[Jean] Chapter 18: Hostilities

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     Jean skipped back through the portal to regroup with everyone. With a grin he swept Lili off her feet, hooking his arm around her thighs to bring her head up to his own height. He licked her on the neck, running his tongue from her collar bone up to just below her jawline before kissing her "Ah! Nothing like a civil war! Right my dear fiance?"  He said as he looked into Lili's eyes. He pulled one of her legs around so she was straddling around his waist while he supported her rump with his hand. "If only we could get started on that baby making like your father asked... but alas, I guess we need to save him first now don't we?"  He said as his free hand slid along her thigh. "Casualties?" He asked a he enjoyed the soft smoothness of his bride-to-be's skin and the smell of her hair.

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Kherngolarr - Inner-City Station
Day 10 (Jean), Day 12 (Rosalie) - Time: Afternoon

Lili stiffened up completely as you licked her neck, only to kiss her at the end. That in itself was enough to get the princess blushing fiercely, while her eyes in a daze.

"Ah-" Her dreamy gaze, however, was interrupted, and she ended up making a small but cute sound when you wrapped one of her legs around your waist. The action caught her by complete surprise, but she still let herself press against your body. Her lithe frame was snug against yours, the armor she wore for boots, and the gauntlet she had on her right hand only served to accentuate the warmth of her abdomen and thighs. When you mentioned making babies, it was just about the limit of what she could manage, and her gaze towards you turned a bit softer, though she was still blushing.

"Jean..." Lili finally said as she shivered slightly from your touch. Her breathing had taken on a slight raspiness to it "Jean!" She said a bit more forcefully again as if trying to wake herself up from a stupor. Eventually, she managed to collect herself enough to answer a bit more coherently.

"We save mah faither foremaist!" She announced as if trying to convince herself of that very goal. "After that... after that... we can..." But it was just too much for the princess to handle again, and her eyes seemed to become a daze yet again.

Still holding on to the princess, a voice came into your head.

Umm... Is she sick? Alyona asked through the mind-link you had with her. What are you going to do after? She asked a moment later. Through the link, you could 'feel' Alyona's thoughts, and indeed there was nothing but a mix of innocent curiosity and worry for the seemingly dazed Lili.

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     Oh just uh...  something fun! A special game that you will eventually learn how to play...  I bet Telamon could give you a properly academic explanation of the birds and the bees...  He thought to Alyona as his hand crept up Lili's skirt before he stopped himself, realizing that he really should figure out how to limit his connection to her before indulging in adult activities.  Oh how he wanted to keep going though, maybe get Ren and Telamon to join.  "Oh right! The war."  He said as he set his fiance down and have her a quick squeeze on the butt. "Guess We better get a move on. How far do we have to go and can I  get a casualty report?" He asked.

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Kherngolarr - Inner-City Station
Day 10 (Jean), Day 12 (Rosalie) - Time: Afternoon

I know all about birds and bees already though... Alyona responded, still as confused as ever. Luckily she didn't press any further though. Birds and bees makes Lili sick... You heard her think out-loud.

Lili who was able to finally get a hold of herself managed to shake off the floaty feelings.

"Tis not to far. Bit th' explosions likelie have alerted thaim we're 'ere." At the ask for a casualty report, Lili glanced over to Lord Goldroic.

The dwarven lord himself had received the reports from those under him and related the information.

"Six o' mah men" Goldroic said. "Some injured, bit they'd be a'right."

"Ye'll be a lord yerself once ye' marry princess Lili. Yer orders?"

With the combat taken cared of, you notice that Ash and Olga were more injured than the rest. Dalina was with the unconscious Anja, though the younger girl's wounds were already taken cared of by Captain Charles' efforts.

You leveled up.
You are now level 63. Spend your unallocated points.

You gained another random level as well, though it was likely that your earlier tentacle you had summoned was still cleaning up its own targets.

Goldroic Dwarves: 94/100

Dmg Taken
Goldroic: -21
Jean: -67
Anja: -16, stabilized, unconscious
Ash: -40
Karn: -8
Viridio: -16
Olga: -36
Gust: -8

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     "What about Anja?"  Asked Jean as he came up to Dalina.  "We need to figure out some place to keep her safe..."  He looked down at his crippled apprentice.  He needed someplace he could keep her, someplace nothing could get to her.  "Oh, the core!  Status!"  He said as he took out the dungeon core.  "Come one, help me Dalina."  He said as he tried to send the three of them into the core, investing 10 more MP into the core to keep it powered.

Checking status, if there isn't enough MP to invest 10 MP, will put in the maximum amount I can without passing out.

[Throndir]

Kherngolarr - Inner-City Station
Day 10 (Jean), Day 12 (Rosalie) - Time: Afternoon

Color change for Dungeon Core 31, also for Dalina.

"Helloooooooo maaaaaster...!" Dungeon Core 31 said cheerily as you started to push you hand into the core. The Dungeon Core must have realized what you were doing, as you suddenly found yourself falling into the orb, with Dalina and the unconscious Anja behind you.

"A-ah!" Dalina make a yelping sound as she suddenly went in with you, not expecting to be sucked into it.

When you finally landed in the room, it was just like what you expected and remembered from the first time. You found yourselves in the wall-less darkroom once again. Dungeon Core 31 was standing there her face in a bright smile.

"Hello you two. I don't recognize the little one. Are you here to give me DP?" Dungeon Core 31 asked curiously as she stared at the unconscious body of Anja. "My status monitors tell me she's not dead yet, but I can absorb her corpse for points if she does die."

"That's my sister!" Dalina yelled in shock at what she just heard while pulling her sister closer to herself defensively.

"Oh... I'm sorry." The core said meekly.

Jean Valois
Herald of the Old Ones
Level 63

Condition: Injured, Drowsy

HP: 169/272
MP: 71/203
STR: 32 +
DEX: 22 +
CON: 38 +
INT: 31+
WIS: 18 +
CHA: 10 +
MAG: 33 +

Blessings: Quick Learner, Mana Sensitivity, Translate All, Personal Status, Weight Control, Summon Tentacle, Inventory, Analysis, Portal

You have 1 unspent ability point.

For every 5 MP spent, is 1 hour of run-time for the Dungeon Core, unless the Dungeon Core itself is settled somewhere to maintain its own function and becomes self-sufficient. Let me know how much MP you spend so we can track that. You also gain 10 MP per hour. So it's not too bad upkeep.

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Increase MAG by 1 point.

     "DP... Oh I never thought of that. Maybe I could use a tentacle for the second? Though we never really discussed your anatomy I assume it's pretty close to human. Or maybe Dalina could find a toy? You'd be down for a threesome right Dalina?" He said as he looked to Dalina. "Oh wait, DP, you meant your energy source. Sorry, back in my world it was an acronym for something... else... Still working on that. First I need to crush a rebellion though. I don't suppose you could keep an eye on my apprentice here? She's injured but I think she's stable and we can't really just keep dragging her along through a war zone. So try to keep her alive.  I'll see about getting you some corpses in the meantime. There's a couple outside. I'll dump them in if that'll work but for now we got to get going. Come on Dalina war to win and all that. Then after we should get back to that threesome discussion."  Said Jean as he took Dalina by the hand and began to leave the core.  "Remember Core 31: no killing and eating my apprentice!"  He shouted back as he returned to the outside.

Will invest an additional 10 MP into the core.  And if possible will continue to invest 5 MP into it every hour to keep it running.

     Upon getting out of the core Jean surveyed the aftermath of the fight.  Golroich, are all these enemies from the priesthood or are any of them soldiers from one of the opposed clans?

[Throndir]

Kherngolarr - Inner-City Station
Day 10 (Jean), Day 12 (Rosalie) - Time: Afternoon

"Jean, you're not making any sense..." Dalina said confused not really understanding. "What's a toy have to do with anything? And a t-threesome..?" She was blushing and wasn't able to keep a straight face, at least until DC 31 replied back to you.

"Yes, corpses will do! Just dump them all in! The more the better!" Dungeon Core 31 said, skipping to the things in the conversation she did understand.

At this proclamation, Dalina seemed to hang on to her sister longer and looked almost suspiciously at the other green-haired woman, though Dungeon Core 31 quickly noticed.

"Oh, I'm sorry..! Bad tendencies... I'm still a dungeon at heart, and it's really only Marina who chooses to socialize with her people I'm sure..." She cleared her throat. "But I promise not to consume your apprentice!" Dungeon Core 31 called out just when the two of you exited the Dungeon Master room.

20 MP stored into DC 31. Going to make a note of that in your Notes section, but I'll have a TODO for myself to create a new Dungeon Core tab at some point.

Back outside

"Tis hard tae tell. Th' priests in oor city hae control ower th' ancient technologies we hae dug up. However, not all o' thaim are trained fighters. It wouldn't surprise me if th' snipers we fought simply hae priest robes oan thaim but were actually from ither lords." Goldroic Tulach admitted.

After this, he began to describe each of the lords in the city.

Lord Goldroic Tulach, loyalist, descendent of a mining clan before the Shifting. Not a true 'noble', but he and his clan were brought up to nobility by decree of the current king due to their loyalty and work in excavating the tunnels. Has his troops separated out through the city trying to hold points.

Lord Eilig Catach, loyalist, had ties to nobility from the old Kingdom, stationed troops mainly at the refineries, and helping the royal guards at the palace. Is an old dwarf, but is no friends of current king's father.

Lord Gowan Puidreach, loyalist, head of a craftsman clan that had ties to nobility from the Old Kingdom, they were a lesser noble house until the Shifting but had moved up in position due to the events. His troops are stationed at the refineries, along with helping other groups from lord Goldroic Tulach retake the city.

Lord Cambeul Peucag, separatist, head of a merchant clan, controls most buying and selling in the city.

Lord Cruim Loudain, separatist, apart from the Seadhg clan, his clan is next in line as the most noble clan in the city.

Lord Gilleabart Druimeanach, separatist, a warrior clan who typically leads the explorations deep in the tunnels. They're known to support the clergy of the city.

There were other clans as well, though Lord Goldroic mentioned they were keeping neutral in the conflict, and had been telling their people to stay indoors and out of the fighting. A few of them had sent out some guards and men to help protect the current King, but are not willing to commit more.

"Even if we haven't fought thaim yit, th' enemy lords are fightin' us." Goldroic finished.

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     "Well if they wear the priest's robes, they get the priestly treatment.  Open wide!"  Said Jean as he proceeded to send the enemy corpses and their gear, including the heavy weaponry, into the core.  That task done, Jean put away the core.  "Okay, that's enough dallying I think. Everyone good to move on? The sooner we get to that announcement system the better." He said as he hefted his spear.

Good to continue on to the announcement system

[Throndir]

Kherngolarr - Inner-City Station
Day 10 (Jean), Day 12 (Rosalie) - Time: Afternoon

"Oh! Treats!" Dungeon Core 31's voiice echoed from the orb as it 'ate' the items.

Inside the Dungeon Master Room, Dungeon Core 31 looked greedily at both the corpses and random weaponry presented to her. Starting with the corpses, and then the items, one by one, each seemed to melt into the floor until nothing was left.

Spending some time today to finish that Dungeon Core tab, to keep track of these.

Kherngolarr - Inner-City Homes
Day 10 (Jean), Day 12 (Rosalie) - Time: Mid-Afternoon

The rest of the journey didn't take too long. There were still explosions through the city and the wallscape of the caverns that surrounded the city, but your group didn't run into anymore enemy dwarves, at least, not openly hostile ones. Your sharp perception managed to catch sight of a couple of younger dwarves watching through half-closed window shutters at your group. None in your group noticed them however.

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     Jean waved at the younger dwarves with a grin as they passed by but otherwise payed them no mind.

Will continue to head for announcement system.

[Throndir]

Kherngolarr - Broadcast Station
Day 10 (Jean), Day 12 (Rosalie) - Time: Mid-Afternoon

When you finally arrived at the broadcast station, there was only a handful of mechas stationed there, though one of them was much larger than the rest.

Distance: 180 ft away.

5 medium sized mechas
2 large sized mechas
1 huge sized mecha

"We best hurry." Goldroic said. "They probably know we're here with a sizable force. It won't be long until we run into a larger set of reinforcements."

As he said this, the mechas 180 ft. away began to start firing at the group of a hundred dwarves, and your people.

Roll for initiative!

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Initiative

Rolled 1d20+16 : 17 + 16, total 33

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Jean to take his turn.

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     "Concentrate your attacks on the largest one! Portal!" Ordered Jean as he summoned a portal behind the largest of the mechs. He ran though, entering on the other side with a yell of "Weight control!" aiming his power at the controller of one of the midsized mechs as he closed his distance with the huge one.

Standard Action: Use Portal to create a portal to 5 ft behind Huge Mech

Move Action: move into melee range of Huge Mech.

Immediate Action: Use Weight Control to increase weight of Large Mech's controller by 10 steps