The Ruins of Goug Machine City

[ToeSama]

Tim looked at the set of switches he had located, deep in thought. Buttons were fun. Pressing them was even funner... But every time he saw Master work one of his old machines, levers were used to activate it. Master would know more than he would, so Tim figured he'd follow suit and start pulling levers.

((Actions: Start pulling levers.))

[Mat]

"I'm not sure if this is the best place for a fully armored lancer," Kyne said, giving the floor a disapproving frown as he made his way back to the stairs. "Nothing of much interest to me personally here. I'll descend the staircase and keep watch outside to make sure we don't get hit with any surprises. Call out if you need me," the Chancellor said as he made his way back the way they'd came.

Return down the staircase and stand watch at the bottom, utilizing his Vigilance talent if applicable.

[TheEvilOmega]

"Ugh... Just... be careful Tim. If something you do causes this building to fall down on us and we get squished flat, I'll haunt you. And ghosts are scary, you know." Lyla paused for a brief moment, before continuing quietly to herself, "Even if you'd be a ghost, too..." Lyla muttered a bit more, continuing to watch the stairs, and do her best to pay attention to whatever Tim was doing, just in case an emergency happened. Like the building falling down. Idly, Lyla decided to run a hand along the floor to try and figure out what it was made out of. If it was stone, she could... make a barrier around herself if the floor above came down on them, or something. Maybe make an egg-like stone shell around her, if it did...

Check what the floor is made of, and, if it is stone, be ready to create a fully enclosing structure of stone around herself should the floor above collapse, so that when it, and the floor they were on went down, she'd be fully protected...

[master_shade]

Duageyl raised an eyebrow at being released to the floor below with the machine. He smiled and nodded, happy to have a chance to study the device.

"Very well. If anything comes up I'm sure you'll hear it." Duageyl said

Duageyl looked at Weylin and nodded to the stairs, "Shall we? I'm sure Joseph would love a detailed analysis of it." Duageyl said

OCC: Duageyl goes after Weylin. Upon arriving downstairs he'll warn them of the floor and then he'll comb over the device. Looking for anything at all that might give a clue as to the nature of the device.

[Mr.Martini]

*after receiving no response from Penovi Weylin continued on towards the boxes to open them up. He ignored Duageyl's invitation, thinking that he would do well on his own.

"I wonder if this forsaken city really has anything left of value. I'm sure after it was ransacked so many years ago, it was also pillaged"

[The Magi]

Sher kind of nodded his head and backed off toward from the group. Not much to use skill wise for him here. He was not even entirely sure why Poorpot brought them into the abandoned facility. There obviously might more important places to dig around. Guess one of two good things can happen, they will move elsewhere on or find something of note here. Until then he stood still with his arms crossed without a word....

[Addie]

Standing back, Viviente looked around, long and hard, trying to find anything of use. There was really nothing there, but the off chance of her finding something, anything, even the smallest piece of treasure, it sparked her fire and made her want to be of use, if not for health, then to find something useful.

[[Search for shinies, while keeping an eye out for baddies.]]

[Ryven]

(OOC: A note that making a giant shell around yourself would be beyond Geomancy's power.)

There was still no sign of the demons from those who went looking. The floors were made of wood, a small wonder it had lasted this long considering that (though it would explain the reason why the top floor was less than stable). As Penovi and Weylin went crate digging, a wrong step by the Amir found him going through a less than stable portion of the floor and falling to the second floor!

Luckily, he didn't land on anyone or anything. It was a less than pleasant experience, however! [Penovi -91 HP!] Weylin's own digging around would reveal rotted papers beyond use in most of the crates, though the last crate had a nugget of Adamantium within it.

Tim's own antics in lever pulling would turn out to be what did get the machine going. A whirring noise sounded from it, sounding as if something was winding it. The track began to move... and then a horrible grinding noise sounded from multiple parts of the boxes. Then there was smoke and the sound of tearing metal before the entire machine practically disassembled, sending a flurry of parts flying every which way and causing a howling racket that echoed throughout the area...

...and was answered by the cry of demons. On the bright side, they found 3 Machine Parts! Getting a decent look at the machine was impossible now thanks to the twisted condition, though.

Duageyl: HP: 533/533 | MP: 237/237 | CT: 55
Weylin: HP: 690/690 | MP: 119/119 | CT: 62
Penovi: HP: 516/606 | MP: 260/260 | CT: 63
Lyla: HP: 572/572 | MP: 103/103 | CT: 65
Sher: HP: 391/391 | MP: 374/374 | CT: 66
Nick: HP: 196/196 | MP: 267/267 | CT: 67
Vivente: HP: 183/183 | MP: 231/231 | CT: 68
Drakohahn: HP: 308/308 | MP: 220/220 | CT: 68
Remian: HP: 647/647 | MP: 58/58 | CT: 70
Timothy: HP: 266/266 | MP: 426/426 | CT: 71

[pendejochi]

Poorport Jukebox: Serious Trouble

Penovi's enthusiasm for hunting treasure was quickly curtailed by his unexpected discovery of a shortcut to the second floor. With a loud crash, the Amir landed with a thud, a low drawn out groan, and a few panicked squeals as it appeared thrashing pet uribo in his robe pocket was much less then pleased with the sudden drop. [Calm! Quiet....quiet....shhh....] he consoled the creature, ignoring his own aching parts. At least he didn't land on the thing, but he was starting to question bringing one along so early in its training. Sure its good for finding truffles, but do things like machine parts even have a distinct smell?

"Uggggghh....I'm fine," he claimed, although it was obvious the wind was knocked out of him as he shakily tried to get back on his legs, using a nearby wall to help himself up. "So how are things with the mach---" the Amir started to ask, he was rudely interrupted by an explosion. "Oh....it looks like we've cleaned out here, on to the next---"

That's when the howling started. Uh-oh. "We have to get out of here. Everyone! Grab anything of value and head to the first floor! In an orderly single file line! I have a cunning plan," Penovi shouted to the others. "Mr. Redcane, I am going to need your services, you'll be going down first."

Provided the mage complied, once him and Tim were downstairs, he detailed his plan. "Mr. Redcane!," Penovi pointed to a wall. "I want you to blow a hole though that wall that we can escape from. Ms. Wiegand, once everyone is out, set a snare trap at the new portal. We'll send this whole place toppling down on the pack!"

Party tactics: Weylin will grab the Adamantium and go to the second floor. While Weylin is grabbing the Ada and heading down the stairs, the party (and Weylin once he rejoins the party on the second floor) will grab the M.parts and proceed down the stairs. They'll congregate at the top of the stair case and run down it, but only so that two people at a time are on top of the stairs. When first person reaches the bottom, the next person will run down the stairs to become the second person on the stair case, and so on and so forth. This is to both have everyone go down quickly without putting too much strain on the stairs. Penovi will be the first person to go down, Tim the second. Lyla the 3rd. The order of the rest does not matter.

As soon as Penovi and Tim are downstairs, if there is not a door besides the front door available, Penovi'll direct him to blow a hole in the wall furthest away from the front door with Blast Ground, in order to make a portal for the rest of the group to pass though. Everyone except Penovi will go out the door/hole one by one. If the portal is large enough, then 2 by 2 or even more can pass though (depending on how many can fit though the portal without impeding one another.) As they come out, they'll take on the original formation from earlier, with squire pathers on the outside and chemist pathers on the inside of the formation. They'll make this formation far enough from the building to avoid getting hit by rubble if the building collapses.

As the others go though the Portal, Penovi will use his monster talk skill to let off a demonic howl. If possible, tune the howl to give off a signal of [nothing here!] Penovi will run out and take his place in the formation while Lyla goes back and sets up a snare trap in the entrance of the portal.

If the building starts to collapse after blasting a portal, the entire group will just run out of the hole, take up formation, and flee to the nearest stable looking building. No howling or traps.

If Tim's magic fails to make a portal of sufficient size to run though, the group will use the front door instead keeping an eye out for demons.

Should the team encounter demons, its time to battle!
Battle tactics if we meet hostile party:

Kyne will step ahead of the group towards the monsters. If he can use Whirlwind lance without hitting any of his allies AND to hit 2 or more foes at the same time, he will do so.

Penovi will cast preach on Tim.

Nick will cast protect, aiming it so he can get as many allies as possible (with the added clause that he not hit any enemies with protect.)

Drakohan will peep the highest tier monster available, going both by danger level (according to the monster appendix) and class. (so Class A angel is going to be peeped before Class C chocobo for example.)

Sher will cast haste, under the same specifications as Nick's protect spell.

Vivicente will cast monastic hymn, attempting to hit as many allies with the song as she can.

If Lyla will melee attack the nearest foe. If she is too far to melee any foes, she will use geomancy, attempting to hit as many enemies as possible.

Weylin will cast Accumulate.

Master Shade's character will shoot the nearest foe. If he cannot shoot, he will use Katan strike, attempting to hit as many foes as he can (avoiding hitting allies, pyro wenches, and bombs, of course.)

Tim will use Flash.

Note: For all fire elemental attacks used, while they aim to avoid allies, this is with the exception of Lyla. She will not be considered in the avoidance clause due to her immunity to fire.)

[Mat]

The golden-armored lancer bounded down the remaining stairs and twirled his glaive in both hands with a smirk. It wouldn't be a proper adventure without a little battle thrown in the mix.


1: Gather Strength before the enemies arrive and remain stationary
2: Once 2+ are within melee range, attack with Whirlwind Strike. If only one appears, attack that creature with Rapidstrike

[Drakohahn]

Drakohahn heard the demons howling in response to both the collapsing floor and exploding machine. He facepalmed while saying, "Well, Mr. Amir, you've really put your foot in it and let the demons out of the bag now. Come on, let's put this plan of your into action ASAP!"

He hurriedly followed the orders, knowing that the Demons would be upon them shortly.

Action: Follow Pende's idea for now.

[master_shade]

Duageyl curses as the floor above collapses, he packs his pad and helps Penovi and Weylin up then as the machine grinds Duageyl curses again he dashes down to the floor below pulling out his gun as he dashes down the stairs. Gun in hand Duageyl posts guard on the second floor.

Actions: Duageyl dashes down the stairs and gun in hand at the first sign of a foe he'll shot.

Tactics: As Pende listed but including the following. If their is no way to avoid hitting a fire based demons or allies with Katan Strike then he'll launch a Charity by Sage Shuriken at the nearest foe.

[HuwJones]

Nick tugged at his beard a little, raising an eyebrow. "Oh good. I was worried we were to be ambushed. What ho, everyone! Time to man up and fight the foe!" he said, scooping up bit of machine that looked valuable nearby and heading down with the rest in formation.

Obey orders

edit : Away over the weekend. If a turn happens, keep following Penovi's orders.

[Mr.Martini]

*The howl of distant monsters sent chills down his spine. He remembered their calls amongst the beating drums, his allies pooled together in a red and muddied mess. The only trace left of them being the red bootprints that followed him. The Howls never ceased. A claw, a beak a tail lashes forward at him. Amongst the rain and chill, warmth befell him. Warmth and Darkness.

*His eyes were out of focus, he cleared the hazyness.

*He forced himself forward. His determined footsteps stressing the stairs on his way back down. This wasn't Limberry it was Goug. His party was stronger, he was stronger... A better leader, a better ally. Someone others could rely on. Someone who could protect his comrades.

Weylin will grab the Adamantium + papers, stick em in his backpack and off he'll go to the second floor. He'll try to make pace with the others. He'd watch their backs...When he reached them, he'd cry out something he found inspiring to rile both them and himself up. [inflame]

"Why wait for the troops? lets start clearing away these monsters now!"

[TheEvilOmega]

"You don't look like you're being care-" before Lyla could finish her chiding of Tim for haphazardly fiddling around with the machine, one Penovi Poorport fell through the floor. It caught Lyla off-guard, and she jumped slightly.

"Well, that's what happens when you're not care-" And, yet again, before she could finish speaking, the rusted old machine roared to life, or, rather, to death, as it quickly ripped itself apart, sending debris everywhere. The noise was an awful, splitting sound. A terrible creak the likes of which she hadn't heard before. It was loud, too. The kind of loud that shatters silence, and permeates through a quiet, somber place like Goug. It reverberated off of the remains of the buildings, and the once still standing, creating a stir in the local "wildlife" not too far away. Then the Poorport gave his "cunning plan."

"You mean to blow a whole in a dilapidated building, then attempt to crash that building down on a few demons? You are aware that bringing down a building would be... incredibly loud, and very noticeable, right? Comparable to the machine being a tiny bell, and the building being the Zirekile waterfall, right? That's stupid. You know, there's probably a back door to this place. No need to put our lives at risk because you want to explode things. I suggest we find a door first, before we resort to such blind, brute force methods. Best not to give a great alert call to every hungry monster in this place..."

Lyla made her way down the stairs, being careful of weak sections of the ground, and any quick little demons that might be afoot. And, do to past experiences with them, keeping an eye out for signs of Phasepher demons, like foot prints appearing in dust, or any other such oddity caused by the invisible guys. She'd then try to find a back door where they were headed as a group. That Poorport just seemed to act on impulse... It would be a danger to them all if he kept making up "plans." She readied her sword and shield, in case if the demons came in.

Be on guard, keep an eye out for Phasepher demon indicators, like magically appearing foot prints or dust and such. Be cautious of weak sections of the stairs and floor. Try to find a back door to exit from, to try and avoid having to blow a hole in the building. Set a trap at a back door after everyone leaves if they aren't having to fight with demons.