[Game Thread] Lord Windos’ PokeRole Adventure 2: The Wild Lands

[Lord Windos]

Spoiler

Meanwhile...

Time almost seemed to slow down more and more as the fight continued and Seddi watched plans both succeed and fail.

The clashes doing their job, preventing the wolf from evading the attacks.

Kusanagi failing to clash one attack and getting her CUT technique stolen.

Bernhard's gauntlet becoming severed.

Nox enacting righteous justice as they copy the technique and CUT out the wolf's evasive capabilities.

The ground continuing to rumble as Citrine and Decidueye fight the Land Whale underneath them all.

Seddi runs over to Bernhard, and with a spinning flourish, pulls a Full Restore off his belt to fully heal the mage.  "You're not out of this fight yet."

No time for mistakes.

Persist.

Adapt.

Survive.

And then...

That howl of pain.  Desperation.

That plea for help, and those pulses from the Boa of Resolution and the Black Braid.

Music: The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly Theme

As the cowboy locks eyes with the mad wolf desperately fighting back to get control, Seddi takes a deep breath.  Time almost seems to stop.

Iron Leaves....she's not too thrilled with the DANGER you're putting yourself in. While the fate of the Region and the World at large rests on What You Do....such relatively minor Conflicts like this Dameon (*Shudders*) with Disproportionate Risk to Reward should be avoided. Because, as just mentioned, a LOT rides on you two Succeeding in your Missions.

Leaves's mission first mindset, preferring to let the city deal with this mess without their assistance.  Even now, he can sense she'd prefer he take a direct route to ensuring this wolf cannot pose a threat to them.

"If things go sideways we'll be far worse off or maybe even dead 'fore we even get a shot at taking down their Boss. Mercy and politeness is a privilege of the strong, and we don't know yet how we stack up against them firepower-wise for that to be feasible or a pipe-dream. We're already risking our necks enough pulling a Savoir - why give Luck and Odds more of a bead on putting us 6 feet under or getting our immortal SOULs eaten and damned ? "

James's words echo as well.  Why take any more risks than necessary at all?

A flash of light, fist colliding with energy blade in an impossible feat of resilience and resolve.

A young lad wearing a porcelain mask, all but begging that he help these creatures escape from their torment.

Those blue eyes, directly asking him to stop them in their madness.  No matter what it takes.

When Seddi let's that breath out, he's made his choice.

Why would they take a risk like this?

Because it's the right thing to do.  Not for himself, but for those depending on him.

Nobody said doing the right thing would be easy.

Justice requires Resolve.

And so, he locks eyes with the Mad Wolf once more, as everything around seems to wait in anticipation.

He's got one shot.  One chance to save this wolf from this curse and itself.

And he...

Won't...

Miss.

Time seems to speed up again.

As quickly as Seddi ran to the wounded Bernhard, the cowboy is gone just as quickly.

And he's running straight towards the Masked Wolf, Pericot Berry in hand!

So great is his Resolve, he will spend a Will Point to make it more likely that he'll get to stuff this berry down that wolf's throat!

It's time to wrangle this wolf!

You could feel your Verdant Blade's alarm and see Ceruledge's eyes out of the corner of yours widen as you Steeled your Resolve and rode off to the Masked Wolf's rescue. 

Ceruledge would not react fast enough to interfere, their momentum yet to build up to her next Action.

Iron Leaves, however, could, and you felt Her Ball *vibrate* and *SHAKE* , threatening to burst out to bring forth your mighty stead so that She may cease your seemingly suicidal recklessness....

*A flash of light, fist colliding with energy blade in an impossible feat of resilience and resolve - Going GUNS BLAZING to Prove Himself to.... *

Remembrance

[EXCEPTIONAL: Well Done...My Master]

Hesitation

Bond Forged Through Grit and Challenging FATE itself

...

Acceptance

- Her Balls goes still.

You don't have time to ponder what your Partner feels right now.

For somebody needs to be SAVED.

Mask Wolf's eyes flared and widened in shock as you got closer, the HATE and MADNESS seeming to gain hold for just a moment.....before their natural blue shined like the Stars.

Just long enough for you to see their fear .... and their HOPE.

Bullet Time: Heroism
DEX (5) + Survival (3) + Athletics & Nature (*5) + The Courage to PROTECT (Convert (1)s and 2 Fails to Successes, ???) - MADNESS, HURT, BLOODLUST (*1 [SURPESSED]) - 8 Actions + 1 Will (+ 2 Successes) = 5D6 + 2
(5)(6)(*6)(*5)(*5) ...

In but a blink -

You were there.

*BONUS ACTION*
STR (*5) + *2  + 2 Successes + The Courage to PROTECT  + *2D6 vs Foe STR (*5) + HATE/MADNESS RESISTANCE (*2) + Instinct (*3 [WILLING]])
(*5)(*6)(*5)(3)(5)(6)(4) + (4)(2) vs (3)(5)(3)(5)(4) (6)(2)(2)(2)(3)

You grip their mouth and force it WIDE OPEN -

Trainer Action #2:  .....And shove the Pericot Berry down their throat.

*C H O M P!*

You take Lethal 4 Damage; 8/8 HP, - 1 Pain.

The Masked Wolf automatically bites down on your hand, the sheer surprise, their Instinct, and that wretched HATEFUL MADNESS spurring it to lash out at the hand that.....

Feed.....

It......?

...

INS (7) + Will (10) + 1/2 Pain (4) + Blood of a Heroic Warden (+ 3 Successes) vs HATE AND MADNESS CONSUMES YOU (10) + Disobedience (5) + Instincts/Bloodlust (5) 

(-)(4)(-)(4)(6) (4)(4)(-)(-)(6) (2)(2)(4)(-)(2) (5)(4)(5)(3)(4)(4) + 3 + *2 (A F r i e n d in need~)
(1)(3)(3)(4)(3) (3)(6)(3)(4)(2) (5)(2)(2)(3)(1) (3)(2)(5)(4)(3)

17 vs 5

Music: Neil LeVang - Ghost Riders In The Sky (1961) 4K

......You feel your punctured, Cursed hand *drop* from the Dancing Wolf's mouth.

They looked up at you, their bright, blazing blue eyes meeting your own.

Then, they take a step back, raise their head, and 

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!"

You're blow onto your back as a the CURSED, HATEFUL MADNESS that rooted deep within her Mind and SOUL was expelled and DESTROYED, the Pericot Berry, you, and the efforts of everyone finally allowing her Will to overcome it.

The Kamureiyō, now freed....
....collapses on her side.

Their Wound and Pain overwhelming, and their Will near spent.

Slowly, their eyes start to dim....

But before they go out completely.....

"S-seddi? B-Bern? Thank you."

Kamureiyō Faints.

A gust of wind sweeps throughout the battlefield, as everyone finally proceeded the beyond ballsy stunt you just pulled off.

"......Well ain't that a mother - "

*R O L L S*

'James' is cut off as a hole is BLASTED right out of the ground next to him, causing him to leap back in alarm and point his gun at the spot. Sand and....ice rained upon him and everyone else, and as it did out came Citrine and Deicidueye, both supporting one another as they float/flew out.

The Water Scimitar's Gauntlet was in ruins, thoroughly cracked, sparking, and covered in a thick layer of ICE - it was the last that was the only thing keeping the arcane magi-tech together on their hand. The Green Arrow looked like they go tenderized with how many gapping holes were punched through its body, match the few on their newest Fire (or Water, Grass, and Ice, rather) Forged Friend.

Both of them panted hard for a bit before their breaths slowed and evened out. Slowly, both panned their gazes over the battlefield, reading the scene...

...Got a look at the Fainted Masked Wolf, bloodied Seddi and Bern, the fallen Lopzu, the reeling Nox, Ceruledge, Octillary, and Kusanagi, and the stunned disbelief from Mr. Pinstripes as he lowers his firearm....

*HEAVY SIGHING*

"....That is that, I suppose."
"Deicidueye...."

Later on, the Magi would explain they and the owl were forced to work closely together to pin down the Land Whale long enough for them to use their FROSNOVA Spell on it, defeating and Freezing the beast solid at the cost to their Gauntlet.

However, that isn't relevant. 

For off in the distance, where the sand meet the waves, something distracts you all here.

SE:ROARING

*F L A S H*

*ZZZZZZZZZEEEEEEEEEEE!*

*Ding*

A PILLAR of PURE WHITE LIGHT that pierces Earth, Sea, and Wind, straight into the Starry Heavens.

Astral Stone were NOW in hand, burning Cold Pure, and ......

Everyone there is engulf in W H I T E  L I G H T .