Quest A Sword Through the Multiverse: Stabbing Space Whales[A FSN/Worm quest]

Arlos

Sad Monarchist
So, anyone has any thought on what might be the fallout for this stuff? Both for us personally and for the general public?
 

Bear Templar

Active member
Glad to see this is back,

I'm thinking that we should try to gain a charisma point next


... You know when thinking defensively, maybe we should try and seal the door, to buy time? I’m sure putting a large heavy object in front of it will cause issues for someone trying to break in

Also, we should probably try to write the votes as actual stunts… not one of my skills admittedly

I wonder, assuming we succeed in saving Margaret Thatcher, if Shirou and Saber can help stop some of her more questionable decisions... or try to prevent certain bits of damage (i.e. while selling council houses helped to a certain extent forbidding the councils from making or purchasing more was an issue). Speaking of which I wonder how many people will trigger due to how her policies effected the north... and how many of them will dislike us if we save Thatcher

Maybe try and encourage building up the tech sector alongside the financial.

On the other hand, this is worm... things will be fairly messed up

Also, hopefully we can help set up some organisations for the new parahumans that will be popping up. We know about a tinker for instance
 

Speaker4thesilent

Crazed Deplorable
Vote closed.

Winning vote appears to be:
[X] - Defend. Defensive Noble Phantasms are currently out of your reach, but you can layer enough mundane shields between Prime Minister Thatcher and any attack to keep her safe.
-[X] Place yourself between the door and the prime minister on top of that, to shield her from bullets, and use reinforcement on yourself to make you sure you don’t die.
-[X] Tell the Prime minister to hide behind the desk.
-[X] Look for an opportunity to counter attack, with the aim being capture if possible, you need to knows if it is an isolated lone wolf attempt, or if there is more behind this attack, according to your own estimate he would have needed some serious resources in order to pull this off again so soon.
 
A Brave New World 11

Speaker4thesilent

Crazed Deplorable
[X] - Defend. Defensive Noble Phantasms are currently out of your reach, but you can layer enough mundane shields between Prime Minister Thatcher and any attack to keep her safe.

-[X] Place yourself between the door and the prime minister on top of that, to shield her from bullets, and use reinforcement on yourself to make you sure you don’t die.

-[X] Tell the Prime minister to hide behind the desk.

-[X] Look for an opportunity to counter attack, with the aim being capture if possible, you need to knows if it is an isolated lone wolf attempt, or if there is more behind this attack, according to your own estimate he would have needed some serious resources in order to pull this off again so soon.


A Brave New World 11​

You likely only had a bare few moments before whoever was on the far side of the door attacked, so you went with your first instinct: protect.

“Get down!” you warned Baroness Thatcher, trying to keep your voice down as you prepared to Trace. Your reserves of power were strangely unchanged by the shields popping into existence, their defensive ability enhanced by a thin coating of the Silver Millennium’s collapsed matter on their faces. Reserves that then plummeted when you Reinforced your muscles, enhancing your ability to deflect whatever weapon your enemy might choose to utilize.

“Wha-”

You were ready to parry anything that came at you when the door opened, which was why you were unprepared for the flashbang that landed just inside a moment before the door slammed back shut.

The explosion startled a brief exclamation from the Prime Minister. If she wasn’t aware that Number Ten had been invaded before, she was now. She was also probably suffering from some hearing damage and would likely need a minute or two to recover her vision.

You, on the other hand, were barely affected by the sound, though the flash of light forced you to blink watering eyes.

Then something ricocheted off the armor on your shoulder. It didn’t hurt, but it was harder than you expected out of a thrown weapon, but you didn’t hear a sling wind up or a gunshot.

Actually, you didn’t hear much of anything to give you a hint as to where your target was, but you did have a bearing to return fire along based on where your shoulder was hit.

A half-dozen Traced Protophantasms, their edges blunted by your will, flew through the air, but to no effect. Either you’d misjudged or there was something more than just invisibility at play here.

Then you noticed a silent spark of flame. Though there was no sound, there was only one thing that it could be, and with inhuman dexterity and precision the Protophantasm in your hand cut your enemy’s bullet out of the air.

An invisible enemy and a soundless gun. Explains how he dealt with the guards so quickly and quietly, a part of your mind noted even as your next round of tracing completed. This time, you fired only a single blunted Protophantasm, but guided by your insight into where the enemy had to be after firing, you were much more confident in your ability to hit.

The blunted blade flew forth and struck something invisible, presumably your target, with a loud cracking sound.

At first you thought it might be the sound of a bone breaking, but it didn’t sound quite right for that. Had you damaged armor? A piece of his equipment? You couldn’t be sure. It was like fighting an Assassin that didn’t need to drop Presence Concealment in order to attack!

You strained your ears, but your effort to locate or identify what your target was up to via echolocation was thwarted when the guards’ radios finally came to life as the alarm sounded.

Then another grenade appeared, midair as it left the cloaking field hiding your opponent from view.

Reflexively, you parried it aside, aiming to knock it out of the room by the doorway. Instead it hit the door frame and dropped back inside the office.

“Grenade!” you called, but instead of exploding into fragments, the normal-looking pineapple grenade burst into a roiling cloud of smoke. Immediately, you adjusted your weight and positioning, ready to cover Baroness Thatcher from a renewed assault, only to hear footsteps retreating at a run.

You’re ready to launch into a pursuit, but hesitate. Could this be a ploy? Pretending to retreat from you in the face of the alarms could create an opening for a second target to take a shot at the Prime Minister without opposition if you chose to pursue the first target now that her close protection detail were dead. On the other hand, your target might have decided to cut and run in the face of stronger than expected resistance and the sure and certain knowledge that backup was on the way.

Ultimately, you decided to-

[ ] Pursue the Invisible Man.

[ ] Guard the Prime Minister until backup arrives.

ASTtM​

Does the enemy notice something is off? 5 successes. Yes, he does indeed!

Does Shirou notice the enemy noticing? Perception+Awareness: 11d10=1 3 successes vs 6 successes. Nope!

Resisting disorientation, Endurance+Resistance: 12d10-3=4 successes. Only disoriented for one turn.

Terrorist rolls ???, Dexterity+???: ???=1 success. Armor hardness is a thing. No-sell.

Figuring out what just happened, Wits+Investigation: 8d10=2 successes. Not enough.

Locating the enemy, Perception+Awareness: 11d10=2 successes versus 6. The Tsun-Dice are strong today.

Blind fire tracing, Dexterity+Archery: 16d10=5-5=0 successes.

Terrorist rolls ???, Dexterity+???: ???=5 successes.

Noticing the attack, Perception+Awareness: 11d10=6+3=9 successes. A notice check passed! Attack parried.

External penalty due to invisibility becomes an Internal penalty thanks to the successful notice check. Trace Bullet, round two. Dexterity+Archery: 11d10=6 successes. Hit! 5 damage dice confirmed.

Identifying injury, Perception+Investigate: 9d10=3 successes. Partial success.

Discerning what he’s up to, Perception+Investigate: 9d10=3 successes vs 5 successes. Rin is upset. #makeitstop.

Terrorist rolls ???, Dexterity+???: ???=1 success. At least she’s upset at everyone equally.

Luck roll: 1d100+5=83/60 83/90 partial pass.

Locating the enemy: Perception+Awareness: 11d10=6 successes vs 3 victory by 3.

Figuring out if this is a ploy, Wits+Investigation: 8d10=???
Thanks again to Seraviel for beta reading. We will be having a voting moratorium for discussion for 5 hours! That means until 3:00 am EST.
 

Inverted Fallecy

Beware the Dialogue that Spews Forth!~
Can we lend out a noble phantasm to the Prime Minister to hide her while we go off after the assailant?
Cause I was planning on letting her hold Carnwennan so that she won't be easily found. And Shirou can always release the dagger if he never physically gets it back.
 

Inverted Fallecy

Beware the Dialogue that Spews Forth!~
Welp, there goes that plan... So, how likely is it that the attacker came alone due to stealth purposes and lack of resources? Cause the time it takes to build a cloaking device that cover's an area around the user must take a while since the tinker would be depending on public hardware of the time.
 

Speaker4thesilent

Crazed Deplorable
Welp, there goes that plan... So, how likely is it that the attacker came alone due to stealth purposes and lack of resources? Cause the time it takes to build a cloaking device that cover's an area around the user must take a while since the tinker would be depending on public hardware of the time.
You have all the information Shirou has IC.
 

Arlos

Sad Monarchist
Hum, I wonder if we can try and shoot the guy with a bow while staying behind to protect the prime minister?
Perhaps use structural analysis on the ground, and use weight pressure to lock on our target?
 
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Speaker4thesilent

Crazed Deplorable
Hum, I wonder if we can try and shoot the guy with a bow while staying behind to protect the prime minister?
Perhaps use structural analysis on the ground, and use weight pressure to lock on our target?
If you come up with a fancy, “Do both somehow,” vote, it had better be fancy indeed. I don’t see a way to do it at this point.

Edit: voting is now open.
 

SilentMech

Member
Point and we’d most likely take out the nearby buildings, wished we’d brought saber with us.
There is one possible option. Depending entirely on how many parts we want him in. Caladbolg II without breaking it is still a terrifying lethal bullet speed arrow.
 

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