[!][HH 3 vs 3] No more fog phoenixes please. (ShoT) FIN

[Baneful]

Just a tiny bit late, Rep told himself and no one had noticed. They never gave enough time between one disaster and the next. At least now he was here, wherever the ******** here was. It looked for all intents and purposes like the haunted house where the freaks were found more often than not, but this time there was clearly something different about it - to be expected given the briefing.

The minute he walked out of the portal and saw the fog, different from the kind that usually sulked over the island back home, he sighed, it took him back to the bunkers and the drawn out struggle against the fog creatures. That old sinking feeling of dread returned, the lurking sensation that something was going to materialise out of the grey and make a solid attempt to chew his head off.

he muttered bitterly. "Faster we can murder whatever's causing this the better."

He just hoped like hell they could come back without that nagging lurking depression they'd suffered after the horseman assault.

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Rolling a 1: ALL DAMAGE IS MULTIPLIED BY 2, but you CANNOT USE FEAR/ CHARGED ATTACKS. You feel slightly dizzy, everything around you flickers to greys.

 

[prolixity]

Jordan stepped through the portal seconds later, Ferros materializing in his hand even as his feet hit the ground. "Fog," he said flatly. "I hate this kind of fog. Hell, I just hate fog."

With his free hand, he absently patted his pendant and the shoulder bag that held his mission kit and a pair of barrier daggers, checking that everything was where it was supposed to be and within easy reach. He'd checked everything before stepping through the portal, but it had become an automatic reflex to check again, even if that reflex could be put down to sheer paranoia. Then again, as a Hunter, paranoia was more like a survival instinct.  

[Toshihiko Two]

Harrison had his bandaids, like usual. He didn't have the heart to be too upset about the fog. B0nez's runes glowed faint yellow. He stayed between Rep and Jordan.

"Just like home," he said. "Pretty sure there less last time we were here," He looked over at Rep, "Me and Jerry and Candace were on a team. Ended up in Super Mario outfits. That house has got issues."

He hesitated.

"Least, when we got here there wasn't any fog. Near the end s**t started getting all grey and weird. Guess it's gotten a lot worse."

Looking at all the grey made him feel a little woozy.
 

[Baneful]

Rep eyed the haunted house pensively, he'd only ever seen it as "that old building they had to patrol sometimes", he didn't realise there was more to it than that, that there had been a mission to it. "You mean you guys were here before? Like not on patrol?" He didn't know how he felt about outfit swaps either, that could end horribly.

Reluctantly he summoned Tracey, slinging him on his back to shoulder the weight a bit. He sounded more resigned than anything as he tried to figure out what direction they should even go. "Guess even the ******** freaks get to have the joy of this s**t too." He squinted into the distance, worried he could see things moving out there. "You think there's phoenixes out here?"

 

[prolixity]

"Last year. Around this time, actually," Jordan said. "First time we were here. My team ended up fighting a giant turkey." He shook his head. "This place is weird. It does seem to have changed, so stay alert."

"I don't doubt there's something out there," he said. "Hopefully not too many somethings. Stick together; don't lose sight of each other. If something jumps us, we don't want to be separated."  

[Toshihiko Two]

"And avoid doors," Harrison muttered, "We stepped through this one door and suddenly I was back in uniform and Jerry and Candace were screaming for help past this whole staircase stuffed with needles."

More than the dumb stuff that had happened was starting to come back to him.

"The whole place just rearranges itself like a giant ******** Rubik Cube."  

[Baneful]

Rep's felt more and more weary the more absurd detail was added to the tale from last year. Giant turkeys, staircases full of needles. Harrison back in uniform.. well he could live with that, but the whole location just in general sounded worrying.

The briefing hadn't helped either. Apparently this house was alive. Like a huge ******** monster bug able to spawn s**t to guard itself. He glared at it as if daring it to attack him or do something acid trippy.



Jordan got a grim nod. "No ******** worries there man. I'm not going anywhere away from you two." As if to reiterate this he took a step nearer to them both. He didn't deal very well with strange things yet, the minipets had been hard to cope with, the female switch almost pushed him to breaking point, this place seemed capable of far worse and it set him on edge.

"What way should we go?"
 

[prolixity]

Jordan glanced around, assessing their surroundings. It was nearly impossible to get his bearings in this fog; the swirls and undulations in the grey made him feel dizzy, made his eyes strain to focus. A structure seemed visible hazily off to their left. "This way," he decided, and started slowly towards it.  

[Toshihiko Two]

"Briefing was kinda vague," Harrison hedged, "Wander around, report back if s**t's outta control. Last time we were supposed to be looking for some kinda object..."  

[Enoh Love]

Home...

The creature that drifted in with the fog was quiet, save for that single, longing whisper. It paused as it went to pass the Hunters, turning wide blue eyes towards them as though caught by surprise. Someone was there? No, not someone---

Intruders.

Backward claws flexed, and with a feral growl shot out at the two unfortunate enough to be close to it.

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Total HP : 32 / 60
Damage done: 18x2 = 36
Targets: Harrison, Jordan

 

[prolixity]

"That's right, we were looking for an artifact - I wonder if that had anything to do with the Apocalypse mission?" Jordan mused. Movement caught his eye, and he turned to look.

The figure that drifted through the fog was indistinct at first, and Jordan couldn't quite tell if it was actually there. The dizziness combined with the uncertainty, and he was caught off guard by the lash of its razored claws. The second creature that struck at him dealt little damage, but it was insult to injury.

"Get them one at a time," he shouted as he staggered back to his feet and swung Ferros in a vicious arc at the one that had sliced away more than half of Ferros's shield. The weapon roared as he struck solidly, feeding hungrily on the fog-creature's Fear.

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Name: Jordan
Faction: Hunter
HP: 22/60
Dmg: 12x2 = 24
Target: Amrita
Charge: -

 

[Baneful]

Just when they finally seemed to have a direction to go in, the fog decreed otherwise. Rep could only look on as both Harrison and Jordan took a brutal and completely unexpected surprise attack. Panic and terror was almost instantaneously refined into cold fury as Tracey was swung off his back.

"Oh no you ******** don't!" he roared at the strange insanity apparition, about to run in axe at the ready when his own shield took a glancing hit from another one. ********, this really was the island infestation all over again, wall to wall ******** monsters. But Jordan's words had gotten through. One at a time. He knew what one he wanted to attack.

Tracey assured him as he dropped into his battle stance.

The second there was a gap in Ferros' assault, he was there, adding Tracey's own bite to the hammer's crushing blow.

HP: 48
DMG: 16
Targ: Amrita

 

[Toshihiko Two]

The claws sent Harrison crashing into a splintery grey shed, and he felt his shield crunch with the blow, every point and nail blisteringly familiar.

But B0nez had been at full capacity, and it held.

He wrenched himself from the broken wood, shakily brushing chairleg-sized splinters off of his sides and arms- move, he had to move, and somewhere along the way he'd lost track of B0nez-

Here, here, dumbass!

Harrison fetched the larger blade from behind a smashed flowerpot.

He ought to run. That was way too much. He couldn't take another hit like that- but Rep and Jordan were still... he clutched the blades and stormed to Jordan's side, holding B0nez between him and the second creature that had materialized... "We got to get out of here," he told him, hoarse, in time for the second one to clip him.

HP: 12
Defending: Jordan
Item: Bandaids  

[Enoh Love]

The first strike threw the creature into a rage. It growled low and righted itself, pivoting to take a swipe and knock away whatever it was that was siphoning from it. Rep's hit landed just in time; the form and claws exploding into harmless fog just before its strike landed.

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Total HP : 0 / 60
Damage done: NA
Targets: NA