.”
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“THEY SURROUND US. I WAS RIGHT. YOU WERE WRONG. WRONG. YOU ARE ALWAYS WRONG AND EVERYTHING YOU DO IS WRONG. YOUR LIFE HAD MEANT NOTHING TO US,NOT EVEN TO YOURSELF. THEY PLUNGE THEIR BALLS OF SIGHT INTO OUR SOFT SOCKETS. RIP THEM OUT, TEAR THEM TO BITS AND SHOW THEM WHO IS TO BE FEARED. WHO IS THE REAL TERROR IN THE DARK. YOU! YOU! YOU!”
“Hnngh....No! They don’t want to hurt us.They are only curious. Let’s show them...I do not mean harm.”
Ernest nerves soon flooded his palms,turning them into bogs of sweat which turn sticky within the air. He balls his fists before..
Tsssss
Illusions fly from the armor,pooling pink florescent hues that soon turned into small sparrows. The birds sang of harmony to those who could hear it,vastly superior than other calls. The birds carried orbs of warmth within them,altering perceptions to give a joy like no other.
“Hnngh....No! They don’t want to hurt us.They are only curious. Let’s show them...I do not mean harm.”
Ernest nerves soon flooded his palms,turning them into bogs of sweat which turn sticky within the air. He balls his fists before..
Tsssss
Illusions fly from the armor,pooling pink florescent hues that soon turned into small sparrows. The birds sang of harmony to those who could hear it,vastly superior than other calls. The birds carried orbs of warmth within them,altering perceptions to give a joy like no other.
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"So it would seem, though we have found a strange black material."
Nika points over to the solidified black material on land.
Nika points over to the solidified black material on land.
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“Interesting. My ally found a similar material coating the ocean floor. Apparently some fish are alive down there but nothing else. It seems the material is responsible for the mass death of ocean creatures.”
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"Strange, I believe one of us went searching through the lake, and the bottom of it is green."
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“Green as in algae? Or...?”
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"It's just green, as in, no stone or sand."
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@The_Divine_Phoenix
"Seraphim is what they were called, hmmm"
"Either way, yes, there are 3 others in the hierarchy of laguna that embody virtues like I do. And each of us had a sub angel which embodies a lesser aspect of our virtues."
@Hl3_or_bust
"Ah, that's unfortunate, well, while I search for him, we can continue talking."
She gives a kind smile and creates a chair for herself and takes a seat
"So, what exactly do you all know about the individuals with powers that appeared and caused all these problems? Anything about their numbers, powers, bases of operation? Anything can help."
As she continues conversing, angels within Purgatorio use their invisibility and intangiblity to fly around unimpeded, searching for the mayor.
"Seraphim is what they were called, hmmm"
"Either way, yes, there are 3 others in the hierarchy of laguna that embody virtues like I do. And each of us had a sub angel which embodies a lesser aspect of our virtues."
@Hl3_or_bust
"Ah, that's unfortunate, well, while I search for him, we can continue talking."
She gives a kind smile and creates a chair for herself and takes a seat
"So, what exactly do you all know about the individuals with powers that appeared and caused all these problems? Anything about their numbers, powers, bases of operation? Anything can help."
As she continues conversing, angels within Purgatorio use their invisibility and intangiblity to fly around unimpeded, searching for the mayor.
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To call it "Fear" wouldn't quite be the right word. Corrin is better than that.
No... what she feels here is revulsion.
She takes the laptop with her, going directly to Stratos' location. "I think I have located the source of our issue..." She shows him the article.
No... what she feels here is revulsion.
She takes the laptop with her, going directly to Stratos' location. "I think I have located the source of our issue..." She shows him the article.
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"Farm animals, huh. That's a problem alright, this has probably spread far past the coastlines, and if the coast is affected then marine travel is affected, which means trade is affected leading to more problems." Alexander begins thinking.
"Still with luck this might not be anywhere close to the proposed 99%... For now, but if this continues it could end up messy. The best course to go now is to see if we can gather any more recent info about the infection from there and then meet up with the others. Best case scenario we can pool our resources together, worse we can at least exchange information and warnings."
"Still with luck this might not be anywhere close to the proposed 99%... For now, but if this continues it could end up messy. The best course to go now is to see if we can gather any more recent info about the infection from there and then meet up with the others. Best case scenario we can pool our resources together, worse we can at least exchange information and warnings."
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"I do not have a method of purifying something like this, unfortunately. But I can continue to search for information on this."
With that thought in mind, Corrin holds the laptop with one hand and rapidly types with the other, trying to find information about things such as its first recorded appearance, other symptoms, transmission and infectivity rate, as well as currently-untainted areas. At the same time, her body glows, appearing to split apart into a separate Corrin, this one wearing red-and-silver instead of blue-and-gold, differentiating herself from the main body.
"I can also create a duplicate of myself to search for the others," the two corrins speak in unison, before the duplicate adds: "Though, the two of us share lifeforce, so I'd rather not get into combat like this."
With that thought in mind, Corrin holds the laptop with one hand and rapidly types with the other, trying to find information about things such as its first recorded appearance, other symptoms, transmission and infectivity rate, as well as currently-untainted areas. At the same time, her body glows, appearing to split apart into a separate Corrin, this one wearing red-and-silver instead of blue-and-gold, differentiating herself from the main body.
"I can also create a duplicate of myself to search for the others," the two corrins speak in unison, before the duplicate adds: "Though, the two of us share lifeforce, so I'd rather not get into combat like this."
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"Nah, you focus on the search, I'll attract their attention."
Alexander makes his way to the exit.
"Remember how I told you to alert me if you were attacked when we split up? Anyway, new guy, you wanna come see me work? Or do you have some tech know-how to help search the records?"
Alexander makes his way to the exit.
"Remember how I told you to alert me if you were attacked when we split up? Anyway, new guy, you wanna come see me work? Or do you have some tech know-how to help search the records?"
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"I can help you with that, I have supportive skills that can help so i'll go with you"
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"As you wish."
The duplicate retracts back into Corrin's body. As she sits down and resumes her search, she starts to get a bit of a proverbial itch.
"I never did create my own lair... hmm..."
The duplicate retracts back into Corrin's body. As she sits down and resumes her search, she starts to get a bit of a proverbial itch.
"I never did create my own lair... hmm..."
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Alexander waves behind him as he continues to leave, once he's out he begins to fly into the air and move a fair distance from the town to above an empty area.
"So new guy, what's your name, and does your support abilities include telepathy or large range sensing?"
"So new guy, what's your name, and does your support abilities include telepathy or large range sensing?"
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"My name is Valon Maturn, whihile i did have telepathy in my original world it seems like it was stripped away from me when I came here but i do have healing and buffs so im basically a generic support character in in a rpg but with a few tricks up my sleeve like regen and reflecting damage that someone was about to do to me back to them"
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@Hl3_or_bust
Aya casually walks inside and sits down, seemingly unbothered by the environment.
"What's with the getup and the room? Am I really that horrifying to you, or is it something else entirely? And anyway, what I was here to ask about is what exactly happened to this world. It may also be possible that I could offer my assistance to some extent, depending on the situation."
The woman quickly explained.
@Paul_Frank
"And what might those other virtues be, then? And speaking of them, how literal are you when you say you embody those virtues anyway?"
Ewald inquired, sounding genuinely curious for himself now.
@ZephyrosOmega
El finally spoke up, having been watching them quietly for now.
"My lady is capable of offering many bodies to explore areas, and is in fact already having her envoys do so now. I imagine cooperation would be fruitful between us."
Aya casually walks inside and sits down, seemingly unbothered by the environment.
"What's with the getup and the room? Am I really that horrifying to you, or is it something else entirely? And anyway, what I was here to ask about is what exactly happened to this world. It may also be possible that I could offer my assistance to some extent, depending on the situation."
The woman quickly explained.
@Paul_Frank
"And what might those other virtues be, then? And speaking of them, how literal are you when you say you embody those virtues anyway?"
Ewald inquired, sounding genuinely curious for himself now.
@ZephyrosOmega
El finally spoke up, having been watching them quietly for now.
"My lady is capable of offering many bodies to explore areas, and is in fact already having her envoys do so now. I imagine cooperation would be fruitful between us."
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Alexander folds his arms and his face takes a look of concentration. "I see. Hmmm, which would attract more attention Flare and Ultima are definitely flashy. Though opening a rift to chuck Meteor through would definitely attract attention, Light of Judgement is probably too much though. Decisions, decisions."
Alexander then nods to himself, having made his decision. He then begins charging up his magic power, obviously preparing for a large spell.
"ULTIMA!"
The empty fields are then consumed by a very large, very flashy, very loud magical explosion.
"You think this will attract attention?" Alexander asks with a cheeky grin.
Alexander then nods to himself, having made his decision. He then begins charging up his magic power, obviously preparing for a large spell.
"ULTIMA!"
The empty fields are then consumed by a very large, very flashy, very loud magical explosion.
"You think this will attract attention?" Alexander asks with a cheeky grin.
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"Well, it does appear as we're all grouped together, and the lake is practically gone right now. So tea? To warm up our bones." As I offer the tea to Thrasher, and Nika. Pouring the tea in the cups, "It should be rather high-quality. "
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”Oh thank you for the tea. I believe I should properly introduce myself. My name is Thrasher. Pleasure to meet you.”
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"WHAT"
@Phoenix
Corrin briefly snaps up from her search as she senses the massive amount of mana that just got discharged from Ultima. Upon seeing El, She regains her composure, clearing her throat. "ahem... Yes, I believe that would be a good decision."
@Phoenix
Corrin briefly snaps up from her search as she senses the massive amount of mana that just got discharged from Ultima. Upon seeing El, She regains her composure, clearing her throat. "ahem... Yes, I believe that would be a good decision."
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@The_Divine_Phoenix
"Temperentia, the Cardinal Virtue of Temperance, Iustitia, the Cardinal Virtue of Justice, and Sapientia, the Cardinal Virtue of Prudence. When I say we embody the virtues I mean it about as much as you probably think. We are the personification of aspects of the divine will, and embody those four specific parts. As a whole, angels are given form by the thoughts, feelings, fears, and desires of humanity as well."
"Temperentia, the Cardinal Virtue of Temperance, Iustitia, the Cardinal Virtue of Justice, and Sapientia, the Cardinal Virtue of Prudence. When I say we embody the virtues I mean it about as much as you probably think. We are the personification of aspects of the divine will, and embody those four specific parts. As a whole, angels are given form by the thoughts, feelings, fears, and desires of humanity as well."
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Looking at the tea, Nika decides to take it before introducing herself as well.
"Nika, Nika Eldegard."
"Nika, Nika Eldegard."
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Sam still running and carrying the sheep
"I know that the world is in ruins but how long does it take to install DOOM." I say while trying to download DOOM on to myself.
One of the sheep bleats at me annoyed.
"I am not complaining my were more varied Yes but now I can connect to the internet, which sucks here the game is 40 megabytes and still installing." I say seeing the load bar still going in my mind before refocusing in front of me.[I saw the loading screen thing and had to have some fun with it. Sorry]
"I know that the world is in ruins but how long does it take to install DOOM." I say while trying to download DOOM on to myself.
One of the sheep bleats at me annoyed.
"I am not complaining my were more varied Yes but now I can connect to the internet, which sucks here the game is 40 megabytes and still installing." I say seeing the load bar still going in my mind before refocusing in front of me.[I saw the loading screen thing and had to have some fun with it. Sorry]
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@Listentomyrhytm
After a moment, Giju's path and that of the group cross. They visibly jump, startled by her appearance combined with their distraction. For a moment, they move to point their rifles at her, but ease up slightly.
The man at the front seems to speak to her, backing up and holding some sort of riot shield in front of himself.
"Identify yourself!"
@Oliver_de_jesus
The boat can be felt to begin moving south. After a few moments, a rather beleaguered-looking older man in a similar bodysuit to the squad comes up onto the deck. He greets Noah with a rough voice.
"Aye there, all these measures feel a bit undeserved in your case, don't they?"
@CrimsonStarFallen
A look of visible shock comes over the thing, evidently not expecting Matricardo to live through that. Leveraging its speed and shape-changing weapon, it knocks a good number of the stakes out of the air or causes them to glance off of it harmlessly, but most land clear or nick at its body. Those embedded directly into the thing quickly take on a skin-like coloration and appear to be slowly integrated into its body, but the glancing blows create smaller cracks all over its body, and a much larger one just behind and along its left eye, the ball cracking just as its skin does. However, significantly less wood-like vines erupt from the opening and wrap around the thing.
Despite all of this, it seems much more effective by the vines emergence than anything else hunching over in obvious pain somewhat. Even stranger, it speaks, in a voice that one could put almost any face to and have it work.
"Impudent wretch! You would fight so violently against fate?! I have greater transgressions to avenge than one worm who refuses to die."
@ThisThingisReallyBroken
This appears to sow even more confusion overall in the group, although most of them seem to put down their weapons. The metallic bird stops in its track, clearly affected by the song as well.
@Paul_Frank
The man thinks for a moment, taking a seat on the floor.
"I don't know much of the specifics, but most of them haven't done much for the last two months or so after a few died."
Someone from the crowd of civilians, an older woman, pipes up in response.
"The police say there's fifteen still out there!"
"Yeah, that, I think."
The man responds.
The angels find an important-looking man being escorted by a group of five of the soldiers directly away from Serafall.
@ZephyrosOmega
Insert most info Lou and Crimson got on the subject
The primary untainted areas have their main water sources be freshwater rivers with no direct connections to the ocean, and generally those far inland. Transmission is entirely by infected bodily fluids, exacerbated by its influence over neural and nervous tissue, usually by causing constant, excessive salivation, increased libido, and a condition described as "cholera-like." The name probably says enough given the attached footnote. Strangely, the records of the infections first appearance seem to have been lost, but are believed to have been in the Philippines, Japan, and Papua New Guinea.
@The_Divine_Phoenix
The man shifts in his seat before responding.
"Ask the guy who brought you in here what he felt. Half-jokes aside, that is the case. People with a similar... feeling to you tend to not give us the courtesy of a conversation before the precinct is leveled. But, since you seem to be more reasonable, I suppose it probably feels a little annoying. Either way, onto your question:
"Six months ago, a previously undiscovered fungus, believed to be related to cordyceps, evolved the ability to enter, survive inside, and influence the neural and nervous tissue of mammals, like humans. Death tolls through a list of means too long to succinctly list hit at least one billion until proper containment and treatment procedures were discovered about a month later. After that ecological catastrophe, a few less immediately important events occurred, all unexplained by scientific principles to this day, and then two groups, totaling a dozen individuals, appeared in Nuuk, Greenland, and New York City. Given how we've treated you so far- apologizes for that, as an aside- you can probably tell they didn't exactly come in peace.
"We've managed to kill six of them, at unacceptable losses, and the rest seem to have smartened up and haven't done much for a long while now."
@Lou_change
Sam fines the NYC skyline after a while, but it's clear that this isn't exactly a bastion of civilization anymore. Many buildings are in the same state as those in Nuuk, or even worse, as though destroyed conventionally.
After a moment, Giju's path and that of the group cross. They visibly jump, startled by her appearance combined with their distraction. For a moment, they move to point their rifles at her, but ease up slightly.
The man at the front seems to speak to her, backing up and holding some sort of riot shield in front of himself.
"Identify yourself!"
@Oliver_de_jesus
The boat can be felt to begin moving south. After a few moments, a rather beleaguered-looking older man in a similar bodysuit to the squad comes up onto the deck. He greets Noah with a rough voice.
"Aye there, all these measures feel a bit undeserved in your case, don't they?"
@CrimsonStarFallen
A look of visible shock comes over the thing, evidently not expecting Matricardo to live through that. Leveraging its speed and shape-changing weapon, it knocks a good number of the stakes out of the air or causes them to glance off of it harmlessly, but most land clear or nick at its body. Those embedded directly into the thing quickly take on a skin-like coloration and appear to be slowly integrated into its body, but the glancing blows create smaller cracks all over its body, and a much larger one just behind and along its left eye, the ball cracking just as its skin does. However, significantly less wood-like vines erupt from the opening and wrap around the thing.
Despite all of this, it seems much more effective by the vines emergence than anything else hunching over in obvious pain somewhat. Even stranger, it speaks, in a voice that one could put almost any face to and have it work.
"Impudent wretch! You would fight so violently against fate?! I have greater transgressions to avenge than one worm who refuses to die."
@ThisThingisReallyBroken
This appears to sow even more confusion overall in the group, although most of them seem to put down their weapons. The metallic bird stops in its track, clearly affected by the song as well.
@Paul_Frank
The man thinks for a moment, taking a seat on the floor.
"I don't know much of the specifics, but most of them haven't done much for the last two months or so after a few died."
Someone from the crowd of civilians, an older woman, pipes up in response.
"The police say there's fifteen still out there!"
"Yeah, that, I think."
The man responds.
The angels find an important-looking man being escorted by a group of five of the soldiers directly away from Serafall.
@ZephyrosOmega
Insert most info Lou and Crimson got on the subject
The primary untainted areas have their main water sources be freshwater rivers with no direct connections to the ocean, and generally those far inland. Transmission is entirely by infected bodily fluids, exacerbated by its influence over neural and nervous tissue, usually by causing constant, excessive salivation, increased libido, and a condition described as "cholera-like." The name probably says enough given the attached footnote. Strangely, the records of the infections first appearance seem to have been lost, but are believed to have been in the Philippines, Japan, and Papua New Guinea.
@The_Divine_Phoenix
The man shifts in his seat before responding.
"Ask the guy who brought you in here what he felt. Half-jokes aside, that is the case. People with a similar... feeling to you tend to not give us the courtesy of a conversation before the precinct is leveled. But, since you seem to be more reasonable, I suppose it probably feels a little annoying. Either way, onto your question:
"Six months ago, a previously undiscovered fungus, believed to be related to cordyceps, evolved the ability to enter, survive inside, and influence the neural and nervous tissue of mammals, like humans. Death tolls through a list of means too long to succinctly list hit at least one billion until proper containment and treatment procedures were discovered about a month later. After that ecological catastrophe, a few less immediately important events occurred, all unexplained by scientific principles to this day, and then two groups, totaling a dozen individuals, appeared in Nuuk, Greenland, and New York City. Given how we've treated you so far- apologizes for that, as an aside- you can probably tell they didn't exactly come in peace.
"We've managed to kill six of them, at unacceptable losses, and the rest seem to have smartened up and haven't done much for a long while now."
@Lou_change
Sam fines the NYC skyline after a while, but it's clear that this isn't exactly a bastion of civilization anymore. Many buildings are in the same state as those in Nuuk, or even worse, as though destroyed conventionally.
Lou_change
He/Him- 10,155
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"Whatever was behind this was definitely similar or the same as the one who attacked that Greenland city. Given it wasn't on the web it might be using the fungus as a cover. Hopefully it wasn't too through." I say to myself.
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"Well, should we try to explore this place a little more, then?"
Oliver_de_jesus
He/Him- 24,729
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"Well, I feel like I'm on a government mobile base, but I don't blame them, as I always say, the safety of the passengers comes first and then the investigation."
"Also I'm Noah" Said the mutant
