Ryonara

Heroes of Beacon - the Next Chapter

Lucius, what would Team KESS know about W.A.R. from their last mission?

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Ebon arrived at the helipad after getting breakfast and looking over what their missions were. For some reason they were back on patrol duty, either because of what happened last time or because Krysthane forgot to assign them new missions. Ebon suspected the latter. He had no proof, and Krysthane herself seems like a responsible woman, but Ebon always thought the worse of everyone. When he arrived to the helipad he noticed that Krysthane was already here doing some exercises. "Couldn't wait huh?" Ebon called out to his teamleader. The other two members of his team were missing as well, and while he isn't sure what's been up with Sepia, Ebon had a good idea where Skyra was at. At this point Ebon wouldn't be too surprised if Skyra ran off with Mokuran to live out their romantic fantasies, and didn't expect her to show up. "Do you remember what happened during the last mission?"

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I'm not sure if it's just me, but didn't Team KESS have this mission last time? We even have Lucius as the Antagonist.

Blood Act I~ Ghosts of the Past

Meirin Kurenai

"Well... I can't say I know how the monastery kept their supplies. We ate a lot of vegetables, so I know we had a garden. But there were lean periods, but I was taught they were for mental discipline... In hindsight we may have had a food shortage at some points." Meirin started to wonder more about her home. Now that the topic was shifted to it she realized that despite living there for most of her life, she didn't really know a lot about how it worked behind the scenes. She was only aware of the things that directly involved her, such as lessons and work. "Well, I wouldn't worry too much about food. We do keep some meat for special occasions, and I'm certain that they'll be more than glad to cook some for you when we go visit. You'll be a guest after all, and we are nothing if not courteous to guest." Meirin said with a false air of nobility near the end. She was being honest though: they will be willing to cook something with meat for Ssarak if only because he was a guest, and not just because Meirin asked them too.

As she was considering looking for another stand to attend Meirin spotted Lyn in the corner of her eye. Ever since they returned from the caravan mission Meirin actually hasn't gotten a lot of time to see the little girl. If Meirin wasn't in class, Lyn was being taken care of by her parents or Alaira. Meirin had mixed feelings about the half-elf, so she left her alone during those private moments. But Meirin didn't see Alaira anywhere, so she stood up with her pumpkin. "I think I saw Lyn. We should say hi!"

Meirin tracked down Lyn, which was when she realized that Lyn was also with Tyrael. Meirin had an even more mixed amount of feeling with Tyrael than she did with Alaira. At least with Alaira Meirin thinks she could find it within herself to forgive and befriend her. But with Tyrael... At best, he was a teacher and Meirin was a student, so she respected his authority. But otherwise she wants nothing to do with the demon. Even when she brought his weapons, she did her best to be professional and leave as soon as possible. Being a demon was bad enough; but Meirin knew that Tyrael willingly gave up his mortality to become one. What would drive him to do something like that? To stripe away his very humanity to become a monster? In a way people like Tyrael were worse than demons: at least demons were born bad. Tyrael chose to be.

Still Meirin wasn't going to be scared off by him. She wanted to spend time with Lyn too, and if she had to tolerate his presence than she'll just have to deal with it. Though Meirin was wondering how to approach them when she saw the two heading towards a puppet show. Not really something that interested Meirin so she knew trying to lie about that would be pointless. It would be best if she was honest and just said she wanted to spend time with her. Getting her away from Tyrael was going to be the real challenge. "I won't lose!"

As it looked like a new puppet show was about to start Meirin approached Lyn and Tyrael quietly. Because she was sitting high on Tyrael's shoulders Meirin had to stand on her toes to reach up, putting her finger right next to Lyn's cheek. "Lyn!" When Lyn turns her head around, her cheek would run right into Meirin's finger. "Boop!" Settling down Meirin looked at Lyn and Tyrael, bowing her head politely. "Good afternoon, Professor Tyrael, Lyn. How are you two doing?" Meirin also noticed Lyn holding onto some sort of rune. She guessed it was a prize from the festival along with the bag of candy, which looked quite silly on Tyrael's head. Despite his usually intimating presence, he looked somewhat less fearsome in his tight fitting armor, with a little girl on his shoulders and a bag of sweets for a hat.

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The R-Types aren't that big; certainly smaller and would produce less drag then the others. Even if the Ogdoad is focusing on them, with Ebon's undivided attention on the R-Types themselves they're still fairly agile, even underwater.

The reason I'm being nitpicky about this is because I don't want people to think that just because he can swarm most people with superior numbers that he's just going to wastefully throw them all away. Having a hundred R-Types doesn't mean anything if they're just heading straight for the grinder.

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Figures. Ebon is still there so if any of the swimmers want to try to talk strategy they should do so before Ebon decides to try on his own. I'm not just going to let him serve as a distraction. I'd also appreciate it if his R-Types don't just get one-shotted for the sake of giving everyone else a chance. They aren't so slow that they can't avoid an attack, especially not the ones that have a radar for better perception.

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<Snipped quote by Ryonara>

And that is exactly why everyone is telling you Ebon is overpowered. The Ogdoad is a Riesen Class Grimm. No one is supposed to be able to defeat it on there own without five years of Beacon training and a great deal of field experience. The last Riesen Class that was encountered in this RP took a god damn tank to deal with it.

Also it has a bit of an obsession with devouring his R-Types so avoiding being targeted might not be an option.

@Prince of Seraphs

Doesn't mean Ebon can't try. Besides, defeating the Ogdoad is mostly secondary: he's after the daggers. Unless they're inside the monster itself I figured Ebon could try to use his R-Types to distract it and use one or two to scourer the lake bed for her daggers. The fact that everyone else might also be helping fighting it just makes things easier.

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Assuming the Ogdoad doesn't just go after Ebon, I figured he could defeat it with his R-Types. Doing it like the games, he'll just have to make sure to dodge extensively, shoot the weak points, and use his wave cannon strategically.

Blood Act I~ Ghosts of the Past

Meirin Kurenai

"Hmm... I wouldn't say I'm talented. More like interested. After all, I had to have some hobbies beside training." Meirin stated as she began to scoop out the seeds and guts of the pumpkin. The monks at the monastery tend to emphasis strict minimalism and ascetics. Meirin... Didn't. Sure she followed their rules well enough, and understood the enlightenment of their teachings, but personally Meirin wouldn't be able to live as such a spartan. She likes having things. "Actually, I never really thought about being a dancer. Even weaving to me feels more like an extension of my martial skills than dancing. I suppose I would have the physique to do well if I ever started to learn, but I never picked up any dancing skills. The monastery has a very odd view about the arts. If I had to describe it in a word, they were practical. They would never use something that couldn't be versatile."

After cleaning out the guts Meirin started poking the surface of the pumpkin with the tip of her knife, sketching out the rough outline of what she wanted to make. It was simple: triangular eyes, nose, and a crescent mouth. "I can't say I liked it though. They were practical and spiritual, but also very picky, I think. I only carved pumpkins too old to eat, and even then I had to do it behind the backs of my teachers. They would have rather use the pumpkins for compost than have us play around with them. They also never really let me use the money earned from protecting the caravans; I was allowed whatever was given to me personally, but pay was given to my teachers first. And even if I used that money to buy myself something... Well my teachers never said it implicitly, but I had a feeling that they thought I could live just fine if they took it away from me. Hence why I tried to stay on my best behavior." Meirin started to carve out the details of her pumpkin as she spoke. Soon she realized she was starting to go off topic and stopped herself with a laugh.

"Ah! Sorry, I'm rambling again. I guess what I meant to say is this: I never learned any artistic skills. It simply wasn't something that anyone was interested in teaching back at home. My home was more about preserving the old traditions than expressing one's self. It makes me kind of glad to be here. I feel like I'm able to talk here more." Meirin presented her pumpkin to Ssarak. She even put a candle inside of it to give it some illumination.

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Posted. Ebon leaves you all but he'll still try to find the daggers himself.