Mini 1397: War is Hell (Game Over)

[Mr. Flay]

The guises of the Marquises Andras and Sabnach fall to the ground, broken and dripping with ichor as the painful light of Angelic bodies bursts forth from within them.

Kinetic

and

Quilford

step into the fray clad in their own raiment at last, free to act in this weakened corner of ruin and despair.

"There is something we want, and you ɖɒɱԓөɗ ᴤþᵻᴦזɨל are going to give it to us!"

Unsurprised by the presence of Angels in their midst, the Demons are nonetheless taken aback by the idea that they could

want

anything here. The Angels waste no time utilizing the distraction to strike several blows, piercing

Xalxe

through the abdomen and ripping upwards viciously. The Demon's last words die on his lips as he falls, but appear to be something akin to, "

פהזגטברּ ɮᶏʃᵵɒ ɽ͡ɖς

". His body disintegrates rapidly into tiny circuits coursing with red energy.

Marquis Naberius, Loyal Demon, has been destroyed.

Kinetic smiles with horrific pleasure as Xalxe falls, and the light from his eyes just before they close glows crystalline white. He leaps into the smoking air, unfurling dozens of wings as he focuses a burst of Grace directly at

kanyeknowsbest

, which meets one coming the other way from his partner. kanye's frail and twisted corpse nearly disintegrates under the onslaught, but a swirl of glowing motes sizzles on the ground briefly before scattering on the winds.

King Viné, Loyal Demon, has been annihilated.

Spinning with the momentum of the assault, he flicks hand out and casually finishes off the weakened and wounded Zdenek, who groans and collapses, his dying curse unheard.

King Paimon, Loyal Demon, has been killed.

Alone and surrounded, Tierce flashes out her own flaming wings briefly, then slowly backs away as the two close on her. "I know nothing of what you ɒʃᵴђҩʆзᴤ are after!" she snarls, but her fate is inevitable, as the two massive and unwounded Angels start to carve pieces off. Their interrogations make less and less sense as she weakens, but she dies knowing that she did not help them with their esoteric and unknown quest.

Marquisse Phenex, Loyal Demon, has been slain.

[Mr. Flay]

Their enemies routed and the battlefield quiet for the moment, the two Angels turn to each other impatiently. "If it's not here...wait! What is that sound?"

The merest whisper of words, nearly lost among the ambient clatter of Hell, emerges from somewhere to the south. The two pace slowly south, closing their wings again and sheathing swords so as not to draw attention, if possible. A few moments later, their search is rewarded as a scrap of a soul is plucked from a promontory of rock.

"Is...is that really him?" Quilford asks, blinking at the trembling remnant of a once-great member of the Angelic Host.

"Indeed," Kinetic replies, folding the scrap reverently and placing it inside his breastplate, close to the rapidly beating heart. "Come. It is time to bring the Metatron back to Heaven."

And with that, the two of them release wings and bolt directly upward, leaving their ashen and stinking surroundings for better company and soothing climate.

Ambriel, Arel of Heaven, has ascended in Victory!

Sasnagiel, Seraph of Heaven, has ascended in Victory!

Camael, Ophan of Heaven, has the posthumous satisfaction of Victory!

[Kinetic]

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[Quilford]

I claim sexiest Angel sigil.

[Tierce]

Well, at least it's over. They could have

asked

for the Metatron's soul, but nooo, the whiny feathery bastards have to be mean about it.

Thanks for the game, Flay. One question: is the background on Camael's sigil a solidified flow of lava? It looks like it.

[Quilford]

Also I thought I was an Arel, not a Cherub?

[Kinetic]

>< Albert is a liar I think...

[Quilford]

Nah my role PM says Arel.

[Kinetic]

Oh. Well. Either way.

[quadz08]

*sigh*

well played, Kinetic. I knew it was you as soon as you weren't the one to die along with me; town-you would've been dead then, if not earlier.

[Kinetic]

I played the game as if I were town. But then just slightly changed things as I needed to make it so that town were dying as much as possible. Although the void kill probably wasn't the best idea. In the end, jeez, it was so close too. I thought we'd lost so many times.

[Quilford]

Haha, remember when we decided "fuck waiting, let's just kill everybody" after MattP died and then our evil plans went horrifically wrong

[Quilford]

Our righteous plans, I mean.

[Kinetic]

Haha, remember when we decided "fuck waiting, let's just kill everybody" after MattP died and then our evil plans went horrifically wrong

O god. KKB nearly died, and then Flay came back and we panic un-graced lololol.

[Mr. Flay]

Also I thought I was an Arel, not a Cherub?

You are, that was a typo.

Also, yes my notes are full of WTFBBQ at your un-Gracing. At that moment you could have killed ANYBODY with Grace, even Zdenek (who was wounded), your biggest threat HP-wise.

[Quilford]

We didn't know that, though. We were so freaking paranoid. >.>"

[Kinetic]

I did. But at the same time, killing anyone was pretty much an instant death.

[Mr. Flay]

One question: is the background on Camael's sigil a solidified flow of lava? It looks like it.

Yes I believe so. Everyone's sigil background comes somewhat from their Demonic characteristics in the Ars Goetia, though tailored for the game, of course. The Angels of course don't have an equivalent book...

[Magua]

As a disinterested observer, I read Quilford as scum and Kinetic as town. I thought the other scum was either Tierce or Xalxe, but couldn't decide which. Knew from the moment I saw Zdenek hurt Xalxe that Zdenek was town and yet was going to die.

[Quilford]

Yeah, actually, I think we ended up not doing it because we thought we wouldn't win... Flay, do you think otherwise?

[Kinetic]

Because we'd have been out of grace/rage, and without it we couldn't do anything. We had to make town make ONE more mistake. They made two though and it was an easy win then. They made like 5... 1) Zed hurting Xalxe, 2) Zed raging Xalxe, 3) Xalxe hurting Zed, 4) Tierce hurting Zed, 5) Xalxe raging Zed, 6) Tierce raging Zed. Really, it was completely town to NEVER use rage, because if they had rage at end game it kept making it harder for us to win. That's why we killed KKB, he had rage left. The only townie who did.

[Kinetic]

Nominations for scummys are acceptable. This game was like walking through a fucking mindfield wearing a blindfold. I still can't believe we won.

Also, Yos HAD to die, because I knew that if he got to end game he'd be able to out argue me. So it was my mission to make up a load of horse shit to get him killed once I had a moment.

[Mr. Flay]

Yeah, actually, I think we ended up not doing it because we thought we wouldn't win... Flay, do you think otherwise?

No, I suspect you could have eked out a win at that point, but it was no sure thing. The big problem you had with leaving kanye alive is he was aimed at watching YOU for much of the lategame. If he'd seen you like he saw LLD, it would have been Game Over. For the record that's the most useful an Ophanim has ever been, lurking aside (it's a very lurk-inducing role, which is part of the balance for it).

I cannot BELIEVE Kinetic lived through earlygame. He was scummy as

hell

balls and kept changing his reads all over the place. But there was

just

enough confusion over mechanics and enough distracting Town-on-Town arguments that he got through midgame, and by then he had enough cred to go up against Zed successfully.

[Kinetic]

Skill man. And fog of war. You knew things the others didn't, hence you could see me being scummy. They had no idea.

[Kinetic]

Killing kanye was a goal, but there was never a good time. Each time I wanted to go through with it, the though of leaving us with no grace/rage gave me hives.